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COVID in schools: How Education Secretary Cardona would get kids back - https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/03/02/covid-19-back-to-school-plan-education-secretary-miguel-cardona/6885515002/#new_tab via @usatoday
Education Research Report: 'Explicit instruction' provides dramatic benefits in learning to read - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/
Two different teachers, two different views on Philadelphia’s reopening https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/2/22310419/two-different-teachers-two-different-views-on-philadelphias-reopening via @ChalkbeatPHL
World Poetry Day Is On March 21st – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=115968 on @Larryferlazzo
Homeroom: I Can’t Keep Prodding My Son to Do His Work http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/5gIiC0G_Jno/
Don’t Help Your Kids With Homework http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/NWl0w2NznPU/
You’re Going to Miss Us When We’re Gone - LA Progressive - https://www.laprogressive.com/?p=363440
Major US school districts reopen despite spread of more contagious and lethal COVID-19 variants https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/02/schl-m02.html
President Joe Biden urges states to vaccinate teachers, school staff this month - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/02/president-joe-biden-urges-states-to-vaccinate-teachers-school-staff-this-month.html by @WillFOIA on @CNBC
Union-sponsored deal announced in Philadelphia to reopen elementary schools on Monday https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/03/phila-m03.html
COVID education: Schools can't simply follow the NFL example and open - https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/03/03/schools-cant-simply-follow-nfl-example-and-open-covid-column/4576917001/ via @usatoday
No, Joe Biden and schools didn't "cancel" Dr. Seuss – but the right wants you to think they did https://www.salon.com/2021/03/02/dr-seuss-cancel-culture-books-biden/
Federal Program Will Send Every Chicago Public Schools Student $450 for Food Expenses https://www.theroot.com/federal-program-will-send-every-chicago-public-schools-1846390351
University of Texas Donors Threaten to Pull Donations If School Gets Rid of Racist Fight Song https://www.theroot.com/university-of-texas-donors-threaten-to-pull-donations-i-1846388838
Dr. Seuss’ Estate Pulls 6 Books From Circulation Due to Racist Imagery. Conservatives Predictably Throw a Temper Tantrum Over ‘Cancel Culture’ https://www.theroot.com/dr-seuss-estate-pulls-6-books-from-circulation-due-to-1846389786
In San Antonio, teachers hit the streets in search of students disappearing from online learning https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/03/texas-schools-missing-students/
Caught by surprise, Texas education officials unsure how end of mask mandate will affect schools https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/02/texas-schools-masks-coronavirus/
How can we support teachers and their mental health amid COVID-19? http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/Ty_tyBlHhWA/how-to-help-teachers-mental-health-covid-19
Schools Look To Algorithms To Flag Students Who May Harm Themselves https://www.npr.org/2021/03/03/973198164/schools-look-to-algorithms-to-flag-students-who-may-harm-themselves
NYC gave out 450,000 iPads for remote learning, but schoolkids can’t use tablets to take AP’s online exams, company says https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-digital-ap-exams-ipads-20210303-5owtxb2djfe5hajzpbtpqxgcui-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
A Betsy DeVos Holdover Is Still In Charge Of America’s Student Loans https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-brown-federal-student-aid-betsy-devos-biden_n_603fada6c5b617a7e412143f
Sacramento Parents, School Officials Weigh-In New School Reopening Deal https://cbsloc.al/3e7oAwq#.YD_NhCcPKBc.twitter
A Back-to-School Deal (San Diego News Now) | KPBS - https://www.kpbs.org/podcasts/san-diego-news-now/2021/mar/02/back-school-deal/
School Finance 101: A Few Thoughts on School Funding and Pandemic Relief | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10791 on @NEPCtweet
Go to This Link to See Best Posts of the Day | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tHA via @dianeravitch
NYC Educator: Teacher Evaluation--Not Quite Better than Nothing, but... - http://nyceducator.com/2021/03/teacher-evaluation-not-quite-better.html
Baltimore County educator unions file legal challenge against school district over medical accommodations - Baltimore Sun - https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-unions-injunction-schools-20210302-20210303-t72iya4vkngz7gmthkclfwziii-story.html#new_tab via @baltimoresun
More teachers plan to quit as Covid stress overwhelms educators https://cnb.cx/3b4CLRi
Committee revives WV non-public school vouchers bill, but with lower per-student amount | Legislative Session | wvgazettemail.com - https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/legislative_session/committee-revives-wv-non-public-school-vouchers-bill-but-with-lower-per-student-amount/article_5e38355e-0729-5e94-8b74-cc5c40bc243f.html#new_tab on @wvgazettemail
Letter sent to struggling Duval HomeRoom students to return to brick-and-mortar - https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/education/2021/03/03/letter-sent-thousands-struggling-duval-homeroom-students-return-brick-and-mortar/6901363002/#new_tab via @jaxdotcom
Texas teachers’ unions say Abbott’s mask mandate reversal could have ‘disastrous consequences’ - https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/03/02/texas-teachers-unions-say-abbotts-mask-mandate-reversal-could-have-disastrous-consequences/#new_tab on KSAT
Diversity training at Iowa schools subject of Republican bills - https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/01/republican-bills-free-speech-racism-sexism-diversity-training-iowa-schools/6870498002/#new_tab via @DMRegister
Biden prepares blitz of action to prod schools to reopen https://politi.co/3b8ILIA via @politico
MN grant program ‘largely unsuccessful’ at producing teachers of color, Legislative Auditor finds – Twin Cities - https://wp.me/p79gJ9-g5xC on @pioneerpress
Big Education Ape: Is the Dr. Seuss controversy a tempest in a teapot? Hell no. – Fred Klonsky - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/is-dr-seuss-controversy-tempest-in.html
Big Education Ape: #COVIDTestingNotStandardizedTesting: Schools Need #VaccinationsNotExaminations – I AM AN EDUCATOR - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/covidtestingnotstandardizedtesting.html
Big Education Ape: Ed Notes Online: Fred Smith/Robin Jacobowitz: Why Biden Admin Support for Testing in Pandemic is Wrong - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/ed-notes-online-fred-smithrobin.html
Big Education Ape: From Sec. Cardona: A Letter to Parents & Students - ED.gov Blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/from-sec-cardona-letter-to-parents.html
Big Education Ape: Teacher Tom: Talking to Ourselves - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/teacher-tom-talking-to-ourselves.html
Only 4% Of U.S. Kids Live In Counties Where Schools Should Be OpenOnly 4% Of U.S. Kids Live In Counties Where Schools Should Be Fully Open A New York Times analysis of the CDC’s guidelines for reopening elementary schools posits that very few U.S. counties even meet the CDC’s thresholds for in-person learning In the last few weeks, the CDC, along with many states that previously barred in-person classroom learning, have been making a concerted effort to get ki
Biden administration's push for standardized tests irks teachers unions, state leaders - POLITICOBiden administration's push for standardized tests irks teachers unions, state leaders The Education Department is resuming standardized testing requirements after a one-year pause. President Joe Biden came into office with millions of kids learning remotely, teachers afraid of getting sick and parents balancing too much at home. Now, they also have to worry about standardized tests. Biden’s adm
Naima Coster’s “What’s Mine and Yours” Complicates the School Segregation Story | Bitch Media“What’s Mine and Yours” Complicates the School Segregation Story It has been more than 60 years since Brown v. Board of Education legally desegregated U.S. schools, but schools are as segregated now as they’ve ever been. In 2014, Nikole Hannah-Jones, then a reporter for ProPublica , opened many people’s eyes when she chronicled how the segregation embedded in Ferguson, Missouri’s school system c
Give Thanks to Our Teachers for Braving the Pandemic! | Diane Ravitch's blogGive Thanks to Our Teachers for Braving the Pandemic! I am breaking my recent promise not to post articles that were previously published, but this is one of those rare exceptions to the rule, because it would not get the national audience it deserves without reposting it here. This article by Sandra Vohs, president of the Fort Wayne Education Association, appeared originally in the Fort Wayne J
Beware: Here Is How to Wreck Your State’s Public Schools | janressegerBeware: Here Is How to Wreck Your State’s Public Schools Many state legislatures are currently considering new private school tuition vouchers or planning to expand long running voucher programs, tuition tax credit vouchers, and education savings account vouchers. Ohio provides a stark warning about the potential damage of rapidly growing school privatization at public expense. In a column in Su
Education Matters: Superintendent Greene says she supports staff, but her actions often speak louder than her words. + How teachers elected DeSantis and may do so againEducation Matters: Superintendent Greene says she supports staff, but her actions often speak louder than her words. Superintendent Greene says she supports staff, but her actions often speak louder than her words. Superintendent Green recently sent me a note. She was replying to something I had sent to the school board about the frustration so many teachers are experiencing. Thank you for sharin
Mike Klonsky's Blog: Capitalism 2.0. Is the lion really lying down with the lamb?Capitalism 2.0. Is the lion really lying down with the lamb? What's going on here? Corporate America, Hollywood, and NFL owners all rebranding and advertising Black Lives Matter themes, doling out billions in philanthropic grants to left and progressive organizations, and even heaping faint praise on socialists. From watching the TV ads, one would think that the Fortune 500 corporations had all
Don’t Punish the Students! | Live Long and ProsperDon’t Punish the Students! TESTING, TESTING, TESTING Anyone who has been paying attention to education news knows that the Biden administration has, at least at the time of this writing (Mar 2, 2021), refused to cancel the required federal testing for this school year despite the pandemic and despite Candidate Biden’s promises to the contrary. In her blog, Diane Ravitch reminded us… The Biden ad
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/2021/02/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_27.html La Brega: An Encyclopedia of Betrayal by Mark Anthony Neal / 13h " Photographer Chris Gregory-Rivera examines the legacy of the surveillance files known in Puerto Rico as las carpetas — produced f
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 Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_27.html World
AFT President Randi Weingarten Welcomes Biden Administration’s Plan to Prioritize Educators for Vaccinations | American Federation of TeachersAFT President Randi Weingarten Welcomes Biden Administration’s Plan to Prioritize Educators for Vaccinations WASHINGTON— American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement in response to the announcement that the Biden administration will challenge every state to prioritize vaccinating educators and school staff, and will authorize the use of the Federal Re
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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Tuesday, March 2, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #openonlywhensafeBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES ‘These buildings are not all created equal’: Philadelphia district plans to reopen 53 schools March 8 - Chalkbeat Philadelphia -
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