Atlanta schools will allow ‘Spider-Man’ actors inside before students - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/30/atlanta-schools-spiderman-covid-closed/#new_tab
A blueprint to safely open schools | TheHill A blueprint to safely open schools The United States has the sad distinction of having the most confirmed coronavirus cases and death in the world, which has kept many schools shuttered for instruction in person. Parents and educators know that our children do best at schools, where they can get support, and they worry that the lack of learning in pers
How to Assign Writing When You Don’t Teach Writing Over a decade ago, my university transitioned from an English Department-based composition sequence (often designated as ENG 101 and ENG 102 in many universities) to a first-year seminar format that would be staffed across all departments. This change, of course, meant that many professors with no background or training in how to teach writing w
Joe Biden reportedly to be tough on charter schools Charter school advocates may not have an ally in President-elect Joe Biden or his Education Department. “He has been working closely with us over these last few months to listen and understand what the issues are that we are facing in this
'Black Lives Matter at School’ — a new book on anti-racist work in education To the Black children of the future who will one day all be taught the epic story of how Black people finally got free, and who will grow up knowing that their lives matter at school — and everywhere else. That’s the dedication to a new book, “ Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice ,” which s
Andrea Gabor: We Need Civics Education! Andrea Gabor, the Bloomberg Professor of Business Journalism at Baruch College of the City University of New York, writes here about the importance of civics education , especially in a time when democracy is under attack by a defeated president and the leadership of the Republican Party. Put Civics Back in the Classroom, Right Now Has there ever been a be
California families sue state over distance learning inequities California families sue state over distance learning inequities SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Seven families took California to court Monday, accusing the state of failing to ensure "basic educational equality" during a prolonged period of remote learning brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs say the state isn't providing the eq
A Former Principal, Jamaal Bowman Has A List Of Names For Joe Biden’s Education Secretary The incoming New York congressman named Randi Weingarten, Dr. Betty Rosa and Freeman Hrabowski as possibilities to head the Department of Education. Before he ousted longtime Democrat Rep. Eliot Engel in a stunning primary win earlier this year, Representative-elect Jamaal Bowman was a public middle school
"Now Eat Your Food" The two-year-old said to me, "If you eat this food you can have some ice cream." She placed a plate in front of me on which she had positioned a glob of purple play dough. I said, "What is it?" "It's healthy food." "What kind of healthy food." "You just have to eat it." "I'll need a fork." "I'll get one for you, Teacher Tom." She dug around on the shelf until she found a plas
NAEP 2021 Has Been Canceled. State Tests Should Also Be Canceled. The accountability hawks have decided that NAEP testing must be canceled this spring because of the pandemic, but the burdensome, useless, meaningless annual testing of every single student from grades 3-8 should not be disrupted. Betsy DeVos proposed canceling NAEP, and the director of the National Center for Education Statistics
WAITING FOR THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION. Arne Duncan tweets like he never had the job. It was disturbing to read the Arne Duncan tweet yesterday. Although it was classic Arne, including words like “rigor” and “successful teachers,” without ever having to define what that all means. When Arne was Obama’s Secretary of Education it was all about accountability as a race to the top, measured by test
Is This How Post-pandemic Ed Tech Will Be Different Andreesen Horowitz is a silicon valley venture capitalist investment firm looking to strike it rich in the ed tech world. That is more than enough reason to distrust them ( here's just one article laying out how vc firms --particularly tech ones--are wrecking our world). But they want to play in the ed tech sandbox, which is another reason. But
CDFA Seeking Public Comment on Farm to School RFA - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education) CDFA Seeking Public Comment on Farm to School RFA USDA Proposed Rule on Meal Flexibilities - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/usdaproposedrulemealflex.asp The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Office of Farm to Fork (F2F) is now seeking public comments regarding t
A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2020/11/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_28.html New Data Suggests That Most Students Weren’t Hurt Badly By
Why Distance Learning Will Always be Just a Supplement to Classroom Learning The Covid-19 pandemic shutdowns have destroyed a major myth upon which some of the recent attempted reforms to public education are based. The myth is that classroom teachers can be replaced with remote/distance learning. One of the leading promoters of this myth is former Florida governor Jeb Bush. Bush has proposed th
IMPOSSIBLE ENDEAVORS “God and the Soldier all men adore, In time of trouble and no more, For when war is over And all thing righted, God is neglected, And the Old Soldier slighted.” ― Jan Morris, Pax Britannica: Climax of an Empire If you are a Metro Nashville Public Schools parent, this week presents quite the quandary – to spend next semester going virtual or send your child back into a school
Opinion | How Betsy DeVos Has Influenced Education Policy's Future - The New York Times Trump’s Longest-Serving Cabinet Official May Start a Revolution Betsy DeVos’s assault on public education has provided a chance for major policy renewal. Measured solely by policy accomplishments, Donald Trump’s longest-serving cabinet official, Betsy DeVos, was a flop in her four years as secretary of educati
THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Montgomery County parents stage another COVID-19 school-closing protest, this time with a road rally - https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-covid-
