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Sunday, May 30, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, May 30, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH

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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES 


In a Post-Covid World, Let's Pay Teachers Six Figures https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/opinion/teacher-pay-covid.html

Tennessee Gov. Lee Unveils Plans to Usurp Local School Boards, Impose Charter Schools | by Andy Spears | May, 2021 | Medium - https://advocateandy.medium.com/tennessee-gov-lee-unveils-plans-to-usurp-local-school-boards-impose-charter-schools-38398f812426 by @TheAndySpears on @Medium

Study: Pandemic school closures will cost the U.S. economy trillions - Axios - https://www.axios.com/covid-effects-school-closures-86e97618-3e40-4a2f-8b2a-22cccfdac288.html on @axios

Do Teachers Matter? | The Merrow Report - https://wp.me/p6uAPJ-3AT on @wordpressdotcom

La. BESE Member Kira Orange-Jones: Financial Disclosures Missing; Fines Years in Arrears | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog - https://wp.me/p36Q2R-6qW on @wordpressdotcom

A Little Cryptography | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-2bc on @wordpressdotcom

Seating Students in Classrooms: Clues to Understanding How Teachers Teach | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-88d via @CubanLarry

CURMUDGUCATION: The Problem of Parent Centered Education - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-problem-of-parent-centered-education.html

Should Critical Race Theory be banned? Cancelled? | Cloaking Inequity - https://wp.me/p2D92I-5Of via @ProfessorJVH

May’s (2021) Useful Parent Engagement Resources – Part Four | Engaging Parents In School… - https://engagingparentsinschool.edublogs.org/?p=6417

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=117883 on @Larryferlazzo

Rectangle Puzzle: Area = Perimeter | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-2bm on @wordpressdotcom

Dress Code Blues – Grumpy Old Teacher - https://wp.me/p9VD0X-Gp via @sampsongregory

Can You See Child Poverty? https://www.laprogressive.com/can-you-see-child-poverty/

Black Issues Forum | Nikole Hannah-Jones at UNC, The 1619 Project and Black Women Leading | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/05/black-issues-forum-nikole-hannah-jones.html

Foster and migrant kids shut out from Covid vaccinations https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/30/migrant-children-coronavirus-vaccine-491412 #press #feedly

The Tulsa Race Massacre: A Shameful Day in U.S. History | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uda via @dianeravitch

Nation’s skeletal school mental health network will be severely tested https://hechingerreport.org/nations-skeletal-school-mental-health-network-will-be-severely-tested/

High School Seniors Reflect On Another Unusual School Year https://www.npr.org/2021/05/30/1001684823/high-school-seniors-reflect-on-another-unusual-school-year

Achieving Racial Justice in the Classroom through Inquiry - Philly's 7th Ward - https://wp.me/p7sbg2-xS

Sunday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=117930 on @Larryferlazzo

Resources For Learning About Attacks On “Critical Race Theory,” The 1619 Project & Attempts To Stop Educators From Teaching About Systemic Racism | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=117941 on @Larryferlazzo

Report: How Much Do Students Pay For Corporate Tax Breaks? - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/05/28/report-how-much-do-students-pay-for-corporate-tax-breaks/?sh=6de53c60492a by @palan57 on @forbes

EdAction in Congress May 30, 2022 - Education Votes - https://educationvotes.nea.org/2021/05/30/edaction-in-congress-may-30-2022/


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THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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THIS WEEK FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ED.GOV NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Stronger Partnerships with State Allies to Protect Student Borrowers by Jennifer Reeves / 21h As the chief operating officer at Federal Student Aid (FSA), I am committed to ensuring that borrowers receive high-quality service that helps them access the benefits granted by law. The
Network for Public Education Blog Post of the Day This Week
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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 + TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT
by Mike Simpson / 23h
Dad Gone Wild – Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it. THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it HISTORY MAKERS by TC Weber / 4d “Success is never so interesting as struggle” ― Willa Cather It was the bottom of the last inning and we were trailing 6-1. In order to get a shot at winning, we were going to have to score the maximum allowable runs per inning of 5. That wo
TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION + Teacher Tom: Let's Turn The World Around: Teacher Tom's Play Summit
by Mike Simpson / 23h
Teacher Tom TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Teacher Tom: Let's Turn The World Around: Teacher Tom's Play Summit Big Education Ape: Teacher Tom: Let's Turn The World Around: Teacher Tom's Play Summit - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/teacher-tom-lets-turn-world-around.html TTPS 2021 Main Summit Registration - https://www.teachertomsplaysummit.com/?r_done=1 Childhood
Saturday, April 17, 2021 SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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California Department of Education SSPI TONY THURMOND STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SPI Visits School Open for In-Person Instruction 1d State Superintendent Tony Thurmond visits Eisenhower Elementary School open for safe, in-person instruction using model practices. 2021 California Classified School Employees of the Year 1d State Superintendent Tony Thurmond announce
THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER
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NewBlackMan (in Exile) THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) Singer Allison Russell Shares Personal Saga Of Trauma And Triumph On 'Outside Child' by Mark Anthony Neal / 10h 'Over the last couple of decades, Allison Russell has preferred to do her songwriting, singing and playing alongside others. She's been the consummate collaborator, bringing exceptional emotional intelligence to a series of re
THIS WEEK Education Research Report
by Mike Simpson / 23h
Education Research Report Cognitive exercises help young children boost their math skills by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d Young children who practice visual working memory and reasoning tasks improve their math skills more than children who focus on spatial rotation exercises, according to a large study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The findings support the notion that training
THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007
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Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 “Fight The Power” Looks Like An Interesting History Channel Show & Website by Larry Ferlazzo / 5h OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America is a History Channel show premiering in June. Here’s how they describe it: Public protest has always forced our country to
KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all #REDFORED #tbats
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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 Mercedes Schneider: The Meteoric Rise and Fall of the Top Executives at the IDEA Charter Chain by dianeravitch / 3min Mercedes Schneider read the letter posted by the board of the celebrated IDEA charter chain. She noted that the chief executive

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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, May 28, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH
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Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Bricolage Academy educators vote in favor of unionization | The Lens - https://thelensnola.org/?p=564177 by @https://twitter.com/martajewson on @TheLensNOLA When students suddenly struggle in school. - https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/05/when-students-suddenly-struggle-in-school.html?via=rss on @slate Colorado Becomes First State T

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CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Memorial Day Weekend Edition (5/30)

CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Memorial Day Weekend Edition (5/30)




Memorial Day Weekend Edition

It has been a time, with a double funeral yesterday and some other little series of life adventures this week. Makes you want to shake some folks and ask, "Is this really what you want to do with your limited time on earth?" Be better. Anyway, I have a few things for you to read this week. Here's the list.

What Education Researchers Can Learn From Teachers

Larry Ferlazzo at EdWeek lets us hear from four teachers with some good thoughts about what researchers need to do to shape up their act.

Here's the truth behind the right-wing attacks on critical race theory

Jeff Bryant at Alternet with a look at some of the forces behind the big crt push, and some comments from people actually in the field.

School choice and charter proponents target public education in key states

A good overview of the rising tide of teacher gag laws, and the rising tide of opposition to them. From Rachel Cohen at Capital & Main.

Bricolage Academy educators vote in favor of unionization

Such a vote isn't always a big deal--but this time we're talking about the staff of a New Orleans charter school. This could be the start of something good.

Turnaround is a relic

Chicago's board of education decides to retire its largest turnaround program.

EdTech in schools -- a threat to data privacy?

This piece from Velislava Hillman looks at just what edtech companies want (spoiler alert: educating students is not Job One).

Why A Billionaire Telecom Executive Gave $1,000 In Cash To Quincy College Grads

From Forbes, the story of a billionaire exec who decided to do something useful (and non-prescriptive) with his money.


From the "you think you've got troubles" file. Also from the "this is maybe closer to happening here than I'd like to imagine" files.


Milton Hershey was doing educational philanthropy back in the old days, and his death in 1945 left a huge estate that became a massive fund for the Milton Hershey School, a school set up to help poor orphans. The school is still in operation, and it has giant piles of money, which critics say should say should be being spent on the school's educational mission.


Yeah, this HuffPost piece is not going to make you feel better. It will, however, remind you that some people in the classroom are bringing along a whole set of toxic beliefs.


From the School of Thought blog, a call for a kinder, gentler, not so focused on being perfect approach to the classroom.


Mark Weber, writing for New Jersey Policy Perspective, shows how Camden is losing sooooo many Black teachers.


Nancy Flanagan with a reminder that wrong is wrong is wrong, even and especially when it comes to education and children.

Eliminating Federal Charter Schools Program Would Curb Academic and Financial Abuses by Charter Operators

The federal program for financing charter schools is still there, still wasting billions of taxpayer dollars. Jan Resseger explains why it should be ended.

A Productive Meeting Between the District and Teachers about the Next School Year

Let's wrap things up with the latest from McSweeney's. Short, bittersweet, and funny.





Report: How Much Do Students Pay For Corporate Tax Breaks? - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/05/28/report-how-much-do-students-pay-for-corporate-tax-breaks/?sh=6de53c60492a by @palan57 on @forbes

Wisconsin Cyber Charter Cited By ACLU For Blocking LGBTQ Group - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/05/21/wisconsin-cyber-charter-sued-by-aclu-for-blocking-lgbtq-group/?sh=38153ccd73f8 by @palan57 on @forbes

Pennsylvania Charter Schools Are Comfortably Flush. Will It Last? - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/05/20/pennsylvania-charter-schools-are-comfortably-flush-will-it-last/?sh=68d56c0c6eb5 by @palan57 on @forbes




The Problem of Parent Centered Education
100+by Peter Greene / 1d
Teacher gag laws spreading across the country are generally billed as anti-CRT, but of course their reach is much broader than that , forbidding discussion of "controversy" and outlawing any teaching that might make students "uncomfortable" or be "divisive." The debate--well, actually not a lot of real debate because GOP legislators are using their majorities to just ram these bills through--even
Should Some School Districts Be Broken Up?
by Peter Greene / 3d
New York City's school system is not really an example of anything except itself, despite the many times it's written about and pointed at. This should not be a surprise. We are lousy at history in this country, and so we miss obvious things, like the change in scale. Thomas Jefferson was the President of a country with roughly six million people in it; New York City contains a bit over eight mil
Eroding Trust In Chester Upland
by Peter Greene / 3d
Chester Upland School District in Pennsylvania has the distinction of having been put through every gauntlet that a modern school district ca be forced to run. Currently, that means that CUSD is facing a partial takeover of the district by charter operators . Parents, taxpayers and teachers within the district have not developed much trust in the various processes put in place to "help" the distr
What Privatization Actually Means
by Peter Greene / 4d
When we talk about the privatization of education, the conversation is almost always about the privatization of the vendors. Publicly owned and operated schools replaced by privately owned and operated charter and private schools, plus a dizzying web of real estate developers, charter management organizations, other support businesses. Even the extreme form, where education is unbundled and can b
Should Schools Offer Virtual School Options In The Fall?
by Peter Greene / 5d
I'll admit that this blooming controversy snuck up on me. In Pennsylvania, school districts have offered virtual options for years in the Time Before Covid. It would never have occurred to me that a district shouldn't. But apparently we're going to have fussing about that. kickstarted today by the NYC mayoral announcement that public schools will be all in person this fall. That's a dumb idea. I
ICYMI: And Now I'm Older Edition (5/23)
by Peter Greene / 7d
What a week here at the Institute. But now it's time to get back to reading, and we've got a fine selection of pieces this week. I'll remind you that you can also keep up on the current writing about public e3d by following the Network for Public Education's Blog of Blogs . Hop on over, put your email in the little box, and get a daily dose of quality education writing. Now on to this week's list
GOP Election Preview: Our Children Were Robbed
by Peter Greene / 9d
I live in Northwester Pennsylvania, and this is Trump country. We've got a GOP controlled legislature and a Democratic governor, and a great deal of contentiousness stemming from that situation. And in the recent primary election, voters passed a constitutional amendment that de-powered the governor in the case of, say, a massive pandemic and gave emergency powers to the legislature instead. Thou
19 Rules for Life (2021 Edition)
73by Peter Greene / 10d
I first posted this list when I turned 60, and have made it an annual tradition to get it out on my birthday and re-examine it, edit it, and remind myself why I thought such things in the first place. I will keep my original observation-- that this list does not represent any particular signs of wisdom on my part, because I discovered these rules much in the same way that a dim cow discovers an e
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