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Jones High success story illustrates inadequacy of voucher schools | Commentary - Orlando Sentinel - https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/guest-commentary/os-op-jones-high-physics-vouchers-20210516-czffpniexnb2jjxzmgcwrz3vei-story.html via @orlandosentinel
How HBCU Tennessee State University Could Be Owed Half A Billion Dollars : NPR - https://www.npr.org/2021/05/13/996617532/behind-the-underfunding-of-hbcus on @NPR
The War on Trans Kids Is Totally Unconstitutional http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/TQAwLQxx4W0/
Previewing California’s Historic Task Force To Study & Develop Reparations Proposals For African American U.S Slavery Descendants https://elkgrovetribune.com/previewing-californias-historic-task-force-to-study-develop-reparations-proposals-for-african-american-u-s-slavery-descendants/
Alexandria will remove police from public school hallways https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/alexandria-police-middle-high-school/2021/05/15/55308846-b3fb-11eb-9059-d8176b9e3798_story.html
The 2021 SPC Honorable Mentions https://www.npr.org/2021/05/16/996191376/the-2021-spc-honorable-mentions
University of California Will No Longer Consider SAT and ACT Scores https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/us/SAT-scores-uc-university-of-california.html
Connecticut high schooler charged over racist Snapchat attack on a Black classmate http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/zr9ddUpTs0I/
Sacramento City Unified School District to increase in-person classes to 4 days a week starting May 18 https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-city-unified-school-district-increase-in-person-instructions/103-567751be-f6ab-47f5-a29d-e49b4b805a1b
Video Series From The Wall Street Journal: “WSJ Explainers” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=117577 on @Larryferlazzo
Teachers union president wants schools to move "full speed ahead" in reopening this fall - CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/randi-weingarten-teachers-union-schools-reopening/ by @https://twitter.com/toribpowell on @CBSNews
The outlook is brighter for the US on Covid-19. It's why school - Honolulu, Hawaii news, sports & weather - KITV Channel 4 - https://www.kitv.com/story/43891089/the-outlook-is-brighter-for-the-us-on-covid-19-its-why-school-life-may-return-to-almost-normal-in-the-fall
Damon Weaver, Child Reporter Who Interviewed President Barack Obama at the White House, dies at 23 https://www.theroot.com/damon-weaver-child-reporter-who-interviewed-president-1846905349
In a Dark Year on Campus, Some Surprising Glimmers of Light https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/us/coronavirus-college-student-experience.html
Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Grandchild Edition (5/16) - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/05/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi_16.html
In rare school board campaign visit, national teachers union president calls Scranton recovery plan 'immoral'In rare school board campaign visit, national teachers union president calls Scranton recovery plan 'immoral' May 16—SCRANTON — Calling Tuesday's election a critical moment for the Scranton School District, the national president of the American Federation of Teachers visited the city on Saturday to campaign for the union-endorsed candidates. The unprecedented visit by Randi Weingarten comes ami
Grumpy Old Teacher – Generations of public investment in a quality public education system should not be thrown awayDecisions, Decisions–What’s a School District to Do? Let’s survey the audience. Even as we close out the Covid school year, districts are wrestling with deciding how to open schools in August. What mitigation measures should they keep in place? What should they drop? What does the community want? Parents? Students? Teachers and staff? Grumpy Old Teacher’s (GOT) district has put a survey online t
Schools Matter: Vouchers in FL Create Black Christian Madrassahs in Strip MallsVouchers in FL Create Black Christian Madrassahs in Strip Malls Although this commentary by Billy Townsend describes a seed of hope in Florida's education desert, the bigger message points to what you get with laws that allow unregulated and unaccredited private "schools" to replace public schools that have been malignantly-neglected by segregationists who want to close them. Orlando Sentinel ,
Breaking up with your favorite racist childhood classic books - The Washington PostBreaking up with your favorite racist childhood classic books Philip Nel is the author of “ Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature and the Need for Diverse Book s,” a 2017 book that helped launch a conversation about racism in children’s books that led to a recent decision by Dr. Seuss Enterprises to stop publishing six of the prolific author’s books. Nel, who
California's biggest schools clash: To Zoom or not to Zoom? - POLITICOCalifornia's biggest schools clash: To Zoom or not to Zoom? California's biggest schools clash: To Zoom or not to Zoom? Gov. Gavin Newsom and powerful California lawmakers are standing firm against allowing distance learning next school year. SACRAMENTO — The biggest state Capitol battle this spring could pit California leaders against local school officials, civil rights groups and teachers unio
NANCY BAILEY: Where’s the Biden Administration on School Problems Facing Students, Teachers, and Parents?Where’s the Biden Administration on School Problems Facing Students, Teachers, and Parents? Where’s the Biden Administration on School Problems Facing Students, Teachers, and Parents? The pandemic showed us that public schools are critical. Understandably, Covid-19 has been front and center. But the Biden administration glosses over or is silent on critical school issues. Sometimes these topics a
Chicago Eliminates Another Arne Duncan Initiative | Diane Ravitch's blogChicago Eliminates Another Arne Duncan Initiative While Arne Duncan was superintendent of schools in Chicago, he received over $10 million from the Gates Foundation to begin “turning around” low-performing schools. He supported the creation of The Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL), which subsequently took over 31 schools, some of which raised test scores but were criticized for pushing
EdAction in Congress May 16, 2021 - Education VotesEdAction in Congress May 16, 2021 House to vote on anti-Asian hate crime bill this week The House is scheduled to vote this week on the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act (S. 937/H.R. 1843) , which passed the Senate by an overwhelming vote of 94-1 on April 22. Introduced by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), it would strengthen federal efforts to address hate crimes targeting Asian-Americans in several ways: desig
Education Matters: Greene ignores CDC guidelines, continues to put people in jeopardy + What base is Green playing to?Education Matters: Greene ignores CDC guidelines, continues to put people in jeopardy Greene ignores CDC guidelines, continues to put people in jeopardy First, let me say I am over masks. I am over wearing them, I am over telling kids to wear them, and I want nothing more than for them to be in the rear window of history. That being said, I will continue to wear them; you see, I don't know most o
Closing Out the Covid Year – Grumpy Old TeacherClosing Out the Covid Year It has been a year like no other. While a pandemic disaster did not strike to close all the schools in Grumpy Old Teacher’s (GOT) north Florida district, as we once anticipated through the holidays, Covid mitigation and adjustments have still had their effect. As we close out the school year (thirteen school days left [yay!] along with a boatload of testing [boo!], how
Is Critical Race Theory Dividing the Country? | Teacher in a strange landIs Critical Race Theory Dividing the Country? When people start referring to a cultural phenomenon with initials—CRT for ‘critical race theory,’ say—you know that whatever that thing once was, it’s now morphed into something completely unrecognizable. Made less complex. Reduced to stereotype. And in the case of CRT, politicized . In my long years of classroom practice, pedagogical strategies and
Impoverished Pennsylvania District About to Be Fully Charterized, Despite Parent Opposition | Diane Ravitch's blogImpoverished Pennsylvania District About to Be Fully Charterized, Despite Parent Opposition Chester-Upland school district is one of the poorest in the state. Seventy percent of its students are black. One big charter school, owned and operated by a wealthy Republican lawyer from Philadelphia, already dominates the district with his Chester Community Charter School. The district has been in rece
We're Still Waiting For The Promise Of Brown v. Board Of Education To Be Fulfilled | HuffPostWe’re Still Waiting For The Promise Of Brown v. Board Of Education To Be Fulfilled “When the Supreme Court’s decision finally etched itself upon the country, the social stuff of that imprinting behaved in ways other than intended.” Our house had a cottonwood tree in the backyard. In the excruciating Texas summer, it bloomed and cotton flew around the house like a summer snow. It caked over the w
C.D.C.: Schools in the U.S. Should Continue to Use Masks - The New York TimesSchools in the U.S. should continue to use masks, C.D.C. advises The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday clarified coronavirus advice for U.S. schools, recommending the continued, universal use of masks and physical distancing, after the agency’s sudden announcement that vaccinated Americans could forego masks indoors. All schools teaching students from kindergarten through gr
CURMUDGUCATION: NV: Should Charter Schools Hire Licensed Teachers?NV: Should Charter Schools Hire Licensed Teachers ? Nevada is one of the country's leading states for privatizers; in 2015, they went all in on education savings accounts aka super-vouchers. Well, not so super- -they were not large enough to benefit the poor families that were the excuse for passing the bill. But they've got tax credit scholarships so that donors can get out of paying school tax
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TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, May 15, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTHBig Education Ape TOP POSTS THIS WEEK 5/15/21 Biden promised to end federal funding of for-profit charter schools. A new report explains how they operate. - The Washington Post New report provides reality check on virtual schools - The Washington Post TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, May 8, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edref
THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, May 15, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTHBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Newsom’s $2 billion college savings plan for 1st graders & Chris Edley’s new gig https://edsource.org/podcast/newsoms-2-billion-college-savings-plan-for-1st-graders-chris-edleys-new-gig Philadelphia pre-Ks could see millions in
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