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$325,000 Settlement for Teacher Over Trump References Removed From Yearbook - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/21/nyregion/trump-yearbook-censorship-settlement.html on @nytimes

Black boy, 11, forced to kneel and apologize by white school headmaster - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-kneeling-punishment-catholic-school-long-island-20210321-apbqaa25zjajfketcsmejndtme-story.html via @nydailynews

Ramadan Begins On April 12th – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=116342 on @Larryferlazzo

Florida Community Campaigns to Change School Name https://www.laprogressive.com/change-school-name/

States Prepare For More Schooling During Summer To "Catch Up" https://www.moms.com/states-prepare-more-schooling-summer-catch-up/

Biden Administration to Give Schools Money to Reopen https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/biden-administration-to-give-schools-money-to-reopen/5819811.html

LA and Oakland teachers: Vote “No” on the deadly deals to reopen schools! https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/20/wcrf-m22.html

Elite colleges still giving wealthy and connected students a ‘legacy admissions’ edge during pandemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/03/21/elite-colleges-still-give-wealth-connected-students-a-legacy-admissions-edge/

Report: How A Non-Profit Charter School Can Be Run For Profit - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/03/19/report-how-a-non-profit-charter-school-can-be-run-for-profit/?sh=2cf57d393cd4 by @palan57 on @forbes



Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Spring Is Here, Apparently Edition (3/21) - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi.html


Big Education Ape: AFT president responds to new CDC physical distancing guidelines - The Highland County Press - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/aft-president-responds-to-new-cdc.html


Big Education Ape: tl;dr = dd | Teacher in a strange land - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/tldr-dd-teacher-in-strange-land.html


Big Education Ape: Ed Notes Online: New CDC Guidelines to Reopen Schools, Based on Outdated, Cherry-Picked, and Misinterpreted Data, Put Students, Teachers, and Communities at Risk - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/ed-notes-online-new-cdc-guidelines-to.html


Big Education Ape: EdAction in Congress March 21, 2021 - Education Votes #TBATS - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/edaction-in-congress-march-21-2021.html





CURMUDGUCATION: Rules for Rural Philanthropy
Rules for Rural Philanthropy Juliet Squire is a partner at Bellwether Education Partners, a reliably reformy part of the Fordham-AEI axis. She has traveled the Phillips Exeter-Yale-AEI career trajectory with a stop in the New Jersey Department of Education before landing at Bellwether, where she makes observations about education that I pretty much always disagree with. But she also just release
Teachers I Respect and Admire–Roberta Rabinoff Kaplan | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Teachers I Respect and Admire Roberta Rabinoff Kaplan I met Roberta Rabinoff in 1964 after she returned from serving in Sierra Leone as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching English in a rural school. She entered the Cardozo Project in Urban Teaching, a federally funded program located in a nearly all-Black high school taught by a largely Black staff in Washngton, D.C.. The program sought to attract
Black Lives Matter Sacramento Buys Land to Use as Safe Space for Black People - THE ROOT #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTH
Black Lives Matter Sacramento Buys Land to Use as Safe Space for Black People No More 'Performative Gestures':BLM Sacramento Purchases Land to Build Community and Resource Center for Black people The Black Lives Matter movement can’t only be about protests. Anti-racism demonstrations that have erupted across the nation have done a fine job of raising awareness about systemic racism in America and
Strategies Used to Maximize Profit From Charter Schools: A Reader’s Guide - YouTube
Strategies Used to Maximize Profit From Charter Schools: A Reader’s Guide Strategies Used to Maximize Profit From Charter Schools: A Reader’s Guide - YouTube Chartered for Profit: The Hidden World of Charter Schools Operated for Financial Gain - Network For Public Education In this report, we focus on the world of charter schools run for profit, a world both hidden and misunderstood. We pull bac
Education Matters: CDC social distance rule change was not about keeping people safe, it was about a campaign promise
CDC social distance rule change was not about keeping people safe, it was about a campaign promise The CDC changed its social distance guidelines, and I have no doubt the researchers found what they found. However, the reason they found it was more about keeping a campaign promise rather than keeping people safe. I like president Biden, but the only reason we are making this change is to keep hi
Richard P. Phelps: The D.C. Reform Hoax, Part 1 | Diane Ravitch's blog
Richard P. Phelps: The D.C. Reform Hoax, Part 1 Richard P. Phelps recounts his experiences as the director of assessment for Michelle Rhee, chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools. Phelps was expected to expand the notorious IMPACT testing program, meant to evaluate teachers. Phelps visited hundreds of administrators and teachers and asked their advice about how to make the program
COVID online school hits 1 year: Teachers, kids share powerful quotes - USA TODAY
COVID online school hits 1 year: Teachers, kids share powerful quotes A year after COVID shut schools, students and teachers share what shook them — and what strengthened them F rom grade school to graduate school, developing young minds in close physical proximity halted abruptly in mid-March 2020. What happened next to schools and families was devastating and electrifying, thought-provoking and
NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER
NewBlackMan (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_20.html No Justice, No Peace: Rapsody on Art, Activism, and the Power of Music by Mark Anthony Neal / 3h "The Tight Rope host Professors Tricia Rose and Cornel West invite Rapsody to discuss the legacy of
A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #openonlywhensafe
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 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
A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: If It’s Publicly Funded, We Want to Kill It. | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog
A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: If It’s Publicly Funded, We Want to Kill It. I have been reading in Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire’s excellent book, A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door , the chapters, “Teaching Gigs” and “Education à la Carte,” which only solidify in my mind the end game of organizations like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the likes of ALEC associates, bi

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