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'Snow days as we know them may be gone': How distance learning might cancel 'magical' ritual https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/snow-days-may-be-gone-distance-learning-143529179.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr via @Yahoo

Betsy DeVos pleads with Education Department employees to ‘resist’ the Biden administration - MarketWatch - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/betsy-devos-pleas-with-education-department-employees-to-resist-the-biden-administration-2020-12-16 by @pescenic on @marketwatch

D.C. closes 5 schools as more students return to classrooms and asymptomatic testing begins - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-schools-coronavirus-infections/2020/12/16/2aefd5ee-3fa4-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education

Education Research Report: COVID-19 turned parents into proxy educators: research re stress it caused - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2020/12/covid-19-turned-parents-into-proxy.html

When Olympic athletes coach students in social emotional learning - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=75996 via @hechingerreport

Louisiana teachers recover from hurricanes during the pandemic - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=75997 via @hechingerreport

Supreme Court to Rule on N.C.A.A. Limits on Paying College Athletes - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/us/supreme-court-ncaa-athletes-pay.html

‘I Was Stunned’: Big Gifts to Small Colleges From an Unexpected Source - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/us/mackenzie-scott-college-donations.html

NYC Council bills would require more information on remote learning - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-remote-learning-city-council-bill-20201216-edby5py4bvfznmfu47p56byyze-story.html via @nydailynews

Fall Data Show Fewer Students Going To College Amid Coronavirus : NPR - https://www.npr.org/2020/12/17/925831720/losing-a-generation-fall-college-enrollment-plummets-for-first-year-students on @NPR

L.A. teachers express dismal views of distance learning - Los Angeles Times - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-16/teachers-survey?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29 by @melissagomez004 on @latimes

National Review ripped after trashing Dr. Jill Biden for teaching in community college where ‘slow’ students go – Raw Story - https://www.rawstory.com/?p=1698057

D.C. students are falling behind in remote school, with vulnerable students faring worse, data suggests - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-students-learning-loss-pandemic/2020/12/17/090755ec-4062-11eb-8db8-395dedaaa036_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education

Only 37% Of CPS K-8 Students Say They’ll Return To The Classroom | WBEZ Chicago - https://www.wbez.org/stories/only-37-of-cps-students-say-theyll-go-back-to-school-in-person-and-white-students-are-overrepresented/df3b37f4-24ec-4b21-ba1b-e26026a275f4#new_tab

Philadelphia superintendent confident some in-person school will resume this year - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2020/12/16/22178911/philadelphia-superintendent-confident-some-in-person-school-will-resume-this-year#new_tab on chalkbeat

Howard County parents file lawsuit challenging student school board member’s voting rights - Baltimore Sun - https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-student-board-lawsuit-20201216-hu6yi6nz2jas5lr7vsojncofjq-story.html#new_tab via @baltimoresun

Utah plan to give teachers $1,500 bonus also puts pressure on Salt Lake City schools https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/12/16/22179142/coronavirus-schools-salt-lake-city-bonus-in-person-learning-online-teachers-legislature-restriction?utm_campaign=deseret&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter via @DeseretNews

Chicago schools chief Janice Jackson gets $40,000 raise - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/12/16/22178924/cps-public-schools-ceo-chief-janice-jackson-raise#new_tab

Ex-teachers union leader seen as leading candidate for Biden's Education secretary | TheHill - https://thehill.com/node/530592

Durham Public Schools giving all students A’s on end-of-course exams because of COVID | CBS 17 - https://www.cbs17.com/?p=566279

Opelika Board of Education pays out $320K in lawsuit settlement with former special education teacher | Education | oanow.com - https://oanow.com/news/local/education/opelika-board-of-education-pays-out-320k-in-lawsuit-settlement-with-former-special-education-teacher/article_d484d0c4-3fc6-11eb-ad08-8f564514c039.html#new_tab on @oanow

Survey: Students Want More Opportunities to Connect With Teachers During the Pandemic - https://www.edweek.org/leadership/survey-students-want-more-opportunities-to-connect-with-teachers-during-the-pandemic/2020/12#new_tab by @s_e_schwartz on @educationweek

More Southern California kids are killing themselves during coronavirus pandemic – Orange County Register - https://wp.me/p8Ac4j-y94A

CDC: Most Coronavirus Infections in Kids Not Linked to School | Education News | US News - https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2020-12-16/cdc-most-coronavirus-infections-in-kids-not-linked-to-school#new_tab on @USNews

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NANCY BAILEY: Researching DeVos’s $185 Million School Funding Plan During a Pandemic

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Researching DeVos’s $185 Million School Funding Plan During a Pandemic Researching DeVos’s $185 Million School Funding Plan During a Pandemic During this pandemic, public school funding is critical. The American public deserves to know as best as possible how their tax dollars are being spent on education and every area for that matter. That’s why it’s disappointing to review Education Secretary

California teachers unions mobilize against Democratic school reopening bill

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California teachers unions mobilize against Democratic school reopening bill SACRAMENTO — California teachers unions are demanding that the Legislature maintain pandemic restrictions on school reopenings and have begun mobilizing against a Democratic bill introduced last week that could force schools to reopen in March. In separate letters to legislative leaders, the California Teachers Associat

Reaganland: Public Education and America’s Right Turn – Have You Heard

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Reaganland: Public Education and America’s Right Turn In the latest episode of Have You Heard, we talk to Rick Perlstein, author of the monumental new history Reaganland, about America’s ‘right turn’ against public education. As Perlstein recounts, public schools were at the very center of the culture wars of the 1970’s. From parents in the northeast revolting against court-ordered busing to the

Leslie Fenwick, Miguel Cardona seen as contenders for education secretary - The Washington Post

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Two outsiders emerge as top contenders for Biden’s education secretary Two lesser-known educators have emerged as top candidates for education secretary — a former dean at Howard University and the commissioner of schools in Connecticut, people familiar with the process said. The first is Leslie T. Fenwick, dean emeritus of the Howard University School of Education and a professor of educational

Teacher Tom: Projection, Empathy, Compassion

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Projection, Empathy, Compassion During my first year as a teacher, I had a student, a two-year-old, who loved her hugs. She would hug me hello in the morning. She would hug her mother and father goodbye. She would hug total strangers if given the chance. It was a charming instinct, one for which she had grown accustomed to receiving praise. "She is such a loving girl!" "Oh, how sweet!" However,

Report: Two New Top Contenders for Secretary of Education | Diane Ravitch's blog

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Report: Two New Top Contenders for Secretary of Education The Washington Post reported that two new names have emerged as top contenders for Secretary of Education in the Biden Administration. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/biden-education-secretary-fenwick-cardona/2020/12/16/5811142e-3fb4-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html Laura Meckler and Valerie Strauss wrote: Two lesser-known educa

NYC Educator: UFT Delegate Assembly December 16, 2020--With Vaccine Coming, What's in the Future?

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UFT Delegate Assembly December 16, 2020--With Vaccine Coming, What's in the Future? UFT President Michael Mulgrew --Welcome to last DA of 2020. People on this call are the leadership of the union. We understand how much people lean on leaders during normal times. During these times, dealing with shutdown, fear and anxiety, people look to you. What you have done in terms of moving schools to remo

Outsmarted by Michael Mulgrew | JD2718

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Outsmarted by Michael Mulgrew I submitted a resolution to move away from blended learning last month. It was next on the agenda, 3 minutes left in the motions period, and they didn’t even tell me to get ready to speak. Mulgrew filibustered away the full 3 minutes. So I was going to reintroduce the resolution this month. Background – The UFT/DoE blended learning plan never made much sense pedagog

Mini Grants to Address Equity Now Available - Year 2020 (CA Dept of Education)

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State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Announces Mini Grants Now Available to Educators to Address Equity and Opportunity Gaps SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond today announced that California school districts and charter schools can now begin applying for mini grants to address equity and opportunity gaps in student learning. Announced earlier this month as part of

ITS ALL IN THE PERSPECTIVE – Dad Gone Wild

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ITS ALL IN THE PERSPECTIVE “Memory,’ wrote the Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury, is a process of organizing what to forget.” ― Ben Ehrenreich, The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine Today is the last day of classes for Metro Nashville Public Schools. As I sit here and craft my latest missive, I am uplifted by the sounds of my youngest’s chortles wafting through his bedroom door. His te

Normality in Sayaka Murata – radical eyes for equity

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Normality in Sayaka Murata What is normal? Are you normal? Am I normal? “Normality was contagious, and exposure to the infection was necessary to keep up with it,” explains Natsuki in Sayaka Murata’s Earthlings . If we accept that “normal” describes what is typical, and thus, what we may expect in any circumstance, then the novels of Murata are themselves not normal. And the central characters i

NYC Public School Parents: Josh Karan on Mayoral control

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Josh Karan on Mayoral control Tomorrow on Dec. 17, the NY State Assembly Standing Committee on Education will hold hearings on Mayoral control tomorrow, starting at 10 AM. You can view the hearings live streamed here . Testimony is by invitation only. Josh Karan was a member of the Parent Commission on School Governance, whose 2009 report is posted here . Other documents created by the Commissio

NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER

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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 Stakes Been High: Mychal Denzel Smith on Life After the American Dream | Review by Mark Anthony Neal by Mark Anthony Neal / 40min Stakes Been High: Mychal Denzel Smith on Life After the American Drea

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_12.html The Wright Brothers Made Their First Flight On This Day 117 Years Ago – H

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