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Over the next month and a half, Extemp Central will provide R&Ds on the topic areas for the 2022 NSDA National Tournament. USX topic areas will have R&Ds posted on Thursday and IX topic areas will have R&Ds posted on Friday. This is meant to help extempers assemble resources to prepare for the competition in Louisville. This week we tackle USX topic area #2 on education.
More recognition, flexible schedules, and better pay are among the keys to improving teacher morale, a panel of education experts said in a candid discussion about a “profession in crisis.” #TeacherTwitter https://t.co/YN2JsS84S8
— Education Week (@educationweek) May 10, 2022
Opinion: We can’t afford not to pay for undocumented immigrants’ education https://t.co/a8oqgMyMCI
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) May 10, 2022
NEW: Black and Hispanic Americans, those with less education are more likely to fall out of the middle class each year https://t.co/unR8iBttdQ pic.twitter.com/gSoXL16rpd
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) May 10, 2022
L.A. Unified School District is poised to vote on a controversial proposal that may reshape education for thousands of deaf and hard-of-hearing students.https://t.co/KzRB5AY7KL
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 10, 2022
With the steep shortage of teachers across the U.S. leaving school districts scrambling to staff their classrooms, officials at the nation’s largest teachers union said this week that insufficient pay is fueling the growing crisis. https://t.co/ZwvGH4hqkj
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) April 30, 2022
🎓 How many people can access quality, affordable higher education? pic.twitter.com/kBOPkystbB
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) May 10, 2022
Substitute teachers play critical roles in covering teacher absences. Amid a shortage of subs, some Washington school districts offered them new contracts and benefits. (Special report via @nealtmorton @hechingerreport) https://t.co/Au4T9hXrhf
— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) April 27, 2022
Florida education officials released images from some of the math textbooks the state rejected this month, citing what they said were references to critical race theory or other “prohibited” topics. CNN’s @leylasantiago reports.https://t.co/OxLndrC6m6
— CNN (@CNN) April 22, 2022
Student loan debt forgiveness polls fairly well:
$10k forgiveness
61% support strongly/somewhat
30% oppose
65+, Rs only two groups 50%+ opposed
Indies favor 61/33$50k forgiveness slightly less strong:
53% support strongly/somewhat
38% opposehttps://t.co/QfIamHkzXo— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) May 9, 2022
School Choice Can Save Crumbling Boston Education System https://t.co/6KL7tfWdub
— RealClearEducation (@RealClearEd) April 27, 2022
Letter to the editor: If universities charged art and English majors more than engineering majors, the student-debt problem might solve itself.https://t.co/vNhHntjUPi
— Wall Street Journal Opinion (@WSJopinion) May 10, 2022