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All Twenty-Eight Annual Education-Related “Best” Lists! | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=114477 on @Larryferlazzo

Welcome 2021! Go Away, 2020! | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-sYJ via @dianeravitch

Will Republican Senators and House member “Objections” Prevent the Election of Biden/Harris? Why January 6th will be an “Interesting” Day. | Ed In The Apple - https://wp.me/p2zCG-2PQ via @edintheapple

Joe Clark, Tough Principal at New Jersey High School, Dies at 82 - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/nyregion/joe-clark-dead.html

Liberty University Students 'Embarrassed' By Jerry Falwell Jr.-Founded Think Tank | HuffPost - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/liberty-university-students-falkirk-center_n_5febb29ac5b6acb5345bc7f6 on @HuffPostPol

Please Support the Network for Public Education! | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-sZw via @dianeravitch

Kwanzaa Week: Celebrating Imani Day 7, Community Building - https://www.theroot.com/having-faith-giving-back-in-the-spirit-of-imani-the-s-1845969342 on TheRoot

Big Education Ape: Education Matters: DCPS is full steam ahead while other school districts play it cautious. - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/education-matters-dcps-is-full-steam.html

A teacher’s deepest concerns going into 2021: students who disappeared, covid-19 myopia and six more - The Washington Post

by Mike Simpson / 4min

A teacher’s deepest fears about 2021: Students who disappeared, covid-19 myopia and six more Longtime educator Larry Ferlazzo has been a frequent writer on this blog for a decade — and now he is back with his list of the things that most concern him about schooling going into 2021. Ferlazzo teaches English and social studies at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento. He has written or edited 1

2021 Student Podcast Challenge Opens For Grades 5-12 : NPR

by Mike Simpson / 4min

NPR's Student Podcast Challenge Opens For Middle And High School Students It's that time of year! New semester, new assignments, new Student Podcast Challenge. Yep, NPR's Student Podcast Challenge is back for its third year, and it opens today, Jan 1. We know you have stories to tell and we at NPR are excited to listen. Tell us about your life, or something you're passionate about — like tater t

Fred Smith: The Night Before New Year’s | Diane Ravitch's blog

by Mike Simpson / 4min

Fred Smith: The Night Before New Year’s Fred Smith, assessment expert (retired from the New York City Board of Education) and part-time poet, published this poem today in the New York Daily News. The night before New Year’s : A Message from Your President! By FRED SMITH NEW YORK DAILY NEWS – DEC 31, 2020 ‘Tis the eve of the new year and in his White House Sits a lame duck-tailed bad man with uns

2020 Taught Us to be Ambidextrous. | Schott Foundation for Public Education

by Mike Simpson / 4min

2020 Taught Us to be Ambidextrous. As the year ends, we are looking back at the many challenges and the fierce organizing — and equally fierce love — that our partners brought to meet them. In the early days of March, educators in St. Paul were on strike: not just for better wages, but for more special education support, smaller class sizes, bilingual teachers’ aides and mental health teams in e

Education Matters: A sad but true fact is DCPS can't be trusted

by Mike Simpson / 4min

A sad but true fact is DCPS can't be trusted 2020 was a difficult year, I had COVID fatigue, then got Covid, election fatigue which is sadly ongoing, and the realization my employer doesn't care about me, my colleagues, or my students. Nothing DCPS says can be trusted. In the last month, the media has reported how DCPS cooking the books about discipline and COVID, or you know two of the last thi

Teacher Tom: Reflections on This First Day of 2021

by Mike Simpson / 4min

Reflections on This First Day of 2021 When our daughter was little and frightening news of the world got to her, I would try to put things in perspective: "Most people, most of the time are having a fine day." That this has been true throughout all of history, even when great tragedy is unfolding in one part of it. (And indeed when is it not?) Maybe it's not a great day, although someone is also

Please Support the Network for Public Education! | Diane Ravitch's blog

by Mike Simpson / 4min

Please Support the Network for Public Education! As a new year begins, and as a new administration prepares to take charge of the U.S. government, our fight to support and improve public education goes on. The Network for Public Education is and will continue to be the single largest voluntary group advocating on behalf of public schools. We had humble beginnings, starting with a bank account of

Another set of New Year’s Resolutions | Live Long and Prosper

by Mike Simpson / 4min

Another set of New Year’s Resolutions The New Year is a time for reflection and planning. Many people enjoy reading top ten lists from the past year as well as making New Year’s Resolutions. Last year I suggested some New Year’s Resolutions for teachers. This year I have a few more to suggest…only this year they’re resolutions for legislators and education policymakers ( and even billionaires wh

Grassroots Education Network- December 2020 Newsletter - Network For Public Education

by Mike Simpson / 4min

Grassroots Education Network- December 2020 Newsletter The NPE Grassroots Education Network is a network of 160 grassroots organizations nationwide who have joined together to preserve, promote, improve, and strengthen our public schools. If you know of a group that would like to join this powerful network, please go here to sign on. If you have any questions about the NPE Grassroots Education N

The Lives That Chose Us (2020 Year-In-Review) | The Jose Vilson

by Mike Simpson / 4min

THE LIVES THAT CHOSE US (2020 YEAR-IN-REVIEW) In mid-September, I was knee-deep in a few readings, one for each class I had taken this fall. The readings ranged from dead white men (think Durkheim, Marx, et. al.) to the history of education, all so compelling that, for a time, I could isolate the words on the page from the specter of death, fascism, and impending doom. A global pandemic laid was

Schools Matter: The Good News and the Bad News on Miguel Cardona

by Mike Simpson / 4min

The Good News and the Bad News on Miguel Cardona First the good news. Cardona's has deep experience as a teacher, school administrator, and state education commissioner. He understands public school culture, and he understands the challenges of growing up short on privilege. Cardona will be the first Secretary of Education to understand the kinds of school environments and programs that allow En

CURMUDGUCATION: Another Round Of Teacher Bashing

by Mike Simpson / 4min

Another Round Of Teacher Bashing Remember back in the spring (approximately ten years ago in 2020 time), when teachers were hailed as heroes for their tenacity and adaptability? Actually, if you're teacher, what you probably remember is hearing that for what often comes next. And sure enough, here we are. The attitude bubbles up in lots of outlets, sometimes snide and subvocalized, and sometimes

A 360 DEGREE VIEW – Dad Gone Wild

by Mike Simpson / 4min

A 360 DEGREE VIEW “Investigations, meditations, careers, relationships were much the same, he mused. They failed because no one thought to ask the right question.” ― Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra It’s taken 364 days to get here, but we have arrived. Today officially marks the last day of a year that certainly ranks among the most challenging. It’s been a year that few would have predicted 365

2020 TOP 10 MOST POPULAR POSTS OF THE YEAR + THE TOP 8 MOST POPULAR " THIS WEEK POSTS" OF 2020 #REDFORED #tbats #newyear #BestOf2020

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TOP 10 MOST POPULAR POSTS OF THE YEAR Big Education Ape: ‘Slaying Goliath’: Diane Ravitch argues in new book that public education advocates have beat back efforts to privatize schools - The Washington Post - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2020/01/slaying-goliath-diane-ravitch-argues-in.html Big Education Ape: The real story of New Orleans and its charter schools - The Washington Post - htt

Thursday, December 31, 2020 THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES #REDFORED #tbats #COVIDVACCINE #BIDEN #edsecMiguelCardona

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Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES A teacher’s deepest concerns going into 2021: students who disappeared, covid-19 myopia and six more - The Washington Post - 

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