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Why learning isn’t the most important thing kids lost during the pandemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/04/23/why-learning-isnt-most-important-thing-kids-lost-during-pandemic/
Philadelphia school board votes not to renew two Black-led charter schools despite outcry from parents https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/23/22400082/school-board-votes-not-to-renew-two-black-led-charter-schools-despite-outcry-from-parents via @ChalkbeatPHL
Supt. Austin Beutner departs; where are 60,000 missing kindergartners? https://edsource.org/podcast/supt-austin-beutner-departs-where-are-60000-missing-kindergartners
South Dakota High School Cancels 40-Year Tradition of Annual Event That Includes...Wait for It...a 'Slave/Branding Auction' https://www.theroot.com/south-dakota-high-school-cancels-40-year-tradition-of-a-1846749256
Alabama Signs Bill Into Law Allowing Student-Athletes To Be Paid for Their Names, Likeness, and Image https://www.theroot.com/alabama-signs-bill-into-law-allowing-student-athletes-t-1846747588
L.A. school board names Megan Reilly, head of business services, as interim superintendent http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/47t343ZC-jA/l-a-school-board-picks-interim-superintendent-launches-search
Tutor Helps Students Hit Hard By Pandemic, Language Barriers https://www.npr.org/2021/04/24/990430231/tutor-helps-students-hit-hard-by-pandemic-language-barriers
National Spelling Bee Adds New Rules To Help Winners Sting The Competition https://www.npr.org/2021/04/23/990400434/national-spelling-bee-adds-new-rules-to-help-winners-sting-the-competition
Science teacher killed by box truck in East Harlem accident called ‘pillar’ of middle school where she was revered https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-helen-sink-killed-truck-east-harlem-20210423-dv7g3h42g5dmbnruxuetlanfhi-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
After Using Stimulus Funds for Tech, Some Schools Looking to New Uses https://www.techwire.net/news/after-using-stimulus-funds-for-tech-some-schools-looking-to-new-uses.html
The Skanner News - Wyden, Merkley Co-Sponsor Clean Commute for Kids Act - https://www.theskanner.com/news/newsbriefs/31266-wyden-merkley-co-sponsor-clean-commute-for-kids-act via @TheSkannerNews
Mark James Miller: AHC instructors attend first-ever virtual convention https://santamariatimes.com/opinion/columnists/central-coast-past-present-future/mark-james-miller-ahc-instructors-attend-first-ever-virtual-convention/article_710772e9-afe2-56ab-9413-185aa230a31c.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share via @SantaMariaTimes
DC educators discuss getting hesitant families to choose in-person learning | WTOP - https://wtop.com/dc/2021/04/dc-educators-discuss-getting-hesitant-families-to-choose-in-person-learning/
NEA members urge senators to support the Equality Act https://educationvotes.nea.org/?p=49175#.YIRElTufYwE.twitter via @EdVotes
Teacher Appreciation Week Is May 3rd-7th – Here Are Some Useful Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=117075 on @Larryferlazzo
Ed Notes Online: UFT Retiree Mocks Retiree Chapter Leadership over presentations (or lack thereof) on coming health care changes - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/04/uft-retiree-mocks-retiree-chapter.html
Is There a White Supremacy Culture in Schools? | Teacher in a strange landIs There a White Supremacy Culture in Schools? I am currently participating in a 21-day ‘Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge.’ I signed up with several local friends, as part of our intention to build tolerance and equity in our mostly-white community. We met for a conversation, this past week, and we were all a little blown away by depth and transformative power of the resources and question
Shawgi Tell: Economic Collapse Continues Uninterrupted | Dissident VoiceEconomic Collapse Continues Uninterrupted | Dissident Voice Economic Collapse Continues Uninterrupted To conceal the economic and social decline that continues to unfold at home and abroad, major newspapers are working overtime to promote happy economic news. Many headlines are irrational and out of touch. They make no sense. Desperation to convince everyone that all is well or all will soon be g
MEGAN PRATHER: Promised Land recap: How the McGirt ruling is affecting legal matters in Oklahoma - NONDOCPromised Land recap: How the McGirt ruling is affecting legal matters in Oklahoma Promised Land recap: How the McGirt ruling is affecting legal matters in Oklahoma Since last summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma , journalists have been covering the details, legal questions and uncertainties in the wake of the landmark court decision. Complicated and delicate in nature, the aff
The Pursuit of Education: A Story of Homelessness, Perseverance, and the Impact of Caring Educators - ED.gov BlogThe Pursuit of Education: A Story of Homelessness, Perseverance, and the Impact of Caring Educators By: Jahnee S. I was 8 years old when I first experienced homelessness. Homelessness then became a struggle that my family and I couldn’t escape. I experienced standing in the snow, hoping my family and I had a place to sleep on a church floor; how packed and unsanitary emergency shelters are, as I
Angie Sullivan: Restorative Justice Requires Funding to Help Kids | Diane Ravitch's blogAngie Sullivan: Restorative Justice Requires Funding to Help Kids Angie Sullivan teaches impoverished children in Las Vegas. She believes that restorative justice could help them, but only if it is funded. How do you kill a bill without voting against it? You take something important like restorative justice – which should be wraparound services and not give any funding. Wraparound services make
CURMUDGUCATION: VA: Is This The Path To Math EquityVA: Is This The Path To Math Equity Virginia is working on a new "math path," and conservative news outlets have gone off. The initiative itself is loaded with the usual bureaucratic argle bargle, like Through collaboration with other stakeholders across the Commonwealth, the VMPI state task force will make suggestions for institutional changes that will strengthen the alignment between K-12 and
John King is Running for Governor of Maryland (probably not supported by NYS teachers) | Ed In The AppleJohn King is Running for Governor of Maryland (probably not supported by NYS teachers) John King, the former Obama-appointed US Secretary of Education and the highly controversial Commissioner of Education in New York State announced he is running for governor of Maryland ; the current governor, a republican, Larry Hogan, is term-limited. King will be facing a number of others in the democratic
How to Vote on Ballot Measures in Pennsylvania’s 2021 Primary Election | gadflyonthewallblogHow to Vote on Ballot Measures in Pennsylvania’s 2021 Primary Election Can you feel it? The primary election is just a few weeks away. Voters will decide all kinds of things like who will represent their respective parties for school board, judges, magistrates, county council, etc. However, that’s not all. There also will be four statewide ballot initiatives . All Allegheny County residents will
A CORE PROBLEM – Dad Gone WildA CORE PROBLEM “Our values are the same. We disagree on policy, but we don’t disagree on humanity , we don’t disagree about love and compassion. I think that’s true for all of us — it’s just that we get lost in our fear of what’s different.” Michelle Obama speaking on her friendship with George Bush It’s 9 AM on Friday morning, the second day of TCAP testing for MNPS students, and my fifth grade
THIS WEEK FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONTHIS WEEK FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Secretary Cardona, Senator Manchin, and Senator Murray to Hold Roundtable to Discuss Resources for Students Experiencing Homelessness 1d Tomorrow, April 23, Secretary Cardona will join Senators Joe Manchin (WV) and Patty Murray (WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), for a virtual roundtable with students
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. A CORE PROBLEM by TC Weber / 16h “Our values are the same. We disagree on policy, but we don’t disagree on humanity , we don’t disagree about love and compassion. I think that’s true for all of us — it’s just that we get lost in our fear of what’s different.” Michelle Obama speaking on her friendship with George Bush It’s 9 AM on Friday morni
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 COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #83 17h This waiver allows sponsors that successfully participated in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, but did not operate in 2020, due to COVID-19, to operate as experienced sponsors in FY 2021. COVID-19 Response Nati
THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTERNewBlackMan (in Exile) THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) Stuck in The Studio: Ayanah Moor by Mark Anthony Neal / 24min "On this episode of CCMA Creates: Stuck in the Studio features Ayanah Moor , an artist whose work explores blackness, gender, desire and language. She discusses her recent return to painting, inspirations behind her work and her solo exhibition at the Cleve Carney Museum of A
THIS WEEK Education Research ReportEducation Research Report The Effect of Serving “Breakfast After-the-Bell” Meals on School Absenteeism by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 51min With the rise in the availability of absenteeism data, it is clear that students are missing a staggering amount of school. Policymakers have focused efforts on identifying school programs that might reduce absenteeism. This study examined whether implementing the
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 Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL by Larry Ferlazzo / 7h BiljaST / Pixabay Six years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES,
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 Angie Sullivan: Restorative Justice Requires Funding to Help Kids by dianeravitch / 25min Angie Sullivan teaches impoverished children in Las Vegas. She believes that restorative justice could help them, but only if it is funded. How do you kill
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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, April 23, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreformBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Education Research Report: Rates of Recovery from COVID-19 Impact - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/ New York State education department faces questions on some standardized tests | wgrz.com -
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