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Newsom’s $2 billion college savings plan for 1st graders & Chris Edley’s new gig https://edsource.org/podcast/newsoms-2-billion-college-savings-plan-for-1st-graders-chris-edleys-new-gig
Philadelphia pre-Ks could see millions in federal dollars. Parents and providers weigh in on how to spend it. - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/broke-in-philly/2021/5/14/22436707/pre-ks-could-see-millions-in-federal-dollars-parents-and-providers-weigh-in-on-how-to-spend-it on chalkbeat
'Land-Grab Universities' Thrived On Indigenous Land. Now, Some Are Making Amends | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/05/land-grab-universities-thrived-on.html
Saturday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=117570 on @Larryferlazzo
glen brown: Confused by CDC's Latest Mask Guidance? Here's What We've Learned (NPR) - https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2021/05/confused-by-cdcs-latest-mask-guidance.html
Can Civics Save America? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/Kiba5EF1BHU/
Student reporter who interviewed Obama at White House dies at 23 https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/15/kid-reporter-obama-interview-dies-488476
Governor's Budget Would Require Schools To Offer Full-Time, In-Person Classes By Fall https://laist.com/news/education/coronavirus-governor-gavin-newsom-reopen-schools-budget-proposal-k12
COVID-19 vaccinations and mitigation turned the corner on school reopening: AFT President https://finance.yahoo.com/video/covid-19-vaccinations-mitigation-turned-192900246.html
Parents at New York School Upset After Students Receive Assignment That States George Floyd Didn’t Die From Knee on Neck https://www.theroot.com/parents-at-new-york-school-upset-after-students-receive-1846896897
Huge budget boost to UC, CSU and community colleges targets student housing and job training http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/7OljTqclsX8/uc-cal-state-community-colleges-get-historic-budget-hike
Graduating? Here's Life Kit's Best Advice For Taking The Next Step https://www.npr.org/2021/05/15/996874992/graduating-heres-life-kits-best-advice-for-taking-the-next-step
Tulsa Race Massacre Commission Ousts Oklahoma Governor https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/us/Oklahoma-critical-race-theory-Tulsa-massacre.html
What I Learned From Students About Their Pandemic Struggles https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/insider/pandemic-students-struggle.html
Conservative dad arrested after delivering bizarre and angry rant about 'Black America' at school board meeting http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/U5fOVH9Z52Y/
COVID remains a dire threat: How to keep schools safe - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-covid-remains-a-dire-threat-20210515-f2rda27oszdobe7yhhvgvcaqoi-story.html via @nydailynews
Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission Removes Gov. Kevin Stitt - THE ROOTTulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission Removes Gov. Kevin Stitt Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt Booted From Tulsa Race Massacre Commission After Signing Anti-Critical Race Theory Legislation Last week, The Root reported that Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law yet another Republican white fragility bill prohibiting teachings in K-12 schools that include conservative’s favorite new boogie man C
April Showers – Tennessee Education ReportAPRIL SHOWERS E rik Schelzig in the Tennessee Journal’s On the Hill blog notes that Tennessee’s April revenues were $600 million more than the budgeted estimate. Go ahead, read that again. In one month, the state collected $600 million more than planned. Here’s more from Schelzig: Tennessee’s general fund revenue collections were nearly $600 million above estimates in April, bringing the state’s
Can You Teach Us? | Blue Cereal EducationCan You Teach Us? Public education has been overlooking – or worse, neglecting – a golden opportunity to improve. It’s not only been right in front of us all along, it’s been kicking us and taking our lunch money! And yet, somehow, where we should have recognized an opportunity, all we’ve seen is a competitor. In some cases, maybe even a threat. It’s like we don’t actually WANT to teach gooder.
Jan Resseger: Will the Biden Administration Revive the Failed Policies of NCLB and Obama? | Diane Ravitch's blogJan Resseger: Will the Biden Administration Revive the Failed Policies of NCLB and Obama? A few years ago, someone coined the term “zombie policies” to describe policies that fail again and again, yet never go away. One such zombie is “merit pay,” which has never succeeded yet never dies an ignominious death or loss of reputation. I mention this because our current education system is hampered b
Let’s Review How Bill and Melinda Gates Spent Billions of Dollars To Change Public Education (Valerie Strauss) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom PracticeLet’s Review How Bill and Melinda Gates Spent Billions of Dollars To Change Public Education (Valerie Strauss) Valerie Strauss is a reporter and op-ed writer for the Washington Post . This opinion piece appeared on May 6, 2021 . Now that the philanthropic Bill and Melinda Gates have announced they are divorcing after 27 years of marriage, let’s look at the controversial investments they made tog
PA Gov. Wolf Fires Charter School Appeals Board. Every. Single. Member. | gadflyonthewallblogPA Gov. Wolf Fires Charter School Appeals Board. Every. Single. Member. Being Governor of Pennsylvania must be one of the most thankless but important jobs ever. With a hopelessly gerrymandered legislature, a majority of Republican lawmakers representing a minority of voters stops nearly anything from getting done for the rest of us. If it weren’t for a Democratic Governor to act as a check and
Robert Kuttner: Biden’s Chance to Save College Students from Crushing Debt | Diane Ravitch's blogRobert Kuttner: Biden’s Chance to Save College Students from Crushing Debt Kuttner on TAP New Hope for Student Debt Relief With the appointment of Richard Cordray as chief of federal student loan programs, we will now see the potential of executive power to bring relief and end abuses. Cordray is a close ally of Elizabeth Warren and former head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The fi
Jersey Jazzman: Lakewood, NJ: Where Public Schools Are Left To Whither, Part IVLakewood, NJ: Where Public Schools Are Left To Whither, Part IV In the decade I've been writing this blog, I've seen some really horrible behavior towards teachers (a prime example here ). But I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this : This is from last September, when the Lakewood Education Association (LEA), the local teachers union, was, like all other local unions in the state,
AUTOPSY OF A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING – Dad Gone WildAUTOPSY OF A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING “these self-righteous censors often construct a “hero narrative” about themselves in which they are morally pure crusaders who must protect society from the objectionable opinions of the unenlightened masses.” ― Greg Lukianoff, Freedom from Speech Yesterday, Nashville’s Mayor Cooper announced that the city would be lifting its mask mandate at 5 AM this morning.
Broken Promises: An Analysis of Charter School Closures From 1999 - 2017 - Network For Public EducationBroken Promises: An Analysis of Charter School Closures From 1999 – 2017 This report provides the first comprehensive examination of charter failure rates over time—beginning in 1999 and ending in 2017. By following all charter schools, from the year they opened, we were able to determine how long they lasted before closing down. We also determined how many students have been displaced by failin
Broadband gets a major boost in California budget revision | EdSourceBroadband gets a major boost in California budget revision | EdSource Broadband gets a major boost in California budget revision Big funding also for community schools, tutoring and college savings accounts Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to inject $7 billion into California’s spotty broadband infrastructure. The funding was announced Friday alongside a sweeping set of proposals for K-12 education in Cal
THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONTHIS WEEK FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ED.GOV NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid Denies Reinstatement Application of For-Profit Law School 1d Today, the office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) in the U.S. Department of Education (ED) informed Florida Coastal School of Law that its application for reinstatement to partic
Network for Public Education Blog Post of the Day This WeekBlog Posts Archive - Network For Public Education Network for Public Education Blog Posts of the Day This Week Blog Post of the Day Our NPE Blogs of the Day feature what we think are interesting and important blog posts centered on issues of public education. The views expressed by the bloggers are, of course, entirely their own. To submit links and tips for inclusion, please send an email to npe
THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes itDad Gone Wild – Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it. AUTOPSY OF A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING by TC Weber / 17h “these self-righteous censors often construct a “hero narrative” about themselves in which they are morally pure crusaders who must protect society from the objectionable opinions of the unenlightened masses.” ― Greg Lukianoff, Freedom from Speech Yesterday, Nashville’s Mayor Cooper announce
TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION + Teacher Tom: Let's Turn The World Around: Teacher Tom's Play SummitTeacher Tom TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Teacher Tom: Let's Turn The World Around: Teacher Tom's Play Summit We heard it from Mandela, "Turn this world around, For the children" - turn this world around. He's done it once before, and now we hear his call For the children, turn this world around. Turn, turn, turn, Turn this world around For the children, turn this world aroun
SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONCalifornia Department of Education SSPI TONY THURMOND STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SPI Visits San Diego County Schools 1d State Superintendent Tony Thurmond visits San Diego County schools open for in-person learning that utilize strong safety measures and social-emotional supports. 2021 Summer Waivers #74-81 1d On March 9, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (
THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTERNewBlackMan (in Exile) THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) 'Land-Grab Universities' Thrived On Indigenous Land. Now, Some Are Making Amends by Mark Anthony Neal / 12h 'Land-grant universities broadened access to higher education in the United States — but only at the expense of Indigenous Americans. Nearly 11 million acres of land were taken from tribes and Native communities to fund the univer
THIS WEEK Education Research ReportEducation Research Report US loses $956 billion every year due to inequality in education by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d A new report, The Cost of Economic and Racial Injustice in Postsecondary Education , finds that inequality in postsecondary attainment causes the United States to miss out on $956 billion in public monetary benefits annually, in addition to numerous nonmonetary benefits to societ
THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 Saturday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING (& SHOWING) WHAT SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE DURING THE PANDEMIC (you might also be interested in SCHOOLS WENT REMOTE A YEAR AGO – HERE ARE MY CHOICES FOR THE BEST PIECE
KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all #REDFORED #tbatsDiane 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 Robert Kuttner: Biden’s Chance to Save College Students from Crushing Debt by dianeravitch / 32min Kuttner on TAP New Hope for Student Debt Relief With the appointment of Richard Cordray as chief of federal student loan programs, we will now see
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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, May 14, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTHBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Twisting LeBron James’s words, a fake Saturn photo and other news literacy lessons https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/14/twisting-
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