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Congress approves massive infusion of funds for schools - Chalkbeat - https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/10/22323283/congress-biden-stimulus-money-education-schools#new_tab on chalkbeat
LA Schools, Teachers Reach Tentative Deal To Reopen Classrooms To In-Person Learning https://www.scpr.org/news/2021/03/10/96984/la-schools-teachers-reach-tentative-deal-to-reopen/ via @kpcc
Philadelphia district will get more than $1 billion from rescue plan https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/10/22324365/philadelphia-district-will-get-more-than-1-billion-from-rescue-plan via @ChalkbeatPHL
Peter Greene on the Destruction of Public Education in Arizona | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tKc via @dianeravitch
Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/led4Rf9Jvi0/
LA reopening deal ends California's biggest schools standoff https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/03/10/la-reopening-deal-ends-californias-biggest-schools-standoff-1367591
College Athletes Demand NCAA Pull Championships From States With Anti-Trans Sports Legislation https://popularresistance.org/college-athletes-demand-ncaa-pull-championships-from-states-with-anti-trans-sports-legislation/
Summit Focuses on Future of Education Amid COVID-19 - Higher Education - https://diverseeducation.com/?p=207565
The "mortality gap" is growing: College-educated Americans live longer than those without degrees https://www.salon.com/2021/03/10/the-mortality-gap-is-growing-college-educated-americans-live-longer-than-those-without-degrees/
Lawmaker pushes to allow concealed weapons in Texas public schools https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/11/texas-legislature-campus-carry-guns-schools/
Bricolage Academy board takes first look at educators’ union drive https://thelensnola.org/2021/03/10/bricolage-academy-board-takes-first-look-at-educators-union-drive/
L.A. secondary school students face mostly online classes even when they return to campus http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/uvSRFcX1Ljk/zoom-in-a-classroom-reopening-l-a-schools-put-safety-over-in-person-instruction
Op-Ed: California's kids need quality preschool. A new master plan can make it happen http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/nVsDszbNH4U/california-early-childhood-education-preschool-master-plan-gavin-newsom
‘This is what I do’: How a Newark teacher called, texted, and trudged through the snow to reach her students during COVID https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/03/covid-19-coronavirus-newark-nj-toughest-year-calls-texts-visits-students-death-internet-problems-no-shows-joicki-floyd/
Op-Ed: Nine crucial questions that must be answered now, so districts can plan the next school year https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/03/op-ed-david-m-aderhold-west-windsor-plainsboro-regional-school-district-nj-creating-framework-upcoming-school-year-requires-answers-nine-fundamental-questions/
Gov. Murphy says digital divide has been closed in NJ schools https://www.njspotlight.com/video/gov-murphy-says-digital-divide-has-been-closed-in-nj-schools/
Biden Begins Process To Undo Trump Administration's Title IX Rules https://www.npr.org/2021/03/10/975645192/biden-begins-process-to-undo-trump-administrations-title-ix-rules
Coming of Age: Teens on Coping With a Pandemic Year https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/learning/teens-pandemic-art.html
Some Philadelphia teachers report unsanitary conditions in reopened schools https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/10/22324122/some-philadelphia-teachers-report-unsanitary-conditions-in-reopened-schools
Oklahoma graduation requirements questioned by former Lone Grove Schools student https://nondoc.com/2021/03/11/oklahoma-graduation-requirements-questioned-by-former-lone-grove-schools-student/ via @nondocmedia
Schools Went Remote A Year Ago – Here Are My Choices For The Best Pieces Written About School Reopening Since Then | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=116144 on @Larryferlazzo
Answer Sheet: Report: California ‘Wasting’ Millions of Dollars Funding Online Charter Schools | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10807 on @NEPCtweet
Cancel the Tests – Tennessee Education Report - http://tnedreport.com/?p=5204 via @TNEdReport
Michigan slams Biden administration decision on standardized tests - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/03/11/michigan-slams-biden-administration-decision-on-standardized-tests/
Montgomery County taps interim leader for Maryland school system https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/montgomery-county-maryland-acting-school-superintendent/2021/03/11/6d895dfe-81fc-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education
Restoring Pell Grants—And Possibilities—for Prisoners - The Atlantic - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/restoring-pell-grantsand-possibilitiesfor-prisoners/618256/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlantic+%28The+Atlantic+-+Master+Feed%29 on @theatlantic
Texas' big plan for closing the digital divide: at-home broadband internet for every student - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/texas-digital-divide-internet-at-home-kids-tx-16015099.php#new_tab on @houstonchron
Biden's Pick for Deputy Education Secretary Faces Criticism Over Charter School Views - https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/bidens-pick-for-deputy-education-secretary-faces-criticism-over-charter-school-views/2021/03#new_tab by @EvieBlad on @educationweek
‘Third grade is too late’: Memphis to forge ahead with second grade reading retention policy this fall https://tn.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/10/22323907/scs-memphis-to-forge-ahead-with-second-grade-reading-retention-policy-this-fall via @ChalkbeatTN
Biden Considering NYC Schools Official for Senior Role Focusing on Opening Schools Across U.S. – NBC New York - https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/biden-to-name-nyc-schools-official-to-senior-role-focusing-on-opening-schools-across-u-s/2936479/#new_tab via @nbcnewyork
Justice signs bill reducing WV teacher certification requirements | Education | wvgazettemail.com - https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/justice-signs-bill-reducing-wv-teacher-certification-requirements/article_41f731cb-98ab-57b5-b56a-fa42f80d2aaa.html#new_tab on @wvgazettemail
From The Philippines To Lanai: State Hopes New Teaching Recruits Will Fill A Gap - Honolulu Civil Beat - https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/03/from-the-philippines-to-lanai-state-hopes-new-teaching-recruits-will-fill-a-gap/#new_tab via @civilbeat
Tennessee legislature to consider new bathroom bill - https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/10/tennessee-legislature-consider-new-bathroom-bill/6929804002/#new_tab via @tennessean
Coalition files lawsuit against Fairfax County Public schools for reduced enrollment of Asian American students | WDVM25 & DCW50 | Washington, DC - https://www.localdvm.com/?p=795752
D.C. Auditor Report Says City Is Not Adequately Collecting Education Data : NPR - https://www.npr.org/local/305/2021/03/10/975619046/d-c-auditor-report-says-city-is-not-adequately-collecting-education-data#new_tab on @NPR
Hope During a Pandemic is Both Hard and Inescapable | gadflyonthewallblogHope During a Pandemic is Both Hard and Inescapable I cried when I got my second Covid-19 shot. Not a lot. Just a few drops. But the flood of emotions I felt that accompanied that tiny pinch in my arm was totally unexpected. It was like I gasped for breath and hadn’t realized until then that I was suffocating. I looked up at the volunteer who had injected me to see if she’d noticed, but it’s har
What ‘learning loss’ really means - The Washington PostWhat ‘learning loss’ really means It’s not a loss of learning. Last May, I published a post with this title: “ Can we stop telling the ‘corona kids’ how little they are learning ?” Written by Rachael Gabriel, associate professor of literacy education at the University of Connecticut, it made the case that students were actually learning when schools closed last spring as the coronavirus pandemic
Teacher Tom: The Girl Who Didn't Know How to PlayThe Girl Who Didn't Know How to Play A few summers back, a family moved to Seattle for the summer from Vancouver, British Columbia for the sole purpose of enrolling their five-year-old daughter Anjoli in Woodland Park's Summer Program. This sort of thing happens sometimes, because of the blog. I find it embarrassing and not necessarily in the best interest of children to commute long distances t
Hope During a Pandemic is Both Hard and InescapableI cried when I got my second Covid-19 shot. Not a lot. Just a few drops. But the flood of emotions I felt that accompanied that tiny pinch in my arm was totally unexpected. It was like I gasped for breath and hadn’t realized until then that I was suffocating. I looked up at the volunteer who had injected me to see if she’d noticed, but it’s hard to read someone’s expression under a mask. So I fou
Les Perelman: We Need an FDA for Educational Assessments | Diane Ravitch's blogLes Perelman: We Need an FDA for Educational Assessments Les Perelman, former professor of writing at MIT and inventor of the BABEL generator, has repeatedly exposed the quackery in computer-scoring of essays . If you want to learn how to generate an essay that will win a high score but make no sense, google the “BABEL Generator,” which was developed by Perelman and his students at MIT to fool t
A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #openonlywhensafeLarry 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 Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos.html March 14t
NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTERNewBlackMan (in Exile) NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm.html 'Through The Cracks' Reexamines How An 8-Year-Old Girl Disappeared From A D.C. Homeless Shelter by Mark Anthony Neal / 19h "Here & Now 's Tonya Mosley speaks with Jonquilyn Hill , host of the podcast
Rep. Jamaal Bowman & Randi Weingarten: America's Covid spring shouldn't include standardized tests for any students - NBC NEWSAmerica's Covid spring shouldn't include standardized tests for any students America's Covid spring shouldn't include standardized tests for any students After the year our children have had, we must consider their well-being above all else when making decisions about schooling. By Rep. Jamaal Bowman, Democratic U.S. representative from New York’s 16th district and Randi Weingarten, president of
CURMUDGUCATION: Dear Mike Bloomberg: NoDear Mike Bloomberg: No Michael Bloomberg, former NYC mayor, failed Presidential candidate, and rich guy, took to t he pages of the Washington Post to argue that Joe Biden should keep schools open this summer . Bloomberg says that we are facing "the greatest challenge to public education" since schools defied Brown v. Board of Education. He says that "the evidence that remote learning has been d
Teachers I Respect and Admire–William Appling | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom PracticeTeachers I Respect and Admire–William Appling William Appling taught choral music at Glenville High School in Cleveland (OH) in the 1950s and 1960s. I met him when I arrived as a novice teacher in 1956. While nearly all students were Black coming from working class and middle-class families in the Glenville neighborhood, only half of the faculty were Black when I began teaching history. A few ye
NANCY BAILEY - Education Secretary Cardona, End Third Grade Retention and High-Stakes Standardized Testing!Education Secretary Cardona, End Third Grade Retention and High-Stakes Standardized Testing! Education Secretary Cardona, End Third Grade Retention and High-Stakes Standardized Testing! The Biden administration chose a real educator to be education secretary. Now Dr. Cardona should move to end third-grade retention, a procedure that would be especially cruel administered with this pandemic. Many
Kids as Customers – Have You HeardKids as Customers Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is creating a network of tuition-free Montessori-inspired preschools for low-income students. But his vision of schools that nurture the autonomy and creativity of kids is on a collision course with the Amazon workplaces Bezos has engineered for adults. Special guest: Mira Debs, author of Diverse Families, Desirable Schools: Public Montessori in the Er
Rapid COVID Testing to Facilitate School Reopening - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education)State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Underscores How Rapid COVID Testing Can Facilitate Safe Reopening of Schools SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond hosted a statewide webinar today with health experts and educators that addressed the use of rapid COVID-19 testing as a tool to safely resume in-person learning on school campuses. “I strongly believe that while we wa
TO LAUGH, OR TO CRY – Dad Gone WildTO LAUGH, OR TO CRY “The flute of the Pied Piper of Hamelin has never left us and it is essential that we train our ear to detect its false notes because in our case the flute is being played by the rats.” ― Dimitris Mita Yesterday, was one of those days that seem to be occurring with more frequency. I spent the day researching numerous education initiatives, both on the state and the district l
CURMUDGUCATION: The Greatest Testing Stories Never ToldThe Greatest Testing Stories Never Told As testocrats continue their full court press to back up the Biden edict that 2021 Big Standardized Tests must occur, it's worth remembering that we have been doing this for twenty-ish years. That means that we are long past the point when tests should be sold based on the wonderful things they are going to do; instead, we should be hearing about all the w
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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Wednesday, March 10, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #openonlywhensafeBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Parents struggle with a new dilemma: Is it safe to send kids back to school? http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/uB0QfsEv2dM/school-reopening-
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