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Monday, August 16, 2021

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CURMUDGUCATION: Club For Growth Launches School Choice Push. What That Tells Us. - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/08/club-for-growth-launches-school-choice.html



Education Matters: The Wayman Academy of the Arts pays millions in rent, to themselves - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-wayman-academy-of-arts-pays.html


“Best for My Child” Unmasking: Like a “No Peeing” Section in a Pool. | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog - https://wp.me/p36Q2R-6yT on @wordpressdotcom


Teaching Then and Now (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8eS via @CubanLarry


Education Research Report: Student–teacher race and ethnicity matches = fewer unexcused absences for Latinx students - https://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/


Reading as Comprehension and Engagement: On the Limitations of Decoding – radical eyes for equity - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-a3s via @plthomasEdD


John Thompson: Oklahoma Educators Go Meek Against State Mandates Banning Masks | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uAp via @dianeravitch


AFT President Randi Weingarten To Indiana: Mask Up To Keep Kids In School - https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/aft-president-randi-weingarten-mask-up-to-keep-kids-in-school by @_elizabethgabs on @WFYINews


Teacher Tom: Comrades Against the Dark and Absurd Mysteries - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/comrades-against-dark-and-absurd.html


UTLA Speaks Out Against “Internal” Voucher Scheme | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uAz via @dianeravitch


Teach in a Strange Land: Mission, Vision, Purpose and Other Things Nobody Pays Attention to in Public Education | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11015 on @NEPCtweet


Developers are repositioning vacant space as charter schools | Building Design + Construction - https://www.bdcnetwork.com/node/46907 on @BDCNetwork

Doubts, Anger and Anxiety: What It’s Like to Go to School Amid Covid-19 - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/us/covid-school-reopening-anxiety.html on @nytimes

I’m Not Afraid of COVID-19. I’m Afraid of School Shootings. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/5K10qEkG2oA/

COVID-19 Hospitalizations For Americans In Their 30s Hit All-Time High | HuffPost - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-hospitalizations-30-somethings-record-high-cdc_n_61198bb0e4b07c14031624ad

San Diego, South Bay schools forge ahead with reopenings- https://enewspaper.sandiegouniontribune.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=4766cfbd-9da0-4b31-b1e5-6821971a49ed

I’m Afraid to Go Back to School Because of School Shootings - The Atlantic - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/school-shootings-pandemic/619727/

HAITI Needs You | Bill Ayers - https://wp.me/p3AjC-Ud on @wordpressdotcom

The Leon and Gloria Plevin Family Museum Director Lecture: Valerie Cassel Oliver | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/08/the-leon-and-gloria-plevin-family.html via @NewBlackMan

No Equity or Excellence as Mayor and DOE Abandon Overcrowded Schools - https://www.gothamgazette.com/opinion/10710-equity-excellence-mayor-doe-abandon-overcrowded-schools-covid via @gothamgazette

Mike Klonsky's Blog: QUOTABLES - https://michaelklonsky.blogspot.com/2021/08/quotables.html

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

Hey, Coach, what was the Indian Removal Act? https://nondoc.com/2021/08/16/teaching-indian-removal-act-other-unpleasantness/ via @nondocmedia

Texas Supreme Court backs governor on mask mandates https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/15/texas-court-mask-mandates-504963

Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio educators call for struggle to shut down in-person learning - World Socialist Web Site - https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/08/16/penn-a16.html on @WSWS_Updates

HAITI Needs Your HELP - nitrolicious.com - https://nitrolicious.com/?p=42088

The most famous popular science book ever written https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/most-famous-popular-science-book

'Worried' Afghanistan all-girls robotics team hopes to escape to Canada http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/qEBZDX35_-M/

L.A. councilman seeks to bar homeless encampments around more than 1,000 schools http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/Iv_l_mTbdPc/buscaino-targets-encampments-around-l-a-public-schools

What are the risks of kids getting COVID-19 as schools reopen? Here's what we know http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/4dIWFS8L61Q/back-to-school-covid-risks-for-kids-with-delta-variant

Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles students are back for the first day of school http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/3ZO2ZOzqIr0/its-the-first-day-back-to-school-for-los-angeles-students

$350 million. 1,000 healthcare workers. 500,000 tests weekly. Inside LAUSD's virus testing effort http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/t87zNharpNs/lausd-plan-to-test-students-teachers-weekly

L.A. County coronavirus surge continues as schools prepare to reopen http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/AXoBhRjoYzc/los-angeles-county-coronavirus-surge-continues-as-schools-prepare-to-reopen

This Podcast Interview With Nikole Hannah-Jones & Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Worth Listening To &/Or Reading | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119461 on @Larryferlazzo

Monday’s New Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119944 on @Larryferlazzo

Resources For Teaching About The Afghanistan War | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119984 on @Larryferlazzo

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

In ending lawsuit, NJ agrees to improve special ed for inmates https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/08/nj-special-education-state-prison-settlement-improvement-lawsuit/

With The Taliban's Return To Power, Will Afghan Girls Keep Going To School? https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/1028016109/with-the-talibans-return-to-power-will-afghan-girls-keep-going-to-school

Los Angeles, Chicago Back Vaccine Mandate for Teachers https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/world/los-angeles-and-chicago-schools-will-mandate-teacher-vaccinations.html

Can you fix middle school by getting rid of it? https://hechingerreport.org/can-you-fix-middle-school-by-getting-rid-of-it/

PROOF POINTS: When remedial education gets woven into class time https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-when-remedial-education-gets-woven-into-class-time/

Texas Supreme Court temporarily halts local mask orders in two counties | The Texas Tribune - https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/15/texas-coronavirus-supreme-court-school-mask-mandate/#new_tab by @allyson_renee7 on @TexasTribune

NYC teachers demand 'safer' reopening with remote option — and no academic screenings - https://wp.me/pb3Qpq-1iaNU by @nypmetro on @nypost

Biden administration offers financial help to Florida school leaders defying DeSantisPOLITICOSearchSearchClose - https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/08/13/biden-administration-offers-financial-help-to-florida-school-leaders-defying-desantis-1390026#new_tab

Some standardized test scores fall to lowest levels ever in Colorado, as schools scramble to get kids caught up | Colorado Springs News | gazette.com - https://gazette.com/news/some-standardized-test-scores-fall-to-lowest-levels-ever-in-colorado-as-schools-scramble-to/article_a8faecf6-fb8f-11eb-b00c-079994936b6d.html#new_tab on @csgazette

Pritzker signs bill banning hair discrimination in schools - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/8/13/22624118/hair-discrimination-bill-pritzker-mike-simmons-jett-hawkins-ida-nelson#new_tab

Schools across U.S. staff up to address mental health - Chalkbeat - https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/8/16/22624041/pandemic-mental-health-staff-schools-rand#new_tab on chalkbeat

Wisconsin hearing on race education bill disintegrates into acrimony - https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/16/wisconsin-hearing-on-critical-race-theory-disintegrates-into-acrimony/8109608002/#new_tab via @journalsentinel

Learning pods are forming up and down N.J. Why homeschooling parents are teaming up. http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AANlC1f?ocid=st

Biden calls school chiefs, lauds defiance of anti-mask rules - https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-education-coronavirus-pandemic-b5ea8ac5c1dd065865543d26c7634831#new_tab on @ap

As schools shuttered, 911 drug calls for youth skyrocketed - https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/health-coronavirus-trauma/#new_tab by @SpecialReports on @Reuters

Grad Student Union, Yes! - Progressive.org - https://progressive.org/magazine/grad-student-union-levin/

First-Person Singular: The Plight of an International Student - Progressive.org - https://progressive.org/magazine/plight-international-student-naar/


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Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from_14.html



Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early_14.html



Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-weeks-wildness-dad-gone-wild_14.html


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Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona_14.html



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