Y’all. There’s no illusion anymore. Kids in the diverse Miami-Dade school system in Florida having to sign permission slips to be read to from a book because it’s “by an African American.”

SOR reading legislation is based on a lie and harming students and teachers; the growing research base shows this

We have examined SOR claims in the USA and other countries. Media, politicians and some other vocal advocates for synthetic phonics nearly always cherry pick and misinterpret the strong evidence of more than two decades of robust research. Our book The Balancing Act due in June.

The Texas school district superintendent placed a full page ad in the Houston Chronicle to defend the suspension of Darryl George over his locs. “Being American requires conformity,” Greg Poole wrote.

To be racist in a multicultural society is to mandate and defend cultural

This might be the most egregious display of anti-blackness I’ve seen in a grip.

A Los Angeles deputy shot and killed Niani Finlayson within roughly three seconds of entering her home after she had called 911 for help during a domestic violence incident, video shows theguardian.com/us-news/2023/d…

BREAKING: Rep. Jasmine Crockett ABSOLUTELY DESTROYS the Biden Impeachment Inquiry & Donald Trump!

This is an absolute must-watch & share.

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The front page of tomorrow's The Daily Tar Heel –

I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours.

Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.

Guess she means when I was a kid in Jackson, MS & the KKK blew up a synagogue near my house & my dad & his partner arrested 3 of the KKK racists who did it & we had to move out of our home until they rounded up the other KKK a$$hats as they threatened to kill our entire family?

Here we gooooooooooo

Here are some of the reading lists that a new charter school in our area that’s founded on “family rights” & that uses the Hillsdale College curriculum have posted. 🫠

Excited to see how this pans out for them! #NHPolitics #NHeducation

Wow. A big tip of the Stetson to Jon Stewart. A master class in the art of a news making interview.

This is how Ofsted inspectors are trained to respond to teachers who resist standard language ideologies. Note how they use guises of 'social justice' to do this, perpetuating the myth that if marginalised people would just modify their voice, this will solve social inequalities.

Report: 50% Of Heaven’s Population Just Assholes Who Begged For Forgiveness At Last Second bit.ly/3wlIwEv

Scotland becomes the first country to make access to free period products a legal right. Now this is a step towards tackling period poverty.

While I made my decision known to Heinemann two weeks ago, I publicly announced I would not be working with them in the future today. Here is my FB statement.

Teaching is situational. Research can describe tendencies in larger populations--but it cannot dictate what to do in the moment. That takes judgment.

I want to talk about some very concrete next steps now that Roe v. Wade is gone—where we can go on offense as well as defense in our fight for the right to an abortion. Here’s a quick thread:

Surveillance footage shows a tour led by Loudermilk to areas in the House Office Buildings, as well as the entrances to Capitol tunnels.

Individuals on the tour photographed/recorded areas not typically of interest to tourists: hallways, staircases and security checkpoints.