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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES 

Education Research Report: Addressing COVID-19’s Disruption of Student Assessment - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Trump administration rejects expert advice on nutrition, maintaining guidelines for sugar & alcohol https://www.salon.com/2021/01/04/trump-administration-rejects-expert-advice-on-nutrition-maintaining-guidelines-for-sugar-and-alcohol_partner/

74 Interview: AFT’s Randi Weingarten Talks Tying School Reopening to Teacher Vaccine Rollout, Biden’s Ed Secretary Pick and $900B Relief Bill @The74 https://www.the74million.org/?p=566585

Deaf author Ann Clare LeZotte shows kids a sign https://nondoc.com/2021/01/05/deaf-author-ann-clare-lezotte-shows-kids-a-sign/ via @nondocmedia

Texas hires two companies to run STAAR, moving toward statewide online testing https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/04/texas-staar-tests/

All NOLA Public Schools must move to virtual learning by Thursday https://thelensnola.org/2021/01/04/all-nola-public-schools-must-move-to-virtual-learning-by-thursday/

At least one New Orleans school shuts in-person classes down due to rising COVID-19 numbers, staff exposures https://thelensnola.org/2021/01/04/at-least-one-new-orleans-school-shuts-in-person-classes-down-due-to-rising-covid-19-numbers-staff-exposures/

NYC schools can stay open if COVID positivity rate exceeds 9% threshold: Cuomo https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-covid-nyc-schools-cuomo-20210104-ouk4qav66rhgfoql7hef7mnnka-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

'She Was Fearless': Teacher Whose Video Touched Millions Dies https://patch.com/us/across-america/teacher-who-had-heartwarming-classroom-video-dies-coronavirus

Minnesota Is Changing The Way It Teaches Social Studies https://popularresistance.org/minnesota-is-changing-the-way-it-teaches-social-studies/

Tuesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=114559 on @Larryferlazzo

Should Private and Religious Schools Receive COVID Funds Meant to Save Small Businesses? | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-sYg via @dianeravitch

Diane Ravitch's Blog: Carol Burris: How Charter Schools Cashed in on the Paycheck Protection Program | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10683 on @NEPCtweet

'I’m Grateful for All You Young Leaders': Kyrie Irving Pays Tuition for Students at HBCU Lincoln University https://www.theroot.com/i-m-grateful-for-all-you-young-leaders-kyrie-irving-pa-1845991173

San Francisco’s Top Art School Says Fate Hinges on a Diego Rivera Mural https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/arts/design/san-francisco-art-institute-diego-rivera-mural.html

Defying CPS, Some Chicago Teachers Union Members Won’t Return To Schools https://popularresistance.org/defying-cps-some-chicago-teachers-union-members-wont-return-to-schools/

During the pandemic, teachers’ mental health is suffering - https://19thnews.org/2020/12/during-the-pandemic-teachers-mental-health-is-suffering-in-ways-theyve-never-experienced/#new_tab via @19thnews

‘Hard pill to swallow’: Preschool institutions face eviction from HISD as district expands pre-K - HoustonChronicle.com - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/Preschool-eviction-HISD-district-expands-pre-K-15836916.php on @houstonchron

Parent groups in six counties ask Maryland leaders to prioritize reopening public schools - Baltimore Sun - https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-parent-calls-for-reopening-20210105-rxmq2hu57fhqnd7lifpmrl4eja-story.html#new_tab via @baltimoresun

Arizona public schools bracing for ‘sickouts’ from teachers weary of in-person classes | Arizona | thecentersquare.com - https://www.thecentersquare.com/arizona/arizona-public-schools-bracing-for-sickouts-from-teachers-weary-of-in-person-classes/article_1d1d295c-4ed2-11eb-9c10-9391438d8d12.html#new_tab on @thecentersquare

Virtual learning a ‘nightmare’ for special education students amid pandemic, parents say - mlive.com - https://www.mlive.com/news/2021/01/virtual-learning-a-nightmare-for-special-education-students-amid-pandemic-parents-say.html#new_tab on @mlive

COVID vaccines won't guarantee Ohio schools can reopen by March 1 - https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2021/01/04/covid-19-coronavirus-vaccines-ohio-schools-reopen-march-1/4060260001/#new_tab via @DispatchAlerts

Tennessee unveils $100 million plan to help its youngest students read better - Chalkbeat Tennessee - https://tn.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/4/22213875/tennessee-unveils-100-million-plan-to-help-its-youngest-students-read-better#new_tab on chalkbeat

As Chicago Teachers Union members refuse to return to classrooms, CPS mum on possible consequences for those who decline to give lessons in person - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-teachers-union-action-20210104-rcggvec3qfgx3c26xiahokr

The Dark History of School Choice | by Diane Ravitch | The New York Review of Books - https://www.nybooks.com/?p=1004399 by @DianeRavitch on @nybooks

Opinion | The Wreckage Betsy DeVos Leaves Behind - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/opinion/sunday/education-department-cardona-biden.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage#new_tab

 

Americans’ Secular Faith in Schooling (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

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Americans’ Secular Faith in Schooling (Part 2) It would be a grave mistake to think that American reformers only looked at schools as targets for change. Reforming individual Americans to be better persons has been in the American blood stream since the Mayflower arrived. Ditto for reforming community institutions to be better places within which to live and work. Perfecting individuals and comm

St. Louis: Privatizers and Assorted Billionaires Pick Over Bones of Public School System | Diane Ravitch's blog

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St. Louis: Privatizers and Assorted Billionaires Pick Over Bones of Public School System Tracee Miller, a member of the St. Louis Board of Education, writes that she was shocked and dismayed to discover that a proposal to raise taxes for early childhood education was actually a disguised effort to divert more public money to charter schools. The truth leaked out: Emails exposed via public record

Students Set to Return to School as COVID Cases Spike – Tennessee Education Report

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STUDENTS SET TO RETURN TO SCHOOL AS COVID CASES SPIKE The head of the Knox County Education Association (KCEA) is calling on that district to begin school this semester in a hybrid or virtual model as COVID-19 cases spike in Knox County and across the state. WBIR has more : The Knox County Education Association called for the county’s schools to start the semester in the “red zone” with no in-pe

Delay, dismantle, resist: DeVos leaves a legacy like no other Education secretary - POLITICO

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Delay, dismantle, resist: DeVos leaves a legacy like no other Education secretary Betsy DeVos relentlessly promoted school choice and ended many Obama-era rules. She shares few similarities with her likely successor, Connecticut state education chief Miguel Cardona. Betsy DeVos will soon step down from her perch as Education secretary, ending her four-year run as the most polarizing person to ha

Teacher Tom: We're Here on this Earth to Saunter

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We're Here on this Earth to Saunter The last item on my "to do" list yesterday involved running an errand to a place a couple miles from my home so despite the damp day I decided to make it into a leisurely afternoon walk. We live in downtown Seattle and the sidewalks have been relatively empty since March, but yesterday they were even more bereft of people than normal. Those who were out were h

Should Private and Religious Schools Receive COVID Funds Meant to Save Small Businesses? | Diane Ravitch's blog

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Should Private and Religious Schools Receive COVID Funds Meant to Save Small Businesses? Last spring, when the pandemic began crippling the economy, Congress passed the $2.2 trillion CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act). It was a rare moment of bipartisan action. Included in the act was the Paycheck Protection Program, which offered $660 billion to help small businesses

NYC Educator: UFT Executive Board January 4, 2021--Vaccines, Openings, Closings and Food Banks

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UFT Executive Board January 4, 2021--Vaccines, Openings, Closings and Food Banks UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr --Welcomes us. DA Next week, Jan. 13th. Karen Alford --Thanks members for toy drive donations. Says many children got toys, and over 20K in monetary donations, not to mention toys. Al Shanker scholarship deadline extended to February 1. Anthony Harmon --Food drive to help communities--partne

Education Matters: Testing, testing and more testing

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Testing, testing and more testing If it’s not for graduation, I would urge all parents to opt-out of whatever test the district has planned. There is a raging out of control pandemic going on, and it would be nice if our superintendent and school board acknowledged that and tried to take as much off plates as possible. Though if we are making wishes having a unicorn would be cool too. From the A

Matt Barnum: Do schools spread COVID? It depends on the community, new studies suggest - Chalkbeat

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Do schools spread COVID? It depends on the community, new studies suggest - Chalkbeat Do schools spread COVID? It may depend on how bad things already are around them Opening school buildings doesn’t increase the spread of COVID-19 in places where cases or hospitalizations from the virus are rare, according to two new studies . Reopening schools in areas with higher caseloads, though, does spread

BRUCE BAKER, ROB COTTO AND PRESTON GREEN: Fixing Connecticut school finance: The time is now

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Fixing Connecticut school finance: The time is now Fixing Connecticut school finance: The time is now The COVID pandemic has laid bare the extent of inequalities across Connecticut’s cities, towns and school districts and the children and families they serve. Connecticut has long been one of our nation’s most racially and economically segregated states, while also one of the wealthiest. In the pa

EDUCATION MYTHS OF 2021 – Dad Gone Wild

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EDUCATION MYTHS OF 2021 “The music we play has to be tomorrow’s, the things we say have to be today, and the reason for bothering is yesterday.” ― Pete Townshend, Who I Am 2021 is now officially underway, and unsurprisingly, it’s coming in as noisily as 2020 went out. Increasing cases of COVID-19, an increasingly unhinged president, along with fights over whether school buildings should be open

NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER

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NewBlackMan (in Exile) NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm.html Regé-Jean Page On Redefining Regency-Era Masculinity In 'Bridgerton' by Mark Anthony Neal / 18h 'All Things Considered 's Ailsa Chang talks with actor Regé-Jean Page about the new Netflix series Brid

A VERY BUSY DAY 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 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.html Are You Using Remote Teaching Strategies, Tools Or Routines That Are Working

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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES #REDFORED #tbats #COVIDVACCINE #newyear #BestOf2020

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Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Teachers start getting coronavirus vaccines — but only in some places - The Washington Post - 

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