If Teachers Get the Vaccine Quickly, Can Students Get Back to School? - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/us/teachers-vaccine-school.html
Black Student Expelled After Mother Complains About 'Fences' - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/us/providence-day-school-fences-.html
Schools Will Close in Germany as Cases Surge - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/us/german-school-close-coronavirus-lockdown.html
Less than a third of NYC schools offering five days a week of in-person learning: de Blasio - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-schools-full-time-in-person-learning-numbers-20201214-xx3pubjy5jfuvec2ayqorupvua-story.html via @nydailynews
Virtually monitoring progress and collecting information during remote education for students with disabilities | NJ Spotlight News - https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/12/virtually-monitoring-progress-and-collecting-information-during-remote-education-for-students-with-disabilities/ via @njspotlight
More Northern Virginia school systems revert to online-only learning https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/virginia-schools-online-learning-fairfax/2020/12/14/59cf689c-3e1f-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html?tid=ss_tw
Education Research Report: Expansions to Pell Grant Eligibility for Short Occupational Training Programs - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2020/12/expansions-to-pell-grant-eligibility.html
BREAKING: Rutherford County Schools Moving to Distance Learning – Tennessee Education Report - http://tnedreport.com/?p=5034 via @TNEdReport
Potential Education Secretary Nominee Attacked by Antiunion Group - https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/12/14/potential-education-secretary-nominee-attacked-antiunion-group
Washington Teachers Partnering to Tutor Elementary D.C. Students | Black Star News - https://www.blackstarnews.com/node/19371
The Election is Over, Time for a Marshall Plan and Educational Reparations for Black People. But, The Plans Must Be White-Proof. - Philly's 7th Ward - https://wp.me/p7sbg2-uS
Dixie State University in Utah Says It’s in Need of a Name Change https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/us/dixie-state-name-change.html
CPS hiring 2,000 new workers — no Chicago residency required — to help reopen schools - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/12/14/22170561/cps-reopen-schools-public-in-person-learning-teaching-jobs-help-wanted-hire-listing-substitute#new_tab
Stressed by too much screen time, these Philly high school students staged a protest - https://fusion.inquirer.com/education/philadelphia-school-district-screen-time-protest-kensington-capa-20201214.html#new_tab
Fairfax Co. Public Schools plans to respond to uptick in failing grades with new grading policies | WTOP - https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2020/12/fairfax-county-public-schools-plan-to-respond-to-uptick-in-failing-grades/#new_tab
Schools Work to Speed Up Internet in Rural Homes for Remote Learning - WSJ - https://www.wsj.com/articles/schools-work-to-speed-up-internet-in-rural-homes-for-remote-learning-11608037202?mod=searchresults_pos2&page=1#new_tab by @juliejargon on @WSJ
Abraham Lincoln was once a hero. In some S.F. education circles, he’s now a bad guy - SFChronicle.com - https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Abraham-Lincoln-was-once-a-hero-In-some-S-F-15798744.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle
During COVID-19 pandemic, Salt Lake City elementary students failed fall classes at triple last year’s rate - https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2020/12/13/during-covid-pandemic/#new_tab by https://www.facebook.com/saltlaketribune on @sltrib
NYC teachers, parents sue to stop COVID testing over DNA fears - https://wp.me/pb3Qpq-18zao by @nypmetro on @nypost
Covid is having a devastating impact on children — and the vaccine won't fix everything - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/covid-having-devastating-impact-children-vaccine-won-t-fix-everything-n1251172#new_tab by NBCNews on @NBCNews
The push-and-pull drama over school reopenings reaches fever pitch in L.A. and Orange counties - https://news.yahoo.com/push-pull-drama-over-school-133036277.html#new_tab on @YahooNews
‘A very isolating experience:’ First-year teachers seek support through unprecedented year - Chalkbeat Chicago - https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2020/12/15/22175480/illinois-first-year-teachers-school-unprecedented-year-covid-19#new_tab on chalkbeat
Long Beach schools push back reopening to March, citing rise in COVID-19 cases http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/m00AsTlXAP4/long-beach-schools-reopening-march
Say it ain’t snow! De Blasio declares no more snow days for city school kids https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-nyc-schools-covid-snow-days-20201215-pl4piqn35fg2jg2y5oh2kd6ole-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
Paul Peterson: “No, Al Shanker Did Not Invent the Charter School” This is a fascinating article written by Paul Peterson of Harvard University about the origin of the charter school idea. Many people credit the idea to Al Shanker and Ray Budde of the University of Massachusetts, but Peterson sets them straight. Peterson is the foremost proponent of school choice, charters and vouchers, in the ac
Opinion | We need a Marshall Plan for our schools. And we need it now. - The Washington Post We need a Marshall Plan for our schools. And we need it now Richard Carranza, Austin Beutner and Janice Jackson are superintendents of the nation’s three largest school districts, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, respectively. President-elect Joe Biden has described the crisis in public schools caused b
Grandparents raising students face extra challenges during COVID-19 Grandparents raising students face extra challenges during COVID-19 Linda Chambers has had guardianship over her two grandchildren for the past four years. There were new things to learn, like getting the hang of school schedules and navigating programs through the Department of Human Services. But the biggest adjustment came thi
The Lower Realities of Higher Education I posted a fairly tame Tweet about the Wall Street Journal ‘s recent Op-Ed attacking Jill Biden using “Dr.” and editorial doubling-down on negative responses to the Op-Ed (none of which I will link here): The Tweet attracted conservatives with ten’s of followers, most of them misreading the Tweet and many of them attacking me for being an academic/professo
NewBlackMan (in Exile) NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2020/12/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile_12.html “You’re Minor, We’re Major”: Halfway Books Reimagines Hip-Hop Journalism by Tyler Bunzey by Mark Anthony Neal / 12h | @t_bunzey | NewBlackMan (in Exile) From ’71 ‘til, hip-hop has tried to ignore con
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all Big Education Ape: KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2020/12/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs.html Three Big-City Superintendents: We Need a Marshall Plan for Our Schools: Now! 32 by dianeravitch / 3h This article by the superintendents
DR. EVIL VERSUS LILY AND THE TEACHER UNIONS We’re still waiting to hear from the Biden administration as to their pick for Education Secretary. The delay could reflect the debate within the Democratic Party between the corporate education reformers like Democrats for Education Reform and the large teacher unions like the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association. For
They didn’t turn in their work for remote school. Their parents were threatened with courts and fines After their kids experienced tech glitches or turned off cameras during online learning, these families were accused of truancy and received legal threats Hayden, 12, had been having panic attacks about school even before a letter arrived at his home last month, threatening legal action for his
Classrooms of the Future? Technological fantasies of the future school have been around for decades. Here’s one from 1910. Note all of the information going into students’ heads comes from textbooks fed into a wood chipper. Or another from 1963 cartoon called “The Jetsons.” Or this one in 1982 predicting that the future school will be monopolized by the then dominant company Atari. And then “Mee
What if Being Good at Things Wasn't the Point of Doing Them? Our daughter played on a middle school soccer team in a league that didn't believe in keeping score. The kids, of course, simply kept score themselves, always knowing in the end who had won and who had lost. They knew that not keeping score wasn't part of the real world and they mocked the charade. That said, her team was not very good
Another Letter from the Chancellor Dear Colleagues, As we approach the end of the calendar year, I am reflecting back on some of the events of 2020. We have confronted uncertainty and pain together, working as a community dedicated in service to our city’s children. Because their safety is paramount, we took a principled stand and vowed to close schools as soon as the positivity rate reached 3%.
Patrick Sullivan on the DOE's acquisition of Reliant bus company: Why the PEP should vote no. Patrick Sullivan, a former member of the Panel for Educational Policy, sent this to current members in opposition to the DOE acquisition of Reliant bus company. For more on this issue, see Sue Edelman's article yesterday in the New York Post and the editorial today. The PEP is voting on this contract to
Epstein's poke at Dr. Jill Biden backfires. Whatever the purpose of Joseph Epstein's WSJ screed ... it surely failed. I think his poke at Dr. Jill Biden for professionally using 'DR.' in front of her name had less to do with educational leadership titles and Dr. Biden's personal achievements (which are notable) and more with discrediting the Biden/Harris election victory. The best honorific for
THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT “As far as Kiva could tell, whenever selfish humans encountered a wrenching, life-altering crisis, they embarked on a journey of five distinct stages: Denial. Denial. Denial. Fucking Denial. Oh, shit everything is terrible grab what you can and run.” ― John Scalzi, The Last Emperox This past weekend, riding in the car with my 10-year old son, I was regaling him with
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_12.html A Beginning List Of Resources For Teaching About Racist Mascots by Larry
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES They Didn't Turn In Their Work For Remote School. Their Parents Were Threatened With Court And Fines. | HuffPost -
