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Sunday, April 11, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, April 11, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform

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More Colleges Say They'll Require Students To Have COVID-19 Vaccines For Fall https://www.npr.org/2021/04/11/984787779/should-colleges-require-covid-19-vaccines-for-fall-more-campuses-are-saying-yes

Southern California community plunged into turmoil after popular teacher filmed at Capitol riot http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/uBewgaiyypA/

Parents, community members fight plan to close Bronx elementary school https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-bronx-elementary-school-closure-20210411-kcpv5rvpebf4xhjlb24lku5tuy-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Teachers union impressed with COVID-19 safety measures after touring Rio Rancho school | KOB 4 - https://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/teachers-union-impressed-with-covid-19-safety-measures-after-touring-rio-rancho-school/6069767/ on @KOB4

Sacramento City Unified School District set to return to in-person learning https://www.abc10.com/video/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-city-unified-school-district-set-to-return-to-in-person-learning/103-f88fe5b7-a59f-4ab0-9702-3e6ca5c2bed1

A Once-in-a-Century Crisis Can Help Educate Doctors https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/opinion/sunday/covid-medical-school-humanities.html

Yes, Let’s Stop Talking About A “Lost Year” – And “Learning Loss” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=116825 on @Larryferlazzo



Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Spring Might Be Here Edition (4/11) - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi_11.html


Big Education Ape: Parents, Stop Talking About the ‘Lost Year’ - The New York Times - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/parents-stop-talking-about-lost-year.html


Big Education Ape: EdAction in Congress April 11, 2021 - Education Votes - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/edaction-in-congress-april-11-2021.html


Big Education Ape: Students didn't just learn nothing during school closures — they actually regressed, study says | Salon.com - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/students-didnt-just-learn-nothing.html


Big Education Ape: John Thompson: How Corporate Reform Devastated My School | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/john-thompson-how-corporate-reform.html


Big Education Ape: Yong Zhao and William McDiarmid: Time to Rethink Standardized Testing | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/04/yong-zhao-and-william-mcdiarmid-time-to.html





Education Matters: Now that the testing EO has come out, the big question is what will DCPS do?
Now that the testing EO has come out, the big question is what will DCPS do? If the past is prologue, the answer to that question is the opposite of what is right. They will still use the tests to bludgeon teachers and save money. Who wants to make a bet what they will do? First, some random thoughts. Executive orders from the state diminish the power of localities. They make Corcoran a de facto
How Teachers Handle the Death of George Floyd (Dan Levin) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
How Teachers Handle the Death of George Floyd (Dan Levin) Dan Levin writes for the New York Times . “He was a foreign correspondent covering Canada from 2016 until 2018. From 2008 to 2015, Mr. Levin was based in Beijing, where he reported on human rights, politics and culture in China and Asia. @globaldan “ This article appeared April 7, 2021. At this point in the school year, Lacrissha Walton t
A year ago today, another loss | JD2718
A year ago today, another loss A UFT Executive Board Meeting is wrapping. I’m not sure when. Not in the last two years. I’d disagreed with Mulgrew. Or Weingarten. Or Michael Mendel (I miss Michael). Or maybe a DR meeting, and I had spoken sharply. Whatever. The meeting is over, and a slight figure, smiling, comes over, to explain that I spoke well, but that there really was no disagreement. Well
Upper West Side Mommies Sue to Reopen Schools - south bronx school com
http://www.southbronxschool.com Upper West Side Mommies Sue to Reopen Schools Those "open the schools" folks are starting to bore me. According to today's New York Post, three Upper West Side mommies (Allison Weinger, Natalya Murakhver, and Stephanie Kokinos ) put word through Go Fund me to raise $20k for a lawyer to take the DOE to court to force schools to go 100% in person. As of yesterday, Ap
Choosing Democracy: Teaching Ethnic Studies in Sacramento
Teaching Ethnic Studies in Sacramento On March 16, 2021, we invited a panel of teachers from SCUSD to share about the teaching of Ethnic Studies. We invite you to view the powerful presentations, Hosted and sponsored by the Black Parallel School Board. Teachers at work. e BPSB landing page for the video: https://blackparallelschoolboard.com/teaching-ethnic-studies/ Excellent discussion of the is
NYC Public School Parents: Carranza's new gig with IXL Learning, and its defective and stressful product that DOE has paid millions for & subjected NYC students to use
Carranza's new gig with IXL Learning, and its defective and stressful product that DOE has paid millions for & subjected NYC students to use In the NY Post today, Sue Edelman wrote an expose of an ed tech company , IXL Learning, that recently hired former DOE Chancellor Richard Carranza two weeks after he left office. As I was quoted as saying, "I have no gripe about Carranza getting whatever jo

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