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The Status of State Testing Right Now

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The Network for Public Education urged Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to waive all state testing for 2020. Chalkbeat reports that many states have requested waivers, and two—Colorado and Texas—have canceled testing without waiting for waivers. Recently the Council of Chief School Officers urged a cancellation of mandated state testing. To see the status of state testing, see this update. From

Stuart Egan: Teachers in North Carolina Raised All the Right Issues When They Protested Last Year

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Stuart Egan, an NBCT high school teacher in North Carolina, reminds us of why teachers protested last year and how the elected officials responded (mostly with silence). Fortunately, the people of North Carolina have a chance to change the state’s direction by electing a genuine and experience advocate for public education as state superintendent: Jen Mangrum won the Democratic nomination and she

Erica Green Was Right When She Wrote That Schools Should Close for at Least 8 Weeks

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This post is a public apology to Erica Green of the New York Times. She wrote on March 13 that the Centers for Disease Control recommended that schools should close for at least eight weeks. A trusted reader of this blog said that the CDC guidance offered several options, depending on local circumstances. I read the CDC guidance and posted a correction implying that Green had offered the worst ca

Sam Chaltain: A Parent’s Guide to Home Schooling

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Now that many thousands of schools have closed, millions of parents have suddenly become responsible for home schooling their child or children. Sam Chaltain offers some sound suggestions. He calls it “A Parent Guide to Home-Schooling During the Apocalypse.”

NEPC: There Is No “Science of Reading”

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The National Education Policy Center issued a statement today about teaching reading. The bottom line: There is no “science of reading.” It’s time for the media and political distortions to end, and for the literacy community and policymakers to fully support the literacy needs of all children. Thursday, March 19, 2020 Joint Statement Regarding “Science of Reading” Advocacy KEY TAKEAWAY: It’s tim

New Orleans: VAM Proves that Best Teachers Stay in Best Charters

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The National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH), formerly known as the Education Research Alliance, released its first report after having been funded by Betsy DeVos with $10 million to study the effects of choice in schools. REACH used value-added methodology (judging teachers by the test score gains of their students to determine that those who got the highest VAM scores

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California: Teachers Thank Gov. Newsom for Canceling Testing During Crisis

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NEWS RELEASE California Teachers Association 1705 Murchison Drive Burlingame, CA 94010 http://www.cta.org Contact: Claudia Briggs at 916-296-4087 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2020 California Educators Appreciate Gov. Newsom for Ongoing Leadership in Executive Order to Suspend State Testing SACRAMENTO — The California Teachers Association applauds Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ongoing leadership and comm

New York: Testing Madness! ELA Tests Are Not Suspended. Mailing Them to Districts Is.

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I reported yesterday that ELA tests are suspended. In this time of rumors, fake news, and disinformation,let me clarify. The distribution of the ELA tests has been suspended. The tests have not been suspended. The schools will be closed. The students and teachers will be home. But the tests will be given. By whom, it’s not clear. To whom, no one knows. The sovereign state of New York is waiting f

Teresa Hanafin: What Trump Said About the Pandemic

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Teresa Hanafin of Fast Forward of the Boston Globe: The White House task force is holding another briefing at 11:30 a.m. ET, and we’ll see if Trump shows up again. It’s interesting how much he enjoys gaslighting Americans, claiming he said or did something he really didn’t as though there isn’t a written record to contradict him. A good example is his claim yesterday that he was way ahead of the

Happy Birthday, Wilfred Owen

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If you have never read the poetry of Wilfred Owen, do it now. Today is his birthday. This bio comes from Garrison Keillor’s “Writer’s Almanac.” “It’s the birthday of poet Wilfred Owen (books by this author), born in Shropshire, England (1893). When he was young, his family was well-off, living in a house owned by his grandfather, a prominent citizen. But then his grandpa died, and it turned out t

Russia Will Change Constitution for Putin

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We live in a new age of authoritarianism. Russian sycophants have cleared the way for Putin to remain in power for at least 16 more years. This from CNN: Vladimir Putin’s path to an extended presidency is almost clear after lawmakers voted to change term limit rules in the Russian constitution. Under current Russian law, Putin would have to step down as president in 2024, but the proposed amendme

Randy Rainbow on the Coronavirus Crisis

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Randy Rainbow sings and acts “The Coronavirus Lament.” Timely and, as always, funny.

Arizona: SOS Arizona Needs Your Help to Stop Growth of Vouchers Forever!

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The parents and educators who created SOS Arizona blocked the last expansion plan for vouchers by getting a referendum on the state ballot in 2018. They had to fight the governor, the legislature, the Republican party, the Koch brothers, the DeVos family, and other monied interests, who wanted to keep expanding vouchers until every student in the state was eligible for a voucher. The all-voluntee

Nancy Bailey: Online Learning Can Never Replace Human Teachers

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Nancy Bailey wisely explains the lesson of the current emergency and boils it down to this fact: Online learning can never replace human teachers and support staff. Parents who are staying home with their children have taken to 

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School Closures Came Too Late for Immunocompromised Teachers | Bitch Media

School Closures Came Too Late for Immunocompromised Teachers | Bitch Media

Immunocompromised Teachers Are on the Frontlines of Coronavirus

As COVID-19 continues spreading around the world, many people are paying lip service to the idea that precautions, such as social distancing, will prevent the immunocompromised, myself included, from contracting the virus. It’s an idea that has especially taken hold as some colleges and universities enact emergency protocols that will remove faculty, staff, and students from campuses and switch entire schools to distance-learning curriculums. Though colleges and universities across the United States have swiftly acted, closing their doors to students for the remainder of the semester, the damage may already be done.

On March 9, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, located about 100 miles west of Boston, switched to digital classrooms and advised their students not to return to campus after Spring Break. Harvard followed suit on March 10, after the school’s administrators learned that 77 of the Greater Boston Area’s 95 cases of COVID-19 could all be traced back to a meeting held in late February by the Cambridge-based biotech company Biogen. But I, a disabled, immunocompromised instructor at Emerson College, took Boston’s light rail to the school on March 10 to teach. (Public transportation is my main mode of transportation because my disability prevents me from driving.) At that time, no classes had been canceled and my 8 a.m. freshman research writing course would be the first of my classes meeting after the college’s Spring Break. However, the majority of students had already commingled with other students during Monday class sessions and in their on-campus dormitories.

That morning, I discovered many of my students had spent their breaks visiting European countries. Most—if not all—of my students were under the impression that COVID-19 wasn’t a big enough deal (after all, they said, they knew the outcomes of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, and Swine flu had gone) to cancel their Spring Break plans. If my 8 a.m. class was a microcosm of the student body at-large, then at CONTINUE READING: School Closures Came Too Late for Immunocompromised Teachers | Bitch Media

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Teacher Tom: There Are Plenty of Things to Worry About Right Now: Your Preschooler's Education is Not One of Them

Teacher Tom: There Are Plenty of Things to Worry About Right Now: Your Preschooler's Education is Not One of Them

There Are Plenty of Things to Worry About Right Now: Your Preschooler's Education is Not One of Them

Increasingly it's looking like our children aren't going back to their schools until, at best, May, but quite possibly not until the fall. The world is in crisis, but let me assure you, it's not an educational crisis. We are confronting a health crisis, an economic crisis, a mental health crisis, and even a child care crisis, all of which will leave holes in our society that will take years to refill. But when it comes to the education of our preschoolers, we can and should relax.

Young children were built for this. Young children are the masters of learning from whatever life throws at them. Indeed, from the perspective of a typical preschooler, getting to stay home with the family might be the best thing that's ever happened. Oh sure, right now it might be hard. Right now the kids might be going a bit bonkers, but give it another week or so. Give your family a chance to find a rhythm. Soon the novelty of not having to separate from mom and dad each morning will begin to wear off and you'll get a better sense of your new normal. 

For many parents it's not possible, but those who can, I invite you to step away from your computer, hang up the phone, and just let your child climb all over you. Talk to them for as long as they want to talk. Snuggle as much as they want to snuggle. Play Candyland or read that favorite book, or listen to that special song over and over. Let your child know that for the foreseeable future they don't have to be anxious CONTINUE READING: Teacher Tom: There Are Plenty of Things to Worry About Right Now: Your Preschooler's Education is Not One of Them

Silver Lining for Learning: Conversations about Reimagining Education in Times of Crisis - Education in the Age of Globalization #silverliningforlearning

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 Silver Lining for Learning: Conversations about Reimagining Education in Times of Crisis

Silver Lining for Learning: Conversations about Reimagining Education in Times of Crisis

Silver Lining for Learning:
Conversations about the Future of Education
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Don’t waste a crisis — M.F. Weiner
The “dark cloud” of the Coronavirus crisis continues to cause havoc worldwide and seems a generation-defining event. In education, this crisis has forced schools and universities to close, pushing often unprepared institutions to move teaching and learning online. The already stressed educational ecosystem now faces unprecedented difficulties that will fall disproportionately on students of low socioeconomic status and marginalized groups. This situation continues to worsen and … Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Silver Lining for Learning: Conversations about Reimagining Education in Times of Crisis

What If Schools Are Closed for More than a Year Due to the New Coronavirus (COVID-19)?

The outbreak of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) has already forced schools and universities to close in China. It has also resulted in increased difficulties for international students to travel to attend their educational institutions as well as stoppage of on the ground operations of supplementary education (tutoring) services. Korea, Japan, Iran, Iraq, Italy are closing schools in the infected area and more countries are considering or preparing the closure of schools. And the situation seems to worsen globally, likely to affect more people and more schools.
This unfortunate event gives us … zhaolearning.com

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