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Joe Biden speech to Congress 2021: Live analysis, transcript & highlights https://www.politico.com/interactives/2021/joe-biden-speech-to-congress-2021-live-analysis-transcript-highlights-4-28-21/
Education Research Report: Police Officers in Schools: Making Schools Safer but Escalating Disciplinary Response - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/
Thanks, Common Core! New Study Finds It “Backfired” & Didn’t Help “Economically Disadvantaged Students” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=117179 on @Larryferlazzo
Teacher in a Strange Land: Acceleration Nation | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10880 on @NEPCtweet
Biden 100 Days Timeline https://educationvotes.nea.org/2021/04/27/biden-100-days-timeline/
Student’s Snapchat sets up major ruling on school speech https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/04/students-snapchat-sets-up-major-ruling-on-school-speech/
Public asks NOLA Public Schools to rename schools for two educators https://thelensnola.org/2021/04/27/public-asks-nola-public-schools-to-rename-schools-for-two-educators/
After Yet Another Police Shooting, Children Of Color May Need A Mental Health Day https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kids-of-color-need-mental-health-day_l_60884b73e4b02e74d2200b4b
State directs Maryland school systems to open five days in person in the fall https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/maryland-schools-fall-reopening/2021/04/27/33adf0f8-a778-11eb-8c1a-56f0cb4ff3b5_story.html
Orange County debates ethnic studies: Vital learnings or 'anti-white' divisiveness? http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/Ktfd6uCmlvw/ethnic-studies-slammed-as-anti-white-in-orange-county
How can parents navigate school reopenings? Ask L.A. Times reporters http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/Tmy_MwGBHVU/ask-a-reporter-school-reopenings-post-coronavirus
NYC to add 500 new school social workers next fall https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-new-school-mental-health-workers-20210427-fym5625hd5e5lnrw7foxjtxopu-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
How 2 N.J. Schools With Similar Covid Cases Are Reopening https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/nyregion/nj-covid-school-reopening.html
Biden $1.8 Trillion Plan: Child Care, Student Aid and More https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/us/politics/biden-american-families-plan.html
Former White House Adviser Is Charged With Stealing From Charter School Network https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/us/seth-andrew-fraud-money-laundering-charter-school.html
Eye-popping numbers on how much families will save under Biden's universal pre-school proposal http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/t4A0elE65HY/
Gender-affirming medical treatment for transgender kids would be considered child abuse under Texas Senate bill http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/uRH_QGrNRRc/
Here Are the Safest Colleges In America: Report https://patch.com/us/across-america/here-are-safest-colleges-america-report?google_editors_picks=true
California teachers, school staff receive bumps in pay as campuses reopen https://edsource.org/2021/california-teachers-school-staff-receive-bumps-in-pay-as-campuses-reopen/653663
California Coronavirus Updates: Pandemic Impacts California Public School Enrollment https://www.capradio.org/articles/2021/04/26/california-coronavirus-updates-april-2021/
Wednesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=117159 on @Larryferlazzo
Ed Notes Online: April 28, 2021 - Democracy Prep Charter Founder Seth Andrew Stole YOUR money - - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/04/april-28-2021-democracy-prep-charter.html
Idaho Wants to Pass Bill Making it Illegal for Schools to Teach About America’s Racist Past or Present https://www.theroot.com/idaho-wants-to-pass-bill-making-it-illegal-for-schools-1846780602
Commentary: School choice? SC bill would enhance choice for a few, diminish it for most. | Commentary | postandcourier.com - https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/commentary/commentary-school-choice-sc-bill-would-enhance-choice-for-a-few-diminish-it-for-most/article_b36a62aa-a515-11eb-9baf-c396028d6900.html#new_tab on @postandcourier
Former Northville school official pleads guilty to obstructing federal investigation | News | theoaklandpress.com - https://www.theoaklandpress.com/news/former-northville-schools-superintendent-pleads-guilty-to-obstructing-federal-investigation/article_a2a9e4ae-a78b-11eb-b04a-6b2d4c4a790c.html#new_tab by @https://twitter.com/MarkCavitt on @theoaklandpress
Illinois Senate approves proposal to not punish school districts financially for COVID-related attendance drops - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-state-covid-funding-st-0428-20210427-gw2bqvy6yjhnrninxg3un3bw6e-story.html#new_tab via @chicagotribune
Broward superintendent Robert Runcie resigns after Parkland shooting, perjury charge - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/28/florida-broward-parkland-runcie-resigns/#new_tab
California teachers, school staff receive bumps in pay as campuses reopen http://edsource.org/?page_id=653663 via @edsource
N.J. court hears challenge to Newark charter school growth, segregation - Chalkbeat Newark - https://newark.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/27/22405684/new-jersey-supreme-court-charter-schools-segregation#new_tab on chalkbeat
Texas House advances bill to expand virtual learning options post-COVID - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/04/27/texas-house-advances-bill-to-expand-virtual-learning-options-post-covid/#new_tab via @dallasnews
Biden's new $1.8T plan calls for universal pre-K and free community college | TheHill - https://thehill.com/node/550645
School Superintendents Are Superstressed https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/us/school-superintendent-burnout-covid.html
A RACE TO NOWHERE, WITH NO GUARANTEED WINNERS – Dad Gone WildA RACE TO NOWHERE, WITH NO GUARANTEED WINNERS “the city’s ills were supposed to disappear.” ― Douglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain Back when I wore a younger man’s clothes, I drank the elixir of the protestant work ethic by the case. I was sold on the idea that I was on a mythical race to somewhere, I didn’t know where it was or even have a clear vision of how I’d recognize it if I got there, I only kne
National Summer Learning & Enrichment Collaborative to Help Students Impacted by the Pandemic + 'Help is Here' School Reopening Tour + Sec Cardona Holds Virtual Roundtable with Military Children | U.S. Department of EducationU.S. Department of Education Launches National Summer Learning & Enrichment Collaborative to Help Students Most Impacted by the Pandemic | U.S. Department of Education National Summer Learning & Enrichment Collaborative to Help Students Impacted by the Pandemic 'Help is Here' School Reopening Tour Sec Cardona Holds Virtual Roundtable with Military Children U.S. Department of Education Launches Na
How Racism Affects Children of Color in Public Schools - LA ProgressiveHow Racism Affects Children of Color in Public Schools he unaffected parts of the world refuse to acknowledge that racism is alive and kicking even when it stares us all in the face. The truth is, we have to eventually face and deal with this monster, even if it means tearing down fickle castles we have built in the air for centuries. Only when we accept that children of color get a lower qualit
Texas teachers campaign against Republicans’ school charter bill – People's WorldTexas teachers campaign against Republicans’ school charter bill AUSTIN, Texas —Using data showing Texas’s so-called “charter schools” are over-funded and under-performing—compared to promises to parents and lawmakers—the Texas Federation of Teachers is campaigning against GOP-pushed state legislation to remove the few strings the Lone Star State attaches to chartering charters and giving them m
Paid For By . . . – Tennessee Education ReportPAID FOR BY . . . A t the end of this nice, happy story welcoming a new reporter to the education beat at WPLN, there’s a very interesting sentence: Nashville Public Radio thanks the Thorne Family Charitable Fund, the Scarlett Foundation, the HCA Healthcare Foundation, the Joe C. Davis Foundation and the Andrew Allen Foundation for their generous support of our education beat. It’s great that th
Biden’s Plan: Raise Taxes On The Rich, Spend It On Education | HuffPostBiden’s Plan: Raise Taxes On The Rich, Spend It On Education The president’s speech to Congress will include proposed tax hikes on wealthy Americans along with free community college and pre-K education . President Joe Biden will propose spending $1.8 trillion over the next decade to make massive investments in the nation’s education system, and to expand and protect tax credits aimed at the mid
OPINION: We need more teachers of color. Here’s how one teacher residency program is grappling with the problem - The Hechinger ReportOPINION: We need more teachers of color. Here’s how one teacher residency program is grappling with the problem OPINION: We need more teachers of color. Getting there requires ambitious equitable solutions Here’s how one teacher residency program is grappling with the problem W hen Marie Lewis applied to the Nashville Teacher Residency (NTR), she was earning $18,000 per year as a paraprofessional
Seth Andrew, Founder of Democracy Prep Charter Chain, Arrested by Federal Officials | Diane Ravitch's blogSeth Andrew, Founder of Democracy Prep Charter Chain, Arrested by Federal Officials Federal officials arrested Seth Andrew , founder of the Democracy Prep charter chain, accusing him of taking money from the schools’ bank account to lower his mortgage rate on a new home. Andrew launched Democracy Prep in 2005; he left in 2013 to work the Obama Department of Education but retained financial ties
Reimagining the Teaching of English – radical eyes for equityReimagining the Teaching of English Published in The High School Journal (May 1951) by Dorothy McCuskey, a review of Lou LaBrant ‘s most comprehensive work on teaching English, We Teach English , concluded: “In short, this is no ‘how to teach’ book. Rather, it is a book which will cause the reader to re-examine the bases of his [sic] teaching methods and the content of his [sic] courses.” LaBran
Teacher Tom: Learning is for Each Child a Unique and Personal Experience (and why not acknowledging that is so stressful)Learning is for Each Child a Unique and Personal Experience (and why not acknowledging that is so stressful) I've been married to my wife Jennifer since 1986, that's 35 years, and during that time we've shared a lot of experiences, side-by-side, the difference in our relative perspectives only a matter of degrees, yet we still regularly find ourself disagreeing about what we saw, heard, touched,
Minnesota: Elites Propose Constitutional Amendment to Enable Segregated Schools | Diane Ravitch's blogMinnesota: Elites Propose Constitutional Amendment to Enable Segregated Schools Minnesota was the first state to pass a charter law in 1991. As blogger Sarah Lahm wrote in the Progressive in 2019, the new charters were exempt from most state regulations, including desegregation . A number of its charters are segregated by race and ethnicity, intentionally so, because the charter industry believe
A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 #tBATsLarry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/this-week-in-education-larry-f
What Is President Biden’s American Families Plan? | janressegerWhat Is President Biden’s American Families Plan? Tonight, when President Biden marks 100 days in office with a major speech to a joint session of Congress, he is expected to announce the second part of his Infrastructure Plan—the American Families Plan. This part of Biden’s agenda does not directly support the public schools, but it will continue to ameliorate child poverty and reduce stress on
The Complexity of Teacher Decision-making | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom PracticeThe Complexity of Teacher Decision-making In the previous two posts (see here and here ), I have argued that parents as well as grandparents, uncles and aunts who became home-bound teachers during pandemic-driven closures of schools have come to both appreciate and understand teaching as never before. Sitting with a 10 or 14 year-old at the kitchen table figuring out how to answer the math word
2 Easy ways to help make sure NYC kids get smaller classes starting next year! | Class Size Matters| A clearinghouse for information on class size & the proven benefits of smaller classes 2 Easy ways to help make sure NYC kids get smaller classes starting next year! 1.The Mayor released his proposed budget yesterday. Despite the crying need for smaller classes and the Council’s proposal to allocate $250 million for that purpose, instead he wants to spend $500 million for something called for
At Supreme Court, Mean Girls Meet 1st Amendment : NPRAt Supreme Court, Mean Girls Meet 1st Amendment Even Supreme Court advocates can look at a case before the court with their own teenage years in mind. And lawyer Gregory Garre sums up Wednesday's case this way: " Mean girls meet the First Amendment." More than a half-century ago, the court, in a 7-to-2 vote, ruled that students do have free speech rights at school, unless the speech is disruptiv
Liz Davis | GFBrandenburg's BlogLiz Davis A virtual memorial for my former colleague, fellow union member, friend and ally, Elizabeth Davis, is starting soon. https://www.wtulocal6.net/ https://www.wtulocal6.net/ and click on the banner if you want to participate. I really need to record a few things in appreciation. During my very first year teaching, we happened to be teaching at the same school, a big newe open space classr
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Announces Additional 2021 California Distinguished Schools + CA LSWP Webinar: SNPs and Student Mental Health - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education)CA LSWP Webinar: SNPs and Student Mental Health - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education) CA LSWP Webinar: SNPs and Student Mental Health On Tuesday, May 18, at 10 a.m., the California (CA) Local School Wellness Policy (LSWP) Collaborative will discuss the important contributions of School Nutrition Programs (SNP) to improving student mental health and addressing food insecurity. Join us to learn more a
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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Tuesday, April 27, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreformBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Dallas schools move to rewrite disciplinary rules that hit Black students hardest https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/27/texas-dallas-schools-rules-
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