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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES

Fantastic Article about CRT “Good News” from a Texas Baptist | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog - https://wp.me/p36Q2R-6wb on @wordpressdotcom

Choosing Democracy: Is Learning Loss Real ? - http://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2021/07/is-learning-loss-real.html

Does Critical Race Theory Debacle Signal Collapse of American Empire? - LA Progressive - https://www.laprogressive.com/?p=375648

NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ on @Larryferlazzo

Twitter Reflections from Reporter Who Broke Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure Story | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog - https://wp.me/p36Q2R-6vM on @wordpressdotcom

Charter Chain Fights Audit Demanded by Private Funder | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-upC via @dianeravitch

Valerie Strauss: Florida Cancels Local Control of Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-upa via @dianeravitch

Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: FAMILY VACATION EDITION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi_11.html

Most Popular Posts Of The Week | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=118788 on @Larryferlazzo

Here's the Disability Revolution We All Need - LA Progressive - https://www.laprogressive.com/?p=375761

Arizona Governor Signs Bill Banning CRT in Public Schools, State Agencies https://news.yahoo.com/arizona-governor-signs-bill-banning-133658089.html via @YahooNews

Teachers unions praise new CDC mask guidance, while California maintains previous policy for 'equality' https://news.yahoo.com/teachers-unions-praise-cdc-mask-182317143.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr via @YahooNews

More masks, less distancing: California updates its Covid-19 school guidelines http://edsource.org/?page_id=657822 via @edsource

Joe Biden believes children need to learn 'challenging' US history: Psaki | Stock Market Pioneer - https://stockmarketpioneer.com/?p=25354

Accessibility to new technology for people with disabilities benefits everyone | Salon.com - https://www.salon.com/2021/07/10/accessibility-to-new-technology-for-people-with-disabilities-benefits-everyone_partner/

“Good enough” parenting starts with avoiding these 13 abusive behaviors | Salon.com - https://www.salon.com/2021/07/11/good-enough-parenting-starts-with-avoiding-these-13-abusive-behaviors/

Charged battle rages over the soul of 112-year-old Brooklyn Music School https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-brooklyn-music-school-muse-space-conflict-20210711-z42hif5wmfb7xefg54yxb4qddq-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

This Week’s Resources On Anti-Critical Race Theory Hysteria | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=118784 on @Larryferlazzo

A Case for Patriotic Education https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/10/opinion/sunday/history-education-patriotic.html

Mercedes Schneider on the Reporter Who Broke the Story About the UNC and Nikole Hannah-Jones | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-urx via @dianeravitch

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TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, July 10, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT #TEACH21 #AFTTEACH21

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Big Education Ape TOP POSTS THIS WEEK 7/10/21 Biden promised to end federal funding of for-profit charter schools. A new report explains how they operate. - The Washington Post New report provides reality check on virtual schools - The Washington Post TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, July 3, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edre

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, JULY 10, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT #TEACH21 #AFTTEACH21

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Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES AFT TEACH 2021 | American Federation of Teachers - https://www.aft.org/node/9878 by aftunion #TEACH21 #AFTTEACH21 NPE opposes all legislation that restricts the discussion of racism in schools - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/npe-opposes-all-legislation-that-restricts-the-discussion-of-racism-in-sch

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CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: FAMILY VACATION EDITION

 CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: FAMILY VACATION EDITION 

FAMILY VACATION EDITION

Hiatus

The staff of the Curmudgucation Institute home office are on the road for a corporate retreat in Maine. Internet access is spotty there. Also, I am told that sometimes people actually vacation by stepping away from social media. Most years I pre-create some content (usually some greatest hits compilations) but this year I just didn't pull it off.

So tonight we're in a motel in Bennington, Vermont, and tomorrow, we'll finish the trip to a camp that my grandfather, a general contractor, first built way back in the day. I'll be back in ten days or so, unless something happens and I just can't bite my tongue. Pass the time with the very smart people listed  on the right. See you soon.

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Language Lessons From Artificial Intelligence - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/07/07/language-lessons-from-ai/?sh=10902a5516fc by @palan57 on @forbes

In Pennsylvania, A District Backs Away From The Charter Brink - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/07/01/in-pennsylvania-a-district-backs-away-from-the-charter-brink/?sh=2f503d8c57d7 by @palan57 on @forbes

The Single Biggest Scourge of Education Reform

by Peter Greene / 4d

Privatization? Profiteering? Vouchers? Charters? Teacher-proof classrooms? High-stakes testing? No, these issues, in their worst forms, all have their roots in the same soil, the same fertile ground from which all rotten education fruit grows. Amateurs. The current flap flying under the banner of critical race theory panic is just the freshest example of people who really, truly don't understand

Is Teaching About Control?

by Peter Greene / 4d

I knew I was going to hate this piece as soon as I read the first sentence. In their training, teachers are taught to control the classroom. This piece appeared on NBCThink, a kind generally guest op-ed page the website runs. It was written by Peshe Kuriloff , who is a retired professor of education who is now a self-employed consultant. She's got a BA and an M.Ed from Harvard and a PhD from Bryn

A Systemic Tale

by Peter Greene / 4d

They hated tall people. They were the ruling class in this country, and they were all 5 feet tall or shorter. There were tall people among them, mostly as servants or laborers, because the short ruling class hated them and barred them from the same kind of freedoms that the short rulers enjoyed. This was reflected in many aspects of their society, including the architecture. In those long-ago days

ICYMI: Fourth of July Edition (7/4)

by Peter Greene / 7d

Here's hoping that you are busy with some combination of friends and family today that leaves no time for the weekly collection of readables. But just in case, here's the list. How Do You Fight Hot Air Tired of reading CRT pieces? Me, too. But people keep writing good ones. Here's an op-ed in Washington Post by Karen Attiah, writing about one school district leader many other folks will wish they

Moms For Liberty And The Unified Theory of Far Right Grievance

by Peter Greene / 7d

Anti-maskers. Anti-school closings. Anti-vaxxers. Anti-something-vaguely-lumped-under-critical-race-theory. If it seems as if these folks are all actually the same people coming back with new signage every could of months, join me as we take a look at Moms For Liberty. MFL was launched at the beginning of 2021 by two Florida women, both with school board experience. Tina Descovitch ran for Brevar

Language Generating AI Still Lacks I

by Peter Greene / 8d

You may remember that last year, a piece of language simulation AI software appeared touted as the next big thing. OpenAI rolled out GPT-3 . The claims were huge. It can write poetry. Various writers wrote pieces about how realistic it was. It can write computer programs--well, actually that was less unbelievable. But the other claims were looking somewhat shaky already , including some linguisti

NC: Another Way For Charters To Hit Taxpayers

by Peter Greene / 8d

With all the CRT fooferraw and voting suppression and a world of other hurts coming from legislatures and courts, it would be easy to miss this latest wrinkle from North Carolina. Durham is already awash in charter schools, but as we've seen many times, the wisdom of the invisible hand of market forces does not include charters looking at a saturated market and saying, "We might as well not" and

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