Linda Jacobson
Senior Writer at The 74
Education writer with @The74, ice rink mom, beagle rescuer
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Linda Jacobson
At a recent virtual discussion on the future of state testing, Maryland education chief Carey Wright drew a line in the sand. “Even if the feds decide that they’re not going to require statewide assessments, that is not something that I’m going to buy into,” she said.
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2 weeks ago |
the74million.org | Linda Jacobson
In 2022, newly elected Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin launched a tip line for parents to report lessons that made children feel guilty about the color of their skin. His aim was to address growing conservative alarm about the proliferation of critical race theory and other so-called “divisive concepts” in the classroom. But the result was something else.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Linda Jacobson
In 2022, newly elected Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin launched a tip line for parents to report lessons that made children feel guilty about the color of their skin. His aim was to address growing conservative alarm about the proliferation of critical race theory and other so-called “divisive concepts” in the classroom. But the result was something else.
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2 weeks ago |
youthtoday.org | Linda Jacobson
This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Officials labeled even extensions agreed upon during Trump’s tenure ‘unreasonable’ and cited what it called examples of ‘misuse.’States risk losing close to $3 billion in remaining COVID relief funds after U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced Friday that they’ll no longer be reimbursed for pandemic-related costs.
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3 weeks ago |
the74million.org | Linda Jacobson
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter After a year in a small preschool class for children with disabilities, transition into kindergarten was rough for Andrea Jones’ son Kelsey. He would cry and run off during fire drills. Teachers put his desk in the corner, so he wouldn’t disturb his classmates. They would call her during the day so she could talk him into sitting still.
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Tip lines like @usedgov's End DEI site can attract both spam and leave a chilling effect on teachers. Just ask @GovernorVA and @RyanWalters_. @The74 https://t.co/XJqz95Vl7T
RT @thegrade_: Close to $3 Billion in Relief Funds in Jeopardy as Ed Dept. Halts Payments https://t.co/uk1KsNRxw0
Close to $3 Billion in Pandemic Funds in Jeopardy as @usedgov Abruptly Halts Payments @The74 https://t.co/eDdRsmun2Q