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How the stimulus will affect schools, explained https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/12/22328181/schools-stimulus-money-questions via @Chalkbeat
Many LAUSD parents don't plan to send kids back to campus, early survey results find http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/m0sGvSHZbBk/parents-worry-kids-in-school-bad-la-covid-areas
Reopening colleges is a national imperative requiring New Deal-level funding (opinion) - https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2021/03/15/reopening-colleges-national-imperative-requiring-new-deal-level-funding-opinion
How NYC school system responds to families battered by COVID pandemic is biggest challenge facing incoming Chancellor Meisha Porter https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-meisha-porter-plans-covid-recovery-20210315-uh3hnep765fqbjqxqdhk2uocka-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
We can see the gender bias of all-boys’ schools by the books they study in English https://www.salon.com/2021/03/14/we-can-see-the-gender-bias-of-all-boys-schools-by-the-books-they-study-in-english_partner/
Oklahoma’s Promise (Fingers Crossed) | okeducationtruths - https://wp.me/p2oreu-22K by @okeducation
Candace Owens tells Fox's Maria Bartiromo that schools are teaching kids "how to hate white people" https://www.salon.com/2021/03/14/candace-owens-tells-foxs-maria-bartiromo-that-schools-are-teaching-kids-how-to-hate-white-people_partner/
North Carolina Elementary School Showcases #KeepSlavery and #SlaveryForever Messages From 4th-Grade ‘Historical’ Assignment https://www.theroot.com/north-carolina-elementary-school-showcases-keepslavery-1846477202
WSJ columnist encourages college students to come to Florida for Spring Break despite COVID http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/IsJlT_FgUko/
‘We’re collateral damage’: 1,000 Catholic school teachers in health care bind as battle continues over their medical coverage https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-catholic-school-teachers-health-care-20210315-juyqj3i6dba2rne4ucnrlojkfm-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
Build rank-and-file committees to stop the drive to reopen schools across the West Coast! - World Socialist Web Site - https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/15/west-m15.html on @WSWS_Updates
The Woody Allen Problem Is Our Problem – radical eyes for equity - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-9Tb via @plthomasEdD
State standardized testing returns to campus next month in-person | The Lens https://thelensnola.org/2021/03/15/state-standardized-testing-returns-to-campus-next-month-in-person/
Education Research Report: Is it Safe to Reopen Schools? An Extensive Review of the Research - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/
Racial slur at top NYC high school spurs 'equity pledge' signature drive https://nypost.com/2021/03/12/racial-slur-at-top-nyc-high-school-spurs-equity-pledge-signature-drive/
Is Wyoming's school funding model about to fail? | In Our Schools | wyomingnews.com - https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/in_our_schools/is-wyomings-school-funding-model-about-to-fail/article_1cbede5a-3890-5026-9d6a-22be4d82965a.html#new_tab
'It's exhausting.' A year of distance learning wears thin - https://apnews.com/article/technology-football-americus-coronavirus-pandemic-distance-learning-c3ca3a8e42ba0a89b768efe64eef6734#new_tab on @ap
House votes to lift ban on yoga in Alabama public schools - al.com - https://www.al.com/news/2021/03/house-votes-to-lift-ban-on-yoga-in-alabama-public-schools.html#new_tab on @aldotcom
Civil War assignment given to Waxhaw Elementary students has parents, NAACP upset https://www.fox46.com/news/civil-war-assignment-given-to-waxhaw-elementary-students-has-parents-naacp-upset/
How One Private School Is Trying To Help Public Schools Catch Up https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/03/how-one-private-school-is-trying-to-help-public-schools-catch-up/
Teachers union leaders back emergency legislation delaying students’ return to school buildings http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BB1ezMnb?ocid=st
Thousands of students didn't show up for school this year. Where are the children? - https://wp.me/paQK0g-3TsG by @jacquelinerabe on @CTMirror
Nevada Supreme Court must uphold two-thirds requirement in school choice case | EDITORIAL | Las Vegas Review-Journal - https://wp.me/p8qdWm-9Fe3 on @reviewjournal
Bill Lee vs. Tennessee Schools + ANOTHER $200 MILLION – Tennessee Education ReportBill Lee vs. Tennessee Schools – Tennessee Education Report BILL LEE VS. TENNESSEE SCHOOLS Gov. Bill Lee apparently isn’t all that excited about the billions of dollars in money coming into Tennessee by way of the American Rescue Plan. Here’s a recent tweet from Lee expressing his dismay with the proposal that means money in the pockets of many Tennesseans and will send $2.6 billion to our state
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 THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/this-week-in-education-larry-f
Segregation factories, pt. 3: how to shop in a Jeb Crow voucher marketplace built to cheat and grift and harm your child - Public Enemy Number 1Segregation factories, pt. 3: how to shop in a Jeb Crow voucher marketplace built to cheat and grift and harm your child Grift inflation is coming. Know your voucher grifters now to avoid them in the ESA future. Also regulate voucher schools like banks so public schools don't have to be the FDIC of education. Part 1: Florida's Low Capital, Jim Crow Voucher and ESA programs imitate pre-Brown Amer
Black Reconstruction 2.0 Begins With Great Schools For Black Children - Philly's 7th WardBLACK RECONSTRUCTION 2.0 BEGINS WITH GREAT SCHOOLS FOR BLACK CHILDREN One morning during my junior year of high school, I remember my homeroom teacher saying to me in a dismissive tone that Malcolm X was a bad person. I am unsure how we got on the topic of figures in Black history, but I mentioned his name and that was the response. That evening, I told my mom. After her phone conference with my
Why Zip Codes Matter | Diane Ravitch's blogWhy Zip Codes Matter From the earliest days of corporate reform, which is now generally recognized to have been a failed effort to “reform” schools by privatizing them and by making standardized testing the focal point of education, we heard again and again that a child’s zip code should not be his or her destiny. Sometimes, in the evolving debates, I got the sense that some people thought that
Teacher Tom: The Original Affluent SocietyThe Original Affluent Society One thing that the pandemic has done for many of us is to cut commute times down to zero. I live in an apartment building surrounded by Amazon, Google, and Apple offices that have been more or less vacant for a year. That's tens of thousands of people who have not been getting up early, eating, grooming, dressing, and transporting themselves, which translates to mil
An Interview with Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider About ”A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door” | Diane Ravitch's blogAn Interview with Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider About ”A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door” This interview was recorded by Town Hall in Seattle, which is a great venue for speakers but in COVID Times was recorded remotely. I interviewed them about their important new book, A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door. They had some very valuable insights, and the time flew by. I hope you will take a few mi
NANCY BAILEY: Questions About The AFT and NEA’s “Learning After Covid Vision”Questions About The AFT and NEA’s “Learning After Covid Vision” Questions About The AFT and NEA’s “Learning After Covid Vision” Teachers are the most important individuals in a child’s schooling, and during the pandemic, they have gone above and beyond to reach out to students. AFT President Randi Weingarten and NEA’s Becky Pringle are to be commended for speaking out about Covid-19 in support of
Russ on Reading: Henny Penny Discovers Learning LossRuss on Reading: Henny Penny Discovers Learnng Loss Henny Penny Discovers Learning Loss It was a difficult year in the barnyard with all the animals confined to their own homes because of a mysterious and devastating avian flu. Henny Penny, cooped up in her humble abode with a half dozen chicks scurrying about unable to go school, was at her wits end. She barricaded herself in the TV room and tur
For Decades America Has Blamed and Punished Public Schools Serving Poor Children: Biden’s Plan Addresses the Underlying Poverty | janressegerFor Decades America Has Blamed and Punished Public Schools Serving Poor Children: Biden’s Plan Addresses the Underlying Poverty For over fifty years sociologists of education have documented the correlation between the ravages of child poverty and challenges for children at school. Hunger, homelessness and the family anxiety that accompanies the struggle to survive make it hard for many students
Schools are MAGA Targets | tulticanSchools are MAGA Targets By Thomas Ultican – 3/15/2021 One of America’s wealthiest public school districts typifies the damage MAGA Republicans are doing to public schools. San Diego County’s San Dieguito Union High School District (SDUHSD) serves just over 13,000 students in five middle schools and five high schools. With former Republican congressional candidate Mike Allman’s narrow school boa
NYC Educator: Farewell from the ChancellorFarewell from the Chancellor Dear Colleagues, Today is my last day serving as New York City’s Schools Chancellor, and I write to you to both say goodbye and to express my gratitude for each one of you. During the last three years, I have made about a million bucks, and haven’t paid a dime in rent. And honestly, my expense account has covered just about everything—travel, meals, donuts, unnatural
March 14, 2020 | JD2718March 14, 2020 TOP POSTS THIS MONTH 3/14/20 One year ago today. One year ago today was Saturday. NYC public school attendance had been plummeting. But schools were scheduled normally for Monday, March 16. Cuomo and de Blasio were still insisting that schools stay open. Not just de Blasio, but Cuomo too. Those of you blinded by him not being batshit nuts during his press conferences, don’t forget
CURMUDGUCATION: A Learning Loss Debunkery ReaderA Learning Loss Debunkery Reader Apparently we are going to be hearing about learning loss all the flipping time now, so I've tried to collect in one place some of the better responses to the crisis du jour. Feel free to bookmark this and to share the articles listed ever time someone pops up to holler that because of Learning Loss we must have testing or school choice or no summer vacation or i
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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, March 14, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #openonlywhensafeBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Student asks teacher to give bonus points to 'whoever scores the lowest' https://www.wlwt.com/article/student-asks-teacher-to-give-bonus-points-to-whoever-scores-the-lowest-1/31198488 Debate, angst and many questions emerge over L.A. school reopening plans http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/8zOa7QXzgP4/more-debate-angst-over-schoo
CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Blue Screen of Death Edition (3/14)CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Blue Screen of Death Edition (3/14) Blue Screen of Death Edition So the main desktop computer here at the institute is in a state, and we're working from the mobile office, which guarantees a 150% increase in typo frequency. But meanwhile, there are things to re
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