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Blythe Bernhard
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Blythe Bernhard
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch education reporter, accidentally named my kids Bill & Ted. #vegasborn #roguereporter
- Today, two students sued the Wentzville School District for violating their civil rights by banning books including The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Tonight, the Wentzville school board voted unanimously to keep Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero after a parent challenge.
- Conservative candidates defeated across the St. Louis region in sweeping rebuke of right-wing efforts to stack school boards:
- Pay is a factor for teachers leaving the profession, but it is not at the top. I hear micromanaging/disrespect from admin, constantly changing curriculum that doesn’t match student needs, apathetic/defiant students, lack of paras/support staff, burnout from extra work piled on
- Students are streaming out of Maplewood Richmond Heights middle and high school to stand against gun violence @StudentsDemand #nationalwalkout @MRH_Schools
- Francis Howell school board reinstates Black History, Black Literature courses after blowback stltoday.com/news/local/edu… via @stltoday
- “When you donate a kidney, you do it to help someone live longer and get off dialysis. For these women, they are donating an experience.”A woman has given birth to a baby via uterus transplant for the first time in the U.S. ti.me/2kdbfZD
- The @FrancisHowell school board voted 5-2 tonight to eliminate the Black History and Black Literature elective courses from its three high schools starting in fall 2024. There was no explanation for dropping the courses except that the board has the final say over curriculum.
- They say when you've lost Francis Howell ... I have no idea what they say because I've never seen 35 school districts get sued by their own AG. But this is a St. Charles County district bringing the heat, and that's something.
- Three of the last five Missouri teachers of the year have caught COVID-19, and they're asking @GovParsonMO to prioritize teachers for the vaccine. Kansas, Illinois and other border states are vaccinating teachers now. @msta
- Darrion Cockrell, Missouri’s 2021 Teacher of the Year, came down with the virus two weeks ago. He’s ultra-fit and still struggling with low energy and lung capacity. Now he wants the state’s teachers to get vaccinated before it’s too late for them, too.
- Captain Elementary kids @ClaytonSchools walked out even after school was canceled for power outage @StudentsDemand
00:00 - On Dec. 5 Missouri Rep. Justin Hicks (R-Lake St. Louis) pre-filed a bill that would allow charter schools to open in St. Charles County. On Dec. 12 his PAC, Americans First, received $10,000 from Rex Sinquefield. mec.mo.gov/CampaignFinanc…
