Thursday, May 27, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Thursday, May 27, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH

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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES 


Thank you, teachers, for this pandemic school year - cleveland.com - https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/05/thank-you-teachers-for-this-pandemic-school-year.html on @clevelanddotcom

A Productive Meeting Between the District and Teachers About the Next School Year - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency - https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-productive-meeting-between-the-district-and-teachers-about-the-next-school-year by @jasolinden on @mcsweeneys

CPS rejects charter school relocation to Albany Park, cites potential harm to neighborhood school - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/5/26/22455019/cps-aspira-early-college-charter-school-relocation-albany-park-roosevelt-high-school

Nearly 10 million kids could gain affordable child care under new bill - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/24/nearly-10-million-kids-could-gain-affordable-child-care-under-new-bill.html by @Megan_Leonhardt on @CNBC

Shanker Blog: The Uncertain Short-Term Future of School Growth Models | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10925 on @NEPCtweet

Education Research Report: An Assessment of the Impact of the New York City Community Schools Initiative - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Philadelphia won’t use test scores for admissions to selective schools for 2022-23 - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/5/27/22455766/philadelphia-wont-use-test-scores-for-admissions-to-selective-schools-for-2022-23 on chalkbeat

'Dear Son': How A Mom's Letter Inspired A Graduation Speech — From Prison https://www.scpr.org/news/2021/05/27/97962/dear-son-how-a-mom-s-letter-inspired-a-graduation/ via @kpcc

San Francisco's teachers union becomes first K-12 union to endorse BDS movement - Jewish Telegraphic Agency - https://www.jta.org/?p=1745899

Teachers Clear Back to School Hurdle for the Fall: They Want to Come Back - WSJ - https://www.wsj.com/articles/schools-clear-hurdle-to-returning-in-the-fall-teachers-want-to-come-back-11622107801 on @WSJ

Epic Charter Schools cuts ties with Epic Youth Services, co-founders Ben Harris and David Chaney https://nondoc.com/2021/05/27/epic-charter-schools-cuts-ties-with-epic-youth-services-co-founders-ben-harris-and-david-chaney/ via @nondocmedia

Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure Goes Back to the Same UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees That Took Issue With The 1619 Project Journalist https://www.theroot.com/nikole-hannah-jones-tenure-goes-back-to-the-same-unc-ch-1846981214

Massachusetts School District Suspends School Police Program After Cops Were Called on 6-Year-Old https://www.theroot.com/massachusetts-school-district-suspends-school-police-pr-1846975455

Howard University's College of Fine Arts Is Now Named After Chadwick Boseman https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/howard-universitys-college-of-fine-arts-is-now-named-af-1846974125

Texas educators worry GOP bill will whitewash history and put their students at a disadvantage http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/I__3aGEoTuw/

Districts Ramp Up Summer School Plans To Make Up For Learning Loss From Distance Learning https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/05/25/districts-summer-distance-learning-pay-teachers/

COVID Reopening: San Francisco School District Accused Of Using Loophole To Qualify For State Funds https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/05/24/covid-funding-loophole-san-francisco-school-reopening/

The pandemic hit moms hard, and that stress can trickle down to kids https://hechingerreport.org/the-pandemic-hit-moms-hard-and-that-stress-can-trickle-down-to-kids/

OPINION: Stop holding college transcripts hostage over unpaid debt https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-stop-holding-college-transcripts-hostage-over-unpaid-debt/

Colorado Becomes First State To Ban Legacy College Admissions https://www.npr.org/2021/05/27/1000868262/colorado-becomes-first-state-to-ban-legacy-college-admissions

NOPD issues warrant for former Singleton Charter CFO amid background checks investigation https://thelensnola.org/2021/05/27/nopd-issues-warrant-for-former-singleton-charter-cfo-amid-background-checks-investigation/

ACLU Joins Lawsuit Over West Virginia Banning Trans Girls And Women From Sports https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aclu-west-virginia-anti-trans-law_n_60aec80ce4b03135479fe866

Should mental health be a valid reason for missing school? Many say yes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/montgomery-county-schools-mental-health/2021/05/26/10410d5c-bdae-11eb-9c90-731aff7d9a0d_story.html

How school districts responded to Inslee’s school reopening order https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/how-school-districts-responded-to-inslees-school-reopening-order/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=article_inset_1.1 via @seattletimes

Portland schools to fully reopen in fall with virtual option | kgw.com - https://www.kgw.com/article/news/education/portland-school-board-votes-for-return-to-full-time-in-person-learning/283-8c21c78e-4840-40af-aa5f-3dccd71b8c17#new_tab

Philly wants to change some schools’ schedules by as much as 2 hours. People are up in arms. - https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-school-district-schedule-bus-changes-20210526.html#new_tab via @PhillyInquirer

CPS Chicago Public Schools: Remote learning will return this fall for medically fragile students despite in-person mandate - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/5/26/22455602/cps-in-person-learning-fall-remote-medically-fragile-summer-school-programs#new_tab

Detroit public schools offers $15K bonuses for special education teachers - https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2021/05/24/detroit-public-schools-community-district-offers-15k-bonuses-for-special-education-teachers/#new_tab on WDIV

Los Lunas school board suspended after evidence of law violations - https://www.krqe.com/?p=940719

Bill heading to Congress to ban seclusion, restraints in schools - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/congress-introduces-bill-ban-seclusion-restraints-schools-n1268638#new_tab by NBCNews on @NBCNews

Counting on summer school to catch kids up after a disrupted year - The Hechinger Report - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=78998 via @hechingerreport

Federal lawsuit challenges constitutionality of West Virginia's new law on transgender athletes - WV MetroNews - https://wvmetronews.com/?p=415544 by @BradMcElhinny

NJ schools pulling plug on remote learning from overseas - https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2021/05/27/nj-schools-pulling-plug-remote-learning-overseas/5129758001/#new_tab via @northjersey

Some states and big school districts remove virtual learning option for fall - Chalkbeat - https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/5/26/22455236/no-remote-learning-virtual-option-fall#new_tab on chalkbeat

Lawsuit filed to force teachers’ pension records. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-qkE via @fklonsky

Ed Notes Online: Retiree Update: MLC and City at Impasse over which private health care to use, negotiations on hold - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/05/retiree-update-mlc-and-city-at-impasse.html

Statement by Secretary Cardona on President Biden’s Nomination of Lisa Brown | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/statement-secretary-cardona-president-bidens-nomination-lisa-brown

From World War II to Harvard: the Nisei Soldier who served and taught America - ED.gov Blog - https://blog.ed.gov/?p=30654

Teacher in a Strange Land: The Great (Unemployed and Underpaid) Transformation | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10928 on @NEPCtweet

CURMUDGUCATION: Eroding Trust In Chester Upland - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/05/eroding-trust-in-chester-upland.html

News that would make Grandmas Vasquez Proud | Cloaking Inequity - https://wp.me/p2D92I-5O2 via @ProfessorJVH

Big Education Ape: School Privatizers Restructure State of Iowa to Seize Public Funds | Dissident Voice - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/05/school-privatizers-restructure-state-of.html

Teacher Tom: Raising Free People
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Raising Free People "What are you going to be when you grow up?" It's a question adults asked me as a boy and one I still hear adults asking children. From quite a young age I knew that questions required answers to it so I always had one ready. "I'm going to be a cowboy." "I'm going to be an astronaut." "I'm going to be a baseball player." "I'm going to be an engineer like my dad." My answers v
What Do White Folk Fear? – radical eyes for equity
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What Do White Folk Fear? Consider this description of public schools in the U.S.: [P]ublic schools … [are] a “dragon … devouring the hope of the country as well as religion.” Secular public education … [is filled with] “Socialism, Red Republicanism, Universalism, Infidelity, Deism, Atheism, and Pantheism—anything, everything, except religion and patriotism.” FREETHINKERS: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN S
Jane Nylund: I-Ready Stinks | Diane Ravitch's blog
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Jane Nylund: I-Ready Stinks Jane Nylund is a parent activist and educator in Oakland. She writes: A bit of background: we are a family of two kids through OUSD, nearly 20 years with the district. Strong foundation in math and science, and some experience with statistics. As a classified educator in a high-needs school, I have recently spent time proctoring the I-Ready diagnostic in my fourth gra
A year and a day | JD2718
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A year and a day Yesterday people wrote meaningful remembrances. Today I am asking: What’s changed? One conviction. Almost a thousand more people killed by cops. Police still lying about deaths in custody. After a few months of outrage and protest – what’s changed? Why are armed, uniformed police still in charge of traffic stops? Why are armed, uniformed police still in charge of dealing with th
CURMUDGUCATION: Should Some School Districts Be Broken Up?
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Should Some School Districts Be Broken Up? New York City's school system is not really an example of anything except itself, despite the many times it's written about and pointed at. This should not be a surprise. We are lousy at history in this country, and so we miss obvious things, like the change in scale. Thomas Jefferson was the President of a country with roughly six million people in it;
I Fought the Do-Nothing-Incumbent, and He Won | gadflyonthewallblog
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I Fought the Do-Nothing-Incumbent, and He Won The best candidate doesn’t always win. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from running for office, it’s that. This spring, I ran for Allegheny County Council in the Pittsburgh region of Pennsylvania – and got my butt handed to me. My opponent was a 15-year incumbent, a nominal Democrat known for doing next to nothing, and he promised to do the same up
i-Ready, Johns Hopkins and Oakland Public Schools | tultican
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i-Ready, Johns Hopkins and Oakland Public Schools By Thomas Ultican 5/26/2021 The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) signed an agreement on March 10 to substitute i-Ready diagnostic testing for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). The no cost agreement calls for the data to be given to Johns Hopkins University for comparative analysis with SBAC. Oakland teachers administering t
Year-End Deadline for CNIPS Payments - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education)
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Year-End Deadline for CNIPS Payments The California Department of Education’s (CDE) Child Nutrition Fiscal Services (CNFS) unit is advising Child Nutrition Program Operators of a temporary payment scheduling change. CNFS has been notified that the State Controller’s Office will not be processing payments for a brief period in June 2021. Claims submitted between June 3 – 23, 2021 may be affected.

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I Fought the Do-Nothing-Incumbent, and He Won
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The best candidate doesn’t always win. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from running for office, it’s that. This spring, I ran for Allegheny County Council in the Pittsburgh region of Pennsylvania – and got my butt handed to me. My opponent was a 15-year incumbent, a nominal Democrat known for doing next to nothing, and he promised to do the same upon re-election. I am a public school teacher, a

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