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Who will draw short straw of Ohio’s congressional map redraw? The Wake Up for Monday, May 3, 2021 Today 6:03 AM Facebook Share Weather Temperatures will reach the low 70s today but rain showers are expected throughout the day, and there are chances of thunderstorms during the afternoon. Rain is likely overnight with temps in the low 60s. Read more. The headlines Redistricting: Democrats hope that a new map-drawing process approved by Ohio voters in 2018 will bring the state’s congressional seat ratio more in line with the proportion of the state’s Democratic voters. But Sabrina Eaton reports that new Ohio rules allow the state’s GOP-controlled legislature to approve temporary congressional maps if the bipartisan procedure set forth by voters doesn’t produce a consensus map. And that’s what many political operatives predict will happen. ....
Akron Public Schools chief academic officer dislikes words like achievement gap and at-risk students. Ellen McWilliams-Woods, who also serves as the district s assistant superintendent, believes those terms discourage students and imply they are broken and must be saved by predominantly white teachers. “Our students aren’t broken, she said. They’re absolutely brilliant. …Our students have the greatest perseverance, the greatest creative thinking skills, problem-solving skills. Their dedication to their own education is the strongest every single day, but we’ve got to be able to create those environments to let that absolutely flourish so that their own culture can be in the front of everything that they’re doing.” ....