Big Education Ape
THE TOP BANANA
TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES
Nine COVID-19 outbreaks in 100-plus Philly private schools since the fall, health department says https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/26/22251174/nine-covid-19-outbreaks-in-100-plus-philly-private-schools-health-department-says via @ChalkbeatPHL
Don't Call It A Comeback: School Districts That Never Opened Are Having Trouble Now https://www.scpr.org/news/2021/01/27/96355/don-t-call-it-a-comeback-school-districts-that-nev/ via @kpcc
Columbia Students Wage the Largest Tuition Strike in Nearly 50 Years - Students are demanding the university lower the cost of attendance and boost financial aid. https://inthesetimes.com/article/columbia-university-students-tuition-strike-ydsa
Video Shows Florida Sheriff’s Deputy Slamming Black Student to the Ground, Appearing to Knock Her Unconscious https://www.theroot.com/video-shows-florida-sheriff-s-deputy-slamming-black-stu-1846141384
Marjorie Taylor Greene busted for trying to cover-up ugly smears of Parkland survivor -- who she called 'littler Hitler' http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/YoO9QTrmdgM/
Education panel members rip ‘politicking’ in leadup to gifted testing contract vote https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-pep-vote-gifted-testing-contract-20210127-znfjlydjsfd7vhdq7yxc2wqswe-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
De Blasio promises ‘full-strength’ NYC public school reopening in September; teachers’ union skeptical https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-covid-nyc-public-schools-de-blasio-mulgrew-20210126-l7uual3ktrebvfuiihkdwgaxjm-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
CDC Makes The Case For Schools Reopening https://www.scpr.org/news/2021/01/26/96345/cdc-makes-the-case-for-schools-reopening/ via @kpcc
How four middle school students are making it though pandemic - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=75874 via @hechingerreport
OPINION: Play is more important than ever https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-how-can-we-prevent-a-generation-of-pandemic-isolated-misfits/
Teachers are moving to the front of the vaccine line — but that doesn’t mean all schools will reopen right away https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teacher-vaccinations-school-reopening/2021/01/26/0a691c06-5f82-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html?tid=ss_tw
LAUSD pushes back on CDC school reopening report, calls for more guidance from state on students returning to classrooms - ABC7 Los Angeles - https://abc7.com/lausd-covid19-coronavirus-return-to-school/10041233/ via @abc7
Answer Sheet: How Much Learning is Really ‘Lost’ When Children Aren’t in School Buildings? | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10730 on @NEPCtweet
Biden Backs Chicago Teachers' Union Ahead of Potential Strike - Payday on PBS Tonite - Lockouts Increase – Payday Report - https://paydayreport.com/?p=9537 on @paydayreport
An impromptu interview with Epic Charter Schools co-founder Ben Harris https://nondoc.com/2021/01/27/impromptu-interview-epic-charter-schools-ben-harris/ via @nondocmedia
BREAKING NEWS! QAnon Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Appointed to House Education and Labor Committee | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tjT via @dianeravitch
A Dying Teacher, Worrying Over Students to His Last Breaths https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/us/teacher-deaths-coronavirus.html
Chicago Teachers Are Showing the Country How to Fight an Unsafe Reopening - In These Times - https://inthesetimes.com/article/chicago-teachers-union-school-reopening-chicago-mayor-lightfoot via @InTheseTimesMag
What happens when student research is focused on inequality in schools? https://hechingerreport.org/when-students-research-the-inequality-in-their-own-schools/
Md. teachers’ union pushes back on Hogan’s call to return to in-person classes | WTOP - https://wtop.com/maryland/2021/01/md-teachers-union-pushes-back-on-hogans-call-to-return-to-in-person-classes/#new_tab
Camden superintendent says the plan to close four schools is ‘painful but necessary’ - https://www.inquirer.com/news/nj-education-camden-schools-closing-katrina-mccombs-reconfiguration-grades-20210126.html#new_tab via @PhillyInquirer
Massachusetts teachers unions push back on vaccination plan, say it delays safe return to in-person learning - https://wp.me/panY8T-9sGc
CPS halts in-person learning for students already back as teachers strike looms; district still aims to open elementary schools Monday - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-cps-reopening-updates-20210126-lfza2dfanndlrco2xc2ln4lvoq-story.html#new_tab via @chicagotribune
Parents of kids with disabilities discuss pandemic learning - https://www.today.com/parents/parents-kids-disabilities-discuss-pandemic-learning-t206999#new_tab by TodayShow on @TodayShow
CDC officials say schools can re-open during pandemic — but precautions are crucial - https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/cdc-officials-say-schools-can-re-open-during-pandemic-precautions-n1255782#new_tab by NBCNews on @NBCNews
Mpls. teachers union files charge over lack of talks about in-person return - StarTribune.com - https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-teachers-union-files-unfair-labor-practice-charge-against-school-district/600015376/#new_tab on @StarTribune
Broward Schools Wins in Court, But Teachers Union Still Fighting – NBC 6 South Florida - https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/schools-and-covid/broward-schools-wins-in-court-but-teachers-union-still-fighting/2368943/#new_tab via @nbc6
San Francisco to rename 44 schools with 'racist' namesakes, including Washington, Lincoln, Feinstein - https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/San-Francisco-to-rename-44-schools-washington-15901689.php#new_tab on @SFGate
Big Education Ape: Our Choices During “School Choice Week” | The Merrow Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/our-choices-during-school-choice-week.html
Big Education Ape: SHAWGI TELL: Arizona Pioneer in Wrecking Public Education through Charter Schools | Dissident Voice - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/shawgi-tell-arizona-pioneer-in-wrecking.html
Big Education Ape: #PhilanthropySoWhite: An Urgent Conversation on Whiteness in Philanthropy | Schott Foundation for Public Education - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/philanthropysowhite-urgent-conversation.html
Big Education Ape: Adapting Elizabeth May’s “Trash Drafting” for Students-as-Writers – radical eyes for equity - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/adapting-elizabeth-mays-trash-drafting.html
Big Education Ape: Mitchell Robinson: Stop Shaming Teachers into Reopening Schools | Eclectablog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/mitchell-robinson-stop-shaming-teachers.html
Big Education Ape: CURMUDGUCATION: Teachers and the Toll of Disinterest - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/curmudgucation-teachers-and-toll-of.html
Big Education Ape: Union leader: Chicago teachers are battling both coronavirus pandemic and fear | Fox News - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/union-leader-chicago-teachers-are.html
Big Education Ape: Teacher Tom: What I Miss - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/teacher-tom-what-i-miss.html
Big Education Ape: NYC Educator: Bill de Blasio and His Magic 8-Ball - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/nyc-educator-bill-de-blasio-and-his.html
Matt Bai: Time for Teachers to Grow Up and Get Back into the Classroom | Diane Ravitch's blogMatt Bai: Time for Teachers to Grow Up and Get Back into the Classroom Matt Bai is an opinion writer for the Washington Post. He wrote recently that teachers should recognize that they are essential workers and get back into the classroom. He points out that remote learning is a disaster, that it is a horrible means of learning, and that students’ emotional health is damaged by not being in a ph
NANCY BAILEY: How the Media and School Districts Shame Teachers During Covid-19How the Media and School Districts Shame Teachers During Covid-19 How the Media and School Districts Shame Teachers During Covid-19 Listen to the news one moment, and you’re warned about the new variants of the virus. There’s uncertainty about it and whether it’s more deadly than the current strain. Next, the media gives voice to critics who belittle teachers and their unions for not returning to
glen brown: Why You Should Double-Mask to Prevent Covid-19 and How to Do ItWhy You Should Double-Mask to Prevent Covid-19 and How to Do It “As more contagious coronavirus variants emerge, health experts, including Dr. Anthony Fauci , say it’s probably a good idea to start doubling up on your face masks. “The new variants are thought to have an easier time binding to our cells, so the more layers we have covering our noses and mouths, the less likely we’ll be exposed to
CURMUDGUCATION: The Curmudgureading ListThe Curmudgureading List I was recently reminded that it has been a while since I've done one of these. The edublogging universe has, I think, shrunk a bit in the last year or two, which is not to say that there aren't still hundreds out there. But lots of folks come and go, and I drop blogs from the list on the side when they've gone dormant for more than a few months. There has also been a shi
Suddenly President Biden Has Made Ameliorating Child Poverty a Topic of the Hour | janressegerSuddenly President Biden Has Made Ameliorating Child Poverty a Topic of the Hour Last summer and through the autumn, Jason DeParle—a NY Times reporter and long chronicler of the devastation wrought when, in 1996, welfare reform eliminated Aid to Families with Dependent Children—made the case ( here and here ) for augmenting the Child Tax Credit as the best way to reduce child poverty in the Unit
NYC Public School Parents: What the leaked DOE memo on the "gifted" test revealsWhat the leaked DOE memo on the "gifted" test reveals In several of the articles on the controversy over the renewal of the Pearson contract for the gifted test, which will be voted on tomorrow Wed. night by the Panel for Educational Policy, including in the Daily News and Chalkbeat , a confidential draft DOE memo from July 2020 is mentioned that was leaked to PEP members. The memo is embedded a
2021 Medley #2 – Privatization, the Free Market, and Propaganda | Live Long and Prosper2021 Medley #2 – Privatization, the Free Market, and Propaganda PRIVATIZATION, AND THE FREE MARKET Betsy DeVos might be gone from our federal government, but she and those who support her privatization schemes for public education are still around. It’s “School Choice Week” & I Choose… Stu Egan, who blogs at Caffeinated Rage wrote this about school choice week. In it, he reminds us that “Our pub
YESTERDAY
THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, January 25, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDVACCINEBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Joe Biden supports Chicago Teachers Union COVID safety concerns as AFT president Randi Weingarten briefs senior White House staffers - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/1/25/22249359/joe-biden-chicago-teachers-union-covid-cps-public-schools-reopening AFT President Weingarten on Looming Chicago Teachers Stri
Cancel the Spring Tests! Sign the NPE Petition Here! AND Join the National Town Hall to Learn About Canceling Testing This Spring | Diane Ravitch's blogCancel the Spring Tests! Sign the NPE Petition Here! | Diane Ravitch's blog Cancel the Spring Tests! Sign the NPE Petition Here! Dr. Cardona, Please Cancel the Tests - https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/secretary-cardona-
Big Education Ape
