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Education Department Announces Relief for Student Loan Borrowers with Total and Permanent Disabilities During the COVID-19 Emergency | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/education-department-announces-relief-student-loan-borrowers-total-and-permanent-disabilities-during-covid-19-emergency
COVID-19 Lockdowns Have Been Hard On Youth Locked Up https://www.scpr.org/news/2021/03/29/97217/covid-19-lockdowns-have-been-hard-on-youth-locked/ via @kpcc
The key to opening schools: Better air flow - Axios - https://www.axios.com/school-reopening-cotonavirus-ventilation-22561236-ade6-4cc9-abf4-0478719b39e4.html?utm_campaign=organic&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=twitter on @axios
Reopening schools became a rallying cry for parents. Now it’s a campaign issue in suburban school board races: ‘This is a lot bigger than COVID’ - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-prem-covid-19-school-board-races-chicago-suburbs-20210329-6lkoq2wrevh5tmnvuidwivavje-story.html via @chicagotribune
OPINION: Students lose federal protections under special ed voucher - https://www.ajc.com/education/get-schooled-blog/opinion-students-lose-federal-protections-under-special-ed-voucher/IUCFQGKFBNHGHOR4YFHAGCIZLE/ on @ajc
We Can Win Student Loan Debt Cancellation https://popularresistance.org/we-can-win-student-loan-debt-cancellation/
PROOF POINTS: Slim research evidence for summer school https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-slim-research-evidence-for-summer-school/
OPINION: How to keep our most vulnerable students from losing ground in the pandemic https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-how-to-keep-our-most-vulnerable-students-from-losing-ground-in-the-pandemic/
When the man behind the curtain is female: More women now hold key education policymaker jobs https://hechingerreport.org/when-the-man-behind-the-curtain-is-female-more-women-now-hold-key-education-policymaker-jobs/
Cal State students keep GPAs up during pandemic, but troubling equity gaps persist http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/w0HGTDu7BEg/csu-covid-19-challenges-grades
LAUSD goes to great lengths to show schools are safe to reopen. But it's a tough sell http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/capdZll3VeE/lausd-schools-safe-reopening-tough-sell
Schools in Long Beach, Calif., Start Reopening This Week https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/us/long-beach-schools-reopen-covid.html
In San Francisco, Turmoil Over Reopening Schools Turns a City Against Itself https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/us/san-francisco-schools-racism.html
Major victory over a corporate charter school chain and their trade association http://rdsathene.blogspot.com/2021/03/major-victory-over-corporate-charter.html
Education Dept. Restores Debt Cancellation For Some Borrowers With Disabilities https://www.npr.org/2021/03/29/981571115/education-dept-restores-debt-cancellation-for-some-borrowers-with-disabilities
US Covid numbers moving in 2 directions | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-27T
Nancy Bailey’s Education Website: Tutors Replacing Teachers: A Failed Privatization Plot Returns | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10827 on @NEPCtweet
The GOP's war on trans students hurts all kids: The right is coming for CIS girls, too https://www.salon.com/2021/03/29/the-gops-war-on-trans-students-hurts-all-kids-the-right-is-coming-for-cis-girls-too/
NYC principal urges parents to 'stay with' remote learning - https://wp.me/pb3Qpq-1c8Xe by @nypmetro on @nypost
More than a dozen Oakland schools won't reopen as planned after teachers choose not to return - https://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/Some-Oakland-schools-won-t-reopen-as-planned-16054407.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle
Seattle teachers union OKs agreement to return elementary students to school buildings April 5 | The Seattle Times - https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=13707969 by @elisetakahama on @seattletimes
Teacher retirements in Michigan up 44% since August - Chalkbeat Detroit - https://detroit.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/28/22352695/teachers-retirement-michigan-coronavirus-impact#new_tab on chalkbeat
House Republicans advance big increase in private-school tax credit https://www.ktvh.com/news/montana-politics/house-republicans-advance-big-increase-in-private-school-tax-credit
Another danger for kids in the age of COVID: Failing grades | Reuters - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-students-insig-idUSKBN2BL1BF#new_tab via @Reuters
Former NYC Education official said Stuyvesant High was like Chinatown: lawsuit - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-derogatory-remark-asian-students-20210327-5cyrgq4yindmvm3et3j73m2iky-story.html#new_tab via @nydailynews
Stuck in neutral: How Houston ISD's turmoil stymied bold reforms for neediest students - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/hisd-turmoil-stymied-needy-students-tx-schools-16055499.php#new_tab on @houstonchron
Biden admin says no to states hoping to cancel testing - Chalkbeat - https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/26/22353209/state-testing-cancellations-waivers-biden-departement-education#new_tab on chalkbeat
WV governor approves what advocates say is the nation’s broadest non-public school vouchers program | Legislative Session | wvgazettemail.com - https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/legislative_session/wv-governor-approves-what-advocates-say-is-the-nation-s-broadest-non-public-school-vouchers/article_681f8e0a-f356-5295-ac0c-33d5d9fc8e30.html#new_tab on @wvgazettemail
Latest charter school fights shaping up in Texas Legislature and Dallas - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/03/26/latest-charter-school-fights-shaping-up-in-texas-legislature-and-dallas/#new_tab via @dallasnews
Big Education Ape: The History of the Future of Education (Audrey Watters) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-history-of-future-of-education.html
Big Education Ape: Teacher Tom: The Pursuit of Happiness - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/teacher-tom-pursuit-of-happiness.html
Big Education Ape: Russ on Reading: The Reading Helper - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/russ-on-reading-reading-helper.html
Lee Continues Predictable Privatization Push – Tennessee Education ReportLEE CONTINUES PREDICTABLE PRIVATIZATION PUSH T ennessee Gov. Bill Lee is no fan of public schools as he makes clear time and again. Whether it is advancing voucher schemes , creating charter school slush funds , or refusing to invest in our underfunded public schools, Lee is working tirelessly to undermine public education in our state. Now, Lee is seeking to reward charter schools in Memphis an
Maurice Cunningham: How Did Ordinary Moms in Rhode Island Get the Money to Pay for a Poll? Hint: Dark Money | Diane Ravitch's blogMaurice Cunningham: How Did Ordinary Moms in Rhode Island Get the Money to Pay for a Poll? Hint: Dark Money Maurice Cunningham is a professor political science at the University of Massachusetts who has developed a unique talent for exposing the workings of Dark Money in education. The usual source of Dark Money is the multi-billionaire Walton Family, but they are not alone. In this post, he rev
President Biden Breaks With His Allies on School ReopeningsBiden’s First Big Break With His Allies Is Over School Reopenings As Joe Biden took office, the Republican Party had no specific plan to discredit the genial and popular new president, but it did have one clean line of attack: Biden would be too beholden to teachers unions to permit a reopening of public schools. “ ‘Unions Above Children’ is the new motto of the Democrats’ plan to reopen schools
NANCY BAILEY: Why Do So Many Children Have Dyslexia? What is it Exactly?Why Do So Many Children Have Dyslexia? What is it Exactly? Why Do So Many Children Have Dyslexia? What is it Exactly? Many parents and educators raise concerns about dyslexia, and some are pushing for state laws for students with dyslexia in schools. But why do so many children have dyslexia? What is it exactly? What causes it? Prevalence LD Online states that a staggering 5 to 15 percent of Amer
CURMUDGUCATION: GA: To Get A Voucher, Give Up RightsGA: To Get A Voucher, Give Up Rights Georgia is on the voucher expansion bus that so many GOP-run states are vacationing on this year, but their vouchers (like those in some other states) have a special wrinkle--a requirement for students with special needs to give up their rights if they want a voucher. Senate Bill 47 has a variety of the usual features, including a huge expansion of voucher el
NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTERNewBlackMan (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_27.html KOAP In Conversation with: Fahamu Pecou (Part One) by Mark Anthony Neal / 12h " Layla Felder talks to Fahamu Pecou about his journey to becoming the internationally acclaimed artist he is today, h
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
Florida: League of Women Voters Exposes Voucher Boondoggle As Big Business | Diane Ravitch's blogFlorida: League of Women Voters Exposes Voucher Boondoggle As Big Business The Florida League of Women Voters has long been wary about the state’s rush to privatize public school funding through charters and vouchers. It has previously published reports on the conflicts of interests, the politics, and the money in the charter sector. In this report, it investigates the organization created to ha
I Have Begun to Worry about Where Miguel Cardona is Leading Education Policy | janressegerI Have Begun to Worry about Where Miguel Cardona is Leading Education Policy When my careful, watchful, and somewhat shy daughter came home for lunch on the first day of first grade, I heard the words every parent looks for on the first day of school: “After one morning, I already feel smoothed into school!” There are generations of parents in Cleveland Heights, Ohio who still wonder at the gift
Schools Matter: Scandal-Ridden TN DOE Lies to Parents about Opting Out of TestsScandal-Ridden TN DOE Lies to Parents about Opting Out of Tests Andy Spears recently shared a memo from the TN Department of Education denying denying parents the right to opt out of annual state testing. Even though the invalid, unreliable , and racist tests have never been morally defensible , they are particularly indefensible during the present pandemic. Tennessee's c orrupt Education Commis
NOLA’s James Singleton Charter School: Academically Unacceptable, Riddled with Scandal, Still Open. | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's BlogNOLA’s James Singleton Charter School: Academically Unacceptable, Riddled with Scandal, Still Open New Orleans-based James Singleton Charter School has been allowed to operate for almost two decades despite its established record as academically unacceptable and being riddled with scandal. Here we go again, compliments of WWLTV on March 26, 2021 : NEW ORLEANS — The Dryades YMCA board of director
Experts: 3-foot rule in schools problematic in light of COVID variants | CIDRAPExperts: 3-foot rule in schools problematic in light of COVID variants Halfpoint / iStock Late last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued updated guidance on school reopening, saying that 3 feet, not 6 feet, of physical distancing between students was sufficient in most elementary schools—regardless of the level of community spread of COVID-19. At the same time that CD
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CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Palm Sunday Edition (3/28)CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Palm Sunday Edition (3/28) Palm Sunday Edition Yeah, that snuck up fast. Let me remind you that you can get a daily dose of education commentary on the Network for Public Education Blog of Blogs . Meanwhile, let's see what we've got on tap here. Ayanna Presley wants girls of color to stop being punished disproportionately Rep. Presley is trying again with legislation to dis
THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, March 28, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreformBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Illinois COVID today: Simeon Career Academy student Zmaya Bell dies at 18 - ABC7 Chicago - https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-chicago-cases-
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