THE TOP BANANA
TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES
AFT TEACH 2021 | American Federation of Teachers - https://www.aft.org/node/9878 by aftunion #TEACH21 #AFTTEACH21
By Proposing Big Bump in Funding for Full-Service Community Schools, Biden Signals Shift in Education Policy | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-7WK via @janresseger
Meet Mia Dabney, Aneesa Roidad, & KyRi Miller–2021 “Black Education Matters Student Activist Award” Winners! – I AM AN EDUCATOR - https://wp.me/p3bHrD-1IY via @JessedHagopian
What's New California Department of Education - https://www.cde.ca.gov/
CURMUDGUCATION: Is Teaching About Control? - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/07/is-teaching-about-control.html
NYC Public School Parents: The disappointing final city budget and the scant amount it contains for a "pilot" for class size reduction - https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-disappointing-final-budget-and-what.html
Questioning Mastery Learning and Growth Mindset | tultican - https://wp.me/p2txw0-150 on @wordpressdotcom
BustEDPencils How do we prepare future educators when cancel culture seeks to ban difficult discussions in education?. | Cloaking Inequity - https://wp.me/p2D92I-5OB via @ProfessorJVH
Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Full Statement in Declining UNC Chapel Hill’s Begrudgingly-Extended Tenure Offer | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog - https://wp.me/p36Q2R-6uI on @wordpressdotcom
Celebrities Fund Public Schools, Not Charter Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ulO via @dianeravitch
Nancy Bailey's Education Website: Play-Based Learning Isn’t Free Play and May Be Connected to Online Learning | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10973 on @NEPCtweet
Teacher Tom: "Now Slice Me Up For Dinner, Dearie" - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/07/now-slice-me-up-for-dinner-dearie.html
Texans Speak Out Against Government Censorship | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uqo via @dianeravitch
Educational Leadership from a CRT Lens - Philly's 7th Ward - https://wp.me/p7sbg2-yC
NEWS FROM THE U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases
CURMUDGUCATION: The Single Biggest Scourge of Education Reform - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-single-biggest-scourge-of-education.html
Charter Schools: Oversight and Accountability Versus Validity and Legitimacy | Dissident Voice - https://dissidentvoice.org/?p=118430
Wolf signs law extending some special education services, allowing all students to repeat a year https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/6/22565994/wolf-signs-law-extending-some-special-education-services-allowing-all-students-to-repeat-a-year via @ChalkbeatPHL
Become an Ambassador for Children https://action.campaignforchildren.org/ambassadors via @Campaign4Kids
The American Families Plan: Potentially the Most Important Proposal for Children Ever by @BruceLesley https://link.medium.com/ynWP11SnHhb
A Children’s Agenda For the 117th Congress https://campaignforchildren.org/resources/report/a-childrens-agenda-for-the-117th-congress/#.YOWs4YziT10.twitter (via @Campaign4Kids)
Policing the Poorest: On Public Assistance and State Surveillance | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/07/policing-poorest-on-public-assistance.html
Could a School-Board Fight Over Critical Race Theory Help Turn Virginia Red? - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/07/07/could-a-school-board-fight-over-critical-race-theory-help-turn-virginia-red-498453
April Grace, John Cox are early candidates for state superintendent of public instruction https://nondoc.com/2021/07/06/april-grace-john-cox-2022-state-superintendent/ via @nondocmedia
NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/
Judge’s order temporarily prevents OPSB from closing Singleton Charter https://thelensnola.org/2021/07/06/judges-order-temporarily-prevents-opsb-from-closing-singleton-charter/
Amid critical race theory controversy, teachers union chief vows legal action to defend teaching of ‘honest’ history https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teachers-union-critical-race-theory-weingarten/2021/07/06/ef327c20-de61-11eb-9f54-7eee10b5fcd2_story.html
Islamic tile designs. https://preaprez.wordpress.com/2021/07/07/islamic-tile-designs/
OPINION: Let’s give unaccompanied immigrant children a better chance in school https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-lets-give-unaccompanied-immigrant-children-a-better-chance-in-school/
COLUMN: Student debt cancellation isn’t regressive, it’s anti-racist https://hechingerreport.org/column-student-debt-cancellation-isnt-regressive-its-anti-racist/
Nikole Hannah-Jones Has Chosen Howard, Not UNC-Chapel Hill, For Tenure https://www.npr.org/2021/07/06/1013496206/nikole-hannah-jones-has-chosen-howard-not-unc-chapel-hill-for-tenure
Summer camp, school kicks off for 200,000 NYC kids, bringing relief and stress https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-summer-rising-kickoff-200000-students-20210706-u3ys2nw4xbgpjef35ytj6l47ma-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
Time Is Running Out to Get U.S. Students Vaccinated by Fall https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/us/us-students-covid-vaccine.html
A Private-School Sex Educator Defends Her Methods https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/style/sex-educator-methods-defense.html
Study: In college, quarters are better than semesters https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/college-semesters-quarters
First Lady Jill Biden to Join the American Federation of Teachers TEACH ... https://youtu.be/dOU5EuiYu3E via @YouTube
California's Black Suspension Capital https://sacobserver.com/2021/07/californias-black-suspension-capital/
Schools Matter: Right-Wing UNC Names Online Gambling Exec to Board of Trustees - http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2021/07/right-wing-unc-names-online-gambling.html
Ed Notes Online: Must read from Tarbull - Medicare Advantage and the Privatization of Medicare An Advantage for Insurance Firms, Not Patients - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/07/must-read-from-tarbull-medicare.html
Nikole Hannah-Jones Explains Why She Rejected UNC’s Belated Offer of Tenure | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uqO via @dianeravitch
Linda Lyon: Can We Heal Our Divided Society? | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uny via @dianeravitch
Over Mayor Lightfoot’s Objections, Chicago Is Set to Finally Enact an Elected School Board - Despite some qualms with the legislation, public education advocates are cheering the embrace of school democracy over mayoral control. https://inthesetimes.com/article/chicago-elected-school-board-lightfoot-ctu-democracy
