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Secretary of Education Cardona to Travel to Tennessee to Discuss Needs of School Communities | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/media-advisories/secretary-education-cardona-travel-tennessee-discuss-needs-school-communities
Peter Gray on the Tennessee Pre-School Study | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vvc via @dianeravitch
NYC: Parents Leaders Demand an End to Mayoral Control of the Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog -
https://wp.me/p2odLa-vuv via @dianeravitch
Ed Notes Online: #UFTElections - Petitions - What we can learn about the upcoming election - Part 1 - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2022/02/uftelections-petitions-what-we-can.html
US media is bewildered by Putin's troop pullback. - https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/us-media-is-bewildered-by-putins
Education advocates and parents speak out against appointment of Joe Belluck to the Panel for Educational Policy | | A clearinghouse for information on class size & the proven benefits of smaller classes -
https://classsizematters.org/?p=10345
Michael Hiltzik: Trump’s Deal with China Was a Failure | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vwd via @dianeravitch
DOE panel weighs contract to give funds to new chancellor's former foundation https://nypost.com/2022/02/15/doe-panel-weighs-contract-to-give-funds-to-new-chancellors-former-foundation/
Historians Make History. My dissertation committee members — Dr… | by Dr. Mary Marshall | Feb, 2022 | Writers and Editors of Color Magazine - https://www.writersandeditorsofcolor.com/historians-make-history-b5e6d1097eac on @weocmatters
UChicago Students, Nearby Residents Demand University Give $1 Billion In Reparations To South Side Neighborhoods https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/02/15/uchicago-students-nearby-residents-demand-university-give-1-billion-in-reparations-to-south-side-neighborhoods/
Our Children Deserve The Truth - Truth Matters for Students - https://truthmattersforstudents.com/
THE EXPECTATIONS PROJECT AND EDUCOLOR JOIN HANDS IN FIGHT FOR TRUTH — EduColor - https://educolor.org/?p=18234 via @educolormvmt
New critical race theory laws have teachers scared, confused and self-censoring https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/14/critical-race-theory-teachers-fear-laws/?tid=ss_tw
Blog Posts Archive - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/best-posts/ on @Network4pubEd
Education Research Report: Students better than teachers at recognizing relationally aggressive classmates - Education Research Report - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/
Anxiety and Depression Among Kids of Color Surging During Pandemic, New Study Shows | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/02/anxiety-and-depression-among-kids-of.html via @NewBlackMan
Mulgrew and Adams Are BFFs - southbronxschool com - http://southbronxschool.blogspot.com/2022/02/mulgrew-and-adams-are-bffs.html
Election Results: Special Elections for New York and California State Assembly, Milwaukee Mayor + the San Francisco School Board Recalls https://decisiondeskhq.com/election-results-special-elections-for-new-york-and-california-state-assembly-milwaukee-mayor-the-san-francisco-school-board-recalls/
From Book Burner to Librarian https://www.laprogressive.com/book-burner/
NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/ via @NewBlackMan
Anxiety and Depression Among Kids of Color Surging During Pandemic, New Study Showsby Mark Anthony Neal / 12h
'As the pandemic heads into year three, we're finding out more about the toll it's taking on mental health. We look at how it's affecting children, and more specifically, children of color. One new study out of Boston reveals a surge in depression and anxiety in Black and Brown kids between the ages of 5 and 11. The study by a team at Boston Medical Center is published in the journal "Child and A
B. Sharise Moore in The Black Writer's Studioby Mark Anthony Neal / 13h
' B. Sharise Moore ’s love of literature was ignited by Roald Dahl ’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing . After earning a BA in English from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, she began performing her poetry on stages throughout the country. To date, Moore’s poems have appeared in Starline , Fantasy Magazine , These Bewitching Bond s, Mer
Bobby Hundreds On Setting Trends in Streetwear and Web 3.0by Mark Anthony Neal / 13h
' Bobby Hundreds is a trendsetter, and he believes if you give yourself permission you can be too. As founder of the iconic streetwear brand The Hundreds, he's been at the forefront of design for decades, and in this episode of The Limits with Jay Williams he tells Jay how he does it. For Bobby, success is about reframing your perceived weakness as your greatest strength. In the early days of The
In Georgia, Black Communities Are More Likely to Live Near Toxic Waste Sitesby Mark Anthony Neal / 13h
'For decades, Black people in this country have felt the heavy toll of environmental racism. A study published by University of Michigan in 2016 shows that communities of color and low-income neighborhoods are targeted by polluting industries. At the same time, people of color are more likely to be exposed to high levels of fine particulate air pollution , which causes tens of thousands of deaths
Milwaukee's Bronzeville is Making a Huge Comebackby Mark Anthony Neal / 13h
'Once a dynamic Black neighborhood, Milwaukee's Bronzeville was destroyed significantly by highway construction. Now, its Black Holocaust Museum is reopening after being closed for more than a decade as well as other cultural touchstones, including a new cultural center. It's also got new restaurants and has been included in The New York Times 's "52 Places for a Changed World." Wisconsin Public
Documentary Filmmaker Stanley Nelson on the History of HBCUs and 'Attica'by Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
' Stanley Nelson Jr. , documentary filmmaker of many films including Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities and the new Oscar-nominated documentary Attica, joins to discuss the history of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and how they built generations of Black leadership in America.'
Oklahoma Empowerment Act advances on close vote, charter reforms move as well https://nondoc.com/2022/02/15/oklahoma-empowerment-act-advances/ via @nondocmedia
Confronting Right-Wing Attacks On Racial Justice Teaching https://popularresistance.org/confronting-right-wing-attacks-on-racial-justice-teaching/
U.S. Department of Education Invites Applicants for Javits Gifted and Talented Program | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-invites-applicants-javits-gifted-and-talented-program
A first for Sandy Hook families: Remington gunmaker must pay $75 million https://www.salon.com/2022/02/15/a-first-for-sandy-hook-families-remington-gunmaker-must-pay-75-million/
Montessori School Shuts Down After Preschool Blackface Activity https://www.theroot.com/montessori-school-shuts-down-after-preschool-blackface-1848542452
NAACP Legal Defense Fund files federal civil rights complaint against Carroll Independent School District https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/15/southlake-carroll-civil-rights-complaint/
Publishing C.E.O. Donates $500,000 to Fight Book Bans https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/16/books/book-bans-markus-dohle-donation-pen-america.html
The Conservative Group Challenging Admissions at Elite High Schools https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/16/us/school-admissions-affirmative-action.html
San Francisco Voters Recall 3 Board of Education Members https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/16/us/san-francisco-school-board-recall.html
Sonny Perdue Is Sole Finalist to Lead Georgia’s Public Universities https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/us/sonny-perdue-georgia-chancellor.html
San Francisco Recalls 3 Members Of City's School Board https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-san-francisco-school-board-recall_n_620cfef4e4b0557b5a3d6e8a
New law will require Virginia public schools to make masks optional by March 1 https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/16/virginia-youngkin-signs-masks-optional/Winning the War on Decorum https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/15/loudoun-schools-decorum/
After a Tennessee school board banned 'Maus,' a California comic book store is donating copies https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-16/california-comic-book-store-donating-maus-after-tennessee-school-board-ban
Column: How NIMBY abuse of a California law could keep thousands of kids out of UC Berkeley https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-16/column-who-wins-from-californias-main-environmental-law-too-often-the-rich-and-litigious
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ on @Larryferlazzo
The Best Strategies For “Engineering” Text So That It’s More Accessible To ELLsfelix_w / Pixabay Though I, and all ELL teachers, have been modifying the appearance of texts for years to make them more accessible, I didn’t learn the phrase “text engineering” until I read a piece by Elsa Billings and AÃda Walqui at West Ed (see first link on this list). Generally, it means not changing the words in a complex text (see The Best Places To Get The “Same” Text Written For Differe
Infographic Of The Week: “10 Travel Destinations for Post-Pandemic Life”JESHOOTS-com / Pixabay I’ve been publishing an “infographic of the week” for awhile, and you can see them all here . This one is from Visual Capitalist, and you can see it here. Most of the time, they have a little box under their infographics saying that they can be reposted in other places, but didn’t with this one. So, I’ve just embedded their tweet about it below so you can see what it looks
Wednesday’s New Articles On School Reopeningsviarami / Pixabay Ordinarily, I’d add these new articles and videos to The Best Posts Predicting (& Showing) What Schools Look Like During The Pandemic . However, that list is just getting too massive. So, in the future, if you want to find these in one place, click here: When Is It Safe To Lift School Mask Mandates? is from Five Thirty Eight. California school mask mandate will remain in place t
President Biden Will Give His First State Of The Union Address On March 1st – Here Are Teaching & Learning ResourcesVictoria_Borodinova / Pixabay President Biden will give his first State of the Union address on March 1st. You might be interested in The Best (& Most Intriguing) Resources For Learning About The State Of The Union Message .
A Look Back: “How Income Affects The Brain” & What We Can Do About ItI thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . This post originally appeared in 2018: I published Another Study Finds Poverty’s Impact On “Cognitive Bandwidth” a few days ago, and it was a very popular post. It discussed the most recent research reinforcing the finding that poverty
‘We will kill’ your mother ‘but first we will kill you!’: Hundreds of threats of violence sent to school board members https://www.rawstory.com/we-will-your-mother-but-first-we-will-you-hundreds-of-threats-of-violence-sent-to-school-board-members/
Meta stocks fall after Google delivers a major blow to Zuckerberg's social media empire https://www.rawstory.com/google-ads-changes/
Indiana school provides parents form to 'opt out' of Black History Month: report https://www.rawstory.com/sprunica-elementary-school/
How Teachers Unions Have Changed Since the 1980s | HeyTutor - https://stacker.com/stories/29671/how-teachers-unions-have-changed-1980s#new_tab on @StackerMedia
Alison Collins, Gabriela López and Faauuga Moliga ousted https://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AATUwgV?ocid=winp-st
Parent coalition files lawsuit challenging Maryland’s statewide school mask mandate - Baltimore Sun - https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-school-mask-mandate-lawsuit-20220215-mvxiekk56vbjza2vwk44fq2inq-story.html via @baltimoresun
DeSantis, House line up on proposed cuts to mask mandate school districts - https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/02/15/desantis-house-line-up-on-proposed-cuts-to-mask-mandate-school-districts/#new_tab on TB_Times
Lawmakers vote to protect teachers from lawsuits - Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs - https://www.ocpathink.org/post/lawmakers-vote-to-protect-teachers-from-lawsuits#new_tab via @ocpathink
Outgoing Chicago Teachers Union Head Says He Won't Apologize For Doing Job - https://www.newsweek.com/outgoing-chicago-teachers-union-head-says-he-wont-apologize-doing-job-1679547#new_tab on @newsweek
St. Paul district gives seniors a break on credits needed to finish high school – Twin Cities - https://wp.me/p79gJ9-h9zF on @pioneerpress
board pulls plug on CNN 10 | TribLIVE.com - https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/norwin-board-pulls-plug-on-cnn-10/#new_tab via @triblive
Indiana CRT bill: House Bill 1134 amendment would water it down - https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2022/02/15/indiana-general-assembly-crt-house-bill-1134-amendment-sweeping-changes/6802545001/#new_tab via @indystar
Utah House committee passes school choice bill that some call a voucher - Deseret News - https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/2/15/22934424/school-choice-voucher-hope-scholarship-utah-legislature-bill-moves-houscommittee-vote#new_tab on deseretnews
When Students With High School Diplomas Earn More Than Those Who Enroll in College | National News | US News - https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2022-02-15/when-students-with-high-school-diplomas-earn-more-than-those-who-enroll-in-college#new_tab on @USNews
This 16-year-old wanted to get the COVID vaccine. He had to hide it from his parents https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/02/16/1074191656/this-16-year-old-wanted-to-get-the-covid-vaccine-he-had-to-hide-it-from-his-pare?
Detroit public schools unveils $700M plan for facility repairs, new schools - https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/02/15/detroit-public-schools-unveils-700-m-plan-facility-repairs-new-schools/6795728001/#new_tab via @detroitnews
NOLA Public Schools looking for new operators at closing-school buildings | The Lens https://thelensnola.org/2022/02/16/nola-public-schools-looking-for-new-operators-at-closing-school-buildings/
LAUSD to keep outdoor mask mandate in place this week, but changes may be ahead https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-16/lausd-to-keep-outdoor-mask-mandate-in-place-this-week-but-changes-may-be-ahead
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