Mr. G for District 3: Chris Guerrieri's Education Matters: IT IS Exactly like Florida is trying to get people killed

Mr. G for District 3: Chris Guerrieri's Education Matters: IT IS Exactly like Florida is trying to get people killed

IT IS Exactly like Florida is trying to get people killed

In the last week, Florida made three announcements that both don't make sense and will undoubtedly lead to sickness and perhaps deaths. In one district quarantined teachers are being required to go back into buildings to teach and yes read that again, the FSHAA has ignored the recommendations of their doctors and said HS sports can start and your governor has said schools with cases of COVID-19 shouldn't close. It's not like Florida is trying to get people killed, it is exactly like Florida is trying to get people killed. 

First, in a state where little makes sense, Martin County is requiring quarantined teachers to return to the classroom. It sounds like the first lesson the administrators in Martin County should learn is the definition of quarantine.

From WBPFnews,

The Martin County teachers union president says teachers under quarantine should not be forced to return to their school buildings to continue instruction.

Ninety students and six teachers at South Fork High School are now under quarantine after a student experienced symptoms of coronavirus. This latest exposure comes after some students at J.D. Parker Elementary School, Hobe Sound Elementary School and SeaWind Elementary School were possibly exposed to the virus, and told to quarantine. At least 150 students total are now under quarantine following these possible exposures, which have all occurred within the first week of school.

The Martin County School District released the following statement about the new exposures at South Fork High School:

“We have received inquiries about the status of the six teachers at South Fork and their status as CONTINUE READING: Mr. G for District 3: Chris Guerrieri's Education Matters: IT IS Exactly like Florida is trying to get people killed

God's Plan (A Requiem for Wendy Menard) | The Jose Vilson

God's Plan (A Requiem for Wendy Menard) | The Jose Vilson

GOD’S PLAN (A REQUIEM FOR WENDY MENARD)

On November 29, 2016, we had a Single Session workshop for the entire Math for America community entitled “A Continuing Conversation: Race, Equity, and STEM Education.” A few weeks prior, you witnessed the country that once felt so full of promise reject its stated values in favor of a man and an administration that outwardly espouses white supremacy and all of its branches. The rest of us had been so accustomed to your unassuming and pensive presence in the spaces you led. But on that night, you took the opportunity to speak up and loudly about the urgency of our conversation and why we were gathered. We could no longer settle for passive voices in the city and in the country you grew to love to grow disappointed in. An auditorium full of the most decorated educators in New York City was a captive audience while you held the tensions of being a white Jewish woman elevating her more racially marginalized counterparts while holding your white counterparts accountable to stepping up in the here and now. You hated crying in front of everyone but needed to use the stage to light a fire under as many (white) people’s pants as possible, perhaps including your own.

I was so glad to play second fiddle this time. You rarely go into situations without a plan. None of this was part of the plan.

The summer prior, we spent time at Twitter Math Camp where I both keynoted and hosted a workshop with you. What people may not understand about our collaboration is that we couldn’t be further apart when it came to preparation. For my keynote, I didn’t know what I was going to say until the night before, and even then I had no idea if I wanted to take more or less time. For our workshop, you wrote out the proposal, tapped my shoulder multiple times from proposal acceptance until an hour before the workshop started to make sure every part was in place. I liked the spontaneity of our interactions. You believed in structure and security. We did this dance the first time we worked CONTINUE READING: God's Plan (A Requiem for Wendy Menard) | The Jose Vilson

Are We Staring at Teacher Layoffs? Or, Worse? | Ed In The Apple

Are We Staring at Teacher Layoffs? Or, Worse? | Ed In The Apple

Are We Staring at Teacher Layoffs? Or, Worse?

Is “Black Tuesday” (Tuesday, October 29, 1929) hovering? Are we a few weeks or months away from the economic cliff?

The “roaring twenties,” seemingly endless increases in stock prices, three consecutive Republican presidents (Harding, Coolidge and Hoover), the flu pandemic was gone, a farm depression was concerning; however, the nation appeared to be booming.

On March 4, 1929, at his presidential inauguration, Herbert Hoover stated, “I have no fears for the future of our country. It is bright with hope.” Most Americans shared his optimism. They believed that the prosperity of the 1920s would continue, and that the country was moving closer to a land of abundance for all. Little could Hoover imagine that barely a year into his presidency, shantytowns known as “Homerville’s” would emerge on the fringes of most major cities, newspapers covering the homeless would be called “Hoover blankets,” and pants pockets, turned inside-out to show their emptiness, would become “Hoover flags.”

The stock market allowed anyone to buy stocks “on margin,” borrowing 90% of the cost of the stock from the broker, if the stock lost 10% of its value, the broker could sell the stock, the investor losing everything, for investors, seemed CONTINUE READING: Are We Staring at Teacher Layoffs? Or, Worse? | Ed In The Apple

NYC Public School Parents: $1.1 million court settlement by Success Academy charters for violating children's rights

NYC Public School Parents: $1.1 million court settlement by Success Academy charters for violating children's rights

$1.1 million court settlement by Success Academy charters for violating children's rights

Gary Rubinstein broke the story on his blog today that Success Academy had agreed to pay $1.1M and reasonable attorneys’ fees to five families, whose children had their rights repeatedly violated and were pushed out of the Success Academy Fort Greene charter school, the home of the infamous “Got to go” list.  Success agreed to settle the case, Lawton vs. Success, after nearly five years of delays before the case even came to trial, rather than deliver the evidence to the plaintiffs that the court ordered.  Here are more details and court filings.

Here is the August 2018 decision by the US District Court Judge, Fredrick Block, who refused Success’ request to dismiss the case, and instead described the horrific treatment that these five children with disabilities were subjected to starting at the age of four and five, including repeatedly being removed from class early, dismissed, suspended and denied their mandated services. 

Here is the February 2020 acceptance by the families of Success’ Offer of Judgement of $1.1 million plus reasonable attorney fees; which the charter chain chose to provide before going to trial, rather than release the full documentation ordered by the Court, which would further detail the abusive treatment of these children.

To this day, Success has refused to pay the attorneys’ reasonable fees, so here is the most recent court filing by the families’ attorneys from Advocates for Justice, NY Lawyers CONTINUE READING: NYC Public School Parents: $1.1 million court settlement by Success Academy charters for violating children's rights

CURMUDGUCATION: Country Club Pod School

CURMUDGUCATION: Country Club Pod School

Country Club Pod School

So you run a string of private tony country clubs, offering "unique access to sports, fitness, luxury hospitality and family-friendly amenities across multiple clubs," and the pandemic has not been very helpful for your business. But you've got all this space. What can you do to get the money stream flowing again?

Open a school, of course.

Let me introduce you to the Bay Club, an organization offering 24 clubs across 9 campuses, including Portland, Marin, San Francisco, East Bay, Santa Clara, San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego, and the Peninsula campus. They all sound pretty swanky, but as a sample, here's the Peninsula Campus description:

The Peninsula Campus is designed as an ultimate escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. With two premier properties and endless amenities and services, the Peninsula Campus offers a state-of-the-art tennis facility, as well as year-round fitness, aquatics, and family programming. With over thirteen acres between two Bay Club locations, there are plenty of ways for you and your family to play.

On that particular campus, you can join the Redwood Shores club at various levels of swankitude, from individual dues as low as $280/month up to $950/month (on the low end, there is also a $1,000 "initiation fee") with assorted benefits for CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: Country Club Pod School

A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007

 Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007

A VERY BUSY DAY

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

The latest news and resources in education since 2007

 

 

Perfect Example Of Current Event “Argument From Ignorance” Fallacy To Use In TOK Classes

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9min

White House Chief-of-Staff Mark Meadows gave all teachers a great, though sad, example of the “ argument from ignorance ” fallacy this weekend: You can learn more about this fallacy here . I’m adding this post to The Best Multimedia Resources For Learning About Fallacies — Help Me Find More .

“Q&A Collections: Entering the Teaching Profession”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 13h

Q&A Collections: Entering the Teaching Profession is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts on Entering the Teaching Profession (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

by Larry Ferlazzo / 13h

BiljaST / Pixabay Six years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART ONE and THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART TWO. A

My Best Posts About The The School Closure Crisis & Distance Learning

by Larry Ferlazzo / 13h

geralt / Pixabay I’ve been writing about, and posting a lot, about distance learning over the past several months. You can find nearly eighty related posts at my Ed Week Teacher column at All Classroom Q&A Posts on the Coronavirus Crisis . You can find all the related “Best” lists at Best Lists Of The Week: Teaching Online Amid School Closures . And you can find a number of related videos I did w

Monday’s Four “Must-Read” Articles & “Must-Watch” Videos About Reopening Schools In The Fall

by Larry Ferlazzo / 14h

TheAngryTeddy / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Back to ‘school’: Even the basics are complicated, so how can teachers and students get on track? is from The Seattle Times. Boston refused to close schools during the 1918 flu. Then children began to die. is from The Washington Post. Los Angeles Schools Start Classes With Ambitio

Guest Post: Making Every Student Feel “Seen & Valued” This Year

by Larry Ferlazzo / 14h

Editor’s note: Because of a miscommunication, I received this post to late to include in my Ed Week series answering the question “What key lessons that you learned in the spring are you planning to bring to the new school year and what will they look like on a day-to-day basis?” But it’s an important post, and the authors agreed to let me post their response here. William Haithcock is the princi

Most Popular Posts Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 19h

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 include the top five posts that have actually appeared in the past week. Often, these are different posts. You might also be interested in IT’S THE THIRTE

Assessment & Homework In The Age Of COVID-19

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Wokandapix / Pixabay Our first day of class is September 3rd, so it’s beginning to get “real.” I did my first phase of class planning in last July (see HERE ARE DETAILED – & TENTATIVE – DISTANCE LEARNING PLANS 

 Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007