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If In-Person Schooling Is Essential, Wen Says Teachers Should Be Vaccinated https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2021-03-30/if-in-person-schooling-is-essential-wen-says-teachers-should-be-vaccinated
Pennsylvania educators demand an end to Facebook censorship and dangerous in-person learning https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/31/penn-m31.html
Philadelphia schools should follow CDC distancing guidelines, health commissioner says - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/30/22359355/philadelphia-schools-should-follow-cdc-distancing-guidelines-health-commissioner-says on chalkbeat
Texas teacher Michael Hull discusses the teachers unions and the need for rank-and-file committees https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/31/mich-m31.html
LAUSD students suffered 'alarming' academic harm during pandemic, report says http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/NBQIXI-rDpA/lausd-covid-data-show-alarming-learning-harm-report
In rush back to classroom, teachers fear arts may lag https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/03/performance-visual-arts-classes-state-advises-physical-distancing-prioritized-wind-instruments-singing-misinformation-risk-droplet-transmission-some-confusion/
Weekly COVID-19 tests planned for Newark students and staff upon April school reopening https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/03/newark-nj-weekly-covid-19-testing-students-teachers-swab-own-nostrils/
Testing for lead poisioning in NJ children decreased during pandemic https://www.njspotlight.com/video/testing-for-lead-poisioning-in-nj-children-decreased-during-pandemic/
Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine Shows '100% Efficacy' In Adolescents https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/03/31/982983455/pfizer-says-covid-19-vaccine-shows-100-efficacy-in-adolescents
Why Mothers Are Skeptical of Covid-19 Aid Promises https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/us/politics/biden-infrastructure-child-care-aid.html
How to Stop Schools That Prey on Veterans https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/opinion/devos-for-profit-colleges.html
Virginia Education Department sued over guidelines to protect transgender students https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/transgender-children-virginia-lawsuit/2021/03/30/59948a28-9195-11eb-9668-89be11273c09_story.html
OPINION: To destroy white supremacy, interrogate the canon https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-to-destroy-white-supremacy-interrogate-the-canon/
Sacramento teacher attracts national attention after calling parents ‘white supremacists’ for demanding schools reopen https://fox40.com/news/local-news/sacramento-teacher-attracts-national-attention-after-calling-parents-white-supremacists-for-demanding-schools-reopen/
Ed Notes Online: Annals of the UFT - On Democracy in the Current and Past UFT Delegate Assembly - Norm Scott - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/03/annals-of-uft-on-democracy-in-current.html
Promising Pfizer Results for Child Coronavirus Vaccines https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/us/coronavirus-vaccine-adolescents-school.html
America’s Founders Believed in Publick Education - https://obrag.org/2021/03/americas-founders-believed-in-publick-education/
‘Why I Support Public Education’ - https://obrag.org/2021/03/why-i-support-public-education/
What Congressional Covid Funding Means for K-12 Schools | FutureEd - https://www.future-ed.org/?p=5470 on @FutureEdGU
Watch Now: 'Charter schools are public schools' says Gov. Stitt in support of state board of education vote | Local News | tulsaworld.com - https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/watch-now-charter-schools-are-public-schools-says-gov-stitt-in-support-of-state-board/article_1a7948b6-918f-11eb-8230-5ba6c3cdeb94.html#new_tab on @tulsaworld
School boards left to set own rules - https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/mar/31/school-boards-left-to-set-own-rules/#new_tab on @arkansasonline
Some North Texas students and parents facing court for classes missed during the pandemic - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/03/31/some-north-texas-students-and-parents-facing-court-for-classes-missed-during-the-pandemic/#new_tab via @dallasnews
Maryland bill would ban hate symbols in public schools - https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-legislature-state-legislature-bills-maryland-6e583959ba5e20506f05ce0b9636ccb3#new_tab on @ap
State preps to send Georgia schools $230 million for employee bonuses - https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/state-preps-to-send-georgia-schools-230-million-for-employee-bonuses/2NN5LMQ7K5HMXDIEXDYA2LAS7Q/#new_tab on @ajc
Sleep-deprived kids have gotten a break with remote learning’s later start times. Some hope it’s a wake-up call for schools. http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BB1f1V6f?ocid=st
ND House OKs Ten Commandments bill despite lawsuit warnings | Grand Forks Herald - https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/government-and-politics/6961520-ND-House-OKs-Ten-Commandments-bill-despite-lawsuit-warnings#new_tab
Lawsuit targets Virginia's policies on transgender students - https://apnews.com/article/philanthropy-lawsuits-virginia-932ae96467d3154bd61c0af3a9260e0f#new_tab on @ap
Active shooter drills back as kids return to in-person school: COVID - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/03/31/active-shooter-drills-kids-return-person-school-covid/7009223002/#new_tab via @usatoday
All Nebraska babies born in 2020 to receive $50 contribution from state for educational expenses | Education | journalstar.com - https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/all-nebraska-babies-born-in-2020-to-receive-50-contribution-from-state-for-educational-expenses/article_e6ee8887-c2fa-5e97-94f6-fc7e87bdc420.html#new_tab
Big Education Ape: Jersey Jazzman: COVID and "Learning Loss": Test Scores Should Not Be Our Immediate Concern - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/jersey-jazzman-covid-and-learning-loss.html
Big Education Ape: Angie Sullivan: Nevada Gives Tax Breaks for Business, Shortchanges Kids | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/angie-sullivan-nevada-gives-tax-breaks.html
Big Education Ape: In the wake of man bringing live bombs, zip gun to Sac elementary school, major leap announced in campus protection tech • Sacramento News & Review - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/in-wake-of-man-bringing-live-bombs-zip.html
Please Complete This Survey on Opting Out of Standardized Testing | Diane Ravitch's blogPlease Complete This Survey on Opting Out of Standardized Testing Researchers at Teachers College, Columbia University, are conducting a survey on opting out of standardized tests. You can help them by completing their survey. I am writing to ask for your help in promoting the 2021 National Survey on Opting Out. Thanks again for all your feedback and help with our research project. Over the past
Teacher Tom: Human Thought is More Magnificent Than ThatHuman Thought is More Magnificent Than That If learning is, as Eleanor Duckworth defines it, "the having of wonderful ideas," one can legitimately wonder what a child is thinking about when they are not having ideas. Certainly, some of their mental energy is expended upon thinking about the questions and problems, that will ultimately lead to those wonderful ideas. But I was once a child (and wh
OKLAHOMA: 'It's a damn mess': Fiscal impact, future of charter school funding resolution unclear - NONDOC'It's a damn mess': Fiscal impact, future of charter school funding resolution unclear ‘It’s a damn mess’: Fiscal impact, future of charter school funding resolution unclear Uncertainty surrounding the State Board of Education’s 4-3 vote last week on a resolution stating that public charter schools should receive the same funding as traditional public schools can be summed up by Oklahoma Superint
CURMUDGUCATION: AZ: What Teacher Layoffs Look Like In An Anti-Teacher StateAZ: What Teacher Layoffs Look Like In An Anti-Teacher State Carie Caruso conferenced with her supervisor and was told she was a highly effective teacher. The next day, in an online meeting, she was told that she was out of a job . 47 other teachers were part of that meeting. Angela Philpot had 23 years of experience, but this week she was one of the 150 teachers laid off by Gilbert Public School
How Students Pay for Corporate Tax Abatements | Diane Ravitch's blogHow Students Pay for Corporate Tax Abatements Good Jobs First entered the national scene when it produced documentation that the CARES Act was being used to funnel billions of dollars to private schools and charter schools . The charter schools were double-dipping, first taking money allotted to public schools, then getting millions more from the Paycheck Protection Program, which excluded publi
We Need a Massive National Campaign to Protest School Privatization | janressegerWe Need a Massive National Campaign to Protest School Privatization Fighting the privatization of public education feels like an overwhelming challenge. Partly, because all kinds of vouchers (plain old vouchers, tuition tax credits, and education savings accounts) are set up and funded by state legislatures, and charter schools are also set up and controlled (and too frequently poorly regulated)
How would you recommend spending the billions of American Rescue Act dollars? Everyone seems to have ideas(s). | Ed In The AppleHow would you recommend spending the billions of American Rescue Act dollars? Everyone seems to have ideas(s). New York City will be deciding how to spend billions of education dollars within the next few months, and, everybody has ideas. The interim chancellor (the term used for superintendent in New York City) immediately suggested summer school, as did many others (including the new law). The
The Adequacy of School District Spending in the U.S. – School Finance 101The Adequacy of School District Spending in the U.S. New Project at School Finance Indicators Database With Matt Di Carlo & Mark Weber Full research brief Press release Dataset Data visualization It’s fairly common knowledge that U.S. school districts vary widely in terms of funding. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, in an ideal school funding system, we would expect to see differ
John Thompson: Public Education Under Fire In Oklahoma - Network For Public EducationJohn Thompson: Public Education Under Fire In Oklahoma The moves against public education in Oklahoma have come thick and fast, but John Thompson is here to break down this week’s worth of assaults, from an unprecedented (and probably illegal) money grab, to public officials mocking public schools on line. In the last week, alone, Diane Ravitch and the Network for Public Education reported on ef
Today's Education Research Report - Kumon or Montessori? - 50-State Comparison: Private School Choice - Cardiorespiratory fitness improves gradesEducation Research Report Today's Education Research Report Cardiorespiratory fitness improves grades at school by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 15h Research News Recent studies indicate a link between children's cardiorespiratory fitness and their school performance: the more athletic they are, the better their marks in the main subjects - French and mathematics. Similarly, cardiorespiratory fitness is
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