Evie Blad
@EvieBlad
Education reporter at @EducationWeek. Send me story ideas about K-12 schools and students. Dog person. Kansan. My high school mascot was farm equipment.
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https://www.edweek.org/ 14-09-2012 22:40:30
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Miguel Cardona, US education secretary, at the Education Writers Association annual conference in Vegas:
I believe a lot of the issues that we've had on college campuses in recent months could have been prevented with good programs that support diversity, equity and inclusion.
U.S. Education Secretary Secretary Miguel Cardona getting some tough questions about the FAFSA disaster from Erica L. Green of the New York Times. He says his department is “acutely aware” of the problems but process is getting better. #EWA24 #ksed
Jesse would have been graduating high school with his classmates this year. Newtown High School recognized him with an honorary yearbook page.
Jesse left this world a better place than he found it. I am eternally proud of him.
#SandyHook #Newtown #chooselove
Worth noting as Governor Jeff Landry says he wants students to be taught 'how to think, not what to think' — He's expected to sign a bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom. Bill's author said she wants kids to see 'what God’s law is.”
Exclusive: Texas schools illegally suspended thousands of homeless students — and nobody stopped them. The lead vignette is a girl who didn't have a see-through backpack. Great story from Asher Lehrer-Small houstonlanding.org/texas-homeless…
my final set of stories for Mississippi Today, about the 'mississippi miracle,' is publishing this week.
This first story looks at the work that remains to be done to make sure the gains are felt in every corner of the state.
mississippitoday.org/2024/05/21/mis…
Genesis and Karen Callero, recent immigrants from Ecuador, had already taken their graduation photos when they say their Brooklyn school pressured them to transfer. They weren't alone. A deeply reported piece from Michael Elsen-Rooney chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…