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Promise-breaker Richard Corcoran tells the kids and community of Jefferson County to suck it - https://billytownsend.substack.com/p/promise-breaker-richard-corcoran
Opinion | The Absurdity of Protecting Kids From the Holocaust Narrative 'Maus' | Steven Singer - https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/02/01/absurdity-protecting-kids-holocaust-narrative-maus on @commondreams
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Special Education PTSA Slams Advanced Learning Survey - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2022/02/seattle-special-education-ptsa-slams.html
Open Letter to St. Tammany (LA) Superintendent Frank Jabbia | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog - https://wp.me/p36Q2R-6GX
A Word About The Work We Must Do – The Jose Vilson - https://wp.me/p5MpX-dtQ via @thejlv
CURMUDGUCATION: About That Maus Controversy - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/02/is-maus-controversy-overblown.html
Teacher Tom: We Must Demand Play-Based Education Because That's What The Evidence Tells Us - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/02/we-must-demand-play-based-education.html
The Conservative Assault on Education Claims Its Latest Victim – Mother Jones - https://www.motherjones.com/?p=944938
Willis Nathaniel Huggins, Black Educator Hall of Fame Member - Philly's 7th Ward - https://phillys7thward.org/?p=2433
New Updates to College Scorecard Make Tool More Useful for Students and Families With Data About College Costs, Graduation Rates, and Post-College Earnings | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/new-updates-college-scorecard-make-tool-more-useful-students-and-families-data-about-college-costs-graduation-rates-and-post-college-earnings
Curmudgucation: Research: Yes, Common Core Was Bad | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11257 on @NEPCtweet
How ‘Transparent’ is Your School? | Teacher in a strange land - https://wp.me/p1Wvaa-gP via @nancyflanagan
Nancy MacLean: The Segregationist History of School Choice | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vjK via @dianeravitch
“Left Behind: The Unintended Consequences of School Choice”: Kids with toughest hurdles stuck in gutted schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vle via @dianeravitch
Iowa: Federal Appeals Court Upholds School Mask Mandate | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vse via @dianeravitch
The Murky World of i-Ready, Grading, and Online Data - https://nancyebailey.com/2022/02/07/the-murky-world-of-i-ready-grading-and-online-data/ on @NancyEBailey1
US states have introduced 137 bills limiting what schools can teach on race, history, sexual orientation, and gender | The Independent - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/schools-teach-race-history-gender-b2008438.html on @Independent
Feb. 7, 1926: Carter G. Woodson Launched Negro History Week - Zinn Education Project - https://www.zinnedproject.org/?p=50828 on @ZinnEdProject
After downstate Illinois judge rules against mask mandates, schools scramble to prepare for Monday classes - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-school-mask-mandate-ruling-20220207-gqxdvyrysbcgpp62zhs7yoevxa-story.html via @chicagotribuneComplaint: Teacher proselytized, made antisemitic comments - ABC News - https://abcn.ws/3slHcOX via @ABC
WPIAL is Wrong! Racist Taunts at a Football Game are NOT a Matter of Both Sides | gadflyonthewallblog - https://wp.me/p4QD1W-3Ix via @StevenSinger3
Forget About Quality Instruction When You Take Away Teachers’ Planning Time | gadflyonthewallblog - https://wp.me/p4QD1W-3I5 via @StevenSinger3
Blog Posts Archive - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/best-posts/ on @Network4pubEd
Choosing Democracy: Freedom to Teach - http://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2022/02/freedom-to-teach.html
glen brown: Benefits of Owning a Cat - https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2022/02/benefits-of-owning-cat.html
A Push to Remove LGBTQ Books in One County Could Signal Rising Partisanship on School Boards
https://www.propublica.org/article/a-push-to-remove-lgbtq-books-in-one-county-could-signal-rising-partisanship-on-school-boards#1252304
The Educators Who Decided That Context Doesn’t Matter
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/logical-end-language-policing/621500/?utm_source=feedNewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/ via @NewBlackMan
The Limits with Jay Williams: Brian Flores on Taking a Stand Against the NFL | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/02/the-limits-with-jay-williams-brian.html via @NewBlackMan
WRITING HOME | American Voices from the Caribbean: “more joy” | episode 05 with Edwidge Danticatby Mark Anthony Neal / 3min
“What would goodness be like? What would more joy be like?” – Edwidge Danticat 'Host Tami Navarro and Kaiama L. Glover connect with the illustrious Haitian-African-American author Edwidge Danticat . In this conversation, the three grapple with how they are emotionally processing the pandemic through writing and reading literature. Edwidge speaks on whether literature survives on suffering, her ne
Digging into 'Dilla Time,' and the Legacy of a Rhythm Pioneerby Mark Anthony Neal / 13h
' Jazz United digs deep into the trailblazing rhythm legacy of hip-hop producer J Dilla (James Yancey) — in conversation with Dan Charnas , author of an essential new book, Dilla Time .'
Beyond Black History Month Podcast: Black Hair: Billion Dollar Industry, Few Black Ownersby Mark Anthony Neal / 16h
'In episode, not only does host Femi Redwood explores the history of hair care, but also takes a look back at the life and legacy of the woman who helped the entire race realize it’s worth: Madam CJ Walker , as well as the current state of the industry she arguably started.'
Conversations in Atlantic Theory • Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez on Decolonizing Diasporas: Radical Mappings of Afro-Atlantic Literatureby Mark Anthony Neal / 22h
'The episode of Conversations in Atlantic Theory features Yomaira Figueroa-Vasquez , who teaches in the D epartment of English at Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan. She publishes widely in Afro-Atlantic studies with particular emphasis on hispanophone Africa and Americas, as well as co-curating with Jessica Marie Johnson the digital project-collective Electric Marronage. We discuss h
Left of Black S12 · E10 | Confronting Misogynoir in Digital Spaces with Dr. Moya Baileyby Mark Anthony Neal / 23h
Dr. Moya Bailey , Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University, was the first to pen the term "misogynoir" in 2010 as a means of giving a name to the anti-Black misogyny that she observed on the web and in broader society. Yet Black women have always found ways to push back against harmful stereotypes to demonstrate, and celebrate, their full humanity
New Jersey to lift school mask mandate https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/07/new-jersey-to-lift-in-school-mask-mandate-beginning-march-7-00006136
Youngkin campaign criticized for Twitter spat with teen https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/06/youngkin-twitter-feud-teenager-00006104
11 infamous '90s school bans
https://www.salon.com/2022/02/06/11-infamous-90s-school-bans_partner/
The Root Presents: Black History Moments In Time
https://www.theroot.com/the-root-presents-black-history-moments-in-time-1848434551
Are CA schools failing students of color? https://sacobserver.com/2022/02/are-ca-schools-failing-students-of-color/
NEA Member Is ABC World News 'Person of the Week'
https://youtu.be/EOZ3bNbSGXY via @YouTube
Youngkin tweets 'regret' for campaign's criticism of high school student https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/07/youngkin-twitter-regret-student-00006188
Bergen Elementary Student Inspires Classmates To Clean Oceans
https://patch.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/bergen-elementary-student-inspires-classmates-clean-oceans?google_editors_picks=true
Student Opinion: SCUSD’s New Way of Addressing Discrimination is Not Enough
https://www.davisvanguard.org/2022/02/student-opinion-scusds-new-way-of-addressing-discrimination-is-not-enough/
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ on @Larryferlazzo
“The Past and Future of Education Research”The Past and Future of Education Research is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Studies on student motivation, project-based learning, the power of relationships, and collective efficacy are highlighted by contributors. Here are some excerpts:
Monday’s New Articles & Videos On School Reopeningsviarami / 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: Schools are starting to spend Covid relief dollars. Here’s what they’re prioritizing. is from NBC News. STUDENT VACCINE MANDAT
A Look Back: “Guest Post From Lorin W. Anderson, Co-Author Of The Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy”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 2017: Editor’s Note: Lorin W. Anderson, one of the co-authors of the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy, left a comment on my post earlier this week, “Knowledge” & Bloom’s Pyramid . He graciously agreed to expand
“Map Puzzle” Is A Simple, But Useful, Geography GameMap Puzzle has a variety of simple geography games where players are shown the physical outlines of states, provinces, countries, etc., while at the same time you’re given the names and accompanying puzzle pieces that belong there. I learned about it at a post in Google Maps Mania . That same post shared another site – called Jigsaw Explorer . There, students could create their own jigsaw maps th
Taffy Abel medaled in the 1924 Olympics. Few knew of his Indigenous heritage
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/07/1078270098/taffy-abel-medaled-in-the-1924-olympics-few-knew-of-his-indigenous-heritage
In Tennessee, the ‘Maus’ Controversy Is the Least of Our Worries
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/opinion/culture/maus-tennessee-book-bans.htmlFree Community College Won't Be in Spending Bill, Jill Biden to Say https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/us/politics/jill-biden-free-community-college.html
Ending the School Mask Mandate in N.J. and Studying Wastewater in N.Y. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/nyregion/ending-the-school-mask-mandate-in-nj-and-studying-wastewater-in-ny.html
Quotes to Celebrate Black History Month https://sacobserver.com/2022/02/quotes-to-celebrate-black-history-month/
Judge who halted Youngkin’s mask-optional order disclosed her spouse teaches in Arlington
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/06/arlington-judge-dimatteo-youngkin/
COLUMN: Are book bans stopping a Marxist “revolution” or whitewashing the past?
https://hechingerreport.org/column-are-book-bans-stopping-a-marxist-revolution-or-whitewashing-the-past/
STUDENT VOICE: Is anyone out there? We need help figuring out our futures in Hispanic communities like mine
https://hechingerreport.org/student-voice-is-anyone-out-there-we-need-help-figuring-out-our-futures-in-hispanic-communities-like-mine/
Following mandate going into effect, schools are working to confirm students’ vaccination status https://thelensnola.org/2022/02/07/following-mandate-going-into-effect-schools-are-working-to-confirm-students-vaccination-status/
Evers vetoes bill seeking to ban school lessons on systemic racism -
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2022/02/04/evers-vetoes-bill-seeking-ban-school-lessons-systemic-racism/6666895001/#new_tab via @journalsentinel Illinois mask mandate ruling causes schools to scramble ahead of Monday classes - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-school-mask-mandate-ruling-20220207-gqxdvyrysbcgpp62zhs7yoevxa-story.html#new_tab via @chicagotribune
Schools are starting to spend Covid relief dollars. Here's what they're prioritizing. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/schools-are-starting-spend-covid-relief-dollars-prioritizing-rcna14640
Douglas County school board fires Superintendent Corey Wise -
https://dpo.st/3LdjZqX on @denverpost
In push for school choice, Youngkin’s hope may lie in a lesser-known option https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/02/07/in-push-for-school-choice-youngkins-hope-may-lie-in-a-lesser-known-option/ via @MercuryVirginia
Wake County school librarians defend challenged LGBTQ books | Raleigh News & Observer -
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article258049478.html#new_tab on @newsobserver
Should school be in-person? Academic, emotional concerns outweigh COVID-19 in parents’ views | Pew Research Center -
https://www.pewresearch.org/?p=405753 on @pewresearch
Biden inches back toward Michelle Obama’s school nutrition standards - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/04/biden-michelle-obama-school-nutrition-standards-00005442#new_tab
In this Texas district, the superintendent subs and a teacher drives the bus to keep kids in school - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2022/02/04/in-this-texas-district-the-superintendent-subs-a-teacher-drives-the-bus-to-keep-kids-in-school/#new_tab via @dallasnews
A San Francisco sixth-grader was enrolled at a public middle school but never showed up. She got A’s anyway - https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/SFUSD-sf-schools-16833262.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle
New Jersey and Delaware set timelines to end mask mandates for schools
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/07/1078886017/new-jersey-and-delaware-set-timelines-to-end-mask-mandates-for-schools
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