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Saturday, February 20, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, February 20, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTH #openonlywhensafe

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Choosing Democracy: "Not Doing This Is a Choice": Biden Drags His Feet on Canceling Student ... - http://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2021/02/not-doing-this-is-choice-biden-drags.html

Saturday’s Must-Read Articles & Must-Watch Videos (Including One From Trevor Noah) On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=115702 on @Larryferlazzo

FACT-CHECK: Biden's Comments On Loan Forgiveness And Elite Colleges https://www.scpr.org/news/2021/02/20/96719/fact-check-biden-s-comments-on-loan-forgiveness-an/ via @kpcc

Appointments in effect for Philadelphia teacher vaccinations Monday https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/2/19/22291647/appointments-in-effect-for-philadelphia-teacher-vaccinations-monday via @ChalkbeatPHL

Not Necessarily The “Best,” But Some Useful Resources For Teaching About The Mars Rover Perseverance | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=115717 on @Larryferlazzo

Targeting Most-Vulnerable Youth for Job Training https://www.laprogressive.com/targeting-most-vulnerable-youth/

FCC Must Expand The E-Rate Program To Connect Students During Pandemic https://popularresistance.org/fcc-must-expand-the-e-rate-program-to-connect-students-during-pandemic/

Texas students slammed again as storm scrambles already chaotic school year https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/19/texas-school-power-outage/

How The Pandemic Has Altered School Discipline — Perhaps Forever https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pandemic-school-discipline_n_60300a72c5b6cc8bbf3b83a6

Murphy administration to increase funds for schools https://www.njspotlight.com/video/murphy-administration-to-increase-funds-for-schools/

Michael Fullan: The Right Drivers for School Success in the 21st Century | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tx8 via @dianeravitch

When Black kids — shut out world of children’s literature — took matters into their own hands https://www.salon.com/2021/02/20/when-black-kids--shut-out-world-of-childrens-literature--took-matters-into-their-own-hands_partner/

NBC “Meet the Press”: Anthony Fauci … Randi Weingarten … Will Hurd. Panel: Cornell Belcher, Pat McCrory, Susan Page and Kristen Welker. - NBC.com - https://www.nbc.com/meet-the-press on @nbc


Big Education Ape: Mathilda Beasley, Black Educator Hall of Fame - Philly's 7th Ward - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/mathilda-beasley-black-educator-hall-of.html


Big Education Ape: Told Ya This Would Happen – Tennessee Education Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/told-ya-this-would-happen-tennessee.html


Big Education Ape: Good News from New Hampshire: Legislature Postpones Voucher Bill to Next Year | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/good-news-from-new-hampshire.html


Big Education Ape: How the pandemic has altered school discipline — perhaps forever - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/how-pandemic-has-altered-school.html





Cartoons about Teaching during Covid-19 | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Cartoons about Teaching during Covid-19 Cartoonists, no doubt working from home during the pandemic, have continued to dip their pens in ink (and clicked through their software) to capture life in and out of schools during Covid-19. I bring to you ones that got me to grimace, smile, grin, and even laugh. Enjoy! Signe cartoon TOON19 Summer Slide Schools MORE CARTOONS: Cartoons about Teaching duri
WHAT YOU SEE, AIN’T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET – Dad Gone Wild
WHAT YOU SEE, AIN’T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET “Sometimes I aint so sho who’s got ere a right to say when a man is crazy and when he aint. Sometimes I think it aint none of us pure crazy and aint none of us pure sane until the balance of us talks him that-a-way. It’s like it aint so much what a fellow does, but it’s the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.” ― William Faulkner, A
School Board Candidate Blasts District, Superintendent, & Board In Explosive Public Comment | Exceptional Delaware
School Board Candidate Blasts District, Superintendent, & Board In Explosive Public Comment At the last school board meeting on Wednesday, February 17th for the Smyrna Board of Education, Diane Eastburn gave a public comment for the ages. While announcing she would be running for the open seat on the school board, Eastburn trashed the district. Eastburn is a frequent advocate for students with d
Georgia: Civil Rights Groups Oppose Voucher Legislation | Diane Ravitch's blog
Georgia: Civil Rights Groups Oppose Voucher Legislation Civil rights groups, led by the Southern Education Foundation, are opposing the voucher legislation proposed by Republicans in Georgia. SEF leads opposition to education savings account bill introduced in Georgia legislature One of the first pieces of legislation introduced in the Georgia legislature in 2021 was the Georgia Educational Scho
Education Matters: CATCH UP WITH MR. G - THIS WEEK IN DCPS
Education Matters CATCH UP WITH MR. G THIS WEEK IN DCPS This week in Ron DeSantis, he blasts CDC guidelines, threatens to withhold vaccines and lies about the pandemic. 60 by Unknown / 1d Ron DeSantis is a menace, before the pandemic is over he will be responsible for tens of thousands of deaths. From WCJB.com, DeSantis is calling it a “disgrace.” He says these new guidelines are not rooted in sc
THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it
Dad Gone Wild – Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it. . WHAT YOU SEE, AIN’T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET by TC Weber / 18h “Sometimes I aint so sho who’s got ere a right to say when a man is crazy and when he aint. Sometimes I think it aint none of us pure crazy and aint none of us pure sane until the balance of us talks him that-a-way. It’s like it aint so much what a fellow does, but it’s the way the ma
TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT
TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT EDUCATION POLITICS AND POLICY IN THE VOLUNTEER STATE Told Ya This Would Happen 45 by Andy Spears / 15h Back in July, I wrote a post about a newly-created political action committee (PAC) that seemed to be formed by Tennesseans for Student Success. You may recall that Tennesseans for Student Success is the dark money group behind a serious of insidious attacks on any le
TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Teacher Tom In the End the Goal is Not Literacy, It's Understanding 200+ 1d A "Big, Big Poop" and Speaking the Names of the Gods 400+ 2d Without Emotions Rational Thought is Impossible 500+ 2d ****** Tired of butting heads with kids? Scolding them? Bossing them around? Do you feel like they just don't listen? Sign up now for my new 6-part e-course, The Technology of Speaking With Children So The
SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
California Department of Education SSPI TONY THURMOND STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Mandatory SFSP Training Coming in March 2d California Department of Education Nutrition Services Division (NSD) Community Nutrition Programs Unit (CNPU) is pleased to announce that the 2021 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) annual online Mandatory Training will be available in March
THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTH
NewBlackMan (in Exile) THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) What Was Lost and What Can Be Gained? On Coloniality and Planetary Black Citizenship by Mark Anthony Neal / 12h 'Historian Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni on colonialism's deep (ongoing) legacy of dehumanization, the exclusionary nation-state and his article Black Citizenship and the Problem of "Coloniality" for Black Agenda Report's Black Ci
THIS WEEK Education Research Report
Education Research Report Study: Including videos in college teaching may improve student learning by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1d As higher education institutions worldwide transition to new methods of instruction, including the use of more pre-recorded videos, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many observers are concerned that student learning is suffering as a result. However, a new comprehen
THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 Saturday’s Must-Read Articles & Must-Watch Videos (Including One From Trevor Noah) On School Reopenings by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h sofisorgin / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : California will earmark 10% of weekly COVID-19 vaccine suppl
KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all #REDFORED #tbats #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTH #openonlywhensafe
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 Michael Fullan: The Right Drivers for School Success in the 21st Century by dianeravitch / 4min Michael Fullan has written an excellent analysis of the best way to redesign school systems after the pandemic. This paper deserves the time it takes

YESTERDAY

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Teachers and Their Unions Are Demanding Truly Safe Schools Reopening — Not “Ignoring Science” - https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/teachers-unions-schools-covid-reopening#new_tab Audio: Debate Over Student Loan Forgiveness Hinges On 2 Numbers: $10,000 Vs. $50,000 | 89.3 KPCC - https://www.scpr.org/news/2021/02/18/96701/debate-over-student-l

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