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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES
Philanthropic Dollars Are Funding the Effort to Distract Legislatures and School Boards with a Debate about Critical Race Theory | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-7Zn via @janresseger
Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Rubik’s Cube and School Reform | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10992 on @NEPCtweet
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle School Board Races Updates - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/07/seattle-school-board-races-updates.html
Jan Resseger Reviews an Important New Book About “No-Excuses” Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uro via @dianeravitch
How Parent Organizing Has Shifted Classrooms Toward Racial Justice - PopularResistance.Org - https://popularresistance.org/?p=188980
Teacher Tom: What Makes the Reward So Sweet - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/07/what-makes-reward-so-sweet.html
Dennis Shirley: Standardized Testing Is Obsolete | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-urj via @dianeravitch
The Right Wing Is Pumping Out Critical Race Theory Attacks to Boost its Propaganda War on Public Education | Ed Politics - https://edpolitics.org/?p=365
Charter Schooling in the Post-Espinoza & Fulton Era – School Finance 101 - https://wp.me/pojtG-1VJ via @SchlFinance101
The GOP-led hysteria over antiracist education has arrived in Massachusetts - The Boston Globe - https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/14/metro/another-phony-culture-war/?event=event25 on @BostonGlobe
Boston Overhauls Admissions to Exclusive Exam Schools - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/15/us/boston-schools-entrance-exams-admissions.html
Schools Are Receiving $129 Billion in Stimulus Aid. Where Is It Going? - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/13/education/school-budget-stimulus.html on @nytimes
glen brown: Why Child Care Insecurity Matters - https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2021/07/why-child-care-insecurity-matters.html
Education Research Report: Emotion, cooperation and locomotion crucial from an early age - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/
My Year of Teaching Virtually | DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER - https://wp.me/p10yrH-10B via @BriteEyes49
Philadelphia school board member Angela McIver resigns https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/15/22579510/philadelphia-school-angela-mciver-resigns via @ChalkbeatPHL
Video: “How your mask protects other people” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=118865 on @Larryferlazzo
COVID-19’s Effects on Kids Are Even Stranger Than We Thought http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/BKd9lgXgzlM/
Education Matters: Diana Greene the Teflon superintendent, part 2, Scandals in Duval are barely acknowledged by the local media but they are there - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2021/07/diana-greene-teflon-superintendent-part_15.html
House committee backs historic increase in education funding https://educationvotes.nea.org/?p=49464#.YPGZuQDsFac.twitter via @EdVotes
The Revolutionary Act of Teaching Black Kids With Excellence: Real Talk With Internationally Renowned Educator-Extraordinaire, Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, Ph.D | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/07/the-revolutionary-act-of-teaching-black.html
NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/
Western Heights appoints interim superintendent despite state orders https://nondoc.com/2021/07/15/western-heights-appoints-interim-superintendent-despite-state-orders/ via @nondocmedia
L.A. reinstates mask mandate as Delta variant spreads https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/07/15/la-reinstates-mask-mandate-as-delta-variant-spreads-1388453
Newsom faces backlash over masks in California schools https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/07/15/california-student-mask-backlash-signals-a-newsom-recall-vulnerability-1388342
At Schools Named For Robert E. Lee, Students Led The Way Toward Change https://popularresistance.org/at-three-high-schools-named-for-robert-e-lee-students-led-the-way-toward-change/
An Action Plan for Confronting Chronic Absenteeism This Fall https://www.edweek.org/leadership/an-action-plan-for-confronting-chronic-absenteeism-this-fall/2021/07
Sacramento City Teacher’s Use Of N-Word Sparks Debate About Anti-Racist Training https://www.capradio.org/articles/2021/07/15/sacramento-city-teachers-use-of-n-word-sparks-debate-about-anti-racist-training/
EVENT ADVISORY: Findings From New Survey of Educators of Color To Be Unveiled at Town Hall Hosted by CAP, EduColor - Center for American Progress - https://ampr.gs/3eemfz1
UC mandates COVID-19 vaccinations and will bar most students without them from campus http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/2wUEjlJv6MA/uc-to-require-student-covid-19-vaccines-for-fall-term
Op-Ed: Well-staffed school libraries can help students recover from their pandemic year https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/07/school-libraries-school-library-media-specialist-recovery-k-12-students-learning-loss-reading-information-literacy/
Free Pre-K and Community College Included in Budget Blueprint https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/us/politics/free-pre-k-community-college.html
Court Overturns F.D.A. Ban on School’s Electric Shock Devices https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/15/us/electric-shock-school.html
District extends deadline for Philadelphia students opting to repeat a grade https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/15/22579492/district-extends-deadline-for-philadelphia-students-to-opt-to-repeat-a-grade
No more window fans: District unveils air and surface purifiers for Philadelphia classrooms https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/15/22579254/no-more-window-fans-district-unveils-air-and-surface-purifiers-for-philadelphia-classrooms
Fairfax schools superintendent announces he will leave at end of contract https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-school-superintendent-brabrand-to-leave/2021/07/15/167d3946-e57e-11eb-a41e-c8442c213fa8_story.html
St. Louis aldermen to consider moratorium on new schools amid declining population | Education | stltoday.com - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/st-louis-aldermen-to-consider-moratorium-on-new-schools-amid-declining-population/article_a2693524-2703-5e36-999d-22452b27678c.html#new_tab by @https://twitter.com/blythebernhard on @stltoday
Teachers Union President Weighs In On Critical Race Theory Debate https://wbur.fm/2Tdo2xf via @hereandnow
Education Department Shifts Stance on Civics Proposal That Drew the Ire of Conservatives https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-07-16/education-department-shifts-stance-on-civics-proposal-that-drew-the-ire-of-conservatives?src=usn_tw
Cotton introduces bill defunding Critical Race Theory in schools | thv11.com - https://www.thv11.com/article/news/politics/senator-tom-cotton-critical-race-theory/91-65249fe8-fea9-4950-bb94-934b69b3a358#new_tab on THV11
S.F. schools offer limited remote learning opportunities in the fall - https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/S-F-schools-offer-limited-remote-learning-16318393.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle
Behind The Lens episode 135: ‘A quarter for the Quarter’ https://thelensnola.org/2021/07/16/behind-the-lens-episode-135-a-quarter-for-the-quarter/
American History and Civics in Our Schools - ED.gov Blog - https://blog.ed.gov/?p=30715
U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/media-advisories
NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases
Standing with Native Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic - ED.gov Blog - https://blog.ed.gov/?p=30717
When Emancipation came to Washington D.C. the slaveowners were paid reparations. https://preaprez.wordpress.com/2021/07/16/when-emancipation-came-to-washington-d-c-the-slaveowners-were-paid-reparations/
