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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Wednesday, January 20, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDVACCINE #Inauguration #BIDEN #HARRIS #46

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Biden will extend student loan relief through September https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/20/biden-student-loan-relief-september-460664

On Biden’s To-Do List Today Is Rescinding the Racist 1776 Commission https://www.theroot.com/on-biden-s-to-do-list-today-is-rescinding-the-racist-17-1846092086

NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund Launches Scholarship for 50 Future Civil Rights Attorneys After Receiving $40 Million Anonymous Donation https://www.theroot.com/naacp-legal-defense-and-education-fund-launches-scholar-1846087628?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=theroot_twitter via @TheRoot

K-12 enrollment down statewide, in Orleans Parish https://thelensnola.org/2021/01/19/k-12-enrollment-down-statewide-in-orleans-parish/

NOLA Public Schools COVID-19 cases decline; announcement on reopening could come this week https://thelensnola.org/2021/01/19/nola-public-schools-covid-19-cases-decline-announcement-on-reopening-could-come-this-week/

Trump's right-wing 1776 history report appears to plagiarize authors: report http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/CNhYRByWRtI/

40 Funny Tweets That Sum Up Kid Logic https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kid-logic-funny-tweets_l_5fb16b14c5b6b956698c38e1

New blow to SAT empire shows California's key role in diminishing college admissions tests http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/P30R7QTf4IM/sat-test-diminish-california-key-role

Another blow to the SAT: Essays and subject tests to be scrapped amid pandemic fallout http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/8ny9vrewWh8/college-board-to-scrap-sat-subject-tests-and-optional-essay-citing-pandemic-fallout

The SAT Announces Dropping Essay and Subject Tests https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/sat-essay-subject-tests.html

OPINION: Will the Biden administration boost early childhood education? https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-the-biden-administration-has-a-real-chance-to-boost-early-childhood-education/

COLUMN: History textbooks must not ignore white supremacist violence - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=76681 via @hechingerreport

Sarah Lahm: Charter Schools Movement Sees a Growth Opportunity in Public School Funding Cuts | Ed Politics - https://edpolitics.org/?p=312

January 2021 IQC Meeting Agenda - Instructional Quality Commission (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/cc/cd/jan2021iqcagenda.asp

Big Changes to the SAT https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/big-changes-to-the-sat.html

With possible teacher strike vote looming, CPS chief says union talks need to focus on how, not whether, to reopen schools - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-chicago-public-schools-covid-19-reopening-teachers-union-20210119-skqq4vjipndtrmgbbq3oehivne-story.html#new_tab via @chicagotribune

100-plus Broward schoolteachers, staff won’t return amid COVID | Miami Herald - https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article248613495.html#new_tab on miamiherald

SC public school enrollment dips amid pandemic, private schools get unexpected boost | News | postandcourier.com - https://www.postandcourier.com/news/sc-public-school-enrollment-dips-amid-pandemic-private-schools-get-unexpected-boost/article_90988374-5425-11eb-835b-1bdab215f181.html#new_tab on @postandcourier

For schoolchildren struggling to read, COVID-19 has been a wrecking ball - The Boston Globe - https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/19/magazine/schoolchildren-struggling-read-covid-19-has-been-wrecking-ball/#new_tab on @BostonGlobe

School choice proponents galvanized by remote learning struggles speak out at committee hearing | Education | stltoday.com - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/school-choice-proponents-galvanized-by-remote-learning-struggles-speak-out-at-committee-hearing/article_8ae0d778-d956-50fb-b77b-8f374ec8cb8c.html#new_tab on @stltoday

Newark’s new high schools will handpick students, raising equity concerns https://newark.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/19/22239693/newark-specialized-high-schools via @ChalkbeatNWK

College Board drops SAT's optional essay and subject tests to 'reduce demands on students' - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/college-board-drops-sat-s-optional-essay-subject-tests-reduce-n1254694#new_tab by NBCNews on @NBCNews

How much learning have Washington students missed? The state doesn’t know | The Seattle Times - https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=13366505 by @joy_resmovits on @seattletimes

Proposed school reopening fund could cost districts money | CalMatters https://calmatters.org/education/2021/01/newsom-school-reopening-fund-proposal-problems/

Some schools won't show inauguration in classrooms over concerns of potential violence https://www.foxnews.com/us/schools-inauguration-violence #FoxNews

Why public school enrollment in Louisiana is down nearly 17,000 students | Education | theadvocate.com - https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_5cee1a84-5a83-11eb-b062-23c04a5a70a0.html#new_tab

Biden to Revoke Trump's 'Patriotic Education' Order, Shield DACA on First Day as President - https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/biden-to-revoke-trumps-patriotic-education-order-shield-daca-on-first-day-as-president/2021/01#new_tab by @andrewujifusa on @educationweek

Biden to Rescind the Racist 1776 Commission - https://www.theroot.com/on-biden-s-to-do-list-today-is-rescinding-the-racist-17-1846092086#new_tab on TheRoot

Full text: Joe Biden inauguration speech transcript - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/20/joe-biden-inauguration-speech-transcript-full-text-460813

Biden’s Covid-19 stimulus plan includes $40 billion for child care https://www.vox.com/2021/1/20/22238757/joe-biden-covid-19-stimulus-child-care

Tennessee bill threatens to withhold funds as school reopening debate heats up https://tn.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/19/22240042/bill-state-funding-dependent-on-reopening-classrooms-bill-lee-condemns-virtual-learning via @ChalkbeatTN


Big Education Ape: NYC Public School Parents: The impact of Covid on NYC schools and class size & critique of DOE's plans for next year - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/nyc-public-school-parents-impact-of.html


Big Education Ape: Before You Must Go (The Whole Trump of You) | The Jose Vilson - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/before-you-must-go-whole-trump-of-you.html


Big Education Ape: Joe Biden Has a Golden Opportunity to Strengthen Public Education | Ed Politics - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/joe-biden-has-golden-opportunity-to.html


Big Education Ape: Educators, Social Justice Is About Consistent Action, Not Simply When It's Trending On Social Media - Philly's 7th Ward - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/educators-social-justice-is-about.html


Big Education Ape: Locals – Including NAACP – Oppose Biden’s Pick of Cindy Marten - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/locals-including-naacp-oppose-bidens.html



Big Education Ape: Educators welcome Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and their support for public schools - Education Votes - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/educators-welcome-joe-biden-and-kamala.html


Big Education Ape: Think of a Leader. Who did you picture? | Teacher in a strange land - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/think-of-leader-who-did-you-picture.html


Big Education Ape: Take the Money and Run – Tennessee Education Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/take-money-and-run-tennessee-education.html


Big Education Ape: NYC Educator: No, It's NOT Time To Fully Open School Buildings - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/nyc-educator-no-its-not-time-to-fully.html










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CURMUDGUCATION: What Donald Trump Means To Me
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Biden must build a more equitable US education system: To A Greater Glory [National Catholic Reporter] | The Jose Vilson
To A Greater Glory [National Catholic Reporter] | The Jose Vilson TO A GREATER GLORY [NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER] In my latest op-ed, I wrote an article as an open letter to the Biden administration that harkened back to my Jesuit education (Nativity Mission, Xavier High). Here’s a little bit: In this way, I’m asking us to live out our stated values politically and spiritually. If God truly lives
Miguel Cardona, Who Are You? | Real Learning CT
Miguel Cardona, Who Are You? President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Miguel Cardona, the current Connecticut Commissioner of Education, to be the next U.S. Secretary of Education. Anyone he nominated would be better than Trump’s Secretary of Education. But who is Miguel Cardona and what is the vision that he brings to the U.S. Department of Education and to the teaching and learning in all of th

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