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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES 

The End of Public Schools Would Mean the End of the Common Good - https://jacobinmag.com/2020/12/public-schools-privatization-wolf-schoolhouse-door-review#new_tab

Colleges share lessons learned about the coronavirus pandemic during the fall semester - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/colleges-fall-semester-classroom-infections-coronavirus/2020/12/09/f6b7288a-3586-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education

Ed Notes Online: FAIR Exposes NYT Ed Reporter Eliza Shapiro Bias on school closings (and what else?) - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2020/12/fair-exposes-nyt-ed-reporter-eliza.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FDOJOw+%28Education+Notes+Online%29

Talking to kids about Covid-19 as the pandemic continues https://hechingerreport.org/as-the-pandemic-trudges-on-what-to-say-to-our-kids/

Let’s reimagine prevention for gun violence in schools https://hechingerreport.org/as-we-reimagine-schooling-lets-reimagine-gun-violence-prevention-too/

Former teachers union chief vying for education secretary - Midland Reporter-Telegram - https://www.mrt.com/news/education/article/Former-teachers-union-chief-vying-for-education-15786464.php on @mwtnews

The Chicago Teachers Union Plays Hardball - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/us/chicago-teachers-union-school-reopening.html

School closures are not teachers unions’ fault. - https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/12/school-closures-teachers-unions-covid.html on @slate

Worse than Betsy DeVos: The Disturbing Story of 2020 School Board Elections | Ed Politics - https://edpolitics.org/?p=303

‘There has been a learning loss’: NYC Education Department launching plan to address ‘COVID achievement gap’ https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-nyc-schools-covid-achievement-gap-plan-20201210-mdin2lda6zb4vjiasxglitieri-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

SC Supreme Court again stops Gov. McMaster from spending COVID-19 aid on private schools | News | postandcourier.com - https://www.postandcourier.com/news/sc-supreme-court-again-stops-gov-mcmaster-from-spending-covid-19-aid-on-private-schools/article_0f22bcfe-1d27-11eb-8f12-e3434165cde2.html#new_tab by @https://twitter.com/AveryGWilks on @postandcourier

Want to fix inequities in school funding? Top legislators say property tax reform solves the problem. - https://wp.me/paQK0g-3Rk5 by @jacquelinerabe on @CTMirror

With a reopening date set, will Chicago teachers come?  - Chalkbeat Chicago - https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2020/12/9/22166547/with-a-reopening-date-set-will-teachers-come#new_tab on chalkbeat

Remote learning deemed ‘disaster’ at K-12 education committee meeting – The North State Journal - https://nsjonline.com/?p=54936 by @apdillon_

Appeals court: Mississippi school lawsuit may go forward - https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-mississippi-lawsuits-courts-tate-reeves-b5dd76ae5755663032ca0ffb4bb82aa9#new_tab on @ap

School district seeks social media posts of Parkland victims’ families - South Florida Sun-Sentinel - https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-ne-parkland-lawsuit-social-media-20201208-35lbkmsy5nft5jorj3o6ugy7dm-story.html#new_tab via @SunSentinel

Indiana cracks down on loophole, counting 1,000 ‘hidden dropouts’ - Chalkbeat Indiana - https://in.chalkbeat.org/2020/12/9/22166587/indiana-cracks-down-on-home-school-counts-1000-hidden-dropouts#new_tab on chalkbeat

Legislature poised to accept $46 million charter school grant at Friday meeting | Education | unionleader.com - https://www.unionleader.com/news/education/legislature-poised-to-accept-46-million-charter-school-grant-at-friday-meeting/article_fb6e1a7b-0a1a-5359-ad6b-0b7804b4ce7c.html#new_tab by @https://twitter.com/josie_UL on @UnionLeader

Attending virtual school: Should cameras be on or off for remote learners? - https://www.inquirer.com/news/nj-education-remote-learning-cameras-virtual-classes-coronavirus-20201210.html#new_tab via @PhillyInquirer

Free learning centers help Columbus students with online school - https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2020/12/10/free-learning-centers-help-columbus-ohio-students-with-online-school/6225238002/#new_tab via @DispatchAlerts

Departing Trump administration wants to weaken nutrition rules for school meals | Education | stltoday.com - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/departing-trump-administration-wants-to-weaken-nutrition-rules-for-school-meals/article_059a6746-334d-5159-b544-194849c066f1.html#new_tab on @stltoday

Is it fair to rate teachers based on student scores in the pandemic? - Chalkbeat Newark - https://newark.chalkbeat.org/2020/12/9/22165845/newark-teacher-evaluations-sgo-pandemic#new_tab on chalkbeat

Black and disabled students disproportionately restrained in Texas schools, report says - HoustonChronicle.com - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/Report-Disabled-and-Black-students-15784899.php#new_tab on @houstonchron

Proposed bill would require in-person instruction at schools when a county’s COVID stats improve – Orange County Register - https://wp.me/p8Ac4j-y3Zr

The First Grades Of The New School Year Are In — And Hawaii's Students Are Struggling - Honolulu Civil Beat - https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/12/the-first-grades-of-the-new-school-year-are-in-and-hawaiis-students-are-struggling/#new_tab via @civilbeat

'Very low' rates of coronavirus in schools, British study finds - https://www.yahoo.com/news/very-low-rates-of-coronavirus-in-schools-british-study-finds-221627184.html#new_tab on @YahooNews

Countering Anti-Semitism in Education to End Hate - Year 2020 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr20/yr20rel100.asp

We are 'scared, frustrated, and anxious'; Weingarten says this Yale course can help educators

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We are 'scared, frustrated, and anxious'; Weingarten says this Yale course can help educators NEW HAVEN — The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence has created an online course designed to aid educators battling the anxiety and stress of teaching during the pandemic and, in turn, students. The course came after a recent YCEI survey “of over 2,500 educators nationwide found that their top emotio

Ventilation is the key to helping students, staff and families stay safe - SF PUBLIC SCHOOL MOM

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Ventilation is the key to helping students, staff and families stay safe Thoughts on SFUSD’s Return Safely to School Together Plan Last night district staff shared a plan for bringing students back to schools for in-person learning. Click the following links to see the proposed plan and presentation . (When the conversation becomes available via SFGovTV I will post it as well below.) Click the i

Teacher Tom: Sucking the Joy From Their Lives

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Sucking the Joy From Their Lives I was sitting on a bench near a playground merry-go-round watching our three and four-year-olds play. A pair of boys decided they wanted a spin. They mounted the apparatus, then one of them turned to me, "Teacher Tom, you push us." I answered, "Sorry, I'm busy sitting here. You'll have to find someone else." As the first boy tried pleading with me, the second sai

Suspend High-Stakes Testing for Spring 2021! Add Your Name! | Diane Ravitch's blog

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Suspend High-Stakes Testing for Spring 2021! Add Your Name! FAIRTest and other assessment reform allies call on the new Biden administration to suspend high-stakes standardized testing this spring. Please add your name to their petition! Open the link to add your name to this petition. To: U.S. Secretary of Education and state education policymakers From: [Your Name] We call on the U.S. Departme

SomeDAM Poet: Education Needs Variation, Not Standardization | Diane Ravitch's blog

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SomeDAM Poet: Education Needs Variation, Not Standardization Those who seek to apply business thinking on education make a huge error. SomeDAM Poet, a regular commenter, cites the work of the brilliant education scholar Yong Zhao, who has consistently argued that progress and creativity relies on diversity, not standardization. This is, for example, a fundamental flaw of the Common Core, which c

A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007

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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/2020/12/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos.html The Smithsonian’s “24 Hours In A Time Of Change” Seems Like A Great Opportun

NANCY BAILEY: McKinsey & Company Uses Falling Behind Talk to Ramp Up School Toughness

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McKinsey & Company Uses Falling Behind Talk to Ramp Up School Toughness McKinsey & Company Uses Falling Behind Talk to Ramp Up School Toughness For years McKinsey & Company has had a premier seat at the school reform table for the U.S., England, and worldwide, despite faulty reporting. Because of Covid-19, plans are being put in place to get tougher on students to make up for lost learning time.

Does the Pandemic Help Us Make Education More Equitable? (Pasi Sahlberg) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

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Does the Pandemic Help Us Make Education More Equitable? (Pasi Sahlberg) “Pasi Sahlberg is a Finnish educator who has worked as a schoolteacher, teacher-educator, researcher, and policy advisor in Finland and has studied education systems and advised education leaders around the world..” I have excerpted Sahlberg’s description of how Finland’s and Australia’s schools responded to the Covid-19 pa

THE GLASS JUST MIGHT BE HALF FULL – Dad Gone Wild

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THE GLASS JUST MIGHT BE HALF FULL “There are two ways to be fooled One to believe what isn’t true The other is to refuse to believe what is true.” Soren Kierkegaard The battle between those who believe that school buildings should be open and those who believe they are unsafe under current circumstances shows no sign of abatement. In fact just the opposite, as opposing sides cling tighter to the

New Grants and Training to Address Learning Gaps - Year 2020 (CA Dept of Education)

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State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Announces Additional Educator Trainings and Grants to Address Equity and Learning Gaps SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced Tuesday that the California Department of Education (CDE) is launching additional virtual educator trainings and mini-grants designed to accelerate ongoing efforts to address equity gaps, strengthen

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Researcher Says Law Hiding Fiscal Effects of ‘Tax-Credit Vouchers’ from Public View Undermines Valid Analysis | National Education Policy Center

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Researcher Says Law Hiding Fiscal Effects of ‘Tax-Credit Vouchers’ from Public View Undermines Valid Analysis Earlier this week, two Kennesaw State University economists wrote about their study that suggests the private school tax credit program saves Georgia money. Today, another researcher questions their conclusions and their analysis, saying they relied on flawe

Jeff Bryant in The Progressive: Derek Black: We Need Public Schools Now More than Ever

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After such a polarizing election, as the nation grapples with how to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and its financial fallout, many people wonder what can bring us together. In his new book, Schoolhouse Burning: Public Education and the Assault on American Democracy, Derek Black convincingly argues that, historically, public education can, and frequently has, unified a divided country. Black’

Worse than Betsy DeVos: The Disturbing Story of 2020 School Board Elections

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When a Biden victory in the 2020 presidential election became certain, supporters of public education gleefully took to social media to say good riddance to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. DeVos came into office with an agenda to further the privatization of public education by expanding charter schools and by encouraging families to opt out of public schools by any means possible. Durin

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Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Are Covid cases spreading in DC schools? - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-released-data-showing-

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