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Cardona’s Decision to Grant D.C. Testing Waiver Rankles Education Officials | Education News | US News - https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-04-08/cardonas-decision-to-grant-dc-testing-waiver-rankles-education-officials#new_tab on @USNews
Children and Guns: One More American Tragedy | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tY6 via @dianeravitch
Philadelphia launches COVID-19 dashboard to monitor cases at schools. But some groups question its accuracy. - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/8/22374766/philadelphia-launches-dashboard-to-monitor-cases-at-schools-but-some-groups-question-its-accuracy on chalkbeat
Janresseger: New Report Exposes Rip-Off of Tax Dollars by For-Profit Charter Management Companies | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10856 on @NEPCtweet
New York City Kills COVID Rule That Led to Repeated School Closings Despite No Evidence of Outbreaks http://feeds.propublica.org/link/9499/14402305/new-york-city-kills-covid-rule-that-led-to-repeated-school-closings-despite-no-evidence-of-outbreaks
Analysis: A $5.5 billion shift in who pays for public education in Texas https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/09/texas-education-property-taxes/
Why So Many Asian Americans Are Learning Remotely https://www.npr.org/2021/04/09/984789341/why-so-many-asian-americans-are-learning-remotely
Odessa, Part 3: The Band Bus Quarantine https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/podcasts/odessa-part-3-the-band-bus-quarantine.html
Philadelphia plans to expand summer school, making it available for all students https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/8/22374422/philadelphia-plans-to-expand-summer-school-making-it-available-for-all-students
Los Angeles public schools will begin reopening next week. Here's what you need to know http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/rUC23GU1qic/los-angeles-schools-to-reopen-next-week-heres-what-you-need-to-know
Senate budget panel gets view from top on learning loss, state testing and school aid https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/04/budget-committee-acting-education-commissioner-allen-mcmillan-state-testing-school-aid-learning-loss-overfunded-districts/
OPINION: We need a SpaceX for assessment https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-we-need-a-spacex-for-assessment/
"How Do You Filter the Infinite?": Oliver Wang and Mark Anthony Neal in Conversation (2008) | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/04/how-do-you-filter-infinite-oliver-wang.html
WATCH: Lawyer goes berserk at Orange County education meeting after conservatives spread fake news about forced vaccines for kids https://www.rawstory.com/orange-county-board-of-education-meeting/
New Orleans school district: Rooted School ‘improperly’ offered, graded online courses | The Lens https://thelensnola.org/2021/04/08/new-orleans-school-district-rooted-school-improperly-offered-graded-online-courses/
US teachers union head Randi Weingarten has a vision to get kids back to school https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-teachers-union-head-randi-weingarten-has-a-vision-to-get-kids-back-to-school/ via @timesofisrael
Students Lead US Push For Fuller Black History Education - PopularResistance.Org - https://popularresistance.org/?p=184566
Commissioners of the Land Office an ‘unsung hero’ for education funding https://nondoc.com/2021/04/09/commissioners-of-the-land-office-unsung-hero-education-funding/ via @nondocmedia
CPS high school reopening agreement remains elusive - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/8/22374564/cps-high-school-reopening-agreement-remains-elusive#new_tab
Push for 'school choice' measure hits snag in Kansas Senate - https://apnews.com/article/legislature-school-choice-kansas-topeka-bills-a4887df7480ee8479cc2282b16c29c9a#new_tab on @ap
NYC kindergarten applications fall 12% - Chalkbeat New York - https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/8/22374020/nyc-kindergarten-applications-decline-coronavirus#new_tab on chalkbeat
Alabama school funding fraud case: Updates on 6 indicted educators - al.com - https://www.al.com/news/2021/04/alabama-school-funding-fraud-case-updates-on-6-indicted-educators.html#new_tab on @aldotcom
90% of Louisiana school districts want to pause letter grades, 'show grace' in pandemic | Education | theadvocate.com - https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_72c73abc-9876-11eb-8c00-3bb4c8a9ab33.html#new_tab by @https://www.twitter.com/willsentell on @theadvocatebr
Richardson parents clash over LGBTQ books in school libraries - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/04/07/richardson-parents-clash-over-lgbtq-books-in-school-libraries/#new_tab via @dallasnews
The Pandemic’s Terrible Toll on Kids - WSJ - https://www.wsj.com/articles/pandemic-toll-children-mental-health-covid-school-11617969003?mod=searchresults_pos1&page=1#new_tab by @andreaapetersen on @WSJ
House advances bill to let schools teach creationism - https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/apr/08/house-advances-bill-to-let-schools-teach/#new_tab on @arkansasonline
U.S. Supreme Court won't block Mississippi school disparity lawsuit - https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/08/u-s-supreme-court-wont-block-mississippi-school-disparity-lawsuit/7145319002/#new_tab via @clarionledger
Big Education Ape: Dana Goldstein: Does It Hurt Children to Measure Pandemic Learning Loss? - The New York Times - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/dana-goldstein-does-it-hurt-children-to.html
Unity Group in Chattanooga Opposes ASD 2.0 – Tennessee Education ReportUNITY GROUP IN CHATTANOOGA OPPOSES ASD 2.0 A mid reports that Gov. Bill Lee is pushing legislation to extend the life of the failed Achievement School District, the Unity Group of Chattanooga has announced opposition to the move. In an opinion piece , Sherman Matthews and Eric Atkins (Chair and Corresponding Secretary, respectively) expressed the group’s concerns. A new proposal being pushed thr
Social Justice: Dangers & Expectations | The Crucial Voice of the PeopleThe Crucial Voice of the PeopleSocial Justice: Dangers & Expectations In the mid-1800’s, an Italian Jesuit gave rise to the phrase “social justice.” But today, its use as a political wedge leaves its meaning unclear to many. It’s meaning is based on Italian theologian “Thomas Aquinas’ idea that, in addition to doing the right thing, we should strive to do what is necessary for the betterment of others.” Five Principles of Soc
AFT, NEA protest new anti-virus school reopening guidelines – People's WorldAFT, NEA protest new anti-virus school reopening guidelines WASHINGTON—The nation’s two big teachers unions are protesting Biden administration guidance which says students returning to reopened schools can sit only three feet from each other, not six, but only after schools take other measures to combat potential community spread of the coronavirus. One protest came in a formal letter from Teac
U.S. Department of Education Releases "COVID-19 Handbook, Volume 2: Roadmap to Reopening Safely and Meeting All Students' Needs" | U.S. Department of EducationU.S. Department of Education Releases "COVID-19 Handbook, Volume 2: Roadmap to Reopening Safely and Meeting All Students' Needs" Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) released the COVID-19 Handbook, Volume 2: Roadmap to Reopening Safely and Meeting All Students' Needs to provide additional strategies for safely reopening all of America's schools and to promote educational equity b
Dr. John H. Jackson: Billions for Public School Equity: Let’s Celebrate this Historic Win! | Schott Foundation for Public EducationBillions for Public School Equity: Let’s Celebrate this Historic Win! | Schott Foundation for Public Education Billions for Public School Equity: Let’s Celebrate this Historic Win! Change takes time. Change takes trust. It takes sticking with a grassroots organization, building their capacity over time, continuing to fund courageous organizers through the inevitable ups and downs. Schott was foun
Gary Rubinstein: Why I Left the “Reform” Movement | Diane Ravitch's blogGary Rubinstein: Why I Left the “Reform” Movement Gary Rubinstein is well known to readers of this blog, as I have posted almost all of his blogs. He is a career high school math teacher in the New York City public schools. I met Gary about ten years ago, when I had made a complete turnaround in my views about testing and choice. I was working on an article about “miracle schools” that fudged th
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
CURMUDGUCATION: Democracy Is A PainDemocracy Is A Pain Kevin Williamson took to the National Review website earlier this week to argue against democracy. The proximate cause of Williamson's question-- Why not fewer voters? -- is much of the debate about voter suppression in Georgia which, he says, "begs the question and simply asserts that having more people vote is, ceteris paribus , a good thing." (Yeah, I had to look up ceteri
Nancy Bailey: Why I Write About Students and Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blogNancy Bailey: Why I Write About Students and Public Schools Nancy Bailey is a retired teacher and a terrific blogger. She and I co-authored a book called EdSpeak and DoubleTalk: A Glossary to Decipher Hypocrisy and Save Public Schooling. We have never met in person but I asked her to help me revise a similar book that I published a decade earlier; it had become obsolete. Now it is the go-to book
Teacher Tom: We Too Often Rob Children of What Makes Anything Worth PursuingWe Too Often Rob Children of What Makes Anything Worth Pursuing "Don't worry Leon, you can always make some more blood." I heard Luke say it in passing, consoling his friend, as I was on my way to somewhere else. Not having heard what came before or after, it struck me as both hilarious and intriguing. I couldn't help but try to bring it up again. When next Luke and I met on the playground, I sa
“The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people and must be willing to bear the expenses of it.” —John Adams | janresseger“The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people and must be willing to bear the expenses of it.” —John Adams The late political theorist Benjamin Barber believed that the American system of public schools—schools located in every community, schools accessible to all, schools paid for by the public—are the heart of our U.S. democracy. And he worried that school priva
A Year Ago – remembering | JD2718A Year Ago – remembering By April 6, 2020 my world was on its head. COVID was in NYC. I had decamped to near Lake Champlain. I was teaching, or trying to teach, via a computer. It was hard. And it was exhausting. And the news was relentless. Trump was horrible, but de Blasio and Cuomo were behaving like clowns – but clowns whose decisions affect millions of lives . It was too much. I’d lost a se
To Redesign Our Schools, Post-Pandemic, We Need to Remove Some Sacred Cows – Sam ChaltainTO REDESIGN OUR SCHOOLS, POST-PANDEMIC, WE NEED TO REMOVE SOME SACRED COWS Watch this video. What do you see? Video Player 00:00 00:31 Literally, of course, it’s a sacred cow. And what strikes me is how everyone around it unconsciously adjusts what they do, to the point that the cow has become all but invisible to the chaos of a morning commute. We have sacred cows here, too — but whereas in Nep
ACSE Agenda April 21, 2021 - Administration & Support (CA Dept of Education)ACSE Agenda April 21, 2021 Advisory Commission on Special Education (ACSE) meeting agenda. Important Notice Please note, the April 2021 Advisory Commission on Special Education (ACSE) meeting will be held as a teleconference; Room 1101 (board room) will be closed to the public. See ACSE Meeting Logistics section below for options to view and participate in the meeting. Advisory Commission on Spe
Ties That Bind Teachers and Physicians | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom PracticeTies That Bind Teachers and Physicians I posted this on my blog six years ago. At that time it grew out of a conversation with a friend* about two posts I published detailing my failures as a teacher with certain students I have had over the years. He has practiced Family Medicine for over a half-century in Pittsburgh and for years helped resident physicians in doing medical research and worked
Code Acts in Education: Edtech Sci-Fi | National Education Policy CenterCode Acts in Education: Edtech Sci-Fi Before making a career out of studying education technology, I was a student of literature. As an undergraduate student of English Lit at Cardiff University, we were taught it was possible to critique the canon, analyze cultural objects as mundane as cereal packets, and engage with ‘genre’ fiction such as crime, horror and sci-fi. Later, as a part-time PhD l
John Thompson: Oklahoma Takes The Economic Guardrails Off - Network For Public EducationJohn Thompson: Oklahoma Takes The Economic Guardrails Off John Thompson has been tracking Oklahoma shenanigans. This time, he’s watching the governor play games with poverty statistics while the legislature takes steps to further privatize the education system. Across the nation, too many corporate school reformers are using alt facts when attacking traditional public schools as they struggle wi
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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Thursday, April 8, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreformBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Stop Federal Funding of Charter Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-u2r via @dianeravitch Congress allocated $19 billion in federal stimulus money to Texas public education, but schools have yet to s
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