Wednesday, January 5, 2022

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Wednesday, January 5, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

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THE TOP BANANA
TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES



Public Education: Why it Should be Treasured - Public Voices For Public Schools - https://pv4ps.org/?p=789 by @https://twitter.com/DianeRavitch



San Francisco Public Schools under Attack | tultican - https://wp.me/p2txw0-191



Meeting the Moment: Challenges, Strategies, and Resources for Leading in a Time of Disinformation | Cloaking Inequity - https://wp.me/p2D92I-5Rl via @ProfessorJVH



Why we could soon lose even more Black Teachers - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=84410 via @hechingerreport



The Lives We Lost | The Merrow Report - https://wp.me/p6uAPJ-3BL



The Same People Who Think Antiracists Have Gone Too Far Think Standardized Testing Hasn’t Gone Far Enough | gadflyonthewallblog - https://wp.me/p4QD1W-3Hb via @StevenSinger3



CURMUDGUCATION: PA: One More Cyber School Regulatory Failure - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/01/pa-one-more-cyber-school-regulatory.html



One Way to Get Kids Enthused in Math Class: Make a Discovery | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-2o1 by @Jd2718x



NYC Educator: Swagger - http://nyceducator.com/2022/01/swagger.html



Teacher Tom: The "Girl Team" For The Win - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-girl-team-for-win.html



Oklahoma Republican Wants to Deputize Private Citizens to Sue School Districts | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ve6 via @dianeravitch



NYC Public School Parents: Send a letter now to State Officials, urging them to allow online school and district meetings to continue! - https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2022/01/send-letter-now-to-state-officials.html



Seattle Schools Community Forum: More News from Seattle School Board Investigation of Two Members; SPS Staff - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2022/01/more-news-from-seattle-school-board_5.html



CURMUDGUCATION: The Absence of Government Is Not Freedom - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-absence-of-government-is-not-freedom.html



U.S. Department of Education Announces Joint Temporary Action with U.S. Department of Transportation to Help Address School Bus Driver Labor Shortage | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-announces-joint-temporary-action-us-department-transportation-help-address-school-bus-driver-labor-shortage



The Demise of Genuinely Public Education | Teacher in a strange land - https://wp.me/p1Wvaa-gc via @nancyflanagan



Windfall? – Tennessee Education Report - http://tnedreport.com/?p=5472 via @TNEdReport



CURMUDGUCATION: Social Impact Bonds Are Still, A Thing Sadly - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/01/social-impact-bonds-are-still-thing.html


Keep the pro-Israel lobby's hands off of our pension. - https://fredklonsky.substack.com/p/keep-the-pro-israel-lobbys-hands


Another New Orleans charter school will close; declining enrollment cited at IDEA Oscar Dunn | News | nola.com - https://www.nola.com/news/article_e7b8feb6-6d99-11ec-9c60-db5c4129756e.html on @nolanews

‘We may reach a level of staff absences that compromises our ability to safely operate’: Schools hammered by COVID grapple to remain open - The Boston Globe - https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/04/metro/more-than-1000-boston-public-school-school-staff-members-including-including-461-teachers-out-school-tuesday/ on @BostonGlobe

Woke Kindergarten 60 Second Text: Spot the Difference - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RMvIcoHvZg&t=3s on @youtube

Woke Kindergarten 60 Second Text: Spot the Difference - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RMvIcoHvZg&t=3s on @youtube

An open letter to the Indiana legislature regarding pending critical race theory bills – Inside Education with Shane Phipps - https://wp.me/pbqCpb-pG


Blog Posts Archive - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/best-posts/ on @Network4pubEd





‘This is not the way to handle things’: Teachers and parents say Philly’s partial reopening of schools is chaotic  https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/1/4/22867828/teachers-and-parents-say-philadelphia-partial-reopening-of-schools-amid-covid-surge-is-chaotic via @ChalkbeatPHL

Education Research Report: No significant link between in-person schooling and COVID infection rates - https://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2022/01/no-significant-link-between-in-person.html

glen brown: What can historical “disruptions” of the past teach us today? - https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2022/01/what-can-historical-disruptions-of-past.html

CNN: The Most Unlikely Anti-Racists | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vfN via @dianeravitch



Biden Promised Student Debt Relief for Public Service Workers. The Reality Has Been Painful. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/biden-promised-student-debt-relief-for-public-service-workers-the-reality-has-been-painful/

Universities Need to Catch Up to the Post-vaccine Reality https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/university-covid-policies-remote-learning-mental-health/621159/?utm_source=feed

What If We Made Democracy... More Democratic? https://inthesetimes.com/article/direct-democracy-sortition-populism-voting-citizens-assembly




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

Lynn Nottage: Unexpected Optimist Download | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/lynn-nottage-unexpected-optimist.html via @NewBlackMan

The World of 'Khat' in Ethiopia Examined in 'Faya Dayi' | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/the-world-of-khat-in-ethiopia-examined.html via @NewBlackMan

The Power and Necessity of Treating Criminal Defendants with Dignity | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/the-power-and-necessity-of-treating.html via @NewBlackMan

Why US Prisons Don’t Want Prisoners to Read | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/why-us-prisons-dont-want-prisoners-to.html via @NewBlackMan

Chicago Public Schools shut down amid teachers union protest of Covid protocols https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/05/chicago-schools-shutdown-teachers-covid-protest-526535


GOP sees ‘huge red wave’ potential by targeting critical race theory https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/05/gop-red-wave-critical-race-theory-526523

Thousands of teachers, students absent as Omicron ravages Florida https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2022/01/04/thousands-of-teachers-students-absent-as-omicron-ravages-florida-1403882

Michigan Teachers Discuss Collective Action To Close Schools https://popularresistance.org/michigan-teachers-discuss-collective-action-to-close-schools/

A Roundtable Discussion With Nurses And Teachers https://popularresistance.org/a-roundtable-discussion-with-nyc-nurses-and-teachers/

Chicago Cancels School in Clash With Teachers' Union - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/us/chicago-teachers-union-remote-learning.html on @nytimes

Amazingly, "Abbott Elementary" finds laughter in the challenge of teaching in underfunded schools https://www.salon.com/2022/01/04/abbott-elementary-review-abc-teachers/



Throw Some Damn Money at the Problem – Tennessee Education Report - http://tnedreport.com/?p=5474 via @TNEdReport




Louisiana Governor Pardons Plessy, 125 Years After ‘Separate But Equal’ Ruling in Plessy v Ferguson https://www.theroot.com/louisiana-governor-pardons-plessy-125-years-after-sep-1848307900

Seven HBCUs, Including Norfork State University Receive Bomb Threats, Prompting Evacuations and Lockdowns https://www.theroot.com/seven-hbcus-including-norfork-state-university-receive-1848306694

Maxine McNair, Last Living Parent of Child Killed In 1963 Church Dies At 93 https://www.theroot.com/maxine-mcnair-last-living-parent-of-child-killed-in-19-1848306393

Omicron’s swift emergence tests Texas public schools as a new semester begins https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/04/texas-schools-omicron/

Another New Orleans charter school will close due to low enrollment https://thelensnola.org/2022/01/04/another-new-orleans-charter-school-will-close-due-to-low-enrollment/


America doesn’t have enough teachers to keep schools open https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22868641/chicago-school-closings-omicron-covid-remote-learning

How Do Teachers Teach Now (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8pI via @CubanLarry






Psaki: Schools can open safely 'including in Chicago' - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/05/white-house-teachers-union-covid-526547

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

A Look Back: “Teaching Argument Writing to ELLs” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122357 on @Larryferlazzo

Video: “World’s oldest animal cave painting in Indonesia” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=121879 on @Larryferlazzo

Wednesday’s New Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123595 on @Larryferlazzo

“18 Pieces of Advice for Doing Teacher Observations the Right Way” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123588 on @Larryferlazzo

8 ways teachers are talking about Jan. 6 in their classrooms https://www.npr.org/2022/01/05/1070235674/teachers-capitol-riot-anniversary-lessons-students-schools

Chicago public school classes are canceled after teachers union backs remote learning https://www.npr.org/2022/01/05/1070462827/chicago-public-school-classes-are-canceled-after-teachers-union-backs-remote-lea

NYC schools reported 14,000 student and staff COVID-19 cases since start of winter break, and 4,000 in past two days https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-covid-case-count-nyc-schools-20220104-kyt2cqjoxjgz3jhqjooldrh55q-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Biden calls for schools to stay open despite raging spread of omicron https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-covid-biden-calls-for-schools-to-stay-open-amid-omicron-surge-20220104-qmg5lahqazbntl7zjykzxzkheq-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Who Are the American Insurrectionists? | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vhT via @dianeravitch





Chicago Cancels School in Clash With Teachers' Union https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/us/chicago-teachers-union-remote-learning.html

D.C. students will get free pads and tampons in school bathrooms https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/01/04/dc-period-products-bill-students/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education

STUDENT VOICE: Extra support and help gave me a career and kept me from being homeless - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=84422 via @hechingerrepor

Ed Notes Online: UFT Staffer - The face of the UFT is Salesforce - Calling the UFT is like calling Amazon (except the UFT is not as responsive as Amazon) - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2022/01/uft-staffer-face-of-uft-is-salesforce.html


Los Angeles Times: The “Unentitled Kids”: California’s New Generation of College-Bound Stars | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-veH via @dianeravitch







‘Unprecedented’: More than 600 S.F. teachers or aides absent, forcing district top brass to helm classrooms - https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Unprecedented-More-than-600-S-F-teachers-16749688.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle

Omicron School Disruptions Stress Already-Frayed Parents—Again - WSJ - https://www.wsj.com/articles/omicron-school-disruptions-stress-already-frayed-parentsagain-11641378604 by @betsymorris2 on @WSJ

California schools risk ‘colossal’ hit as enrollment drops - CalMatters - https://calmatters.org/?p=221766 via @CalMatters




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