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鈥淎 secretary at a public high school in Lancaster, PA, said she was pleasantly surprised her pay went up $1.50 a week鈥�she said [that] will more than cover her Costco membership for the year.鈥� 鈥� A tweet from House Speaker Paul Ryan, later taken down, on the benefits of the new tax plan. ()

鈥淭o be honest, it鈥檚 kind of embarrassing that it鈥檚 been so controversial.鈥� 鈥� Idaho State Senator Janie Ward-Engelking of Boise, a Democrat, on the legislature鈥檚 move to include human-caused climate change in its teaching standards. ()

鈥淲e鈥檙e not looking to go crazy. This is super important: I鈥檓 not privatizing education. It鈥檚 not New Orleans all over again.鈥� But what I do think is fair for kids is to give them more options.鈥� 鈥� Julia Keleher, Puerto Rico鈥檚 education secretary, on a plan to revitalize the island鈥檚 school system in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. (Read at The74million.org)

鈥淚 think it鈥檚 probably better than the status quo, which is in essence incoherent curricula in most places. But then again, I completely recognize that what I鈥檓 describing is probably exactly what was said about teacher evaluation in 2007 鈥� and also Common Core.鈥� 鈥� Morgan Polikoff, professor at the University of Southern California, on a plan by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to change K-12 curricula. ()*

鈥淚 visualized what it would look like, and it made me sick. Could I empty out the cabinet and throw out the shelves and put kids in the cabinets? Is my better chance just barricading the doors? Can I move furniture that fast? Do I ask my kids to help me?鈥� 鈥� Catherine Collett, a sixth-grade teacher in Northern Virginia, on mentally preparing for a school shooting. ()

鈥淚 wanted to challenge them to be what their families see in them, what we know they are. They have a choice 鈥� to become the violence they see in their day-to-day lives, or to be peaceful models for our school and our community.鈥� 鈥� Stephanie Andrewlevich, principal of Philadelphia鈥檚 Mitchell Elementary School, who is offering students $100 if they can make it to graduation without fighting. ()

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