Erica L. Green
Translating education policy to real life for D.C buro. B-More born. bred. Lover. Fighter. Mother. Writer. [email protected]
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Kushner, Employing Racist Stereotype, Questions if Black Americans ‘Want to Be Successful’
Nytimes.com 86d 13 tweets
In a “Fox & Friends” interview, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser also criticized protesters as more concerned with what he called “virtue signaling” than in coming up with “solutions.”
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Erica L. Green Kushner, Employing Racist Stereotype, Questions if Black Americans ‘Want to Be Successful’ (by ) 86d
The Bind of Being First
Harper's BAZAAR 91d 5 tweets
Novelist Kaitlyn Greenidge reflects on our cultural fixation with and celebration of firsts, asking: Who never got the chance to try?
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Erica L. Green “When someone manages to rise up through our hobbled alleged meritocracy and is crowned the first to hold a position, I know that does not mean that they were the only one who possibly could.” The Bind of Being First - Society's Obsession With Firsts 90d
Were The Risks Of Reopening Schools Exaggerated?
NPR.org 92d 24 tweets
New research has found few links between in-person K-12 schooling and COVID-19 case rates. "There is no consistent pattern," one study author said.
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Erica L. Green "We are driving with the headlights off, and we've got kids in the car.” Research Finds Few Links Between Schools And COVID Cases : NPR 92d
Megan Thee Stallion: Why I Speak Up for Black Women
Nytimes.com 100d 30 tweets
I’m not afraid of criticism, and “Protect Black women” should not be controversial.
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Erica L. Green ⁦ “From the moment we begin to navigate the intricacies of adolescence, we feel the weight of this threat, and the weight of contradictory expectations and misguided preconceptions.” -⁦⁩, yes THEE stallion, for The ⁦⁩ 100d
A White House Long in Denial Confronts Reality
Maggie Haberman - Nytimes.com 109d 31 tweets
The infections were a byproduct, former aides said, of the recklessness and top-down culture of fear that President Trump created at the White House and throughout his administration.
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Erica L. Green "If you wanted to make the boss happy, they said, you left the mask at home." A White House Long in Denial Confronts Reality: (by & ). 109d
‘A Battle for the Souls of Black Girls’
Erica L. Green - Nytimes.com 111d 12 tweets
Discipline disparities between Black and white boys have driven reform efforts for years. But Black girls are arguably the most at-risk student group in the United States.
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Erica L. Green The disproportionate discipline rates of Black boys have long dominated discussions about the harmful effects of punitive discipline policies, often overshadowing a brewing crisis: "We are in a battle for the souls of Black Girls." 111d
DeVos Vows to Withhold Desegregation Aid to Schools Over Transgender Athletes
Erica L. Green - Nytimes.com 125d 3 tweets
The Education Department has told Connecticut schools that desegregation grants will be cut off Oct. 1 if they continue to allow transgender students to choose the teams they compete on.
Families Priced Out of ‘Learning Pods’ Seek Alternatives
Abby Goodnough - Nytimes.com 159d 4 tweets
Should public school systems provide teachers for small-group instruction?
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Erica L. Green “People who live paycheck-to-paycheck, she said, feel “like we’re directly failing our children because we can’t offer or afford the same level of opportunities.” Families Priced Out of ‘Learning Pods’ Seek Alternatives - The New York Times 159d
At a Glance: U.S. Secretaries of Education
Education Week 162d 1 tweets
The U.S. Department of Education has had 11 secretaries since its birth as a Cabinet-level department in 1980. Check out these pages for a deep look at each secretary's tenure, challenges, and accomplishments.
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Erica L. Green Going to stay in my lane and just note that per my research (S/O to & ), seems there's never been a black, female Secretary of Education. 162d
Remembering the Education Secretaries Betsy DeVos Would Follow
The Atlantic 162d 1 tweets
Some quirky facts about the 10 people who previously oversaw the department, a position the Republican billionaire philanthropist is slated to fill
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Erica L. Green Going to stay in my lane and just note that per my research (S/O to & ), seems there's never been a black, female Secretary of Education. 162d
Can N.Y.C. Reopen Schools? The Whole Country Is Watching
Nytimes.com 169d 6 tweets
The city’s low infection rate has raised hopes that students can return to classrooms next month. But many obstacles remain.
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Erica L. Green “It’s now or never,” said Emily Oster, an economist at Brown University who has written extensively about reopening. “Either you do it for September, or no one is opening until there’s a vaccine.” Can N.Y.C. Reopen Schools? The Whole Country Is Watching 168d
The Risk That Students Could Arrive at School With the Coronavirus
Benedict Carey - Nytimes.com 173d 25 tweets
As schools grapple with how to reopen, new estimates show that large parts of the country would likely see infected students if classrooms opened now.
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Virus-Driven Push to Release Juvenile Detainees Leaves Black Youth Behind
Erica L. Green - Nytimes.com 174d 6 tweets
After an initial decrease in the youth detention population since the pandemic began, the rate of release has slowed, and the gap between white youth and Black youth has grown.
Education Dept.’s Civil Rights Chief Steps Down Amid Controversy
Erica L. Green - Nytimes.com 177d 3 tweets
Kenneth L. Marcus was nominated as the head of the Office of Civil Rights in the face of a chorus of opposition. He leaves after a tenure marked by dissension and disputes.
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Erica L. Green The head of the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights will step down this week, leaving a controversial legacy that includes two complaints he abused his power in office to expand the rights of some students while undermining the rights of others 177d
My students see themselves differently because of this pandemic. It’s time the world sees it, too.
Chalkbeat 178d 1 tweets
Young children are expressing newfound pride in their parents’ essential work. Their experiences echo my own.
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Erica L. Green My students see themselves differently because of this pandemic. It’s time the world sees it, too. via 178d
That Word
Nytimes.com 181d 4 tweets
Few prominent women in power have publicly addressed a particular vulgarity that men have leveled against them for years. Today, on the floor of the House, that changed.
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Erica L. Green That Word 180d
Convent in Michigan Loses 13 Sisters to Covid-19
Nytimes.com 181d 6 tweets
From April 10 to May 10, a dozen Felician sisters at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary convent died of Covid-19. In June, a 13th sister died after contracting the coronavirus.
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Erica L. Green “The deaths cut deep in the communities where the sisters worked in schools, libraries and the medical field, the order said in a statement.” Convent in Michigan Loses 13 Sisters to Covid-19 181d
John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80
Katharine Q. Seelye - Nytimes.com 187d 86 tweets
Images of his beating at Selma shocked the nation and led to swift passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; he was called the conscience of the Congress.
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Erica L. Green “On the front lines of the bloody campaign to end Jim Crow laws...Mr. Lewis was a valiant stalwart of the civil rights movement and the last surviving speaker at the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.” 187d
DeVos Abandons a Lifetime of Local Advocacy to Demand Schools Reopen
Erica L. Green - Nytimes.com 190d 5 tweets
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has become the face of the Trump administration’s demands, a stance diametrically opposite to how she has led the department.
As Trump Demanded Schools Reopen, His Experts Warned of ‘Highest Risk’
Eileen Sullivan, Erica L. Green - Nytimes.com 194d 13 tweets
A briefing packet for federal emergency response teams details the steps schools should take to reopen safely.