Thursday, April 1, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Thursday, April 1, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform

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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES 



Some school districts to only give standardized tests to students whose parents request it - https://westchester.news12.com/some-school-districts-to-only-give-standardized-tests-to-students-whose-parents-request-it

High school students cry foul after teachers use 'BS propaganda' videos from far-right Prager U to teach classes https://www.rawstory.com/prager-university-in-public-schools/

False Barriers: These Things Should Not Prevent You From Getting a COVID Vaccine — ProPublica - https://www.propublica.org/article/false-barriers-these-things-should-not-prevent-you-from-getting-a-covid-vaccine via @propublica

Education Research Report: Mental health support at schools helps male, but not female, students feel safe from bullying - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Educators and advocates fear pandemic will widen Philadelphia’s literacy gaps https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/31/22360587/educators-and-advocates-fear-pandemic-will-widen-philadelphias-literacy-gaps via @ChalkbeatPHL

PA Charter Change Roundup: April 1, 2021 - https://us1.campaign-archive.com/

The Smartest Horse Ever? | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tO6 via @dianeravitch

Visibility Alone Will Not Keep Transgender Youth Safe https://popularresistance.org/visibility-alone-will-not-keep-transgender-youth-safe/

Colleges must help K-12 students recover academically from school closures and other challenges (opinion) - https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2021/04/01/colleges-must-help-k-12-students-recover-academically-school-closures-and-other

Campus mental health counselors should focus on their role as educators (opinion) https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2021/03/31/campus-mental-health-counselors-should-focus-their-role-educators-opinion#.YGXy_OV1qoU.twitter

Joe Biden, Which Side Are You On? - WSJ - https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-which-side-are-you-on-11617229118 by @danhenninger on @WSJ

A French city announced it would serve meatless school lunches. The backlash was swift. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22360062/meat-vegetarian-vegan-lyon-france-culture-identity

Sacramento teacher under fire for accusing parents of 'pearl-clutching white supremacist hysteria' for wanting kids back in school http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/-rKLjEtiCVw/

School leaders assess lessons learned and prospects for return to in-person learning https://www.njspotlight.com/video/school-leaders-assess-lessons-learned-and-prospects-for-return-to-in-person-learning/

Cleaning A College In A Pandemic: 'Without Us This Campus Shuts Down' https://www.npr.org/2021/04/01/983127382/cleaning-a-college-in-a-pandemic-without-us-this-campus-shuts-down

Former Macy's Store In Vermont Is Converted Into High School https://www.npr.org/2021/04/01/983314927/former-macys-store-in-vermont-is-converted-into-high-school

Child Care in Crisis: Can Biden’s Plan Save It? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/us/child-care-centers-crisis.html

D.C. Urban Moms forum allows parents to gab about schools but reinforces segregation, study finds https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-urban-moms-school-segregation-study/2021/03/31/8320b6e4-9160-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html

Pre-K may boost math scores even eight years later https://hechingerreport.org/pre-k-may-boost-math-scores-even-eight-years-later/

OPINION: Schools can help us build back better and address climate change https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-schools-can-help-us-build-back-better-and-address-climate-change/

Big changes: Stitt signs student transfer, education funding adjustments https://nondoc.com/2021/03/31/stitt-signs-student-transfer-education-funding-adjustments/ via @nondocmedia

Racism and Its Deadly Cousins by Ben Jealous | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/03/racism-and-its-deadly-cousins-by-ben.html

U.S. braces for potential fourth COVID-19 wave as variants spread, espec... https://youtu.be/USE5USAodiI via @YouTube

Students who are homeless in Philadelphia are vastly under-counted which hurts their chances for support - https://www.inquirer.com/news/under-identifying-homeless-students-school-district-of-philadelphia-20210401.html#new_tab via @PhillyInquirer

Some 250,000 Houston-area students haven't returned to classrooms, will finish school year at home - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/houston-students-not-returning-class-covid-250K-16066718.php#new_tab on @houstonchron

DeSantis proposes $1,000 bonuses for teachers, principals from federal stimulus money https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article250345606.html

In-Person Students And Remote Staff: Can CPS Make It Work? | WBEZ Chicago - https://www.wbez.org/stories/thousands-of-cps-students-return-to-classrooms-in-april-will-schools-have-enough-staff/7864f353-e3df-448e-8d67-3360a68e79fc

First legal challenge to charter school funding move by State Board of Education is filed | Education | tulsaworld.com - https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/education/first-legal-challenge-to-charter-school-funding-move-by-state-board-of-education-is-filed/article_e61a860e-927c-11eb-9087-5f58b2bb7d6b.html#new_tab by @https://www.twitter.com/@AndreaEger on @tulsaworld

For Some Students, Back to School Means In-Classroom Zoom - https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/04/01/for-some-high-schoolers--back-to-school-means-in-classroom-zoom-lessons#new_tab

SF school board member Alison Collins sues district, colleagues over response to her tweets - https://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/SF-school-board-member-Alison-Collins-sues-16068075.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle

Alabama Upholds Ban on Yoga in Schools, Citing Hindu Influence - https://www.insider.com/alabama-upholds-ban-on-yoga-in-schools-citing-hindu-influence-2021-4#new_tab

Iowa senators advance charter school expansion | Govt-and-politics | qctimes.com - https://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/iowa-senators-advance-charter-school-expansion/article_2b65bb28-5cd0-5dfc-aa98-5eb87605eca5.html#new_tab on @qctimes

3 Carrollton-Farmers Branch teachers placed on leave after racist language about Asian Americans used on test, district says | khou.com - https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/texas/carrollton-farmers-branch-isd-test-inappropriate-language-about-asian-americans/287-1ee817d6-8d10-4d4e-9cf7-e77c1ad98de5#new_tab on KHOU

Gov. Kevin Stitt signs Oklahoma school funding, open transfer bills - https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/31/gov-kevin-stitt-signs-oklahoma-school-funding-open-transfer-bills/4813567001/#new_tab via @theoklahoman_

N.J. district reverses course, postpones return to classrooms as COVID cases rise - nj.com - https://www.nj.com/education/2021/04/nj-district-reverses-course-postpones-return-to-classrooms-as-covid-cases-rise.html#new_tab on @njdotcom

Texas GOP state lawmaker introduces bill to ban critical race theory in state public schools | Fox News - https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-bill-bans-critical-race-theory-public-schools#new_tab on @foxnews

March Madness Could Spark a Title IX Reckoning http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/ueOBIL4heqg/

Unions demand Biden cancel student debt for public service workers https://politi.co/3sKRfMp via @politico


Big Education Ape: Oklahoma: A Sick Joke on the Public | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/oklahoma-sick-joke-on-public-diane.html


Big Education Ape: Kevin Welner: Parents Thrilled with Return of Testing! | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/kevin-welner-parents-thrilled-with.html


Big Education Ape: There Can Be No Equity without Community and Empathy – radical eyes for equity - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/there-can-be-no-equity-without.html



LOLGOP: The entire GOP is fixated on kids’ genitalia | Eclectablog
by Mike Simpson / 29min
The entire GOP is fixated on kids’ genitalia | Eclectablog The entire GOP is fixated on kids’ genitalia It’s not just Matt Gaetz The GOP’s failure when it comes to Covid-19 — which is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths, according to a Lancet commission — is even more unforgivable when you realize how effective and focused Republicans can be when it comes to something they care about,
School Violence In U.S. Thwarted When Others Speak Up: Report | Across America, US Patch
by Mike Simpson / 29min
School Violence In U.S. Thwarted When Others Speak Up: Report Early intervention not only stopped dozens of school shootings. It also kept 100 kids from becoming killers. Averting Targeted School Violence (pdf) The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States (271K .pdf) Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Ma
Need some advice about a tattoo | Cloaking Inequity
by Mike Simpson / 29min
NEED SOME ADVICE ABOUT A TATTOO I need some advice today. I made a bad decision to get a tattoo when I lived in Houston back in 1999. How much would it cost to get my large @walmart tattoo removed? Need some advice about a tattoo | Cloaking Inequity
Jeb Crow, pt. 5: Reformers, you long ago stopped being the good guys -- if you ever were. Will you join us now? - Public Enemy Number 1
by Mike Simpson / 29min
Jeb Crow, pt. 5: Reformers, you long ago stopped being the good guys -- if you ever were. Will you join us now? Help us end Big Test/Jeb Crow. We could create equity together by rebuilding the capacity you've helped bad people destroy. You may have to swallow some pride; but what's most important to you? Part 1: Florida's voucher segregation factories imitate pre-Brown American education - only
The “Learning Loss” Pandemic | The Merrow Report
by Mike Simpson / 29min
The “Learning Loss” Pandemic “Learning Loss” has grown to pandemic proportions, devastating the lives of millions of young people, particularly here in the United States. Worse yet, “Learning Loss” is mutating, and today an astounding 16 different and uniquely challenging manifestations have been identified. To save their students, our teachers will need to acquire a specific skill set that will
Teacher Tom: Paying It Forward
by Mike Simpson / 29min
Paying It Forward One five-year-old boy frequently brought a toy from home to school with him: a truck, an action figure, a play set of some sort. His father cautioned his son each morning while dropping him off, "It might get lost." "It might get broken." He would offer, "I can take it with me. I'll keep it in the car so you can have it as soon as school is over." But the boy resisted. He wante
Are Social Studies Teachers Politically Biased? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
by Mike Simpson / 29min
Are Social Studies Teachers Politically Biased? A journalist I have known for decades and have great respect for recently asked me a question that required me to think, click on a bunch of websites, and re-read the work of a popular historian who died in 2010. The Washington Post ‘s Jay Mathews has written about education for nearly a half-century.* He emailed me the following question:** Hi Lar
My series of videos about school math finally complete! | Gary Rubinstein's Blog
by Mike Simpson / 29min
My series of videos about school math finally complete! Though I am most likely known to those who read my blog as a miracle school debunker, a TFA watchdog, or a education research number cruncher, the thing that I do most with my time is do math, think about teaching math, and teach math. Sometimes an ed reform twitter troll will accuse me of just being a nay sayer who has nothing positive to
Texas: Senate Education Committee Guts Local Control of Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog
by Mike Simpson / 29min
Texas: Senate Education Committee Guts Local Control of Schools The Texas Senate Education Committee bowed to the wishes of the powerful charter lobby and granted sole power to the State Commissioner (appointed by the Governor) to approve charter schools. His decisions can be vetoed only by a supermajority of the State Board of Education. The State Commissioner of Education is Mike Morath. He is
NYC Public School Parents: Latest Talk out of School podcast with Jasmine Gripper of AQE and MS principal Michael Perlberg
by Mike Simpson / 29min
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Alfie Kohn: Dewey, Piaget, and Frosted Mini Wheats | National Education Policy Center
by Mike Simpson / 29min
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(PDF) In School for After School: The Relationship Between Extracurricular Participation and School Engagement | Karlyn Gorski - Academia edu
by Mike Simpson / 29min
(PDF) In School for After School: The Relationship Between Extracurricular Participation and School Engagement | Karlyn Gorski - Academia.edu In School for After School: The Relationship Between Extracurricular Participation and School Engagement In School for After School: The Relationship Between Extracurricular Participation and School Engagement Sociological Forum, 2021 Karlyn Gorski This pap
ANDRE M. PERRY: Standardized tests aren’t the problem, it’s how we use them - Brookings
by Mike Simpson / 29min
Standardized tests aren’t the problem, it’s how we use them Standardized tests aren’t the problem, it’s how we use them Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is refusing to back down on a federal requirement that states must administer standardized tests this year, although a letter to state leaders from the Department of Education last month said that states will have flexibility on how to apply re

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