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Biden administration urged to allow states to cancel spring standardized testing - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/01/30/biden-administration-urged-allow-states-cancel-spring-standardized-testing/
BUSTED: Republican lawmaker caught pushing parental rights bill for rapists http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/9CJrTC_kGMY/
The Colleges That Took the Pandemic Seriously - The Atlantic - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/colleges-took-pandemic-seriously/617879/
Chicago parents say remote learning isn’t working and want their voices heard in a city still grappling with a plan https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/chicago-parents-schools-reopen/2021/01/30/cb9915a2-62bb-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html?tid=ss_tw
The racial disparities over who is returning to D.C. classrooms puts equity spotlight on reopening plan https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/washington-schools-reopening/2021/01/30/db479122-6009-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html?tid=ss_tw
In the grueling doc "Try Harder!" Asian American students strive to meet "unreasonable" expectations https://www.salon.com/2021/01/30/try-harder-sundance-asian-american-lowell-high-debbie-lum/
Dr. Fauci questions Biden's 100-day school reopening plan https://www.explica.co/dr-fauci-questions-bidens-100-day-school-reopening-plan/
National union leader calls on Lightfoot to work with Chicago teachers: ‘Why is the mayor not listening?’ | Nation | newsbug.info - https://www.newsbug.info/news/nation/national-union-leader-calls-on-lightfoot-to-work-with-chicago-teachers-why-is-the-mayor/article_f68e05f2-72b1-5053-8a02-35cb383a5c51.html on @thehj
Students Continue To Pressure Northwestern University To Abolish The Police - PopularResistance.Org - https://popularresistance.org/?p=181663
Kevin McCarthy buried by Parkland survivor for pandering to 'conspiratorial anti-Semite' Marjorie Taylor Greene http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/VV6Z2cg4B-
Adoption and Safe Families Act: The ‘Crime Bill’ of Child Welfare https://www.laprogressive.com/adoption-and-safe-families-act-the-crime-bill-of-child-welfare/
In dispute between D.C. and union, arbitrator ruling clears city schools to reopen Monday https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-schools-dispute/2021/01/31/3e90d7ea-63c8-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html?tid=ss_tw
North Carolina Hopes to Demolish Its Public Schools, Too | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tmx via @dianeravitch
Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Worse Week Than I Thought Edition (1/31) - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi_31.html
Big Education Ape: John Thompson: Oklahoma’s Disastrous Efforts to Privatize Everything | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/john-thompson-oklahomas-disastrous.html
CURMUDGUCATION: Nationwide Initiative Underway To Dismantle Public EducationNationwide Initiative Underway To Dismantle Public Education Well, happy School Choice Week. What better way to celebrate than getting a bunch of states to ram through bills to gut (or in some cases further gut) public education. The preferred method seems to be ESA-style vouchers (ESA used to stand for "education savings account," but sometimes "education scholarship account"). In an ESA/Tax Cr
Chicago Teachers' Struggle At A Crossroads - PopularResistance OrgChicago Teachers' Struggle At A Crossroads - PopularResistance.Org CHICAGO TEACHERS’ STRUGGLE AT A CROSSROADS The drive to reopen Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the third largest school district in the country, has become a pitched battle between educators and the state apparatus, the latter backed up by the corporate media and the unions. The fight by Chicago educators to prevent the reopening of
Open Letter to Dr. Miguel Cardona On The Future Of Public Education And Indigenous Resurgence – Wrench in the GearsOpen Letter to Dr. Miguel Cardona On The Future Of Public Education And Indigenous Resurgence Dear Dr. Cordona, I am writing this open letter as the parent of a young adult child who spent thirteen years in an under-funded urban school district, a district targeted by consultants, corporate interests, and predatory philanthropists who sought to leverage the challenges faced by our city’s vulnera
Ed Notes Online: Today 8 PM Zoom - Get Our Damn School System Out of the Hands of Incompetent and clueless Mayors Once and for all #ourcityschools #endmayoralcontrol #cancelthemayor SUNDAY 1/31 @ 8PMEd Notes Online: Today 8 PM Zoom - Get Our Damn School System Out of the Hands of Incompetent and clueless Mayors Once and for all Today 8 PM Zoom - Get Our Damn School System Out of the Hands of Incompetent and clueless Mayors Once and for all Almost 20 years under the mayoral dictatorships of Bloomberg and de Blasio. It's time to put an end to it. School governance starts at the top but ends wi
EdAction in Congress January 31, 2021 - Education VotesEdAction in Congress January 31, 2021 Tell Congress to pass a robust COVID-19 package The sea change in the outlook for robust COVID-19 relief is proof elections really do have consequences. NEA and the Biden administration are on the same page: additional, significant relief is needed—and it is needed fast. If building bipartisan support proves impossible, Democrats have signaled they will use
School Community Led by People, Not Billionaires - LA ProgressiveSchool Community Led by People, Not Billionaires A s soon as Anna Grant’s busy workday at Forest View Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina, ended, she would head toward the next school where she was needed. “I would get off work and immediately drive to meetings, press events, whatever we had organized [for the school],” she recalls. Her second school of concern was Lakewood Elementary, w
MITCHELL ROBINSON: The Forgotten Voices in the School Reopening Debate: Teachers | EclectablogThe Forgotten Voices in the School Reopening Debate: Teachers | Eclectablog The Forgotten Voices in the School Reopening Debate: Teachers The following post was written by an elementary school teacher. This person could be your neighbor…a friend…a family member…or just someone you know on social media. This teacher hasn’t shared how they feel with anyone outside of their family, because there is
Stop the Tests. Stop Vouchers. It's Up to You. - Network For Public EducationStop the Tests. Stop Vouchers. It’s Up to You. Miguel Cardona’s confirmation hearing as U.S. Secretary of Education will take place this Wednesday. You can watch the hearing live at 10:00 am EST here . We believe he should immediately waive the requirement for spring testing. You can find our letter to him here . We are delighted that 74 national, state, and local public education advocacy group
Texas Requires Students to Take State Test in Person | Diane Ravitch's blogTexas Requires Students to Take State Test in Person While other states are requesting waivers from federally-mandated tests this spring, Texas is moving forward, requiring all students to take in-person tests. Given the stress and dislocation caused by the pandemic, this is madness. State Commissioner Mike Morath was never an educator, and apparently he lacks common decency. Instruction has bee
A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007Larry 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_30.html “Pandemic Lessons for a Post-COVID Classroom” by Larry Ferlazzo / 3h Pand
Did Closing Schools Save Lives Or Cost Lives? The Debate Continues | 89.3 KPCCDid Closing Schools Save Lives Or Cost Lives? The Debate Continues In November, I reported for NPR on a scientific paper that estimated millions of years of life could be lost due to prolonged school closures in the U.S. — far more, in fact, than might be lost by keeping schools open. The paper has since been corrected and critiqued. The central question it tried to answer remains. The paper's a
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TOP POSTS THIS WEEK 1/30/21 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDVACCINE #TOPBANANAHEADLINES #INSURRECTIONBig Education Ape TOP POSTS THIS WEEK 1/30/21 ‘Slaying Goliath’: Diane Ravitch argues in new book that public education advocates have beat back efforts to privatize schools - The Washington Post The real story of New Orleans and its charter schools - The Washington Post CATCH UP WITH
THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, January 30, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDVACCINEBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES The attack on public education is an attack on democracy – with special guest Jennifer Berkshire | Eclectablog - https://www.eclectablog.com/?p=72213
