Saturday, April 3, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, April 3, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform

THE TOP BANANA
TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES

Randi Weingarten on Opening Schools Safely | The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/randi-weingarten-on-opening-schools-safely

Biden To Review Executive Authority To Cancel Student Debt https://popularresistance.org/biden-to-review-executive-authority-to-cancel-student-debt/

Trial date set for landmark school funding case in Pennsylvania https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/2/22364830/trial-date-set-for-landmark-school-funding-case-in-pennsylvania via @ChalkbeatPHL

What people are saying about next OSU President Kayse Shrum - https://nondoc.com/?p=21709 by @https://twitter.com/thricesavage on @nondocmedia

Pandemic reduces number of high school students taking dual enrollment courses https://hechingerreport.org/pandemic-reduces-number-of-high-school-students-taking-dual-enrollment-courses/

States Step In To Stop Colleges Holding Transcripts Ransom For Unpaid Bills https://www.npr.org/2021/04/03/982676353/states-step-in-to-stop-colleges-holding-transcripts-ransom-for-unpaid-bills

At least 65,000 NYC Education Department employees have gotten a COVID-19 vaccine: Mayor de Blasio https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-65000-doe-employees-vaccine-doses-20210402-gkci4f24u5fpljoragivrto4aq-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Fed Up With Remote Learning, Governors Make a Push to Reopen Schools https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/covid-schools-governors-reopening.html

Parents sue local school district in Texas for keeping mask mandate after governor's decision http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/-QcOVHCYPHs/

Animated Video: “John Dewey’s 4 Principles of Progressive Education” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=116632 on @Larryferlazzo

Ed Notes Online: All- Star Cast Joins Retiree Advocate/UFT Slate to Challenge Unity Caucus in Chapter Election - 70,000 eligible to vote - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/04/all-star-cast-joins-retiree-advocateuft.html

Big Education Ape: The Villains of Education | Teacher in a strange land - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-villains-of-education-teacher-in.html

Big Education Ape: Gayle Greene: The Country Moves Forward, the Schools Remain Mired in the Past | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/gayle-greene-country-moves-forward.html

Big Education Ape: How Teachers Taught: A Look in the Rear-View Mirror | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/how-teachers-taught-look-in-rear-view.html

Big Education Ape: CURMUDGUCATION: Charters Circumventing Democracy - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/curmudgucation-charters-circumventing.html

Big Education Ape: What Exactly Does "A Return To Normal" Mean To Black Children? - Philly's 7th Ward - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/what-exactly-does-return-to-normal-mean.html

Big Education Ape: Brookings Study: How D.C. School Choice Intensifies Segregation | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/brookings-study-how-dc-school-choice.html

CURMUDGUCATION: Parents Defending Education: Astroturf Goes Hard Right

by Mike Simpson / 8min

Parents Defending Education: Astroturf Goes Hard Right Parents Defending Education has just popped onto the education policy landscape, and they have staked out their spot in the new battle to inculcate children with the Proper American Values. They would like to sell themselves as a grassroots organization; there is no particular reason to believe that's true, and I'm going to refer you to this

NANCY BAILEY: President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Should Include Teachers! Here’s Why

by Mike Simpson / 8min

President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Should Include Teachers! Here’s Why President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Should Include Teachers! Here’s Why It’s good that President Biden is focusing on updating school buildings in his infrastructure plan. But there’s another crisis his administration should address. America needs a national movement to get well-prepared teachers into our public school cl

Robert Skeels Beats Charter Industry in Court—Twice | Diane Ravitch's blog

by Mike Simpson / 8min

Robert Skeels Beats Charter Industry in Court—Twice Robert Skeels was a public education advocate in Los Angeles who decided to become a lawyer to fight the powerful corporate charter industry. After receiving his BA in classical civilizations at UCLA, Skeels spent years as an activist, inspired by Paulo Freire, then earned his law degree in 2019. This is the only instance to my knowledge where

CURMUDGUCATION: Vouchers Are About Abandoning Public Education, Not Freeing Parents

by Mike Simpson / 8min

Vouchers Are About Abandoning Public Education, Not Freeing Parents As the GOP mounts a multi-state initiative to implement vouchers or super-voucher education savings accounts in many states across the country, it's becoming increasingly clear that we've been looking at the voucher movement through the wrong lens (which is to day, the lens that voucheristas have promoted). Vouchers are not abou

Parents Defending Education: Prefab “Grassroots” | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog

by Mike Simpson / 8min

Parents Defending Education: Prefab “Grassroots” On March 30, 2021, a new ed-reform kid on the top-down block, Parents Defending Education, introduced itself to the public on Twitter as follows: “Launch today.” That sounds very new– and very odd because this org purports to do the nonsensical– “build a grassroots army of parents.” Grassroots is not “built” from the top down. But a new ed-reform

April 2021 ACCS Meeting Agenda - Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (CA Dept of Education)

by Mike Simpson / 8min

April 2021 ACCS Meeting Agenda Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS) April 13, 2021, meeting notice of agenda items and attachments. Important Notice Please note, the April Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS) meeting will be held as a teleconference; Room 1101 (board room) will be closed to the public. Please see ACCS Meeting Logistics section below for options to view and part

YOU CAN’T PRACTICE MAGIC WITHOUT MAGICIANS – Dad Gone Wild

by Mike Simpson / 8min

YOU CAN’T PRACTICE MAGIC WITHOUT MAGICIANS “While his school was closed due to an outbreak of plague in 1666–67, twenty-five-year-old Isaac Newton showed his professor, Isaac Barrow, what research he was conducting in his spare time. Barrow immediately gave up his job as a professor and became a student of Newton. What a noble gesture. What ethical behavior. When was the last time you heard of a

THIS WEEK FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

by Mike Simpson / 8min

THIS WEEK FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Secretary Cardona Kicks Off “Help is Here” School Reopening Tour with Visits to Schools in Boston, Massachusetts and Laurel, Delaware 3d On Tuesday and Wednesday, March 30-31, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will kick off the “Help is Here” School Reopening Tour, where he will visit schools in Boston, Massachusetts and Laurel, Delaware. The vis

Network for Public Education Blog Post of the Day This Week

by Mike Simpson / 8min

Blog Posts Archive - Network For Public Education Network for Public Education Blog Posts of the Day This Week Blog Post of the Day Our NPE Blogs of the Day feature what we think are interesting and important blog posts centered on issues of public education. The views expressed by the bloggers are, of course, entirely their own. To submit links and tips for inclusion, please send an email to npe

THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it

by Mike Simpson / 8min

Dad Gone Wild – Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it. YOU CAN’T PRACTICE MAGIC WITHOUT MAGICIANS by TC Weber / 19h “While his school was closed due to an outbreak of plague in 1666–67, twenty-five-year-old Isaac Newton showed his professor, Isaac Barrow, what research he was conducting in his spare time. Barrow immediately gave up his job as a professor and became a student of Newton. What a nob

TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT

by Mike Simpson / 8min

TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT EDUCATION POLITICS AND POLICY IN THE VOLUNTEER STATE Penny’s Power Grab by Andy Spears / 21h Legislation that would give Commissioner of Education Penny Schwinn broad authority to fire a school system’s superintendent and remove the school board is advancing in the Tennessee General Assembly. Chalkbeat has more : A bill outlining reasons the state may take over a local

TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

by Mike Simpson / 8min

Teacher Tom The Hallmark of a Master Player 1d Paying It Forward 200+ 1d Human Thought is More Magnificent Than That 100+ 2d When Young Children Lie 400+ 4d The Pursuit of Happiness 300+ 4d Setting Ourselves, and Others, Free 300+ 7d Teacher Tom

SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

by Mike Simpson / 8min

California Department of Education SSPI TONY THURMOND STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS) Meeting Agenda for April 13, 2021 18h Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS) April 13, 2021, meeting notice of agenda items and attachments. Income Eligibility Scales for School Year 2021–22 4d Information regarding the addition of

THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER

by Mike Simpson / 8min

NewBlackMan (in Exile) THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) A Blueprint for Bail Reform by Mark Anthony Neal / 43min " Duke University School of Law professor and Wilson Center Director Brandon Garrett and Sandra Guerra Thompson , professor of law and director of the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Houston Law Center, discuss their work as independent monitors for a landmark bail

THIS WEEK Education Research Report

by Mike Simpson / 8min

Education Research Report Evaluating the Head Start Program for Disadvantaged Children by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 21h Low-income children who participated in Head Start were 2.7 percent more likely to finish high school, 8.5 percent more likely to enroll in college, and 39 percent more likely to finish college. The Head Start program increases high school and college graduation rates and participa

THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007

by Mike Simpson / 8min

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 Most Popular Posts Of The Week by Larry Ferlazzo / 44min I’m making a change in the content of the regular feature. In addition to sharing the top five posts that have received the most “hits” in the preceding seven days (though they may have originally been published on an earlier date), I will also

KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all #REDFORED #tbats #CANCELTHETEST

by Mike Simpson / 8min

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all Robert Skeels Beats Charter Industry in Court—Twice by dianeravitch / 24min Robert Skeels was a public education advocate in Los Angeles who decided to become a lawyer to fight the powerful corporate charter industry. After receiving his BA in cl

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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, April 2, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform

by Mike Simpson / 20h

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES John Merrow: The “Learning Loss” Pandemic and Its Cures | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tZI via @dianeravitch Daniel Laske, a ‘Social

Big Education Ape

The Villains of Education | Teacher in a strange land

The Villains of Education

Back in the early days of internet bulletin boards and discussion platforms, there was a seminal piece on forming virtual communities that was passed around by educators interested in using technology to do more than record grades and attendance. Its author (Howard Rheingold, maybe?) posited a working theory of how virtual communities evolve, and the kinds of connections they built, if they were allowed to exist over time without moderation.

The author said most groups and interactions tend to cluster, over time, into three patterns: Sex. Religious veneration. Common villains. (Or something pretty close to those.)

What s/he meant was that people in online groups either flirt, worship particular heroes, heroines or initiatives—or communally post critiques about persons or initiatives they don’t like.

These were not the outcomes of virtual communication that I wanted to consider when I read this white paper. Back then, I wanted to believe that real and complex work, deep learning and genuine community could be accomplished online, and that the crummy habits we develop in face to face encounters could be avoided. But no.

If you wallow in ed-related social media (and if you’re reading this, you likely do), then CONTINUE READING: The Villains of Education | Teacher in a strange land

Gayle Greene: The Country Moves Forward, the Schools Remain Mired in the Past | Diane Ravitch's blog

Gayle Greene: The Country Moves Forward, the Schools Remain Mired in the Past

Gayle Green is a professor emeritus at Scripps College. In this post, she rages about the stupidity of the Biden testing mandate. In other areas of American life, we learn from our mistakes and move forward. But our policymakers are stuck in the past, so in love with failed ideas that they can’t let go of them.

She writes:

There’s hope in the air, a scent of spring, anticipation of change, democracy may pull through. Why, then, with K-12 public schools, the broken promise, the dismay?

Biden raised hopes when he promised, Dec 16, 2019, that he’d “commit to ending the use of standardized testing in public schools,” saying (rightly) that “teaching to a test underestimates and discounts the things that are most important for students to know.” Yet on Feb 22, his Department of Education did an about-face, announcing, “we need to understand the impact COVID-19 has had on learning …parents need information on how their children are doing.”

How the children are doing? They’re struggling, that’s CONTINUE READING: Gayle Greene: The Country Moves Forward, the Schools Remain Mired in the Past | Diane Ravitch's blog

How Teachers Taught: A Look in the Rear-View Mirror | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

How Teachers Taught: A Look in the Rear-View Mirror

Much present and past policy making to make better classroom lessons is anchored deeply in myth and memory. Both morph into one another as policymakers (aka “reformers), many of whom are parents, connect their children’s tales of what occurs in classrooms filled with iPads and Chromebooks to memories of what went on in their elementary and secondary classes.

Sure, school boards and superintendents consult with researchers and look at classroom studies, and ponder the changes that new technologies have made in how teachers teach but even research findings are sorted through memories of writing an essay for that English teacher or the 5th grade quizzes that constricted one’s intestines. So I do not discount the power of myth and memory to shape policies aimed at getting teachers to teach better even after a decade of new technologies being tamed by teachers to become part of their instructional repertoire.

What is too often missing from the mix of data, Golly Gees over new software and remembrances are the few accounts by historians of education who have documented–albeit in fragmentary ways–what actually went on in classrooms over the past century. Some CONTINUE READING: How Teachers Taught: A Look in the Rear-View Mirror | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

CURMUDGUCATION: Charters Circumventing Democracy

Charters Circumventing Democracy

In some states, charter schools have faced a particularly intractable obstacle--local elected school boards.

That's because in some states, a charter cannot open without the authorization of the local elected school board. This means the local board is deciding if they would like to have the taxpayers foot the bill for opening a new school in the district, which is generally a tough sell.

Charter advocates have found a few ways around this. One is to throw weight and money behind candidates in local school board elections with the idea that once elected, these individuals will say, "Never mind the taxpayers or the public schools--I want to see more charters open here." The downside for this approach is that there's always another election coming.

More popular, or at least more effective for charter proponents, is to get the law changed. Right now, Florida, Iowa, and Texas are all looking at ways to get that whole pesky democracy thing out f the way of charter school entrepreneurism.

In Florida, the legislature would like to expand the power of universities, so that they can authorize charter schools on their own, with or without the agreement of the local school district. Texas has taken another route by making the State Commissioner of Education the super-powered uber-authorizer of charter schools; only a super-majority of the State Board of Education could overrule CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: Charters Circumventing Democracy

What Exactly Does "A Return To Normal" Mean To Black Children? - Philly's 7th Ward

WHAT EXACTLY DOES “A RETURN TO NORMAL” MEAN TO BLACK CHILDREN?

Certainly, the masses of Americans are ready to return to “normal.”

By normal I mean a return to engaging in all the activities and indulgences of life. An unavoidable truth is that for “normal” to return – activities that serve one or both functions of generating income and/or entertaining – young people must return to school.

The Coronavirus pandemic is obviously why we’re far from normal, but is normal our preferred destination?

For many Black students, normal wasn’t all that great. Actually, normal was downright oppressive at times. Public schooling has a long history of racism. Black children are over-policed, continue to endure de facto segregation, taught culturally irrelevant and non-identity affirming content by majority white teachers, while attending schools subject to inequitable funding.

Now, throw in the mix that we remain in the midst of a global pandemic that has killed more Americans than anywhere else; a pandemic that disproportionately kills Black people, and it’s no wonder why Black students, and their parents, are in no rush to return to in-person school, as opposed to white parents.

And yet, governors on both sides of the aisle are calling for schools to open; CONTINUE READING: What Exactly Does "A Return To Normal" Mean To Black Children? - Philly's 7th Ward

Brookings Study: How D.C. School Choice Intensifies Segregation | Diane Ravitch's blog

Brookings Study: How D.C. School Choice Intensifies Segregation

The Brookings Institution published a study of the D.C. school system, which is almost evenly divided between public schools and charter schools. It was written by three scholars: Vanessa Williamson, Brookings Institution; Jackson Gode, Brookings Institution; and Hao Sun, Gallaudet University. The title of their study is “We All Want What’s Best for Our Kids.” Their findings are based on close reading of an online parent forum called “DC Urban Moms,” where school choice is an important topic.

What they found is not surprising. Choice intensifies and facilitates racial and socioeconomic segregation. This is the same phenomenon that has been documented in choice programs everywhere. The most advantaged parents master the system and get their children into what is perceived as the “best schools.” The “best schools” are those that have the most advantaged students.

The study begins:

Public education in the District includes a system of traditional public schools and a system of public 8
charter schools; in 2018–19, these schools served over 90,000 students at 182 schools. The city is highly diverse, as is the incoming school-age population. Among children under five, 48 percent are Black, 27 percent are white non-Hispanic, and 17 percent are Hispanic.9 54 percent of the city’s public school students are in CONTINUE READING: Brookings Study: How D.C. School Choice Intensifies Segregation | Diane Ravitch's blog

CURMUDGUCATION: Parents Defending Education: Astroturf Goes Hard Right

Parents Defending Education: Astroturf Goes Hard Right

Parents Defending Education has just popped onto the education policy landscape, and they have staked out their spot in the new battle to inculcate children with the Proper American Values.

They would like to sell themselves as a grassroots organization; there is no particular reason to believe that's true, and I'm going to refer you to this post from the indispensable Mercedes Schneider to see exactly how this group is the product of professional astro-turfers. So take a moment and go read her post before you finish this one. Go ahead--I'll wait.

So Dr. Schneider has laid out who these people are. I want to follow that up with a look at what they're up to.

The PDE website (which, oddly enough, doesn't include the "parent" part in the URL) prominently lists as a motto "Empower. Expose. Engage." And this explanation:

Parents Defending Education is a national grassroots organization working to reclaim our schools from activists promoting harmful agendas. Through network and coalition building, investigative CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: Parents Defending Education: Astroturf Goes Hard Right

NANCY BAILEY: President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Should Include Teachers! Here’s Why

President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Should Include Teachers! Here’s Why

President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Should Include Teachers! Here’s Why

It’s good that President Biden is focusing on updating school buildings in his infrastructure plan. But there’s another crisis his administration should address. America needs a national movement to get well-prepared teachers into our public school classrooms.

The teaching profession has been in crisis mode for years. Much of this crisis has been generated by wealthy groups and individuals, venture philanthropists, who want to see technology replace teachers. They often use the term equity, but real equity isn’t found on a computer. Children need to see diversity face-to-face in the classroom, including real teachers of color.

It’s time to restore dignity to the profession and ensure that every child has access to qualified teachers, teachers who look like they do, care about what and how they learn like children should be cared about. Who are willing to choose teaching as a long-time career. Students need to know that their teachers are committed to them for the long haul.

This should include revisiting the Every Student Succeeds Act.

From Educational Leadership:

The Highly Qualified Teacher requirements (which stipulated that you must hold at least a bachelor’s degree from a four-year institution, be fully certificated or licensed by the state, and demonstrate competence in each core academic subject area in which CONTINUE READING: President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Should Include Teachers! Here’s Why

Robert Skeels Beats Charter Industry in Court—Twice | Diane Ravitch's blog

Robert Skeels Beats Charter Industry in Court—Twice

Robert Skeels was a public education advocate in Los Angeles who decided to become a lawyer to fight the powerful corporate charter industry. After receiving his BA in classical civilizations at UCLA, Skeels spent years as an activist, inspired by Paulo Freire, then earned his law degree in 2019. This is the only instance to my knowledge where a charter critic decided that he had to get a law degree to fight the charter industry.

As a part-time associate at a law firm in Los Angeles, he has won two cases against the powerful and well-funded charter industry.

He wrote in Medium:

My first win against a corporate charter school was a year ago as third chair in a suit to overturn a wrongful expulsion of a student of color. The Partnerships to Uplift Communities (“PUC”) charter chain (of convicted felon Ref Rodriguez fame) violated that student’s due process rights. Violated isn’t a strong enough word for what they did. PUC unilaterally changed the charges at the appeals hearing and branded the child as a terrorist in his permanent record. Under the tutelage of the brilliant partners at the law firm I was a part-timer at the time (I am currently transitioning to full time there), plus sage advice from @DrPrestonGreen, we built a strong case.

Skeels’ second victory came just days ago, when he CONTINUE READING: Robert Skeels Beats Charter Industry in Court—Twice | Diane Ravitch's blog

CURMUDGUCATION: Vouchers Are About Abandoning Public Education, Not Freeing Parents

Vouchers Are About Abandoning Public Education, Not Freeing Parents

As the GOP mounts a multi-state initiative to implement vouchers or super-voucher education savings accounts in many states across the country, it's becoming increasingly clear that we've been looking at the voucher movement through the wrong lens (which is to day, the lens that voucheristas have promoted).

Vouchers are not about freeing or empowering parents. They are about empowering private interests to chomp away at the giant mountain of education money in this country. They are about dismantling any sort of oversight and accountability; it's striking how many of these voucher bills/laws very specifically forbid the state to interfere with the vendors in any way, shape or form.

Think of voucher programs this way.

The state announces, "We are dismantling the public education system. You are on your own. You will have to shop for your child's education, piece by piece, in a marketplace bound by very little oversight and very few guardrails. In this new education ecosystem, you will have to pay your own way. To take some of the sting out of this, we'll give you a small pocketful of money to help defray expenses. Good luck."

It's not a voucher system. It's a pay your own way system. It's a you're on your own system. The voucher is not the point of the system; it's simply a small payment to keep you from noticing that you've just been cut loose.

Freedom and empowerment will come, as always, in direct proportion to the amount of money you CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: Vouchers Are About Abandoning Public Education, Not Freeing Parents

Parents Defending Education: Prefab “Grassroots” | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog

Parents Defending Education: Prefab “Grassroots”

On March 30, 2021, a new ed-reform kid on the top-down block, Parents Defending Education, introduced itself to the public on Twitter as follows:

“Launch today.” That sounds very new– and very odd because this org purports to do the nonsensical– “build a grassroots army of parents.”

Grassroots is not “built” from the top down. But a new ed-reform org surely could exploit the term “grassroots” by having members in different locales so that it might engage in litigation in the name of a local, “grassroots” interest.

That is just what this come-lately ed-reform group appears to have done.

Eight days prior to announcing its “launch” on Twitter– on March 22, 2021– Parents Defending Education had already stepped into a New York education lawsuit about high school integration, positioning itself as eligible to “intervene as a defendant”— and making it sound as though the org– here identified as a nonprofit– is an established grassroots org– and therefore having a right to CONTINUE READING: Parents Defending Education: Prefab “Grassroots” | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog

April 2021 ACCS Meeting Agenda - Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (CA Dept of Education)

April 2021 ACCS Meeting Agenda

Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS) April 13, 2021, meeting notice of agenda items and attachments.

Important Notice

Please note, the April Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS) meeting will be held as a teleconference; Room 1101 (board room) will be closed to the public. Please see ACCS Meeting Logistics section below for options to view and participate in the meeting.

Advisory Commission on Charter Schools
Meeting Notice

An Advisory Body to the State Board of Education

Tuesday, April 13, 2021
9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.±*

California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Room 1101
Sacramento, CA 95814-6029
916-322-6029

Jared Austin
Esau Berumen
Stephanie Farland1
Andrea Fazel
Gayle Garbolino-Mojica
Erika Jones
Wesley Sever
Matt Taylor
Mike Walsh

State Board of Education Liaisons

Sue Burr
Ting Sun

AGENDA

Call to Order
Salute to Flag
Welcome and Introductions
Review and Adoption of Meeting Notes
Charter Schools Division Update
Review/Reordering of Meeting Agenda
Public Comment2

*MEETING MAY END EARLIER OR LATER THAN SPECIFIED DUE TO TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE AGENDA.

AGENDA ITEMS

Item 1(DOCX)

Type of Action: Information

Subject: Consideration of Requests for Determination of Funding as Required for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools Pursuant to California Education Code sections 47612.5 and 47634.2, and Associated California Code of Regulations, Title 5.

CONTINUE READING: April 2021 ACCS Meeting Agenda - Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (CA Dept of Education)

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