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Being in the present is essential, but learning from the past in order to prepare for the future is also necessary. Change is a given, but directing that change is up
to us.
Our youth of every color and creed are our future. Educating them and protecting them is our responsibility. Insuring healthy indoor and outdoor environments can be done through cooperation, education, and awareness. Communication is the tool to break the barriers and move forward to the future. However, the words, manner, methods and relationships used to relay the vital concepts for equitable change is crucial.
Over ninety percent of our students attend a public school in the U.S.
Over ninety percent of our studentsattend a public school in the U.S. “If vouchers end up allowing large numbers of middle-income families to leave the public school system, what we have left is a public school system in which only poor kids and kids of color go,” says Derek. W. Black, University of South Carolina School of Law. Instead of taking money out of public schools, our government should be investing in public schools to ensure that every educator is paid a substantial salary so as to not to have to rely on a second job to provide for their families.
New Mexico now has a new state law giving students and teachers critical resources, such as universal free meals in schools, extended learning programs for tribal and rural communities and early literacy and reading supports with the help from the National Education Association Legislative Crisis Grant.
In 2023 a ban on corporal punishment in the school setting (paddling or other forms of corporal punishment) was called for by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona; however, several states still allow this even though this practice tends to create aggression, anxiety, and depression with the students. Missy Testerman, 2024 Teach of the Year says “Learning takes place when the students have someone who believes in them.” She has designed a curriculum that incorporates a study of Americans from diverse backgrounds which allows her students to better understand that people are more alike than different and that everyone belongs. All students deserve the best education our country can offer including good indoor air quality in the classroom—free of radioactive radon exposure—more teacher time for conferences with students and parents, and trained staff to assist with improving mental health and behavior issues of the students, as well as smaller class sizes to improve environments and learning outcomes.
An expansion of community schools that provide trauma-informed teaching and learning with services and support that fits each neighborhood’s needs lead by the people who know the students’ needs. To overcome the learning hurdles of the students such hunger, family stress, and poor health; solutions could be as simple as providing healthy meals, tutoring and mentoring provisions, and mental and physical health advisors and counselors.
A host of groups of people working together to build healthier communities and a better future for public education is referred to as community schools.
Gloria Linnertz
Founder,
Citizens for Radioactive Radon Reduction
August 20, 2024
“If vouchers end up allowing large numbers
of middle-income families to leave the public school system, what we have left is a public school system in which only poor kids and kids of color go,” says Derek. W. Black, University of South Carolina School of Law. Instead of taking money out of public schools, our government should be investing in public schools to ensure that every educator is paid a substantial salary
so as to not to have to rely on a second job to provide for their families.
New Mexico now has a new state law giving students and teachers critical resources, such
as universal free meals in schools, extended learning programs for tribal and rural communities and early literacy and reading supports with the help from the National Education Association Legislative Crisis Grant.
In 2023 a ban on corporal punishment in the school setting (paddling or other forms of corporal punishment) was called for by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona; however, several states still allow this even though this practice tends to create aggression, anxiety,
and depression with the students.
Missy Testerman, 2024 Teach of the Year says “Learning takes place when the students have someone who believes in them.” She has designed a curriculum that incorporates a study of Americans from diverse backgrounds which allows her students to better understand that people are more alike than different and that everyone belongs. All students deserve the best education our country can offer including good indoor air quality in the classroom—free of radioactive radon exposure—more teacher time for conferences with students and parents, and trained staff to assist with improving mental health and behavior issues of the students, as well as smaller class sizes to improve environments and learning outcomes.
An expansion of community schools that provide trauma-informed teaching and learning with services and support that fits each neighborhood’s needs lead by the people who know the students’ needs. To overcome the learning hurdles of the students such hunger, family stress, and poor health; solutions could be as simple as providing healthy meals, tutoring and mentoring provisions, and mental and physical health advisors and counselors.
A host of groups of people working together to build healthier communities and a better future for public education is referred to as community schools.
Gloria Linnertz
Founder,
Citizens for Radioactive Radon Reduction
August 20, 2024
Gloria Linnertz, Founder, Citizens for Radioactive Radon Reduction
Past,
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