Sunday, April 18, 2021

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Black Urban Crises and Push-Out “Engineered” with David Stovall | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/04/black-urban-crises-and-push-out.html

Flagship universities fail to enroll Black and Latino high school graduates from their state https://hechingerreport.org/flagship-universities-fail-to-enroll-black-and-latino-high-school-graduates-from-their-state/

Elite Universities Welcome More Diverse Freshman Class https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/us/minority-acceptance-ivy-league-cornell.html

A solution to the cycle of poverty? https://hechingerreport.org/a-solution-to-the-cycle-of-poverty/

LAUSD unequal reopening: Nearly full classrooms on Westside, emptier elsewhere http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/4-tpXlZSePM/survey-shows-how-covid-school-reopenings-differ-across-la

They Call Us Bruce 123: They Call Us Raya and the Last Dragon http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/angryasianman/hMam/~3/jKdYd9BE_VU/they-call-us-bruce-123-they-call-us.html

Here’s What a Civilian Climate Corps Might Look Like http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/motherjones/main/~3/iWXpoU_eDQc/

Parents Speak Out As School Districts Continue To Get Buses Running Again For All Students – CBS Sacramento - https://cbsloc.al/3uRYqmF on /cbssacramento

Infographic: “Language Acquisition Milestones” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=116946 on @Larryferlazzo

SEL Weekly Update | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=116948 on @Larryferlazzo

Intensive Parenting Is Bad for Parents' Social Lives - The Atlantic - https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/04/intensive-parenting-bad-parents-social-lives/618629/ on @theatlantic

Everyone getting pegged with a charter school audit - https://nondoc.com/?p=21855 by @https://twitter.com/thricesavage on @nondocmedia

A year ago, another | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-29E on @wordpressdotcom


Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Taxes Are Done Edition (4/18) - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi_18.html


Big Education Ape: Laura Chapman on Michael Fullan | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/laura-chapman-on-michael-fullan-diane.html


Big Education Ape: The Biggest Loser – Grumpy Old Teacher - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-biggest-loser-grumpy-old-teacher.html


Big Education Ape: “Are You Popular?” An Educational Film from the 1940s | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/are-you-popular-educational-film-from.html



What's "Woke" And What's "Whack" About How Teachers Are Being Prepared? - Philly's 7th Ward
by Mike Simpson / 42min
WHAT’S “WOKE” AND WHAT’S “WHACK” ABOUT HOW TEACHERS ARE BEING PREPARED? Effective teachers can change and save lives , but being a great teacher is hard . The challenge is especially acute in our high-poverty, under-resourced public schools where teacher tenure is lowest . Black and brown students are twice as likely to attend one of these schools than their white peers. As nearly 80 percent of
EdAction in Congress April 18, 2021 - Education Votes
by Mike Simpson / 42min
EdAction in Congress April 18, 2021 Senate advances bill to address hate crimes targeting Asian-Americans The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act (S. 937) will soon come to the Senate floor following an overwhelming, bipartisan 92-6 vote in favor of advancing it. Introduced by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), the bill would strengthen federal efforts to address hate crimes targeting Asian-Americans in several way
Ed Notes Online: UFT Mayoral Endorsement: Sunday 7 PM Educators of NYC Zooms in on Endorsement Process; Monday, special Ex Bd and DA
by Mike Simpson / 42min
UFT Mayoral Endorsement: Sunday 7 PM Educators of NYC Zooms in on Endorsement Process; Monday, special Ex Bd and DA I wouldn't endorse any candidate who is for continuing mayoral control. But none of them want to give up that vast power over so much of the budget so I don't think it will every go away. Also the educational/industrial complex has a lot of money riding on continuing mayoral contro
SEIU sets strike dates in Sacramento City Unified School District for custodians, food service workers
by Mike Simpson / 42min
Union sets strike dates in Sacramento City Unified School District for custodians, food service workers The union representing school support staff contends it still has concerns about safety and affordable child care for its members SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The ongoing stalemate in labor negotiations between the Sacramento City Unified School District and the Service Employees International Union c
Angie Sullivan: In the Nevada Charter Industry, Conflicts of Interest Are Rampant | Diane Ravitch's blog
by Mike Simpson / 42min
Angie Sullivan: In the Nevada Charter Industry, Conflicts of Interest Are Rampant Angie Sullivan teaches first-grade students in a Title I school in Las Vegas. She writes regularly to every member of the legislature and to journalists to tell them what it is like from a teacher’s perspective. She wrote this missive: Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod should recuse herself from charter school legislation. I
Will the Teacher Union (UFT) “Select” the Next Mayor (and other electeds) in New York City? | Ed In The Apple
by Mike Simpson / 42min
Will the Teacher Union (UFT) “Select” the Next Mayor (and other electeds) in New York City? On June 22 registered Democratic voters will go to the polls to select the Democratic candidates (and probably the November victor) for Mayor, Comptroller, Boro Presidents, District Attorneys and 37 of the 51 member City Council; a sweeping change in the governance of New York City. You may be going the p
My New Band Is: The Indoctrinated Rich - My New Band Is
by Mike Simpson / 42min
My New Band Is: The Indoctrinated Rich On the Brearley dad, what indoctrination means in the context of education, and private schools that are segregation academies If Bari Weiss has a post- New York Times “beat”, it’s defending rich white private school parents from the horrors of racial awareness. And credit where credit is due, she seems to have become the go-to writer on that beat for the a
Let the Children Play – My Prescription for Covid “Learning Loss” | gadflyonthewallblog
by Mike Simpson / 42min
Let the Children Play – My Prescription for Covid “Learning Loss” Things are different in school these days. The classes are smaller. The kids are more subdued. The teachers are exhausted . But that’s life as we try to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic and somehow get back to normal. I come into the room every day and sit behind a glass barrier. My kids either stumble in from the hall wearing masks
NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER
by Mike Simpson / 42min
NewBlackMan (in Exile) NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_17.html Invisible Blackness –The Notorious PhD: A Level Playing Field, an Interview with Todd Boyd by Mark Anthony Neal / 2h " Todd Boyd, aka "Notorious Ph.D." is a Professor of Cinema and Media Studies a

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