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Issue 25: Literacy Moms NC - Accidental Advocates | Amanda Harrison & Ginny Sharpless
Amanda Harrison and Ginny Sharpless, two determined mothers from North Carolina, founded Literacy Moms NC after battling systemic resistance to their children’s dyslexia needs, sparking a movement to ...
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BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
April 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
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I’m being told that the U.S. Department of Education is shuttering all regional offices for its Office of Civil Rights.
From a U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights employee:
From a U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights employee:
March 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I’m being told that the U.S. Department of Education is shuttering all regional offices for its Office of Civil Rights.
From a U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights employee:
From a U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights employee:
You can learn more about our advocacy in this great article from Dystinct 🥰
Issue 25: Literacy Moms NC - Accidental Advocates | Amanda Harrison & Ginny Sharpless
Amanda Harrison and Ginny Sharpless, two determined mothers from North Carolina, founded Literacy Moms NC after battling systemic resistance to their children’s dyslexia needs, sparking a movement to ...
on.dystinct.org
January 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
You can learn more about our advocacy in this great article from Dystinct 🥰
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“A product-liability case reaches beyond the secrecy of parents doing this over and over.”
A new class-action lawsuit alleges that Heinemann and three of its top authors - Lucy Calkins and Fountas&Pinnell - promoted “deceptive” and “defective” products. www.apmreports.org/story/2024/1...
A new class-action lawsuit alleges that Heinemann and three of its top authors - Lucy Calkins and Fountas&Pinnell - promoted “deceptive” and “defective” products. www.apmreports.org/story/2024/1...
Lawsuit calls reading curriculum 'deceptive' and 'defective'
A class-action lawsuit filed in Massachusetts claims that the educational publishing company Heinemann falsely advertised its products as “research-backed” and “data-based.”
www.apmreports.org
December 4, 2024 at 7:19 PM
“A product-liability case reaches beyond the secrecy of parents doing this over and over.”
A new class-action lawsuit alleges that Heinemann and three of its top authors - Lucy Calkins and Fountas&Pinnell - promoted “deceptive” and “defective” products. www.apmreports.org/story/2024/1...
A new class-action lawsuit alleges that Heinemann and three of its top authors - Lucy Calkins and Fountas&Pinnell - promoted “deceptive” and “defective” products. www.apmreports.org/story/2024/1...
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Sold a Story is one of Apple's most shared podcasts of 2024. Have you shared it with all the people in your life who have young readers?
Take a look behind the scenes with The Story Behind Sold a Story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmAx...
Take a look behind the scenes with The Story Behind Sold a Story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmAx...
The story behind Sold a Story
YouTube video by APM Reports
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November 26, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Sold a Story is one of Apple's most shared podcasts of 2024. Have you shared it with all the people in your life who have young readers?
Take a look behind the scenes with The Story Behind Sold a Story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmAx...
Take a look behind the scenes with The Story Behind Sold a Story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmAx...
The Right to Read documentary is now available to stream for free on YouTube!
The Right to Read
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November 16, 2024 at 9:54 PM
The Right to Read documentary is now available to stream for free on YouTube!
School districts routinely ignore laws protecting students with disabilities. State education agencies routinely fail in the general supervision, monitoring & enforcement role. Without fed oversight, there is no logical reason why SEA’s would care about parent participation in the resolution process
November 15, 2024 at 9:49 PM
School districts routinely ignore laws protecting students with disabilities. State education agencies routinely fail in the general supervision, monitoring & enforcement role. Without fed oversight, there is no logical reason why SEA’s would care about parent participation in the resolution process
Who will hold state education agencies accountable for the implementation of IDEA? SEA’s already do a shocking job of district supervision - without OSEP oversight there is zero accountability.
November 14, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Who will hold state education agencies accountable for the implementation of IDEA? SEA’s already do a shocking job of district supervision - without OSEP oversight there is zero accountability.
“No voice is too soft when that voice speaks for others.”
Dust yourself off. Adjust that crown. We’ve got some fighting to do…
Dust yourself off. Adjust that crown. We’ve got some fighting to do…
November 13, 2024 at 11:30 PM
“No voice is too soft when that voice speaks for others.”
Dust yourself off. Adjust that crown. We’ve got some fighting to do…
Dust yourself off. Adjust that crown. We’ve got some fighting to do…