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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES #REDFORED #tbats #COVID-19 #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDOUTBREAK #BIDENWINS #46

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Master Plan for Early Learning and Care - Year 2020 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr20/yr20rel97.asp



SEED + SPARK: The Expedition – Sam Chaltain - http://www.samchaltain.com/?p=2427

Elizabeth Warren presses Joe Biden to enact ‘effective economic stimulus’ with single pen stroke: Cancel student debt https://www.rawstory.com/2020/12/elizabeth-warren-presses-joe-biden-to-enact-effective-economic-stimulus-with-single-pen-stroke-cancel-student-debt/#.X8ffT2jhxLk.twitter

‘Bye-bye – You won’t be missed’: Betsy DeVos gets slammed by Bernie Sanders as she attacks push for tuition-free college https://www.rawstory.com/2020/12/bye-bye-you-wont-be-missed-betsy-devos-gets-slammed-by-bernie-sanders-as-she-s-push-for-tuition-free-college/#.X8ffbttDf50.twitter

Hack Education: What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10635 on @NEPCtweet

Teacher Simply Acknowledging Black Lives Matter in Lesson Prompts Prolonged, Racist Outrage in Wisconsin Town https://www.theroot.com/teacher-simply-acknowledging-black-lives-matter-in-less-1845784387?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=theroot_twitter via @TheRoot

Department of Education Finally Starts Processing COVID-Related Discrimination Cases 9 Months Into Pandemic https://www.theroot.com/department-of-education-finally-starts-processing-covid-1845785825?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=theroot_twitter via @TheRoot

Education Department pauses student loan bills, awaiting Congress or Trump to act - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/01/education-department-student-loans-442053

‘Every day is a challenge’: 8 lessons from the toughest school year ever - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/02/school-reopening-lessons-coronavirus-441393

Poll: Voters would support Oklahoma education reform https://nondoc.com/2020/12/02/poll-shows-support-for-education-reform/ via @nondocmedia

12 Reasons Why Sex Ed Reform Cannot Wait - In These Times - https://inthesetimes.com/article/sex-education-reform-lgbtq-rights via @InTheseTimesMag



Stress And Depression Rising Again Among Students As School Closures Drag On | St. Louis Public Radio - https://news.stlpublicradio.org/education/2020-12-01/stress-and-depression-rising-again-among-students-as-school-closures-drag-on#new_tab on @stlpublicradio

Black Education Tragedy Is New, by Walter E.Williams | Creators Syndicate - https://www.creators.com/read/walter-williams/12/20/black-education-tragedy-is-new#new_tab on @creatorsnation

Surge in D’s and F’s in San Diego County schools raises questions: How to grade during pandemic - The San Diego Union-Tribune - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2020-11-28/surge-in-ds-and-fs-in-san-diego-county-schools-raises-questions-how-to-grade-during-pandemic#new_tab by @Kristen_Taketa on @sdut

Palm Beach County school board member accused of fraud - South Florida Sun-Sentinel - https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/fl-ne-complaint-school-board-ayala-20201202-4eajlsv6i5hp5es2wgscdd5cym-story.html#new_tab via @SunSentinel

An Impossible Choice: Teachers Resign Amid Lack Of Covid Protections | NBC News - YouTube - https://youtu.be/uq-6ozihg1o on @youtube

Bountiful High to drop ‘Braves,’ select ‘culturally sensitive’ mascot - Deseret News - https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/11/30/21726873/bountiful-braves-new-culturally-sensitive-mascot-selection-process#new_tab on deseretnews

St. Louis schools slated for permanent closure during historic enrollment decline | Education | stltoday.com - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/st-louis-schools-slated-for-permanent-closure-during-historic-enrollment-decline/article_303b721d-d0c9-5891-9e18-8d48a04a42e6.html#new_tab by @https://twitter.com/blythebernhard on @stltoday

S.F. officials want teachers prioritized for coronavirus vaccines - SFChronicle.com - https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/S-F-officials-want-teachers-prioritized-for-15767725.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos undid Obama policy. Who'll Biden pick? - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/12/02/betsy-devos-biden-education-secretary/3781931001/#new_tab via @usatoday

blueprint for early education - Los Angeles Times - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-01/california-unveiled-a-blueprint-for-the-future-of-early-education-critics-say-its-
Master Plan for Early Learning and Care - Year 2020 (CA Dept of Education)
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State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Issues Statement Applauding Release of Master Plan for Early Learning and Care SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond issued the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s release of the Master Plan for Early Learning and Care: California for All Kids , a roadmap for building a more equitable, comprehensive early lea
Nobody Should Be Wasting Time Worrying About When to Administer Standardized Tests | janresseger
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Nobody Should Be Wasting Time Worrying About When to Administer Standardized Tests Parents, children, teachers, principals, and school superintendents are living through a time of unknowns. COVID-19 is raging across the states with many public schools operating only online. Some public schools, which have been able to open in person or on hybrid schedules, have subsequently been forced to close
Follow these #EdJustice Superstars | Schott Foundation for Public Education
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Follow these #EdJustice Superstars It’s that time of the year again... the Schott Foundation’s third annual list of 10 Education Justice Superstars to follow on social media! Spice up your feed with knowledge and inspiration from these influential and energized advocates. They’re leading the way, pushing racial and gender equity, fair funding, community schools, grassroots organizing and other c
The telling things Barack Obama wrote -- and didn’t mention -- about his education policies in new memoir - The Washington Post
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The telling things Barack Obama wrote — and didn’t mention — about his education policies in new memoir In his best-selling new book , “A Promised Land,” Barack Obama writes compellingly about his road to the White House and key moments and policies of his first term as president. There’s the Affordable Care Act. The crisis he inherited in the U.S. financial system and his successful efforts to
Community schools are the schools we need now
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To the rescue — The schools we need now are community schools When the coronavirus struck, the community-school model showed how quickly families and schools needing extra resources could be helped W hen America’s schools shut down in mid-March as a result of Covid-19 and transitioned to some form of remote learning, the nation’s community schools responded rapidly. That’s because these schools
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NewBlackMan (in Exile) NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2020/11/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile_28.html Michael Eric Dyson's Book, 'Long Time Coming,' Aims To Help 


Growing Consensus that Young Children Can Safely Return to School | Diane Ravitch's blog
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Growing Consensus that Young Children Can Safely Return to School The New York Times reports that scientists are converging on a consensus that it is safe for young children to return to school. After a summer of uncertainty and fear about how schools across the globe would operate in a pandemic, a consensus has emerged in recent months that is becoming policy in more and more districts: In-pers
The “insidious” Betsy DeVos. But what will the Democrats do about student loan debt? – Fred Klonsky
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THE “INSIDIOUS” BETSY DEVOS. BUT WHAT WILL THE DEMOCRATS DO ABOUT STUDENT LOAN DEBT? The insidious Betsy and Dick DeVos. Departing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos blasted student debt forgiveness in what was likely her last major policy speech, calling proposals like free college and the cancellation of student loan debt “truly insidious.” “We’ve heard shrill calls to cancel, to forgive, to make
CURMUDGUCATION: Back On The No-Longer-Trailing Pandemic Education Edge: Digging A Ditch
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Back On The No-Longer-Trailing Pandemic Education Edge: Digging A Ditch I've been offering updates from my own small town/rural corner of the universe for just one more data point about how various school districts are dealing with pandemic education. We don't all need to write about New York City schools. My region had a decent shot. In a county of 50,000 people, we had a total of 70 cases at t
Teacher Tom: This is What Real Learning Looks Like
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This is What Real Learning Looks Like This is the problem with letting dilettantes, even well-intended dilettantes, lead when it comes to education policy. They don't have the experience to recognize what real learning looks like, and since they tend to come from the world of business, they don't trust mere "employees" (teachers), especially if they belong to a union, so they come up with arbitr
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 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 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-i
Will the Biden Administration Provide Leadership to Address Long School Funding Crisis? | janresseger
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Will the Biden Administration Provide Leadership to Address Long School Funding Crisis? Here in Ohio, during the current lame duck session, legislators are considering a new school funding formula. The Cupp-Patterson Fair School Funding Plan has been in the making for almost two years (See here and here .), but even now as the plan comes to a vote before December 31, the end of the current legis
Whatever Happened to the Winnetka Plan? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
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Whatever Happened to the Winnetka Plan? When and how did the Winnetka Plan begin and grow to become a nationally known lighthouse for Progressivism? A small wealthy suburb of Chicago in the late-19th and early 20th centuries, Winnteka leaders embraced the ideas of John Dewey and the “New Education,” an off-shoot of the then spreading Progressive movement. As the authors of a history of the Winne
Book Launch Event on 12/2 at 5:00 pm ET for “Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice”–Register NOW! – I AM AN EDUCATOR
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Book Launch Event on 12/2 at 5:00 pm ET for “Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice”–Register Today! – I AM AN EDUCATOR Book Launch Event on 12/2 at 5:00 pm ET for “Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice”–Register NOW! Dear readers, I am writing to invite you to the book launch event for the new book I co-edited with Denisha Jones, Black Lives
Third-Grade Punishment Laws – Revisited | Live Long and Prosper
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Third-Grade Punishment Laws – Revisited ONE SIZE FITS SOME A post on Diane Ravitch’s blog has raised the topic of grade retention. Laura Chapman: Who Is Behind the “Read by Third Grade or Be Retained” Campaign? There is a national read-by-grade three campaign. The practice of holding students back a grade is not new, but in the olden days it was never based on test scores alone and certainly not

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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES #REDFORED #tbats #COVID-19 #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDOUTBREAK #BIDENWINS #46
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Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES DeSantis says no new lockdowns, mask mandates or any other anti-COVID-19 measure in Florida - Orlando Sentinel - 
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