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In bitterly divided election in Southlake, Texas, opponents of anti-racism education win big - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bitterly-divided-election-southlake-texas-opponents-anti-racism-education-win-n1266102 by NBCNews on @NBCNews

During pandemic year, US teachers faced backlash over school closures, and saw a newfound respect for their work - Baltimore Sun - https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-coronavirus-teachers-20210502-qgofpnrgorhutkfdkw2abj6ggi-story.html via @baltimoresun

Prosecutors Extract Pleas, $215 Million in Charter School Fraud Case - https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/prosecutors-extract-pleas-215-million-in-charter-school-fraud-case/ via @voiceofsandiego

Opinion | America Is Brutal to Parents. Biden Is Trying to Change That. - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/opinion/biden-speech-child-care.html on @nytimes

UFT Spring Conference - https://web.cvent.com/event/72332bf6-fb57-48a9-bc56-327a017b74d5/summary

Phylicia Rashad On Alpha Kappa Alpha and Howard University History | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/05/phylicia-rashad-on-alpha-kappa-alpha.html

12 Pieces of Advice for Better Parenting http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/cMzm-txbhL8/

L.A. County’s Ambitious Youth Justice Plans https://www.laprogressive.com/conditions-at-the-countys-camps/

12-Year-Old Graduating From High School And College This Month https://patch.com/north-carolina/mooresville/12-year-old-graduating-high-school-college-month

PROOF POINTS: Robert Slavin championed the use of scientific evidence to figure out what works in education https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-robert-slavin-championed-the-use-of-scientific-evidence-to-figure-out-what-works-in-education/

Debate Erupts at N.J. Law School After White Student Quotes Racial Slur https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/nyregion/Rutgers-law-school-n-word.html

Trans Girls Are the Real Target of Anti-Trans Bills https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/trans-girls-being-targeted-by-transphobic-legislation

'I'm not a racist, damnit!' White mother goes viral after emotional rant at Missouri school meeting - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism - https://www.rawstory.com/missouri-schools-racial-justice/

'It's a stressful environment': Florida mom explains why she pulled her kid out of notorious anti-vax private school - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism - https://www.rawstory.com/centner-academy/

Fox News thrilled voters just elected ‘anti-woke’ candidates to 75% White wealthy Texas town’s school board - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism - https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-thrilled-voters-just-elected-anti-woke-candidates-to-75-white-wealthy-texas-towns-school-board/

Mitch McConnell Urges Education Secretary to Bar The 1619 Project From Federal Grant Programs Because White Fragility is a Helluva Drug https://www.theroot.com/mitch-mcconnell-urges-education-secretary-to-bar-the-16-1846807649?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=theroot_twitter via @TheRoot

WTF?: Kansas Lawmaker Allegedly Kneed Student in Groin, Asked Students About 'Making Babies,' Their Masturbation Habits and More https://www.theroot.com/wtf-kansas-lawmaker-allegedly-kneed-student-groin-as-1846807983?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=theroot_twitter via @TheRoot

Arizona High School Students Disciplined for Reenacting George Floyd's Murder - https://www.theroot.com/students-at-arizona-high-school-disciplined-after-reena-1846810351 on TheRoot

Race Was Discussed in a Missouri School District. White Tears Followed https://www.theroot.com/race-was-discussed-in-a-missouri-school-district-white-1846811010?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=theroot_twitter via @TheRoot

Melissa Carter of Central Elementary School in Clewiston, Florida, is reportedly under investigation. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/principal-melissa-carter-paddle_n_608fe210e4b046202709ac1e?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004 via @HuffPost

Answer Sheet: Former Lobbyist Details How Privatizers Are Trying to End Public Education | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10887 on @NEPCtweet

Former 'Pregnant Girl' Builds Support To Help Other Teen Moms https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/03/993012219/former-pregnant-girl-builds-support-to-help-other-teen-moms

The True Cost of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/business/racial-wealth-gap.html

Boston Public Schools surveying interest in a virtual school | Boston.com - https://www.boston.com/?p=22146079 by christopher-gavin

San Diego school districts still face deficits despite flood of COVID cash - The San Diego Union-Tribune - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-05-02/san-diego-school-districts-still-face-deficits-despite-flood-of-covid-cash#new_tab by @Kristen_Taketa on @sdut

Head Of Hawaii's Teachers' Union Is Vying To Be Interim Superintendent - Honolulu Civil Beat - https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/04/head-of-hawaiis-teachers-union-is-vying-to-be-interim-superintendent/#new_tab via @civilbeat

Pandemic boosts enrollment in cyber charter schools, but costs also are rising | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - https://www.post-gazette.com/business/bop/2021/05/03/Pennsylvania-cyber-charter-schools-brick-and-mortar-traditional-education-pandemic-online-virtual-learning-costs/stories/202105020002#new_tab via @PittsburghPG

Nearly 200 Oklahoma school districts suing state Education Board over charter school settlement https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/education/2021/05/01/oklahoma-school-districts-sue-state-board-education-charter-school-settlement/4903913001/ via @theoklahoman_

Anita Dunn, Biden adviser, says President didn't say 'absolutely' open schools in fall because virus is unpredictable - CNNPolitics - https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/02/politics/anita-dunn-schools-reopen-biden-cnntv/index.html#new_tab

LAUSD teachers oppose adding 10 days to school year, union says – Daily News - https://www.dailynews.com/?p=4501782 on @ladailynews

Will Schools Open in the Fall? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/briefing/schools-reopening-working-mothers.html?smid=tw-share

The Schools Aren’t Really Open - WSJ - https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-schools-arent-really-open-11619989532#new_tab by @WSJopinion on @WSJ

CPS CEO Janice Jackson announces departure; Chicago schools face leadership turnover with two other top officials also leaving - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cps-ceo-janice-jackson-20210503-fowcj3ffljchvf5mtzzqe5h2je-story.html#new_tab via @chicagotribune

Too many quarantines lead to changes - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/school-quarantine-changes/2021/05/02/681cdb4a-668e-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html#new_tab

Judge: New Mexico must give at-home students fast internet - https://apnews.com/article/nm-state-wire-new-mexico-coronavirus-technology-health-dbc30b2dfc08fe1243a2c941680fa10f#new_tab on @ap

Florida principal under investigation for paddling a 6-year-old student | WPEC - https://cbs12.com/news/local/florida-principal-under-investigation-for-paddling-a-6-year-old-student#new_tab on http://twitter.com/cbs12

Online high school floated as one possible use of Buffalo's stimulus windfall | Education | buffalonews.com - https://buffalonews.com/news/local/education/online-high-school-floated-as-one-possible-use-of-buffalos-stimulus-windfall/article_5ddb1bd4-a9ef-11eb-981b-0fbdaac49fde.html#new_tab by @https://twitter.com/MaryPasciak on @TheBuffaloNews

Big Education Ape: Seattle Schools Community Forum: What Did I Miss? #tBATs - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/05/seattle-schools-community-forum-what.html

Big Education Ape: An Update on My Health | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/05/an-update-on-my-health-diane-ravitchs.html

Big Education Ape: Teacher Tom: "Art Therapy is Therapy" - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/05/teacher-tom-art-therapy-is-therapy.html

Big Education Ape: NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/05/newblackman-in-exile-today-blm_3.html

Big Education Ape: A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 #tBATs - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-very-busy-day-larry-ferlazzos_3.html

can’t-miss UK/NAACP Education & Civil Rights Initiative VIRTUAL CONFERENCE | Cloaking Inequity

by Mike Simpson / 1h

CAN’T-MISS UK/NAACP EDUCATION & CIVIL RIGHTS INITIATIVE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE Talk with National Leaders and Experts! Register now for this can’t-miss virtual conference hosted by the University of Kentucky’s Education & Civil Rights Initiative May 7-8, 2021 Register here by Thursday, May 6 , for Education & Civil Rights for the New Decade! Explore some of the most pressing issues of our time in th

Important: Let's Thank Those House Members Who Support Charter Reform - Network For Public Education

by Mike Simpson / 1h

Important: Let’s Thank Those House Members Who Support Charter Reform Good news. Fifteen members of the House of Representatives led by Mark Pocan and Jamaal Bowman signed a letter to Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies House Appropriations Committee, Rosa DeLauro, and the subcommittee’s Ranki

Will Staff Returning from Obama/Duncan Years Compromise Biden’s Public Education Promises? | janresseger

by Mike Simpson / 1h

Will Staff Returning from Obama/Duncan Years Compromise Biden’s Public Education Promises? At the end of his first hundred days, President Joe Biden deserves credit for taking important steps to help public schools serving children living in communities where family poverty is concentrated. First, the President promised during the campaign to triple funding for Title I schools, and the federal b

Russ on Reading: Defeating the Science of Reading Narrative, Part 1: Focus on the Child

by Mike Simpson / 3h

Defeating the Science of Reading Narrative, Part 1: Focus on the Child Last week I wrote a post, Unsettling the Science of Reading Narrative that highlighted a new report from the Literacy Research Association, on dyslexia and the Science of Reading. The report titled An Examination of Literacy Research and Instruction, with Policy Implications, by Peter Johnston and Donna Scanlon, posits that 1

Good News from Oakland! | Diane Ravitch's blog

by Mike Simpson / 3h

Good News from Oakland! Several years ago, the Walton Family Foundation and the Gates Foundation decided that it was not enough to open new charter schools. No, they had to devise mechanisms to make sure that school officials put charters on an equal footing with public schools and that the public didn’t care whether schools were run by their elected school board or a private board of directors.

Democracy Prep’s Fiscal Tottering | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog

by Mike Simpson / 3h

Democracy Prep’s Fiscal Tottering In March 2019 and October 2019, Democracy Prep charter chain founder and former employee Seth Andrew stole a total of $218K from three Democracy Prep escrow accounts. He was able to do so because two years after leaving Democracy Prep (in 2017), Andrew still had access to his school email account and could falsely portray himself as still associated with the cha

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CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: What? May Already? Edition (5/2)

by Mike Simpson / 22h

CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: What? May Already? Edition (5/2) What? May Already? Edition That whole April thing seemed to slide by quickly. What could come next? I'll remind you (as I haven't in a while) that sharing is your power as a reader, and that if any of these really speak to you, the best gift you can give the writer of your favorite piece is more readers. Share. I'm a Chicago principal. This

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, May 2, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform

by Mike Simpson / 22h

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES The American Families Plan: Potentially the Most Important Proposal for Children Ever by @BruceLesley https://link.medium.com/YIzqtaAEQfb Is Kentucky upholding its mandate to adequately fund public schools? -

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