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Idaho should not support private schools - https://idahoednews.org/67h2Q via @idahoednews
Scholars show how to challenge voucher discrimination – School Matters - https://inschoolmatters.wordpress.com/2021/04/05/scholars-show-how-to-challenge-voucher-discrimination/amp/?__twitter_impression=true via @SteveHinnefeld
My student was shot dead on the first warm day of the year. He is more than a victim. - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/5/22361320/antonio-walker-track-star-philadelphia on chalkbeat
LA Progressive - https://feedly.com/i/entry/RyCRJa45AzAZY+UDp6MyhryIEqSG30o7yqtI0VXkAGQ=_178a25b175a:2d87dda:de69aeb4
Conservatives lose their minds after Dr. Jill Biden wears tights with designs on them http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/LzhN_6K2eR4/
6 McClatchy student-athletes test positive for COVID-19 https://www.kcra.com/article/6-mcclatchy-student-athletes-test-positive-covid-19/36008331
Federal stimulus money won't replace NJ school aid | NJ Spotlight News - https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/04/federal-stimulus-funds-school-funding-formula-lost-state-school-aid-nj-senate-bill-s-2/ via @njspotlight
Vile racist death threats led the FBI to a student loan scamming operation: report http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/lidvKilG1mY/
L.A. Unified to open 25 community vaccination clinics as part of school reopenings http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/o_92A4RDO5k/la-unified-opening-25-community-vaccination-clinics-at-schools
St. Paul, Minneapolis open summer school to all students - https://wp.me/p79gJ9-gbgP on @pioneerpress
Teachers Are Watching Students' Screens During Remote Learning. Is That Invasion of Privacy? - https://www.edweek.org/technology/are-remote-classroom-management-tools-that-let-teachers-see-students-computer-screens-intrusive/2021/04#new_tab by @Stephen_Sawchuk on @educationweek
Fed Up With Remote Learning, Governors Make a Push to Reopen Schools - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/covid-schools-governors-reopening.html#new_tab on @nytimes
Trial date set for historic Pa. school funding lawsuit; ‘It has been a long road to get here’ - pennlive.com - https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/04/trial-date-set-for-historic-pa-school-funding-lawsuit-it-has-been-a-long-road-to-get-here.html#new_tab on @pennlive
Beyond just reopening schools, many parents want full-time in-person learning - The San Diego Union-Tribune - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-04-04/beyond-just-reopening-schools-many-parents-want-full-time-in-person-learning#new_tab by @Kristen_Taketa on @sdut
Amid NY budget talks, hope of charter school expansion appears DOA - https://wp.me/pb3Qpq-1cpGY by @nypmetro on @nypost
Texas parents sue Katy ISD for keeping mask mandate | The Texas Tribune - https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/02/texas-katy-isd-mask-lawsuit/#new_tab by @neelambohratx on @TexasTribune
The Black Lives Matter Curriculum Has an Unintended Lesson - The Atlantic - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/black-lives-matter-curriculum-has-unintended-lesson/618501/#new_tab on @theatlantic
Schools plan full-time classes for fall - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/schools-fall-plans/2021/03/30/0fb982a8-8daf-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html#new_tab
The participant effects of private school vouchers around the globe: a meta-analytic and systematic review: School Effectiveness and School Improvement: Vol 0, No 0 - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09243453.2021.1906283#new_tab on @tandfonline
‘I miss school’: 800m children still not fully back in classes | Education | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/apr/05/schools-800-million-children-education-disrupted#new_tab on @guardian
Bill increases tax credits for Accountability Act donors | Alabama Daily News - https://www.aldailynews.com/?p=93645 via @ALDailyNews
With new aid, schools seek solutions to problems new and old - https://apnews.com/article/us-news-health-coronavirus-pandemic-mental-health-cdd7728bc85968866d9c8eca23ce5034#new_tab on @ap
Controversial class assignment on Derek Chauvin trial removed from Cedar Hill High School | wfaa.com - https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/education/controversial-class-assignment-on-derek-chauvin-trial-george-floyd-removed-from-cedar-hill-high-school/287-b0299dee-f79d-474b-a7a1-c1fd39e5a596#new_tab on wfaa
These schools are planning free summer camps and teacher pay rises with stimulus money - CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/05/us/oklahoma-tulsa-schools-stimulus-funds-wellness/index.html#new_tab
Teacher Tom: Teaching Young Children, the Interplay of Minds, and (Of Course) Fighting ImperialismTeaching Young Children, the Interplay of Minds, and (Of Course) Fighting Imperialism In Marshall McLuhan's book The Gutenberg Galaxy , he is concerned with the affects of media on humans, taking a deep look, in part, at how the adoption of the phonetic alphabet dramatically changed our relationship to the world. "When words are written, they become, of course, a part of the visual world. Like m
Cameron Vickrey: What’s the End Game with School Choice in Texas? | Diane Ravitch's blogCameron Vickrey: What’s the End Game with School Choice in Texas? Cameron Vickrey is associate director of Pastors for Texas Children. In this opinion article published in the San Antonio Express-News , she asks the important question: What’s the end game with the privatization push? Texas has 5 million children in public schools, and about 356,000 in charter schools. The drive for vouchers has
Is This Who We Want on the Textbook Commission? – Tennessee Education ReportIS THIS WHO WE WANT ON THE TEXTBOOK COMMISSION? A national civil rights group is calling on the Tennessee Senate to reject the appointment of Laurie Cardoza-Moore to state’s Textbook Commission in light of her anti-Muslim views and her propensity to peddle conspiracy theories. Here’s more from a press release: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil ri
Maurice Cunningham: The Rise of an Astroturf Rightwing “Parents” Group | Diane Ravitch's blogMaurice Cunningham: The Rise of an Astroturf Rightwing “Parents” Group Maurice Cunningham is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts. He specializes in unmasking Dark Money groups. He writes: Radical Right Ramps Up War on School Boards, Superintendents, Principals, and Teachers A new professedly “grassroots” group called Parents Defending Education has joined the right
Why the Common Core standards failed — and what it means for school reform - The Washington PostWhy the Common Core standards failed — and what it means for school reform A new book tells the story The Common Core State Standards was one of the biggest initiatives in decades aimed at changing public education — and like many school “reforms” in the era of high-stakes standardized testing, it did not accomplish what its promoters said it would. (Harvard Education Press) How and why that hap
Washington Teachers' Union president Liz Davis dies in car crash - The Washington PostElizabeth Davis, president of the Washington Teachers’ Union, killed in car crash on Easter Sunday Elizabeth Davis, president of the Washington Teachers’ Union, was killed in a two-car crash in Prince George’s County Sunday night, the union confirmed Monday. She was 70. Davis was driving south in the Bowie area near Route 301 and Harbor Way when her car and another car driven by John Starr, 68,
Secretary of Education Joins Senator Warren and Senator Schumer for Discussion With Student Loan Borrowers and Advocates + HBCU Capital Finance Debt | U.S. Department of EducationSecretary of Education Joins Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Chuck Schumer for a Roundtable Discussion With Student Loan Borrowers and Advocates | U.S. Department of Education Secretary of Education Joins Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Chuck Schumer for a Roundtable Discussion With Student Loan Borrowers and Advocates Today, Secretary Cardona joined a roundtable discussion alongside Se
The most effective civil rights protest that you probably never heard of | EclectablogThe most effective civil rights protest that you probably never heard of In 1977, the longest occupation of a federal building in the history of the United States of America took place and, when it ended, the protesters had achieved what nobody thought possible: regulations covering the enforcement of a four-year old law — Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The protest is now called
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
Idaho: Vouchers Violate the State Constitution | Diane Ravitch's blogIdaho: Vouchers Violate the State Constitution Two prominent Idaho citizens, Jim Jones and Rod Gramer, warned that proposed voucher legislation violates the clear language of the Idaho state constitution and threatens the future of public schools. Jim Jones is the former Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court and former Idaho Attorney General and Rod Gramer is president of Idaho Business for E
A Year Ago, Today | JD2718A Year Ago, Today A Year Ago Today – COVID hit close | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-28H on @wordpressdotcom I didn’t learn about Tom Waters’ death until almost a week after the date, April 4, 2020. Tom’s son was my student. He was more of a humanities kid, but did fine in two courses. His final project for an elective, Combinatorics, was a nicely presented bijection between parenthesization and D
It Really Does Matter | okeducationtruthsIt Really Does Matter Sometimes when I follow the happenings of the Oklahoma Legislature, I just shake my head and repeat the mantra I learned from that 1979 Bill Murray classic, Meatballs . So far, the First Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature is shaping up to be as bad – if not worse – than the First Session of the 53rd. Let’s review. The 2010 election brought us Gov. Fallin and State Sup
Education Matters: Parents opt your students out of Florida's high stakes testsParents opt your students out of Florida's high stakes tests I am finishing my 21st year teaching in Duval County Public schools. I have seen a lot, but without a doubt, the worst and what must go is the state's reliance on high-stakes testing, This is especially relevant as DCPS starts testing season. I call it a season because it will last for weeks. Students at private schools that accept vou
Getting Ahead on Easter | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's BlogGetting Ahead on Easter Evangelical Christianity in the political sphere is not pretty sight. The world has watched the hardness, harshness, and hypocrisy of self-righteousness on display in the name of some desired political end (not the least of which has been gaining and remaining in power), all of which bespeaks a lack of understanding about Jesus Himself. I won’t pretend to address the enti
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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, April 4, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #HAPPYEASTERBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES California teachers’ latest demand: Free childcare https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/04/california-teachers-childcare-coronavirus-478972 Migrant families are leaving D.C.’s public schools. Will they return? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-english-learners-enrollment-down/2021/04/03/69232afa-8cfc-11eb-9423-04079921c
CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Easter Edition (4/4)CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Easter Edition (4/4) Easter Edition This is a hard day for the folks at my house. Easter is a big deal, with music and family breakfast and a bunch of things that we will not have yet again this year. But
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