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President Biden calls for historic investment in Title I https://educationvotes.nea.org/2021/04/09/president-biden-calls-for-historic-investment-in-title-i/
Child Nutrition Program Resources Slides - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/teamnutrncnpresources.asp
NYC Educator: What Do We Really Need to Open Buildings Successfully? - http://nyceducator.com/2021/04/what-do-we-really-need-to-open-school.html
Urgent: Stop Federally Funded Charter Expansion - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/cspmoratorium/ via @Network4pubEd
Gov. Newsom wants schools, to reopen fully by fall; will they? https://edsource.org/podcast/gavin-newsom-directs-schools-colleges-to-reopen-fully-after-june-15-will-they-really
Biden’s infrastructure plan is a good start for schools; Congress can improve it https://educationvotes.nea.org/2021/04/09/bidens-infrastructure-plan-is-a-good-start-for-schools-congress-can-improve-it/
Include healthy school meals in the American Families Plan https://educationvotes.nea.org/2021/04/09/include-healthy-school-meals-in-the-american-families-plan/
The CDC Says Racism Is A Public Health Threat. Here's What It Means | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/04/the-cdc-says-racism-is-public-health.html
Pfizer asks to OK Covid vaccine for younger teens https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/09/pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-teens-480611
Technical difficulties hampered the STAAR test. One Austin teacher called it a sign. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/10/staar-testing-texas/
Behind The Lens episode 122: ‘We just didn’t know if it was crazy, or if it was going to do what we hoped’ https://thelensnola.org/2021/04/09/behind-the-lens-episode-122-we-just-didnt-know-if-it-was-crazy-or-if-it-was-going-to-do-what-we-hoped/
Four Words Gates and His Pals Despise: Democracy and Minimum Support Price https://dissidentvoice.org/2021/04/four-words-gates-and-his-pals-despise-democracy-and-minimum-support-price/
More than 40,000 NYC families switch to in-person classes, majority will remain remote for rest of school year https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-opt-in-in-person-40000-20210409-xmpueuqdgzcmdnjo4leg2ezn64-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
A Teacher Marched to the Capitol. When She Got Home, the Fight Began. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/us/politics/kristine-hostetter-capitol.html
Things to know about Sacramento City Unified School District's reopening plan https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-city-unified-school-districts-reopening-plan/36055034
Photos: What In-Person Classes Look Like In The Sacramento Region https://www.capradio.org/articles/2021/04/08/photos-what-in-person-classes-look-like-in-the-sacramento-region/
Many Sacramento Students Are Choosing To Continue Learning At Home Despite School Openings https://www.capradio.org/articles/2021/04/09/many-sacramento-students-are-choosing-to-continue-learning-at-home-despite-school-openings/
D.C. mayor proposes boost in education spending as she calls on schools to fully reopen in the fall https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-education-spending/2021/04/09/989cb434-9929-11eb-a6d0-13d207aadb78_story.html?tid=ss_tw
Salt Lake City is going to start classes an hour later so high schoolers can sleep in - https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2021/04/08/salt-lake-city-is-going/#new_tab by https://www.facebook.com/saltlaketribune on @sltrib
5 new NC charter schools OK’d to open in 2022. Why Wake officials tried to block one. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article250504174.html
Biden proposes doubling Title I, sending even more money to high-poverty schools https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/9/22375692/biden-proposes-doubling-title-i-sending-high-poverty-schools via @Chalkbeat
Organized labor in Bend draws praise from national advocate https://www.opb.org/article/2021/04/10/bend-hospital-workers-strike-st-charles-health-system-american-federation-of-teachers/
Ahead of reopening, Sacramento City schools declare labor impasse https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-city-schools-declare-labor-impasse-before-reopening/36049160
Big Education Ape: Acceleration Nation | Teacher in a strange land - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/acceleration-nation-teacher-in-strange.html
West Virginia: The Great Charter School Swindle | Diane Ravitch's blogWest Virginia: The Great Charter School Swindle State Senator Mike Romano of West Virginia wrote an article about the hoax of charter schools, which will cost the state’s public schools hundreds of millions of dollars without improving education. He wrote: In the shadows of Covid, bills have passed during the 2021 Legislative session that will move West Virginia backwards. From the weakening or
Moving from Performing as a Student to Performing as a Scholar: More on Writing and Citation – radical eyes for equityMoving from Performing as a Student to Performing as a Scholar: More on Writing and Citation The first time I recall being viewed as “good at writing” was in high school when I submitted a parody of my friends and teachers for a short story assignment; this was probably my junior year of high school during Mr. Harrill’s American literature class, and I am quite certain that I would be mortified
David C. Berliner: A Hug for Jennifer | Diane Ravitch's blogDavid C. Berliner: A Hug for Jennifer David C. Berliner, one of our nation’s most honored researchers of education, shared this essay for readers of the blog. A Hug for Jennifer I met Jennifer for the first time at a party. She taught elementary school to mostly white, mostly middle-class kids in a suburb of San Francisco. We chatted about education for a while and she invited me to visit her cl
Bob Braun Explains the Opposition to Billionaire-Funded “Reform” | Diane Ravitch's blogBob Braun Explains the Opposition to Billionaire-Funded “Reform” Bob Braun was an education reporter for 50 years. After he retired from the New Jersey Star-Ledger, he began blogging and paid close and critical attention to the state takeover of Newark. This column , posted in 2014, is as timely now as it was when it first appeared. Let’s get this straight. Those of us opposed to the structural
School Finance Indicators Database - HomeSchool Finance Indicators Database Big Education Ape: Getting School Finance Indicators Right – School Finance 101 - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/getting-school-finance-indicators-right.html Big Education Ape: The Adequacy and Fairness of State School Finance Systems (second edition) | School Finance Indicators Database - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-adequacy-
No Pause in Indiana’s Push for Privatization | Live Long and ProsperNo Pause in Indiana’s Push for Privatization Should we give a cheer that the Indiana Senate eased up on the offensive expansion of vouchers that the Indiana House passed in its 2021 Budget bill? THE HOUSE VERSION The House version gave nearly 40% of all new education money to the less than 5% of the state’s students in the form of increased voucher spending, including money for unaccountable ESA
CURMUDGUCATION: NH: Another Lesson In Charter School FailureNH: Another Lesson In Charter School Failure Stephanie Alicea has been around education for a while. She was the Community Service Coordinator at Merrimack Valley High School in Penacook, NH from 2003 to 2007. In 2010 she went back finished a BA in Psychology and went right into a MEd program at New England College . She taught health and phys ed at various high schools. In 2016, her son Samuel,
THE CONTINUAL REPACKAGING AND RESELLING OF EDUCATION POLICY – Dad Gone WildTHE CONTINUAL REPACKAGING AND RESELLING OF EDUCATION POLICY “Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.” ― Primo Levi Legend has it that American’s once appreciated quality, and built things that last. When things broke down, we didn’t rush out and buy a new one b
DC OSSE Shenanigans deprive DC youngsters of an education | GFBrandenburg's BlogDC OSSE Shenanigans deprive DC youngsters of an education This is amazingly damning stuff from Valerie Jablow. For example the charts at the very end of this post shows that in DC’s >>charter Bottom line: while the attendance and scholarship problems of DCPS have been widely publicized, the ones in the charter schools are not only worse but are actively hidden. From: educationdc comment-reply@wo
THIS WEEK FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONTHIS WEEK FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Secretary Cardona Continues “Help is Here” School Reopening Tour with Visits to Schools in Philadelphia and Upper Darby, Pennsylvania 4d On Tuesday, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will continue the “Help is Here” School Reopening Tour, visiting schools in Philadelphia and Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. The visits are part of the Biden Administrati
Network for Public Education Blog Post of the Day This WeekBlog Posts Archive - Network For Public Education Network for Public Education Blog Posts of the Day This Week Blog Post of the Day Our NPE Blogs of the Day feature what we think are interesting and important blog posts centered on issues of public education. The views expressed by the bloggers are, of course, entirely their own. To submit links and tips for inclusion, please send an email to npe
THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes itDad Gone Wild – Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it. THE CONTINUAL REPACKAGING AND RESELLING OF EDUCATION POLICY by TC Weber / 19h “Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.” ― Primo Levi Legend has it that American’s once appreciated quality, and built things t
TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORTTENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT EDUCATION POLITICS AND POLICY IN THE VOLUNTEER STATE Unity Group in Chattanooga Opposes ASD 2.0 26 by Andy Spears / 1d Amid reports that Gov. Bill Lee is pushing legislation to extend the life of the failed Achievement School District, the Unity Group of Chattanooga has announced opposition to the move. In an opinion piece , Sherman Matthews and Eric Atkins (Chair and
TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION + Teacher Tom: Let's Turn The World Around: Teacher Tom's Play SummitTeacher Tom TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Teacher Tom: Let's Turn The World Around: Teacher Tom's Play Summit We heard it from Mandela, "Turn this world around, For the children" - turn this world around. He's done it once before, and now we hear his call For the children, turn this world around. Turn, turn, turn, Turn this world around For the children, turn this world aroun
SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONCalifornia Department of Education SSPI TONY THURMOND STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Child Nutrition Program Resources Slides 18h Web page provides information on Team Nutrition Child Nutrition Program (CNP) resources slides. CNP Operators can use slides to learn about school meals resources, Child and Adult Care Food Program resources, and summer meals resources. Adv
THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTERNewBlackMan (in Exile) THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) H.E.R. Is A 'Soul Baby' With A Social Conscience by Mark Anthony Neal / 12h "The morning after winning two Grammy awards, R&B singer H.E.R. received an Oscar nomination for the song "Fight For You" from the film Judas and the Black Messiah . "When I came out the womb, there were instruments in the living room," H.E.R. tells All Things C
THIS WEEK Education Research ReportEducation Research Report New report lacks validity and reliability in promoting the benefits of micro-credentials. by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d New America recently published a report, Harnessing Micro-Credentials for Teacher Growth: A National Review of Early Best Practices , that champions ways that micro-credentials have been used to allow teachers to move up the career ladder, receive higher
THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 Statistic Of The Day: Biden Budget Proposes Huge Increase To Support High-Poverty Schools by Larry Ferlazzo / 52min Biden seeks huge funding increases for education, health care and environmental protection in first budget request to Congress is a Washington Post article detailing the Biden Administra
KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all #REDFORED #tbats #CANCELTHETESTDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all David C. Berliner: A Hug for Jennifer by dianeravitch / 33min David C. Berliner, one of our nation’s most honored researchers of education, shared this essay for readers of the blog. A Hug for Jennifer I met Jennifer for the first time at a party
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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, April 9, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreformBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Cardona’s Decision to Grant D.C. Testing Waiver Rankles Education Officials | Education News | US News - https://www.usnews.com/news/education-
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