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Education Research Report: Study: Teacher performance measures may penalize black educators - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Panel Discussion Focuses on Small Businesses and Education Amid COVID-19 - Higher Education - https://diverseeducation.com/?p=198994

When will teachers be vaccinated? It depends on where you live - ABC News - https://abcn.ws/2W3zMQz via @ABC

Students struggling with online learning a "wake up call" for universities. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/students-struggling-with-online-learning-a-wake-up-call-for-universities_n_5fd29ee9c5b66a7584135b9b?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004 via @HuffPostEdu

Student Loan Cancellation Sets Up Clash Between Biden and the Left - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/us/politics/biden-student-loans.html

COVID-19 closes 18 NYC school buildings on Thursday - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-school-buildings-closed-covid-cases-20201211-juqefh6wgrhktpqodiywf32fbm-story.html via @nydailynews

NYC teaching force has grown less white: report - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-teaching-force-demographic-data-20201211-5btmez5dkng6bbnzvpaktsyl2e-story.html via @nydailynews

In sudden switch, Loudoun County is returning all students to online learning https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-sudden-switch-loudoun-county-returns-all-students-to-online-learning/2020/12/10/9446a98e-3b10-11eb-98c4-25dc9f4987e8_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Chairman of Prince George’s school board to step down https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/chairman-of-prince-georges-school-board-to-step-down/2020/12/10/704f2952-3b47-11eb-98c4-25dc9f4987e8_story.html?tid=ss_tw

As Harlem Children’s Zone moves to export its model nationwide, other city programs offer cautionary tales https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/harlem-childrens-zone-expansion/2020/12/11/9fd0c762-3a7f-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html?tid=ss_tw

No, public schools are not modeled after factories. Here’s why Betsy DeVos keeps saying they are. - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/12/11/no-public-schools-are-not-modeled-after-factories-heres-why-betsy-devos-keeps-saying-they-are/

Ed in the Apple: Education in a Biden Presidency in a Deeply Divided Nation: What Can We Expect? | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10666 on @NEPCtweet

NOLA Public Schools COVID-19 cases hold steady at 80, 712 quarantining | The Lens - https://thelensnola.org/?p=558919 by @https://twitter.com/martajewson on @TheLensNOLA

Texas students will still take STAAR tests, but schools won't be rated | The Texas Tribune - https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/10/texas-staar-tests-school-ratings/ by @AliyyaSwaby on @TexasTribune

Year in review: “Cheers and jeers” for elected leaders https://educationvotes.nea.org/?p=48587#.X9PQZq9Fwmg.twitter via @EdVotes

Negotiations over COVID-19 package stall out https://educationvotes.nea.org/?p=48593#.X9PQiVc01kA.twitter via @EdVotes

Congress must renew key COVID-19 provisions before adjourning - Education Votes - https://educationvotes.nea.org/2020/12/11/congress-must-renew-key-covid-19-provisions-before-adjourning/

DOE Reveals Furlough Plan For Teachers, Other Employees - Honolulu Civil Beat - https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/12/doe-reveals-furlough-plan-for-teachers-other-employees/#new_tab via @civilbeat

Over 14,000 sign petition calling for governor to close schools unless safety recommendations are met - https://wp.me/paQK0g-3Rnx via @CTMirror

San Francisco school district revamps controversial assignment process to boost diversity - SFChronicle.com - https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-school-district-votes-to-revamp-15786467.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle

Michigan responds to lawsuit filed by Catholic high schools over in-person learning ban - mlive.com - https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/12/michigan-responds-to-lawsuit-filed-by-catholic-high-schools-over-in-person-learning-ban.html#new_tab on @mlive

Florida teacher certification scheme part of federal investigation - https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2020/12/11/florida-teacher-certification-scheme-part-of-federal-investigation/#new_tab on TB_Times

‘A new direction’: Philadelphia school board shifts focus toward academics and equity work - https://www.inquirer.com/education/philadelphia-school-district-board-goals-and-guardrails-hite-20201210.html#new_tab via @PhillyInquirer

CDC: Black, Latino Parents More Concerned About School Reopenings Than Whites | Education News | US News - https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2020-12-10/cdc-black-latino-parents-more-concerned-about-school-reopenings-than-whites#new_tab on @USNews

Chicago Teachers Union releases list of demands for reopening Chicago Public Schools - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/12/10/22168143/ctu-teachers-union-in-person-teaching-learning-public-schools#new_tab

The literacy skills of Utah first graders have dropped statewide - https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2020/12/11/literacy-skills-utah/#new_tab via @sltrib

Texas cancels A-F accountability grades for schools, keeps STAAR for students - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2020/12/10/texas-cancels-a-f-accountability-grades-keeps-staar/#new_tab via @dallasnews

Report: Pension plan for NJEA leadership 'vastly superior' to members' benefits https://politi.co/33Slpmw

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Parental Attitudes... https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6949a2.htm

NYC Educator: My New Job - http://nyceducator.com/2020/12/my-new-job.html

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Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Education Research Report: Study: Teacher performance measures may penalize black educators - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/ Panel Discussion Focuses on Small Businesses and Education Amid COVID-19 - Higher Education - https://diverseeducation.com/?p=198994 When will teachers be vaccinated? It depends on where you live - A

Grades Tarnish Teaching as well as Learning – radical eyes for equity

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Grades Tarnish Teaching as well as Learning Recently on social media, a professor asked if others used rubrics with graduate students. Since rejecting rubrics has been a central component of my career-long efforts to de-grade and de-test teaching and learning, I chimed in. My posts in the comments explaining why I don’t use rubrics were significant outliers because the thread of comments was ove

Fewer Kindergartners Could Signal Big Educational, Financial Troubles For Sacramento City Schools - capradio.org

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Fewer Kindergartners Could Signal Big Educational, Financial Troubles For Sacramento City Schools Ann Crisp says her family tried doing “Zoom-school” for their 5-year-old son Lennon earlier this year, but it just didn’t work. She works at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, so she set her son up in front of a computer next to her desk to make sure he paid attention during class. But her son h

To Joe Biden: Save America’s Children from “Poisonous Pedagogy” | Diane Ravitch's blog

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To Joe Biden: Save America’s Children from “Poisonous Pedagogy” Peter Handel writes at Truthout that President-Elect Biden must change education policy if he wants to heal the nation. By his choice for Secretary of Education, Biden must acknowledge the damage done to America’s children by the high-stakes testing regime of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top. Bush’s law and Obama’s program w

Right Wing Disinformation Targets San Diego Schools

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Right Wing Disinformation Targets San Diego Schools An error filled online posting, devoid of context, with misleading assumptions has led to death threats and vile messages aimed at staff in the San Diego Unified School District, according to Board of Education Vice President Barrera. Efforts to create awareness of racism as a systemic rather than an individual problem have stoked indignation i

Shawgi Tell: Charter Schools Bully Teachers | Dissident Voice

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Charter Schools Bully Teachers | Dissident Voice Charter Schools Bully Teachers It is no accident that fewer than three percent of the nation’s roughly 7,300 charter schools are operated by teachers and that 90% of charter schools do not have a teachers union. So much for the narrative that charter schools started nearly 30 years ago to empower teachers. Some states even allow charter schools to

Will States Require Children Get a Coronavirus Vaccination to Return to School? | The Report | US News

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No Vaccine, No School? School and public health officials weigh what it will take to reopen schools and some say requiring a coronavirus vaccine may be just a matter of time. WITH THE FOOD AND DRUG Administration poised to approve the first coronavirus vaccine for use in the U.S. – the start of a major national effort to blunt the spread of a pandemic that’s taken the lives of nearly 300,000 Ame

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NewBlackMan (in Exile) NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2020/12/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile.html Stopping the Exploitation of Prisoners and Their Families Requires More Comprehensive Solutions by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. by Mark Anthony Neal / 1h Credit: Bryan Thomas | @DrBenChavis | special to NewB

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 

CURMUDGUCATION: OH: Ed Disruptors Want Their Big Test

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OH: Ed Disruptors Want Their Big Test F Aaron Churchill, the Fordham Institution's Ohio research director, popped up in the Columbus Dispatch today as a "guest columnist." It's worth noting that his job is "aimed at strengthening education policy in Ohio," which is of course not the same thing as improving education and certainly not the same thing as supporting public education. Churchill's pre

Teacher Tom: Worrying About Using the Words of Diagnosis

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Worrying About Using the Words of Diagnosis Several years ago, the mother of one of my students became convinced that her son, a smart, quirky five-year-old, was autistic. Having known him for three years, she asked me what I thought. I told her that I had known many children on the autism spectrum over the years, but that I wasn't qualified to make a diagnosis. When she pressed me, I told her t

Will President Biden Support Public School Teachers and Abandon Awful Obama-Duncan and Trump-DeVos Education Agendas? | janresseger

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Will President Biden Support Public School Teachers and Abandon Awful Obama-Duncan and Trump-DeVos Education Agendas? There is widespread anxiety about President Elect Joseph Biden’s choice of a Secretary of Education and his public school policy priorities. Yes, we are bidding farewell to Betsy DeVos, which certainly must be celebrated, but something much more consequential may be happening. Tw

Liability, Thy Name Is Google Meet | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog

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Liability, Thy Name Is Google Meet In order to educate students in quarantine, our school district is now using the video conferencing tool, Google Meet , which is part of the Google Classroom portfolio of online education products. Google Meet has been billed as “a game changer.” Indeed. The idea of viewing the interior of my students’ homes while teaching them using Google Meet immediately bri

CURMUDGUCATION: Mrs. Gates Still Doesn't Get It, Still.

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Mrs. Gates Still Doesn't Get It, Still Last week the New York Times decided to offer one more glowing portrait of Melinda Gates , unintentionally underlining the work of rich folk critic Anand Giridharadas and explaining, again, that she doesn't get the problem of Gates riches in education. She opens with an Emerson quote from her valedictory high school graduation speech about success being the

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