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Charter Schools’ Scary Future | The New Republic - https://newrepublic.com/article/163507/charter-schools-scary-future by @BisforBerkshire on @newrepublic

NYC Public School Parents: On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, NYC teacher Roe Wrubel and her poem, "I Got my Wish the Wrong Way" - https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-20th-anniversary-of-911-roe-wrubel.html

New York City Schools Are Adrift in a Raging Storm | Ed In The Apple - https://wp.me/p2zCG-2TD via @edintheapple

Pass-Fail Raises the Question: What’s the Point of Grades? (Jack Schneider) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8h8 via @CubanLarry

Los Angeles: School Board Votes Tuesday on Rightwing Funding Scheme | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uJv via @dianeravitch

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ on @Larryferlazzo

Los Angeles: Parents Support Vaccine Mandate | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uJc via @dianeravitch

8 is Enough? – Tennessee Education Report - – Education politics and policy in the Volunteer State - http://tnedreport.com/ via @TNEdReport

EdAction in Congress September 12, 2021 - Education Votes - https://educationvotes.nea.org/2021/09/12/edaction-in-congress-september-12-2021/

NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/ via @NewBlackMan

Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: 9/12 Edition (9/12) - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi-912.html

Yes, Gov. DeSantis, Studies Do Show Masks Curb Covid-19 In Schools https://www.npr.org/sections/back-to-school-live-updates/2021/09/10/1035954587/yes-gov-desantis-studies-do-show-masks-curb-covid-19-in-schools

New Resources On Critical Race Theory Hysteria | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=120528 on @Larryferlazzo

Just weeks in, Washington-area families confront the reality of this school year: Quarantines https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/school-quarantines-dc-md-va-covid/2021/09/11/5704990a-117f-11ec-882f-2dd15a067dc4_story.html

Anxious NYC parents plead for remote school option for kids with medically vulnerable family https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-remote-option-medically-vulnerable-family-members-20210912-schwrgdanvfbjcl44dh3grmj7y-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Two Parents Are the First to Face Trial in College Admissions Scandal https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/12/education/trial-admissions-scandal-University-of-south-california.html

Sunday’s New Articles & Videos On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=120784 on @Larryferlazzo

The psychological toll of wanting your kid to be "perfect" https://www.salon.com/2021/09/12/other-oriented-perfectionism-parenting/

Taliban: Women can study in gender-segregated universities https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/12/taliban-women-can-study-in-gender-segregated-universities-511359

“If districts choose to spend their money on legal fees, they must do so knowing that my office is ready and willing to litigate these cases.” https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/09/texas-attorney-general-paxton-sues-schools-mask-mandates.html

De Blasio loses to UFT, must allow teachers exemptions to vaccinations https://nypost.com/2021/09/10/de-blasio-loses-to-teachers-union-must-allow-vax-exemptions/

Shutdown of Student-Loan Companies Is Chance for Reform, Expert Says - https://www.businessinsider.com/student-loan-companies-shutting-down-opportunity-for-reform-2021-9

Where Democrats Stand On Student Loan Cancellation - https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2021/09/12/where-democrats-stand-on-student-loan-cancellation/?sh=504bd9926700 by @zackafriedman on @forbes

LAUSD Readies For New School Funding Method - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/09/08/lausd-readies-for-new-school-funding-method/?sh=617b4a83c69b by @palan57 on @forbes

Schools Should Not Succumb To Testing Panic - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/09/10/schools-should-not-succumb-to-testing-panic/?sh=27a7a4f13e9f by @palan57 on @forbes

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, September 11, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-top-banana-todays-education_11.html

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Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, September 3, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-top-banana-todays-education_3.html

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Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_11.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/this-week-education-research-report_11.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_11.html

Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from_11.html

Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early_11.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/this-weeks-wildness-dad-gone-wild_11.html

Big Education Ape: Network for Public Education Blog Post of the Day This Week #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/network-for-public-education-blog-post_11.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona_11.html

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CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: 9/12 Edition (9/12)

CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: 9/12 Edition (9/12)

9/12 Edition 

9/11 was one thing; what started to happen in this country on the twelfth is something else entirely, but we don't have national days of remembrance about that. Meanwhile, there's plenty to read about in the world of education.

NH "education freedom" accounts cost soaring

NH implemented vouchers; now it's turning out to be way more expensive than advocates promised.

Proctorio's awful reviews disappear

Cory Doctorow takes a look at what's been happening with that horrible monitoring scam software.

How we abolished child labor

Betsy Wood is at The Conversation to remind us that the end of child labor didn't exactly happen because we were feeling all noble. More like the Depression and fears of white slavery.

I Can't Believe I'm Looking at Test Scores

Nancy Flanagan says enough already with the big standardized test scores.

CRT turning school boards into GOP proving grounds

One more piece, this from Politico, about how the right is using critical race theory to bring chaos and recruitment to local school boards.

Having just one Black teacher can change a life

Still an issue (despite how you may feel about Citizen Education) is the low number of Black teachers in schools.

Real children in real time

Eduhonesty looks at the assumption that students are just waiting for the chance to do some school and chomping at the bit to get educated.

Lack of trusted authority is why COVID is kicking our butts

Steven Singer takes a look at how we got here.

Charter schools scary future

Jennifer Berkshire writes in The New Republic about the rightward lurch of the charter world.

When one window closes, another opens

Grumpy Old Teacher on the love of testing and Florida's mistakes.

River Runner

Okay, this is just a cool thing. Put a drop of water anywhere on this map of the US and it will tell you and map the path that drop will take to the ocean

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Schools Should Not Succumb To Testing Panic - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/09/10/schools-should-not-succumb-to-testing-panic/?sh=27a7a4f13e9f by @palan57 on @forbes

LAUSD Readies For New School Funding Method - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/09/08/lausd-readies-for-new-school-funding-method/?sh=617b4a83c69b by @palan57 on @forbes

Arne Duncan and Pedagogical Badger Hats

by Peter Greene / 2d

Arne Duncan was at it again, popping up on Fareed Zakaria's CNN show to talk about post-covid education (looking kind of Herman Munster-ish on his Zoom screen). Much of his shtick was predictable. Students are months behind ( which actually means , of course, scores on the Big Standardized Test are down, we think). We have to meet their social emotional needs, as we accelerate learning (just, you

Backpacks Full Of Cash

by Peter Greene / 3d

Jeanne Allen's magical phrase , turned into a rhetorical weapon against her and other free market choicers, never seems to quite go away, perhaps because all sides find it an apt description of free-market choice. Right now they're getting ready to load up more backpacks out in LA . Allen was sure that this was a great portrayal of the awesomeness of choice, but I'm not sure we ever thought it th

Who Is The Protagonist

by Peter Greene / 4d

Friend of the Institutue and religious historian Adam Laats has what I think is the very best take on the "CRT" panic. I've seen him say this a couple of times--here's a quote from a Guardian article : “The heart and soul of the anti-CRT outburst is this anxiety of the changing protagonists in the story of American history,” said Laats. That, for me, absolutely hits the nail on the head. It's not

IN: Parents And Their Rights

by Peter Greene / 4d

Indiana is one of several states that has some version of a Parents Bill of Rights, in their case "released" back in June by the state Attorney Genera l Todd Rokita , a GOP politician who hoped to follow in Mike Pence's footsteps, but couldn't quite make it. AG was kind of his political comeback. Democrats called the Bill of Rights a continuation of his 2024 gubernatorial campaign. Rokita says, “

ICYMI: Labor Day 2021 Edition (9/5)

by Peter Greene / 7d

Labor Day again already. Time sure flies when you're under stress and constant existential dread! But we have things to read, because these are busy times. Jennifer Cohn: The GOP wants to take over all public school boards I don't usually do this, but this Twitter thread is packed with informative links and info, so here you go--an unrolled thread. No Excuses Schools: Bad Theory Created By Amateu

We've Been Having This Fight For Decades. It Won't End Soon.

by Peter Greene / 7d

This next is from a report of parents speaking before a school board. Don't peek at the link just yet. Ultimately, she said she didn’t want to see schools teaching students any values, arguing that it should be the parents’ sole responsibility. “It’s our job as partners to [teach our kids] values — it’s not your job,” she said. “Respect us, respect [us as] parents. In the end, this comes dow

The Troubles With The Learning Loss Debate

by Peter Greene / 9d

Like many education debates, the Learning Loss conversation has developed so many, many ways for people to be wrong, most of which can be avoided if one starts with the assumption that the problems facing us are complicated, defy a simple solution, and look different depending on where you're standing. Some of what's coming out of union leadership offices makes me cringe. "There is no such thing

OH: Phantom Football School Bishop Sycamore Unraveling

Ohio Bishop Sycamore

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by Peter Greene / 11d

ESPN featured the school's football team in a nationally televised blowout. But it turns out that the school doesn't seem to actually exist. If you don't pay attention to sports, you may have missed the crazy tale of Bishop Sycamore,

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