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Biden weighs options for education secretary who would face early political pressure in school reopening bid - CNNPolitics - https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/politics/joe-biden-education-secretary-decision/index.html

Six Important New Resources For Learning About Martin Luther King, Jr. | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=114916 on @Larryferlazzo

Inauguration in Troubled Times: Looking Back and Looking Forward: Lincoln, FDR and Biden | Ed In The Apple - https://wp.me/p2zCG-2Q3 via @edintheapple

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=114899 on @Larryferlazzo

Access to college admissions tests — and lucrative scholarships — imperiled by the pandemic https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/18/sat-act-requirements-coronavirus-459797

Giving kids no autonomy at all has become a parenting norm — and the pandemic is worsening the trend https://www.salon.com/2021/01/17/giving-kids-no-autonomy-at-all-has-become-a-parenting-norm--and-the-pandemic-is-worsening-the-trend/

'I've Tried Everything': Pandemic Worsens Child Mental Health Crisis https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/18/953581851/ive-tried-everything-pandemic-has-cut-options-for-kids-with-mental-illness

¿Qué significa para las escuelas la nueva variante del coronavirus? https://www.nytimes.com/es/2021/01/18/espanol/que-significa-para-las-escuelas-la-nueva-variante-del-coronavirus.html

OPINION: HBCUs build women and men who are ready to lead the nation - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=76578 via @hechingerreport

Spring term delays: New wave of coronavirus uncertainty slams higher education https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/colleges-spring-semester-coronavirus/2021/01/16/0be39db6-55d9-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Climate Crisis Must Be Taught In Schools, U.S. Education Experts Tell Biden https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/climate-crisis-must-be-taught-in-schools-u-s-education-experts-tell-biden/

Wendell Pierce On Parenting, The Pandemic And Reckoning With The Past | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/01/wendell-pierce-on-parenting-pandemic.html

Beutner presses for L.A. schools to become COVID-19 vaccine centers https://news.yahoo.com/beutner-presses-l-schools-become-160012405.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr via @YahooNews

PROOF POINTS: Study of kindergarteners points to technology overuse - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=76567 by @jillbarshay on @hechingerreport

Education Matters: Europe says schools are vectors for spread. DCPS says we are wide open for business. - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2021/01/europe-says-schools-are-vectors-for.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/iYxgC+(Education+Matters)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: The Drum Major Instinct | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tdE via @dianeravitch

Former Flint Mayor Karen Weaver: It’s time for justice for Flint | Eclectablog - https://www.eclectablog.com/?p=72131

Big Education Ape: L.A. schools chief wants to launch California's largest teacher vaccine effort - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/la-schools-chief-wants-to-launch.html

Big Education Ape: Be True to Your School | Teacher in a strange land - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/be-true-to-your-school-teacher-in.html

Big Education Ape: A Word on the Special Session – Tennessee Education Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-word-on-special-session-tennessee.html

Big Education Ape: Whatever Happened to the National Teacher Corps? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/whatever-happened-to-national-teacher.html

Big Education Ape: MLK warned that colleges could produce ‘close-minded, unscientific, illogical propagandists’ - The Washington Post - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/mlk-warned-that-colleges-could-produce.html

Big Education Ape: Teacher Tom: Chaos or Community? - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/teacher-tom-chaos-or-community.html

Big Education Ape: NYC Educator: MLK and Making America Union Again - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/nyc-educator-mlk-and-making-america.html

Big Education Ape: WSJ: Europe Is Closing Down Schools for Fear of COVID Spread | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/wsj-europe-is-closing-down-schools-for.html

Big Education Ape: Education Matters: Last week there were 172 student cases, 88 staff cases and nothing but crickets from the district. - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/education-matters-last-week-there-were.html

Big Education Ape: On This Holiday Honoring Dr. King, Consider the Plight of Children Today in Pennsylvania’s Chester Upland School District | janresseger - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/on-this-holiday-honoring-dr-king.html

Big Education Ape: Letter from a Teacher to the Incoming Secretary of Education | Real Learning CT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/letter-from-teacher-to-incoming.html

CURMUDGUCATION: A Really Bad Anti-Public School Analogy

by Mike Simpson / 15min

A Really Bad Anti-Public School Analogy You know I love a good analogy. I spent four decades trying to help people understand one thing by connecting it to some other thing. So I love a good analogy. This is not a good analogy. Nick Freitas is an army vet and Virginia politician, who served in the house of delegates before making a couple of unsuccessful runs for the US Congress (both House and

Student: “I Appreciate You Disciplining Me.” | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog

by Mike Simpson / 15min

Student: “I Appreciate You Disciplining Me.” I expect my students to wear a school uniform shirt and an ID. It is my habit to check for these, and my students know so. Of course, that doesn’t mean they always comply. Last week, in one of my classes, I hit on a noncompliance bonanza of sorts. One had no school shirt. A second had no ID. A third had neither school shirt nor ID. So, out come the de

A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007

by Mike Simpson / 15min

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/2021/01/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_16.html Must-Read NY Times Column On Miguel Cardona’s Experience As An ELL by Lar

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CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Well, Nothing Blew Up This Week Edition (1/17)

by Mike Simpson / 20h

CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Well, Nothing Blew Up This Week Edition (1/17) Well, Nothing Blew Up This Week Edition Did we just get through a whole week without anything more than whingings based on the willful misunderstanding of the First Amendment and admittedly horrifying details from last week's insurrection? I feel like maybe we're having the equivalent of when someone screams in your ears and th

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, January 17, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDVACCINE #IMPEACHED #TWICE

by Mike Simpson / 20h

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Children’s Screen Time Has Soared in the Pandemic, Alarming Parents and Researchers - The New York Times -

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