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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

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A Day of Action: Educators Pledge to Teach the Truth  | Zinn Education Project - https://www.zinnedproject.org/?p=162756 via @ZinnEdProject

President Biden Proposes to Offer Extra Title I Grants as Incentives to Encourage States to Do Justice | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-7Qf via @janresseger

Here’s the Truth Behind the Right-Wing Attacks on Critical Race Theory | Ed Politics - https://edpolitics.org/?p=358

Jan Resseger: Time to Abolish the Federal Charter Schools Program | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ueb via @dianeravitch

Education Research Report: Scientists say active early learning shapes the adult brain - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Unpacking Nonsense: Knowledge as Commodity – radical eyes for equity - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-9Zj via @plthomasEdD

Know Your State Astroturf Parent/Education Groups - https://nancyebailey.com/2021/06/01/know-your-state-astroturf-parent-education-groups/ on @NancyEBailey1

LA Progressive: Where Did the Federal Government’s Charter School Program Go Wrong? | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10930 on @NEPCtweet

SUPERHERO THEME MUSIC – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-2KC via @norinrad10


Pittsburgh Media Runs Right Wing Propaganda About Public Schools As If It Were Real News | gadflyonthewallblog - https://wp.me/p4QD1W-3xs via @StevenSinger3

Education Research Report: Scientists say active early learning shapes the adult brain - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Wednesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=117992 on @Larryferlazzo



Uncle Bobbie's Presents: "Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education" | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/

Are You Committed To Marginalize Instead Of Cultivate The Black Mind? - Philly's 7th Ward - https://wp.me/p7sbg2-xX

Memorial Day | Teacher in a strange land - https://wp.me/p1Wvaa-di via @nancyflanagan

Illinois Tier 2 teacher pension time-bomb remains ticking, Senator Martwick. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-qkY via @fklonsky

Go Here for the Best Blog Posts on the Internet | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ueh via @dianeravitch

Janresseger: Bill and Melinda Will Divorce, But the Gates Brand of Venture Philanthropy Will Continue On | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10933 on @NEPCtweet

Stinking Thinking Monetizes Dyslexia! | tultican - https://wp.me/p2txw0-14b on @wordpressdotcom

Responding to the call for submissions for a portrait of the governor of Rhode Island, Gina Raimondo. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-ql9 via @fklonsky

Illinois Senate passes elected school board for Chicago, over the objections of Mayor Lori Lightfoot - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-elected-school-board-cps-20210602-5ym64zdbe5cahe6n5haw3dvbdu-story.html via @chicagotribune

Cultural affirmation, not punishment may reduce harm to Black girls in schools, researchers assert - Graduate School of Education - University at Buffalo - http://ed.buffalo.edu/news-events/ticker/archive.host.html/content/shared/ed/news/ticker/2021/06/01.detail.html

How Many Letters Are There, Secretary Cardona? | by Ira David Socol | Educate. | Apr, 2021 | Medium - https://medium.com/educate-pub/how-many-letters-are-there-secretary-cardona-a82cf9b597cf by @irasocol on @educate_pub

Semi-Charmed Kind of Life (part one): Who kids are…and what kids need from us | by Ira David Socol | Age of Awareness | Medium - https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/semi-charmed-kind-of-life-part-1-who-kids-are-and-what-kids-need-from-us-dcb7dd8a02c4 by @irasocol on @AoA_Pub

The College Admissions Crucible | The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-college-admissions-crucible

Forbidding Remote Learning: Why Some Schools Won't Offer a Virtual Option This Fall - https://www.edweek.org/leadership/forbidding-remote-learning-why-some-schools-wont-offer-a-virtual-option-this-fall/2021/06 by @cgewertz on @educationweek

Targeting 'Critical Race Theory,' Republicans Rattle American Schools - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/us/politics/critical-race-theory.html on @nytimes

Covid Shuttered Schools Everywhere. So Why Was the ‘She-cession’ Worse in the U.S.? - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/us/shecession-america-europe-child-care.html?smid=tw-share on @nytimes

Council members push agenda to stem gun violence among Philadelphia youth https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/6/1/22464061/council-members-push-agenda-to-stem-gun-violence-among-philadelphia-youth via @ChalkbeatPHL

100 Scholars: Our Democracy is at Risk | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uez via @dianeravitch

Liberty University in turmoil as students protest against continuing relationship with Trump: report https://www.salon.com/2021/06/02/liberty-university-in-turmoil-as-students-revolt-against-continuing-relationship-with-trump-report_partner/

NAACP president: Biden’s plan to tackle racial wealth gap must address student debt crisis https://www.salon.com/2021/06/01/naacp-president-bidens-plan-to-tackle-racial-wealth-gap-must-address-student-debt-crisis/

Wilberforce University Cancels Student Debt for Graduating Class https://www.theroot.com/wilberforce-university-cancels-student-debt-for-graduat-1847010943

Students Build Websites to Commemorate Black Wall Street Businesses That Were Destroyed During the Tulsa Race Massacre https://www.theroot.com/students-build-websites-to-commemorate-black-wall-stree-1847009046

As school year wraps up, COVID-19 cases down; Supt. Lewis announces final year https://thelensnola.org/2021/06/01/as-school-year-wraps-up-covid-19-cases-down-supt-lewis-announces-final-year/

Can California Withstand A Teacher Retirement Boom? https://www.capradio.org/articles/2021/06/01/can-california-withstand-a-teacher-retirement-boom/

UC-AFT Teaching Faculty Rally and Press Conference -- Contract Expiratio... https://youtu.be/INpJVHDWh3o via @YouTube

The History You Didn't Learn | The Overlooked Stories of America's Black Wall Streets | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/06/the-history-you-didnt-learn-overlooked.html

NYC charter schools take different paths on vaccine mandates, remote learning for fall https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-charter-schools-fall-reopening-questions-20210601-zyb2qzjpzjhftousux7z47x3su-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Top Loudoun school officials defend equity work against charges of ‘critical race theory’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/loudoun-schools-critical-race-theory/2021/06/01/641fbda8-c2ed-11eb-9a8d-f95d7724967c_story.html

Republicans Plan to Steal 2024 Election | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ueK via @dianeravitch

OPINION: A college health doctor and teacher/coach see hopeful signs for the pandemic generation as they face whatever is next - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=79503 via @hechingerreport

Special education: Beneficial to many, harmful to others - https://brook.gs/3fjxzej on @BrookingsInst

Mining tax proposal would bring 'meaningful revenue' to education in Nevada - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper - https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/may/30/mining-tax-proposal-would-bring-meaningful-revenue/#new_tab by @@John__Sadler on @LasVegasSun

31 states don't require schools to teach about the Holocaust. Some laws are changing that - CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/29/us/holocaust-marjorie-taylor-greene-states-trnd/index.html#new_tab

Florida Becomes Seventh State to Ban Transgender Athletes From Girls' Sports as DeSantis Signs Bill - https://www.newsweek.com/florida-becomes-seventh-state-ban-transgender-athletes-girls-sports-desantis-signs-bill-1596535#new_tab on @newsweek

An elections bill casualty: most schools won’t get funded for virtual learning next year unless the education commissioner acts - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/06/02/an-elections-bill-casualty-most-schools-wont-get-funded-for-virtual-learning-next-year-unless-the-education-commissioner-acts/#new_tab via @dallasnews

They Kept Schools Running as Covid Raged: ‘We Had to Be Here’ - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/nyregion/covid-new-york-city-schools.html

Latino community coalition calls for delay in Denver schools superintendent vote https://co.chalkbeat.org/2021/6/1/22463583/latino-coalition-calls-for-delay-in-denver-schools-superintendent-vote via @ChalkbeatCO

The Fight to Teach Asian American History https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/us/asian-american-history.html

Utah State Board of Education is set to consider a ban on teaching critical race theory https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/6/1/22458561/utah-state-board-of-education-is-set-to-consider-a-ban-on-teaching-critical-race-theory


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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Tuesday, June 1, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES CURMUDGUCATION: Why My Children Are Not Scholars - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/06/why-my-children-are-not-scholars.html Oklahoma: Judge Orders Charter Founders to Turn Financials Over to State | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uej via @dianeravitch Opposition to bill that would allow College Board/ACT to keep on

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Tuesday, June 1, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH

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CURMUDGUCATION: Why My Children Are Not Scholars - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/06/why-my-children-are-not-scholars.html

Oklahoma: Judge Orders Charter Founders to Turn Financials Over to State | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uej via @dianeravitch

Opposition to bill that would allow College Board/ACT to keep on selling student data | Parent Coalition for Student Privacy - https://studentprivacymatters.org/?p=2723

Teacher Tom: To Err Is Human, To Repair Devine - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/06/to-err-is-human-to-repair-devine.html

Teacher Tom: "We Have to Liberate Ourselves First" - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/05/we-have-to-liberate-ourselves-first.html

Doctoring, Like Teaching, Is a Helping Profession (Joel “Yus” Merenstein) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-88Z via @CubanLarry

Two Popes: Will the Incumbent and the Winner of the Democratic Primary Collaborate to Build a New Department of Education or Vie for Power? | Ed In The Apple - https://wp.me/p2zCG-2Ry via @edintheapple

Jan Resseger: Time to Abolish the Federal Charter Schools Program | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ueb via @dianeravitch

Education Research Report: High school students in the United States unable to discern quality information from sham online - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Grassroots Education Network- May 2021 Newsletter - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/grassroots-education-network-may-2021-newsletter/ via @Network4pubEd

Our Collective Lesson Plan [On Teachers of Color In This Moment] | The Jose Vilson - https://wp.me/p5MpX-4OQ via @thejlv

Class Size Matters & Shino Tanikawa Testimony on the FY 2022 budget: In Support of $250 million to lower class size | Class Size Matters | A clearinghouse for information on class size & the proven benefits of smaller classes - https://classsizematters.org/?p=9654

Seattle Schools Community Forum: 36th Democrats Endorsement Committee Interviews with School Board candidates - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/05/36th-democrats-endorsement-committee.html

CURMUDGUCATION: Tulsa and Teaching History - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/05/tulsa-and-teaching-history.html

Closing the Digital Divide Requires Everyone to Come to the Table by Donna Rattley Washington | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/05/closing-digital-divide-requires.html

Voice of the People: Bill allows voucher schools to scam parents - https://www.theledger.com/story/opinion/letters/2021/05/08/voice-people-bill-allows-voucher-schools-scam-parents/4989319001/ via @theledger

How a national student database could cheapen the college experience - https://theconversation.com/how-a-national-student-database-could-cheapen-the-college-experience-161228

Academic Freedom Is on the Ropes - https://www.chronicle.com/article/academic-freedom-is-on-the-ropes by @@AlexanderKafka on @chronicle

Homeroom: Should I Force My Kid to Do Summer Reading? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/rPSOrnMlTpk/

Nation’s first school mandate on AAPI history heads to Illinois governor https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/31/aapi-history-education-illinois-491324

“Badass Teachers” Facebook group administrators uphold ban on WSWS writer Evan Blake https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/01/bats-j01.html

Is it time to rethink the value of college? https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21279216/higher-education-college-america-student-debt

New Report Compares State Performance Standards Using NAEP http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Public colleges shock students by sending them to costly debt collection agencies https://hechingerreport.org/public-colleges-shock-students-by-sending-them-to-costly-debt-collection-agencies/

PROOF POINTS: New study shows controversial post-Katrina school reforms paid off for New Orleans https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-new-study-shows-controversial-post-katrina-school-reforms-paid-off-for-new-orleans/

No Early Retirement Incentive This Year https://jd2718.org/2021/06/01/no-early-retirement-incentive-this-year/

Plan to reduce Advanced Placement classes at NYC’s LaGuardia High School angers students, parents https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-laguardia-high-school-ap-classes-20210601-wakycw4dindpnj5kfoo7rnwcve-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Are You There? http://nyceducator.com/2021/06/are-you-there.html

Heated graduation speech gets Stagg Principal Nakamura booted off campus - https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/local/2021/05/27/heated-graduation-speech-gets-stagg-principal-nakamura-escorted-off-campus/7476520002/#new_tab via @recordnet

Known for its 100% college acceptance rate among seniors, Urban Prep staff say they are underpaid and face poor working conditions. https://www.wbez.org/stories/teachers-at-high-profile-all-boys-charter-school-in-chicago-authorize-a-strike/03265dac-fb58-4e81-adb5-d5f401dd5b50

Chicago Public Schools to train students to identify and report racism and bias - Chalkbeat Chicago - https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2021/5/27/22457774/chicago-schools-will-train-students-to-identify-and-report-racism-and-bias-incidents#new_tab on chalkbeat

Is remote learning here to stay? Many, but not all, Colorado schools will offer online classes this fall. - https://coloradosun.com/2021/05/31/colorado-education-schools-students-remote-learning-coronavirus/#new_tab via @coloradosun

SFUSD lost touch with 8,800 students during the pandemic - https://sfbayview.com/?p=95056 via @sfbayview

Illinois Dramatically Limits Use of Seclusion and Face-Down Restraints in Schools — ProPublica - https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-dramatically-limits-use-of-seclusion-and-face-down-restraints-in-schools#new_tab via @propublica

Tay Anderson to step back from ‘everyday’ duties but keep voting - Chalkbeat Colorado - https://co.chalkbeat.org/2021/5/30/22461387/tay-anderson-stepping-away-from-denver-school-board-duties-during-sexual-misconduct-investigation#new_tab on chalkbeat

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Board Meeting on Wednesday Night. - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/05/board-meeting-on-wednesday-night.html

Arizona teachers' union affiliate ripped for tone deaf 'Game of Thrones' tweet on Memorial Day weekend https://www.foxnews.com/us/arizona-teachers-union-ripped-tone-deaf-game-of-thrones-tweet-suffering-pandemic #FoxNews

Unpacking Nonsense: Knowledge as Commodity – radical eyes for equity - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-9Zj via @plthomasEdD

Nation’s skeletal school mental health network will be severely tested - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=79174 via @hechingerreport

Why huge wave of teacher retirements won’t break schools | CalMatters https://calmatters.org/education/2021/06/california-teacher-retirement/


THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, May 31, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Jeff Bryant: The Truth Behind Attacks on Teaching “Critical Race Theory” | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uea via @dianeravitch Has the South risen again? | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing - https://wp.me/p4qzB1-C2 via @dcgmentor Critical Race Theory – Grumpy Old Teacher - https://wp.me/p9VD0X-GL via @sampsongregory Teac

MAY 30

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, May 30, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES In a Post-Covid World, Let's Pay Teachers Six Figures https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/opinion/teacher-pay-covid.html Tennessee Gov. Lee Unveils Plans to Usurp Local School Boards, Impose Charter Schools | by Andy Spears | May, 2021 | Medium - https://advocateandy.medium.com/tennessee-gov-lee-unveils-plans-to-usurp-local-school-boards
CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Memorial Day Weekend Edition (5/30)
CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Memorial Day Weekend Edition (5/30) Memorial Day Weekend Edition It has been a time, with a double funeral yesterday and some other little series of life adventures this week. Makes you want to shake some folks and ask, "Is this really what you want to do with your limited time on earth?" Be better. Anyway, I have a few things for you to read this week. Here's the list. Wha

MAY 29

TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, May 29, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH
Big Education Ape TOP POSTS THIS WEEK 5/29/21 Biden promised to end federal funding of for-profit charter schools. A new report explains how they operate. - The Washington Post New report provides reality check on virtual schools - The Washington Post TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, May 22, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edre

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