The world could certainly use a little more kindness right now. My 150 7th grade students drew a random classmate’s name and had a month to plan, carry out and reflect on an act of kindness for that person. We are breaking down social barriers and normalizing compassion. #nced

RT @GavinNewsom: Retweet.

RT @CMSboard: Click the link below to learn about the U.S. Department of Education's decision to withhold approximately $6.2 billion in fed….

House Republicans on Monday night voted against attaching a Democratic amendment to landmark cryptocurrency legislation that would force the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.

North Carolina sues Trump Department of Education over withholding of $165m which Congress has already approved for the upcoming school year #nced #ncpol. via @ChalkboardNotes.

How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power. Secret meetings, altered records, ignored intelligence: the inside story of the prime minister’s political calculations since Oct. 7.

A District-by-District Accounting of the $6.2 B the U.S. Department of Education Has Held Back from Schools. The U.S. Dept of Ed is refusing to release billions of $$ for public schools. See the impact, by school system and congressional district. #nced.

‘Blatant misinformation’: Social Security Administration email praising Trump’s tax bill blasted as a ‘lie’. Previously apolitical agency lauds Trump’s spending bill with false statements about federal taxes, experts say.

NC now subsidizes the tuition cost for the majority of private school students #nced.

👀 Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations 👀. A dark money group paid $80k to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of SD. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirements.

RT @RepThomasMassie: @JDVance Ask Mike Pence about his last month.

Strike Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says. Classified findings indicate that the attack sealed off the entrances to two facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings.

RT @TheTNHoller: “family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”.

RT @AOC: The President’s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional….

RT @AmoneyResists: Found the tweet for this one.

Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Law Is Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Says. The court unanimously ruled that the state cannot require schools and universities to display the Commandments.

This is the easily predictable outcome of lawmakers encouraging private schools to put financial profits ahead of student needs. It’s also a powerful argument for supporting public schools, where education is viewed as a human right, not a commodity. #nced

NC made vouchers open to any family, then many private schools raised tuition #nced .

North Carolina redistricting trial begins, with racial gerrymandering allegations the focus #ncpol.

Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs. A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the US a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.

RT @ncpublicschools: Happy Father's Day to fathers, grandfathers, uncles, brothers and all who are role models to the children in their liv….