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Academy Of Dover’s Very Awesome Snow Day Message | Exceptional Delaware - https://wp.me/p4JboV-5N5 via @ExcptlDelaware
Parkland mom busts Marjorie Taylor Greene for backtracking on false flag shooting claims in private call http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/fDuU8rA7kTk/
School Districts, Teachers Are At Odds Over Resuming In-Person Classes | WBUR News - https://www.wbur.org/npr/962714184/school-districts-teachers-are-at-odds-over-resuming-in-person-classes via @WBUR
Cheat sheet: Four candidates on Edmond Schools ballot https://nondoc.com/2021/02/01/cheat-sheet-edmond-schools-election/ via @nondocmedia
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
‘We should not rush this’: Students demand a voice in Philadelphia’s reopening plans - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/28/22254955/we-should-not-rush-this-students-demand-a-voice-in-philadelphias-reopening-plans on chalkbeat
Philadelphia board promises change after report on low achievement, racial disparities - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/29/22256660/philadelphia-board-gets-report-on-low-achievement-racial-disparities-promises-change on chalkbeat
Opinion | San Francisco's School Renaming and the Pandemic’s Gift to Radicalism - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/opinion/san-francisco-school-renaming.html
Inside NYC Education Dept. panel’s vote to nix ‘Gifted and Talented’ exam - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-behind-pep-votes-gifted-contract-20210201-xj3mal3z6fg6pesc6zplixnxxa-story.html via @nydailynews
NYC Council candidates say they'll push to remove police from schools - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-police-school-removal-city-council-20210201-lwxnttvngvhwpgbmmvfrseyuoe-story.html via @nydailynews
Educators Consider Extending School Schedule Into The Summer : NPR - https://www.npr.org/2021/02/01/962714275/educators-consider-extending-school-schedule-into-the-summer on @NPR
Op-Ed: NJ must reexamine the school funding formula | NJ Spotlight News - https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/02/op-ed-nj-school-funding-formula-must-reexamine-emergency-arbitrary-shortsighted-students-will-suffer/ via @njspotlight
Lawsuit over New Jersey's school funding plan | NJ Spotlight News - https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/02/battle-over-nj-funding-for-schools-in-poorest-districts-is-back-in-court-yet-again/ via @njspotlight
What happens once school resource officers leave schools? - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=75962 via @hechingerreport
New answers to old questions about students with learning disabilities https://hechingerreport.org/new-answers-to-old-questions-about-special-education/
Perspective | Biden seeks key school data to reopen schools — but the agency that collects it needs resources to do it https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/02/01/biden-needs-school-data-but-agency-needs-money-to-get-it/?tid=ss_tw
Missing in School Reopening Plans: Black Families’ Trust https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/us/politics/school-reopening-black-families.html
State investigation finds charter school lied about virtual status - https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2021/01/29/state-investigation-indiana-charter-school-lied-virtual-online-status/4315865001/#new_tab via @indystar
School district and union talks fall apart as Lightfoot pushes reopening to Tuesday - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-public-schools-union-negotiations-continue-20210131-faclsnmluzdttn36372t53mqtm-story.html#new_tab via @chicagotribune
Lawsuit over New Jersey's school funding plan | NJ Spotlight News - https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/02/battle-over-nj-funding-for-schools-in-poorest-districts-is-back-in-court-yet-again/#new_tab via @njspotlight
Buffalo teachers’ union sues school district to delay Monday opening | News 4 Buffalo - https://www.wivb.com/?p=550836
Audit claims NWI school district intentionally enrolled students from Illinois | Government and Politics | nwitimes.com - https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/audit-claims-nwi-school-district-intentionally-enrolled-students-from-illinois/article_7fb47335-dac5-585a-be94-7f4ad371dbf8.html#new_tab by @https://www.twitter.com/nwi_DanCarden on @nwi
Push to reopen schools could leave out millions of students - https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-anthony-fauci-coronavirus-pandemic-infectious-diseases-us-news-eaa4fefe24af8649990e0f0e50ef5dd1#new_tab on @ap
Teachers union sues to stop the resumption of CPS in-person learning this week - https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/01/30/cincinnati-federation-of-teachers-teachers-union-sues-stop-resumption-cps-in-person-learning-week/4326087001/#new_tab via @enquirer
Sotomayor denies NY parents' bid for school vaccine exemptions - https://wp.me/pb3Qpq-1a9ag by @nypmetro on @nypost
Texas Republicans want to keep transgender women out of women’s school sports teams https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/30/texas-republicans-transgender-students-sports/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social via @TexasTribune
Bill Takes Aim At Teacher Unions, Adding Extra Steps To Collect Dues - https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/bill-takes-aim-at-teacher-unions-adding-extra-steps-to-collect-dues#new_tab by @Hicks_JustinM on @WFYINews
Why most California schools won't reopen anytime soon | CalMatters - https://calmatters.org/?p=164537 via @CalMatters
Students' mental health deteriorating during pandemic - The San Diego Union-Tribune - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-02-01/students-mental-health-deteriorating-during-pandemic-lockdowns#new_tab by @Deborahsbrennan on @sdut
Potential CTU strike about boosting power of nation’s teachers’ unions - https://www.illinoispolicy.org/?p=58346
If Teachers Are Vaccinated, Schools Should Reopen | WIRED - https://www.wired.com/story/the-ethics-of-vaccinating-teachers-and-keeping-schools-closed/#new_tab
School Finance 101: Getting School Finance Indicators Right | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10733 on @NEPCtweet
Put Your Community on the #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool Week of Action Movement Map! – I AM AN EDUCATORPut Your Community on the #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool Week of Action Movement Map! Click on this link to register your community as participating in the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action. Happy Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action! Seattle, Philadelphia, New York City, New Jersey, Portland, Los Angeles, Chicago, Milwaukee, Boston, Iowa, Baltimore, Washington, D.C.… These are just
Octavius V. Catto, Black Educator Hall of Fame - Philly's 7th WardOCTAVIUS V. CATTO, BLACK EDUCATOR HALL OF FAME This Black History Month, we’ll highlight 28 Black Educators in our Hall of Fame . Octavius V. Catto was an educator and an activist; an eduactivist , born on February 22, 1839 in South Carolina. He was born in South Carolina, but he made his mark in Philadelphia. He attended the Institute for Colored Youth; an institution, founded as the African In
What you need to know about standardized testing - The Washington PostWhat you need to know about standardized testing Diane Ravitch is a former assistant secretary of education and historian. For more than a decade, she has been a leading advocate for America’s public education system and a critic of the modern “accountability” movement that has based school improvement measures in large part on high-stakes standardized tests. In her influential 2010 book, “ The
Grassroots Education Network- 2020 Roundup - Network For Public EducationGrassroots Education Network- 2020 Roundup The NPE Grassroots Education Network is a network of over 160 grassroots organizations nationwide who have joined together to preserve, promote, improve, and strengthen our public schools. If you know of a group that would like to join this powerful network, please go here to sign on. If you have any questions about the NPE Grassroots Education Network,
Teacher Tom: Bird BrainsBird Brains Yesterday, a pair of crows drove our dog crazy by play fighting outside our living room window. At first I thought it was an actual fight, and maybe it was (I have no idea what was in their hearts) but after awhile it was hard to see it as anything other than a bit of rough housing, especially when they finished by flying off together, wingtip to wingtip to perch side-by-side on a tr
If Schools Don’t Overhaul Discipline, ‘Teachers Will Still Be Calling The Police On Our Black Students’ | HuffPostIf Schools Don’t Overhaul Discipline, ‘Teachers Will Still Be Calling The Police On Our Black Students’ As districts across the country cut their school resource officers, advocates warn it won’t be enough to end overly harsh discipline of Black students. Shyra Adams vividly remembers the days after the death of Tony Robinson, an unarmed Black teenager killed in 2015 by police in her hometown of
Fighting The Power: Black History Month And Beyond - Philly's 7th WardFIGHTING THE POWER: BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND BEYOND *Mic check* (Ahem). Educators: are you aware that next month is Black History Month ? Have you asked your students, specifically your Black students, what they’d like to see and/or do for Black History Month ? Or, do you plan on doing the least; that is reading brief bios of famous Black people during morning announcements, putting posters on th
NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTERNewBlackMan (in Exile) NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_30.html Bob James Offers a Backstory on His Most Sampled Records by Mark Anthony Neal / 13h Legendary Jazz musician Bob James talks to Tracklib about some of his most sampled songs, including "Nautilus",
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_30.html Just Sent-Out Free Monthly Email Newsletter by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h geral
Jake Jacobs Reviewed Hillary’s Dreadful Education Plan | Diane Ravitch's blogJake Jacobs Reviewed Hillary’s Dreadful Education Plan Jake Jacobs, an art teacher in New York City, a leader of New York BadAss Teachers, and a writer for The Progressive, read and reviewed Hillary Clinton’s policy briefing book in 2017 and reviewed the education section for Alternet. I missed his article, but it’s worth reading now to understand how advocates of privatization have inserted the
Education Law Center Exposes Collapse of States’ Investment in Public Schools Since 2008 | janressegerEducation Law Center Exposes Collapse of States’ Investment in Public Schools Since 2008 One of the ways we attribute meaning to what we see is through stories. Here is the story of my school district. We are among the top districts in Ohio in the local school property taxes we have voted . But our district was forced to cut teachers and programs this year, and the teachers almost went on strike
Forum on mayoral control, vote on gifted test and BLM in schools this week | Class Size Matters | A clearinghouse for information on class size & the proven benefits of smaller classesForum on mayoral control, vote on gifted test and BLM in schools this week | Class Size Matters | A clearinghouse for information on class size & the proven benefits of smaller classes Tonight’s forum on mayoral control, vote on gifted test and BLM in schools this week Jan. 31, 2021 I’ll be speaking tonight Sunday at 8 PM with other teachers, parents and advocates at a forum on how mayoral contro
Meet the New Republican Members of the House Ed and Labor Committee | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's BlogMeet the New Republican Members of the House Ed and Labor Committee The big news of late is that Q Anon-espousing, school-shooting-conspiracy-spewing, Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has been assigned to (of all things) the House Education and Labor Committee for the 117th Congress. I was curious about the other new members of Ed and Labor, so I thought I’d do some light investigating. Here are th
Schools Matter: Red State Governors Pick Up Where DeVos Left Off, Part 1Red State Governors Pick Up Where DeVos Left Off, Part 1 It's easy to make a case that Donald Trump was the least informed, least effective, and most racist President since Woodrow Wilson. And it is even easier to do same for his "utterly unqualified" Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. Now that a competent and less racist Administration has saved the Nation from international shame and a domes
Join the 2021 #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool Week of Action from Feb. 1-5 with these online events all week! – I AM AN EDUCATORJoin the 2021 #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool Week of Action from Feb. 1-5 with these online events all week! February 1st marks the beginning of the 4th annual Black Lives Matter at School national Week of Action! There are so many events happening all around the country. Below is a calendar of online events for each day of the week to counter anti-Blackness in education. In this era of mass incarcer
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CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Worse Week Than I Thought Edition (1/31)CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Worse Week Than I Thought Edition (1/31) Worse Week Than I Thought Edition You know, I thought last week was pretty okay until I looked at the pieces I had collected. So maybe you don't want to read every single item on the list this week. But do stick around for the palate cleanser at the end. Jeff Bezos wants to go to the moon. Then, public education. From Dominik Dresel
THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, January 31, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDVACCINEBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Biden administration urged to allow states to cancel spring standardized testing - The Washington Post -
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