1/ Climate change has been driving more severe weather across the U.S. – but our schools aren’t necessarily built to withstand this new reality.

@anya1anya visited a school in NJ that could foreshadow what’s to come. 🧵 2/ It was the second-to-last day of summer band camp at Cresskill Middle /High School when Hurricane Ida hit.

As practice wrapped up, band director @Cresskillband remembers a dramatic crack of thunder. Over the next few hours, 7 inches of rain would fall.

1/ Over half of those working in schools reported either physical violence or serious verbal aggression while on the job – that includes teachers, principals, bus drivers, etc. The survey of educators comes from @APA.

@Anya1Anya has more: 🧵 2/ First, a bit about the survey.

The responses were collected by an @APA task force from July 2020 - June 2021. It included 15,000 school personnel from all 50 states.

Teaching students about the attacks of #September11 has always been difficult. But with the 20th anniversary this weekend, time has brought a new challenge: Students today have no memories of that day. So NPR checked in with educators and experts for advice. (👇Thread 👇) First and foremost, keep it age-appropriate: @MorningsideCtr offers several lesson plans on its website but says that "children ages 4 to 7 are too young for a lesson on [9/11]. They lack the knowledge to make sense of the attacks and their aftermath in any meaningful way." (2/8)

The COVID-19 relief bill working thru Congress has a sneaky-big idea at the center of it:

A monthly cash benefit that could cut U.S. child poverty nearly IN HALF

Thread (1/10) Dems want to give families $300 a month for each child under 6, and $250 for older kids.

GOP Sen. Mitt Romney has his own plan: It’s more generous for young kids ($350 a month) but cuts other safety net programs
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