#meme #education

California professor speaks out against charges over pro-Palestinian protest: ‘failure in leadership’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/20/university-of-california-pro-palestinian-protest-trial #UScampusprotests #Highereducation #USuniversities #Israel-Gazawar #California #WestCoast #Education #USnews

#Introduction post as we’ve now moved to a better instance!

I am not a taboo is a new initiative, mainly focused on #LGBTQIA+ #ELT professionals and their allies, but LGBTQIA+ representation is important in any aspect of #education.

The website has a #Resources page with classroom materials, reference books and journal articles. There’s also a #blog with a small number of real-life stories - all of this is a work in progress.

It’s run by one person and is still very small and new!

#ESOL
#InclusiveEducation

https://iamnotataboo.com/

#Segregation Academies Get Millions From #School Voucher Programs
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In #NorthCarolina, ProPublica identified 39 “segregation academies” that have received #voucher money. Of these, 20 schools reported student bodies that were at least 85% white.

#News #Education #Schools #Students #PrivateSchools #BlackHistory

https://propub.li/3VldI3d

FWIW, folks I follow used these hashtags today: #scotus (150) #law (43) #tech (37) #legaltech (37) #autosum (37) #trump (6) #mattgaetz (3) #dailystats (3) #currentevents (3) #cop29 (3) #contracts (3) #opensource (3) #democracy (3) #justicesystem (3) #Climate (3) #Cybersecurity (3) #legaldrama (3) #lawfedi (3) #education (3) #singapore (2) #privacy (2) #academia (2) #fedilaw (2) #media (2) #surveillance (2) #uspolitics (2) #economy (2) #bluesky (2) [#DailyStats]

#Florida officials report hundreds of books removed from schools

#Beloved by #ToniMorrison, #NormalPeople by #SallyRooney and #SlaughterhouseFive by #KurtVonnegut, among books pulled

by Coral Murphy Marcos
Tue 12 Nov 2024 23.10 EST

"Florida’s department of education has released a list of more than 700 books that were 'removed or discontinued' from schools across the state after changes to a state law last year that allows parents and residents to challenge the content of #LibraryBooks.

"This year’s list, which has doubled in size from last year, includes titles such as Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

"The list comes after #HouseBill1069 went into effect last July, requiring school districts to set up a mechanism for parents to object to anything they consider pornographic or inappropriate.

"Since then hundreds of titles have been removed from elementary, middle and high school libraries. In Florida, 33 out of about 70 school districts #BannedBooks.

"American classics such as #BraveNewWorld by #AldousHuxley, #ForWhomTheBellTolls by #ErnestHemingway and The Adventures of #TomSawyer by #MarkTwain are among those that have been pulled. Contemporary novels by bestselling authors such as #MargaretAtwood and #StephenKing have also been removed.

"Members of the #FloridaFreedomToReadProject, a group comprised of public school parents, said the measure has led to an unprecedented rise in #censorship, mostly driven by conservative interest groups, and has limited students’ access to diverse #literature.

“'We believe in a fair, thorough, and public objection process that ensures decisions reflect the needs of each school community - not the broad, district-wide censorship we see today that’s inspired by the vague language in #HB1069 and ‘bad book’ lists like this one,' the group said in a statement.

“'Censorship is happening right here in Florida. Lists like this that include award-winning, #ClassicLiterature and books about #BanningBooks cannot be spun or shoved into a narrative about extremely targeted removals,' they added.

"#PENAmerica found that Florida and #Iowa recorded the highest number of book bans during the 2023-2024 school year, leading in the country with over 4,500 book bans in Florida and over 3,600 in Iowa. These bans have cost districts about $34,000 to $135,000 a year.

"A study on educational censorship in Florida found a 'climate of compliance, fear and stress' that threatens students’ academic performance and the well-being of both teachers and students'."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/florida-book-bans-removals-education-department-list?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#BannedBooks #Censorship #FloridaSchools #Education #CharacteristicsOfFascism #ChristoFascism

Florida education officials: 100s books pulled f. school libraries
https://apnews.com/article/book-bans-education-florida-desantis-censorship-schools-b4647f7709d06ae7780dd03003dfcd90

* FL state law empowers parents/residents to challenge school library books
* requires districts to submit annual report to state detailing restricted schoolbooks
* FL leads U.S. in pulling books f. school libraries

#AmericanLibraryAssociation #ALA #PENamerica
#Florida #DeSantis #censorship #education #antiLGBT #transphobia #homophobia #ParentalRightsMovement #M4L #LibsOfTikTok #fascism #Christofascism

#ElectronicIntifada | #Jewish professor fired for #AntiZionist posts

Across the US, students and faculty are continuing to resist repressive measures by university administrations intended to stifle or even criminalize speech in support of Palestinian rights, as the genocide in Gaza continues.

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/jewish-professor-fired-anti-zionist-posts

#Gaza #Palestine #Education #Censorship

Denialism isn't a political stance, it's a philosophical one. That's why both right- and left-wing people indulge in it.

Anybody who can be convinced that something is true against evidence otherwise is wide open to being convinced regarding denialism — of anything. HIV/AIDS, COVID, transgender, sexism, racism, etc.

Which is why political efforts to defeat denialism will never work. The only way to defeat it is through education, from kindergarten up. All age groups, all the time.

#Denialism #Climate #Racism #Bigotry #Sexism #Hate #Health #Religion #Science #Facts #Education

Next City is a nonprofit news organization that believes journalists have the power to amplify solutions and spread workable ideas from one city to the next city. Our mission is to inspire greater economic, environmental, and social justice in cities.
#MakeADifference #Community #Journalism #Environment #Environmental #Help #StayInformed #Information #education

https://nextcity.org/topics

"CNN’s Pamela Brown Battles MAGA Oklahoma Superintendent in Wild Throwdown Over Religion in Schools"

https://www.mediaite.com/news/cnns-pamela-brown-battles-maga-oklahoma-superintendent-in-wild-thrown-down-over-religion-in-schools/

"Walters has advocated for Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to close the DOE on 'day one,' Brown reported, and 'in the wake of Trump’s win, he announced the creation of a new Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism in the state.'”

#EDUCATION #RELIGION #RYANWALTERS #PRESS

The guy who blew off the Nex Benedict tragedy.

"Oklahoma Superintendent Demands Students Watch Him Pray for Trump"

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ryan-walters-demands-oklahoma-school-pray-trump-1235170916/

"Ryan Walters has already been under fire for using state money to purchase Trump Bibles for classrooms"

#MAGA #RyanWalters #Oklahoma #education #press

Probably won't find a lot of local sympathy as tertiary institutions are turned into degree and diploma factories, student visas are rorted and housing is overwhelmed.

Unis got very greedy, often encouraged by government. Capping and redirecting students into rural and regional areas is probably a fair policy as long as it doesn't just push the problem into the bush.

Reckon Minister Clare has got the balance right on this one.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c207kgd4l22o

#auspol #education

785,000 #students have been deprived of education in #Gaza by the #IsraeliOccupation.
The Government Media Office in Gaza
These photographic images showcase #initiatives by #teachers in Gaza.

From @ PalestineInDocs on IG.

#Educators
#TeachingUnderSiege
#RefugeeSchool
#WarChildren
#Education
#FreePalestine
#IsraelIsATerroristState
#IsraelWarCrimes
#RacistIsrael
#IsraelRogueState
#ArmsEmbargoOnIsrael
#USAFundsGenocide
#BoycottIsrael
#BDSMovement
#BoycottIsraeliApartheid
#StopGenocide
#ApartheidIsrael
#SanctionIsrael

Remember, your phone is a cop, and the administration is the enemy.

"Pomona College used Wi-Fi connection data to identify students involved in the Oct. 7 protest at Carnegie Hall, according to an update on the college’s website and a letter sent to banned students on Nov. 11.

"'The College’s computer and network resources are the College’s property, and students should not have any expectation of privacy when utilizing these resources.'"

https://tsl.news/pomona-letter-reveals-wi-fi-data-used-to-track-student-involvement-in-oct-7-protest/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza #PomonaCollege #academia #education

Not Everyone Can #Leave: #Survival #Advice From #Trans #Teens in #Texas

#Media often focus on trans teens #fleeing the #antitrans #states they’re #living in. But what about those who can’t leave?

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Education #TransKids #PoliticalAsylum #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://truthout.org/articles/not-everyone-can-leave-survival-advice-from-trans-teens-in-texas/

Billionaire media moguls join forces to invest in France’s oldest journalism school https://www.politico.eu/article/billionaire-media-moguls-join-forces-buy-france-oldest-journalism-school-esj-paris/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Highereducation #Frenchpolitics #Mediafreedom #Education #Politics #Media

"This election was about identity after all—an American identity which has become more tolerant of authoritarianism and less committed to democracy over the past decade. As Trump’s opponents try to figure out why they were defeated and how they can resist him over the next four years, they need to confront the dark reality about who we have become as a nation."

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #authoritarianism #disinformation #education #IdentityPolitics
/6

"Americans didn’t elect Trump because they were offended by the Democrats—they elected Trump because they like him. They know everything they need to know about Trump. He has been broadcasting his cruelty, hatred, and self-obsession into every American home for nearly a decade."

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #authoritarianism #disinformation #education
/5

"The old narratives about the Democrats’ contempt for the working class and their racially divisive politics don’t apply to this election. The argument that Americans are in so much economic pain that they had to vote for Trump doesn’t hold up: Unemployment is just over 4 percent, the stock market was hitting all-time highs before Trump won, and inflation has plummeted from a peak of over 9 percent to 2.4 percent."

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #authoritarianism #disinformation #education
/4

"A cultural and political chasm has opened up between Americans who still care about the integrity of their democracy and those who do not. We have entered an age of political nihilism in which our traditional conceptions of ideological and identitarian conflict must be abandoned. This election was about the identity of the United States as a whole, and it didn’t tell an inspiring story."

~ Matt Johnson

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #authoritarianism #disinformation #education
/3

#Strikes in #Palestine:
Amid an economic crisis caused by Israeli policies and Palestinian Authority corruption, teachers are bringing #schools and streets to a standstill until their demands are met: https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-teachers-strike-pa-repression/ #WestBank #Gaza #occupation #education #security

https://www.europesays.com/1608353/ Minnesota teachers now required to teach climate change #Climate #ClimateChange #education #GlobalWarming #teachers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundation for AIIMS Darbhanga, launches development projects across Bihar.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_pm_modi_lays_foundation_aiims_projects_bihar

#bihar #patna #india #news #press #politics #aiims #medical #education #doctor #bjp #pmmodi #nitishkumar #governance

Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters

Darbhanga AIIMS is a Major Step in Healthcare: Dr. Dilip Jaiswal.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_darbhanga_aiims_major_step_jaiswal

#bihar #patna #india #news #press #politics #aiims #medical #education #doctor #bjp #pmmodi

Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters

For those of you who are interested in seeing one reason why I do what I do in English Language Teaching, here's a blog post I wrote last year looking at some problematic materials still for sale in the ELT industry.

#LGBTQIA #DEI #Education #ESOL #Blog #InclusiveEducation

https://peterjfullagar.co.uk/a-mini-exploration-of-photocopiable-materials/

Kangra District tops good governance index for the third consecutive time, wins INR 50 lakhs.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_kangra_district_tops_governance_index_again

#himachal #dharamshala #india #press #news #government #governance #kangra #accolade #infrastructure #transparency #education #accountability

Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters

Who will lead Democrats in 2028? Meet the leaders positioning themselves to make moves. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/11/2028-shadow-primary-underway-democratic-00188626?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Electricvehicles #U.S.election2024 #DemocraticParty #Competition #Immigration #Buildings #Education #Elections #Abortion #Politics #Policy #Rights #Labor #Media

📰 Report: Israeli universities face unprecedented global boycott over Gaza genocide

Citing data from the Association of Israeli University Heads, the channel said more than 300 cases of academic boycott of Israeli universities and academics have been recorded since 7 October 2023.

Read the full report by MEMO staff --
Source: Middle East Monitor 👇🏽

(no paywall)

#mena #gaza #education #mena #research

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241111-report-israeli-universities-face-unprecedented-global-boycott-over-gaza-genocide/

Memes R Us
[meme-maker unknown]

See the flaws in this oversimplified meme and read the comment by @jrefior

#economics #education #inequality #billionaires #college #taxes #press #meme #PovertyTax

The focus of #journalism should be facts, not balance.

“Reuters/Ipsos poll found a powerfully strong connection between people who believed provably false information and whether they planned to vote for #Trump or #Harris”

#elections #misinformation #education

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trust-mainstream-media-2024-election-20241110.html

#Introduction post!

I am not a taboo is a new initiative, mainly focused on #LGBTQIA+ #ELT professionals and their allies, but LGBTQIA+ representation is important in any aspect of #education.

The website has a #Resources page with classroom materials, reference books and journal articles. There’s also a #blog with a small number of real-life stories - all of this is a work in progress.

It’s run by one person and is still very small and new!

#ESOL
#InclusiveEducation
https://iamnotataboo.com/

England’s universities flex their muscles to hike fees, while students get a bum deal

The ‘business’ emphasis, nay obsession of English universities does us all harm. I write from Scotland (which has similar problems, albeit we are not charging home students an extortionate amount - ‘Labour - hold our beer’). But this effects us as well. Started by Blair, boosted by the Tories and emphasised by Starmer.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/10/englands-universities-flex-their-muscles-to-hike-fees-while-students-get-a-bum-deal

#University #Education #UKPolitcs

Hello Mastodon, we are Unsettling Empire. A self-ran #antiimperialist #news #education, and #entertainment #media project. Follow us and support our work like original articles and projects like the one below.

Presenting:

QUOTATIONS FROM MICHAEL PARENTI
Published by Marxist-Leninist Reading Hub

Compiled by admins Joel Ruggi and Andre Schürmann Simpson
The proceeds of this book are donated to the Michael Parenti Political Archive and Popular Education in Latin America

https://www.mlreadinghub.org/books/quotations-from-michael-parenti

I wrote this with a heavy heart and a newfound fire in me to oppose the tech barons: "The rebellion will be federated" https://elenarossini.com/2024/11/the-rebellion-will-be-federated/

If you want to follow my Wordpress blog and get new posts straight in your feed, click here: @ele

#blog #FLOSS #bigtech #education #resist #rebel #activism #Fediverse

With Gaza’s Education System in Ruins, Parents Take Matters Into Their Own Hands

https://theintercept.com/2024/11/08/gaza-education-schools-children-palestine/

Children in Gaza have been without school for 13 months. Parents are looking to out-of-work teachers and volunteers to fill in the gaps.

#Education #UnderSiege #Gaza #eSchools #blackouts #HomeSchooling #Struggle

Q. are private schools gaming the special needs provisions of exam boards to get their A-level students longer time to complete their exams?

Given the gap between the provision of extra time in the state sector & private sector, either students from wealthier families are more likely to have special education needs, or there is something fishy going on... I'm sure some students in private schools do need the extra time but not nearly half!!!

Something fishy, methinks!

#schools #education

Germany’s Merz urges Scholz to drastically move up timeline for snap election https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-friedrich-merz-olaf-scholz-move-up-timeline-snap-election-collapse-coalition/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #U.S.elections #Parliament #Education #Elections #Transport #Industry #Military #Politics #Defense #Finance #Markets #Tariffs #Crisis #Policy #Media

Bye bye.... American democracy pie.

https://bit.ly/ByeBye666

Goodbye #Constitution, Science Healthcare #truth - and #respect for people and #law, #justice & mindful #education.

RFK banning vaccines, #VanceVirus banning #truth, & Elon as T$ar.

The Devil is taking his due as #WAPO & #media friends reap what they sewed: #democracy, dying in the darkness, of #TrumpVirus

Speaking of the devil... from the classic album, #666 [ #AprhoditesChild] ] / #Vangelis #music #election #GQP #Project2025