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7 key California school superintendents blast governor’s new school reopening plan - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/01/06/7-key-california-school-superintendents-blast-governors-new-school-reopening-plan/

Most Americans Foresee Biden Improving Environment, Education - https://news.gallup.com/poll/328289/americans-foresee-biden-improving-environment-education.aspx#new_tab on @Gallup

Mike Klonsky's Blog: Double win in GA could provide resources needed for a safe national school-reopening campaign - http://michaelklonsky.blogspot.com/2021/01/double-win-in-ga-could-provide.html

Education Research Report: Reopening Florida schools followed by uptick in COVID-19 infections - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

This Is Probably A Good Time To Learn (& Teach) About The Work Of Stacey Abrams & Her Colleagues – Here’s A Good Start | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=114596 on @Larryferlazzo

ACTION ALERT: Delaware Superintendents & Boards MUST NOT Send Students & Staff Into Hybrid Learning Next Monday | Exceptional Delaware - https://wp.me/p4JboV-5KH via @ExcptlDelaware

Protesters at Biden Philly HQ Demand Student Debt Relief on Day One - In These Times - https://inthesetimes.com/article/biden-philly-student-debt-relief via @InTheseTimesMag

Chicago Teachers Are Considering a Strike Amid Pandemic Surge - With Covid cases rising, the Chicago Teachers Union and its allies are resisting Mayor Lightfoot's plan to force educators back into the classroom—and could walk off the job. https://inthesetimes.com/article/chicago-teachers-strike-pandemic-school-reopening-covid

Child Welfare Revolution Long Overdue https://www.laprogressive.com/child-welfare-2/

The "Invisible" And Costly Tax That Black Teachers Are Being Forced To Pay - Philly's 7th Ward - https://wp.me/p7sbg2-v2

Education Research Report: Non-immigrant kids respond differently when immigrant children are bullied - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2021/01/non-immigrant-kids-respond-differently.html

40% Of Chicago Teachers And Staff Didn’t Report To Schools As Ordered https://popularresistance.org/40-of-chicago-teachers-and-staff-didnt-report-to-schools-as-ordered/

Free Grocery Store Opens In District With High Number Of Poor Students https://popularresistance.org/free-grocery-store-opens-in-district-with-high-number-of-poor-students/

Secretary DeVos Quickly Makes Available an Additional $54 Billion in COVID Relief Aid for K-12 Students, Teachers, and Schools https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/secretary-devos-quickly-makes-available-additional-54-billion-covid-relief-aid-k-12-students-teachers-and-schools

Texas unveils plan to have all students take STAAR online by 2022 https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/05/texas-staar-online/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social via @TexasTribune

In San Antonio, an ambitious effort to expand pre-K is crumbling as parents shield their children from the pandemic https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/06/san-antonio-pre-k-coronavirus/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social via @TexasTribune

Want Americans to graduate college? Make it affordable. https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/college-affordability

Ohio Puts Teachers At The Front Of The COVID-19 Vaccine Line https://www.npr.org/2021/01/06/953857365/ohio-puts-teachers-at-the-front-of-the-covid-19-vaccine-line

NYC Education Dept. shortens COVID-19 quarantine requirement from 14 to 10 days https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-covid-school-quarantine-reduced-20210105-houy4fz3jvefzjlpq5manx4jsm-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Teachers Union Says It Will Plan Its Own Vaccination Effort https://www.ny1.com/share/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/01/06/teachers-union-says-it-will-plan-its-own-vaccination-effort?cid=share_twitter

Connecticut will become the first state to require high schools to offer Black and Latino studies in fall 2022 | KNBR-AF - https://www.knbr.com/?p=819583

Chicago push to reopen city schools becomes more contentious - https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-education-chicago-coronavirus-pandemic-d2b43baa4643819d4e497a7d741349f8#new_tab on @ap

Ritenour School District investigating home visit by police officer over failing grade | Education | stltoday.com - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/ritenour-school-district-investigating-home-visit-by-police-officer-over-failing-grade/article_7205ff4c-38c7-5671-9212-c46d3947071c.html#new_tab by @https://twitter.com/blythebernhard on @stltoday

Salt Lake City won’t reopen junior high and high schools until teachers can get vaccinated - https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2021/01/06/salt-lake-city-delays/#new_tab by https://www.facebook.com/saltlaketribune on @sltrib

Fight Over Closing Schools Reignites as N.Y.C. Positive Rate Tops 9% - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/nyregion/nyc-school-closings-coronavirus.html?searchResultPosition=13#new_tab

Delay, dismantle, resist: DeVos leaves a legacy like no other Education secretary - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/04/betsy-devos-education-secretary-legacy-454872#new_tab

NY teacher retirement applications skyrocketed last year, data shows https://nypost.com/2021/01/05/ny-teacher-retirement-applications-skyrocketed-last-year-data/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons via @nypmetro

COVID food delivery: Free school lunch effort gives teachers surprise - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/01/03/covid-food-delivery-free-school-lunch-teachers/4078529001/#new_tab via @usatoday

Mike Klonsky's Blog: Double win in GA could provide resources needed for a safe national school-reopening campaign - http://michaelklonsky.blogspot.com/2021/01/double-win-in-ga-could-provide.html

Answer Sheet: What Public Education Advocates Want to See in Biden’s Pick to Succeed Betsy DeVos | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10684 on @NEPCtweet

Betsy DeVos, in farewell letter, urges Congress to reject Biden’s education agenda - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/01/05/betsy-devos-farewell-letter-urges-congress-reject-bidens-education-agenda/

New Year, New Drama in New York Schools - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/new-year-city-schools-9-percent-close.html

NANCY BAILEY: Why Are Schools Opening When Covid-19 is Surging?

by Mike Simpson / 4min

Why Are Schools Opening When Covid-19 is Surging? Why Are Schools Opening When Covid-19 is Surging? It has become a cruel joke. Shut everything down! Stay home! Cancel the holidays! Close everything! But open schools! Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious diseases expert, told Americans to stay home throughout the holiday season, avoid groups, wash hands, wear masks, and stay so

State’s Poor Pandemic Response Takes Toll on Teachers + MICROVOUCHERS – Tennessee Education Report

by Mike Simpson / 4min

State’s Poor Pandemic Response Takes Toll on Teachers – Tennessee Education Report RESPONSE TAKES TOLL ON TEACHERS The Tennessee Education Association (TEA) today released the results of a statewide survey of teachers regarding the experience of teaching during the pandemic. According to the report, 74% of teachers rated the state’s handling of the issues surrounding schools and COVID-19 as “poor

The Lives They Lived (personal edition) | The Merrow Report

by Mike Simpson / 4min

The Lives They Lived (personal edition) COVID-19 was responsible for the deaths of hundreds and hundreds of teachers in 2020 , enough alone to make the year an ‘annus horribilis,’ to borrow Queen Elizabeth II’s phrase. But the world of education also lost Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Lewis, Sir Ken Robinson, Jim Lehrer and Les Crystal of the PBS NewsHour, the Reverend Darius L. Swann, David K. Cohe

NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER

by Mike Simpson / 4min

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 Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Season 7 of 'Finding Your Roots' by Mark Anthony Neal / 2min 'Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. joins CBS This Morning to discuss his popular PBS series, "Fin

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

by Mike Simpson / 4min

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 This Is Probably A Good Time To Learn (& Teach) About The Work Of Stacey Abr

DID YOU MISS DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG TODAY? A site to discuss better education for all #REDFORED #tbats #COVID-19 #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #edsec

by Mike Simpson / 4min

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all DID YOU MISS DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG TODAY? A site to discuss better education for all Big Education Ape: KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all - 

Some Questions for 2021 | JD2718

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Some Questions for 2021 If you are reading this, you might know me. And if you know me, you know I can ask questions that are not really questions. That’s not these. Real questions for the New Year (in the order in which I expect us to learn the answers) November – January: How will the national elections turn out? January 5 – what happens in the Georgia Senate runoffs? 2 Republicans, 2 Democrat

Using DATA and RESEARCH to Unlearn Chait’s False Opinion about Charter Schools | Cloaking Inequity

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USING DATA AND RESEARCH TO UNLEARN CHAIT’S FALSE OPINION ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS In this blog I respond to Chait’s grossly unfounded opinions in the New York Magazine article entitled Unlearning an Answer with data, peer reviewed research and by highlighting the work of scholars who have conducted extensive research about charter schools. I will also recognize when the predominance of the research

What Do We Know about Our Next Education Secretary, Dr. Miguel Cardona?, | janresseger

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What Do We Know about Our Next Education Secretary, Dr. Miguel Cardona? Today Congress will meet to certify the electoral college vote and confirm Joe Biden as our next president. Biden’s election guarantees Betsy DeVos’s exit as Secretary of Education. It looks as though, by nominating Dr. Miguel Cardona, currently Connecticut’s state Commissioner of Education, President-Elect Biden has fulfill

Thinking Beyond Bean Dad: A Reader – radical eyes for equity

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Thinking Beyond Bean Dad: A Reader First, Bean Dad (as he would become known) posted a Twitter thread about teaching his daughter a lesson. The thread was flippant, snarky—and about a child not knowing how to use a can opener. I was, frankly, surprised that Bean Dad took a beating on this because his approach to his child is essentially the foundational belief system in the U.S. about child rear

John Ewing: “Learning Loss” is an Absurd Concept | Diane Ravitch's blog

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John Ewing: “Learning Loss” is an Absurd Concept John Ewing, president of Math for America, skewers the concept of “learning loss” in this article in Forbes. I have been a fan of Dr. Ewing ever since I read his article “Mathematical Intimidation: Driven by the Data,” in which he eviscerated the idiotic idea of rating students by the test scores of their students. If you have not read it, you sho

Teacher Tom: Isn't This Belittling to Children?

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Isn't This Belittling to Children? There was an old hamster wheel in our classroom. Most of the children had no idea what it was, but it was nevertheless an endlessly popular plaything. Someone was forever spinning it or turning it upside down to roll on the floor or otherwise employing it in their games. Over the years, I saw it used as a part of block castles, as a bulldozer in the sensory tab

NYC Educator: Desperation, Thy Name Is De Blasio

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Desperation, Thy Name Is De Blasio In the face of an exploding epidemic, and in the face of a new more virulent strain, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has decided that quarantine needs to be cut rather than extended. The mayor just decided that rather than quarantine for 14 days, as recommended by CDC, he will cut it to ten, because they said it was allowable. It's remarkable in this day and age to fi

CURMUDGUCATION: About Teachers4OpenSchools

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About Teachers4OpenSchools You may have run across a shiny new group on line that is agitating for teachers to be back in the classroom-- Teachers4OpenSchools . The arguments are the usual ones, from the legitimate concern about mental health to the learning loss baloney. There's not much of anything new here, and not the kind of balance we find in a piece like this one . But I'm always curious

A Teacher’s Predictions For 2021 | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

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A TEACHER’S PREDICTIONS FOR 2021 Some of these predictions are educated guesses that I hope don’t come true, and some may be pipe dreams. Check them out, let me know which ones are off-base, and share your own! You can see the predictions I’ve made in previous years at the end of this post. *The new stimulus package will be a much-needed boost for schools. However, it won’t be sufficient to deal

Education Matters: Poor leadership is destroying the district.

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Poor leadership is destroying the district I want to acknowledge that being a superintendent is undoubtedly a hard job, and the powers that be in Florida often work to undermine public education. That being said, I can’t imagine a superintendent doing worse than Greene. Her leadership is just plain bad, and don’t take my word for it, take the Times Unions. The indifference to the pandemic. Addin

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