Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/1500904
Updated Student Loan Debt Info At presstime, President Biden was preparing to veto a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that would block his plan to cancel student loan debt for people of modest means. The CRA would unwind the pause on federal student loan payments and possibly reinstate loans forgiven through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Get the latest information at nea.org/mystudentdebt. Summer Reads L E T S T U D E N T S K N O W that reading for pleasure is a great way to spend the break, opening new worlds as exciting as — if not more than — the latest summer blockbuster. Here are suggestions from CTA's California Reads program; to find the complete 2023 list, as well as past years' recommendations, go to cta.org/careads. In Danbi Leads the School Parade (by Anna Kim, grades Pre-K/TK/K) Danbi is thrilled to start her new school in America. She wants to join in the games but doesn't know the rules and can't get anything right. Then she makes up a new game and leads her classmates on a parade to remember. Danbi learns to navigate her two cultures and realizes that when you open your world to others, their world opens to you. The Girl From the Sea (by Molly Knox Ostertag, grades 6-8) is a graphic novel about 15-year-old Morgan, who is full of secrets — including wanting to kiss another girl. One night, Morgan is saved from drowning by a mysterious girl named Keltie. The two become fast friends. But Keltie has secrets of her own. As the girls start to fall in love, everything they 're each trying to hide will find its way to the surface.... The Kite Runner (by Khaled Hosseini, grades 9-12) came out in 2003, but its story — of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father 's servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history — has become a classic of contemporary literature. The book transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction. A powerful story of friendship, it is also about the power of read- ing, the price of betrayal and the possibility of redemption. 9 J U N E / J U L Y 2 0 2 3 I N E W S & N O T E S