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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES

Alexandria city council votes to pull police out of schools - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/alexandria-police-middle-high-school/2021/05/15/55308846-b3fb-11eb-9059-d8176b9e3798_story.html

A Lovely Conversation About Teaching Readers - Serving Multilingual Learners of All Ages - https://www.valentinaesl.com/blog/a-lovely-conversation-about-teaching-readers-what-matters-most

What The Pandemic Taught A Chicago Principal About Standardized Testing https://wbur.fm/3uNb5Yv via @hereandnow

Unsurprising Statistic Of The Day: Teachers Are Feeling Stressed This Year | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=117610 on @Larryferlazzo

Education Research Report: The effect of attending stand-alone technical high schools - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Is Georgia About to Hand Its Universities to a Climate-Denying MAGA Stalwart? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/motherjones/main/~3/bIcNK-o0lps/

‘They Learn to Parrot What They Know They’re Supposed to Say’ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/4zxZsnCwJVY/

Piggy bank-filling payments for nearly 90 percent of kids will start July 15 https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/17/child-tax-credit-payments-488969

Now Teachers Unions Face a Remote Threat - WSJ - https://www.wsj.com/articles/now-teachers-unions-face-a-remote-threat-11621194789 on @WSJ

Survey of epidemiologists exposes lies that children do not spread COVID-19 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/17/pers-m17.html

Nation's 2nd-Largest Teachers Union Says It's Time For In-Person Learning | WBUR News - https://www.wbur.org/npr/997422837/nations-2nd-largest-teachers-union-says-its-time-for-in-person-learning via @WBUR

The quest for "perfect parenting" is screwing us all https://www.salon.com/2021/05/16/the-quest-for-perfect-parenting-is-screwing-us-all/

Pay for some Texas teachers will top $100,000 in bid to aid poorer schools devastated by COVID-19 https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/17/texas-teacher-salaries-coronavirus/

Fox News helps embattled school nurse spread her bogus claim that vaccines and masks are riskier for kids than COVID-19 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/IXlEJ6wHzjQ/

The Lincoln Project to start a civics program to teach K-12 kids that today's government isn't normal http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/meZ9V6q5VqA/

30 grunts and sounds that may have been the first language https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/30-iconic-sounds

The Effects of Career and Technical Education: Evidence from the Connecticut Technical High School System https://blog.ctnews.com/kantrowitz/2021/05/17/the-effects-of-career-and-technical-education-evidence-from-the-connecticut-technical-high-school-system/

For teenagers, vaccinations are a ticket to freedom. Some parents still not sure http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/0GNQQOAdlaE/as-california-expands-vaccine-eligibility-to-adolescents-parents-weigh-the-risks

The Best Student Podcasts: An 8th-Grade Homage To A School's Unsung Heroes https://www.npr.org/2021/05/17/996508586/the-best-student-podcasts-an-8th-grade-homage-to-a-schools-unsung-heroes

'Be Proud Of Where You Come From': An Indian-American Teen's Winning Podcast https://www.npr.org/2021/05/17/996509072/be-proud-of-where-you-come-from-an-indian-american-teens-winning-podcast

Officials Apologize for Deadly Police Shooting at a Black College in 1970 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/us/jackson-state-university-shooting-apology.html

Bucknell Investigating ‘Horrific’ Harassment of L.G.B.T.Q. Students https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/us/bucknell-university-lgbtq-harassment.html

PROOF POINTS: Why reading comprehension is deteriorating https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-why-reading-comprehension-is-deteriorating/

L.A. Unified to roll out major COVID-19 vaccine effort at 250 schools http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/iUXnoAO3zcA/lausd-giving-covid-vaccines-12-and-older-250-schools

D.C. has struggled to get students their routine vaccinations during the pandemic. Will the coronavirus shots be better? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-vaccine-students-rate/2021/05/16/a8ddb664-b4c1-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html

Teacher in a Strange Land: Student Appreciation Week | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10910 on @NEPCtweet

NJ educators still need guidance on COVID-19 | NJ Spotlight News - https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/05/educators-nj-questions-guidance-pandemic-remote-learning-social-distancing/ via @njspotlight

Monday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings – Masks In Schools Edition | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=117591 on @Larryferlazzo

Testing Industry Scores Big in California - https://obrag.org/2021/05/testing-industry-scores-big-in-california/

No more snow days? Not so fast, says NYC teachers union. https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/5/14/22434589/nyc-snow-days-remote-learning-uft via @ChalkbeatNY

Dallas ISD bracing for legal fight if Texas approves legislation that could make it harder to talk about racism in schools - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/05/14/dallas-isd-bracing-for-legal-fight-if-texas-approves-legislation-that-could-make-it-harder-to-talk-about-racism-in-schools/#new_tab via @dallasnews

FBI probe of massive Pa. pension fund seeks evidence of kickbacks or bribery · Spotlight PA - https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2021/05/pa-fbi-pension-psers-investigation-subpoenas-properties-real-estate-harrisburg/#new_tab

Senate approves bill allowing funding of religious schools | Local News | sentinelsource.com - https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/senate-approves-bill-allowing-funding-of-religious-schools/article_8fb7b71b-1118-5ea3-a167-8e7130f34621.html#new_tab on @keene_sentinel

CDC Won't Change School Guidance Until After School Year Ends - https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-school-guidance-changes-until-after-school-year-ends-2021-5#new_tab on @businessinsider

Flush With Aid, Most Districts Aren’t Spending on Mental Health Resources - https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/flush-with-aid-most-districts-arent-spending-on-mental-health-resources/#new_tab by @https://twitter.com/misskaylajj on @voiceofsandiego

Editorial: Don't gut compromise that benefits all schoolchildren - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-school-choice-illinois-20210514-js3vb2uufng2thsr3gfgrw2dym-story.html#new_tab via @chicagotribune

Teacher Retirements Were Up In 2020, And More Are Expected In 2021 | Wisconsin Public Radio - https://www.wpr.org/node/1798161

For Anxious Students, Remote School Year Has Been A Bit Of Relief | Edify - https://www.wbur.org/edify/2021/05/17/unexpected-lessons-social-pressure#new_tab via @wburedify

Moving Forward with a New ED.gov - ED.gov Blog

by Mike Simpson / 23min

Moving Forward with a New ED.gov A new ED.gov is coming. The transformation is already underway and includes a brand-new look-and-feel and a critical rethinking of how we effectively communicate online. The goal: a digital experience where you can find what you need, discover things you did not know, and leave feeling satisfied. Step 1: Plan In the fall of 2019 ED began planning for the redesign

Historian: Segregation Persists Because Whites Opposed Any and All Efforts to Advance Desegregation | Diane Ravitch's blog

by Mike Simpson / 37min

Historian: Segregation Persists Because Whites Opposed Any and All Efforts to Advance Desegregation Today’s is the anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education of 1954. Much has changed. Barack Obama was elected President twice. But much has not changed. The desegregation of schools that once seemed inevitable stalled, inhibited by white flight from urban districts and housing desegregation. H

Why is “Critical Race Theory” Controversial and What Is it? | Diane Ravitch's blog

by Mike Simpson / 1h

Why is “Critical Race Theory” Controversial and What Is it? In several states, the Governor and Legislature have denounced “critical race theory” and even (in Idaho and some other states) banned it from their schools. The controversy over teaching about race gained ground when former President Trump condemned CRT as divisive and launched his own quickie commission to teach “patriotic” education.

Teacher Tom: "Bewilderment is the True Comprehension"

by Mike Simpson / 1h

"Bewilderment is the True Comprehension" I was waiting at the crosswalk. Across the street was a building of windows. Behind me was a future building of windows, yet another downtown residential tower under construction. I could see a multitude of reflections of the building behind me in the windows of the building across from me. Then, in a flash, I was bewildered as it seemed that the building

Russ on Reading: Defeating the Science of Reading Narrative, Part 3: Building Bridges with Colleagues

by Mike Simpson / 2h

Defeating the Science of Reading Narrative, Part 3: Building Bridges with Colleagues Over the past month I have been exploring the Science of Reading (SOR) narrative that has dominated discussion about reading instruction for the last few years in posts here , here , and here . What I have argued is that the SOR narrative is far too narrow a conceptualization of reading instruction and that maki

Secretary Cardona Begins to Correct DeVos’s College Loan Policies that Undermined Vulnerable College Students’ Access to Education | janresseger

by Mike Simpson / 2h

Secretary Cardona Begins to Correct DeVos’s College Loan Policies that Undermined Vulnerable College Students’ Access to Education Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has begun repairing some of the injustice of Betsy DeVos’s policies in the federal college loan program administered by the U.S. Department of Education. In an extremely significant first step, two weeks ago, Cardona replaced Mark A

CURMUDGUCATION: Covid and the Good Guys

by Mike Simpson / 2h

Covid and the Good Guys You can set this Twitter comment next to a quote from Rep. Virginia Foxx, who said that Weingarten "is attempting to rewrite history by framing her union as part of the 'solution.'" Both are a fine example of how far off the rails the re-opening school debate has gone (if we can characterize a bunch of people hollering at each other a debate). Notice that the outpouring a

Bill Gates acknowledges an affair with an employee, which Microsoft investigated - The Washington Post

by Mike Simpson / 2h

Bill Gates acknowledges an affair with an employee, which Microsoft investigated The confirmation of the affair and investigation comes two weeks after Gates and Melinda French Gates announced plans to divorce SEATTLE — Bill Gates acknowledged through a spokeswoman that he had an extramarital affair with a Microsoft employee, which Microsoft said led its board to investigate the “intimate relati

Education Matters: Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran says he had teacher, Amy Donofrio fired

by Mike Simpson / 3h

Education Matters: Education Commisioner Richard Corcoran says he had teacher, Amy Donofrio fired Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran says he had teacher, Amy Donofrio fired More incredible work from Accountabalony: but I didn’t think to say “okay and keep all of the crazy liberal stuff out” and so now we literally have them, and they hide it in “social emotional learning” so it doesn’t SAY “

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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, May 16, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH

by Mike Simpson / 22h

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Jones High success story illustrates inadequacy of voucher schools | Commentary - Orlando Sentinel - https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/guest-commentary/os-op-jones-high-physics-vouchers-20210516-czffpniexnb2jjxzmgcwrz3vei-story.html via @orlandosentinel How HBCU Tennessee State University Could Be Owed Half A Billion Dollars : NPR

CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Grandchild Edition (5/16)

by Mike Simpson / 22h

CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Grandchild Edition (5/16) Grandchild Edition No, I don't have a new one. But my newest grandchild is in town, so I get to see him for the first time in a year. A photo of his extreme cuteness to follow,

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Moving Forward with a New ED.gov - ED.gov Blog

Moving Forward with a New ED.gov

A new ED.gov is coming. The transformation is already underway and includes a brand-new look-and-feel and a critical rethinking of how we effectively communicate online. The goal: a digital experience where you can find what you need, discover things you did not know, and leave feeling satisfied.

Step 1: Plan

In the fall of 2019 ED began planning for the redesign of ED.gov, creating a number of internal Innovation Teams charged to lead the effort. The teams rewrote web governance policy, created new standards, and began developing the roadmap for the future. ED also hosted an open innovation challenge calling for input from across the country to help shape the design of the new ED.gov. The result was an ED.gov prototype that would define our path forward.

Meanwhile, ED has been diligently conducting user research, consulting with experts, and preparing the requirements for a modernized ED.gov that will meet the primary tenants of the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act:

Accessible – be accessible to individuals with disabilities in accordance with Section 508
Consistent – have a consistent appearance
Authoritative – not overlap with or duplicate existing websites
Searchable – contain a search function
Secure – be provided through a secure connection
User-centered – be designed around user needs with data-driven analysis
Customizable – provide an option for a more customized digital experience
Mobile-friendly – be functional and usable on mobile devices

Step 2: Prepare

To consider the modernization of ED.gov a purely technical challenge would be short-sighted. Truly improving the user experience for our website visitors requires thorough evaluation of the content we create. Are we communicating with the American public in the best way possible? We’ve examined the web analytics and the short answer is, probably not.

One of the biggest problems: it’s been awhile since we’ve cleaned up our content. For nearly 20 years our website has been accumulating content without regular consideration of whether things are still relevant, up-to-date or useful. Now we’re ready to change that. Beginning today, ED will begin to implement new content lifecycle management standards; the new rules for how we maintain content on the web. These new standards are rooted in research and borrowed heavily from industry best practices. Over the next couple of months we will begin to remove content from ED.gov that does not meet these new standards.

Focusing our web content to only include information that is useful, accurate, and up-to-date will help users better find what they need. This means you won’t be wasting time wading through outdated content; and we hope it means your experience with ED.gov becomes a more positive one.

Step 3: Rebuild

The future for ED.gov is beginning to take shape, but there is still a lot of work to be done. The cleanup activities we start this week are simply the first major milestone on this path toward the goal of rebuilding ED.gov. We appreciate your patience as the work continues on!

Moving Forward with a New ED.gov - ED.gov Blog

Historian: Segregation Persists Because Whites Opposed Any and All Efforts to Advance Desegregation | Diane Ravitch's blog

Historian: Segregation Persists Because Whites Opposed Any and All Efforts to Advance Desegregation

Today’s is the anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education of 1954. Much has changed. Barack Obama was elected President twice. But much has not changed. The desegregation of schools that once seemed inevitable stalled, inhibited by white flight from urban districts and housing desegregation.

Historian Matthew D. Lassiter of the University of Michigan argues in this opinion piece in the Washington Post that desegregation failed because of white resistance and pusillanimous federal courts, which turned against desegregation as Republican presidents added conservative justices to the Supreme Court.

Fifty years ago today, the Supreme Court issued the landmark decision of Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the most far-reaching school desegregation case since Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. The Swann ruling upheld a lower court-imposed plan to integrate the public schools of metropolitan Charlotte through two-way busing between the segregated White suburbs and the all-Black central city neighborhoods.

During the next few years, busing helped transform the CONTINUE READING: Historian: Segregation Persists Because Whites Opposed Any and All Efforts to Advance Desegregation | Diane Ravitch's blog

Why is “Critical Race Theory” Controversial and What Is it? | Diane Ravitch's blog

Why is “Critical Race Theory” Controversial and What Is it?

In several states, the Governor and Legislature have denounced “critical race theory” and even (in Idaho and some other states) banned it from their schools. The controversy over teaching about race gained ground when former President Trump condemned CRT as divisive and launched his own quickie commission to teach “patriotic” education. The object seems to be to minimize or eliminate teaching about racism, past or present.

Retired teacher Nancy Flanagan dissected the controversy here, in one of the best-informed analyses.

It seems that the white adults want children to think of their country as one without faults, flaws, blemishes, or systematic oppression. To see our history whole, the good and the bad, they think, will undermine love of country.

The National Education Policy Center published a useful overview of the controversy and concluded that teaching CONTINUE READING: Why is “Critical Race Theory” Controversial and What Is it? | Diane Ravitch's blog

Teacher Tom: "Bewilderment is the True Comprehension"

"Bewilderment is the True Comprehension"

I was waiting at the crosswalk. Across the street was a building of windows. Behind me was a future building of windows, yet another downtown residential tower under construction. I could see a multitude of reflections of the building behind me in the windows of the building across from me. Then, in a flash, I was bewildered as it seemed that the building I was looking at, or its windows, or something strange inside of it, began to, it seemed, undulate or vibrate or wiggle.

Was the building falling? Shaking? Were we having an earthquake that I somehow couldn't feel, but only see? Was some magic afoot?

My confusion ended in a moment as I realized I was seeing a construction elevator ascending in those reflections across the street, it's image flashing first in one set of window panes, then another, as it rose. The moment of disorientation had lasted but a second, and now, on the other side of perplexity, I'd created comprehension.

I don't remember a time when I didn't, at least intuitively, CONTINUE READING: Teacher Tom: "Bewilderment is the True Comprehension"

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