#DISTRICTS

OK - there’s a thing called Duverger’s law. It’s quite simple. If most elections are one-race/one-seat, single ballot, majority votes wins the seat, the system will tend to two major
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It's Friday evening, so lets take a look back at the weekly data around coronavirus in Devon and Cornwall, although given the changes to reporting of the data that happened
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Schools are being kept open not because of the need for educating students, their primary function, but because #bced performs a social safety net function in the provision of food,
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It’s been an intense few days for us. After an exhausting four years for all progressives. We meant to post earlier but it was just so hard to find the
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In addition to safely re-opening when possible, districts could help students' mental health by allowing students to take classes pass/fail, providing more opportunities for socializing--even if just online, and allowing
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1/ Just gave presentation to an advisory board and stressed this point. The first and BIGGEST bang for buck in layered risk reduction is EVERYONE wearing a mask indoors. Not
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1/25 More Thoughts on Schools, or How We Might have Blown it Again. Apologies to many who want to rush back, for understandable reasons, despite potentially horrific cost of doing
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New York is poised to lose a seat. But if Dems end up drawing the map, it could be their biggest weapon of the redistricting cycle. They could merge Stefanik/Tenney
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Why are so many students posting Fs in remote learning?Texas failed to properly prep for the fall. They delayed needed guidance+gave conflicting messages — squandering time educators had to plan.https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/20/tex
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ISBE board meeting is happening now. Further guidance for school this fall is expected by the end of the month. "We anticipate that this will be released very soon in
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Already seeing responses to Trump's new Exec Order banning illegals from being counted in the Census: "How are they going to enforce it?"Yes, obviously Trump and his administration have not
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So important for us not to conflate race and class and use the former as a proxy for the latter. Many middle and upper class families of color, like mine,
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I appreciate hearing from constituents, but a reminder to those who are reaching out to members of the #ksleg.1) focus on your state rep and your state senator. Emails outside
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It's understandable educators are frustrated with the legislature. The majority of schools are open full time and we have worked our tails off. Like usual, the state of Iowa is
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A Roadmap for Improving Indiana Teacher Compensation: Final Report of the Next Level Teacher Compensation Commission, December 2020 "While there are varying opinions among the public about whether there is
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THREAD: B/c many Chicagoland school districts are requiring wkly COVID testing as a condition of in-person school & activities, it's worth noting the NY State Ed Dept has said, "Nope,
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