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American parents are generally fine with what’s being taught in school - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/29/american-parents-are-generally-fine-with-whats-being-taught-school/
SPI-Sponsored Bills Progress to Becoming Law - Year 2022 (CA Dept of Education) https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr22/yr22rel25.asp
Peter Greene: I Am Not Going to Defend SEL https://dianeravitch.net/2022/04/30/peter-greene-i-am-not-zgoing-to-defend-sel/ via @dianeravitch
Australia: Teachers Plan to Strike on May 4 https://dianeravitch.net/2022/04/29/australia-teachers-plan-to-strike-on-may-4/ via @dianeravitch
San Antonio: IDEA Charter School Vice Principal Arrested for Punching 5-Year-Old https://dianeravitch.net/2022/04/30/san-antonio-idea-charter-school-vice-proncipal-arrested-for-punching-5-year-old/ via @dianeravitch
Sweden: Teachers Speak Out Against “Marketization” of Schools https://dianeravitch.net/2022/04/30/sweden-trachers-speak-out-against-marketization-of-schools/ via @dianeravitch
A School-To-Activism Pipeline Requires Us To Help Our Youth Connect The Dots https://phillys7thward.org/2022/04/a-school-to-activism-pipeline-requires-us-to-help-our-youth-connect-the-dots/ via @Phillys7thWard
Extremists Are Using Lies to Undermine America’s Public Schools: We Need to Take a Stand https://ti.me/3vv8Vj8
A College Professor Teaches History in High School https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2022/04/30/a-college-professor-teaches-history-in-high-school-2/ via @CubanLarry
To Kickoff Teacher Appreciation Week, Secretary Cardona to Travel to Richmond with U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine to Speak with Students in Career and Technical Education Programs, and Teacher Pipeline Programs | U.S. Department of Education https://www.ed.gov/news/media-advisories/kickoff-teacher-appreciation-week-secretary%E2%80%AFcardona-travel-richmond-us-sen-tim-kaine-speak-students-career-and-technical-education-programs-and-teacher-pipeline-programs
IDEA assistant principal accused of punching 5-year-old boy who struck her https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/IDEA-assistant-principal-accused-of-punching-17135461.php
Blog Posts Archive - Network For Public Education https://networkforpubliceducation.org/best-posts/
glen brown: Trump, Abbott and DeSantis/Autocracy, States' Righ... https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2022/04/trump-abbott-and-desantisautocracy.html?spref=tw
April’s (2022) Useful Parent Engagement Resources – Part Four https://engagingparentsinschool.edublogs.org/2022/04/29/aprils-2022-useful-parent-engagement-resources-part-four/#.Ym1QF-pE4OI.twitter
Illinois’ Education Chief Urges Schools to Stop Working With Police to Ticket Students for Misbehavior https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-education-chief-urges-schools-to-stop-working-with-police-to-ticket-students-for-misbehavior#1322512I’m a Black, Queer Woman Working as an Adjunct Professor—And I’m Going on Strike https://inthesetimes.com/article/mercy-college-new-york-strike-adjunct-labor
The School Privatization Movement’s Latest Scheme to Undermine Public Education https://inthesetimes.com/article/school-privatization-public-education-vouchers-savings-accounts
‘Knowledge is Power’ Southeast L.A. Students Empower and Fight For Environmental Justice in Their Comunidades https://www.lataco.com/southeast-la-students-environmental-justice/?
Make the big new DeSanTest optional -- if you trust parents, by @BillyTownsendEd https://billytownsend.substack.com/p/make-the-big-new-desantest-optional?
Influencer culture is everywhere — even in academia https://www.salon.com/2022/04/30/influencer-culture-is-everywhere-even-in-academia/
Texas moves one step closer to adopting a new, more rigorous teacher certification exam https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/29/texas-teacher-certfication/Despite GOP Attacks, Parents Are Pretty Happy With Their Kids' Schools, Poll Finds https://www.huffpost.com/entry/parents-schools-poll_n_626d4a61e4b01131b12379daThe One Big Lie About College Decision Season https://www.huffpost.com/entry/college-decision-career-salary-lie_l_62696038e4b03e3f5a17e328Online learning to shrink or go away in D.C.-area schools next year https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/04/30/online-learning-a-thing-of-the-past/?
Prince George’s schools are going green with new climate action plan https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/04/29/prince-georges-schools-climate-plan/?
Many certificate programs don’t pay off, but colleges want to keep offering them anyway https://hechingerreport.org/many-certificate-programs-dont-pay-off-but-colleges-want-to-keep-offering-them-anyway/USC education school omitted key data for U.S. News & World Report rankings, report says https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-04-29/usc-education-school-omitted-data-us-news-world-report-rankingsLarry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/
Most Popular Posts Of The WeekI’m making a change in the content of the regular feature. In addition to sharing the top five posts that have received the most “hits” in the preceding seven-to-ten days (though they may have originally been published on an earlier date), I will also include the top five posts that have actually appeared in the past week. Often, these are different posts. You might also be interested in IT’S THE
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy IssuesHere are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here ): New Mexico to offer a year of free child care to most residents is from The Washington Post. Biden Says He Is Taking a ‘Hard Look’ at Student Loan Relief is from The NY Times. The long-run impacts of Mexican-American school des
A Look Back: 8 Great Collections Of Instructional StrategiesI’m continuing my “A Look Back” series by looking at past “Best” lists and updating them. Wokandapix / Pixabay I originally published The Best Collections Of Instructional Strategies in 2017, and have been revising and updating it since that time. It includes big and excellent collections like Teaching Tolerance Teaching Strategies , Facing History Teaching Strategies , and six more, plus links t
“Ignore the Negativity. Be a Teacher”Ignore the Negativity. Be a Teacher is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Every day in the classroom offers new experiences, as well as the opportunity to have a major influence on students’ lives. Here are some excerpts:
Teacher Appreciation Week Is May 1st – 7th – Here Are Some Useful Resources12019 / Pixabay Teacher Appreciation Week on May 1st – 7th in the United States this year. You might be interested in The Best Resources To Learn About World Teachers Day
Advocates support NJ’s new guidelines on teaching gender despite controversy https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/advocates-support-njs-new-guidelines-on-teaching-gender-despite-controversy/A day in the life of a New Jersey school superintendent https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-new-jersey-school-superintendent/
Texas got a sex ed update, but students and educators say there's still a lot missing
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/04/30/1094446995/texas-got-a-sex-ed-update-but-students-and-educators-say-theres-still-a-lot-missAfghans unite in demanding that the Taliban let girls attend secondary school https://www.npr.org/2022/04/29/1095642310/afghans-unite-in-demanding-that-the-taliban-let-girls-attend-secondary-schoolWatch: Right-wing activist launches off-the-rails rant at school board meeting – and gets escorted out https://www.rawstory.com/school-board-meeting-video/Kansas bill banning transgender athletes in school sports falls short of veto override in House https://www.rawstory.com/kansas-bill-banning-transgender-athletes-in-school-sports-falls-short-of-veto-override-in-house/Conservative school board member storms out of meeting as she faces censure for sex ed rant gone awry https://www.rawstory.com/darbi-boddy/
Randy Rainbow, singing truth to power https://www.salon.com/2022/04/30/randy-rainbow-playing-with-myself-musical-political-satire
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Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, April 29, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #StandWithUkraine️ http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-top-banana-todays-education_29.htmlhtml
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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_30.html
Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/04/this-week-education-research-report_30.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_30.html 
