CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: August Already Edition (8/1)

CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: August Already Edition (8/1)

August Already Edition

Well, that was quick. But here we are, counting down to a new school year. In the meantime, here's some new reading from the week.

Will fewer Black students come back to school this fall?

Adam Laats in the Washington Post provides some useful historical perspective on this question.

Why school boards are now hot spots for nasty politics

Stephen Sawchuk at Ed Week looking at the spreading network of anti-"crt" politicking groups and money.

Excellence vs. Winning

Nancy Flanagan takes a look at some of the attitudes and ideas that have surfaced as everyone offers an opinion about Simone Biles.

Industry lobbying firm rushed to defend charter schools that think of children as a business

Jeff Bryant has dug into the folks pushing for more charter funding, and there are few surprises there. 

Thank You, Tucker Carlson

John Merrow comes out of retirement to look at Carlson's support for the idea of putting a camera in every classroom in order to catch the evil indoctrinatin' teachers.

Why white journalists need to stop focusing on 'learning loss'

Ray Salazar guest posts at The Grade and lays out why white journalists really need to get off the learning loss train.

Pandemic learning loss reports that sell online programs are harmful for students with disabilities

Nancy Bailey looks at how the ongoing marketing push behind learning loss are bad news for students

Bob Moses and the Enduring Education Injustice

There have been many good pieces written about Bob Moses and his unique legacy; I recommend this one by Jose Luis Vilson is especially worthwhile.

Elites profit from "nonprofit" charter schools

Carol Burris sits for an interview with Jacobin and talks about how nonprofit charter schools actually are quite profitable.

Please Correct the Highlighted Section

Blue Cereal Education talks about the experience of being on the receiving end of standards and requirements and remembering to be empathetic with students.

This will be our last post together

Russ Walsh is hanging up his blogging hat, and his voice will be missed. I wish him well in his continued work in the meat world.

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There’s New Data On Last Year’s Student Learning Loss. Let’s Not Draw The Wrong Conclusions. - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/07/28/theres-new-data-on-last-years-student-learning-loss-lets-not-draw-the-wrong-conclusions/?sh=7891df465daf by @palan57 on @forbes

Experts: For Early Childhood, Play Is Best. - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/07/27/we-have-lost-our-minds-when-it-comes-to-early-childhood-education/?sh=4df1ed0340dc by @palan57 on @forbes

What’s The Matter With For Profit Charter School Management? - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/07/21/whats-the-matter-with-for-profit-charter-school-management/?sh=17f20b717a3e by @palan57 on @forbes

USA Today Offers Ed Tech Baloney

by Peter Greene / 16h

This morning USA Today dropped this thing from freelance writer Matt Alderton , serving on this occasion apparently as a PR flack for tech companies. I'm responding to the piece here so that you can have a handy reply for your aunt when she sends you the article which, unfortunately, will get wide distribution through the platform. Alderton starts by citing data about teachers considering leaving

Toxic Toughness

by Peter Greene / 1d

There is something to be said for toughness, for sucking it up and getting the job done, for stepping outside of your comfort zone and braving unknown (or known) challenges. We expect it from certain professions where, like fire fighters, the job is to run toward what everyone else is running away from. It helps to be tough. Human beings are often driven by fear, and the best way to deal with tha

Contactless Education

by Peter Greene / 2d

The push for contactless life continues. I can order food from a restaurant or a grocery store and have it delivered quietly to my porch, as if it descended magically from the sky. I can go sit and a sit-down restaurant and barely have to interact with my server at all, and of course my local fast food places have all completed their redesigns to look like large boxy food vending machines, where I

Can We Close The Billionaire Learning Gap?

by Peter Greene / 3d

Imagine you had a student in your class, for some reason, for ten, fifteen, even twenty years. Imagine that you gave that student multiple opportunities to learn some central concepts for your course. And yet, somehow, these students remained absolutely impervious to the learning. What would you do? It's only a slightly hypothetical situation. Let's talk about the billionaire learning gap. Let's

The Loneliness of Tiny Gods

by Peter Greene / 3d

The Week featured an essay earlier this summer by Damon Linker, " The politics of loneliness is totalitarian ." It's an intriguing take that reaches back to the work of Hannah Arendt , a great writer to turn to when contemplating the mid-20th-century turn to totalitarianism in Europe. Here's Linker summarizing Arendt: In her view, totalitarianism is a novel form of government for which the men an

ICYMI: Back From Vacation Edition (7/25)

by Peter Greene / 7d

The Institute staff has returned from the wilds of Maine (well, slightly wilds) and while I'm still getting back in the swing, I've got a handful of things for the reading list this week. Let schools decide how to spend pandemic windfall Andrea Gabor at Bloomberg offers an argument for letting decisions about pandemic dollars be made at the local school level and not by bureaucrats in front offic

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The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249

These Billionaires are Bankrolling the Booming Anti-Racism Racket - by Matthew Thomas - Vulgar Marxism - https://vulgarmarxism.substack.com/p/billionaires

Economists Worry Covid-19 May End Standardized Testing Altogether by Steven Singer — Badass Teachers - https://www.badassteacher.org/bats-blog/economists-worry-covid-19-may-end-standardized-testing-altogether-by-steven-singer

The for-profit charter school problem - Alternet.org - https://www.alternet.org/2021/07/for-profit-charter-schools/ on @

10 Million Reasons to Protect the Health of Children | by Bruce Lesley | Voices4Kids | Jul, 2021 | Medium - https://medium.com/voices4kids/10-million-reasons-to-protect-the-health-of-children-ca24df4a1ef0 by @BruceLesley on @First_Focus

Traverse City: The Success of Common Sense and Decency | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uxC via @dianeravitch

CAN WE STICK TO WHAT WE KNOW? – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-2OK via @norinrad10

Year 2021 - News Releases (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr21/

CURMUDGUCATION: Toxic Toughness - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/07/toxic-toughness.html

When Joe was running he promised to repeal the WEP/GPO. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-qqA via @fklonsky

An Open Letter to the Class of 2022 | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog - https://wp.me/p36Q2R-6y0 on @wordpressdotcom

Education Matters: Greene basically says keeping kids safe is not a priority - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2021/07/greene-basically-says-keeping-kids-safe.html

John Merrow Thanks Tucker Carlson for a Truly Stupid Idea | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uw4 via @dianeravitch

The Gift That Keeps Giving (Bill Plitt) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8ew via @CubanLarry

COVID-19 is more dangerous for children than right-wing media will admit | Media Matters for America - https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/covid-19-more-dangerous-children-right-wing-media-will-admit on @mmfa

Industry Lobbying Firm Rushes to Defend Charter Schools That Think of Children as a Business | Ed Politics - https://edpolitics.org/?p=368

Maurice Cunningham: Phony Parent Groups Lead Attacks on Critical Race Theory | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ux9 via @dianeravitch

Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, July 31, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/top-posts-this-week-saturday-july-31.html

Divide Over School-Issued Devices Remains After Year of Online Learning | ARLnow.com - https://www.arlnow.com/?p=250971 on @arlnowdotcom

Experts: For Early Childhood, Play Is Best. - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/07/27/we-have-lost-our-minds-when-it-comes-to-early-childhood-education/?sh=2f29d5ac40dc by @palan57 on @forbes

Hawaii Should Fund Schools, Not Vouchers - Honolulu Civil Beat - https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/07/hawaii-should-fund-schools-not-vouchers/ via @civilbeat

Philadelphia schools move forward with in-person learning for all - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/30/22602629/philadelphia-schools-move-forward-with-in-person-learning-for-all-students-despite-delta-variant on chalkbeat

“Five Teacher-Recommended Strategies to Support Students With Learning Differences” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119208 on @Larryferlazzo

Whitewashing History and Suppressing Voters Go Hand in Hand by Ben Jealous | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/07/whitewashing-history-and-suppressing.html

Opinion | What I Learned Talking to Fourth-Graders About How to Design Elections https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/07/31/kids-ran-elections-race-schools-voting-rights-501774

DeSantis seeks to block school mask mandates in Florida https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/07/30/desantis-seeks-to-block-school-mask-mandates-in-florida-amid-covid-surge-1389293

Intervention in Title IX proceedings and unlawful disclosures under the Privacy Act https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/07/intervention-in-title-ix-proceedings-and-unlawful-disclosures-under-the-privacy-act/

With school openings near, parents and teachers say state leaders have stripped them of weapons against COVID-19 https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/30/school-COVID-parents-teachers-remote/

Behind The Lens episode 137: ‘Until the surge subsides’ https://thelensnola.org/2021/07/30/behind-the-lens-episode-137-until-the-surge-subsides/

Six more schools renamed as district finishes year-long initiative https://thelensnola.org/2021/07/30/six-more-schools-renamed-as-district-finishes-year-long-initiative/

How an education spending law may help keep this pool closed to the public https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/roosevelt-high-school-pool/2021/07/30/640c7cee-f127-11eb-81d2-ffae0f931b8f_story.html

Summer school programs race to help students most in danger of falling behind https://hechingerreport.org/summer-school-programs-race-to-help-students-most-in-danger-of-falling-behind/

Lo que los estudiantes de inglés necesitan es enamorarse de la escuela otra vez https://hechingerreport.org/lo-que-los-estudiantes-de-ingles-necesitan-es-enamorarse-de-la-escuela-otra-vez/

For parents of unvaccinated kids, worsening Delta variant threat brings alarm, questions http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/YVfcBSh7We4/what-the-delta-variant-development-means-for-unvaccinated-kids

Friday’s Articles & Videos On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119447 on @Larryferlazzo

Gov. DeSantis of Florida to Let Parents Opt of School Masking https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/us/florida-desantis-masks-schools.html

Arkansas hospital reveals alarming findings about kids and COVID-19 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/Sh3irs9xjZs/

Crowd 'gasped' as Republican school board member invoked Nazis to attack COVID-19 directives: report http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/lYnMIF6UTWA/

For-Profit Charter Schools Using Our Children for Profit - LA Progressive - https://www.laprogressive.com/?p=377276 via @laprogressive

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 - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_31.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_31.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/this-week-education-research-report_31.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_31.html

Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from_31.html

Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early_31.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/this-weeks-wildness-dad-gone-wild_31.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 - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/network-for-public-education-blog-post_31.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona_31.html

YESTERDAY

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, July 30, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

by Mike Simpson / 20h

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249 Charter Schools: The Vision of their Founders vs. Today’s Reality | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-838 via @janresseger We Don’t Need More ADVICE on How to Safely Reopen Schools. We Need RULES.

JUL 29

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Thursday, July 29, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

by Mike Simpson / 1d

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249 CURMUDGUCATION: Can We Close The Billionaire Learning Gap? - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/07/can-we-close-billionaire-learning-gap.html Learning for Justice | Education Resources - https:

JUL 28

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Wednesday, July 28, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

by Mike Simpson / 2d

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249 Randi Weingarten: You can't keep us from teaching students honest history - CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/27/opinions/teachers-union-critical-race-theory-schools-weingarten/index.html 2021 Medle

JUL 27

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Tuesday, July 27, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

by Mike Simpson / 3d

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249 Pandemic Learning Loss Reports That Sell Online Programs Are Harmful For Students With Disabilities - https://nancyebailey.com/2021/07/26/pandemic-learning-loss-reports-that-sell-online-programs-are

JUL 26

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, July 2, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

by Mike Simpson / 4d

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249 Elites Profit From “Nonprofit” Charter Schools - https://jacobinmag.com/2021/07/charter-schools-for-profit-nonprofit-taxpayer-public-money-oversight-education-salaries-real-estate-burris-interview T

JUL 25

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, July 25, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

by Mike Simpson / 5d

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249 Free school meals for all children can improve kids’ health | Salon.com - https://www.salon.com/2021/07/25/free-school-meals-for-all-children-can-improve-kids-health_partner/ The culture war over cr

CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Back From Vacation Edition (7/25)

by Mike Simpson / 5d

CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Back From Vacation Edition (7/25) Back From Vacation Edition The Institute staff has returned from the wilds of Maine (well, slightly wilds) and while I'm still getting back in the swing, I've got a handful of things for the reading list this week. Let schools decide how to spend pandemic windfall Andrea Gabor at Bloomberg offers an argument for letting decisions about pand

TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, July 24, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

by Mike Simpson / 5d

Big Education Ape TOP POSTS THIS WEEK 7/24/21 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, July 17, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT KEEP U

JUL 24

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, July 24, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

by Mike Simpson / 6d

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249 Should Teachers and Students Be Required to be Vaccinated? | Ed In The Apple - https://wp.me/p2zCG-2T6 via @edintheapple Another dirty little secret about teachers and Social Security and how we’re

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