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One Cannot Ban Maus Without First Banning the Internet. | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog - https://wp.me/p36Q2R-6GJ

Education Matters: What is stopping Darryl Willie and Warren Jones from speaking up against bills whitewashing history? - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2022/01/what-is-stopping-darryl-willie-and.html

Education Matters: Why is the DCPS school Board silent as the governor and state legislature batter teachers, students and education? - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2022/01/why-is-dcps-school-board-silent-as.html

An Alternative To Book Banning | Real Learning CT - https://wp.me/p5fCzT-2yK via @reallearningct

Mulgrew's Big Mistake With Retirees Will Hurt Him - http://southbronxschool.blogspot.com/2022/01/mulgrews-big-mistake-with-retirees-will.html

Mercedes Schneider: They Can’t Ban MAUS Unless They Shut Down the Internet | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vq5 via @dianeravitch

Fun with numbers and book banning blackmailers - https://billytownsend.substack.com/p/fun-with-numbers-and-book-banning

Bill Lee’s Tax Increase – Tennessee Education Report - http://tnedreport.com/?p=5498 via @TNEdReport

Paul Bonner: The Absurdity of Testing Kindergartners | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vnH via @dianeravitch

Jim Sleeper: It Can Happen Here | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vpJ via @dianeravitch

How to Navigate Social Media Debates about the “Science of Reading” – radical eyes for equity - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-ajU via @plthomasEdD

Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Book Banning Edition (1/30) - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi-book.html

Feb. 2nd Is World Read Aloud Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123834 on @Larryferlazzo

Many "Parent" Groups Opposing Masks and CRT Are Actually Driven by Dark Money - https://truthout.org/?p=292758 on @truthout

Don't Ban Books About the Holocaust | MoveOn - https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/don-t-ban-books-about-the-holocaust?fbclid=IwAR0SjW0qNHaa-ATzQVgEWwWUhic29378_YOwulA6Vnvi7p7X95CtmhJIQp4&share=adc6e901-412c-4485-9e1a-1d1bd8380807&source=facebook-share-button&time=1643482920&utm_source=facebook on @moveon

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BREAKING: Recent polling shows a resounding 60% of Virginians support school boards' decisions to keep mask mandates in place, dealing a major defeat to Gov. Youngkin. Virginians know that masks and the vaccine keep ourselves and our children safe.
#SupportOurSchools #WearAMask

The Era of Ideological Warlords, by @lionel_trolling https://johnganz.substack.com/p/the-era-of-ideological-warlords?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

the universe (Year 61) – Selected Poetry - https://wp.me/p5vXxR-fQ via @plthomasEdD

'Disgusted with our government': Families frustrated after child tax credit expires https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-say-child-tax-credit-worked-can-congress-bring-back-rcna13383 via @nbcnews

Elite Selective Hospital Only Accepts 9% Of ICU Applicants - https://www.theonion.com/elite-selective-hospital-only-accepts-9-of-icu-applica-1848434531 on theonion

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

January’s (2022) Useful Parent Engagement Resources – Part Three | Engaging Parents In School… - https://engagingparentsinschool.edublogs.org/?p=6479

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

The Real Ballers Read Podcast: How Earthquakes and Sunrise Missions Gave Birth to the New Black Man with Dr. Mark Anthony Neal | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/the-real-ballers-read-podcast-how.html

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn: W. Kamau Bell on 'We Need to Talk About Cosby' | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/bullseye-with-jesse-thorn-w-kamau-bell.html via @NewBlackMan

What Makes an American Songbook?: The Story of “Everything Must Change” by Mark Anthony Neal | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/what-makes-american-songbook-story.html via @NewBlackMan

André De Shields On Living With His Shadow | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/andre-de-shields-on-living-with-his.html

Omicron has states rethinking 'broken' school Covid testing https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/30/omicron-states-education-coronavirus-00003424

Sales soar for ‘Maus’ after its banning in Tennessee https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/30/maus-tennessee-sales-books-00003453

The Life Of Clyde Bellecourt (1936–2022) https://popularresistance.org/the-life-of-clyde-bellecourt-1936-2022/

The End of Affirmative Action Will Impact Black and Latino Students At High Levels https://www.theroot.com/the-end-of-affirmative-action-will-impact-black-and-lat-1848448579

Of course pre-K and cash help kids … right? https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22904345/pre-k-cash-baby-brain-social-science

Fairfax County adopts school calendar with more religious holidays https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/29/fairfax-schools-calendar-religious-holidays/

Feb. 2nd Is World Read Aloud Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay February 2nd is World Read Aloud Day this year. You might be interested in The Best Resources For World Read Aloud Day .

My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On Alternatives To Standardized Testing

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

My latest ten-minute BAM! Radio show is on alternatives to standardized testing. I’m joined in the discussion by Holly Spinelli, Tameka Porter and Mary Tedrow, who has also all contributed written commentaries to my Ed Week column on the topic. I’m adding it to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions .

A Look Back: Important New Study Looks At Assets, Not Deficits, Of Teen “Defiance”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

I 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 2016: As regular readers know, looking at our students through the lens of assets and not deficits is very important to me (see Getting Organized Around Assets ; A Lesson Highlighting Community Assets —

Tom Brady May – Or May Not – Be Retiring. Here Is How The Way He Plays Relates To Teaching

by Larry Ferlazzo / 14h

Tom Brady may or may not have announced his retirement from pro football today. I thought it might be appropriate to republish a previous post headlined “What Does Tom Brady Have In Common With A Great Teacher?” It was later later republished in The Washington Post . Editor’s Note: I know of no one who is a better thinker about education than Ted Appel, the former principal at our high school. Un

Depressing Statistic Of The Week: Book Bans Hurting Millions Of Students

by Larry Ferlazzo / 23h

Efforts to Ban Critical Race Theory Now Restrict Teaching for a Third of America’s Kids is from Education Week, and shares depressing news. I’m adding it to RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT ATTACKS ON “CRITICAL RACE THEORY,” THE 1619 PROJECT & ATTEMPTS TO STOP EDUCATORS FROM TEACHING ABOUT SYSTEMIC RACISM .

New chair of NYC Council’s Education Committee brings two decades of classroom experience to role https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-rita-joseph-new-education-committee-chair-20220130-4fqz5xviandhliobzahnlq4q4e-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

‘It’s Just Stressful’: Students Feel the Weight of Pandemic Uncertainty https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/us/students-pandemic-virtual-learning.html

Let Kids Take Their Masks Off After the Omicron Surge https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/opinion/masks-covid-children.html

Will a Mask Debate Split Blue States? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/opinion/mask-school-covid-rules.html

Lori Lightfoot Promised to Change Chicago. Crises Keep Piling Up. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/us/lori-lightfoot-chicago.html

Sacramento City Unified schools with lower state test scores tend to have lower vaccination rates https://oaklandnewsnow.com/sacramento-city-unified-schools-with-lower-state-test-scores-tend-to-have-lower-vaccination-rates/

Jonathan Kantrowitz Political Blog: The critical importance of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) - https://wackywac.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-critical-importance-of-earned.html

Folsom teen reports racial slurs, pulled braids and hateful messages. Was school slow to act? https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article257837833.html

Why Book Ban Efforts Are Spreading Across the U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/books/book-ban-us-schools.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, January 28, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-top-banana-todays-education_29.html

Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, January 29, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/top-posts-this-week-saturday-january-29.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, January 27, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-top-banana-todays-education_28.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/2022/01/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_29.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/2022/01/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_29.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/this-week-education-research-report_29.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_29.html

Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from_29.html

Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early_29.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/this-weeks-wildness-dad-gone-wild_29.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/2022/01/network-for-public-education-blog-post_29.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/this-weeks-tennessee-education-report_29.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona_29.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, January 22, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-top-banana-todays-education_22.html

Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, January 22, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/top-posts-this-week-saturday-january-22.html

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