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Minneapolis: Union Plans Strike on Tuesday | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vDe via @dianeravitch
Recommended: John Oliver on CRT – academic freedom isn't free - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-ape via @plthomasEdD
International Women's Day 2022 - https://www.internationalwomensday.com/ via @womensday
Weekend Quotables - by Michael Klonsky - https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/weekend-quotables-558?s=r
Wordle is union. - Fred Klonsky in Retirement - https://fredklonsky.substack.com/p/wordle-is-union?s=r
“Parents’ Rights” & the War on Public Schools | The Merrow Report - https://wp.me/p6uAPJ-3C6
CURMUDGUCATION: National Politics Vs. Education - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/03/national-politics-vs-education.html
We Must Renew Efforts to End High-Stakes “Test and Punish” in U.S. Public Schools | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-8J9 via @janresseger
Teacher Tom: "I Didn't Do It!" - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/03/i-didnt-do-it.html
Jennifer Berkshire: The Rightwing War Against the Woke in Elite Private Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vCU via @dianeravitch
What You Should Learn in the Classroom about Expressing Your Opinion (Especially in College) – academic freedom isn't free - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-apk via @plthomasEdD
Schools Matter: Hillsdale College Proudly Published Putin Paean - http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2022/03/hillsdale-college-proudly-published.html
With A Brooklyn Accent: The United States of Percussion- Changes in Music and Society in the Late 1960's Which Set The Stage for the Rise of Hip Hop - https://withabrooklynaccent.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-united-states-of-percussion-changes.html
CURMUDGUCATION: Georgia GOP Meets The Real Betsy DeVos - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/03/georgia-gop-meets-real-betsy-devos.html
CURMUDGUCATION: Moms For America Has A Truck - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/03/moms-for-america-has-truck.html
Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on the Florida State Legislature’s Parental Rights in Education Bill | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/statement-us-secretary-education-miguel-cardona-florida-state-legislatures-parental-rights-education-bill
Of Vouchers and School Takeovers – Tennessee Education Report - http://tnedreport.com/?p=5553 via @TNEdReport
Naked Capitalism/Our Schools: How Corporations Use Public School Workforce ‘Pipelines’ to Harvest Students’ Data and Train Narrowly Skilled, Exploitable Staff | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11310 on @NEPCtweet
Ed Notes Online: Minneapolis educators to strike Tuesday for safe and stable schools - Note Randi Comment of support---- - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2022/03/minneapolis-educators-to-strike-tuesday.html
You Are Invited to Join Me at Annual Conference of the Network for Public Education | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vDc via @dianeravitch
Dark Money Funded the Campaign Against School Closures and Masking | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vDk via @dianeravitch
Virginia: Collective Bargaining Rights Survive Rightwing Assault | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vD0 via @dianeravitch
Ed Notes Online: Mulgrew in his own words - Brags about MedAdv Program HE Helped Design - Before he abandoned it - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2022/03/mulgrew-in-his-own-words-brags-about.html
Whatever Happened To “Arts Are Basic?” (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8uy via @CubanLarry
How Dark Money Shaped The School Safety Debate - https://www.dailyposter.com/how-dark-money-shaped-the-school-safety-debate/ by @WalkerBragman on @dailyposter
Children’s Mental Health: Understanding an Ongoing Public Health Concern | CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/features/understanding-public-health-concern.html via @CDCgov
Yale professor lists companies not boycotting Russia - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/03/08/russia-company-boycott-yale-list/
February Revolution Begins - HISTORY - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/february-revolution-begins
Blog Posts Archive - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/best-posts/ on @Network4pubEd
Education Research Report: Positive teacher-student relationships lead to better teaching - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2022/03/positive-teacher-student-relationships.html
Boyd Specialties, LLC Recalls Jerky Products - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/recallbssllcjrkylisteria.asp
Daylight Saving Time Begins On March 13th – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=125206 on @Larryferlazzo
glen brown: "If the U.S. wants peace, it can have it tomorrow" by Robert Freeman - https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2022/03/if-us-wants-peace-it-can-have-it.html
Unwoke and Illiberal | The Forum | AAPF - https://www.aapf.org/theforum-unwoke-and-illiberal?emci=3246954f-719a-ec11-a22a-281878b85110&emdi=2fcd0d96-399e-ec11-a22a-281878b85110&ceid=4711742
Florida, Unlike the CDC, Says Healthy Kids Shouldn’t Get the Covid Vaccine https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2022/03/florida-unlike-the-cdc-says-healthy-kids-shouldnt-get-the-covid-vaccine/Proposing a New School Calendar for the Age of COVID https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/03/close-school-wintercovid-flu/626970/?utm_source=feed
NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/ via @NewBlackMan
Looking at the Way We Talk About Bipolar Disorderby Mark Anthony Neal / 14h
'Words like 'unhinged,' 'insane,' and 'psychotic' have all been used to describe Kanye West ’s behavior in recent weeks. Outbursts, twitter pleas to his wife, Kim Kardashian, and threats to her current boyfriend Pete Davidson have been met with understandable alarm. There’s also been a rush to pass judgement accompanied by potentially dangerous and demonizing language when it comes to his mental
'Girl, Woman, Other' Celebrates Black British Womenby Mark Anthony Neal / 14h
'Bernardine Evaristo didn't think there were enough books being published about Black British women, so she wrote one herself. Girl, Woman, Other looks at the lives of many different British women, mostly Black women, from 19 to 93 years old. Some of their stories intertwine while others stay separate. Evaristo told NPR's Scott Simon that she wanted "to show the heterogeneity of who we are in thi
Conversations in Atlantic Theory • Kyle Mays on An Afro-Indigenous History of the United Statesby Mark Anthony Neal / 14h
'A discussion with Kyle Mays , who teaches in the Departments of History , African American Studies , and American Indian Studies at University of California-Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. He is the author of 2018’s Hip Hop Beats, Indigenous Rhymes: Modernity and Hip Hop in Indigenous North America , published by State University of New York Press and a forthcoming book City of Disposses
The Constructive View of Reparations with Olúfẹmi O. TáÃwòby Mark Anthony Neal / 14h
'In this episode of Millennials Are Killing Capitalism a conversation with Olúfẹmi O. TáÃwò , an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and the author of Reconsidering Reparations , which examines arguments for reparations historically and offers a philosophical argument for a constructive vision of reparations
Minnesota Workers United Organizes Support For Upcoming Teachers’ Strike https://popularresistance.org/minnesota-workers-united-organizes-support-for-upcoming-teachers-strike/
Minneapolis Educators and Support Professionals Strike for Better Schools https://youtu.be/JXMdv7b6Q44 via @YouTube
Professors Union Moves to Join American Federation of Teachers - Bloomberg Law https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/professors-union-moves-to-join-american-federation-of-teachers
Mitch McConnell is on a mission to end expanded free school lunches https://www.salon.com/2022/03/08/mitch-mcconnell-is-on-a-mission-to-end-expanded-free-school-lunches/
Recommended: Educators’ Right and Responsibilities to Engage in Antiracist Teaching (NCTE) – academic freedom isn't free - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-apQ via @plthomasEdD
Chicago Public Schools to End Mask Mandate for Staff and Students https://www.theroot.com/chicago-public-schools-to-end-mask-mandate-for-staff-an-1848618590
High Schools In Risk of Losing AP Classes If 'Required Topics' Are Banned From Being Taught https://www.theroot.com/high-schools-in-risk-of-losing-ap-classes-if-required-t-1848617426
Detroit Public Schools Break Ranks on Mask Mandate https://sacobserver.com/2022/03/detroit-public-schools-break-ranks-on-mask-mandate/
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates Keep it Real About Media https://sacobserver.com/2022/03/nikole-hannah-jones-and-ta-nehisi-coates-keep-it-real-about-media/
OPSB member John Brown Sr. to resign this week https://thelensnola.org/2022/03/07/opsb-member-john-brown-sr-to-resign-this-week/
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona warns Florida on ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill passage: ‘All schools must follow federal civil rights law’ https://www.rawstory.com/us-education-secretary-warns-florida-on-dont-say-gay-bill-passage-all-schools-must-follow-federal-civil-rights-law/
Woke-panic claptrap’: College student’s NY Times op-ed leads to mockery over ‘self-censorship’ complaint https://www.rawstory.com/woke-panic-claptrap-college-students-ny-times-op-ed-leads-to-mockery-over-self-censorship-complaint/NYC school mask mandate lifts for teachers and most kids https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-school-mask-mandate-lifts-20220307-w24foszdzjdorbkhvqowewjt3m-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/More last-minute changes may be coming to NYC’s high school admissions process https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-high-school-admissions-last-minute-changes-20220307-m66eayq2mvfpflvis4k5dwj7ku-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
The Pandemic Has Worsened the Reading Crisis in Schools https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/us/pandemic-schools-reading-crisis.html
Minneapolis Teachers Begin Strike After Talks Fail https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/us/minneapolis-st-paul-teachers-strike.html
NYC Ends School Mask Mandate, and Many Students Are Wary https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/nyregion/nyc-school-mask-mandate.html
Critical Race Theory Opens Up New Opportunities for Student Learning https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2022/03/08/critical-race-theory-student-learning
Idaho Lawmakers OK Legislation That Could Fine, Jail Librarians https://www.huffpost.com/entry/idaho-bill-fine-jail-librarians_n_6227104ae4b004e4e38518fb
Teachers help students navigate misinformation, emotions, history of war in Ukraine https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-07/ukraine-russia-misinformation-classroom-lessons
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ on @Larryferlazzo
Daylight Saving Time Begins On March 13th – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resourcescongerdesign / Pixabay Daylight Saving Time begins on March 14th. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About Daylight Saving Time .
Tuesday’s New Tweets & Articles On School ReopeningsOpenClipart-Vectors / 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: New York’s Students Shed Their Masks, Warily, in Pandemic Milestone is from The NY Times. “ the few studies that d
A Look Back: Ten Sites To Help Students Develop Practical Money SkillsI’m continuing my “A Look Back” series by looking at past “Best” lists and updating them. TBIT / Pixabay I posted The Best Sites For Learning Economics & Practical Money Skills in 2008, and have been updating and revising it since that time. It includes sites like EverFi , FoolProof , The Everyday Life Project , and many more. Check out the seven other sites – plus additional related resources –
Infographic Of The Week: “The Most Common Dream in Every Country”An organization called Mornings analyzed Google Search data to come up with this info. You can see a bigger version of the above infographic, along with other infographics specifically about different countries and addition data, at their website . It’s obviously not a super-scientific analysis, but it is interesting. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultur
Infographic Of The Week: “The 100 Most-Spoken Languages in the World”Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay The 100 Most-Spoken Languages in the World is a pretty nifty infographic from Word Tips. It’s not embeddable, but you can just go the ink. Go here to see past Infographics of the Week.
Video: “Weekend Update: Kate McKinnon on Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill – SNL”OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Students have been walking out of schools in Florida to protest Florida’s ridiculous proposed “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Saturday Night Live also did a great piece on it this past weekend
Beto O’Rourke pledges to increase school funding, fight vouchers during Dallas campaign stop - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2022/03/07/beto-orourke-pledges-to-increase-school-funding-fight-vouchers-during-dallas-campaign-stop/#new_tab via @dallasnews
Opponents of Oakland school closures return to ‘crime scene’ to protest - https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/Opponents-of-Oakland-school-closures-return-to-16980328.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle Teach for America’s incoming class expected to hit a 15-year low https://www.chalkbeat.org/2022/3/8/22966304/teach-for-america-declines-pandemic-teacher-preparation via @Chalkbeat
Why School Choice is Suddenly Roiling the Republican Party | National News | US News - https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2022-03-07/why-school-choice-is-suddenly-roiling-the-republican-party#new_tab on @USNews
Florida teacher beaten and hospitalized after attack by 5-year-old student, police say https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-teacher-beaten-hospitalized-attack-5-year-old-student-police-s-rcna18961 via @nbcnews
Measure to transfer millions to charter schools advances in Missouri House | Politics | stltoday.com - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/measure-to-transfer-millions-to-charter-schools-advances-in-missouri-house/article_40f4bf43-277d-595b-b768-07167ba33c1d.html#new_tab on @stltodayWhy gender-neutral bathrooms benefit all young people - Los Angeles Times - https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2022-03-07/8-to-3-template-8-to-3#new_tab by @LauraMNewberry on @latimes
Advocates praise proposed bills allowing Louisiana families to pick schools, receive aid | Education | theadvocate.com - https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_ea8061e2-9e28-11ec-92db-2fdf786e839e.html#new_tab by @https://www.twitter.com/willsentell on @theadvocatebr
San Francisco school board recall: Don't insult, ignore parents - https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2022/03/08/san-francisco-school-board-recall/6974316001/#new_tab via @usatoday
Florida lawmakers pass bill limiting LGBTQ discussion in school https://www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-senate-expected-pass-bill-limiting-lgbtq-discussion-school-2022-03-08/
Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, March 7, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-top-banana-todays-education_7.htmlBig Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, March 6, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-top-banana-todays-education_6.html
Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Spongebob Edition (3/6) - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi.html
Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, March 5, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-top-banana-todays-education_5.html
Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, March 5, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/top-posts-this-week-saturday-march-5.html
Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, March 4, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-top-banana-todays-education_4.html
Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, February 25, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-top-banana-todays-education_25.html
Big Education Ape: KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_26.html
Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos.html
Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/this-week-education-research-report.html
Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from.html 
