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How the New Variant Could Affect Kids and Schools https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/us/how-the-new-variant-could-affect-kids-and-schools.html
Ducey says parents should pressure districts to reopen Arizona classrooms - https://ktar.com/?p=3851535 by @DannyShapiro13 on @ktar923
Why Billions In Food Aid Hasn't Gotten To Needy Families https://www.scpr.org/news/2021/01/15/96163/why-billions-in-food-aid-hasn-t-gotten-to-needy-fa/ via @kpcc
Poverty-Reduction-Analysis-Biden-Economic-Relief-CPSP-2021 - https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5743308460b5e922a25a6dc7/t/6000e1211322261ae2bcdec8/1610670372513/Poverty-Reduction-Analysis-Biden-Economic-Relief-CPSP-2021.pdf
U.S. Dept of Ed. Rural Tech Project Finalist Award - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr21/yr21rel04.asp
Texas Coach Steve Sarkisian On Racist History of School Song: 'That's Our Song, We're Fired Up to Sing It' https://www.theroot.com/texas-coach-steve-sarkisian-on-racist-history-of-school-1846059798
NBCUniversal Launches NBCU Academy, Part of a Multiyear Commitment to Address Systemic Racism and Inequality https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/nbcuniversal-launches-nbcu-academy-part-of-a-multiyear-1846059139
State tightens threshold for reopening schools as high COVID-19 rates hold districts back http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/gZqNYlyCgIE/covid-cases-stop-southern-california-from-reopening-schools
Will California students have to take standardized tests at home? Educators are wary http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/e7MpLykgzuQ/will-california-students-take-standardized-tests-at-home
NJ has narrowed schools’ digital divide, but challenges remain https://www.njspotlight.com/video/nj-has-narrowed-schools-digital-divide-but-challenges-remain/
How To Talk To Children About The Insurrection, Other Difficult Issues https://www.npr.org/2021/01/15/957141115/how-to-talk-to-children-about-the-insurrection-other-recent-events
What Does a More Contagious Virus Mean for Schools? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/health/coronavirus-variant-schools.html
Labor Caucus Kicks Off with AFL-CIO President Trumka and AFT President Weingarten - Insider NJ - https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/labor-caucus-kicks-off-afl-cio-president-trumka-aft-president-weingarten/
Biden’s education department might support school choice - Education - WORLD - https://world.wng.org/node/148923 by @world_mag
Lame duck legislative session ends with no passage of Chicago elected school board bill - Chalkbeat Chicago - https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/13/22229365/legislative-session-ends-with-no-passage-of-chicago-elected-school-board-bill on chalkbeat
Teachers unions launch ad blitz pushing back against Broward plan to return teachers to classrooms https://floridapolitics.com/archives/395366-teachers-unions-ad-teachers-classrooms
Friday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=114818 on @Larryferlazzo
Can Kids Have Seasonal Affective Disorder? Here's What Parents Should Know. | HuffPost Life - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kids-seasonal-affective-disorder-parents-should-know_l_5fffa0e4c5b63642b701bdfb on @huffpostparents
How Chicago Teachers Are Resisting the City's Dangerous School Reopenings - In These Times - https://inthesetimes.com/article/chicago-teachers-union-school-reopenings-workers-safety-covid via @InTheseTimesMag
Texas schools are wary of losing funding gains lawmakers provided in 2019 https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/15/texas-schools-funding/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social via @TexasTribune
School funding slashed in most Oklahoma districts as virtual enrollment soars https://oklahoman.com/article/5680272/school-funding-slashed-in-most-oklahoma-districts-as-virtual-enrollment-soars
San Diego Unified will stay closed indefinitely while vaccinations, testing scale up - The San Diego Union-Tribune - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-01-14/san-diego-unified-will-stay-closed-indefinitely-while-vaccinations-testing-scale-up-slowly#new_tab by @Kristen_Taketa on @sdut
Thousands of NOLA Public Schools students ‘chronically absent’ amid pandemic | The Lens - https://thelensnola.org/?p=559791 by @https://twitter.com/martajewson on @TheLensNOLA
State school board requires WV counties to offer at least some in-person instruction https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/state-school-board-requires-wv-counties-to-offer-at-least-some-in-person-instruction/article_1313501d-20cd-5a24-9b9c-37c8f97d80b8.html
https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-01-14/biden-proposes-175-billion-to-reopen-schools?src=usn_tw
The Detroit district’s new way to recruit teachers: Train its own support staff - Chalkbeat Detroit - https://detroit.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/14/22231872/the-detroit-districts-new-way-to-recruit-teachers-train-its-own-support-staff#new_tab on chalkbeat
Arizona judge throws out one challenge to voter-approved education tax | Latest News | tucson.com - https://tucson.com/news/arizona_news/arizona-judge-throws-out-one-challenge-to-voter-approved-education-tax/article_a4b13742-cf52-5acb-bd37-a368dacf0d64.html#new_tab on @tucsonstar
NY's high school graduation rates climb; impact of canceled exams unclear - https://www.lohud.com/story/news/education/2021/01/14/new-york-high-school-graduation-rates-2020-regents-exams/4156724001/#new_tab via @lohud
'Something we’ve never done’: Florida schools drain reserves to feed kids at home - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/14/something-weve-never-done-florida-schools-drain-reserves-to-feed-kids-at-home-459418#new_tab
CDC study says Covid-19 cases remain lowest among younger children, even after schools reopened - CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/health/school-covid-cases-cdc-study-wellness/index.html#new_tab
Pa. school districts project $475M increase in charter school costs during pandemic | Thursday Morning Coffee https://www.penncapital-star.com/commentary/pa-school-districts-project-475m-increase-in-charter-school-costs-during-pandemic-thursday-morning-coffee/ via @penncapitalstar
Bill Banning Locked Seclusion and Face-Down Restraints in Illinois Schools Stalls as Lawmakers Run Out of Time https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-seclusion-restraint-bill-stalls
Gary council supports Sen. Melton's charter school ban legislation | Local News | nwitimes.com - https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/gary-council-supports-sen-meltons-charter-school-ban-legislation/article_e80b9a4f-65c6-5eb5-9660-f6c5459a8924.html#new_tab by @https://twitter.com/laurencross_nwi on @nwi
THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDVACCINE #IMPEACHED #TWICEBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES How the New Variant Could Affect Kids and Schools https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/us/how-the-new-variant-could-affect-kids-and-schools.html Ducey says parents should pressure districts to reopen Arizona classrooms - https://ktar.com/?p=3851535 by @DannyShapiro13 on @ktar923 Why Billions In Food Aid Hasn't Gotten To Needy Families htt
Sara Stevenson: Our “Lord of the Flies” Moment | Diane Ravitch's blogSara Stevenson: Our “Lord of the Flies” Moment Sara Stevenson was a middle school teacher and librarian in Austin, Texas, for many years. She wrote this post in response to the current crisis, which reminded her of Lord of the Flies . She begins like this: Several editorialists have compared recent events to the 1954 classic and bane of high school students for decades, The Lord of the Flies by
Another F – Tennessee Education ReportANOTHER F T he Education Law Center recently published its annual analysis of school funding in the states. Once again, Tennessee received a grade of “F” in both funding level and funding effort. I could actually write this exact same story every single year. Tennessee doesn’t adequately fund our schools. The bipartisan group TACIR – Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations –
Hack Education: Behaviorism, Surveillance, and (School) Work | National Education Policy CenterHack Education: Behaviorism, Surveillance, and (School) Work I was a speaker today at the #AgainstSurveillance teach-in , a fundraiser for Ian Linkletter who is being sued by the online test-proctoring software company Proctorio . I am very pleased but also really outraged to be here today to help raise money for Ian Linkletter's defense and, more broadly, to help raise awareness about the dange
Will Public School Budget Cuts Boost Charter Movement? - LA ProgressiveWill Public School Budget Cuts Boost Charter Movement? The Charter Schools Movement Sees Public Schools Preparing for Deep Funding Cuts as a Growth Opportunity Apromotional message on the website of the Minnesota Math and Science Academy (MMSA), a K-12 charter school in Saint Paul, Minnesota, boasts that since the school was founded in 2014, it has been “growing exponentially.” In the span of ju
Biden to ask for tens of billions of dollars to help open schools - The Washington PostBiden, aiming to reopen schools, set to request infusion of cash President-elect Joe Biden will ask Congress for $130 billion to help K-12 schools reopen, plus billions more to implement rapid coronavirus testing in schools, a far more aggressive response than anything lawmakers have approved to date. Another plank of Biden’s proposal, announced Thursday, aims to mount a national vaccination pla
Teacher Tom: The Magnificence of HumansThe Magnificence of Humans As I rounded the corner, I saw her at the end of the block, a woman on roller blades. She spun like a ballet dancer, then started heading my way, her arms swinging to build momentum. With a snap she turned her back toward me, then raised her right leg into an arabesque, toes pointed sharply, one arm over her head, which was, like her raised leg, parallel to the ground.
MLK Jr. Day Reader 2021 – radical eyes for equityMLK Jr. Day Reader 2021 From 1984 until 2002, 18 years, I taught high school English in the town and school where I grew up and graduated, moving into the classroom of my high school English teacher, Lynn Harrill, where I had sat as a student just six years earlier. My first few years were overwhelming and at times terrifying; I taught five different preparations—managing fifteen different textb
Education Matters: Just how bad was the DCPS Covid dashboardJust how bad was the DCPS Covid dashboard So DCPS has changed the dashboard AGAIN. Supposedly to increase transparency. I think anything THIS district does to improve transparency is a good thing, but I wonder why now. It's probably because most people have known the dashboard has been tragically wrong, and this gives them the opportunity to pass the bunch to the DOH. From the Times Union, Wedne
Back By Unpopular Demand! My Kindle E-Book About My Life | Gary Rubinstein's BlogBack By Unpopular Demand! My Kindle E-Book About My Life Anyone who reads this blog knows that I’m a math teacher. Math and teaching are two of my life passions and they are two things that I have some talent for. I would say that I’m a ‘very good’ teacher but merely a ‘good’ mathematician. I’m also a writer. I’ve written 7 books (4 math books, 2 books on teaching, and co-authored 1 children’s b
Biden’s Education Plan Addressed Lagging School Funding: Now with a Democratic Senate Majority, He Needs to Act | janressegerBiden’s Education Plan Addressed Lagging School Funding: Now with a Democratic Senate Majority, He Needs to Act President Elect Joe Biden prioritized public school funding as the center of his education plan during his campaign to be the Democratic nominee for President. Why did he prioritize public school finance and why is it so urgently important in 2021? Here are Jack Schneider and Jennifer
Rebecca Klein: These Textbooks In Thousands Of K-12 Schools Echo Trump’s Talking Points | HuffPostThese Textbooks In Thousands Of K-12 Schools Echo Trump’s Talking Points | HuffPost These Textbooks In Thousands Of K-12 Schools Echo Trump’s Talking Points Their religion-centered, anti-Democrat, anti-science, anti-multicultural message mirrors the Christian nationalism seen at the U.S. Capitol riot. Christian textbooks used in thousands of schools around the country teach that President Barack
A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_9.html A Lot Is Going On! Here’s Everything (Well, ALMOST Everything) You Need Fo
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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Thursday, January 14, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDVACCINE #IMPEACHED #TWICEBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Bill Banning Locked Seclusion and Face-Down Restraints in Illinois Schools Stalls as Lawmakers Run Out of Time
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