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CURMUDGUCATION: VA: The Attack On Frederick County Schools - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/04/va-attack-on-frederick-county-schools.html
The Tablecloth Trick – Grumpy Old Teacher - https://wp.me/p9VD0X-Vi by @sampsongregory
Seattle Schools Instructional Aide Faces Criminal Charges on Child Molestation - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2022/04/seattle-schools-instructional-aide.html
What Difference Would Proportional Representation Make? | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-2uW by @Jd2718x
A mansion tax for Chicago. - Fred Klonsky in Retirement - https://fredklonsky.substack.com/p/a-mansion-tax-for-chicago?s=r
Teacher Tom: The Rest Is Up To The Kids - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-rest-is-up-to-kids.html
Trump-appointed judge rules: 'No masks needed on airplanes.' - https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/trump-appointed-judge-rules-no-masks?s=r
Florida's new super-voucher is producing grift hyper-inflation while stiffing disability parents - https://billytownsend.substack.com/p/floridas-new-super-voucher-is-producing?s=r
North Carolina: Whining by Charter Schools Is Proof They Need to Be Reformed | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vTf via @dianeravitch
Jane Mayer: A Dark Money Group That Is Trying to Block Every Biden Nominee | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vSp via @dianeravitch
'D' Is For 'Dilemma' | Blue Cereal Education - https://bluecerealeducation.com/node/1148
Department of Education Announces Actions to Fix Longstanding Failures in the Student Loan Programs | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/department-education-announces-actions-fix-longstanding-failures-student-loan-programs
SENATOR NICELEY’S ANTI-SEMITISM SHINES THROUGH AGAIN – THE TENNESSEE HOLLER - https://tnholler.com/?p=6585
Fight Big Pharma! Here Is How | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vO4 via @dianeravitch
Ed Notes Online: How is this UFT election different? Reason #1 UFC growth, #2 Unity defections - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2022/04/how-is-this-uft-election-different.html
As the Conservative Group 'Moms for Liberty' Expands Across the Nation, It's Also Gathering Enemies - https://www.newsweek.com/conservative-group-moms-liberty-expands-across-nation-its-also-gathering-enemies-1694015 on @newsweek
New Fort Wayne charter school proposal recieves major backlash at public hearing | News | wfft.com - https://www.wfft.com/news/new-fort-wayne-charter-school-proposal-recieves-major-backlash-at-public-hearing/article_f65ec78e-bf88-11ec-9a2e-df766201b54f.html by @https://twitter.com/DFreyFox55 on @fox55fortwayne Michigan boosts social studies training to teach ‘full breadth of history’ | Bridge Michigan - https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/michigan-boosts-social-studies-training-teach-full-breadth-history?fbclid=IwAR3HnehyuXyPCb6gPkJv5TxRAlx5dNLBhoIrjD74dOcow9F-mUJ8MZ94t18 on @BridgeMichiganANNOUNCING: National Days of Teaching Truth – academic freedom isn't free - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-arZ via @plthomasEdD
Opinion | DeSantis bans math textbooks to save Florida kids from being indoctrinated - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/19/florida-math-textbooks-critical-race-theory/
Watch: Michigan Democratic state senator hits back at Republican colleague's accusation that she's 'grooming' children - CNN Video - https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/04/20/mallory-mcmorrow-michigan-state-senate-intvu-dlt-vpx.cnn Why I Threw Away My Rubrics. I have a rubric that took over ten… | by Professor Jennifer Hurley | Bullshit.IST - https://bullshit.ist/why-i-threw-away-my-rubrics-323e51a7aa49#.hzylpgo7c by @professorhurley on @Medium Biden tackles charter school spending - https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/opinion/contributors/2022/04/19/biden-tackles-charter-school-spending/7367998001/ via @YorkDispatchThe big shift in movies about school shootings: The Fallout and Mass reviews - Vox - https://www.vox.com/23031014/columbine-school-shooting-movie-fallout-mass-elephant-kevin on voxdotcomMilwaukee schools reinstate mask mandate just one day after it was dropped - CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/20/us/wisconsin-milwaukee-schools-mask-mandate/index.htmlBlog Posts Archive - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/best-posts/ on @Network4pubEd
Award-winning Philadelphia principals talk pandemic, school leadership - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/4/19/23032870/philadelphia-principals-school-leadership-pandemic-lindback-award on chalkbeat NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/ via @NewBlackMan
Janelle MonĂĄe's New Book 'The Memory Librarian'by Mark Anthony Neal / 23min
' Janelle MonĂĄe needs no introduction. Amongst all of her creative endeavors, now she's the author of a new collection of short fiction stories called, The Memory Librarian . MonĂĄe wrote the book in collaboration with female and nonbinary writers based on her 2018 album, Dirty Computer. She joins All Of It to discuss the book, which touches on themes of Afrofuturism, identity, oppression, and mor
Georgia at the Intersections: Housing Affordabilityby Mark Anthony Neal / 31min
' Over the past year , Atlanta’s median home prices have increased nearly 24 percent and according to the real estate brokerage firm Redfin -- Atlanta home purchases have been particularly targeted by investors- which means flipping and reselling for even higher prices. As housing prices rise, the city’s racial demographics are also shifting. White residents coming to Atlanta have vastly outnumbe
The Whiteness of Wealth: Dorothy Brown on How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americansby Mark Anthony Neal / 2h
' All Of It speaka to former tax attorney and professor of law at Emory University Dorothy A. Brown , who's also author of the book, The Whiteness of Wealth . The book touches on how racial biases in the tax code can often limit people of color from building generational wealth.'
The Peculiar Physics Of The Wiffle Ballby Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
'Shall we play a game - of Wiffle Ball ? Invented in 1953, this lightweight alternative to a baseball is perfectly suited for back yard romping. The design of the Wiffle ball guarantees that you don't need a strong arm to throw a variety of pitches. But how does that happen? Jenn Stroud Rossman , mechanical engineering professor at Lafayette College, tells Emily Kwong and Maddie Sofia about the s
Samora Pinderhughes: Tiny Desk (Home) Concertby Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
'The opening piano notes are barely sufficient warning to brace for the sweet and powerful voices that transport us to Samora Pinderhughes ' Tiny Desk (home) concert . "The Cry" heralds our journey into the Bay Area native's sophomore album, GRIEF . The vocalists move briefly out of frame for "Masculinity," a probing, open letter that addresses masculine stereotypes with directness and compassion
The Limits with Jay Williams | Rapper Denzel Curry On His New Measurement of Success: Peace of Mindby Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
' Denzel Curry brought his rage to rap. For years he's been known for taking a crowd and turning it into a moshpit. It was his way of taking his internal pain and expressing it. These days, though, Denzel is looking inward and so is his music. Now his mission is to find peace, and he wants the rest of us to find it too. Denzel pioneered the Soundcloud rap movement, but the death of his friend, X
Janelle MonĂĄe's 'Dirty Computer' Comes Alive in a New Collection of Storiesby Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
'Our memories, our dreams and our emotions — these are the parts of us that exemplify our humanity. But in Janelle MonĂĄe 's new collection of short stories, The Memory Librarian and Other Stories of Dirty Computer, those are the things that contaminate us — they make us "dirty." The Afrofuturistic world of Dirty Computer, first explored in MonĂĄe's Grammy-nominated album from 2018, now fills the p
Code Switch: A Makeup Company Gets a Faceliftby Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
'Today, if you are a woman of color and you're searching for makeup that will complement your skin tone, you have plenty of options. Step into any big-box beauty store, like Sephora or Ulta, and you'll see a dazzling array of foundations from palest bisque to deepest, darkest brown. But it wasn't always that way. This is the story of an African American company that was formed to fill a niche mar
Hire now, fire later. Schools flush with cash face a funding cliff in 2 years https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/20/education-spending-teachers-unions-shortages-00026473
Biden administration eases student loan forgiveness through income-based repayment plans https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/19/biden-administration-student-loan-forgiveness-income-based-repayment-00026322Indiana University Graduate Workers Go On Strike For Union Recognition https://popularresistance.org/indiana-university-graduate-workers-go-on-strike-for-union-recognition/
Like Harvard and Others, Columbia University Will Publicly Mark Its Slavery Ties https://www.theroot.com/columbia-university-will-erect-markers-acknowledging-it-1848817383
40,000 Student Loans Could Be Immediately Canceled https://www.theroot.com/40-000-student-loans-could-be-immediately-canceled-1848814384
Across America, Students Must Learn All History https://sacobserver.com/2022/04/across-america-students-must-learn-all-history/
Title IX Can Only Protect Those Who Know About It https://sacobserver.com/2022/04/title-ix-can-only-protect-those-who-know-about-it/
NOLA Public Schools district reports 27 ‘active’ COVID cases, though numbers don’t square with reported positivity https://thelensnola.org/2022/04/19/nola-public-schools-district-reports-27-active-covid-cases-though-numbers-dont-square-with-reported-positivity/Oklahoma middle school teacher says he was fired for Pride flags in classroom https://www.salon.com/2022/04/20/oklahoma-middle-school-teacher-says-he-was-fired-for-pride-flags-in-classroom/
LAUSD teacher shortage hits underserved schools hardest, prompting Carvalho to move staff https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-04-20/lausd-teacher-shortage-proposal
100 homeless L.A. community college students to get shelter, food and Wi-Fi https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-04-19/100-homeless-l-a-community-college-students-to-get-helpLarry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ on @Larryferlazzo
Educators: Want to Contribute to The Ed Week Classroom Q&A Blog?My latest Ed Week column shares my annual invitation to educators who might want to contribute responses to the next batch of questions. Check it out for further information!
A Look Back: 15 Tools For Creating Email NewslettersI’m continuing my “A Look Back” series by looking at past “Best” lists and updating them. Tumisu / Pixabay I originally published The Best Applications For Creating Free Email Newsletters in 2010, and have been revising and updating it since that time. It includes tools like MailChimp , Letterpop , Feedblitz (which is the one I use), and twelve others. The post also includes some articles about c
Ed Tech DigestTen years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in THE BEST ED TECH RESOURCES OF 2021 – PART ONE , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this we
A university pays $400K to professor who refused to use a student's pronouns https://www.npr.org/2022/04/20/1093601721/shawnee-state-university-lawsuit-pronounsStudents with disabilities have a right to qualified teachers — but there's a shortage https://www.npr.org/2022/04/20/1092337446/special-education-teacher-shortageStudent loan borrowers will get help after an NPR report and years of complaints https://www.npr.org/2022/04/19/1093310151/student-loans-income-based-repaymentMore Pandemic Fallout: The Chronically Absent Student https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/us/school-absence-attendance-rate-covid.html
A Funny Thing Happened in Front of Point Loma High School https://obrag.org/2022/04/a-funny-thing-happened-in-front-of-point-loma-high-school/
Reading list: How Philadelphia schools are grappling with gun violence https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/4/20/23032591/philadelphia-schools-gun-violence-student-mental-health
Maryland school board bans ‘political’ LGBTQ pride flag while calling it a ‘gateway’ https://www.rawstory.com/pride-flag/
Ron DeSantis may dictate textbooks even outside Florida — despite being a punchline for late-night comics: report https://www.rawstory.com/ron-desantis-florida-textbooks/Fox News host shocked after Ron DeSantis can't defend math book ban: 'They need to come up with some examples' https://www.rawstory.com/harris-faulkner-ron-desantis/Florida’s complaint about CRT in math books comes from faked equation problems: State House Dem https://www.rawstory.com/floridas-complaint-about-crt-in-math-books-comes-from-faked-equation-problems-state-house-dem/ Little Milestones That Are Secretly A Big Deal For Kids https://www.huffpost.com/entry/little-milestones-important-kids-development_l_624dd115e4b007d3845e4bb8GOP Lawmaker's Basic Numbers Gaffe Reignites Mockery Of Math Book Bans https://www.huffpost.com/entry/debbie-lesko-math-mistake_n_625f83a8e4b0e97a35242551Michigan State Senator Delivers Fiery Rebuke After Colleague Accuses Her Of 'Grooming' Kids https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michigan-state-senate-mallory-mcmorrow-viral-speech_n_625f088ce4b0e97a3523ae6dViolence Against Educators and School
Secretive education nonprofit received federal paycheck relief funds - North State Journal
https://nsjonline.com/article/2022/04/secretive-education-nonprofit-received-federal-paycheck-relief-funds/ via @GoogleNews Dealing with the stress of the classroom: early childhood special education teachers and job burnout - Nevada Today https://www.unr.edu/x282257.xml via @GoogleNews
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Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Easter Edition (4/17) - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi.html
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