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Biden's Education secretary pick acknowledges ‘ongoing crisis’ in schools https://politi.co/2LZMdet via @politico

Biden To Pick Connecticut Schools Chief Miguel Cardona As Education Secretary https://www.scpr.org/news/2020/12/22/95826/biden-to-pick-connecticut-schools-chief-miguel-car/ via @kpcc

DACA backers ask judge for reprieve until Biden administration https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/22/daca-dreamers-immigration-transition-450185

Study Finds Black Children 6 Times More Likely to be Fatally Shot by Police https://www.theroot.com/study-finds-black-children-6-times-more-likely-to-be-fa-1845936014?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=theroot_twitter via @TheRoot

The stimulus bill includes a “historic” provision to expand broadband internet access https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/12/23/22196354/stimulus-bill-broadband-internet

West Point Cheating Scandal: What to Know https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/nyregion/west-point-cheating.html

Teacher union head, floated Biden education advisor stumps for Warnock, Ossoff in Savannah - https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2020/12/22/joe-biden-education-secretary-standardized-testing-american-teacher-union-randi-weingarten/4009547001/ via @SavannahNow

Biden to tap Miguel Cardona as next education secretary, reports say - https://www.wpxi.com/news/trending/biden-tap-miguel-cardona-next-education-secretary-reports-say/XRJP5MW7IRFEHAOQPDNDXJ4KBU/ via @WPXI

Joe Biden picks education secretary: Miguel Cardona, Connecticut schools chief - https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/joe-biden-education-secretary-miguel-cardona-connecticut-20201222.html via @PhillyInquirer

International students will welcome a Biden administration - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=76245 via @hechingerreport

OPINION: New York City’s new middle school admissions will test white parents - The Hechinger Report - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=76276 via @hechingerreport

A 'Real Easy' Choice: Biden Introduces Education Pick Miguel Cardona https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/12/23/949593118/a-real-easy-choice-biden-introduces-education-pick-miguel-cardona

Pennsylvania: For-Profit Charter Destroys Public School District | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-sTO via @dianeravitch

State disciplines teacher accused of anti-immigrant comments - South Florida Sun-Sentinel - https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/schools/fl-ne-boca-raton-teacher-license-suspended-20201219-jwfnnyxt4zby3gj2xm6i4c74ty-story.html#new_tab via @SunSentinel

Public Schools Face Funding ‘Death Spiral’ as Enrollment Drops - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/us/public-schools-enrollment-stimulus.html#new_tab

Teachers Blast Biden's Education Secretary Pick Miguel Cardona: 'A Slap in the Face' - https://www.newsweek.com/teachers-blast-bidens-education-secretary-pick-miguel-cardona-slap-face-1556737#new_tab on @newsweek

Megan Rapinoe, Billie Jean King support brief against Idaho anti-transgender law - Sports Illustrated - https://www.si.com/more-sports/2020/12/21/idaho-anti-transgender-law-briefs#new_tab

Where Biden's Choice for Education Secretary Stands on Key K-12 Issues - https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/where-bidens-choice-for-education-secretary-stands-on-key-k-12-issues/2020/12#new_tab by @EvieBlad on @educationweek

City Forces 12,000 Students Back To Remote Learning For Failing To Submit COVID Testing Consent Forms - Gothamist - https://gothamist.com/news/city-forces-12000-students-back-remote-learning-failing-submit-covid-testing-consent-forms on @gothamist

Interventions in school years can prevent deaths of despair - Big Think - https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/intervention-deaths-of-despair

Miguel Cardona: Joe Biden picks Connecticut schools chief as education secretary - ABC7 San Francisco - https://abc7news.com/miguel-cardona-wikipedia-meriden-ct-connecticut-biden-cabinet/9004613/ via @abc7newsbayarea

School Report Card: Mother-daughter teachers die of COVID-19 complications and and schools face substitute shortages https://ca.news.yahoo.com/school-report-card-mother-daughter-teachers-die-covid-19-complications-schools-substitute-shortages-131544837.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr via @Yahoo

Education Week: Where Cardona Stands on the Issues | Diane Ravitch's blog

by Mike Simpson / 30min

Education Week: Where Cardona Stands on the Issues Eve Blad wrote in Education Week about where Miguel Cardona , Biden’s choice for Secretary of Education, stands on the issues: On reopening schools during the pandemic: He favors in-person instruction, but has not mandated it. He recommends face masks. “We all know remote learning will never replace the classroom experience,” Cardona wrote in a

JEFF BRYANT: Truthout: DeVos Is on Her Way Out, But Public Education Is Still Very Much Under Attack | National Education Policy Center

by Mike Simpson / 30min

Truthout: DeVos Is on Her Way Out, But Public Education Is Still Very Much Under Attack | National Education Policy Center Truthout: DeVos Is on Her Way Out, But Public Education Is Still Very Much Under Attack When a Biden victory in the 2020 presidential election became certain, supporters of public education gleefully took to social media to say good riddance to U.S. Secretary of Education Bet

SSPI TONY THURMOND: What's New - California Department of Education - Grant Opportunity - 2020 Finalists for PAEMST - SBE Agenda for January 2021

by Mike Simpson / 30min

California Department of Education SSPI TONY THURMOND What's New - California Department of Education COVID-19 Guidance Web Page: Updates to FAQs 19h California Department of Education (CDE) has updated the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section of the CDE COVID-19 Guidance in the Child Nutrition Programs (CNP) web page to provide further guidance for CNPs. Grant Opportunity: TN Taste of CA Rec

Politico: Will Dr. Cardona Push 2021 Testing? | Diane Ravitch's blog

by Mike Simpson / 30min

Politico: Will Dr. Cardona Push 2021 Testing? Not many people outside Connecticut are familiar with President-Elect Biden’s choice for Secretary of Education. He went to public schools. He has worked in public schools his entire career. His children go to public schools in Meriden, where he lives. He is not aligned with DFER or Chiefs for Change or any billionaire-funded “reform” group. Politico

Shawgi Tell: Charter Schools Spend Millions On Advertising and Marketing | Dissident Voice

by Mike Simpson / 30min

Charter Schools Spend Millions On Advertising and Marketing | Dissident Voice Charter Schools Spend Millions On Advertising and Marketing Unlike public schools, private businesses like charter schools spend millions of public dollars a year on advertising and marketing. Putting aside widespread fraud and corruption in the segregated charter school sector, this is an enormous waste and abuse of pu

A teacher will head the department of education. – Fred Klonsky

by Mike Simpson / 30min

A TEACHER WILL HEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Like most educators around the country, I don’t know much about Dr. Miguel Cardona other than that he comes from years of classroom experience and that he was the head of public schools in Connecticut. I have always thought that the importance of having a teacher head the federal education department was overstated. First hand teaching experience i

Who is the new U.S. Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona? The Hechinger Report

by Mike Simpson / 30min

Who is the new U.S. Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona? Who is the new U.S. Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona? Biden’s ed secretary will continue a “meteoric rise” to the nation’s top education job after serving as Connecticut’s commissioner When he was assistant superintendent 

Five reasons educators are excited about Miguel Cardona - Education Votes

by Mike Simpson / 1h

Five reasons educators are excited about Miguel Cardona On Monday, President-elect Joe Biden announced former public elementary school teacher and union member, and current Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona as his pick to lead the U.S. Department of Education. “When a record number of Americans turned out to vote for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Ha

Where Did Education Fail Us? | The Jose Vilson

by Mike Simpson / 1h

WHERE DID EDUCATION FAIL US? In my final reflection for the semester of my doctoral studies (don’t ask me how it’s going), I considered what it meant to get an education. Over and again in this space, I’ve considered how there’s a big difference between schooling and education. Schooling is a set of processes characterized by the desire to show students a given set of ideas and materials. Educat

Doyle and Sahlberg: After the Pandemic, Children Need to Play | Diane Ravitch's blog

by Mike Simpson / 1h

Doyle and Sahlberg: After the Pandemic, Children Need to Play William Doyle and Pasi Sahlberg have a proposal for what children should do after the pandemic: Play. They write at CNN.com: When the novel coronavirus is no longer as great a threat and schools finally reopen, we should give children the one thing they will need most after enduring months of isolation, stress, physical restraint and

NYC Educator: Can We Agree on a Fair Evaluation System?

by Mike Simpson / 1h

Can We Agree on a Fair Evaluation System? That's a tough question. Our esteemed chancellor writes us missives telling us how much he respects and cares for us. Our safety is the most important thing there is. Yet you don't see him setting his foot in a school unless it's pre-screened and a whole lot cleaner than any I've seen over the last decade or two. If Regents exams are canceled, and if no

CURMUDGUCATION: Nobody Hates Miguel Cardona (So Far)

by Mike Simpson / 1h

Nobody Hates Miguel Cardona (So Far) (OF course, I finished this post at about 3:55 PM Eastern time, so there's plenty of time left for folks to crank up the disapproval) So now we know who the new guy is (probably) going to be, and an awful lot of folks are asking who he is and whether we should be delighted or upset or whatever. Diane Ravitch notes that he hasn't taken a position on many of th

NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER

by Mike Simpson / 1h

NewBlackMan (in Exile) NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2020/12/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile_12.html The Quarantine Tapes 137: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o by Mark Anthony Neal / 19h 'Host Paul Holdengräber is joined by writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on episode 137 of The Quarantine Tapes . A celebrated author of no

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

by Mike Simpson / 1h

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 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/2020/12/this-week-in-education-larry- ferlazzos_19.html December’s Most Popular Posts by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h As regular readers

EXTRA: Biden Appoints Dr. Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary | janresseger

by Mike Simpson / 3h

EXTRA: Biden Appoints Dr. Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary This is a reblog of Diane Ravitch’s commentary on President Elect Joseph Biden’s appointment of Dr. Miguel Cardona as the next Secretary of Education. Biden Picks Connecticut Commissioner Miguel Cardona as Secretary of Education by dianeravitch President-Elect Joe Biden selected Dr. Miguel Cardona, Commissioner of Education in Conne

Teacher Tom: Teacher Tom's Last Minute Gift Ideas

by Mike Simpson / 3h

Teacher Tom's Last Minute Gift Ideas We've been bombarded with "last minute" gift idea promotions since at least mid-November, but now, finally, the last minute is truly upon us. As a public service I offer Teacher Tom's last minute gift ideas for children, most of which won't even require a trip to a mall or an Amazon delivery. Mesh produce bags. Things that rot. A place to leave things to rot

NPE's Thoughts on the Selection of Miguel Cardona for Secretary of Education - Network For Public Education

by Mike Simpson / 3h

NPE’s Thoughts on the Selection of Miguel Cardona for Secretary of Education Last evening the Biden Administration selected Dr. Miguel Cardona, the State Superintendent of Connecticut, as his Secretary of Education. We congratulate Dr. Cardona who has dedicated his life to public schools–as a public school teacher, principal, central administrator and State Superintendent. We are delighted that

CT Ed Commissioner Miguel Cardona to be Next US Ed Sec | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog

by Mike Simpson / 3h

CT Ed Commissioner Miguel Cardona to be Next US Ed Sec President-elect Joe Biden has selected Connecticut education commissioner, Miguel Cardona, as the next US secretary of education. Cardona was appointed state superintendent in Connecticut in August 2019. According to Cardona’s Linkedin bio , he earned his bachelors in education from Central Connecticut State University (1993-1997) and severa

Stop Using Black Children as an Excuse to Open Your Schools | Black&Smart

by Mike Simpson / 3h

STOP USING BLACK CHILDREN AS AN EXCUSE TO OPEN YOUR SCHOOLS It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog. The Corona Virus has forced me to address so many things virtually, that the last thing I’ve had the energy for was sitting down in front of the computer for yet another thing. I didn’t even want to think about an Op-Ed. However, the current chatter about returning to schools has me thinking

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