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Not Out Of The Woods Yet Edition (8/15)

Take a deep breath and push on. In the meantime, here's some reading from the week.

Deep Divisions in Americans’ Views of Nation’s Racial History

Yeah, you'd already figured this out on your own, but the Pew Research people have some survey results to show just how different we are on how to view, deal with, and teach about our racial history. 

‘How Can I Follow a Law I Believe Endangers My Students?’

In states where the governor (one of those anti-big government overreach and local control guys) have imposed anti-anti-mask mandates, some school leaders are standing up anyway. In Ed Week, a defiant superintendent in Texas explains why.

A majority of parents favor mask mandates

From the Washington Post, info about a survey showing that mask mandates are preferred by the silent majority.

Furious mom demands school board revote

However, the really loud minority continues to be really loud.

Angry anti-masker punches teacher

And more than just loud...

Behind the Critical Race Furor

Is the crt panic another Koch-funded enterprise? Jasmine Banks at The Nation.

How Ohio's budget creates a path out of state takeover

Regular readers have heard about Ohio's school takeover law and the havoc it has wrought on Lorain, among others. Now there's a light at the end of that tunnel. Jan Resseger has done the reading.

How corporate school reforms and ed tech cause dangerous distrust about Covide-19

Nancy Bailey peels back the layers of chaos and distrust in the pandemic crisis.

The end of ed reform

At the Progressive, Jeff Bryant argues that modern ed reform is dead, and some other bad things are moving to takes its place.

The problem with private school vouchers

It has been a big year for pushing vouchers. Also in The Progressive's back-to-school issue, Jessica Levin runs through the various incursions of voucher policy in 2021.

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How Not To Start Teachers’ New School Year - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/08/13/how-not-to-start-teachers-new-school-year/?sh=584654564303 by @palan57 on @forbes

Further Evidence That Common Core Did Real Harm To U.S. Education - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/08/09/further-evidence-that-common-core-did-real-harm-to-us-education/?sh=64065ec888d8 by @palan57 on @forbes

Can Universal Curriculum Help Our Schools? - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/08/06/can-universal-curriculum-help-our-schools/?sh=37266d2d2b4c by @palan57 on @forbes

Did We Get Anything Out Of NCLB Accountability?

by Peter Greene / 19h

We're in the midst of the 20th anniversary of No Child Left Behind , a legislative offspring of bipartisan consensus that has itself been left behind by virtually everybody. The bill was proposed in March of 2001, spent the rest of the year wending its way through the process, to be signed into law at the very beginning of 2002. So pretty much any time this year is fair game for a 20 year retrosp

Speaking of Indoctrinatin' Literature: Ayn Rand in the Classroom

by Peter Greene / 3d

So here comes the umpteenth set of protests/complaints/caterwauling over literature in schools "promoting critical race theory," aka "any books with Black people in them." The Northampton Area School District of Northampton, PA was offered a a stack of books by The Conscious Kid , an organization that plans to donate 120,000 books "that foster anti-racist conversations and action" to 3,000 school

Where Is A Teacher's Staff?

by Peter Greene / 4d

I read about Penn State sports--not because I particularly care, and not even because my non-sporty daughter graduated from there, but because my nephew is a sports writer whose beat is mostly PSU. He's a good guy and the only person in my family who actually supports himself by writing. He recently dropped this piece about the coaching staff for Penn State football , and the stories of how they

Charter Schools Are Not Public Schools (Ex. #152,377)

by Peter Greene / 4d

In North Carolina, Charter Day School back in 2016 was sued by parents who objected to a dress code requiring girls to wear skirts, jumpers, or skorts. They just won that suit, sort of, but revealed somethiung about themselves in the winning. This is a school whose mission involves communicating through the arts and sciences. Charter Day School is part of the network of charters operated by Roger

Do 3rd Grade Tests Predict Anything?

by Peter Greene / 6d

The National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) is a program of the American Institute for Research (AIR) along with an assortment of universities. They've just released a working paper version of some research that some people think is pretty significant. I've read it so you don't have to. Let me explain what they found, and why nobody needs to get excited ab

ICYMI: Counting Down To School Edition (8/8)

by Peter Greene / 7d

Yes, the clock has started at our house. I'll be heading off to be a trombone consultant for an old friend/student's band camp starting tomorrow, and my wife's summer days are numbered. Here it comes, lurching towards us like a misaligned tractor with a flat tire and three bales of hay stuck in the wheel well. In the meantime, here are some reads from the week. Dyslexia Industry Scores California

FL: Bullying By Mask

by Peter Greene / 7d

Florida (state motto: Death to public education!) has been leaping to capitalize on the current COVID disaster, as witnessed by this extremely on-point headline: Florida Will Pay for Parents to Move Kids Into New Schools if They Experience ‘COVID-19 Harassment’ That's a very apt way to characterize a voucher program--the state will pay you to pull your kid out of public schools. You may have been

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

What is Three Feet? | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-2ds on @wordpressdotcom

Ed in the Apple: Can We Create Student Assessments That Are Helpful to Teachers? | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11014 on @NEPCtweet

Teaching Then and Now (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8eD via @CubanLarry

Peter Greene: Federal Court Rules That Charter Schools Are Not Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uAR via @dianeravitch

NYC Educator: Anti-social Distancing - http://nyceducator.com/2021/08/anti-social-distancing.html

How Corporate School Reforms and Ed-Tech Cause Dangerous Distrust about Covid-19 - https://nancyebailey.com/2021/08/14/how-corporate-school-reforms-and-ed-tech-cause-dangerous-distrust-about-covid-19/ on @NancyEBailey1

Racism Flourishes in This Michigan Town | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uzM via @dianeravitch

UTLA Endorses Vaccine Mandate | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uBd via @dianeravitch

Biden administration promises to help school districts that defy DeSantis' mask mandate ban https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/biden-administration-promises-to-help-school-districts-that-defy-desantis-mask-mandate-ban/ via @MotherJones

Philadelphia healthcare workers face vaccine deadline. Will teachers? - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/8/13/22623954/philadelphia-healthcare-workers-college-campuses-face-vaccine-deadline-will-teachers-be-next on chalkbeat

New Study Finds [Unsurprising] Conclusion That Students Benefit From Mentors | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119431 on @Larryferlazzo

OKCPS, Santa Fe South add mask requirements with exemptions https://nondoc.com/2021/08/13/okcps-santa-fe-south-add-mask-requirements-with-exemptions/ via @nondocmedia

Tribes Get Creative in Teaching Tradition and Community - YES! Magazine https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2021/08/13/creative-tribal-childrens-programs-tradition-community

Biden administration offers financial help to Florida school leaders defying DeSantis https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/08/13/biden-administration-offers-financial-help-to-florida-school-leaders-defying-desantis-1390026

Who’s responsible for student debt? The One Percent deserve much of the blame | Salon.com - https://www.salon.com/2021/08/14/whos-responsible-for-student-debt-the-one-percent-deserve-much-of-the-blame/

What The Delta Variant Means For The Return To School | On Point - https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2021/08/13/what-the-delta-variant-means-for-the-return-to-school via @OnPointRadio

Chicago Public Schools to require employee vaccines - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-public-schools-vaccine-mandate-staff-teachers-20210813-abggfd5wxfcrfp3grub4ibztf4-story.html via @chicagotribune

Books, vaccinations bring “disconnected” SLPS families back to school | Education | stlamerican.com - http://www.stlamerican.com/education/books-vaccinations-bring-disconnected-slps-families-back-to-school/article_3a290c4e-fc49-11eb-b5cb-4bfdb24d11bc.html on @stlouisamerican

Top Teacher's Union Passes Resolution on Workplace Vaccine Policies | Black Star News - https://www.blackstarnews.com/node/22129

CDC, FDA recommend 3rd COVID vaccine dose for immune-compromised | CIDRAP - https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/node/215476

Anderson schools tries to regain kids; AFT president speaks at tailgate - https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2021/08/13/anderson-schools-tries-regain-kids-aft-president-speaks-tailgate/8107758002/ via @indystar

Survey Says Most Americans Think Discussing Race Is a Good Thing While School Districts Continue Attacks on Critical Race Theory https://www.theroot.com/survey-says-most-americans-think-discussing-race-is-a-g-1847482115

4 Florida Teachers Die From COVID-19 in 24 Hours and the Stupid-Ass Governor Is Still Banning Mask Mandates in Schools https://www.theroot.com/4-florida-teachers-die-from-covid-19-in-24-hours-and-th-1847482061

Live COVID-19 updates: Attorney General Ken Paxton takes the state's mask mandate ban to the Texas Supreme Court https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/14/texas-mask-mandates-covid-19/

Behind The Lens episode 139: ‘We don’t have much good news today’ https://thelensnola.org/2021/08/13/behind-the-lens-episode-139-we-dont-have-much-good-news-today/

As COVID-19 surges, Louisiana has only vaccinated a quarter of its incarcerated youth https://thelensnola.org/2021/08/13/as-covid-19-surges-louisiana-has-only-vaccinated-a-quarter-of-its-incarcerated-youth/

Chicago says teachers must get vaccinated by Oct. 15 or be ineligible for work https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2021/8/13/22623482/chicago-public-schools-says-teachers-must-get-vaccinated-by-oct-15-or-be-ineligible-for-work via @ChalkbeatCHI

Parent allegedly assaults teacher over masks in Northern CA | The Sacramento Bee - https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article253451359.html#new_tab on sacbee_news

Austin ISD Leans in to Win Back Families, Boost Enrollment: Every student counts - News - The Austin Chronicle - https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2021-08-13/austin-isd-leans-in-to-win-back-families-boost-enrollment/#new_tab on @AustinChronicle

Oregon School District Votes To Ban Pride, Black Lives Matter Flags, Clothing https://www.huffpost.com/entry/newberg-oregon-school-board-blm-pride-flag_n_61154d68e4b0a2603b7b753c

Montgomery and Prince George’s county school employees must get coronavirus vaccine or tests, officials say https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/covid-vaccine-montgomery-prince-georges-schools-mandate/2021/08/13/bf831cbe-fc43-11eb-8a67-f14cd1d28e47_story.html

Parents report declines in academic, social-emotional skills of young children https://hechingerreport.org/early-childhood-parents-report-declines-in-academic-social-emotional-skills/

As some parents protest school mask mandates, experts urge students to keep face coverings on http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/W75Sny8gEYE/as-kids-head-back-to-class-some-parents-are-pushing-back-against-school-mask-mandates

LAUSD orders all teachers and staff to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 15 http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/polRT8pzWcE/lausd-orders-teachers-get-covid-19-vaccine

Saturday’s New Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119895 on @Larryferlazzo

HBCUs Erasing Student Debt With Federal Funds Brings Hope For Students And Schools https://www.npr.org/2021/08/14/1027401478/hbcu-student-debt-federal-funds-wealth-gap

With Most Kids Unvaccinated And Class Starting, Schools Come Up With Safety Protocols https://www.npr.org/2021/08/13/1027537464/with-most-kids-unvaccinated-and-class-starting-schools-come-up-with-safety-proto

Afghan Girls Fear For Their Future As Taliban Gain Foothold, Education Minister Says https://www.npr.org/2021/08/13/1027537443/afghan-education-minister-talks-about-future-of-afghanistan

'Your child will wait for another child to die' to get an ICU bed: Dallas official defends mask mandate http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/04o8yR08vAU/

Is Ron DeSantis' policy on masks for schoolchildren even legal? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/wCDKDiw7Jkg/

Anti-masker leaves teacher with 'lacerations on his face' after school makes his daughter wear a mask http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/rOF5XxW46po/

Georgia county shuts down all of its schools for two weeks after mass COVID-19 outbreak http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/f56gOxACoy8/

Frantic parents search for options to keep kids safe in Texas schools http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/y2km1F7uV-A/

Some Florida families are already looking to leave their current public schools due to 'COVID Harassment' http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/frb1IgzcKA8/

Sacramento school district proposes teacher COVID-19 vaccine, testing requirements - https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-school-district-proposes-teacher-covid-19-vaccine-testing-requirements/37275214 on @kcranews

Teacher Hospitalized on First Day of School After Parent's Assault Over Mask Mandate - https://www.newsweek.com/teacher-hospitalized-first-day-school-after-parents-assault-over-mask-mandate-1619292 on @newsweek

Humboldt County educators encourage staff to get vaccinated as children return to classes – Times-Standard - https://wp.me/paePRc-bcFx

Pension investments. Lessons from Pennsylvania. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-qsi via @fklonsky

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