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Bricolage Academy educators request NLRB union election | The Lens https://thelensnola.org/2021/04/20/bricolage-academy-educators-request-nlrb-union-election/

Progress on Early Retirement Incentive | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-29S on @wordpressdotcom

How The Pandemic Changed The College Admissions Selection Process This Year http://feeds.scpr.org/~r/893KpccSouthernCaliforniaNews-Education/~3/9BoD0hC7VxY/

'We Need To Be Nurtured, Too': Many Teachers Say They're Reaching A Breaking Point http://feeds.scpr.org/~r/893KpccSouthernCaliforniaNews-Education/~3/3FgXpsfb8hU/

How to Talk About Police Brutality with Children https://www.momsrising.org/blog/how-to-talk-about-police-brutality-with-children

Jersey City school district reverses in-person learning plans https://www.njspotlight.com/video/jersey-city-school-district-reverses-in-person-learning-plans/

Sanders And Top Progressives Push To Make College Free For Most Americans https://www.npr.org/2021/04/21/989176846/sanders-and-top-progressives-push-to-make-college-free-for-most-americans

How Schools Can Help Kids Heal After A Year Of 'Crisis And Uncertainty' https://www.npr.org/2021/04/21/989056927/how-schools-can-help-kids-heal-after-a-year-of-crisis-and-uncertainty

Bernie Sanders Wants To Tax Wall Street To Pay For Free College https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-tax-wall-street-free-college_n_607f8f06e4b03fc5b215fea6

OPINION: Why public school teachers need paid family and medical leave - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=78659 via @hechingerreport

Michigan Dad Pulls Biracial Child Out of School After Teacher, Other Student Cuts Her Hair https://www.theroot.com/michigan-dad-pulls-biracial-child-out-of-school-after-t-1846721152 via @TheRoot

Educators expose the teachers unions’ role in facilitating the deadly reopening of US schools https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/21/educ-a21.html

Dems push $25B to electrify school buses, a Biden priority https://www.ny1.com/share/nyc/brooklyn/ap-top-news/2021/04/21/dems-push-25b-to-electrify-school-buses-a-biden-priority?cid=share_twitter

Open Press Roundtable with Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Students, Educators, and School Administrative Staff Eligible for the Dream and Promise Act | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/media-advisories/open-press-roundtable-secretary-education-miguel-cardona-and-students-educators-and-school-administrative-staff-eligible-dream-and-promise-act

How the Federal Government’s Charter School Program Went Wrong | Ed Politics - https://edpolitics.org/?p=349

Florina Rodov: Charter Schools Should Get Zero Federal Dollars | Ed Politics - https://edpolitics.org/?p=347

Pennsylvania should increase early childhood investment by $250 million, national report says https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/21/22395738/pennsylvania-should-increase-early-childhood-investment-by-250-million-national-report-says

Teachers Discuss George Floyd Murder And Chauvin Verdict https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/us/teachers-students-derek-chauvin-guilty-verdict-george-floyd.html

Home-school students could participate in public school activities under proposal in Missouri House | Politics | stltoday.com - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/home-school-students-could-participate-in-public-school-activities-under-proposal-in-missouri-house/article_7592c0d3-0c19-592d-bb9f-b51fea6a4b70.html#new_tab on @stltoday

‘Pandemic or not’: Nashville FRONT group pushes for teacher accountability in TCAP testing | WKRN News 2 - https://www.wkrn.com/?p=824780

Getting Education Data Right: The Case of High School Admissions - Columbia Journalism Review - https://www.cjr.org/?p=86181 via cjr

S.F. school board approves unusual contract terms with superintendent - https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/S-F-school-board-to-vote-on-unusual-contract-16115916.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle

A year without play: Parents and experts worry about loss of social skills during pandemic https://whyy.org/articles/a-year-without-play-parents-and-experts-worry-about-loss-of-social-skills-during-pandemic/

Vote favors measure to pay private tuition for poor pupils - https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/apr/21/vote-favors-measure-to-pay-private-tuition-for/?news-politics#new_tab on @arkansasonline

Hackers post 26,000 Broward school files online https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/fl-ne-broward-schools-hackers-post-files-20210419-mypt2qtlc5a7xela4x6bcg5hdy-story.html

New Indiana budget proposal increases funding for teacher pay and voucher expansion https://in.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/20/22394363/indiana-budget-school-funding-teacher-pay-voucher-expansion via @ChalkbeatIN

Arizona Governor Vetoes Strict Sex Education Legislation | KNAU Arizona Public Radio - https://www.knau.org/node/147959

Many Schools, Few Kids: St. Louis Plagued By Too Much Unused Building Space | St. Louis Public Radio - https://news.stlpublicradio.org/education/2021-04-21/many-schools-few-kids-st-louis-plagued-by-too-much-unused-building-space#new_tab on @stlpublicradio

COVID: Newark school board goes ‘nuclear,’ tells teachers to return to classrooms April 29 – East Bay Times - https://bayareane.ws/3xe3x2s on @eastbaytimes

Biden administration extends universal free school lunch through 2022 | TheHill - https://thehill.com/node/549310

Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie accused of perjury; attorney Barbara Myrick also indicted https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-ne-robert-runcie-arrested-20210421-vv6rp3c65raqzl2w6khdtmkeny-story.html

OPSB committee approves list of 20 school campuses to rename https://thelensnola.org/2021/04/21/opsb-committee-approves-list-of-20-school-campuses-to-rename/

Gary Rubinstein’s Blog: Education Reinventers | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10870 on @NEPCtweet

Anchorage School Board passes anti-racism and equity policies with overwhelming support - Alaska Public Media - https://www.alaskapublic.org/?p=298602 via @aprn


Big Education Ape: No Justice, No Excellence | Teacher in a strange land - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/no-justice-no-excellence-teacher-in.html


Big Education Ape: What's ahead for teachers? | Cornell Chronicle - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/whats-ahead-for-teachers-cornell.html


Big Education Ape: Teacher Tom: I Will Not Prepare Children for The "Jobs of Tomorrow" - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/teacher-tom-i-will-not-prepare-children.html


Big Education Ape: Jeff Bryant on America’s Workforce Radio: “Charter schools are often nonprofit in name only.” | Ed Politics - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/jeff-bryant-on-americas-workforce-radio.html


Big Education Ape: Megan Prather: Back to the drawing board: SVCSB calls for new Epic settlement proposals - NONDOC - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/megan-prather-back-to-drawing-board.html


Big Education Ape: U.S. Ed Dept. Releases State Plan Template for the American Rescue Plan Emergency Relief Fund + USDA Issues Pandemic Flexibilities for Schools and Day Care Facilities | U.S. Department of Education - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/us-ed-dept-releases-state-plan-template.html


Big Education Ape: Biden Asks Congress to Double Title I on top of Stimulus Dollars: Why Is All This Money Needed? | janresseger - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/biden-asks-congress-to-double-title-i.html


Big Education Ape: Parent as Teacher during the Pandemic | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/parent-as-teacher-during-pandemic-larry.html


Big Education Ape: Thank you, Darnella Frazier. | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/thank-you-darnella-frazier-deutsch29.html


Big Education Ape: School Finance 101: Filling our Nation’s Funding Gaps | National Education Policy Center - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/school-finance-101-filling-our-nations.html


Big Education Ape: John Thompson: More Oklahoma Charter School Scandals - Network For Public Education - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/john-thompson-more-oklahoma-charter.html


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