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CURMUDGUCATION: FL: "Don't Say Gay" Really Is That Bad https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/03/fl-dont-say-gay-really-is-that-bad.html?spref=fb&fbclid=IwAR18EIlJl-WhpQ1S-7wYB2V2allJdhInxpVC6YBSG-s8jcb1wOxHJ1DZaUY

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle School Board to Parents, Teachers & Seattle Times Editorial Board - FU - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2022/03/seattle-school-board-to-parents.html

SPI Reaffirms Commitment to Literacy Programs - Year 2022 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr22/yr22-rel16.asp

The Prince’s white blindspot - by Michael Klonsky - https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/the-princes-white-blindspot?s=r

Whatever Happened To “Arts Are Basic” (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8vy via @CubanLarry

Schools Matter: Reflecting on Green Dot’s Disastrous Locke Takeover - http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2022/03/reflecting-on-green-dots-disastrous.html

Four failures and a funny video: the Richard Corcoran story - https://billytownsend.substack.com/p/four-failures-and-a-funny-video-the?s=r

Steven Singer: How I Teach about the War in Ukraine | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vCq via @dianeravitch

Teacher Tom: Why We Never Gave Our Daughter Chores - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/03/why-we-never-gave-our-daughter-chores.html

An Open Door to Grift and Corruption – Tennessee Education Report - http://tnedreport.com/?p=5560 via @TNEdReport

TN Republicans (Cepicky, Ragan) Go To Bat For Hitting Kids 😳 – THE TENNESSEE HOLLER - https://tnholler.com/?p=6492

Teacher in a Strange Land: The Highly Unqualified Teacher | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11316 on @NEPCtweet

SPI Names Alice Waters CA Education Ambassador - Year 2022 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr22/yr22rel15.asp

Ed Notes Online: Norm goes deep into #MulgrewCare: appears on Podcast, Lander Says NO to MulgrewCare, Ravages of our profit-making medical system - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2022/03/norm-goes-deep-into-mulgrewcare-appears.html

Charleston: The Power of Parents and Communities Blocked Privatization | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vCm via @dianeravitch

John Merrow: “Parent Rights” and the War on Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vET via @dianeravitch

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

Closing arguments in Pennsylvania’s school funding trial were Thursday - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/3/10/22971843/pennsylvanias-funding-catastrophic-failure-plaintiffs-say-in-trials-closing-arguments on chalkbeat

antiracismdsa: Chicano Oral History Project - https://antiracismdsa.blogspot.com/2022/03/chicano-oral-history-project.html?spref=bl

solidaridad: Schools Matter: Reflecting on Green Dot’s Disastrous Locke Takeover - http://rdsathene.blogspot.com/2022/03/schools-matter-reflecting-on-green-dots.html

glen brown: 30 of My Favorite Documents - https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2022/03/30-of-my-favorite-documents.html

The Wisconsin Teachers Still Trying to Rebuild Unions After Scott Walker Gutted Them https://inthesetimes.com/article/wisconsin-workers-scott-walker-unions-labor

What’s the Best Thing for American Children Nobody Talks About? https://www.laprogressive.com/best-thing-for-american-children/

State Board of Eduction approves permanent rules for teaching about race under HB 1775 https://nondoc.com/2022/03/10/state-board-of-eduction-approves-permanent-rules-for-teaching-about-race-under-hb-1775/ via @nondocmedia

The New Identity Politics of Eric Adams https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/03/11/eric-adams-nyc-mayor-profile-00016106

Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on One-Year Anniversary of the American Rescue Plan | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/statement-us-secretary-education-miguel-cardona-one-year-anniversary-american-rescue-plan

Randi Weingarten Puts D209 Strike Into National Perspective - Village Free Press - https://www.vfpress.news/?p=16441

Teachers union president calls for Russia divestment https://www.axios.com/teachers-union-president-calls-russia-divestment-766f9fe4-5d86-4688-b3f8-1fdfd7a6edf0.html

Parents worry about teachers in Minneapolis, so they set up picket lines for them News https://www.indonewyork.com/education/parents-worry-about-teachers-in-minneapolis-so-they-set-up-picket-lines-h25175.html

Chicago-area teachers and staff strike over pay, class sizes https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/03/11/teac-m11.html

Students hold mock "slave auction" at North Carolina school https://www.salon.com/2022/03/11/students-hold-mock-slave-auction-at-north-carolina-school_partner/

Bob Chapek finally condemns “Don’t Say Gay” bill, but Disney employees say it's not enough https://www.salon.com/2022/03/10/disney-employees-slam-company-and-ceo-for-refusing-to-condemn-floridas-dont-say-gay-bill/

‘A Song for Cesar’ Tells the Story of the Labor Movement in the 1960s https://progressive.org/latest/song-for-cesar-rampell-220311/

Mayor Adams NYC Subway Safety Plan May Disproportionately Affect People of Color https://www.theroot.com/mayor-adams-nyc-subway-safety-plan-may-disproportionate-1848640789

ABC's Abbott Elementary Teams Up With Scholastic to Sponsor Free Book Fairs at Underfunded Schools https://www.theroot.com/abcs-abbott-elementary-teams-up-with-scholastic-to-spon-1848637398

Analysis: Texas officials bully transgender kids for political points https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/11/texas-transgender-politics/

“My children love being Texans”: A father of a trans teen weighs whether his family can stay https://www.vox.com/22970762/texas-trans-investigation-child-abuse-abbott

Community Schools | Session: March 9, 2022 https://youtu.be/CfLnVLZ8US4 via @YouTube

States Advance Anti-Transgender Agendas—Part of a Longtime Strategy by Conservatives to Rally Their Base https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2022/03/11/states-anti-transgender-agendas-conservative-strategy

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Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON INSTRUCTION IN 2021 – PART ONE . Here are this week’s picks: Setting Up a Disability-Inclusive Curriculum is from Edutopia. Looking at Data Through an Equity Lens comes from ASCD Educational Leaders

This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here ): Because some districts, like our own in Sacramento, have unskilled leadership —— Layoff notices are back in some California school districts in a year of plenty: How come? https://t.co/UwNSPCC3WI via @edsource — Larry Ferlazzo

Research Studies Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature . By the way, you mig

A Look Back: 37 Tools For Creating Online Learning Games

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

I’m continuing my “A Look Back” series by looking at past “Best” lists and updating them. ExplorerBob / Pixabay I originally published The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games in 20o8, and have been revising and updating it ever since that time. It has consistently been the most popular post on my blog. You can learn about Class Tools , Philologus, Jeopardy Labs , educaplay , and thir

Friday’s New Articles & Tweets About School Reopenings

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

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: Too Many Americans Don’t Understand What Happens in Their Schools is from The NY Times. Though the headline says our district has lifted the mas

When a School Desegregates, Who Gets Left Behind? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/opinion/school-desegregation-california.html

Another Republican governor faces backlash for trying to censor school curriculums https://www.rawstory.com/glenn-youngkin-backlash/

Analysis | Youngkin could set Virginia education back 'many years’: Read the withering letter from school superintendents blasting governor https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/03/11/virginia-superintendents-youngkin-harming-education/?tid=ss_tw

All 133 Virginia school superintendents urge Youngkin to scrap tip line, effort to root out policies deemed ‘divisive’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/11/virginia-youngkin-superintendents-tip-line/?

Florida Lawmakers Pass 'Stop Woke Act' To Stifle School, Work Instruction On Racism | HuffPost Latest News - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-stop-woke-bill-ban-racism-teaching-schools-work_n_622a5190e4b0e01d97a833d5 on @HuffPostPol

Get Federal Student Aid News and Resources at StudentAid.gov - ED.gov Blog - https://blog.ed.gov/?p=31160

Chicago Public Schools vaccine mandate challenged in court by workers - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-public-schools-vaccine-mandate-tro-20220310-5uldnvj7wrd5le3rj3cvcdj2n4-story.html#new_tab via @chicagotribune

Concerns grow about violence in Buffalo Public Schools | wgrz.com - https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/education/growing-concern-over-growing-violence-in-buffalo-public-schools/71-6f2004e8-0fc9-443c-8209-9b665722a61e#new_tab on WGRZ

By a hair, WV delegates continue advancing 'microschools' of unlimited size | Education | wvgazettemail.com - https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/by-a-hair-wv-delegates-continue-advancing-microschools-of-unlimited-size/article_2020eb02-b9ad-55e3-b42f-e2da2a4b040f.html#new_tab on @wvgazettemail

Reading Opens the World Bookmobile Stops in Columbus, OH https://youtu.be/gFKPuL-740I via @YouTube

12 schools face $25K fines under law banning American Indian mascots - https://coloradosun.com/2022/03/11/american-indian-mascots-colorado-schools/#new_tab via @coloradosun

How Outschool won the pandemic https://www.fastcompany.com/90729413/how-outschool-won-the-pandemic

Pa.’s school funding trial comes to a close - WHYY - https://whyy.org/?p=551459

"Don't Say Gay" bill introduced in Georgia Senate https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2022/03/10/dont-say-gay-bill-georgia-senate

Alabama officials consider suspending Praxis teacher test requirement - al.com - https://www.al.com/educationlab/2022/03/alabama-officials-consider-suspending-praxis-teacher-test-requirement.html#new_tab on @aldotcom

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Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Tuesday, March 8, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-top-banana-todays-education_8.html

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Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Spongebob Edition (3/6) - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi.html

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