#College educators form alliance to defend free expression

#College educators form alliance to defend free expression

“#College educators form alliance to defend free expression” NEW YORK — Around 200 scholars from across the country have formed the Academic Freedom Alliance, which has a mission to help college educators “speak, instruct, and publish without fear of sanction, bullying, punishment, or persecution.” Launched Monday, the non-profit organization arose out of discussions among some…

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#Massachusetts forces schools commish to reopen school s

#Massachusetts forces schools commish to reopen school s

“#Massachusetts forces schools commish to reopen school s” The Massachusetts school board voted Friday to allow its schools commissioner to force a wide return to in-person learning — despite union objections, according to reports. State Commissioner of Education Jeffrey Riley told the board that he would seek those powers in order to fully reopen elementary…

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#Miguel Cardona confirmed as Biden Education secretary

#Miguel Cardona confirmed as Biden Education secretary

“#Miguel Cardona confirmed as Biden Education secretary” President Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Education, Miguel Cardona, was confirmed on Monday, amid mounting pressure on the administration to stand up to the teachers unions and get kids back in class. The Senate voted 64-33 to confirm Cardona, a former public school teacher and principal…

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#Rethinking Trump’s performance and other commentary

#Rethinking Trump’s performance and other commentary

“#Rethinking Trump’s performance and other commentary” Pandemic journal: Rethinking Don’s Performance The Washington Examiner’s Byron York sees “the beginning of a sense of perspective about the way the Trump administration battled the virus. The bottom line is: Of course, the crisis was awful, but on balance, overall, the United States handled it as well or…

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#NYC Dalton School’s head of diversity is leaving post

#NYC Dalton School’s head of diversity is leaving post

“#NYC Dalton School’s head of diversity is leaving post” The head of diversity at the tony Dalton School — the Upper East Side bastion of privilege that’s been rocked by controversy recently over its heavy-handed “anti-racist” ideology — is out, school officials said. Domonic Rollins, the school’s director of DEI (“Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”) is…

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#Biden’s vaccine inertia and other commentary

#Biden’s vaccine inertia and other commentary

“#Biden’s vaccine inertia and other commentary” Pandemic journal: Biden’s Vaccine Inertia Evidence suggests “vaccines really do work and that normal life is just a few hundred million shots away. How about a bit of urgency in ­administering them?” urges Oliver Wiseman at Spectator USA. “Maddeningly, the Biden administration and the public-health establishment” have no “can-do…

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#DOE must provide NYC charter schools with COVID-19 tests

#DOE must provide NYC charter schools with COVID-19 tests

“#DOE must provide NYC charter schools with COVID-19 tests” The Department of Education must begin administering COVID-19 tests in charter schools, a court ruled Friday. New York County Supreme Court Justice Frank Nervo determined that the DOE “shall provide and administer COVID-19 screening tests to students and staff of charter schools upon identical terms as…

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