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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

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



Our 5-11 Year Old Kids Can’t Wait For A Vaccine | Real Learning CT - https://wp.me/p5fCzT-2xf via @reallearningct


Jersey Jazzman: On Remote Teaching and Learning in an Ongoing Pandemic | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11036 on @NEPCtweet


Thank you, Gov. Wolf, for Reissuing a Mask Mandate for PA Schools. Time for Next Steps | gadflyonthewallblog - https://wp.me/p4QD1W-3Bj via @StevenSinger3


NYC Educator: Anti-Vaxxers Get Us Nowhere - http://nyceducator.com/2021/09/anti-vaccers-get-us-nowhere.html


North Carolina: Republicans Push Law to Prevent “Indoctrination” | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uFM via @dianeravitch


Class Size Matters testimony on DOE’s school reopening plan | Class Size Matters Class Size Matters testimony on DOE’s school reopening plan | A clearinghouse for information on class size & the proven benefits of smaller classes - https://classsizematters.org/?p=10075


CURMUDGUCATION: OH: Phantom Football School Bishop Sycamore Unraveling - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/09/oh-phantom-football-school-bishop.html


Teacher Tom: The Chinese Are Still Beating Us - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-chinese-are-still-beating-us.html


MAGA Town Changes Mind About COVID Mandates - https://www.theroot.com/conservative-school-districts-where-trump-held-maskless-1847591953 on TheRoot


NPE Re-schedules Conference for March 2022 and More - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/npe-re-schedules-conference-for-march-2022-and-more/ via @Network4pubEd


Darrell Moss: Pay Attention to Brain Research to Improve the Lives of Adolescents | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uFj via @dianeravitch


New Guidance from U.S. Department of Education on Identifying and Serving Children with Disabilities During the Pandemic - Law Offices of Hirji & Chau, LLP - https://lawyer4children.com/?p=1314

Ending The Masking Wars: The Path To Ensuring Our Children Are Safe And Well-Educated This Year - https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindadarlinghammond/2021/08/31/ending-the-masking-wars-the-path-to-ensuring-our-children-are-safe-and-well-educated-this-year/

Gloria Ladson-Billings - Critical Race Theory - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufKusK6dQI8&t=6s on @youtube

Why Are Conservatives So Afraid of Critical Race Theory? | Time - https://time.com/6094044/bible-slavery-critical-race-theory/ on @TIME

Philadelphia district, teachers union reach tentative agreement https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/8/31/22651442/philadelphia-teacher-contract-talks-salaries-covid-safety via @ChalkbeatPHL

The Education Department Will Forgive $5.8 Billion in Student Loans for Disabled Borrowers https://www.propublica.org/article/the-education-department-will-forgive-5-8-billion-in-student-loans-for-disabled-borrowers#1116500

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

Let's Get These Billions: Grassroots Strategies to Ensure Recovery Money Goes to Equity and Justice | Schott Foundation for Public Education - http://schottfoundation.org/node/4410

A Call for a Racial Equity Stimulus | Schott Foundation for Public Education - http://schottfoundation.org/node/4411

California accelerates NCAA athlete pay law to take effect Wednesday https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/08/31/california-accelerates-ncaa-athlete-pay-law-to-take-effect-wednesday-9427196

New Resource Details Evidence-Based Strategies to Address Impact of Lost Instructional Time by Using American Rescue Plan Funding https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/new-resource-details-evidence-based-strategies-address-impact-lost-instructional-time-using-american-rescue-plan-funding

All New York Public School Staff Will Need To Be Vaccinated By End Of September https://www.moms.com/all-new-york-public-school-staff-vaccinated-by-end-september/

PHOTOS: DNC’s “Build Back Better” Bus Tour Wraps Up in Cherry Hill - Democrats - https://democrats.org/?p=1015825

Georgia Has More Schools Named After Confederate Leaders Than Any Other State In the U.S. https://www.theroot.com/georgia-has-more-schools-named-after-confederate-leader-1847590609

Texas lawmakers send Gov. Greg Abbott a bill that funds virtual learning, but could leave out many students of color https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/31/texas-virtual-learning-funds-legislature/

New Orleans public schools to remain closed for a week following Hurricane Ida’s blackout https://thelensnola.org/2021/09/01/new-orleans-public-schools-to-remain-closed-for-a-week-following-hurricane-idas-blackout/

How safe is it for kids to go to school during delta? https://www.vox.com/22644686/covid-delta-back-to-school-schools-pandemic

Outbreak of violent threats against school boards being pushed by 'right-wing think tanks': MSNBC’s Joy Reid http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/D9Ot2OTK0tc/

Oregon school board fires superintendent who drew fire for enforcing state mask mandate http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/rDHw0CuoBU0/

'Demented' Ron DeSantis is using children 'as pawns' to out-Trump any Republican: Obama adviser http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/heiLaRAHkTY/

Teacher dies from COVID-19 in school district provided the ‘liberty of wearing jeans’ but rejected masks http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/a9Z2r9k6FnU/

Is Billionaire Philanthropy a Sham?Remember when Jeff Bezos was... https://robertreich.org/post/661071322181419008

Masks Will Be Required In All PA Schools, Gov. Wolf Says https://patch.com/pennsylvania/across-pa/masks-now-required-all-pa-schools-gov-wolf-says?google_editors_picks=true

Progress! Billions of dollars of student debt has been canceled https://educationvotes.nea.org/2021/09/01/progress-billions-of-dollars-of-student-debt-has-been-canceled/

More than 65,000 fake students applied for financial aid in wide community college scam http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/xJVVek6b87I/california-college-financial-aid-scam-fake-students

Wednesday’s New Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=120497 on @Larryferlazzo

“Educators Must ‘Walk Alongside Afghans and Support Them'” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=120500 on @Larryferlazzo

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

Full FDA Approval Triggers More Universities To Require The COVID-19 Vaccine https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1031385629/full-fda-approval-triggers-more-universities-to-require-the-covid-19-vaccine

Schools Are Getting Billions In COVID Relief Money. Here's How They Plan To Spend It https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033213936/survey-school-superintendents-federal-covid-relief-money-spending

Florida Is Blocking Money From 2 School Districts Over Mask Mandates, Defying A Judge https://www.npr.org/sections/back-to-school-live-updates/2021/08/31/1033067718/florida-schools-mask-mandates-desantis

After A More Than A Year At Home, Students' Social Skills May Need Work https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033170729/after-a-more-than-a-year-at-home-students-social-skills-may-need-work

Court Backs A Teacher Who Refused To Use Transgender Students' Pronouns https://www.npr.org/2021/08/31/1032929550/virginia-teacher-transgender-pronoun-supreme-court

NYC lawmakers want more details on plan to make up services for city special education students https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-compensatory-services-nyc-students-disabilities-plan-20210831-htqf2q2o3fgftaixc2lbxtttzm-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

School Mask Debate Tests Arizona's Governor https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/us/arizona-masks-covidd-doug-ducey.html

Some families of color remain wary of returning to classrooms as new school year begins https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/schools-in-person-hesitant-families-color/2021/08/30/1f0d61d6-ba7b-11eb-96b9-e949d5397de9_story.html

Va. Supreme Court affirms judge’s ruling reinstating Loudoun teacher who refused to use transgender pronouns https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/tanner-cross-virginia-supreme-court-transgender-pronouns/2021/08/31/52f94c62-0a71-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html

A School System Closes After 2 Teachers Die Of COVID-19 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033293779/texas-school-system-closes-teachers-die-covid-waco

Peter Greene: What If Every Teacher Had Staff? | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uAU via @dianeravitch

20 states sue over Biden admin school, work LGBT protections - https://apnews.com/article/sports-business-us-supreme-court-c462bcdd2ef65573712a916177e1ca32#new_tab on @ap

Texas House carves students who failed STAAR tests out of virtual education funding - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/08/30/texas-house-carves-students-who-failed-staar-tests-out-of-virtual-education-funding/#new_tab via @dallasnews

South Carolina Supreme Court hears arguments in student mask cases - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/08/31/south-carolina-supreme-court-hear-arguments-student-mask-cases/5665850001/#new_tab via @usatoday

San Francisco school board recall hits critical milestone to qualify for the ballot - https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/San-Francisco-school-board-recall-hits-critical-16423163.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle

Baltimore opens 1st new Catholic school in about 60 years - https://apnews.com/article/health-religion-education-coronavirus-pandemic-baltimore-64fc0ef4558ed5ea42417062abd395bb#new_tab on @ap

Statement from Natomas Unified – Natomas Unified School District https://natomasunified.org/statement-from-natomas-unified/

Montana rule urges schools to give parents say on masks - https://apnews.com/article/health-education-coronavirus-pandemic-montana-ba7ec68ace2e9d64bc3b0ab3e83f1125#new_tab on @ap

School Vaccine Mandates: Here They Come | National News | US News - https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-08-31/school-vaccine-mandates-here-they-come#new_tab on @USNews

Bill expanding Texas’ virtual education heads to Gov. Greg Abbott for signature - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/08/31/bill-expanding-texas-virtual-education-heads-to-gov-greg-abbotts-for-signature/#new_tab via @dallasnews

Tea party 2.0? Conservatives get organized in school battles - https://apnews.com/article/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-3157002e9d011e5283f55886b1c7078a#new_tab on @ap

California schools need more substitute teachers | CalMatters - https://calmatters.org/?p=203656 via @CalMatters

Exclusive: U.S. education secretary explains civil rights investigation in South Carolina | WPDE - https://wpde.com/news/local/exclusive-us-education-secretary-explains-civil-rights-investigation-in-south-carolina#new_tab on http://twitter.com/wpdeabc15

Michigan's M-STEP scores show dramatic declines during pandemic year - https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/education/2021/08/31/michigan-schools-m-step-scores-show-dramatic-declines/5659443001/#new_tab via @detroitnews

N.H.’s School Choice Program Launches In Time for Fall Semester | New Hampshire Public Radio - https://www.nhpr.org/education/2021-08-31/nh-school-choice-program-fall#new_tab by @schadgibson on @nhpr

Mask Wars, Part Two https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/us/school-masks-mandate-ban-republican-florida-texas-arizona-civil-rights.html

Recognizing Inspiring School Employees for a Second Year - ED.gov Blog - https://blog.ed.gov/?p=30831


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Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, August 28, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-top-banana-todays-education_28.html


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Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-week-education-research-report_28.html



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