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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES
Summer Days of Action | Zinn Education Project - https://www.zinnedproject.org/?p=163216 via @ZinnEdProject #TEACHTRUTH
Green Schools: Are they Child and Teacher Friendly and Public? - https://nancyebailey.com/2021/06/27/green-schools-are-they-child-and-teacher-friendly-and-public/ on @NancyEBailey1
On Communion – Grumpy Old Teacher - https://wp.me/p9VD0X-Im via @sampsongregory
City budget due next week- help us ensure that funding for smaller classes is included! | Class Size ! | A clearinghouse for information on class size & the proven benefits of smaller classes - https://classsizematters.org/?p=9980
New Ohio Budget Will Demonstrate What Our State’s Leaders Value | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-7V8 via @janresseger
China Requires Patriotic Education, Like GOP Governors and Legislators | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ume via @dianeravitch #TEACHtheTRUTH
New Hampshire Endorses Vouchers, Defunds Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-umZ via @dianeravitch
NEWS FROM SEC. CARDONA AND THE U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases
New Jersey State Supreme Court Opposes Public Interest, Endorses Segregated Charter Schools | Dissident Voice - https://dissidentvoice.org/?p=118120
Teacher Tom: Thinking Outside the Man Box - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/06/thinking-outside-man-box.html
CURMUDGUCATION: The Importance of School Administrators - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-importance-of-school-administrators.html
A HUMBLE APOLOGY – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-2MF via @norinrad10
Map: Which counties are ready for schools to fully open? - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/map-which-counties-are-ready-schools-fully-open-n1258397 by NBCNews on @NBCNews
Held Back: Inside a Lost School Year http://feeds.propublica.org/link/9499/14581563/held-back-inside-a-lost-school-year
Shifting Out of Neutral | Learning for Justice - https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/spring-2016/shifting-out-of-neutral via @learnforjustice
Examining the effects of student debt cancellation https://brook.gs/3vaQPPR via @BrookingsInst
1 truth and 3 lies about Critical Race Theory - Popular Information - https://popular.info/p/1-truth-and-3-lies-about-critical?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter
Opinion | The challenge for educators amid the critical race theory backlash: How do you fight hot air? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/27/texas-critical-race-theory-abbott-educators/?tid=ss_tw
Revealed: neo-Confederate group includes military officers and politicians | US news | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/28/neo-confederate-group-members-politicians-military-officers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other by @jason_a_w on @guardian
GOP critical race theory attack is straight from Reagan's school privatization playbook - https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/GOP-critical-race-theory-attack-is-straight-from-16275466.php on @sfchronicle
How Do You Help Girls Thrive In School? There's A Surprising Answer https://www.scpr.org/news/2021/06/27/98289/how-do-you-help-girls-thrive-in-school-there-s-a-s/ via @kpcc
A Book You Should Read | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uiv via @dianeravitch
NYC Public School Parents: City budget due next week- help us ensure that funding for smaller classes is included! - https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2021/06/city-budget-due-next-week-help-us.html
‘Kids are suffering’: School Counselor Corps to expand mental health services https://nondoc.com/2021/06/28/school-counselor-corps/ via @nondocmedia
Opinion | Why Colleges Should Ditch the SAT—Permanently https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/06/28/college-standardized-tests-optional-sat-act-496127
Case files on 1964 civil rights worker killings made public https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/27/case-files-on-1964-civil-rights-worker-killings-made-public-496579
Here’s What Happened When We Swapped Out Online School For Time In The Wilderness https://www.huffpost.com/entry/forest-school-unschooling-covid-19-pandemic_n_60d85213e4b01ec760f3756d
California still highly segregated by race despite growing diversity, research shows http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/d6LPgXPkt9Q/l-a-segregation-problems-unchanged-in-decades-study-shows
Back to School in NJ: What to expect this fall https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/06/back-to-school-in-nj-what-to-expect-this-fall/
An Unmarried Catholic Schoolteacher Got Pregnant. She Was Fired. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/nyregion/pregnant-catholic-school-teacher.html
Summer learning begins for thousands of Philadelphia students https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/6/28/22553698/summer-learning-begins-for-thousands-of-philadelphia-students
New Ted Cruz bill appears to inadvertently ban the teaching of several constitutional amendments http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/AV78GVrzgSc/
Valedictorian: Speech Was Censored For Mentioning Queer Identity https://patch.com/new-jersey/cherryhill/valedictorian-speech-was-censored-mentioning-queer-identity
Arizona House passes education budget bill without expansion of school choice as three Republicans joined Democrats to oppose amendment | The Post Millennial - https://thepostmillennial.com/arizona-house-passes-education-budget-bill-without-expansion-of-school-voucher-program#new_tab
Infographic Of The Week: “How Much Do Countries Spend on Education?” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=118499 on @Larryferlazzo
The Biggest Education-Related “Takeaways” From The Pandemic – Please Share Your Own | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=118501 on @Larryferlazzo
Fixing America’s school buildings could help stop climate change https://hechingerreport.org/americas-schools-are-crumbling-fixing-them-could-save-lives-and-the-planet/
PROOF POINTS: Should parents value academic achievement or academic growth in a school? - The Hechinger Report - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=80125 by @jillbarshay on @hechingerreport
Supreme Court Won't Hear Case on Transgender Bathroom Rights https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/us/politics/supreme-court-transgender-bathroom-rights.html
When a Valedictorian Spoke of His Queer Identity, the Principal Cut Off His Speech https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/27/nyregion/new-jersey-valedictorian-lgbtq-speech.html
Colorado marijuana tax hike proposal to support education loses teacher’s union support - https://dpo.st/3vVUVf9 on @denverpost
East Pierce County families protest school mask mandate | Tacoma News Tribune - https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/community/puyallup-herald/article252190833.html#new_tab on thenewstribune
Chicago Public Schools’ universal pre-K ‘strangling’ private day care centers, owners say - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-public-schools-e2-80-99-universal-pre-k-e2-80-98strangling-e2-80-99-private-day-care-centers-owners-say/ar-AALx0fh?ocid=BingNewsSearch#new_tab
New Mexico home schoolers drive drop in enrollment, school funding - https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2021/06/27/new-mexico-home-schoolers-drive-drop-enrollment-school-funding/5364701001/#new_tab via @CrucesSunNews
Newark plans to spend most of COVID relief money on facilities - Chalkbeat Newark - https://newark.chalkbeat.org/2021/6/25/22551136/newark-pandemic-relief-aid-plans-aging-facilities#new_tab on chalkbeat
