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Muzzle Alert: Capital HR Director and Union President Put On Radio Silence, A Very Clever Veiled Threat, & When A Termination Is Not A Termination | Exceptional Delaware - https://wp.me/p4JboV-5Nu via @ExcptlDelaware
Superintendent threatens ‘disciplinary action’ if Philadelphia teachers don’t show up to school Monday - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/2/5/22268481/superintendent-threatens-disciplinary-action-if-philadelphia-teachers-dont-show-up-to-school-monday on chalkbeat
I Tried A Number Of New Things In Classes This Week – And Most Of Them Failed | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=115398 on @Larryferlazzo
This Week in Working: VA Workers and Teachers Unions - The Working In These Times newsletter for the week of February 5 https://inthesetimes.com/article/this-week-in-working-va-workers-and-teachers-unions
Threshold for temporarily closing NYC schools because of COVID-19 cases ‘being reevaluated,’ de Blasio says https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-multiple-covid-cases-school-shutdown-rule-20210205-65udmvrcwrf6dk6u5oscjglyfa-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
Summer School Is a Hot Idea Right Now. Could It Work? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/us/summer-school-covid.html
Analysis: Most schools meet district ventilation standards. Experts say that may not be enough https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/2/5/22263040/analysis-most-schools-meet-district-ventilation-standards-experts-say-that-may-not-be-enough
CTA president on vaccinating teachers; San Francisco school superintendent on ‘frivolous’ lawsuit | EdSource - https://edsource.org/?p=648285 on @edsource
NEA PAC Council pushes for accountability for members of Congress who voted to overturn election results https://educationvotes.nea.org/?p=48787#.YB7bTMJheoI.twitter via @EdVotes
Cardona gets bipartisan support at confirmation hearing https://educationvotes.nea.org/?p=48786#.YB7bY_Dr8cQ.twitter via @EdVotes
Fewer Applications And Less Money: Why Some Colleges Are Merging https://www.npr.org/2021/02/05/964581491/fewer-applications-and-less-money-why-some-colleges-are-merging?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
Should Schools Reopen If Teachers Aren't Yet Vaccinated? CDC Will Soon Weigh In https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/02/05/964534341/should-schools-reopen-if-teachers-arent-yet-vaccinated-cdc-will-soon-weigh-in?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
Pandemic learning takes another turn: Will teachers be in person in classrooms? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/classroom-monitors-in-person-learning/2021/02/06/cbdb6e8e-66f8-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html?tid=ss_tw
Finding Teachable Moments on the Field and in the Classroom - ED.gov Blog - https://blog.ed.gov/?p=29599
ACSE Agenda February 17, 2021 - Administration & Support (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/as/acseag0221.asp
ED Announces National Survey to Gather Critical Data on School Reopening | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/ed-announces-national-survey-gather-critical-data-school-reopening
The Origin of Black History Month—And Why it Still Matters - YES! Magazine https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2021/02/05/black-history-month-origin/
Proposal to sue LAUSD to reopen school campuses is a political stunt, Beutner says http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/KRktexZuDso/beutner-lausd-lawsuit-reopening-political-stunt
Sports | Teacher in a strange landSports In the 15 years that I have been blogging and creating content for education publications, there are two subjects that always draw angry (and often nasty and insulting) comments: Women in leadership. And sports. There’s something about school sports that gets people a little overexcited. There’s a kind of passionate, Friday-Night-Lights loyalty toward school-based athletics that you don’t
John Thompson Reviews Derek Black’s “Schoolhouse Burning” | Diane Ravitch's blogJohn Thompson Reviews Derek Black’s “Schoolhouse Burning” John Thompson, retired teacher and historian in Oklahoma, reviews law professor Derek Black’s recent book, Schoolhouse Burning. Derek Black’s new book, Schoolhouse Burning: Public Education and the Assault on American Democracy, combines the best principles of the historical research that I was taught in the 1970s with the best of recent
Teachers Union President Weingarten: Vaccinations Aren't 'Precondition' For School Reopening, But Need To Be PriorityTeachers Union President Weingarten: Vaccinations Aren't 'Precondition' For School Reopening, But Need To Be Priority Tweet LISTEN 23:20 Randi Weingarten on BPR | Feb. 5, 2021 Teachers Union President Weingarten: Vaccinations Aren't 'Precondition' For School Reopening, But Need To Be Priority Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said Friday on Boston Public Radio t
CDC Director Employing Magical Thinking About School Reopenings | gadflyonthewallblogCDC Director Employing Magical Thinking About School Reopenings Dr. Rochelle Walensky wants you to know it is not safe to go to any Super Bowl parties this weekend. “We must take prevention and intervention seriously,” the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Director said at a White House briefing on the Covid-19 pandemic Wednesday. “Whichever team you’re rooting for and whichever commercial is you
Lucy Craft Laney, Black Educator Hall of Fame Member - Philly's 7th WardLUCY CRAFT LANEY, BLACK EDUCATOR HALL OF FAME MEMBER E’ry day this month, the Center for Black Educator Development , in partnership with Phillys7thWard.org , will highlight a Black Educator Hall of Famer. But, don’t forget, e’ry month is Black History Month . February is just the Blackest. Today, our featured Black Educator is Lucy Craft Laney . I want to wear out, not rust out. Lucy Craft Lane
CURMUDGUCATION: PA: Budget Kicks Off Another Round Of Charter BattlesPA: Budget Kicks Off Another Round Of Charter Battles Governor Tom Wolf has released his budget proposal, and charter supporters are not happy. This is not the first time Wolf has made the charter school industry sad. Back in the summer of 2019 he fired some shots across their bows with an aggressive agenda for fixing Pennsylvania's messed up charter funding system. In return, they've launched a
Education Dept. Launches First Federal Effort To Track School Reopening | 89.3 KPCCEducation Dept. Launches First Federal Effort To Track School Reopening Ever since the pandemic closed the nation's schools in March 2020, there has been no official national source for understanding where schools have reopened, how many hours of live instruction students are getting online and just how unequal the access to learning has been over the past 11 months. On Friday, the National Cent
NYC Public School Parents: Mitt Romney, time to educate yourself on class size!Mitt Romney, time to educate yourself on class size! President Biden’s Covid relief program includes $60 billion to prevent teacher layoffs and close budget gaps, and $50 billion to implement smaller classes, exactly what kids will need after the various losses and deprivations they’ve suffered over the last year. Yet during the Senate hearings for Education Secretary designee Miguel Cardona, Mi
A BUCKET OF NUGGETS – Dad Gone WildA BUCKET OF NUGGETS “Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.” ― Marshall McLuhan Sometimes these posts fly from my fingers like bolts of lightning, but the majority of the time the process is closer to extracting a splinter – lots of poking, proddi
Education Matters: CATCH UP WITH MR. G - THIS WEEK IN DCPSEducation Matters CATCH UP WITH MR. G THIS WEEK IN DCPS The District can pretend they care with a video, but their actions speak a lot louder than their words. by Unknown / 4h Ask, and ye shall receive. Here is a DCPS PSA for staff; please watch it and try not to cry, spit out your mile or smash your computer. Warning that will be a challenge. Once again, no mention of the pandemic; you know it's
TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT + THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it.TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT EDUCATION POLITICS AND POLICY IN THE VOLUNTEER STATE TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT Do We Really Have to Do This? 200+ by Andy Spears / 1d I mean, really? The Tennessee House Republican Caucus sent out a tweet today bragging about the amount of money the state has invested in teacher pay over the past decade. Here it is: Republicans have passed $6
Saturday, January 30, 2021 TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONTeacher Tom TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Even If We've Forgotten 100+ 23h Their Play is Not Evidence That They are Fine 1K 2d It Feels Good to Do Good 300+ 2d "For Your Own Good" 200+ 4d Bird Brains 200+ 4d Disarming 200+ 8d Teacher Tom
SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONCalifornia Department of Education SSPI TONY THURMOND STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Advisory Commission for Special Education (ACSE) Meeting Agenda for February 17, 2021 17h Advisory Commission on Special Education (ACSE) meeting agenda. Emergency Operating Cost Reimbursement Programs 1d The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service released po
THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTERNewBlackMan (in Exile) THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) Jenn Nkiru’s Panafrican Imagination: Black Studies as Aesthetic Practice by Mark Anthony Neal / 12h 'liquid blackness, a research project on blackness and aesthetics at Georgia State University, in collaboration with the Film and Media Studies Department, Emory University, presented a public screening and artist talk dedicated to the aw
THIS WEEK Education Research ReportEducation Research Report Promoting School Choice with Questionable Evidence by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d A new report from the Hoover Institution’s Education Success Initiative purports to offer evidence-based guidance for policymakers in shaping more equitable outcomes from school choice programs. However, Christopher Lubienski of Indiana University reviewed Toward Equitable School Choice and f
THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION 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 I Tried A Number Of New Things In Classes This Week – And Most Of Them Failed by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay I batted a thousand today: I introduced a separate new activity in each of my virtual classes today by saying I didn’t know if it was going to work or not, and, sure enoug
KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDVACCINE #BLACKHISTORYMONTHDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all Dana Milbank: The GOP Has an Anti-Semitism Problem by dianeravitch / 25min Dana Milbank is a regular opinion writer for the Washington Post. He wrote about the Republicans’ anti-Semitism problem. They refuse to denounce anti-Semitism. Bigotry mul
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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, February 5, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTHBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Broward schools asked to investigate lawyer in 'spying' flap - South Florida Sun-Sentinel - https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-broward-
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