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The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249
Elites Profit From “Nonprofit” Charter Schools - https://jacobinmag.com/2021/07/charter-schools-for-profit-nonprofit-taxpayer-public-money-oversight-education-salaries-real-estate-burris-interview
The WEP/GPO is pure theft. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-qpO via @fklonsky
The Covid Charge of the Teacher Brigade (2021 version) – Grumpy Old Teacher - https://wp.me/p9VD0X-Js via @sampsongregory
Bob Moses and The Enduring Education Injustice | The Jose Vilson - https://wp.me/p5MpX-8d0 via @thejlv
Tax Avoidance Lets the Wealthy Set the Policy Agenda | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-815 via @janresseger
Russ on Reading: This Will Be Our Last Post Together - https://russonreading.blogspot.com/2021/07/this-will-be-our-last-post-together.html
Bruce Baker: How to Make Charter Schools More Accountable and Transparent | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-utO via @dianeravitch
Schott Foundation Welcomes Diallo Brooks as SVP of Programs and Advocacy | Schott Foundation for Public Education - http://schottfoundation.org/node/4379
Welcome to the Schools Issue of the Highlight - Vox - https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22580607/school-issue-highlight on voxdotcom
Teacher Tom: Running Away From Home - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/07/running-away-from-home.html
How Charter Schools Select Their Students | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uuM via @dianeravitch
UFT Elections (Part 1) - Historical Analysis - Comparing the 2016 success and the 2019 disaster http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dojow/~3/dg050ye-obs/uft-elections-part1-historical-analysis.html
Civil rights activist Robert Moses dies at 86 https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/25/civil-rights-activist-robert-moses-dies-at-86-500731
Require vaccines for NYC teachers - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-require-vaccines-for-nyc-teachers-20210726-424crus2hjgvjfar3l3yhqk7d4-story.html via @nydailynews
‘People are scared’: Democrats lose ground on school equity plans - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/26/democrats-school-critical-race-theory-500729
Schott Foundation Welcomes Diallo Brooks as SVP of Programs and Advocacy http://schottfoundation.org/about/press-releases/diallo-brooks-svp-programs-advocacy
Kamala Harris is the highest-ranking mom ever in U.S. politics. Here's why that matters - https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Kamala-Harris-is-the-highest-ranking-mom-ever-in-16335393.php on @sfchronicle
The Algebra Project INC - https://algebra.org/wp/
Intervention Periods are Racist. “Alright scholars, go ahead and open up… | by Your Contractual Obligations | Jul, 2021 | Medium - https://yourcontractualobligations.medium.com/intervention-periods-are-racist-4a5bca3103a9 by @YObligations on @Medium
Simple, Dark, and Deep: Photographic Theorizations of As-Yet Schools - https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s42438-021-00233-9
Anthony Fauci Warns US Is Headed in “Wrong Direction” on Covid-19 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/motherjones/main/~3/YHa7I4oLoZI/
NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/
Chicago Public Schools set to rehire Aramark to clean CPS schools despite pledging not to and company’s record of filthy schools - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/7/23/22590718/cps-public-schools-aramark-clean-contract-covid-janitor-custodian-sodexo-board-education#new_tab
PROOF POINTS: A study suggests an instructive way to talk to little crawlers https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-a-study-suggests-an-instructive-way-to-talk-to-little-crawlers/
Only a third of NJ teachers pass licensing exams the first time around. Does that reflect teacher prep programs? https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/07/only-a-third-of-nj-teachers-pass-licensing-exams-the-first-time-around-does-that-reflect-teacher-prep-programs/
How Some Districts Are Trying To Get Anxious Families Back Into School Buildings https://www.npr.org/2021/07/26/1017864066/how-some-districts-are-trying-to-get-anxious-families-back-into-school-buildings
Censorship Scholar On Book Bans And Critical Race Theory https://www.npr.org/2021/07/25/1020488416/censorship-scholar-on-book-bans-and-critical-race-theory
Texas, Oklahoma Indicate They'll Leave the Big 12 for the SEC https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/sports/ncaafootball/sec-big-12-oklahoma-texas.html
How the Pandemic Took a Toll on Low-Income College Students https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/us/politics/college-aid-coronavirus.html
Ex-Arizona schools superintendent Denise Birdwell, 3 others indicted - https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/gilbert-education/2021/07/23/arizona-schools-superintendent-denise-birdwell-others-indicted/8073137002/#new_tab
Chicago Parents Push Back Against Limited Remote Learning Option | WBEZ Chicago - https://www.wbez.org/stories/as-school-year-nears-some-chicago-parents-push-back-against-limited-virtual-option/01b78f85-cc48-4881-99bc-98225680312d
Parents want honors math back at NYC middle school - https://wp.me/pb3Qpq-1hiZA by @nypmetro on @nypost
An appeals court ruling: California's school closure rules violated private school families' rights - The San Diego Union-Tribune - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-07-23/appeal-court-rules-in-favor-of-private-school-families#new_tab by @Kristen_Taketa on @sdut
Austin Beutner's tenure as L.A. schools chief marked more by crisis than academic gains http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AAMxwUI?ocid=st
D.C.’s largest charter network wants city to let it offer robust all-virtual option in fall http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AAMuxvD?ocid=st
Political infighting plagued S.F.'s pandemic hubs for vulnerable students, report says - https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Political-infighting-plagued-S-F-s-pandemic-16336770.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle
The Best Resources For Learning About The Life Of Bob Moses | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119288 on @Larryferlazzo
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ on @Larryferlazzo
Education Research Report: Effectiveness of Early Literacy Instruction—Summary of 20 Years of Research - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/
What’s at stake in Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial race? Educators say teaching race, racism in schools. https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/26/22594223/whats-at-stake-in-pennsylvanias-gubernatorial-race-educators-say-teaching-race-racism-in-schools
