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
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 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 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
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
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 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
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 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
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 “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 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
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) 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
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
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Texas schools struggling with enrollment urge state not to cut funds | The Texas Tribune - https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/15/texas-school-
