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Advocates call on state to improve response to vulnerable students - https://wp.me/paQK0g-3Sbl via @CTMirror
The Unfinished Business of Flint’s Water Crisis — ProPublica - https://www.propublica.org/article/the-unfinished-business-of-flints-water-crisis#1047062 via @propublica
Here’s What Students Think Biden Needs to Do in His First 100 Days – BillMoyers.com - https://billmoyers.com/?p=206637 via @BillMoyers
Learning About LA Students’ Pathways to College https://www.laprogressive.com/examining-types-of-colleges/
Biden increases food aid payments to low-income families with children https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/22/biden-food-aid-payments-low-income-households-461302
Education Matters: It's been 5 days since the COVID dump and DCPS's numbers are outrageous - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2021/01/its-been-5-days-since-covid-dump-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/iYxgC+(Education+Matters)
University to take away Wi-Fi access for students who miss coronavirus tests http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/RV2U-3fTx9g/
I tried to start a pandemic pod for my 5-year-old. Here's how it went wrong http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/ATezt4yTmqY/covid-19-rules-social-pod-daughter
Schools can now be used as vaccine centers. But does it help given the shortage? http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/Qds3GTPgZM0/california-schools-can-be-used-as-covid-vaccine-clinics
Biden's Plans To Reopen Schools In His First 100 Days https://www.npr.org/2021/01/22/959529701/bidens-plans-to-reopen-schools-in-his-first-100-days
A Slice of What Education Looks Like in Pandemic America https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/insider/report-card-story.html
NOLA Public Schools to remain virtual-only for now | The Lens https://thelensnola.org/2021/01/21/nola-public-schools-to-remain-virtual-only-for-now/
White Woman Files Discrimination Suit Against Georgia School District After Being Transferred for Defending Son’s Racist Remarks https://www.theroot.com/white-woman-files-discrimination-suit-against-georgia-s-1846102497?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=theroot_twitter via @TheRoot
Melissa Daar Carvajal Joins the Schott Foundation as Communications Director http://schottfoundation.org/about/press-releases/melissa-daar-carvajal-joins-schott-foundation-communications-director
How To Raise Kids Who Love To Learn | HuffPost Life - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-raise-kids-who-love-to-learn_l_60084dc7c5b6ffcab9698489 on @huffpostparents
Partly hidden by isolation, many of the nation’s schoolchildren struggle with mental health https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/student-mental-health-pandemic/2021/01/21/3d377bea-3f30-11eb-8db8-395dedaaa036_story.html?tid=ss_tw
Maryland officials call for schools to reopen no later than March 1 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/hogan-maryland-schools-reopen-march/2021/01/21/3a379f0e-5c1a-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html?tid=ss_tw
Analysis | Read Biden’s executive order on safely reopening schools https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/01/22/biden-plan-reopening-schools/?tid=ss_tw
Schools Matter: Gov. Bill Lee to Sacrifice Third Graders to Help Him in 2024 - http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2021/01/gov-bill-lee-to-sacrifice-third-graders.html
Biden executive order says schools should include transgender athletes in girls' sports https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-executive-order-schools-transgender-athletes-girls-sports #FoxNews
Boston school officials report rise in students missing classes | Boston.com - https://www.boston.com/?p=20629325 by ainslie-cromar
Montana House Judiciary Committee pushes through bill on transgender athletes https://www.montanasports.com/more-sports/montana-house-judiciary-committee-pushes-through-bill-on-transgender-athletes
Chicago Teachers Union is proposing an ‘illegal strike,’ CPS says - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/1/21/22242706/ctu-cps-strike-walkout-remote-learning-public-schools-teachers-union#new_tab
Concerns grow for children’s health as screen times soar during Covid crisis | Coronavirus | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/22/children-health-screen-times-covid-crisis-sleep-eyesight-problems-digital-devices#new_tab on @guardian
Ohio’s eight urban teachers unions condemn school reopening being used as ‘bargaining chip’ for vaccines - cleveland.com - https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/01/ohios-eight-urban-teachers-unions-condemn-school-reopening-being-used-as-bargaining-chip-for-vaccines.html#new_tab on @clevelanddotcom
Tennessee strengthens third-grade retention requirements as legislature takes up flurry of education bills in special session - Chalkbeat Tennessee - https://tn.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/21/22243450/tennessee-legislature-strengthens-third-grade-retention-requirements#new_tab on chalkbeat
More Than 2,000 NYC Students Haven't Connected With School At All This Year, Officials Say - Gothamist - https://gothamist.com/news/thousands-nyc-students-havent-connected-school-all-year-officials-say on @gothamist
Transgender youth bills in US states reflect deep divisions - https://apnews.com/article/montana-bills-judiciary-helena-060d274f606d9e8e08b786be0398efd3#new_tab on @ap
Florida Senate proposes school voucher expansion, wants more students to have choice - South Florida Sun-Sentinel - https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/os-ne-florida-school-vouchers-state-funding-20210122-wjzzf6dzybccdpjhxg5aghuph4-story.html#new_tab via @SunSentinel
Camden may have to close some schools, superintendent says - https://www.inquirer.com/education/nj-education-camden-schools-closing-reconfiguration-grades-20210120.html#new_tab via @PhillyInquirer
Indiana Republicans seek $100 million more for school vouchers - Chalkbeat Indiana - https://in.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/21/22243398/vouchers-esa-indiana-school-choice-100#new_tab on chalkbeat
Curmudgucation: More Teacher Effectiveness Mirages | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10722 on @NEPCtweet
5 ways President Joe Biden is affecting education - cleveland.com - https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/01/5-ways-president-joe-biden-is-affecting-education.html on @clevelanddotcom
Miguel Cardona: What to know about Biden's education secretary pick https://www.foxnews.com/politics/miguel-cardona-what-to-know-bidens-education-secretary-pick #FoxNews
Big Education Ape: First lady thanks educators through virtual event | Coronavirus | kulr8 com - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/first-lady-thanks-educators-through.html
Big Education Ape: Getting School Finance Indicators Right – School Finance 101 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/getting-school-finance-indicators-right.html
That didn’t take long: Biden removes Trump’s ’1776 report’ on U.S. history from White House website - The Washington PostThat didn’t take long: Biden removes Trump’s ‘1776 Report’ on U.S. history from White House website Well, that didn’t take long: A report on U.S. history published by the Trump administration on Monday was removed from the White House website by President Biden a few days later — and he disbanded the new commission that wrote it. “The 1776 Report” was released on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and i
I Don’t Even Have a Headline – Tennessee Education ReportI DON’T EVEN HAVE A HEADLINE S o, the General Assembly has passed a bill creating essentially creating mandatory retention for third grade students who fail to meet certain benchmarks on TNReady tests. Here’s the key text from HB 7004 , that passed overwhelmingly in both chambers: (1) Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, a student in the third grade shall not be promoted to the next grade l
Teacher Tom: This is the Story of Our LivesThis is the Story of Our Lives When I was a boy, my parents tell me, I was obsessed with the family lawn mower, becoming excited whenever dad rolled up his shirtsleeves to tackle the grass. One day, from the backseat of the car, we heard the put-put-put of an unmuffled VW Beetle and I, according to family legend, began to shout excitedly, "Mower! Mower!" This is the story of how our family came
Letter from a Connecticut Teacher to Dr. Cardona: Stop the Spring Tests! | Diane Ravitch's blogLetter from a Connecticut Teacher to Dr. Cardona: Stop the Spring Tests! Ann Cronin, retired teacher in Connecticut, posted a letter on her blog written by another Connecticut teacher and addressed to Secretary of Education-Designate Miguel Cardona: Jeannette C. Faber writes to tell Dr. Cardona that it is time to end standardized testing, now! Dear Commissioner Cardona: Connecticut is proud that
U.S. Department of Education Announces Biden-Harris Appointees | U.S. Department of EducationU.S. Department of Education Announces Biden-Harris Appointees Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced senior political appointees who will lead various parts of the agency. These diverse and accomplished individuals will bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the agency and work to quickly advance key education pri
Rick Ayers: Never Again Trump? We Had Better Attend to Our Schools | by Rick Ayers | Jan, 2021 | MediumNever Again Trump? We Had Better Attend to Our Schools | by Rick Ayers | Jan, 2021 | Medium Never Again Trump? We Had Better Attend to Our Schools Now that 45 is gone, or gone-ish, I have been seeing a lot of think pieces about the US social failures that led to the rise of this fascist movement. One critique that comes up often is that our schools have failed, that we have allowed too many milli
NYC Educator: The Mysterious Case of the Missing StudentsThe Mysterious Case of the Missing Students I was pretty surprised to see a piece about how 2,000 students have not connected at all in NYC. What surprised me most, though, was how low the number turned out to be. To be fair, one of those students happens to be mine. His parents were worried about the virus and sent him back to China. He never bothered to sign out, but was eventually dropped fro
A Spiritual Plea to the Biden Administration: “Every Child Needs a Great School” | January | 2021 | Newsroom | Teachers College, Columbia UniversityA Spiritual Plea to the Biden Administration: “Every Child Needs a Great School” Growing up in Jesuit schools, José Luis Vilson was instructed to write the letters AMDG, signifying ad majorem Dei gloriam (“for the greater glory of God”) atop all his papers. In a recent opinion piece in National Catholic Reporter , Vilson, a mathematics teacher and Ph.D. student in Teachers College’s program in S
Cancel the Gifted and Talented Test Now, Not Next YearCancel the Gifted and Talented Test Now, Not Next Year Last week, Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carranza announced that they will administer the controversial and problematic test for admissions to “gifted and talented” classes this spring, for perhaps a final year. Then: “We will spend the next year engaging communities around what kind of programming they would like to see that is mor
President Biden’s Proposed Economic Stimulus Plan Would Help Public Schools and Begin to Alleviate Child Poverty | janressegerPresident Biden’s Proposed Economic Stimulus Plan Would Help Public Schools and Begin to Alleviate Child Poverty President Joe Biden has proposed a new pandemic relief package, his “American Rescue Plan,” which includes essential support for public education. For the clearest overall summary of Biden’s new COVID-19 relief plan, please read the two page statement from Sharon Parrott , the new pre
ALERT: MISSOURI PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PERIL! | Diane Ravitch's blogALERT: MISSOURI PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PERIL! If you live in Missouri, get active to stop this dangerous effort to destroy your public schools! Dear Friend, If you love your public schools you need to drop what you are doing and get to work. There is only one intent of Senate Bill 55–to destroy public education in Missouri. It was pushed through the Senate Education Committee early this morning and m
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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDVACCINE #Inauguration #PRESIDENTBIDEN #VPHARRIS #46Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Biden Announces Executive Actions Meant To Help Reopen Schools https://www.npr.org/sections/president-biden-takes-office/2021/01/21/959162019/biden-announces-executive-action
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