THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Wednesday, January 13, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDVACCINE #DEVOSRESIGNS

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It Appears That Biden May Now Be Realistically Looking At A Fall Timeline To Reopen Schools | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=114782 on @Larryferlazzo

Harris teases immigration agenda: Green cards for DACA and TPS recipients, shorter waits for citizenship https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/12/kamala-harris-immigration-green-cards-daca-citizenship-458455

Office for Civil Rights Delivers Annual Report to Congress Highlighting Major Milestones and Achievements in Protecting Students' Rights https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/office-civil-rights-delivers-annual-report-congress-highlighting-major-milestones-and-achievements-protecting-students-rights-0

The Role of a School Leader In Setting A School’s Culture - Philly's 7th Ward - https://wp.me/p7sbg2-v6

New policy seeks to incentivize schools to offer in-person options https://nondoc.com/2021/01/12/incentive-for-in-person-options/ via @nondocmedia

Will there be a SAT, ACT alternative for UC admissions? - Los Angeles Times - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-12/uc-should-permanently-eliminate-sat-and-all-standardized-tests-for-admissions-experts-say?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29 by @teresawatanabe on @latimes

L.A. school board OKs lawsuits over budget plan, meals - Los Angeles Times - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-13/l-a-school-board-authorizes-lawsuit-over-governors-schools-plan?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29 by @howardblume on @latimes

Chicago school system locks out some teachers, withholds pay for not returning to in-person instruction https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/chicago-schools-reopening-teachers/2021/01/12/3a2173d2-5508-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Answer Sheet: 'Black Lives Matter at School’ — A New Book on Anti-Racist Work in Education | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10708 on @NEPCtweet

Where parents and students in Texas can turn for help with mental health concerns https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/13/texas-schools-mental-health-resources/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social via @TexasTribune

Jordan’s story: Isolated, anxious and failing online classes, an 11-year-old Texas boy considered suicide https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/13/texas-schools-mental-health/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social via @TexasTribune

Spelman to Launch First HBCU Queer Studies Chair in Honor of Audre Lorde - https://theglowup.theroot.com/with-a-2-million-gift-spelman-will-launch-the-first-e-1846044131 on @kinja

Apple Reveals Latest Efforts in Racial Equity and Justice Program - https://www.theroot.com/apple-announces-new-details-in-100-million-racial-equi-1846050033 on TheRoot

Voucher Vulture Kelsey Named Chair of Education Committee – Tennessee Education Report - http://tnedreport.com/?p=5096 via @TNEdReport

Lessons From A Decade Of Student Activism In The UK - PopularResistance.Org - https://popularresistance.org/?p=180896

How the Pandemic Has Reinvented Music Education | Occupy Wall Street News - https://www.owsnews.org/?p=1469

17,000 NYC educators ask for vaccine - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-union-vaccine-distribution-educators-20210112-wvoyb7vry5gqvgvngkikfsjg34-story.html via @nydailynews

NYC will phase out Gifted and Talented exam after this year - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-gifted-talented-exam-phase-out-20210113-icvtlkws4zh2xgappcjev2swmq-story.html via @nydailynews

Children apologize to their elders for COVID-19 spread - Los Angeles Times - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-12/children-apologizing-to-parents-grandparents-spreading-coronavirus-into-families-as-l-a-county-reels?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29 by @ronlin on @latimes

Minneapolis, St. Paul teachers unions oppose school reopening plans - StarTribune.com - https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-st-paul-teachers-unions-oppose-school-reopening-plans/600009681/#1 on @StarTribune

1 in 5 Newark Public Schools students were chronically absent this fall - Chalkbeat Newark - https://newark.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/12/22227859/newark-attendance-fall-2020#new_tab on chalkbeat

Colorado had a record graduation rate in 2020 despite coronavirus. But the pandemic may hamper future classes. – The Colorado Sun - https://wp.me/pabske-H6F

L.A. school board authorizes lawsuits over governor's budget plan, meal-program costs - https://news.yahoo.com/l-school-board-authorizes-lawsuits-130031355.html#new_tab on @YahooNews

Ohio Supreme Court to decide whether state law requires armed teachers, school staff be trained like school police officers - cleveland.com - https://www.cleveland.com/open/2021/01/ohio-supreme-court-to-decide-whether-state-law-requires-armed-teachers-school-staff-be-trained-like-school-police-officers.html#new_tab on @clevelanddotcom

N.J. schools would teach lessons in diversity under bill headed to governor - nj.com - https://www.nj.com/politics/2021/01/students-in-nj-would-take-courses-in-diversity-under-bill-headed-to-governor.html#new_tab on @njdotcom

Free! Top Ten Articles from the History of Education Quarterly | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-t8f via @dianeravitch

OPINION: A U.S. history teacher scrambles to explain unprecedented attacks and desecration of democracy https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-a-u-s-history-teacher-scrambles-to-explain-unprecedented-attacks-and-desecration-of-democracy/

Big Education Ape: A 50-State Analysis of PPP Funding of Charter Schools, Religious Schools, and Private Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-50-state-analysis-of-ppp-funding-of.html

Big Education Ape: Books of 2020 | Teacher in a strange land - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/books-of-2020-teacher-in-strange-land.html

Big Education Ape: On Reading and Comic Books: A Journey from 1975 to 2021 (and Beyond) – radical eyes for equity - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/on-reading-and-comic-books-journey-from.html

Big Education Ape: Los Angeles school board could sue California over Newsom reopening plan - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/los-angeles-school-board-could-sue.html

Choosing Democracy: Response to the Proposed Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum for California

by Mike Simpson / 30min

Response to the Proposed Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum for California This is in response to the Ethnic Studies model curriculum draft posted for public review by the California State Board of Education. Response by Sacramento League of United Latin American Citizens, Lorenzo Patiño Council, 2862. Sacramento, California. We offer the following critiques. Chapter 4. Bibliography The proposed bi

Teacher Tom: Does "Parenting" Stand in the Way of Growing?

by Mike Simpson / 30min

Does "Parenting" Stand in the Way of Growing? At the center of every healthy relationship, and many unhealthy relationships for that matter, is unconditional love. We love our children, our parents, our spouses, and our friends, but, of course, we don't love all of them in the same way: there is a kind of love we have for a lover that is distinct from the love we have our parents. In turn, the l

New York Magazine’s Jonathan Chait Is Bragging Again About Charter Schools | janresseger

by Mike Simpson / 30min

New York Magazine’s Jonathan Chait Is Bragging Again About Charter Schools Last week, New York Magazine ‘s Jonathan Chait published another of his long rants about the failure of public schools, the glories of charter schools, and all the reasons he disdains teachers unions. Chait begins: “In the dozen years since Barack Obama undertook the most dramatic education reform in half a century—proddi

Audio: Amid Surges, Teachers Line Up For Their Vaccines | 89.3 KPCC

by Mike Simpson / 30min

Amid Surges, Teachers Line Up For Their Vaccines Don Brown has been driving a school bus for more than 20 years in the Chicago area. And for all that time, he's noticed one odd student habit. As they climb aboard his bus, "when they get to the top step, they always cough," he says. "This was even before the pandemic! Or, when they get ready to get off, they say 'Bye, bus driver!' and they cough.

It's Remote Teacher Vs In Person Teacher Thanks to the New York Post SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL BLOG - southbronxschool com

by Mike Simpson / 30min

http://www.southbronxschool.com It's Remote Teacher Vs In Person Teacher Thanks to the New York Post In this corner we have remote teachers. In the other corner we have in person teachers. And in the center of the ring we have the New York Post stirring the shit pot and and pitting teachers against one another . This story, which myself and The Crack team believe was planted by the DOE starts off

Dan Shelton Compares Protesting Teachers Meeting To Terrorist Attack At The Capitol. Time To Step Down Dan! | Exceptional Delaware

by Mike Simpson / 30min

Dan Shelton Compares Protesting Teachers Meeting To Terrorist Attack At The Capitol. Time To Step Down Dan! In a moment of unbelievable stupidity, Christina Superintendent Dan Shelton actually suggested that the teachers airing their beefs with the idiotic decisions he has made on behalf of their district is comparable to social media groups that led to the attacks on the United States Capitol l

Education Matters: Teacher fear in DCPS is real and palpable.

by Mike Simpson / 30min

Teacher fear in DCPS is real and palpable. I have written many times about the lack of contact tracing, and social distancing, and how the dashboard shouldn't be believed. If the district cares, they sure haven't shown it, and the fear for many teachers and staff is real. I received this from a reader. I have edited it to take out anything identifying because, sadly, in DCPS, teachers have a lot

CURMUDGUCATION: Did DeVos Get A Raw Deal

by Mike Simpson / 2h

Did DeVos Get A Raw Deal In today's National Review, Rick Hess is suggesting that Betsy DeVos got a raw deal, that attacks on her "have taken a torch to the basic standards of public discourse and democratic civility." Hess acknowledges some of the issues surrounding her as legit ones: During her tempestuous tenure in office, DeVos evoked strong feelings among her critics. Many disagreed vehemen

NYC Educator: The Post, with Little Evidence, Creates a Teacher Issue

by Mike Simpson / 2h

The Post, with Little Evidence, Creates a Teacher Issue The Post has a piece suggesting teachers are at war with one another over who gets the vaccine. That's absurd, and there are several large hints in the story. The biggest hint is who they quote--one anonymous DOE employee, one anonymous administrator, and one anonymous teacher. (Let's disregard the fact that none of those quoted feel comfor

- What's New: 2021–22 FFVP Request for Applications - SSO and SFSP Integrity Plan - 2021 SFSP Reimbursement Rates - California Department of Education

by Mike Simpson / 2h

California Department of Education CA Dept of Education - What's New 2021 SFSP Reimbursement Rates 20h On December 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) 2021 reimbursement rates for breakfast, lunch, supper, and snacks. CNAC Member Recruitment 2021 20h The State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SSPI) Child Nutrition Advisory Council (CNAC)

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by Mike Simpson / 21h

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Push to open California public schools in February thrills some parents, terrifies some teachers, as COVID surges - https://bayareane.ws/2LlgRz2 on 

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