Friday, July 16, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, JULY 16, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

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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Dennis Shirley: Standardized Testing Is Obsolete | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-urj via @dianeravitch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/


YESTERDAY

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Thursday, JULY 15, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Education Research Report: Study finds "thriving gap" between students who attend high school remotely vs. in person - - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/ Our Schools/BuzzFlash: Jeff Bryant: Why Are Federal Funds Flowing to "White Flight" Privatized Charter Schools and Contributing to the Re-Segregation of Education? | Nation

JUL 14

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Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Introduction to My New Book: Learners without Borders - http://zhaolearning.com/?p=2089 NAACP Education and Civil Rights Initiative’s Critical Race Theory Webinar | Cloaking Inequity - https://wp.me/p2D92I-5OQ via @ProfessorJVH Tomorrow, Families Will Begin Receiving Expanded Child

JUL 13

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Tuesday, JULY 13, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES PTA: Reform Obstacle or Trusted Parent Advocate? | tultican - https://wp.me/p2txw0-15f on @wordpressdotcom HOW DO WE CHOOSE? – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-2NT via @norinrad10 NYC Public School Parents: Latest Talk out of School: Tom Loveless on the failure of the Common Core - https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2021/07

JUL 12

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, JULY 12, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES While Statehouses Try to Legislate Against Teaching about Racism, Educators and Historians Fight to Protect Students from Censorship | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-7Y4 via @janresseger Education Matters: Florida's separate and unequal education system - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2021/07/floridas-separate-and-unequal-educa

JUL 11

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, JULY 11, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA 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? -
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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 i

JUL 10

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