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AFT TEACH 2021 | American Federation of Teachers - https://www.aft.org/node/9878 by aftunion #TEACH21 #AFTTEACH21
How much does Lake Wales Charter force families to pay School Board Chair Lori Cunningham's business? - by Billy Townsend - Public Enemy Number 1 - https://billytownsend.substack.com/p/how-much-does-lake-wales-charter
Questions about the specialized high school admissions process from a specialized high school teacher. Part 5 “What is known about the SHSAT?” | Gary Rubinstein's Blog - https://wp.me/plDtP-4Rr via @garyrubinstein
McKeesport Superintendent Gets 5 Year New Contract A Day After Resignation | gadflyonthewallblog - https://wp.me/p4QD1W-3z5 via @StevenSinger3
Choosing Democracy: Failure of School Improvement Grants - http://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2021/07/failure-of-school-improvement-grants.html
In “Scripting the Moves,” Joanne Golann Exposes the Demeaning Hidden Curriculum in a No-Excuses Charter School | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-7Xv via @janresseger
NYC Educator: Today in PTA (Pass Them All) - http://nyceducator.com/2021/07/today-in-pta-pass-them-all.html
Timothy Snyder: The War on History is a War on Democracy | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uot via @dianeravitch
Trying To Simplify The Thirteen Colonies | Blue Cereal Education - http://bluecerealeducation.com/node/1111
Teacher Tom: How To Create Your Own State-Of-The-Art Backyard Playground - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/07/how-to-create-your-own-state-of-art.html
Historians and Other Scholars and Teachers Denounce Censorship in History Classes | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uqv via @dianeravitch
Seattle Schools Community Forum: What Matters to the Seattle School Board? - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/07/what-matters-to-seattle-school-board.html
Regular monitoring may be only way to prevent large COVID-19 outbreaks in schools + School based mindfulness training helps kids sleep better Education Research Report - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/
Radical Eyes for Equity: Unpacking Nonsense: Knowledge as Commodity | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10974 on @NEPCtweet
Improved transportation option for Philadelphia students - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/8/22569176/fare-card-instead-of-transpasses-for-philadelphia-students-who-ride-septa-to-school on chalkbeat
Opponents of Critical Race Theory Are Arguing With Themselves - The Atlantic - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/opponents-critical-race-theory-are-arguing-themselves/619391/
Here’s what we know about the new C.D.C. schools guidance. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/09/education/cdc-masks-guidelines-schools.html
NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/
Opinion | I Once Overlooked HBCUs. Hannah-Jones’ Decision Reminded Me of Their Power. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/07/08/nikole-hannah-jones-hbcus-racism-498825
Head of teachers union says critical race theory isn't taught in schools, vows to defend "honest history" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/critical-race-theory-teachers-union-honest-history/ via @CBSNews
One of the Nation’s Largest Teachers’ Unions Pledges to Defend Those Who Teach ‘Honest History’ as Parents and Politicians Continue to Lose Their Minds Over Critical Race Theory https://www.theroot.com/one-of-the-nation-s-largest-teachers-unions-pledges-to-1847253227
Critical race theory hysteria overshadows the importance of teaching kids about racism https://www.vox.com/first-person/22568672/critical-race-theory-crt-education-racism-teachers
CDC says students vaccinated against the coronavirus can go maskless in fall; some states, schools had already lifted mask mandates https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/cdc-guidelines-school-masks-k12/2021/07/09/6769a890-df56-11eb-9f54-7eee10b5fcd2_story.html
But ‘it’s break!’: Thousands of D.C.-area kids head to summer school, sometimes reluctantly https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/alexandria-summer-school-virtual-in-person/2021/07/08/d6953a2e-dff4-11eb-b507-697762d090dd_story.html
Reluctance to require suicide prevention education could cost lives, but it’s complicated https://hechingerreport.org/reluctance-to-require-suicide-prevention-education-could-cost-lives-but-its-complicated/
Five ways you can help ease kids’ stress from the last year https://hechingerreport.org/five-ways-you-can-help-ease-kids-stress-from-the-last-year/
New Poll Says California’s Teachers Are Doing A Great Job! | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=118805 on @Larryferlazzo
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ on @Larryferlazzo
NJ cut aid to some schools. Did that break federal pandemic-relief rules? https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/07/jersey-city-coalition-leads-fight-against-nj-school-aid-cuts-argues-state-broke-federal-pandemic-relief-rules/
CDC Updates Guidelines To Protect Kids From COVID In School. Plus: Vacation Tips https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/07/09/1014543918/coronavirus-faq-whats-the-latest-advice-to-protect-kids-in-school-and-on-vacatio
Nikole Hannah-Jones And Ta-Nehisi Coates To Join Howard University Faculty https://www.npr.org/2021/07/09/1014512164/nikole-hannah-jones-and-ta-nehisi-coates-to-join-howard-university-faculty
Zaila Avant-garde Becomes First African American To Win Scripps Spelling Bee https://www.npr.org/2021/07/08/1014312875/scripps-spelling-bee-winner
NYC details $630 million plan for academic recovery post pandemic https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-nyc-education-academic-recovery-federal-stimulus-20210708-p5lplnclrngyvihuyouv5uogu4-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
Education Department urges Biden to extend student loan relief https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/09/student-loan-relief-extension-498942
Critical Race History in Texas https://dissidentvoice.org/2021/07/critical-race-history-in-texas/
Right wing pedophiles want to put cameras in your classrooms http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dojow/~3/zL6YFjaNZUE/right-wing-pedophiles-want-to-put.html
CDC: Vaccinated Teachers And Students Don't Need Masks https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-students-teachers-masks_n_60e866a2e4b04c90125a37c4
