Thursday, February 18, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Thursday, February 18, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTH #openonlywhensafe

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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES 



Teacher union leadership response to JB’s flat education funding? Too much understanding. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-q9J via @fklonsky

Teacher bridges global divide for Philadelphia students with African-centered curriculum https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/2/17/22288530/teacher-bridges-global-divide-for-philadelphia-students-with-african-centered-curriculum via @ChalkbeatPHL

5 Things Every Family Should Know About Paying For College https://www.scpr.org/news/2021/02/17/96693/5-things-every-family-should-know-about-paying-for/ via @kpcc

Bay Area advocates applaud dropping 'illegal alien' in reference to undocumented immigrants - https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-advocates-applaud-dropping-illegal-15955514.php on @sfchronicle

Biden Balks At $50,000 Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Proposal https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-student-loan-forgiveness-50000_n_602d49c6c5b67c32961aab8b

School closings and changes in the D.C. region for Thursday, Feb. 18 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/school-closings-snow-dc-virginia-maryland/2021/02/17/6732a61e-7198-11eb-b8a9-b9467510f0fe_story.html

PRINCIPAL VOICE: Returning students to school safely is top priority, but let’s not forget to treat them fairly https://hechingerreport.org/principal-voice-returning-students-to-school-safely-is-top-priority-but-lets-not-forget-to-treat-them-fairly/

L.A. Unified gets 100 doses but needs thousands to reopen schools http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/QIgiSg7rHK4/los-angeles-long-beach-schools-teacher-vaccine-reopenings

In-Person School Reopening Becomes Key Issue For Biden Administration https://www.npr.org/2021/02/17/968760624/in-person-school-reopening-becomes-key-issue-for-biden-administration

NYC Gifted and Talented admissions will be decided by teacher recommendations and random lottery this year https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-gifted-and-talented-admission-change-20210217-3pyj25f6dffnjngcftgpfdkvzy-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Cold Interrupts Classes, in an Interrupted Year https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/us/cold-weather-snow-school-class-teachers.html

Curmudgucation: FL: Voucher and Privatization Endgame in Sight | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10773 on @NEPCtweet

Wisconsin Superintendent Candidate Apologizes for Racially Insensitive Tweet - https://www.theroot.com/white-af-wisconsin-superintendant-candidate-says-she-wa-1846291729 on TheRoot

Los Angeles School Board Votes to Redirect Money From Policing to Programs for Black Students - https://www.theroot.com/los-angeles-school-board-cuts-25-million-from-school-p-1846289363 on TheRoot

Most Teachers Say They're Comfortable Going Back To School, But Only With Strict Safety Measures - Report Door - https://www.reportdoor.com/?p=263782

KUOW - What The Science Says About How To Reopen Schools - https://www.kuow.org/stories/what-the-science-says-about-how-to-reopen-schools

School update: As teachers get second vaccine round, concerns about classroom safety remain; State Board of Ed rep calls on DCPS to fund outdoor classrooms | Forest Hills Connection || News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood - https://wp.me/p6vVwz-9Rg

Fauci encourages vaccinations for personal health and to diminish 'dynamics of the outbreak' - https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/fauci-encourages-vaccinations-for-personal-health-and-to-diminish-dynamics-of-the-outbreak-101189189753 by MSNBC on @MSNBC

Randi Weingarten: ‘teachers understand the importance of in-school learning’ - https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/randi-weingarten-teachers-understand-the-importance-of-in-school-learning-101195333949 by MSNBC on @MSNBC

New Massachusetts Law Paves Way For Police-Free Schools - PopularResistance.Org - https://popularresistance.org/?p=182429

‘Trying our best’: Oklahoma students talk school during the pandemic https://nondoc.com/2021/02/18/oklahoma-students-talk-about-pandemic/ via @nondocmedia

Reopening NJ schools: The CDC’s key guidance | NJ Spotlight News - https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/02/cdc-guidance-guidelines-school-reopening-nj-strategies-mask-wearing-physical-distancing-hand-washing-ventilation-how-school-districts-react/ via @njspotlight

Debate Over Student Loan Forgiveness Hinges On 2 Numbers: $10,000 Vs. $50,000 https://www.npr.org/2021/02/18/968324101/debate-over-student-loan-forgiveness-hinges-on-2-numbers-10-000-vs-50-000

Montgomery County teachers vote no confidence on reopening plan - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/montgomery-county-teachers-no-confidence/2021/02/18/b8f2dd66-7143-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html

State officials reverse policy, giving NYC schools green light to mandate COVID testing for in-person learning https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-nyc-covid-testing-schools-new-state-rules-20210218-x7ejae3qcjdxxm6uoyo6zluhma-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Education Research Report: The National Summer School Initiative implementation study - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Philadelphia School District reopening postponed to March 1 - https://www.inquirer.com/education/philadelphia-school-district-reopen-covid-hite-council-20210217.html#new_tab via @PhillyInquirer

Senate Republicans target Democrats over school reopenings in new campaign https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/539199-senate-republicans-target-democrats-over-school-reopening-in-new-campaign#.YC66_HAQhXw.twitter

House Republicans add income caps to ‘school voucher’ bill; Dems push back - https://www.concordmonitor.com/New-Hampshire-House-Republicans-add-income-caps-to-school-voucher-style-bill-education-savings-accounts-38928512#new_tab on @conmonitornews

UNH Profs Say Ed Freedom Accounts Will Bring More “QAnon” to NH https://nhjournal.com/unh-profs-say-efas-will-bring-more-qanon-to-nh/

The $1 billion plan to close the gap between growing and shrinking Pa. school districts · Spotlight PA - https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2021/02/pennsylvania-education-tom-wolf-budget-funding-formula-hold-harmless/#new_tab

Poll: Teachers who are back in the classroom are comfortable with it - Axios - https://www.axios.com/poll-aft-school-reopening-debate-teachers-covid-3da59023-43e8-4187-825b-32b39203e5d8.html#new_tab on @axios

Washington state’s for-profit online schools are expanding enrollment during the pandemic | The Seattle Times - https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=13366640 by @HannahFurfaro on @seattletimes

NYC to pick gifted kids via teacher suggestions, lottery - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-gifted-and-talented-admission-change-20210217-3pyj25f6dffnjngcftgpfdkvzy-story.html#new_tab via @nydailynews

NH Primary Source: House Education Committee parses amendment to controversial school voucher bill - https://www.wmur.com/article/nh-primary-source-house-education-committee-parses-amendment-to-controversial-school-voucher-bill/35544774# on @WMUR9

West Virginia Supreme Court to hear arguments in case involving transgender student at Liberty High School | WV News | wvnews.com - https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-supreme-court-to-hear-arguments-in-case-involving-transgender-student-at-liberty-high/article_d28b674f-0996-5bec-889c-dcdf76fa6800.html#new_tab on @WVNews247

Our Turn: Voucher bill does not serve the public good - https://www.concordmonitor.com/Voucher-bill-38895728?fbclid=IwAR02wflgPX00dMitPFqm5Q11IMZzfCj_mkJdwYyZcywtZUi_0bJ4IvPQ6LQ#new_tab on @conmonitornews

Tensions mount as 3 Michigan school districts hesitate to open classrooms | Bridge Michigan - https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/tensions-mount-3-michigan-school-districts-hesitate-open-classrooms#new_tab on @BridgeMichigan


Big Education Ape: Anne Spencer, Black Educator Hall of Fame - Philly's 7th Ward - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/anne-spencer-black-educator-hall-of.html




Education Law Center: Minnesota Considers Constitutional Amendment That Threatens Student Rights | Diane Ravitch's blog
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Education Law Center: Minnesota Considers Constitutional Amendment That Threatens Student Rights Imagine a state that adopts a state constitutional amendment that ties student rights to an education to their test scores. Would anyone be so dumb as to imagine that the test scores of students of different races would change because of a constitutional amendment? Remember that Minnesota was the fir
Open Letter Regarding Continued Hybrid Reopening Plan Failures – Parents United for Public Education
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Open Letter Regarding Continued Hybrid Reopening Plan Failures Dr. William Hite, Superintendent, School District of Philadelphia Philadelphia Board of Education Philadelphia City Council 2/18/2021 Dr. Hite, Board of Education members, and Council members: We are glad to hear that the School District of Philadelphia has pushed back the date for return to school buildings. Like the majority of par
Give Me a Poke | Teacher in a strange land
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Give Me a Poke Sign-of-the-times screen on my kitchen Alexa: Alexa, give me mental health tips. Indeed. So, it’s the end of January and I am finally getting a haircut, double-masked and trying out a new stylist because my regular haircutter has three children at home, due to the pandemic, and hasn’t worked for six months. You know, just another disrupted-life story, one of millions. I already kn
Teacher Tom: A "Big, Big Poop" and Speaking the Names of the Gods
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A "Big, Big Poop" and Speaking the Names of the Gods Preschoolers tell stories long before they read or write them. I often grab a stack of paper and a pen and serve as a transcriber of their words, striving, often through cramping fingers, to keep up and honor, not my interpretation of their intent, but the exact words they evoke. She said: "Once upon a time there was a big monster who pooped e
2021 Medley #3 – that Pesky State Constitution | Live Long and Prosper
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2021 Medley #3 – that Pesky State Constitution HB 1005, Publicly Funded Discrimination The Indiana House of Representatives passed HB 1005 which calls for increases in funding for voucher accepting parochial and private schools. Public schools get the leftovers. THE INDIANA CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS Article 8 Section 1 Public schools are a Constitutional mandate in Indiana. Sendi
Arizona: Legislature Passes Huge Voucher Expansion, Despite Will of Voters | Diane Ravitch's blog
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Arizona: Legislature Passes Huge Voucher Expansion, Despite Will of Voters Two years ago, the voters of Arizona overwhelmingly rejected an expansion of vouchers, by 65% to 35%. The pro-voucher side was funded by Charles Koch, Betsy DeVos, and other enemies of public schools. The voters said a resounding NO to voucher expansion! Yet, this week the Arizona Legislature passed legislation to expand
Karen Lewis Taught Me | The Jose Vilson
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KAREN LEWIS TAUGHT ME “José Luis, I’m writing your foreword.” That’s how it went. My publisher and I were brainstorming names for who would best introduce my first solo project This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education to the world. For what it’s worth, Haymarket Books let me have my vision for the book, but they nudged me in ways I didn’t know I needed. As we approached
Thoughts on Teaching | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
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Thoughts on Teaching I n 2001, I retired from fulltime teaching and research at Stanford. The Dean invited me to give a talk to the graduates and their families that June. Here is an abridged version of what I said. “I have thought a lot about the past 46 years I have spent in education. I have taught in urban high schools and Stanford for many years [in addition to being an administrator]. It i
Education Matters: Greene just can't be honest about the pandemic.
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Greene just can't be honest about the pandemic. In a community meeting, Greene said cases of COVID exploded in January because we had just returned from Winter Break. She showed a graph backing this up too. The thing is cases exploded because the district changed the way it revealed cases. Basically, up to that point, we had been lowballing the numbers, and it was a Christmas miracle that they f
IT IS NOT THE WORDS, IT IS HOW YOU SAY THEM – Dad Gone Wild
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IT IS NOT THE WORDS, IT IS HOW YOU SAY THEM “Sex and excretion are reminders that anyone’s claim to round-the-clock dignity is tenuous. The so-called rational animal has a desperate drive to pair up and moan and writhe.” ― Steven Pinker I’ve just returned from taking the dog on her morning walk. Every morning about this time, we traverse through the neighborhood out to the main road and back. Th
A Vision of Being Human: “Am I normal?” – radical eyes for equity
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A Vision of Being Human: “Am I normal?” “Am I normal?” Vin asks his sister Viv as they lift off the ground to leave school for home. Vin and Viv are the synthezoid teenagers of Virginia and Vision, the superhero associated with Marvel’s Avengers. This question comes after Vin is confronted during class in the first issue of Vision : Vision:The Complete Collection This rendition of Vision ( vol.
WHAT'S NEW AT THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - California Department of Education
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California Department of Education WHAT'S NEW AT THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Mandatory SFSP Training Coming in March 16h California Department of Education Nutrition Services Division (NSD) Community Nutrition Programs Unit (CNPU) is pleased to announce that the 2021 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) annual online Mandatory Training will be available in March 2021. CNP Monitoring Waiv
NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTH
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NewBlackMan (in Exile) NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_13.html The Mothers Who Raised Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin by Mark Anthony Neal / 16h '"I decided to focus on mothers because of this further erasure that happens to mothers. Mothe
A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTH
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Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 A VERY BUSY DAY 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/2021/02/this-week-i
CHECK IT OUT: DIANE ON A ROLL TODAY - Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all #REDFORED #tbats #COVID-19 #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #VACCINATETEACHERS
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Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all CHECK IT OUT: DIANE ON A ROLL TODAY Big Education Ape: KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_13.html Education Law Center: Minnesota Considers Constitutional Amendment That Threatens Student Rights by

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