THE TOP BANANA
TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES
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