Southern Ed Desk @SouthernEdDesk
An in-depth exploration of education in the 21st century South - including AR, AL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, and TX. Tweets by @acnatta and @WBHMEdDesk. southerneducationdesk.org the Southern U.S. Joined August 2010-
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#charterschools could come to #Birmingham: @AlabamaDeptofEd commission overturned @BhamCitySchools rejection of Star Academy. More soon.
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Congrats to @WBHMEdDesk, an #ewaAWARDS finalist for his beat reporting with @WBHM! ow.ly/8XRC30aZp1v
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Congrats to @WBHMEdDesk, an #ewaAWARDS finalist for his beat reporting with @WBHM! ow.ly/8XRC30aZp1v
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Way to go, @WBHMEdDesk! Your investigative piece "School Money" is an #ewaAWARDS finalist! ow.ly/2rUM30aZp0g
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Students in this pilot program created a woodland park, a meadow for pollinators, & a working rain garden bit.ly/2otbkbk via @WBHM
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Layoffs, tuition increases possible at Mississippi's community colleges hatne.ws/2orF0E0 via @hburgamerican
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Students in this pilot program created a woodland park, a meadow for pollinators, & a working rain garden bit.ly/2otbkbk via @WBHM
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Fruit trees and tetherball?? Where was this when I was growing up? x.com/WBHMEdDesk/sta…
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4 of 5 Supt. finalists: Garrett Brundage, Rockdale Co., Ga, Ronnie Dotson, Grayson, KY; Regina Thompson, S.C., Lisa Herring, Jeffco, Ky,
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Interim Bham Supt. Dr. Larry Contri is not on the list of 5 finalists for Birmingham School Superintendent. All five are from other systems.
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Dan Carsen. Education reporter at WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama. @WBHMEdDesk @WBHM @SouthernEdDesk @NPR @PRI @NPR_ed #NPRmageddon
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Alabama’s 2011 immigration law offers a snapshot of potential challenges ahead for the Trump administration n.pr/2mY6Xpc
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Inbox: @BetsyDeVosED statement on today's meeting with HBCU leaders
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More and more, districts are moving away from the standard lock down procedure to a much more active response. npr.org/sections/ed/20…
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.@WBHMEdDesk is "left shark" in @IAmEdBirmingham's #SharkTank social entrepreneurship day for @BhamCitySchools sophomores. Great pitches. x.com/iamedbirmingha…
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Another state has admitted its steadily rising graduation rates are not as great as they seem: npr.org/sections/ed/20…
Good discussion of #science #education & #STEM, among other things. Thoughts? x.com/wbhmeddesk/sta…
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Head of Alabama's two-year college system to retire bizj.us/1p1vuf
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