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    Jul 18

    Check out 's latest column about this year's back-to-school campaign to ensure every school is a place where parents want to send their children, where educators want to work and where our kids have the ➡️

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  2. 7 hours ago

    Racism touches every facet of American society, including our healthcare system. In this article from , Dr. Jamila K. Taylor touches on the ways racism affects maternal health.

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  3. 9 hours ago

    COVID-19 Vaccine Myths vs. Facts

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    9 hours ago

    This thread is great.

    I am a graduate of Marshall High School in Saline County Missouri. While in school I earned an education that taught me the history of genocide, slavery, and exploitation that is deeply rooted in this country. It wasn’t critical race theory. It was American History. 🧵
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    Jul 19

    First, racists aren’t conflating the scholarship of critical race theory with general American history. They’re using it as a dogwhistle to galvanize support against public schools + an educated citizenry. 7/

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    11 hours ago

    👀 Find out even more great things about being in a union!

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    11 hours ago

    Rafaela and Lorena are committed advocates for educational justice, inclusivity of stakeholder voices and have deep experience working on both policy and community engagement in BPS, and we look forward to working with them to move our district forward!

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    11 hours ago

    How can and work together to support students? Learn how from 's blog: A School Nurse in the 21st-Century: Your Partner in Supporting Student Success.

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    11 hours ago

    The AFT’s virtual conference headlined speakers who inspired us to action. Hear First Lady Dr. Jill Biden’s message to teachers and school staff:

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    15 hours ago

    Learn five strategies to support students coping with grief and loss from COVID with this on-demand webinar for AFT members:

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    12 hours ago

    In addition to adopting educator and parent demands for a mask mandate, CPS has relented and will spend the additional $5 million on sports programming from last year, won during the 2019 strike, in accordance with the CTU sports committee's wishes.

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  12. 12 hours ago

    Q: What can we do? : Kids need to know that they matter and that they're loved... Get involved in some way shape or matter. Get involved even if you don't have kids. There's lots of things to do and we'd love it if you did.

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  13. 12 hours ago

    .: What we need to do in terms of civics education is to have more of learning in a structured way so that kids have developed the muscles of being citizens in a Democracy.

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  14. 12 hours ago

    .: There needs to be a lived experience...a connection between what government does, their participation in government and what it does. There needs to be an action portion of civics education.

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  15. 13 hours ago

    .: We need to return to school but it needs to be safe and it needs to be welcoming.

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  16. 13 hours ago

    .: That kind of high level career tech ed is project based. 95% of our kids graduate from those schools and choose to go to college or to go into a career.

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  17. 13 hours ago

    .: We need to figure out a way to accelaerate learning and to meet the trauma that exists all around the country and with our kids. What my union is focused on right now is how we make schools a safe and welcoming environment for all kids.

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  18. 13 hours ago

    .: People on the right focus on trying to erase history and I think about my kids and what they learned and how they were able to use critical thinking to navigate really troubling and tough issues. That's what we have to do for all kids.

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  19. 13 hours ago

    .: When we talk about allyship and talk about teaching and education, we have an obligation to give every single child the opportuntiy to lift to their potential.

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  20. 13 hours ago

    .: With the time, tools, and trust you can actually help every single child and lift them to their potential.

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  21. 13 hours ago

    This afternoon is joining the Human Rights Forum for the "Jim Crow Revisited" panel! 🧵

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