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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Tuesday, March 23, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform

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Answer Sheet: Don’t Force Schools to Give Standardized Tests This Pandemic Year, Research Scholars Ask Education Secretary Cardona | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10818 on @NEPCtweet

Education Research Report: Report seeking to disqualify the 1619 Project curricular materials is just “ideological handwringing” - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

NYC Educator: UFT Executive Board March 22, 2021--Confusion Over de Blasio's Hastily Made Plans - http://nyceducator.com/2021/03/uft-executive-board-march-22-2021.html

Analysis | Advocates to Education Department: Tell schools to focus relief funding on students with disabilities https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/03/23/advocates-want-schools-use-relief-funding-on-students-with-disabilities/?tid=ss_tw

Homeschooling Doubled During The Pandemic, U.S. Census Survey Finds https://www.scpr.org/news/2021/03/22/97127/homeschooling-doubled-during-the-pandemic-u-s-cens/ via @kpcc

Valerie Strauss on the NPE Report on For-Profit Charters | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tTt via @dianeravitch

Homeroom: My Son Spends Hours Studying. Then He Forgets Everything. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/5AlGT8Mb6mU/

New York City high schools reopen https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/22/new-york-city-high-schools-reopen-477569

National Safe School Reopening Summit to Include President Biden, Vice President Harris, First Lady Jill Biden, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, and More | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/national-safe-school-reopening-summit-include-president-biden-vice-president-harris-first-lady-jill-biden-education-secretary-miguel-cardona-and-more

Let’s Urge High School Seniors to Complete the FAFSA® Form Today - ED.gov Blog - https://blog.ed.gov/?p=29667

Maryland schools report surge in failure rates for second quarter https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/maryland-schools-failing-grades/2021/03/22/fe33bc86-8b21-11eb-9423-04079921c915_story.html

STUDENT VOICE: A year later, I’m still learning in my bedroom — and really, really tired of it https://hechingerreport.org/student-voice-a-year-later-im-still-learning-in-my-bedroom-and-really-really-tired-of-it/

Elected leaders call for San Francisco school board member to resign after 2016 'racist' tweets http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/BHMZ8ay0MXE/elected-leaders-call-for-san-francisco-school-board-member-to-resign-after-2016-racist-tweets

New CDC guidelines spark debate over school reopening https://www.njspotlight.com/video/new-cdc-guidelines-spark-debate-over-school-reopening/

COMIC: How One Math Teacher Broke Through To Her Virtual Students https://www.npr.org/2021/03/23/978142942/comic-how-one-math-teacher-broke-through-to-her-virtual-students

As Districts Reopen For In-Person Learning, What Schools May Look Like Going Forward https://www.npr.org/2021/03/22/980075522/as-districts-reopen-for-in-person-learning-what-schools-may-look-like-going-forw

‘I’ve Lost a Lot of Faith’: Suburban Parents Push Schools to Reopen Faster https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/nyregion/new-jersey-schools-reopening.html

Tuesday’s Must-Read Articles About School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=116383 on @Larryferlazzo

Montana: Charter Industry Targets Rural State | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tTV via @dianeravitch

Indianapolis schools: Failure rates up, twice as high in some cases - https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2021/03/19/ips-indianapolis-schools-failure-rates-up-2021-covid-learning/4550356001/#new_tab via @indystar

Less than a third of students likely to return to LAUSD campuses, survey shows https://news.yahoo.com/less-30-students-ready-return-154254595.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr via @YahooNews

Bills on governor’s desk encourage longer school year » Albuquerque Journal - https://www.abqjournal.com/2372348/lawmakers-push-to-extend-nm-school-year.html#new_tab on @abqjournal

Rep. Bobby Scott to Big City School Districts: Don’t Mess This Up | Education News | US News - https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-03-22/rep-bobby-scott-to-big-city-school-districts-dont-mess-this-up#new_tab on @USNews

AP-NORC poll: Learning setbacks a top concern for parents - https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-health-coronavirus-pandemic-only-on-ap-47d4047afb086c69c7a9687062f3c8f7#new_tab on @ap

How will Texas’ virtual schools work long term? Lawmakers need to decide - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/03/22/how-will-texas-virtual-schools-work-long-term-lawmakers-need-to-decide/#new_tab via @dallasnews

Indiana bill would stop state takeovers of failing schools https://www.thecentersquare.com/indiana/indiana-bill-would-stop-state-takeovers-of-failing-schools/article_76113c9e-8b4d-11eb-b844-47fdf35c9746.html

Somerville loses legal fight to fire teacher who moved out of NJ - https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/somerset-county/2021/03/22/somerville-teacher-moved-out-new-jersey-not-fired/4768703001/#new_tab via @MyCentralJersey

'It's depressing': More Mississippi students are in virtual classrooms without teachers during pandemic - https://mississippitoday.org/?p=996649 by @krroyals on @MSTODAYnews

Puerto Rico awarded $900M to help boost island's education - https://apnews.com/article/us-news-health-coronavirus-pandemic-puerto-rico-education-e46c32b58a129a9ad0a87978a35b00c4#new_tab on @ap

Teachers union "not convinced" social distancing can safely be cut to 3 feet https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-social-distancing-3-feet-teachers-not-convinced/ via @CBSPolitics

CPS must go to trial for violating Black educators' rights in mass turnaround layoffs, terminations | Chicago Teachers Union - https://www.ctulocal1.org/?p=36757 via @ctulocal1

Students rally behind Black Tampa school cop fired for using racial slur - https://www.tampabay.com/news/hillsborough/2021/03/23/students-rally-behind-black-tampa-school-cop-fired-for-using-racial-slur/#new_tab on TB_Times


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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
Don’t force schools to give standardized tests this pandemic year, research scholars ask Education Secretary Cardona - The Washington Post
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Don’t force schools to give standardized tests this pandemic year, research scholars ask Education Secretary Cardona More than 540 education researchers and scholars are asking Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to reconsider his department’s decision requiring school districts to administer federally mandated standardized tests this pandemic year, saying the exams will “exacerbate inequality” a
Betsy DeVos Raked In Vast Outside Income As Education Secretary | HuffPost
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Betsy DeVos Raked In Vast Outside Income As Education Secretary The billionaire Trump Cabinet member reaped nine figures during her four years in office, a watchdog group revealed . Billionaire Betsy DeVos fattened her fortune considerably from various business interests during her four-year run as education secretary under former President Donald Trump . DeVos, who is reportedly worth more than
Florida Voucher School Hires Unqualified Teachers, Ex-Con, State Doesn’t Care | Diane Ravitch's blog
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Florida Voucher School Hires Unqualified Teachers, Ex-Con, State Doesn’t Care The Orlando Sentinel has been covering scandal after scandal in the voucher schools of Florida, but the Legislature doesn’t care about their scandals and is planning to take even more money from public schools to fund more private voucher schools. The Sentinel published a story about one troubled voucher school that ha
8 to 3 parent newsletter about kids, school and education - Los Angeles Times
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Introducing 8 to 3, a newsletter for parents about kids, school and education A new chapter is opening for families of school-age children and teenagers. Campuses throughout California are finally opening after a year of coronavirus-forced closures — and for parents who have navigated distance learning alongside their children, their connection to education has been rewired. The shared frustrati
Teacher Tom: Our Future Villages
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Our Future Villages "We still had a blacksmith in our town in those days, if you can believe it." I was talking to the great grandfather of one of my students. Most of the time, the grandparents aren't much older than me, but here was a man 30 years my senior. I make a habit of talking to older people about their childhoods. I like seeing how they tend to light up. I learn about recent history t
Opening Up the Textbook (Sam Wineburg) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
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Opening Up the Textbook (Sam Wineburg) Sam Wineburg is a professor of education and history at Stanford University, He along with Susan Ramiraz and Peter Stearns authored Human Legacy , a high school world history textbook.This appeared in Education Week , June 5, 2007 History textbooks have long merited special scorn. Thicker than a Duraflame log (and weighing more), today’s books feature pages
NYC Public School Parents: Our testimony about why NYC kids will need smaller classes next year than ever before -- & the federal funding is available to achieve this
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Our testimony about why NYC kids will need smaller classes next year than ever before -- & the federal funding is available to achieve this Council education budget hearings tomorrow start at 9:30 AM; public testimony starts at about noon. You can watch and listen here , in Virtual Room 2. Our testimony advocating for a big chunk of the federal funds be used for smaller classes below for the sak
Will New York City Reimagine Education or Waste a Generational Opportunity? | Ed In The Apple
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Will New York City Reimagine Education or Waste a Generational Opportunity? We’ve been told for decades we can’t do anything about poverty, we can’t change property tax-based school funding, and we have to use our teaching skills to raise achievement. Sadly states and school districts have relied on top-down edicts and standardized testing, teacher voice is absent. Suddenly, unexpectedly, two De
WHO’S ZOOMING WHO? – Dad Gone Wild
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WHO’S ZOOMING WHO? “You’ll never decide what you want until you’ve decided who you are.” ― Noël Coward Who’s in charge of education policy in Tennessee? It seems like a pretty straightforward question, right? Those with a passing knowledge might answer that it’s the General Assembly who set’s policy. Those with a little deeper knowledge might elaborate more by saying that the General Assembly ex
CURMUDGUCATION: Why We Don't Need The Big Standardized Test In One Quote
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Why We Don't Need The Big Standardized Test In One Quote This is taken from the reformy Jebucation ExcelInEd website: If we don't have a strong accountability system, then students from low-income families and students of color will not receive the instruction and resources needed to be successful. That's Pam Stewart, f ormer education chief of Florida, the testocrat who famously demanded that a
Segregation factories, pt 4: The dark story of "Failure Factories" and "Schools without Rules" shows how power dominates education journalism, narrative, and humanity - Public Enemy Number 1
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Segregation factories, pt 4: The dark story of "Failure Factories" and "Schools without Rules" shows how power dominates education journalism, narrative, and humanity Power used the Tampa Bay Times' Pulitzer tagline to strip mine Florida's public schools. It largely ignored the Orlando Sentinel's better, further-reaching voucher reporting. Why? Part 1: Welcome to Jeb Crow Florida, 2021 Part 2: W

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For-Profit Charter Schools Gone Wild—Proof That Greed and Education Don’t Mix
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A new report by the Network for Public Education (NPE) explains why charter schools are often nonprofit in name only when they are associated with a for-profit management group. NPE’s report, titled “Chartered for Profit: The Hidden World of Charter Schools Operated for Financial Gain,” reveals that many charter schools have contracts with for-profit management groups, commonly called education m

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