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CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Good News Edition (11/14)

Good News Edition 

Happy to let you know that the twins have both tested negative for the Corona Pirates after their exposure to a positive classmate earlier this week. So that's a win. Now here's your reading for the week.

Learning Loss or Learning Found

A great real teacher view of the whole Learning Loss flap, by Sharon Murchie.

Stop Telling Students, "You Belong!"

At Education Week, Greg Walton offers an explanation for why telling students they belong might actually do more harm than good.

Teaching critical race theory is about liberating all of us

Rann Miller at The Progressive makes the case for having CRT influence your school's curriculum, and it starts with the most jaw-dropping quote you've read in a while.

"Helping kids of color to feel they belong has a negative effect on white, Christian, or conservative kids,” Mary Beeman, the campaign manager for a Republican school board candidate in Connecticut, said in October.

I'm a Teacher and I Feel Like I'm Failing My Students

Thomas Rademacher with one more piece about the morale problem eating at the heart of education these days.

Play is the most rigorous curriculum known to humankind

Teacher Tom with some insights about what is the best lesson for the littles.

Censorship and Book Burning: A Reader

Paul Thomas has assembled a batch of links to the most current raft of book banning stories in the US. Not encouraging, but handy.

Lost in the Hoarders' Closet

A very short post at Notes from the Educational Trenches, but an intriguing image nonetheless.

New Report Illuminates Constitutional Crisis in North Carolina's underfunded schools

In NC, there's been a battle going on between the courts, which want the state to live up to their constitutional mandate to fully fund education, and the legislature, which would rather not. Justin Parmenter looks at a new report that shows just how bad the situation has become.

Universal Preschool Cookie-cutter Pressure

Nancy Bailey takes a look at how early childhood education, including and especially Head Start, has turned into bad news for education and the littles.

How Edgenuity Ruined My Education

The indispensable Mercedes Schneider turns her blog over to one of her seniors, who has a few words to share about one brand of distance learning.

I'm adding a new feature this week which I suppose we can call "Stuff I Published Other Places" which is partly for my own benefit because I lose track of things. 

This week over at Forbes.com, I put up Charter Schools Fight for Their Right To Discriminate, which looks at two different charters--one in California and the other in Massachusetts, that are working hard to avoid being open to all students in their communities. Also this week was New Hampshire and Moms for Liberty Put Bounty On Teachers' Heads, which is about exactly that--M4L is backing the state's new gag law with a cash reward for the first person who manages to use the law to end some teacher's career. 

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New Hampshire And Moms For Liberty Put Bounty On Teachers’ Heads - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/11/12/new-hampshire-and-moms-for-liberty-put-bounty-on-teachers-heads/?sh=63282917a4bf by @palan57 on @forbes

Charter Schools Fight For Their Right To Discriminate - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/11/10/charter-schools-fight-for-their-right-to-discriminate/?sh=76f838d36c78 by @palan57 on @forbes

The Conversation About Critical Race Theory In Schools Is Over. - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/11/05/the-conversation-about-critical-race-theory-in-schools-is-over/?sh=2b3d19e16f04 by @palan57 on @forbes

Current Pandemic Update (11/21)

by Peter Greene / 2d

So I was going to tell you how things are going in this neck of the woods. We get so many updates from major cities, I've figured all along that we might as well have updates from rural NW PA, an area that seemed, 20 months ago, to be well-positioned to weather this storm. I was going to tell you that local schools are back to having spot outages. A class sent home to quarantine here, a building

PA: How's "Twenty Strong Men" vs. School Board Guy Doing?

by Peter Greene / 3d

Steve Lynch is a QAnon-quoting, insurrection-joining, Patriot Party-supporting, fully-Trumpified fitnes trainer who, you may recall, made a splash while running for Northampton County executive. He made a national splash by suggesting that the solution to all these Very Naughty School Boards was to take "twenty strong men" into the school board meeting and command the board to either resign or be

Maybe Everyone Doesn't Think Schools Suck

by Peter Greene / 4d

Does it seem as if the Anti crowd-- the one demanding that schools re-open, that masks be discarded, that discussions of race be shut down, that the unions are trying to indoctrinate children, that school board members need to be intimidated--does it seem as if they are a large group, a rising wave that represents the majority? Maybe not. A new Axios-Ipsos poll indicates that US adults mostly thi

ICYMI: Project Time Edition (11/7)

by Peter Greene / 7d

Here at the Institute we have a project brewing, and it's taking some actual time to prepare. But I still collected some reading for you this week. Why my book has been removed from school shelves An LA Times op-ed from Christopher Noxon, author of Good Trouble: Lessons from the Civil Rights Playbook, which has drawn some attention in Virginia for being about, you know, Black stuff. Loraine Super

More Rough Days Ahead For Public Ed

by Peter Greene / 11d

The post-mortems are rolling in this morning. Some mild suggestions like this one from Ross Douthat : "Democrats probably need a new way to talk about progressive ideology and education." Some chortling Twitter feeds about how CRT panic is a winning issue. However you parse it, it seems reasonable to assume that a whole bunch of GOP politicos have, in the wake of the Virginia governor's election,

Replying to Moms for Liberty: What about These Books?

by Peter Greene / 11d

This exchange turned up on my Twitter feed. How do you propose that parents handle the books they are finding in the school libraries? I’m not totally disagreeing with you, but they are finding these books everywhere and they are upset. Can you blame them? — Moms for Liberty (@Moms4Liberty) November 3, 2021 I'm going to try to answer this question, because I think it's a legitimate one. Caveats f

Classroom Management Secrets

by Peter Greene / 12d

This question has popped up a couple of times on my screen lately: Which is the more essential classroom skill set - subject matter and pedagogical expertise OR the ability to “manage” behavioral issues? It's a trick question. The ability to "manage" a classroom is rooted in subject matter and pedagogical expertise. If you have ever wrangled toddlers, you probably know this simple trick--always b

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A LITTLE SHADOW DANCING – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-2Z2 via @norinrad10

Education Matters: JPEF's ageism problem - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2021/11/jpefs-ageism-problem.html

GOP’s Banning of Books and Attack on Teachers Expose the Party’s Rising Fascism - https://truthout.org/?p=290514 on @truthout

SPI Launches Task Force to Improve Reading - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr21/yr21rel90.asp

Jan Resseger: Biden’s “Build Back Better Program” Would Lift Millions of Children Out of Poverty | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uZB via @dianeravitch

Baby Boomers leaving the work force at a record pace. - by Fred Klonsky - Fred Klonsky in Retirement - https://fredklonsky.substack.com/p/baby-boomers-leaving-the-work-force

Universal Preschool Cookie-Cutter Pressure: Head Start’s Troubling Framework - https://nancyebailey.com/2021/11/13/universal-preschool-cookie-cutter-pressure-head-starts-troubling-framework/ on @NancyEBailey1

Nancy Bailey: America Cannot Build Back Better if It Ignores Crumbling, Dangerous Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uZN via @dianeravitch

Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on President Biden’s Nomination of Glenna Gallo | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/statement-us-secretary-education-miguel-cardona-president-bidens-nomination-glenna-gallo

The Parents’ Bill of Wrongs - Progressive.org - https://progressive.org/latest/parents-bill-of-wrongs-fiore-211112/

Tribcast: Parsing through Texas GOP officials' hunt for "pornographic books" in public schools https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/08/texas-gop-investigation-public-school-books/

Penguin parents, anti-bullying tips, teen romance: What we found inside three books flagged by a Texas lawmaker’s schools inquiry https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/30/matt-krause-texas-schools-books/

Do You Want to Hear Nikole Hannah-Jones Discuss “The 1619 Project”? | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-v0C via @dianeravitch

'They See Us as the Enemy': Schools Nurses Face Pandemic Rage - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/health/coronavirus-school-nurses.html on @nytimes

'I Don't See Color in Education Means I Don't See You Unless You Act Like Me' (Opinion) - https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-i-dont-see-color-in-education-means-i-dont-see-you-unless-you-act-like-me/2019/09 by @Larryferlazzo on @educationweek

South Carolina governor calls for LGBTQ book to be banned in schools https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/south-carolina-governor-calls-lgbtq-book-banned-schools-rcna5409 via @nbcnews

Education Research Report: Students who have repeated a grade have higher risks of being victims of bullying - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2021/11/students-who-have-repeated-grade-have.html

Pennsylvania fair school funding trial begins - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/11/12/22779107/inequities-devastating-the-lives-of-children-fair-school-funding-trial-begins-in-pennsylvania on chalkbeat

My Best Posts On New Research Studies In 2021 – Part Two | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122121 on @Larryferlazzo

NEA continues to push for federal voting rights protections https://educationvotes.nea.org/?p=49801#.YY_lB_9n4uE.twitter via @EdVotes

Opinion | Does America Actually Need a New Conservative University? https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/11/13/college-university-higher-education-521182

Homer Plessy, key to ‘separate but equal,’ on road to pardon https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/13/homer-plessy-key-to-separate-but-equal-on-road-to-pardon-521237

Student Strike Enters Second Week At Columbia University https://popularresistance.org/student-strike-enters-second-week-at-columbia-university/

Public-Private Partnerships Are Hollowing Out Our Libraries https://popularresistance.org/public-private-partnerships-are-quietly-hollowing-out-our-public-libraries/

For weary parents, Pfizer vaccine results for younger children are a ray of hope | Editorials 24 - https://editorials24.com/?p=383512

Scranton teachers union seeks to divert strike with fruitless appeals to the Democrats https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/11/13/scra-n13.html

Bari Weiss' field of right-wing dreams: Will the "University of Austin" ever actually exist? https://www.salon.com/2021/11/13/bari-weiss-field-of-right-wing-dreams-will-the-university-of-austin-ever-actually-exist/

Hate Speech Aimed at Black School Administrator https://sacobserver.com/2021/11/hate-speech-aimed-at-black-school-administrator/

Las familias latinas en Texas demandan una educación más inclusiva https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/05/pandemic-reporting-en-espanol-educacion/

How a YA oral-sex scene touched off Texas' latest culture war https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/12/gender-queer-texas-books-investigation/

Lusher board delays final vote on new name https://thelensnola.org/2021/11/12/lusher-board-delays-final-vote-on-new-name/

Rhode Island civics case: Should education be a ‘right’? - CSMonitor.com - https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2021/1112/Is-civics-education-a-right-Rhode-Island-case-tests-theory#new_tab on @csmonitor

After school ends, D.C. kids prep to receive the covid vaccine: ‘Do I need this card?’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/11/12/dc-schools-covid-vaccine-kids/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education

Good Edutopia Post: “4 Ways to Make Parent-Teacher Conferences Easier” | Engaging Parents In School… - https://engagingparentsinschool.edublogs.org/?p=6453

A Look Back: No Surprise: Study Finds That Educators Who “Don’t See Color” Harm Students Of Color | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=121591 on @Larryferlazzo

Teachers are asking for extra holidays and mental health resources to fight burnout https://www.npr.org/2021/11/13/1055503597/teachers-are-asking-for-extra-holidays-and-mental-health-resources-to-fight-burn

Democrats’ Bill Would Deny For-Profit College Students Extra Aid https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/us/politics/pell-grants-for-profit-colleges-aid.html

High schoolers stage walkout after racist video made by a student surfaces online https://www.rawstory.com/racist-high-school-video/

Black assistant principal suffers stress-induced seizures after racist incident at California school https://www.rawstory.com/racist-harassment/

Teach Kids To Be Grateful By Example: 30 Days Of Gratitude https://patch.com/us/across-america/teach-kids-be-grateful-example-30-days-gratitude?google_editors_picks=true

Community Calls For Change After Hate Speech Aimed At Black Sacramento Principal https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/video/6157924-community-calls-for-change-after-hate-speech-aimed-at-black-sacramento-principal/

NAACP demands justice for West Campus vice principal https://www.sacbee.com/news/equity-lab/accountability/article255774561.html

Thousands of Afghan children and teenage refugees will soon be enrolled in America's public schools https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/afghan-refugees-students-school/2021/11/11/35d3f230-3db2-11ec-bfad-8283439871ec_story.html

The country’s most popular law school got an unexpected jolt https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/11/13/most-popular-law-school-georgetown/

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