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EDITORIAL: John Lewis May Be Smiling but Should We?

The Washington Informer / Editorial Board / August 25, 2021

Teacher Abe Coleman, who mentored students at Liberty City school, dies of COVID at 55

Miami Herald / Howard Cohen / September 4, 2021

Abe Coleman, a longtime Holmes Elementary teacher and mentor to thousands of young men in Miami - "one of the best that the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project ever had" - died Wednesday, Sept. 1, after being hospitalized with COVID-19.

13 unvaccinated Miami school workers were killed by COVID-19 in recent weeks

The New York Post / Jesse O'Neil / September 7, 2021

More than a dozen unvaccinated employees at Florida's largest school district have died from COVID-19 in the past three weeks, according to a report.

13 Miami-area school staffers have died of covid-19 this school year

MSN News / Kim Bellware / September 7, 2021

Miami-Dade County Public Schools are reporting at least 13 employee deaths from covid-19 since mid-August, a tally that forecasts what could be a grim autumn for Florida educators.

Spokeswoman Jaquelyn Calzadilla told The Washington Post in an email that the district is aware of 13 deaths of employees since Aug. 16 but that the figure is based on what families report.

Rep. Frederica Wilson on Liberty City teacher who died of COVID-19: 'He was irreplaceable'

Local 10 News / Terrell Forney / September 8, 2021

MIAMI - Rep. Frederica Wilson and a group of students met on Wednesday in Miami to honor the memory of a beloved 55-year-old teacher from Liberty City.

Frederica Wilson Brings Back the Quality Higher Education Act"

Florida Daily / Kevin Derby / September 9, 2021

At the end of last month, U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., the chairwoman of the U.S. House Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee, brought back the "Quality Higher Education Act."

House Panel Approves Small-Business Aid: Congress Update

The Washington Post / Bloomberg / September 9, 2021

The U.S. Congress ramped up its work on President Joe Biden's economic agenda on Thursday with House committee votes on core pieces of a planned $3.5 trillion tax-and-social-spending budget bill.

House Panel Spars Over Reconciliation Package's Higher Ed Provisions

NASFAA / Hugh T. Ferguson / September 10, 2021

In a lengthy markup the House Education and Labor Committee advanced their portion of the reconciliation package that would invest roughly $111 billion in funding for programs related to higher education.