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Thursday, April 7, 2022

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THE TOP BANANA
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Community schools implementation and administration: Policy opportunities - https://brook.gs/3qBcyRx on @BrookingsInst



Stream #133 What Should Schools Do About Climate Change? by Have You Heard | Listen online for free on SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/haveyouheardpodcast/climate-change?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing



EHT charter school founder allegedly misrepresented contracts to his own company – BreakingAC - https://wp.me/p8bPsH-fPl on @breakingac



Network For Public Education The goal of NPE is to connect all who are passionate about our schools – students parents teachers and citizens We share information and research on vital issues that concern the future of public education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/ on @Network4pubEd



Carol Burris: What the Proposed Regulations for the Federal Charter Schools Program Really Say | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vP9 via @dianeravitch



President Biden’s Proposed FY 2023 Federal Budget Increases Funding for Key Federal Responsibilities Including Title I, IDEA, and the Office for Civil Rights | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-8Q6 via @janresseger



Nutrition - Learning Support (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/



Is the Great Resignation really more about anti-immigration and the border wall? - https://fredklonsky.substack.com/p/is-the-great-resignation-really-more?s=r



CURMUDGUCATION: How To Innovate On Assessment (And Why States Won't) - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/04/how-to-innovate-on-assessment-and-why.html



STREET LIFE | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing - https://wp.me/p4qzB1-Cj via @dcgmentor



Some skepticism around latest war crimes stories. - https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/some-skepticism-around-latest-war?s=r



Teacher Tom: "Save The Earth Green Deal" - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/04/save-earth-green-deal.html



CURMUDGUCATION: MI: DeVos and Far Right Team Up To Crush Public Ed (And Voting, And A Few Other Things) - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/04/mi-devos-and-far-right-team-up-to-crush.html



Tom Ultican: D.C. Educators Fired for Opposing Relay “Graduate School” Ideology | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vNL via @dianeravitch



NYC Educator: Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle - http://nyceducator.com/2022/04/putting-genie-back-in-bottle.html



WandaVision: Pastiche, Past, and Present (A Course) – academic freedom isn't free - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-ass via @plthomasEdD



Did we really learn anything about schools in the pandemic? - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/04/06/did-we-learn-anything-schools-pandemic/



What Biden’s proposed reforms to charter school program really say - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/04/06/biden-reforms-charter-school-funding/



The Horrors of Bucha | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vPu via @dianeravitch



“In the Public Interest”: Time to Regulate the Federal Charter School Slush Fund | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vLX via @dianeravitch





2022 Model School Attendance Review Board Awardees - Year 2022 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr22/yr22rel19.asp


VICIOUSLY BIGOTED BUTT OFFICIALLY IN FOR MAURY MAYOR – THE TENNESSEE HOLLER - https://tnholler.com/?p=6527

Fighting Disinformation | Union of Concerned Scientists - https://ucsusa.org/resources/fighting-disinformation via @UCSUSA







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







Event: Philadelphia’s gun violence epidemic and student mental health https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/4/6/23013718/philadelphia-gun-violence-epidemic-mental-health-event-chalkbeat-resolve-philly via @ChalkbeatPHL

Student Loans are a Burden for Black Educators. Cancel Them. https://inthesetimes.com/article/student-debt-cancellation-black-educators-labor-chicago-teachers-union


10 Essential Books About Writing https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/10-essential-books-about-writing



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


Dr. Cornel West: Philosophy in Our Time of Imperial Decay
'American philosopher, political activist, social critic, and educator Dr. Cornel West offers the public lecture, "Philosophy in Our Time of Imperial Decay." Dr. West is The New School's 2021-2022 Presidential Visiting Scholar and is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary. Dr. West teaches on the works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer , as well as courses in Philosophy of Religion, Afr
Why Everyone has This Chair
'This two-legged chair, Cesca (also known as a B32), has been famous for almost 100 years. It was designed nearly 100 years ago by an architect named Marcel Breuer , while he was a student at the Bauhaus, the famed German art school. This somewhat unassuming two-legged chair is the realization of a manifestos-worth of utopian ideals about design and functionality. So maybe it’s no surprise it has
Legendary Musician Daryl Hall Brings 'Timeless Quality' Back to the Stage
' Daryl Hall , a giant of the music industry who is best known for being one-half of the iconic group Hall & Oates, is now 75 and still trying to make his fans' "dreams come true." And with a new tour he shows no signs of slowing down. Geoff Bennett sat down with the iconic musician.'
Live from the Whitney | A Conversation with Jennifer Packer
'On the occasion of her survey exhibition, The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing , Jennifer Packer speaks in conversation with Jane Panetta , Nancy and Fred Poses Curator and Director of the Collection at the Whitney Museum of American Art . Their dialogue touches on Packer’s approach to painting, her influences and inspirations from the history of art, and her engagement with the politics of repr
Jackson on precipice of historic Supreme Court confirmation https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/07/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-00023732







Education Department Continues Push to Invest in Highly Effective Educators and Address Teacher Shortage | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/education-department-continues-push-invest-highly-effective-educators-and-address-teacher-shortage

The wisdom of children https://www.vox.com/vox-conversations-podcast/22999708/vox-conversations-david-spangler-childhood-parenting-spirituality



A survey on global mental well-being shows that the kids are not all right https://www.vox.com/23013483/mental-health-pandemic-young-people-sapien-labs



Georgia Senate Introduces Its Own Version of 'Don't Say Gay' Bill https://www.theroot.com/georgia-senate-introduces-its-own-version-of-dont-say-g-1848763438



Outrage after school board blocks Black journalist: ‘Public meetings are public meetings. Period.’ https://www.rawstory.com/lauren-johnson-ankeny-schools/


Emails indicate Ron DeSantis lied about a school changing a child’s gender without parental consent https://www.rawstory.com/ron-desantis-gay-parents-lie/


This school board can’t stop fighting. A Maryland bill aims to fix it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/04/07/prince-georges-county-school-board/?



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


Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
BiljaST / Pixabay Six years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2021. Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners. In additi
A Look Back: Over 250 Of My Ten-Minute BAM! Radio Shows On Different Teaching Topics
For the past several years, I’ve been doing ten-minute podcasts with multiple guests to accompany my Education Week columns. I’ve usually done about forty each year, though I’ve that by about half since the pandemic started just to bring a little more sanity into my life. I hope to go back to my regular schedule in the fall. You can see them all at All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Description
A Collection Of Tweeted Excerpts From Our New Book, The 2nd Edition Of “The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide”
Katie and I did a “slow Twitter chat” about our book last week, where we and others who contributed to the book shared excerpts. Here are a few of the tweets from that chat: Today is the first day of the slow Twitter chat about the new 2nd edition of the ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide. Just a reminder that you can still access tons of free materials from first edition here: https://t.co/gGy3dAZ
All Student Handouts From Our New Book – Plus Five Bonus Chapters – Are Now Available For Free Download
As most readers know, the second edition of The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide came out last week. Today, the publisher unveiled a website that allows anyone – without any needed registration – to download the zillions of student hand-outs in the book, plus download five bonus chapters: Distance Learning, which Katie and I wrote Teaching English Internationally, by Tan Huynh Non Native English
Research Studies Of The Week
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
Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week
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: Power Lesson: Poetry Gallery Walk is from Cult of Pedagogy. I’m adding it to The Best World Poetry Day Resources – Help Me Find More .

Graduation rates high, but signs of trouble in school report cards https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2022/04/nj-education-school-performance-report-cards-test-learning-loss-performance-enrollment-district-spending-absentee-numbers-jumped/

Education : NPR - https://www.npr.org/sections/education/ on @NPR

NYC advocates, educators push for more school arts funding after pandemic setbacks https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-nyc-school-arts-funding-20220406-bhducuj6zfdx7ohimrgnhidhkm-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

As Book Banning Efforts Surge, These 10 Received the Most Challenges https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/books/banned-books-libraries.html


June Shagaloff Alexander, School Desegregation Leader, Dies at 93 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/us/june-shagaloff-alexander-dead.html


Tight labor market hits after school https://hechingerreport.org/tight-labor-market-hits-after-school/





Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all - https://wp.me/2odLa via @dianeravitch


The Horrors of Bucha
As the Russian military regroups and moves to attack Ukrainian cities in the East, it is withdrawing from towns it controlled for more than a month. The evidence of sadism, torture, and war crimes against civilians shocks the conscience of everyone but the man who started the war, Vladimir Putin. He and he alone has the power to stop the killing. By now, we have all seen the trrrible carnage on t
“In the Public Interest”: Time to Regulate the Federal Charter School Slush Fund
The nonprofit, nonpartisan group “In the Public Interest” explains the need to regulate the $440 million federal Charter Schools Program, which is awash in waste, fraud, and abuse. Did you know that the federal government spends $440 million every year to help start privately run charter schools? Did you know that some of that money ends up in the hands of people who never actually open schools o
Tom Ultican: D.C. Educators Fired for Opposing Relay “Graduate School” Ideology
Tom Ultican, chronicler of the Destroy Public Education movement and retired teacher of physics and advanced mathematics, investigated a strange occurrence in the District of Columbia: Two respected, experienced black educators were fired for refusing to adopt the practices of the so-called Relay “Graduate School” of Education. Relay is not a real graduate school. It has no campus, no research, n
Carol Burris: What the Proposed Regulations for the Federal Charter Schools Program Really Say
Charter school lobbyists have poured out lamentations about the U.S. Department of Education’s proposals to regulate the federal Charter Schools Program, which gives out $440 million to open new charter schools or expand existing charter schools. These lamentations are false, because the regulations have no effect at all on the 7,000+ existing charter schools. They are a good faith effort to clea

Boston to spend $7M to electrify 20 school buses as city heads toward fleet electrification https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/04/06/boston-to-spend-7m-to-electrify-20-school-buses-as-city-heads-toward-fleet-electrification/

California school board bans critical race theory - https://bayareane.ws/3jcidte on @mercnews




FBI arrests Mass. school official accused of texting 99 threats about police chief candidate  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-arrests-mass-school-superintendent-accused-texting-99-threats-poli-rcna23280 via @nbcnews

Safe2Say school tip line shows mental health, bullying are top concerns, attorney general’s office says - https://www.inquirer.com/news/student-mental-health-hotline-pennsylvania-safe2say-statistics-20220406.html#new_tab via @PhillyInquirer
Students with dyslexia could get private school vouchers under Tennessee bill https://tn.chalkbeat.org/2022/4/6/23014026/school-voucher-iea-expansion-dyslexia-tennessee via @ChalkbeatTN
Austin ISD would lay off hundreds of staff to give teachers raises, under proposed budget https://www.kut.org/education/2022-04-07/austin-isd-is-laying-off



Generational – Not Partisan – Differences Tell the Story on Education Policy https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2022-04-06/generational-not-partisan-differences-tell-the-story-on-education-policy?src=usn_tw

South Carolina House passes transgender sports bill despite Democratic stall tactic of introducing 1,000 amendments https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-carolina-transgender-sports-ban-passes-house/ via @CBSPolitics

First Person: To teach is to martyr. It shouldn’t be that way. - Chalkbeat - https://www.chalkbeat.org/2022/4/6/23010638/teacher-mental-health-schools-traumatic#new_tab on chalkbeat




Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Wednesday, April 6, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #StandWithUkraine️ - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-top-banana-todays-education_6.html

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Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, April 4, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #StandWithUkraine️ - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-top-banana-todays-education_4.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, April 3, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #StandWithUkraine️ - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-top-banana-todays-education_3.html

Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Can It Be April Already Edition (4/3) - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi-can.html


Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, April 2, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #StandWithUkraine️ - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-top-banana-todays-education_2.html

Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, April 2, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/top-posts-this-week-saturday-april-2.html


Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, April 1, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #StandWithUkraine️ - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-top-banana-todays-education.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/2022/04/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs.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/2022/04/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/this-week-education-research-report.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm.html
Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from.html

Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/this-weeks-wildness-dad-gone-wild.html

Big Education Ape: Network for Public Education Blog Post of the Day This Week #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/network-for-public-education-blog-post.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/this-weeks-tennessee-education-report.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, March 19, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #StandWithUkraine️ - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-top-banana-todays-education_19.html
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