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Friday, August 20, 2021

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The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249



Seattle Schools Community Forum: Oh the Things You Will Learn (Part 2) - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/08/oh-things-you-will-learn-part-2.html


Education Matters: The absolute nonsense DCPS would have people believe. - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-absolute-nonsense-dcps-would-have.html


Texas: Disability Advocates File Federal Lawsuit Against Governor Abbott’s Masking Ban | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uCK via @dianeravitch


State of Emergency in El Dorado County - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/stemrgeldorcntcaldorfire.asp


How Will NYC Kids Do School While on Quarantine? | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-2e6 on @wordpressdotcom


Texas Supreme Court Rejects Gov. Abbott’s Intervention, Allows Districts to Mandate Masks, for Now | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uDk via @dianeravitch


NEA President Becky Pringle on Vaccine and Mask Mandates - The Atlantic - https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/08/becky-pringle-nea-vaccine-mandates/619836/


What Would It Take to Genuinely Do What Is Best for Kids? | Teacher in a strange land - https://wp.me/p1Wvaa-eg via @nancyflanagan


Teacher Tom: To Seize The Joy Lying, Waiting, At Your Feet - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/to-seize-joy-lying-waiting-at-your-feet.html


BuzzFlash: Jeff Bryant: Industry Lobbying Firm Rushes to Defend Charter Schools That Think of Children as a Business | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11020 on @NEPCtweet


The WEP/GPO and same-sex married couples. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-qsM via @fklonsky


We Have Lost a Dear Friend: Laura Chapman | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uDi via @dianeravitch


Biden Administration Will Take Action Against States That Ban Mask Mandates | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uCw via @dianeravitch


Republicans Embrace “Three Kinds of Lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics” – radical eyes for equity - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-a3T via @plthomasEdD


Journalism’s Gates keepers - Columbia Journalism Review - https://www.cjr.org/?p=84512 via cjr

More Questions than Answers as Schools Reopen https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/confusion-around-school-reopenings-jacobs-210819/

Why many school districts are being set up for fiscal failure | Salon.com - https://www.salon.com/2019/06/29/why-many-school-districts-are-being-set-up-for-fiscal-failure_partner/

As Childhood Covid Cases Spike, School Vaccination Clinics Are Slow Going - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/us/politics/coronavirus-school-vaccinations.html?smid=tw-share on @nytimes

'Mask Wars' Are Erupting In Schools As Students Return Back : Back To School: Live Updates : NPR - https://www.npr.org/sections/back-to-school-live-updates/2021/08/20/1028841279/mask-mandates-school-protests-teachers

Campaign pushing for St. Louis education reform stalls, sparks school board outrage | Education | stltoday.com - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/campaign-pushing-for-st-louis-education-reform-stalls-sparks-school-board-outrage/article_bf71a550-2ebd-5fb3-96c9-c17278fb0258.html

Writing | The Afterword: A Conversation About the Future of Words - https://www.theafterwordpodcast.com/

Sandra Oh Wants You to Enjoy This Show - https://www.chronicle.com/article/sandra-oh-wants-you-to-enjoy-this-show by @@EmmaJanePettit on @chronicle

Top education policymaker’s wife sits on charter school board | Raleigh News & Observer - https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article253584034.html on newsobserver

Latest Data on COVID-19 Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity | KFF - https://www.kff.org/55056b1/ on @kff

Philadelphia schools to test symptomatic students this year - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/8/19/22633373/philadelphia-schools-to-test-symptomatic-students-but-teachers-union-opposes-change on chalkbeat

Mike Klonsky's Blog: The Emerson Poll: Perception vs. Reality - http://michaelklonsky.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-emerson-poll-perception-vs-reality.html

The CDC Only Tracks a Fraction of Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections, Even as Cases Surge https://www.propublica.org/article/the-cdc-only-tracks-a-fraction-of-breakthrough-covid-19-infections-even-as-cases-surge#1105875

All Teachers Should Be Vaccinated http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/OrSJc4i6vH4/

The Fight To Preserve Rosenwald Schools | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/08/the-fight-to-preserve-rosenwald-schools.html via @NewBlackMan

NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/ via @NewBlackMan

Texas drops mask mandate ban enforcement in public schools https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/19/texas-drops-mask-mandate-ban-schools-506339

U.S. Department of Education Grants Interest Rate Benefit to More Than 47,000 Service Members | U.S. Department of Education - U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases

A ripped-off mask and verbal assault: how tensions over changing mask rules spilled over in one Texas school district https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/20/mask-texas-eanes-isd/

Rural schools shut down to keep COVID-19 from overwhelming their small communities https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/19/texas-school-districts-shut-covid/

Texas says schools now must notify families of positive COVID-19 cases in classrooms https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/19/texas-schools-covid-19-cases/

School boards are in open revolt against Ron DeSantis’s anti-mask crusade https://www.vox.com/22632283/ron-desantis-school-board-revolt-masks-joe-biden-miami-dade-broward-palm-beach-hillsborough

Cal State students failing, withdrawing from many required classes at a high rate http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/jLz7_FwJtrE/csu-students-failing-withdrawing-from-many-required-classes-at-a-high-rate

Three New Resources For Planning The First Days Of School | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=120151 on @Larryferlazzo

Friday’s New Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=120111 on @Larryferlazzo

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ on @Larryferlazzo

COVID-19 vaccination mandate for teachers, school staffers likely within days https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/08/covid-19-gov-murphy-vaccination-weekly-testing-school-personnel/

The Topic Of Masks In Schools Is Polarizing Some Parents To The Point Of Violence https://www.npr.org/sections/back-to-school-live-updates/2021/08/20/1028841279/mask-mandates-school-protests-teachers

Arizona Will Withhold Funds From Schools With Mask Mandates https://www.npr.org/sections/back-to-school-live-updates/2021/08/19/1029521290/arizona-will-withhold-funds-from-schools-with-mask-mandates

Teachers Reflect On Another Pandemic School Year https://www.npr.org/2021/08/19/1029437766/teachers-reflect-on-another-pandemic-school-year

Uncertainty over quarantine rules sows confusion in runup to start of NYC school year https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-quarantine-rules-uncertainty-20210819-ythuemjpmfa5bnnjawax7rftaq-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

U.S. to erase student debt for those with severe disabilities https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-biden-studen-loan-forgiveness-20210819-kzpc4l2qf5g6bbwvq7kegu4s7e-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Children with disabilities sue the Texas governor over his ban on school mask mandates. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/us/19virus-abbott-texas-lawsuit-mask-mandate-ban.html

As Childhood Covid Cases Spike, School Vaccination Clinics Are Slow Going https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/us/politics/coronavirus-school-vaccinations.html

Massachusetts teachers’ union presses the Republican governor for a vaccine mandate. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/us/massachusetts-teachers-union-presses-the-republican-governor-for-a-vaccine-mandate.html

Culver City School District to Require Students 12 and Older to be Vaccinated https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/us/culver-city-student-vaccine-mandate.html

A Trump fundraising email compares American teachers to the Taliban -- and it's an explicit invitation to violence http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/E4aU5kTXUc8/

Florida schools are a 'monumental mess' and it's all Ron DeSantis's fault: Former GOP strategist http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/mf-0dzlY4l0/

Tennessee sets ‘stunning’ new child COVID records after GOP fought mask mandates: 'NEVER been this bad' http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/RfUAPEZfVBI/

Angry parents pull their kids out of 'chaotic' Georgia schools that refuse to enact pandemic safety measures http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/4s5hbdKzvlQ/

21 IL School Districts Placed On Probation For Disregarding Masks https://patch.com/illinois/springfield-il/21-school-districts-probation-refusing-masks-state-agency?google_editors_picks=true

Covid, heat, staff shortages and a rat infestation force closure of schools and districts - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/08/20/covid-rough-start-school-year/

Part Of The All-Girls Robotics Team Flees Afghanistan https://www.huffpost.com/entry/members-afghanistan-all-girls-robotics-team-flee_n_611ec040e4b0e5b5d8e7e314

Fairfax County schools says employees must get a coronavirus vaccine or be tested https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-schools-covid-vaccine-mandate-employees/2021/08/20/795b42a4-0137-11ec-ba7e-2cf966e88e93_story.html

Alexandria City Public Schools will require vaccination or testing for staff https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/alexandria-schools-require--vaccination-or-testing-staff/2021/08/19/0b7c4f46-012b-11ec-ba7e-2cf966e88e93_story.html

Sophomores in name only: Helping students start their second first year https://hechingerreport.org/sophomores-in-name-only-helping-students-start-their-second-first-year/

Greg Abbott's war on mask mandates has 'backfired' — and he's eyeing an exit strategy: reporter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/p8Opue2lDk0/

AFL-CIO names Shuler as first female president https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/20/afl-cio-liz-shuler-president-506391

HISD trustees approve $500 stipends for vaccinated employees, additional sick days - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/Houston-ISD-trustees-to-consider-500-stipends-16396455.php#new_tab on @houstonchron

Which students missed class during COVID-19? We asked. And, schools don’t know. http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AANuIjX?ocid=st

School boards become ground zero for country's culture wars | TheHill - https://thehill.com/node/568428

K-8 or Middle School: What Works for Early Adolescents Depends on Many Factors - MindShift - https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/58310/k-8-or-middle-school-what-works-for-early-adolescents-depends-on-many-factors#new_tab on @kqed

Oregon will require COVID-19 vaccinations for all teachers - oregonlive.com - https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2021/08/oregon-will-require-vaccination-for-all-teachers.html#new_tab on @oregonlive

California Supreme Court won’t hear O.C. Board of Education’s challenge to school mask mandate | KTLA - https://ktla.com/?p=1627650

Massachusetts gives Boston Schools superintendent her license back -- for now - https://wp.me/panY8T-a4NZ

Biden administration sends trans students a back-to-school message https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/biden-administration-sends-trans-students-back-school-message-rcna1724 via @nbcnews

Parent alleges Atlanta school designated ‘Black classes’, others dispute that claim - https://www.ajc.com/education/parent-alleges-atlanta-school-designated-black-classes-others-dispute-that-claim/ODR2JJVNXJBQ7DAQRRNPQ6Q764/#new_tab on @ajc

Hawaii Turns To Mainland Teachers To End Distance Learning Backlog https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/08/hawaii-turns-to-mainland-teachers-to-end-distance-learning-backlog/

Federal judge blocks KY governor’s school mask mandate | Lexington Herald Leader - https://www.kentucky.com/news/coronavirus/article253614453.html#new_tab on heraldleader

In NYC, no plans yet for how quarantined students will learn - Chalkbeat New York - https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/8/19/22633197/nyc-plan-to-keep-students-learning-during-covid-quarantines#new_tab on chalkbeat

Biden Gives Newsom Thumbs Up on School Vaccine Mandate as Under-17 Cases Spike https://sacobserver.com/2021/08/biden-gives-newsom-thumbs-up-on-school-vaccine-mandate-as-under-17-cases-spike/

Parents and activists confront OPSB to demand expanded virtual learning options https://thelensnola.org/2021/08/20/parents-and-activists-confront-opsb-to-demand-expanded-virtual-learning-options/

Florida agency says state can dock pay from school districts with mask mandates https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/20/florida-agency-says-state-can-dock-pay-from-school-districts-with-mask-mandates-506460

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Banned Mask Mandates. Schools Pushed Back—and Won, for Now. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/motherjones/main/~3/PX-PuhdhkSs/



Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Thursday, August 19, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-top-banana-todays-education_19.html

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Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, August 16, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-top-banana-todays-education_16.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, August 15, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-top-banana-todays-education_15.html

Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Not Out Of The Woods Yet Edition (8/15) - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/sunday-august-8-2021-catch-up-with.html


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Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_14.html



Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-week-education-research-report_14.html




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Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from_14.html



Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early_14.html



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Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona_14.html



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