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Parents Worried Amid Chicago Schools' Attempts To Transition To In-Person Learning https://www.npr.org/2021/03/05/973929535/parents-worried-amid-chicago-schools-attempts-to-transition-to-in-person-learnin
Parents Of Color Still Have Reservations About Returning Kids To Classrooms https://www.capradio.org/articles/2021/03/04/parents-of-color-still-have-reservations-about-returning-kids-to-classrooms/
Asian American families disproportionately keeping kids home as schools reopen: report | TheHill - https://thehill.com/node/541653
Tell the Senate to pass a robust COVID-19 package - Education Votes - https://educationvotes.nea.org/action/tell-congress-to-pass-a-robust-covid-19-package/?ms=edaction&utm_source=edaction&utm_medium=email
SAVE THE AMERICAN ECONOMY! KEEP THE TESTS!! | Bill Ayers - https://wp.me/p3AjC-S4 on @wordpressdotcom
Which state has the worst COVID-19 numbers today? | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-26M on @wordpressdotcom
Diane Ravitch's Blog: Michael Fullan: The Right Drivers for School Success in the 21st Century | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10793 on @NEPCtweet
The Atlantic Daily: When Will Kids Return to the Classroom? - The Atlantic - https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2021/03/the-atlantic-daily-when-will-kids-return-to-the-classroom/618209/
What does the American Rescue Plan mean for educators and students? https://educationvotes.nea.org/2021/03/04/what-does-the-american-rescue-plan-mean-for-educators-and-students/
Federal student aid chief appointed by DeVos resigns https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/05/federal-student-aid-chief-resigns-473866
NYSUT pushes for more COVID testing in schools https://www.news10.com/classroom-progress-report/nysut-pushes-for-more-covid-testing-in-schools/
Teachers in Florida and Texas can get COVID-19 shots despite governors' edicts https://www.cbsnews.com/news/teachers-covid-vaccine-florida-texas-pharmacies/
Qualms before the storm https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook-pm/2021/03/04/qualms-before-the-storm-491995
Texas schools won't lose state funding this academic year for coronavirus attendance declines https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/04/texas-coronavirus-schools-funding/
Vaccinated or not, California wants teachers and students back in classrooms https://www.kcra.com/article/vaccinated-california-teachers-students-back-classrooms/35701766
California school reopening plan gets final OK, though some lawmakers wanted more http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/bZIUZz_-S4g/california-school-reopening-plan-gets-final-ok-legislature-assembly-bill-86
Will teacher vaccinations reopen schools? The short answer is ‘no’ https://www.njspotlight.com/video/will-teacher-vaccinations-reopen-schools-the-short-answer-is-no/
NYC will announce timeline for reopening high school buildings next week: Mayor de Blasio https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-high-school-reopening-timeline-announcement-20210305-nd7nt2yunfc4nenurdu5qyhfpq-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
Maryland delays state testing until fall and cuts back on length of exams https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/maryland-standardized-test-delay/2021/03/04/706e662e-7d36-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html
How teachers in L.A. and beyond turned away from Dr. Seuss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/gqrXBdK5u7c/dr-seuss-read-across-america-los-angeles-county-schools
Black school board member who linked school reopening to White supremacy faces backlash - The San Diego Union-Tribune - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-03-04/black-school-board-member-who-linked-school-reopening-to-white-supremacy-faces-backlash#new_tab by @Kristen_Taketa on @sdut
Seattle teachers’ union votes not to return to class on Monday https://mynorthwest.com/2656844/seattle-teachers-union-votes-not-return-class/
Ted Cruz pitches federal scholarships for children whose schools are closed https://washex.am/3kMhAXk
Cleveland teachers union votes to keep working remotely, despite district’s call to return to buildings - cleveland.com - https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/03/cleveland-teachers-union-votes-to-keep-working-remotely-despite-districts-call-to-return-to-buildings.html#new_tab on @clevelanddotcom
Just 1 in 6 Indiana college students who study education become teachers, report finds https://in.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/4/22312294/indiana-teacher-shortage-college-pipeline via @ChalkbeatIN
Ahart could lose license after keeping students online during COVID-19 - https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2021/03/03/des-moines-superintendent-tom-ahart-decided-keep-students-online-during-covid-19-could-lose-license/6904906002/#new_tab via @DMRegister
House passes education savings account bill again after fixing financial issues | Journal-news | journal-news.net - https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/house-passes-education-savings-account-bill-again-after-fixing-financial-issues/article_3c0c12d4-9194-59d0-b5e0-4718538fd8a6.html#new_tab on @TheJournalWV
California Legislature approves plan to encourage schools to reopen for in-person instruction http://edsource.org/?page_id=650493 via @edsource
Newsom signs California schools bill, but SF Democrat says leaders still must 'beg' for reopening https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/03/05/newsom-signs-california-schools-bill-but-sf-democrat-says-leaders-still-must-beg-for-reopening-1367118
Big Education Ape: Racial Equity and Justice in Education are "Drastically Underfunded," Research Finds | Schott Foundation for Public Education - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/racial-equity-and-justice-in-education.html
Big Education Ape: The Dark Secrets of the Privatization Movement: An Interview with Charles Siler | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-dark-secrets-of-privatization.html
Big Education Ape: Correcting Course on Correctness in English/ELA – radical eyes for equity - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/correcting-course-on-correctness-in.html
Big Education Ape: Teacher Tom: Creating Pictograms for Instagram - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/teacher-tom-creating-pictograms-for.html
Big Education Ape: CURMUDGUCATION: Update: Chester Upland's Mysterious Missing Money - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/curmudgucation-update-chester-uplands.html
CURMUDGUCATION: Arizona Mounts Further Assault On Public School TeachersArizona Mounts Further Assault On Public School Teachers Arizona has lost its damn mind, this week passing some of the stupidest, most aggressively anti-public ed laws anywhere, including an absolutely insane law requiring teachers to file lesson plans a year in advance. Arizona has always been a strong contender for most anti-public education state in the county. They've had trouble convincing
Who Signed the Pro-Testing Appeals? | Diane Ravitch's blogWho Signed the Pro-Testing Appeals? Education Trust, led by former Secretary of Education John King, sent two letters to the Biden administration, urging the administration not to allow states to receive waivers from the mandated federal testing. The signers of the letters were not the same. As State Commissioner in New York, King was a fierce advocate for Common Core and standardized testing. L
Audio: NPR/Ipsos Poll: Nearly One Third Of Parents May Stick With Remote Learning | 89.3 KPCCNPR/Ipsos Poll: Nearly One Third Of Parents May Stick With Remote Learning One year after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered classrooms around the country and the world, U.S. parents are guardedly optimistic about the academic and social development of their children, an NPR/Ipsos poll finds. But 62% of parents say their child's education has been disrupted. And, more than 4 out of 5 would like
NYC Educator: To Open or Not to Open? Depends What "Open" MeansTo Open or Not to Open? Depends What "Open" Means Every day, and everywhere, you read and hear about opening the schools. Biden made it a priority, and to his credit, has managed to push out a whole lot of vaccine. He now envisions having a sufficient supply for all adult Americans by May. I spend many fun hours trying to get the vaccine, refreshing and revisiting various sites, and still feel i
Diane Ravitch Offers Pithy Prescription to Help Secretary of Education Cardona Remedy Education Policy | janressegerDiane Ravitch Offers Pithy Prescription to Help Secretary of Education Cardona Remedy Education Policy By 2010, there were a lot of people who had grown very concerned about the No Child Left Behind Act and the use of annual high-stakes testing to identify so-called “failing” schools. It was a federal education scheme that imposed punishments on public schools serving America’s poorest students
Standardized Testing During a Pandemic is Stupid. And Cruel. | gadflyonthewallblogStandardized Testing During a Pandemic is Stupid. And Cruel When the Biden administration announced that schools across the nation would have to give standardized tests during the global Coronavirus pandemic this year, America’s teachers let out a collective sigh of disgust. If it had to be put into words, it might be this: “I can’t even.” Imagine a marine biologist being told she had to determi
Whatever Happened to Monitorial Schools? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom PracticeWhatever Happened to Monitorial Schools? When, where, and why did these schools appear? Deep concern for the untended and mostly poor English children of factory workers and others flocking to cities for jobs led Joseph Lancaster to found schools that would gather and help the unschooled. Lancaster opened his Royal Free School in London during the 1790s. The dearth of teachers for these students
Model Continuation High Schools for 2021 Announced - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education)State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Announces Model Continuation High Schools for 2021 SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced today that 27 schools throughout the state were recognized as Model Continuation High Schools (MCHS) for 2021. “Student attendance and engagement in distance learning during the school closures has been difficult—especially for studen
NYC Public School Parents: NYC DOE releases unreliable class size data three months late; please take our survey today!!NYC DOE releases unreliable class size data three months late; please take our survey today!! NYC parents, teachers and administrators please take our five-minute class size survey here . I'll explain why: By law, the DOE is supposed to report on class sizes twice a year, the first time on Nov. 15 and then again on Feb. 15. We had heard from parents of egregiously large classes sizes this fall f
Cancelling State Tests Could Cause a Recession | The Merrow ReportCancelling State Tests Could Cause a Recession Many on the left are raising a stink about the US Department of Education’s insistence on having states give their annual tests. Critics say it’s unfair because most students haven’t been in physical schools for about a year. These critics maintain that it’s unnecessarily stressful to test students now. However, their hysterical objections only serv
Parents: Two ways to ask about your students’ data. | Parent Coalition for Student PrivacyPARENTS: TWO WAYS TO ASK ABOUT YOUR STUDENTS’ DATA. Parents, help fill in this FERPA Project Map for the folks at The Student Data Privacy Project . https://www.studentdataprivacyproject.com/ferpa-project-map 1. This FERPA Map project is sponsored by our friends at the The Student Data Privacy Project . Their goal is to highlight the shortcomings of FERPA with regard to protecting student privac
NYC DOE releases Class Size Data three months late & it appears highly inaccurate | Class Size Matters| A clearinghouse for information on class size & the proven benefits of smaller classes NYC DOE releases Class Size Data three months late & it appears highly inaccurate By law, the DOE is supposed to report on class sizes twice a year, the first time on Nov. 15 and then again on Feb. 15. We had heard from parents of egregiously large classes sizes this fall for many students engaged in remote
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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Thursday, March 4, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #openonlywhensafeBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Coronavirus Testing Just Might Keep Schools Pandemic Safe - The Atlantic - https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/coronavirus-testing-just-
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