Friday, March 19, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, March 19, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform

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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES 



Why Common Core failed - https://brook.gs/3rYGUME on @BrookingsInst

NYC Educator: Safety Last, Says Bill de Blasio - http://nyceducator.com/2021/03/safety-last-says-bill-de-blasio.html

Education Research Report: Preschoolers' extensive electronic media use linked to emotional/behavioural issues - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Kentucky: Educators Dismayed by Rushed Voucher Bill | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tRN via @dianeravitch

Education Dept. Begins Rolling Back Trump-Era Policies On Defrauded Students https://www.scpr.org/news/2021/03/18/97078/education-dept-begins-rolling-back-trump-era-polic/ via @kpcc

Ed in the Apple: Will Secretary of Education Cardona Grant Standardized Test Waivers to States? | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10814 on @NEPCtweet

Education Matters: Appeasement doesn't work, school board members should understand that. - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2021/03/appeasement-doesnt-work-school-board.html

Please urge the Mayor and Council to use the federal funds to provide our kids with the smaller classes they will need next year! | Class Size Matters | A clearinghouse for information on class size & the proven benefits of smaller classes - https://classsizematters.org/?p=9429

STUDENT APPLICATION LULAC NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND- http://media.wix.com/ugd/a353c1_cb38b35630f1478e960650a8a89fd7e7.pdf

How Libraries Are Leading the Way to Digital Equity http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/OsJmRGf-rDs/

Expanded testing part of Biden administration school plans https://www.wfla.com/news/education/expanded-testing-part-of-biden-administration-school-plans/

ILR dean leading eCornell ‘The Future of Work’ series | Cornell Chronicle https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/03/ilr-dean-leading-ecornell-future-work-series#.YFTUVC5IGvY.twitter

VP Kamala Harris Meets with LAbor Leaders in the Ceremonial Office - UPI.com - https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/ed3b73c337d695d77cf510a1e7ac6dc9/VP-Kamala-Harris-Meets-with-LAbor-Leaders-in-the-Ceremonial-Office/

OPSB supports legislation giving superintendent less power in state law https://thelensnola.org/2021/03/19/opsb-supports-legislation-giving-superintendent-less-power-in-state-law/

'We can cancel all $1.8 trillion,' say activists as Cardona announces full debt relief for scammed students http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/GbJCn3TnzvM/

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Declares That His New Civics Education Proposal Will 'Expressly Exclude' Critical Race Theory https://www.theroot.com/florida-gov-ron-desantis-declares-that-his-new-civics-1846512705

The use of virtual reality in education http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-use-of-virtual-reality-in-education.html

Fairfax declines to add four Jewish, Muslim and Hindu holidays to calendar https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-school-calendar-religious-holidays/2021/03/19/4ac6ad06-87f8-11eb-bfdf-4d36dab83a6d_story.html

Some liberal-arts-focused colleges are adding career and technical training certificates https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/liberal-arts-colleges-career-training/2021/03/19/1ed405aa-872a-11eb-bfdf-4d36dab83a6d_story.html

Confused by your kid’s math homework? Here’s how it all adds up https://hechingerreport.org/confused-by-your-kids-math-homework-heres-how-it-all-adds-up/

OPINION: Creating better post-pandemic education for English learners https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-creating-better-post-pandemic-education-for-english-learners/

CDC Says Schools Can Now Space Students 3 Feet Apart, Rather Than 6 https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/978608714/cdc-says-schools-can-now-space-students-3-feet-apart-rather-than-6

New Netflix Documentary Shows How Money Can Buy Admission To A Top U.S. University https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/978832113/new-netflix-documentary-shows-how-money-can-buy-admission-to-a-top-u-s-universit

NYC will offer new chance to opt into in-person classes if health officials adjust school distancing guidelines: de Blasio https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-school-social-distancing-opt-in-20210318-5fofhyxz6fg5zg2p52fxgjpndu-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

C.D.C. Says 3 Feet in Elementary Schools With Masks Is OK https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/science/cdc-guidelines-schools-distancing.html

‘We are not learning enough’: In marathon meeting, Philly school board gets an earful - https://www.inquirer.com/education/philadelphia-school-district-board-reopening-20210319.html#new_tab via @PhillyInquirer

Iowa House passes bill banning diversity training that calls US systemically racist or sexist https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/543702-iowa-house-passes-bill-banning-diversity-trainings-from-suggesting-us#.YFTxS8_XY3k.twitter

School Choice Bill Moves Forward in N.H. Senate | New Hampshire Public Radio - https://www.nhpr.org/node/168324

After 8 hours, 250-plus speakers, California board adopts ethnic studies model curriculum http://edsource.org/?page_id=651641 via @edsource

Proposed bill tackles racism in the classroom by providing diversity officer for each Texas school district https://www.kxan.com/news/education/proposed-bill-tackles-racism-in-the-classroom-by-providing-diversity-officer-for-each-texas-school-district/

Why Black Parents Aren’t Joining the Push to Reopen Schools – Mother Jones - https://www.motherjones.com/?p=903881

Bill to ban transgender HS athletes from girls sports would upend landmark N.J. policy - nj.com - https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2021/03/bill-to-ban-transgender-hs-athletes-from-girls-sports-would-upend-landmark-nj-policy.html#new_tab on @njdotcom

Defying union leaders, Oakland teachers group protests April schools reopening - https://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/Defying-union-leaders-Oakland-teachers-group-16034273.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle

US schools prepare summer of learning to help kids catch up - https://apnews.com/article/connecticut-california-coronavirus-pandemic-6482e19ff50609352a38f022143b935d#new_tab on @ap

Another try for charter schools | Montana Free Press - https://wp.me/pc0bHd-kBv via @mtfreepress

Why Child Care Staff Had to Show Up While Teachers Worked Remotely - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/nyregion/child-care-teachers-schools-covid.html @nytimes

Contrasting CDC Studies Show Pitfalls of Rejecting Guidance on School Reopenings | Education News | US News - https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-03-18/contrasting-cdc-studies-show-pitfalls-of-rejecting-guidance-on-school-reopenings#new_tab on @USNews

CDC changes school guidance, allowing desks to be closer - https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-72584a00c039546f02eceb3715063e35#new_tab on @ap


Big Education Ape: NANCY BAILEY: Kindergarten Learning Loss Message Is HORRIFYING for Children! - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/nancy-bailey-kindergarten-learning-loss.html


Big Education Ape: Florida: Republicans Plan to Eviscerate Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/florida-republicans-plan-to-eviscerate.html


Big Education Ape: Teacher Tom: EdHeroes: What if Education Focused on the Needs of Children and Families? - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/teacher-tom-edheroes-what-if-education.html


Big Education Ape: The Black-white wealth gap is widening - a racial equity stimulus can narrow it | Schott Foundation for Public Education - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-black-white-wealth-gap-is-widening.html


Big Education Ape: Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools through Phased Prevention | CDC - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/operational-strategy-for-k-12-schools.html





CDC cuts school distancing requirements to 3 feet - POLITICO
by Mike Simpson / 2h
CDC cuts school distancing requirements to 3 feet The new guidance says three feet of separation is safe — if everyone is wearing a mask. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that students attending in-person instruction only need to stay 3 feet apart, rather than 6, as long as universal masking is maintained. The agency’s new guidance, released Friday, recommends 3 feet of separa
Flast v. Cohen (1968) - Part Four: Oh No I've Said Too Much... | Blue Cereal Education
by Mike Simpson / 2h
Flast v. Cohen (1968) - Part Four: Oh No I've Said Too Much... I’ve been posting some of my rough drafts for a book I hope will be out this summer, tentatively titled “Have To” History: It Followed Her To School One Day… and with a subtitle longer than several of the actual chapters in my effort to clarify what it’s about right there on the cover while still being saucy. What started off as a on
Michael J. Hynes: Beware the College Board Dragon! | Diane Ravitch's blog
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Michael J. Hynes: Beware the College Board Dragon! Dr. Michael J. Hynes is superintendent of the Port Washington school district on Long Island in New York. He previously posted here his proposal for a new vision of education. He writes here about the College Board, which has become the gatekeeper whose tests decide which students go to which colleges. He writes: The College Board Monster and Wh
New Report Exposes Rip-Off of Tax Dollars by For-Profit Charter Management Companies | janresseger
by Mike Simpson / 2h
New Report Exposes Rip-Off of Tax Dollars by For-Profit Charter Management Companies On Wednesday, the Network for Public Education released Chartered for Profit: The Hidden World of Charter Schools Operated for Financial Gain , a ground-breaking new report on what has become an old, old problem. Charter schools have now been around since the early 1990s, and here in Ohio, at least, soon after D
SBE Approves Historic Ethnic Studies Guidance - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education)
by Mike Simpson / 2h
State Board of Education Approves Historic Ethnic Studies Guidance for High Schools SACRAMENTO—The California State Board of Education today approved guidance to assist local high schools in developing ethnic studies courses, classes that researchers say can improve graduation and college-going rates among all students—and especially teens of color. The vote makes California the first state in t
NYC Public School Parents: Please help us get smaller classes for NYC kids! Please sign our petition and testify on Tuesday!
by Mike Simpson / 2h
Please help us get smaller classes for NYC kids! Please sign our petition and testify on Tuesday! Class Size Matters and NYC Kids PAC are advocating for one billion dollars of the approximately $2.5 billion in extra federal funds that NYC schools are due to get next year and the year after to be invested in smaller classes, for NYC students who will need them more than every before. This is a ch
Why a Public School Teacher is Running for Allegheny County Council | gadflyonthewallblog
by Mike Simpson / 2h
Why a Public School Teacher is Running for Allegheny County Council People seem surprised when I knock on their doors. Perhaps it’s the fact that they weren’t expecting anyone to drop by. Perhaps it’s because we’re still in a global pandemic. But when they peek through their screens or poke their heads out with a quizzical look, the one thing that seems to put them at ease is when I tell them I’
Jersey Jazzman: Lakewood, NJ: Where Public Schools Are Left To Wither, Part III
by Mike Simpson / 2h
Lakewood, NJ: Where Public Schools Are Left To Wither, Part III Here are the other parts of this series: - Part I - Part II What happens when a majority of citizens rejects its own public schools? We need look no further than Lakewood, NJ -- a town that I contend is an object lesson in the consequences of school privatization. Again, I believe at least three things will happen when public school
Marie Corfield: A Letter To My Students
by Mike Simpson / 4h
A Letter To My Students Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash Dear Students, Oh how I have missed you! I've missed your noise and your chaos and your smiles which are hidden behind masks, and your laughter and your hard work, and even your frustrations and tears. I have missed your creativity and how you never cease to amaze me with it. I have missed your fearlessness and your fearfulness, your good choi
Arkansas: Voucher Forces Trying Again, Backed by Walton Money | Diane Ravitch's blog
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Arkansas: Voucher Forces Trying Again, Backed by Walton Money Max Brantley writes in the Arkansas Times that the voucher lobby is determined to reverse their 44-52 loss in the Arkansas House. Backed by Walton money, they are naming and shaming the legislators who stood up for their community’s public schools. Although Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, and his children attended public schools, they

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