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Randi Weingarten on Opening Schools Safely | The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/randi-weingarten-on-opening-schools-safely
Biden To Review Executive Authority To Cancel Student Debt https://popularresistance.org/biden-to-review-executive-authority-to-cancel-student-debt/
Trial date set for landmark school funding case in Pennsylvania https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/2/22364830/trial-date-set-for-landmark-school-funding-case-in-pennsylvania via @ChalkbeatPHL
What people are saying about next OSU President Kayse Shrum - https://nondoc.com/?p=21709 by @https://twitter.com/thricesavage on @nondocmedia
Pandemic reduces number of high school students taking dual enrollment courses https://hechingerreport.org/pandemic-reduces-number-of-high-school-students-taking-dual-enrollment-courses/
States Step In To Stop Colleges Holding Transcripts Ransom For Unpaid Bills https://www.npr.org/2021/04/03/982676353/states-step-in-to-stop-colleges-holding-transcripts-ransom-for-unpaid-bills
At least 65,000 NYC Education Department employees have gotten a COVID-19 vaccine: Mayor de Blasio https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-65000-doe-employees-vaccine-doses-20210402-gkci4f24u5fpljoragivrto4aq-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
Fed Up With Remote Learning, Governors Make a Push to Reopen Schools https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/covid-schools-governors-reopening.html
Parents sue local school district in Texas for keeping mask mandate after governor's decision http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/-QcOVHCYPHs/
Animated Video: “John Dewey’s 4 Principles of Progressive Education” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=116632 on @Larryferlazzo
Ed Notes Online: All- Star Cast Joins Retiree Advocate/UFT Slate to Challenge Unity Caucus in Chapter Election - 70,000 eligible to vote - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/04/all-star-cast-joins-retiree-advocateuft.html
Big Education Ape: The Villains of Education | Teacher in a strange land - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-villains-of-education-teacher-in.html
Big Education Ape: Gayle Greene: The Country Moves Forward, the Schools Remain Mired in the Past | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/gayle-greene-country-moves-forward.html
Big Education Ape: How Teachers Taught: A Look in the Rear-View Mirror | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/how-teachers-taught-look-in-rear-view.html
Big Education Ape: CURMUDGUCATION: Charters Circumventing Democracy - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/curmudgucation-charters-circumventing.html
Big Education Ape: What Exactly Does "A Return To Normal" Mean To Black Children? - Philly's 7th Ward - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/what-exactly-does-return-to-normal-mean.html
Big Education Ape: Brookings Study: How D.C. School Choice Intensifies Segregation | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/brookings-study-how-dc-school-choice.html
CURMUDGUCATION: Parents Defending Education: Astroturf Goes Hard RightParents Defending Education: Astroturf Goes Hard Right Parents Defending Education has just popped onto the education policy landscape, and they have staked out their spot in the new battle to inculcate children with the Proper American Values. They would like to sell themselves as a grassroots organization; there is no particular reason to believe that's true, and I'm going to refer you to this
NANCY BAILEY: President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Should Include Teachers! Here’s WhyPresident Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Should Include Teachers! Here’s Why President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Should Include Teachers! Here’s Why It’s good that President Biden is focusing on updating school buildings in his infrastructure plan. But there’s another crisis his administration should address. America needs a national movement to get well-prepared teachers into our public school cl
Robert Skeels Beats Charter Industry in Court—Twice | Diane Ravitch's blogRobert Skeels Beats Charter Industry in Court—Twice Robert Skeels was a public education advocate in Los Angeles who decided to become a lawyer to fight the powerful corporate charter industry. After receiving his BA in classical civilizations at UCLA, Skeels spent years as an activist, inspired by Paulo Freire, then earned his law degree in 2019. This is the only instance to my knowledge where
CURMUDGUCATION: Vouchers Are About Abandoning Public Education, Not Freeing ParentsVouchers Are About Abandoning Public Education, Not Freeing Parents As the GOP mounts a multi-state initiative to implement vouchers or super-voucher education savings accounts in many states across the country, it's becoming increasingly clear that we've been looking at the voucher movement through the wrong lens (which is to day, the lens that voucheristas have promoted). Vouchers are not abou
Parents Defending Education: Prefab “Grassroots” | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's BlogParents Defending Education: Prefab “Grassroots” On March 30, 2021, a new ed-reform kid on the top-down block, Parents Defending Education, introduced itself to the public on Twitter as follows: “Launch today.” That sounds very new– and very odd because this org purports to do the nonsensical– “build a grassroots army of parents.” Grassroots is not “built” from the top down. But a new ed-reform
April 2021 ACCS Meeting Agenda - Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (CA Dept of Education)April 2021 ACCS Meeting Agenda Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS) April 13, 2021, meeting notice of agenda items and attachments. Important Notice Please note, the April Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS) meeting will be held as a teleconference; Room 1101 (board room) will be closed to the public. Please see ACCS Meeting Logistics section below for options to view and part
YOU CAN’T PRACTICE MAGIC WITHOUT MAGICIANS – Dad Gone WildYOU CAN’T PRACTICE MAGIC WITHOUT MAGICIANS “While his school was closed due to an outbreak of plague in 1666–67, twenty-five-year-old Isaac Newton showed his professor, Isaac Barrow, what research he was conducting in his spare time. Barrow immediately gave up his job as a professor and became a student of Newton. What a noble gesture. What ethical behavior. When was the last time you heard of a
THIS WEEK FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONTHIS WEEK FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Secretary Cardona Kicks Off “Help is Here” School Reopening Tour with Visits to Schools in Boston, Massachusetts and Laurel, Delaware 3d On Tuesday and Wednesday, March 30-31, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will kick off the “Help is Here” School Reopening Tour, where he will visit schools in Boston, Massachusetts and Laurel, Delaware. The vis
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. YOU CAN’T PRACTICE MAGIC WITHOUT MAGICIANS by TC Weber / 19h “While his school was closed due to an outbreak of plague in 1666–67, twenty-five-year-old Isaac Newton showed his professor, Isaac Barrow, what research he was conducting in his spare time. Barrow immediately gave up his job as a professor and became a student of Newton. What a nob
TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORTTENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT EDUCATION POLITICS AND POLICY IN THE VOLUNTEER STATE Penny’s Power Grab by Andy Spears / 21h Legislation that would give Commissioner of Education Penny Schwinn broad authority to fire a school system’s superintendent and remove the school board is advancing in the Tennessee General Assembly. Chalkbeat has more : A bill outlining reasons the state may take over a local
TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONTeacher Tom The Hallmark of a Master Player 1d Paying It Forward 200+ 1d Human Thought is More Magnificent Than That 100+ 2d When Young Children Lie 400+ 4d The Pursuit of Happiness 300+ 4d Setting Ourselves, and Others, Free 300+ 7d Teacher Tom
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 Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS) Meeting Agenda for April 13, 2021 18h Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS) April 13, 2021, meeting notice of agenda items and attachments. Income Eligibility Scales for School Year 2021–22 4d Information regarding the addition of
THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTERNewBlackMan (in Exile) THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) A Blueprint for Bail Reform by Mark Anthony Neal / 43min " Duke University School of Law professor and Wilson Center Director Brandon Garrett and Sandra Guerra Thompson , professor of law and director of the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Houston Law Center, discuss their work as independent monitors for a landmark bail
THIS WEEK Education Research ReportEducation Research Report Evaluating the Head Start Program for Disadvantaged Children by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 21h Low-income children who participated in Head Start were 2.7 percent more likely to finish high school, 8.5 percent more likely to enroll in college, and 39 percent more likely to finish college. The Head Start program increases high school and college graduation rates and participa
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 Most Popular Posts Of The Week by Larry Ferlazzo / 44min I’m making a change in the content of the regular feature. In addition to sharing the top five posts that have received the most “hits” in the preceding seven days (though they may have originally been published on an earlier date), I will also
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 Robert Skeels Beats Charter Industry in Court—Twice by dianeravitch / 24min Robert Skeels was a public education advocate in Los Angeles who decided to become a lawyer to fight the powerful corporate charter industry. After receiving his BA in cl
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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, April 2, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreformBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES John Merrow: The “Learning Loss” Pandemic and Its Cures | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tZI via @dianeravitch Daniel Laske, a ‘Social
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