THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, January 9, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDVACCINE #DEVOSRESIGNS

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COVID-19 relief package doesn’t go far enough - Education Votes - https://educationvotes.nea.org/2021/01/08/covid-19-relief-package-doesnt-go-far-enough/

Delaware Governor John Carney Loses Touch With Reality As Covid Spreads Like A Wildfire In Delaware https://exceptionaldelaware.wordpress.com/2021/01/08/delaware-governor-john-carney-loses-touch-with-reality-as-covid-spreads-like-a-wildfire-in-delaware/

Child Welfare Systems in 2021 https://www.laprogressive.com/child-welfare-systems-in-2021/

California expects record revenues in stunning Covid budget reversal https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/01/08/california-expects-record-revenues-in-stunning-covid-budget-reversal-1353683

Secretary DeVos Announces More than $4 Billion Available in Emergency Education Grants for Governors to Help Students Continue Learning https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/secretary-devos-announces-more-4-billion-available-emergency-education-grants-governors-help-students-continue-learning

Newsom's budget targets reopening, reviving public schools and universities http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/zwMfl9GyD4E/newsom-california-budget-prioritizes-reopening-k-12-schools

Newsom rejects tuition increases for UC and Cal State but proposes more funding than expected http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/UbvnAX4HiwU/newsom-california-budget-rejects-uc-csu-tuition-increases

Reflections on an insurrection, education predictions for 2021 | EdSource - https://edsource.org/?p=646497 on @edsource

Chicago Students Return to School on Monday. Will Their Teachers? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/chicago-schools-covid-reopening.html

K-12: The Spring Semester to Come https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/k-12-the-spring-semester-to-come.html

Surge Since New Years | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-227 on @wordpressdotcom

SDUSD Superintendent blasts Governor's school reopening plan - https://www.10news.com/news/coronavirus/sdusd-superintendent-blasts-governors-school-reopening-plan on @10news

‘Potential grizzlies’ and Betsy DeVos’s other greatest hits - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/01/08/potential-grizzlies-betsy-devoss-other-greatest-hits/

OPINION: White mobs rioting have been commonplace in American history - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=76480 via @hechingerreport

The Untold Truth Of Betsy DeVos - https://www.nickiswift.com/309126/the-untold-truth-of-betsy-devos/ on @NickiSwiftCeleb

Higher Education Leaders Celebrate the Resignation of Betsy DeVos - Higher Education - https://diverseeducation.com/?p=200622

DeVos Resigns As Education Secretary, Says, 'Impressionable Children Are Watching' | Georgia Public Broadcasting - https://www.gpb.org/node/552076

Critics hope Betsy DeVos leaving will mean renewed focus on public ed https://hechingerreport.org/column-as-betsy-devos-steps-down-critics-hope-it-is-time-to-put-the-public-back-in-public-education/

Rooting out racism in children’s books https://www.salon.com/2021/01/09/rooting-out-racism-in-childrens-books_partner/

Liberty University the lone holdout after every other college strips Trump of honorary degrees https://www.rawstory.com/falwell-trump/

Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz: Impeach Trump Without Delay | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-t6z via @dianeravitch

The “Little Soldiers” of Chinese Education | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-7U7 via @CubanLarry

How billionaires gave us Reagan then Trump – with special guest Ian Haney-López | Eclectablog - https://www.eclectablog.com/?p=72095

Opinion | I Desegregated the University of Georgia. History Is Still in the Making. - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/opinion/sunday/university-of-georgia-desegregation.html

Sticking to My Guns | Teacher in a strange land

by Mike Simpson / 3min

Sticking to My Guns God, I hate that phrase— stick to your guns! — because it represents everything that triggered the Capitol breach on Wednesday: Intransigence. The false glory of never yielding, even when your case is weak or based on falsehoods. Violence as means of accruing power. In the past two days, as conversations sprang up and grew heated on social media, our new town square, a friend

The week in coveducation: Timeline unclear for teacher vaccinations

by Mike Simpson / 3min

The week in coveducation: Timeline unclear for teacher vaccinations The state saw some big news in the education world this week with an announcement from the State Department of Education that Oklahoma public school enrollment has dropped. The timeline for getting all Oklahoma teachers vaccinated was also found to be unclear. In the coming week, the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Educati

JOHN FENSTERWALD: Large urban districts object to Gov. Newsom’s school reopening plan | EdSource

by Mike Simpson / 3min

Large urban districts object to Gov. Newsom’s school reopening plan | EdSource Large urban districts object to Gov. Newsom’s school reopening plan They cite funding inequities and want the state to cover the full costs of testing Superintendents of seven urban school districts, including the state’s four largest, are strongly criticizing Gov. Gavin funding plan to allow districts to reopen classr

NEA calls for immediate removal of President Trump - Education Votes

by Mike Simpson / 3min

NEA calls for immediate removal of President Trump Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY), leaders of their respective caucuses, normally don’t agree on much. But they are of one mind when it comes to Donald Trump’s last-ditch attempt to stop Congress from certifying the victory of President-elect Joe Biden and the insurrection fueled by Trump’s seditious rhetoric. Totally unac

Education Matters: Let's talk about social distancing in DCPS

by Mike Simpson / 3min

Let's talk about social distancing in DCPS Social distancing is part of the whole trinity of protecting oneself and others from the coronavirus. It's also a lie that it is happening in our schools. I know it, you know it, and Greene and the board know it too, the difference is where we might be outraged and horrified the board and super are shrugging their shoulders. Have you ever heard the phra

Marie Corfield: What Really Happened Inside the Capitol

by Mike Simpson / 3min

What Really Happened Inside the Capitol Stop what you are doing right now and watch this. THIS is what it was really like inside the Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 when traitorous thugs, egged on by the man 

John Thompson: Is It Time to Apologize to Teachers and Their Unions for Their Caution? | Diane Ravitch's blog

by Mike Simpson / 27min

John Thompson: Is It Time to Apologize to Teachers and Their Unions for Their Caution? John Thompson, historian and retired teacher in Oklahoma, has a beef with “experts” and pundits who criticized teachers and teachers’ unions for refusing to reopen schools when it was not safe and uncertainty was the rule. He writes: The Guardian reports , “Los Angeles is becoming the center of America’s out-o

The Politics of Calling for No Politics: 2021 – radical eyes for equity

by Mike Simpson / 27min

The Politics of Calling for No Politics: 2021 As a part of the education community, I noticed two immediate responses to the insurrection of the U.S. Capitol by domestic terrorists seeking to disrupt the confirmation of the next President of the U.S. One response anticipated that (once again) teachers would be on the front line of addressing trauma by suggesting ways that examining the riot in D

Education Matters: Juking the stats DCPS graduation style

by Mike Simpson / 27min

Juking the stats DCPS graduation style Superintendent Greene sent out an email blast touting the district's improvement in graduation, a stat that has steadily gone up for a decade. This is my question, can any of you point to a specific policy that she implemented that has led to our increase? I can, and that’s the district requiring teachers to promote students whether they deserve it or not.

DAVID L. HUDSON JR: Public Employees, Private Speech: 1st Amendment doesn't always protect government workers - ABA Journal American Bar Association

by Mike Simpson / 27min

Public Employees, Private Speech: 1st Amendment doesn't always protect government workers Public Employees, Private Speech: 1st Amendment doesn't always protect government workers High-profile controversies over police shootings, questionable promotions, racial profiling, attacks on law enforcement and race-based incidents have led to an increase in public employees being disciplined for publicly

Thurmond’s Statement on Governor’s Proposed Budget - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education)

by Mike Simpson / 27min

State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Issues Statement in Response to Governor Newsom’s Proposed 2021 Education Budget SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond today issued the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed education budget for the fiscal year 2021–22: “At a time when a global pandemic has created extraordinary challenges for our stud

ARE BETTER TIMES REALLY AHEAD? – Dad Gone Wild

by Mike Simpson / 27min

ARE BETTER TIMES REALLY AHEAD? “I think the world honestly would be a much healthier place if instead of trying to find rationalizations for our bad behavior we would just say, “I was an asshole. Sure, there were reasons behind it, but that doesn’t matter.” ― Colin Quinn Somebody forgot to give 2021 the memo. This year was supposed to be better. We were supposed to be better. This past week cast

CURMUDGUCATION: Watch Out: K12 Has Changed Its Name

by Mike Simpson / 27min

CURMUDGUCATION: W atch Out: K12 Has Changed Its Name Watch Out: K12 Has Changed Its Name Back in November, when most of us were pre-occupied with a few other things, K12, Inc, the giant cyber-school company, went and gave itself a new name -- Stride, Inc. The rebranding came with some new acquisitions, but underneath it all, K12 is its same old self. K12 is a big fat for-profit cyber-edu-biz oper

THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it. + TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT

by Mike Simpson / 27min

Dad Gone Wild – Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it. THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it. ARE BETTER TIMES REALLY AHEAD? by TC Weber / 17h “I think the world honestly would be a much healthier place if instead of trying to find rationalizations for our bad behavior we would just say, “I was an asshole. Sure, there were reasons behind it, but that doesn’t matte

TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

by Mike Simpson / 27min

Teacher Tom Unstructured Play Outdoors Should Be the Foundation of Childhood 1K 1d "I Was a Different Person Then" 93 2d Isn't This Belittling to Children? 2K 3d We're Here on this Earth to Saunter 200+ 3d "This is a Little Princess" 200+ 5d Reflections on This First Day of 2021 93 7d Teacher Tom

SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

by Mike Simpson / 27min

California Department of Education SSPI TONY THURMOND STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Thurmond’s Statement on Governor’s Proposed Budget 17h California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond issues statement in response to Governor Newsom’s proposed 2021 education budget. 2020 National ESEA Distinguished Schools Announced 1d State Superintendent Thurmond announces Californ

THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER

by Mike Simpson / 27min

NewBlackMan (in Exile) THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) One Hundred: The Ed Gordon Podcast with Michael Eric Dyson by Mark Anthony Neal / 10h 'Host Ed Gordon talks with scholar and author Michael Eric Dyson about his new book, A Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America . They also discuss the insurrection and riot that rocked the Nation’s Capitol in January and they explore the futur

THIS WEEK Education Research Report

by Mike Simpson / 27min

Education Research Report New review says the ineffective 'learning styles' theory persists in education by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d A new review by Swansea University reveals there is widespread belief, around the world, in a teaching method that is not only ineffective but may actually be harmful to learners. For decades educators have been advised to match their teaching to the supposed 'lear

THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007

by Mike Simpson / 27min

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 The Best Resources For Learning & Teaching About The Possible Second Impeachment Of President Trump by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h quinntheislander / Pixabay It appears likely that the House of Representatives is going to consider impeaching President Trump for the second time this coming week because of his

KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all #REDFORED #tbats #COUP #1984IsHere

by Mike Simpson / 27min

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 Josh Hawley: Bad Karma for Bad Character by dianeravitch / 55min Josh Hawley, graduate of Stanford University and Yale Law School, took the low road, aligning himself with Trumpism and trying to block the pro forma certification of Biden’s electi

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