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Thank God for Our Teachers by @BruceLesley https://link.medium.com/FlfNUqeECpb
Roughly 55% Of Teachers Are Ready To Make A Career Shift Due To Covid https://www.scarymommy.com/55-percent-of-teachers-want-to-quit-covid
Teachers are leaving and few people are choosing the field. Experts are sounding the alarm - CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/05/us/teacher-prep-student-shortages-covid-crisis/
Lawsuit: Former DC Principal, Director Sue DCPS for Firings Related to Relay GSE Concerns | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2022/05/01/lawsuit-former-dc-principal-director-sue-dcps-for-firings-related-to-relay-gse-concerns/
A winnable war?, by @mikeklonsky https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/a-winnable-war?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
#BlackEducationMatters Student Activist Award (BEMSAA) 2022 applications open: Nominate a deserving antiracist student today! https://iamaneducator.com/2022/05/01/blackeducationmatters-student-activist-award-bemsaa-2022-applications-open-nominate-a-deserving-antiracist-student-today/ via @JessedHagopian
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Ballard High's Wynkoop Out/Lincoln Students March Out https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2022/05/ballard-highs-wynkoop-outlincoln.html?spref=tw
Understanding Stuff http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/05/understanding-stuff.html#.Ym_zQuYo6Fs.twitter
CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Late Edition Edition (5/1) https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/05/icymi-late-edition-edition-51.html?spref=tw
Jennifer Abruzzo: Can She Save the Labor Movement? https://dianeravitch.net/2022/05/02/can-she-save-the-labor-movement/ via @dianeravitch
Jennifer Abruzzo Asks NLRB Board to Ban "Captive Audience" Meetings in Workplace https://dianeravitch.net/2022/05/02/jennifer-abruzzo-asks-nlrb-board-to-ban-captive-audience-meetings-in-workplace/ via @dianeravitch
Starbucks’ Workers Continue to Organize Across the Country https://dianeravitch.net/2022/05/02/starbucks-workers-continue-to-organize-across-the-country/ via @dianeravitch
The Trouble with Social-Emotional Learning: Why Be Concerned? Here's Why! - https://go.shr.lc/3KBKB39 via @shareaholic
Golden Age of Schooling? https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2022/05/02/golden-age-of-schooling/ via @CubanLarry
TEACHER APPRECIATION, by @norinrad10 https://tcweber.substack.com/p/teacher-appreciation?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Michael Hiltzik: Bad News for American Workers https://dianeravitch.net/2022/05/02/michael-hiltzik-bad-news-for-american-workers/ via @dianeravitch
ANNOUNCING: National Days of Teaching Truth https://radicalscholarship.com/2022/04/04/announcing-national-days-of-teaching-truth/ via @plthomasEdD
New threats to tenure and faculty speech in Mississippi https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/05/02/new-threats-tenure-and-faculty-speech-mississippi#.Ym_UoJa84n8.twitter "Banned books" library cards Axios Nashville https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-nashville-3e4384fb-f0c9-43c5-885a-0f92dce52a35.html?chunk=2&utm_term=twsocialshare#story2 Blog Posts Archive - Network For Public Education https://networkforpubliceducation.org/best-posts/
April’s (2022) Useful Parent Engagement Resources – Part Four https://engagingparentsinschool.edublogs.org/2022/04/29/aprils-2022-useful-parent-engagement-resources-part-four/#.Ym_kk5xxIug.twitter
Bill Gates: ‘I’m grieving the same way Melinda is’ | Times2 | The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bill-gates-i-m-grieving-the-same-way-melinda-is-nf72pb3kf
Kathy Boudin, Presente! https://billayers.org/2022/05/01/kathy-boudin-presente/
Choosing Democracy: May Day https://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-day.html?spref=tw
Education Research Report: New evidence on educational inequality https://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2022/05/new-evidence-on-educational-inequality.html
The Trouble with Social-Emotional Learning: Why Be Concerned? Here's Why! - https://go.shr.lc/3KBKB39 via @shareaholic
Jazz Night In America: The Nouveau swing of Donald Harrison Jr., Big Chief and NEA Jazz Masterby Mark Anthony Neal / 12h
'"This music that we call jazz is one of the greatest achievements in the history of mankind," declares Donald Harrison, Jr. , with the air of someone who knows. To be sure, Harrison is hardly an objective source on the matter, as an alto saxophonist and bandleader with a lifelong connection to the culture of New Orleans, where he's also known as Big Chief of the Congo Square tribe. His commitmen
Left of Black S12 · E21 | Christopher Freeburg on Black Social Life in the Time of Slaveryby Mark Anthony Neal / 13h
Decades of research and scholarship around New World slavery limit the scope of the actions of the enslaved to political resistance while seeking only one goal: freedom. But what if Black life went beyond just the pursuit of liberty in order to encompass broader meaning through creative expression, spirituality, and self-awareness? Dr. Christopher Freeburg joins Left of Black host and Duke Univer
Dems punch back against GOP’s “culture war” attacks https://www.axios.com/dems-gop-culture-attacks-5fb6029c-5893-4575-9a14-5023f89a7ba8.html
Randi Weingarten accuses Rufo of ‘using lies to undermine America’s public schools’ in TIME op-ed
https://www.thebharatexpressnews.com/randi-weingarten-accuses-rufo-of-using-lies-to-undermine-americas-public-schools-in-time-op-ed/ via @The Bharat Express News
Teach Me, Teacher https://teachmeteacherpodcast.com/2022/05/02/261-leading-like-a-c-o-a-c-h-matt-renwick-pt-2/
‘Fear and Confusion’: A Tale of Internment https://progressive.org/latest/a-tale-of-internment-whitney-220502/
Without Support Students Who are Exposed to Traumatic Experiences Can Fall by the Wayside https://sacobserver.com/2022/05/without-support-students-who-are-exposed-to-traumatic-experiences-can-fall-by-the-wayside/In Florida, Social-Emotional Learning + Math = Rejection https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/02/opinion/letters/florida-math-textbooks.html
PROOF POINTS: Lessons from transfer schools https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-lessons-from-transfer-schools/
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April’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,307 Of Them!Prawny / Pixabay Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,304 of them categorized here – you might also want to check out THREE ACCESSIBLE WAYS TO SEARCH FOR & FIND MY “BEST” LISTS). Here are the lists from this month: THE BEST SITES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE 2022 WORLD CUP IN QATAR THE BEST RESOURCES EXPLORING THE USE OF PRAISE IN THE CLASSROOM THE
April’s Most Popular PostsAs regular readers know, at the end of each week I share the five most popular posts from the previous seven days. I thought people might find it interesting to see a list of the ten most popular posts from the previous thirty days. You might also be interested in IT’S THE FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BLOG – HERE ARE THE FORTY ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR POSTS . Not to mention THE MOST POPULAR POSTS
My Favorite Posts That Appeared In AprilI regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here ). You can also see my all-time favorites here . I’ve also been doing “A Look Back” series reviewing old favorite
Video: PBS NewsHour Video Interviewing National Teacher Of The Year Kurt RussellCheck out today’s PBS NewsHour interview with National Teacher of the Year Kurt Russell: It was an honor to welcome the Teachers of the Year to the White House. Our educators have a greater impact on our country’s future than anyone else – and I’m grateful for their work every single day. pic.twitter.com/dL7aXwKoMs — President Biden (@POTUS) May 1, 2022
Meme Of The Week: Fixing Printer JamsYou might also be interested in “BEST” EDUCATION MEMES OF THE YEAR – 2021 .
Meme Of The Week: Summer VacationI don’t think I’ve begun a “countdown” earlier than I have done this year and last year. You might also be interested in “BEST” EDUCATION MEMES OF THE YEAR – 2021 .
Yet ANOTHER Survey Finds That Parents Are Happy With Their Children’s SchoolsWith almost daily media articles about attacks on schools and what they might be teaching , one might think there is a groundswell of mass parental dissatisfaction with what administrators and we teachers are doing in the classroom. However, a new NPR poll finds that the vast majority of parents are pleased with what is happening in their local schools. It’s worth reading about the background and
In New Jersey, thousands of Black and Hispanic students are shut out of AP classes https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2022/05/limited-ap-classes-access-black-hispanic-students-new-jersey-larger-racial-gaps-than-national-average/Infusion of federal cash, a more focused approach seen as key to boosting literacy in NYC schools https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-boosting-nyc-schools-literacy-seen-as-challenge-20220502-vsznaxxjmvdrzm4cxdo52mj2hu-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/NYC schools, students restarting critically-needed blood donation drives stalled by the COVID pandemic https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-restarting-school-blood-drives-pandemic-delays-20220501-fed5utv2pfau3iziwbklu74vc4-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/GOP ties boost in Kansas school funding to 'open enrollment' | AP News https://apnews.com/article/education-legislature-kansas-topeka-1cd1b5e372db7a9150a749685d2a8f6e#new_tabMinnesota school budgets sag under inflation, supply woes - StarTribune.com https://www.startribune.com/inflation-supply-chain-issues-take-their-toll-on-minnesota-school-budgets-operations/600169643/#new_tab An algorithm that screens for child neglect raises concerns | AP News https://apnews.com/article/child-welfare-algorithm-investigation-9497ee937e0053ad4144a86c68241ef1#new_tabGrowing suburban Sacramento school districts spared state’s declining enrollment http://edsource.org/?page_id=671146 via @edsource
Missouri AG asks Springfield district for list of all elementary school textbooks for 10 years https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/education/2022/04/29/sps-eric-schmitt-asks-springfield-public-schools-textbooks-missouri-ag/9584396002/ via @springfieldNL Court rules Martinsville middle school must let transgender student use boys' restroom https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/morgan-county/court-rules-martinsville-middle-school-must-let-transgender-student-use-boys-restroomHeadcounts are down at public schools. Now budgets are too. | AP News https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-business-race-and-ethnicity-oakland-5d8956fa47149651dc09c506627c8bab#new_tabWyoming’s burgeoning ‘school choice’ movement faces hurdles https://wyofile.com/wyomings-burgeoning-school-choice-movement-faces-hurdles/
Complaint: Biracial student expelled from Oshkosh schools was subject of racial harassment | Wisconsin Public Radio https://www.wpr.org/complaint-biracial-student-expelled-oshkosh-schools-was-subject-racial-harassment#new_tabAdvocates prepare for Supreme Court to overturn Maine’s religious school funding ban https://bangordailynews.com/2022/05/02/news/court/scotus-ruling-maines-religious-school-funding-joam40zk0w/ via @bangordailynewsPa. district ‘appalled,’ investigating after-school drag show at Gay Sexuality Alliance Club event: reports https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/04/hempfield-school-district-appalled-investigating-following-after-school-drag-show-at-gay-sexuality-alliance-club-event-at-high-school-reports.htmlLegal group urges probe into whether Missouri schools gathering personal student info without parental consent https://www.foxnews.com/media/investigation-schools-gathering-personal-info-students-without-parental-consent #FoxNewsDeKalb County School District to pay $650,000 for two superintendent salaries https://decaturish.com/2022/05/dekalb-county-school-district-to-pay-650000-for-two-superintendent-salaries/Does the Kaukauna Galloping Ghost statue evoke the Ku Klux Klan? A group of students wants it removed. It's an issue that has a history. https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/education/2022/05/02/kaukauna-high-schools-galloping-ghost-statue-evokes-kkk-students-say/9495920002/ via @postcrescentDespite concerns about behavior, fewer NYC students have been suspended this year https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2022/4/29/23049308/nyc-school-suspension-covid-behaviorPeninsula school district opens affordable apartments for teachers and staff https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Peninsula-school-district-opens-affordable-17140569.php#new_tabPhotos: Eid al-Fitr and the End of Ramadan 2022 https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2022/05/photos-eid-al-fitr-and-end-ramadan-2022/629738/?utm_source=feed
OPINION: Too many Black and Latino students are ‘academically alone’ in advanced classes https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-too-many-black-and-latino-students-are-academically-alone-in-advanced-classes/
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