In anticipation of Banned Books Week this week (September 22-28, 2024); the American Library Association has released preliminary data documenting attempts to censor books and materials in public, school, and academic libraries during the first eight months of 2024. Between January 1 and August 31, 2024, ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 414 attempts to censor library materials and […]
Franchesca Warren
For fifteen years Franchesca taught English/Language Arts in two urban districts in Atlanta, Georgia, and Memphis, Tennessee. Increasingly frustrated with decisions being made about public education from people who were not in the classroom, in 2012 she decided to start a blog about what it was really like to teach in public schools. In the last four years, The Educator's Room has grown to become the premiere source for resources, tools, and strategies for all things teaching and learning. To learn more about Franchesca Warren's work, please visit www.franchescalanewarren.com.
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Abbott Elementary S3E5: Breakups are inevitable
Whoever thinks about keying a “church lady’s car” but if you watched this week’s episode of Abbott Elementary you know that Ava said this- but for just cause. Every week I watch Abbott Elementary, I’m reminded of how schools are a microcosm of the world, and no matter how hard we try to ignore this […]
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Sixteen states identified where land-grant HBCUs are underfunded
In a letter sent to 16 governors, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack emphasized the over $12 billion disparity in funding between land-grant Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their non-HBCU land-grant peers in their states. “Unacceptable funding inequities have forced many of our nation’s distinguished Historically […]
Posted inElementary School
Review: Abbott Elementary season 3 episode 3: Gregory’s Garden Goofball
Who’s the coolest teacher you’ve ever had? Okay, you thought about it and probably smiled. For me, it was my AP Language teacher, Mrs. Padilla. She was maybe 4’5 and ruled her class like she was six feet tall. At Abbott Elementary, depending on the day, everyone’s favorite teacher may change, and this week it […]
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Colorado overhauls student funding model for K-12 schools
In Colorado, the ways public schools are funded has changed with a new proposal aimed at overhauling the student funding formula in the 2024- 2025 fiscal year. These new changes were spurred by Senate Bill 23-287, which increased the statewide base per pupil funding, set a new statewide base per pupil funding, and set the […]
Posted inElementary School
Abbott Elementary S3E1/2: Jeanine and the crew are back
In the season 3 opener of Abbott Elementary, we enter on career day and our regular characters doing what they usually do- operating school during chaos. However, this isn’t like any other regular episode of the blockbuster show stopped at the end of season 3 in April 2023. In the show timeline, five months have […]
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Delays continue in FAFSA processing as White House announces March release of applicant information
The White House and the U.S. Department of Education jointly declared today that institutions should not expect to receive Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applicant information until “the first half of March.”
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Biden-Harris Administration announces $4.9 billion in additional student loan debt relief
In a move to alleviate the financial burden on borrowers, the Biden-Harris Administration has announced the approval of an additional $4.9 billion in student loan debt relief for 73,600 individuals. This latest announcement brings the total loan forgiveness approved by the Biden-Harris Administration to an impressive $136.6 billion, benefitting over 3.7 million Americans grappling with […]