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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES
Judge rules that Twin Rivers School District retaliated against whistle-blowing teacher • Sacramento News & Review - https://sacramento.newsreview.com/?p=20274 via @SacNewsReview
It’s Groundhog Day & Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=115304 on @Larryferlazzo
Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=115299 on @Larryferlazzo
The Five-Second Cancellation of Abraham Lincoln http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/Fey8iRpdeuk/
Homeroom: How to Enforce Screen-Time Rules When Everything’s Online http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/kOezBtheUx0/
10 parenting strategies to reduce your kids’ pandemic stress https://www.salon.com/2021/02/01/10-parenting-strategies-to-reduce-your-kids-pandemic-stress_partner/
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Pushing Teachers to Return to In-Person Learning This Week https://www.theroot.com/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-pushing-teachers-to-return-1846174812
There aren't enough substitute teachers to step in when coronavirus keeps Texas teachers out of the classroom https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/02/texas-substitute-teachers-coronavirus/
NOLA Public School COVID-19 cases inch down as students return to campus https://thelensnola.org/2021/02/01/nola-public-school-covid-19-cases-inch-down-as-students-return-to-campus/
Los Angeles schools to remain in hard shutdown for near future, Beutner says http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/Ex8sVRURxNs/la-schools-remain-shut-down-near-future-covid
NJ education leaders pushing for federal waiver of school testing requirements https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/02/nj-education-leaders-pushing-for-federal-waiver-of-school-testing-requirements/
Press Sec. Jen Psaki: President Biden ‘hopeful’ deadlocked Mayor Lightfoot, Chicago Teachers Union ‘can reach common ground as soon as possible’ - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/1/22260620/chicago-teachers-union-cps-ctu-strike-mayor-lori-lightfoot-president-biden-jen-psaki-msnbc
School Districts, Teachers Are At Odds Over Resuming In-Person Classes | Iowa Public Radio - https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2021-02-01/school-districts-teachers-are-at-odds-over-resuming-in-person-classes on @IowaPublicRadio
Biden Wants to Reopen Schools Quickly. That Might Not Happen | Time - https://time.com/5935112/biden-coronavirus-school-reopening/ on @TIME
UC-AFT holds virtual teaching faculty rally to settle contract - https://www.dailycal.org/2021/02/01/uc-aft-holds-virtual-teaching-faculty-rally-to-settle-contract/ via @dailycal
What it would really take to reopen American schools https://www.vox.com/22254942/covid-19-schools-reopening-cases-cdc-opening?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter via @voxdotcom
Can — and should — teachers maintain political neutrality? https://hechingerreport.org/should-teachers-be-apolitical/
COLUMN: The four steps to safely reopen schools and save our nation - The Hechinger Report https://hechingerreport.org/column-the-four-steps-to-safely-reopen-schools-and-save-our-nation/
D.C. seeks a temporary restraining order against teachers union to order that teachers stop discussing a strike https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-teachers-union-restraining-order/2021/02/01/ce86ce70-64c4-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html?tid=ss_tw
Virginia set to pass historic bill giving students time off to protest — because teen Republicans and Dems teamed up to demand it https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/virginia-young-dems-teen-republicans/2021/01/31/21e54dca-6228-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html?tid=ss_tw
After months of planning, protests and false starts, D.C. students and teachers head to classes for first time in nearly a year https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-schools-reopening/2021/02/02/29bfe1c4-6514-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html?tid=ss_tw
Perspective | Teacher: What Americans keep getting wrong about our unions during the pandemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/02/02/what-american-get-wrong-about-teachersunions/?tid=ss_tw
Is Patrik Williams Resigning As Superintendent Of Smyrna School District Today? | Exceptional Delaware - https://wp.me/p4JboV-5Nf via @ExcptlDelaware
Pastors For Texas Children Ask U.S. Department of Education: Please Regulate the Growth of New Charters in Texas | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-thC via @dianeravitch
Education Pick Miguel Cardona Is New To Washington — But Not To Classrooms https://www.npr.org/2021/02/02/962050863/education-pick-miguel-cardona-is-new-to-washington-but-not-to-classrooms?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
Florida: Stop the Mega-Voucher Bill! | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tp0 via @dianeravitch
Mpls. schools must accept staff work-from-home requests - StarTribune.com - https://www.startribune.com/court-orders-minneapolis-district-to-accept-teachers-work-from-home-accommodation-requests/600017433/#new_tab on @StarTribune
Missing in School Reopening Plans: Black Families’ Trust - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/us/politics/school-reopening-black-families.html#new_tab
Alabama teacher retirements in 2020 highest in nearly a decade - al.com - https://www.al.com/news/2021/01/alabama-teacher-retirements-highest-in-2020-in-nearly-a-decade.html#new_tab on @aldotcom
California governor and unions clash over school openings - ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/california-governor-unions-clash-school-openings-75604705#new_tab
N.C. Senate Republicans file bill to reopen schools with option of fully in-person learning - https://www.wbtv.com/2021/02/01/nc-senate-republicans-file-bill-reopen-schools-with-option-fully-in-person-learning/#new_tab via @WBTV_News
Debate about elitism at S.F.'s Lowell High School reflects broader fight over merit-based admissions - https://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/Debate-about-elitism-at-S-F-s-Lowell-High-15917176.php on @sfchronicle
Petition claims school board member’s posts support racism, homophobia - Deseret News - https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/2/1/22260429/petition-ouster-state-school-board-natalie-cline-racism-homophobia#new_tab on deseretnews
Biden's 100-day school goal smacks into reality - Axios - https://www.axios.com/biden-100-day-school-reopen-goal-reality-abd66dfc-5d1d-4917-b026-b53f7f84c062.html#new_tab on @axios
As virus cuts class time, teachers have to leave out lessons - https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-teachers-schools-f45f9bf7843483dedfaa525fe7afd4a5#new_tab on @ap
Less excited, less prepared, less challenged: Mass. high school students report big disparities in learning online vs. in person - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/less-excited-less-prepared-less-challenged-mass-high-school-students-report-big-disparities-in-learning-online-vs-in-person/ar-BB1djPMB#new_tab
What to watch for during Connecticut education Commissioner Miguel Cardona’s confirmation hearing to be U.S. education secretary - Hartford Courant - https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-cardona-senate-hearing-advance-20210202-2oh4cnhxdndwvb7tvou4zfwvdu-story.html#new_tab via @hartfordcourant
Advocates push wide-ranging new Arizona school voucher bill - https://apnews.com/article/education-costs-arizona-coronavirus-pandemic-school-vouchers-dbfb56bcfb2d13bcc34cf9b08716382d#new_tab on @ap
Biden's first big Covid test: Keeping parents of school kids from losing it - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/joe-biden-covid-teachers-unions-parents-463380#new_tab
School District's Art Department Calls Acronyms 'Symptom of White Supremacy,' Changes Name - https://www.newsweek.com/school-districts-art-department-calls-acronyms-symptom-white-supremacy-changes-name-1566141#new_tab on @newsweek
