#tellEWA Member Stories (August 26-September 1)
Here’s what we’re reading by EWA members this week.
Students of color and low-income students tend to be underrepresented in dual enrollment programs. Writing for Washington Monthly, Jamaal Abdul-Alim highlights a rare nonselective dual enrollment program called P-TECH, which serves lower-income minority students – including those who aren’t doing well in school. He also explains why “national-level investment” in the program is needed.
This program gives students the chance to get good internships and earn a college degree before they graduate from high school. So why isn't it more widespread? Check out my latest piece about #PTECH in @monthly to learn why.
— Jamaal S. Abdul-Alim (@dcwriter360) August 29, 2022
“Some of the hesitancy from the Covid vaccine is bleeding over to the other vaccinations.” Thousands of California students didn’t start the school year in-person after not meeting state immunization requirements. Families fell behind or skipped childhood wellness appointments during the pandemic and faced other issues, Diana Lambert reports for EdSource.
Thousands without childhood vaccinations unable to return to school https://t.co/VEYxJA2Jvi via @edsource @uscpharmacy @ImmunizeCa @CADeptEd @DrPanMD @sandiegounited #TellEWA
— diana lambert (@dianalambert) September 1, 2022
“Find your people. They need to find the people who support them …” The Stateman Journal’s Natalie Pate speaks to a transgender student in Oregon who is returning to campus as lawmakers and activists across the country push to ban or limit LGBTQ rights in K-12 schools and beyond.
#Oregon transgender student's advice to #LGBTQ youth: 'Find your people' https://t.co/LitLVOYq2P via @salem_statesman @salemkeizer @willamette_u @basicrights @USATODAY #TellEWA @EdWriters (Photos by @_Brian_ICT)
— Natalie Pate (@NataliePateGwin) August 31, 2022
“I don’t think we’ve ever had as many people leave our district.” In part two of a Missoulian series, Skylar Rispens the hiring challenges superintendents in Montana’s remote areas are facing as the school year begins. Smaller, more rural school districts are facing more staffing challenges than their urban counterparts, but the latter are also feeling the pinch.
New from me: The second story in my reporting on Montana’s teacher shortage is here! Read to learn more about its effects on rural schools all the way up to larger, AA schools: https://t.co/o1CR8XTjMN#mtnews #mtedu #TellEWA
— Skylar Rispens (@skylar_rispens) August 29, 2022
Conservative groups pressured Texas education officials to halt a plan to revamp the social studies curriculum in public schools. The overhaul likely won’t take place until 2025, and by then, several new State Board of Education members – potentially more right-leaning – could play a major role in deciding how history should be taught, Talia Richman explains for The Dallas Morning News.
Did conservative pressure derail Texas' efforts to rewrite state standards for history lessons? @TaliRichman reports #txlege #tellEWA #txed https://t.co/Earjxy8ij0
— Eva-Marie Ayala (@EvaMarieAyala) August 31, 2022
Three adult learners from around the country explained why they returned to college after years away in Second Acts, an EdSurge podcast. Jeffrey R. Young explores why these students returned, hears their challenges, and speaks to those helping the students succeed.
"Can I hack it?" That's a question nagging a returning adult college student trying to juggle family, work, and school, and an adjustment to taking courses online. #TellEWA
Ep 2 of Second Acts narrative podcast series: https://t.co/FBr89QrVr4
— Jeff Young (@jryoung) August 31, 2022
