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OP-ED: Prioritizing student voices to reopen schools | Dhaka Tribune - https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2021/05/19/op-ed-prioritizing-student-voices-to-reopen-schools via @dhakatribune

The Fall of the House of Gates? | The Nation - https://www.thenation.com/?p=386470 on @TheNation

Please use the additional state and federal funds to provide our kids with the smaller classes they will need next year! - Action Network - https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/please-use-the-federal-funds-to-provide-our-kids-with-the-smaller-classes-they-will-need-next-year?source=twitter&

How the Red Scare destroyed a small-town teacher - The Boston Globe - https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2016/02/04/how-red-scare-destroyed-small-town-teacher/OyzaMTrsxMsx54liP1YX9I/story.html on @BostonGlobe

More public schools are on the chopping block in Granville County | NC Policy Watch - http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/?p=111763 via @ncpolicywatch

Life Under MCAS: stories of how test misuse hurts our students - https://lesstestingmorelearning.tumblr.com/ by Mass_CPS on tumblr

We Must Act Now To End Vaccine Apartheid | OurFuture.org by People's Action - https://ourfuture.org/20210520/we-must-act-now-to-end-vaccine-apartheid

Education Matters: Hillsdale College thinks Putin is the preeminent world leader and why you should care. - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2021/05/hillsdale-college-thinks-putin-is.html

Amanda Kass’ twitter thread. A brief history of Illinois pension reform. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-qjM via @fklonsky

Fossil Fuel Interests Caught Peddling Propaganda to Schoolchildren – Mother Jones - https://www.motherjones.com/?p=913830

What’s Missing From the Discourse About Anti-racist Teaching - The Atlantic - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/whats-missing-from-the-discourse-about-anti-racist-teaching/618947/

BPS students to have choice between remote, in-person learning in fall https://buffalonews.com/news/local/education/bps-students-to-have-choice-between-remote-in-person-learning-in-fall/article_8ee8fd20-b9af-11eb-bbcc-b76dea6d4d12.html

Teachers join frontline workers alarmed over new CDC mask guidance https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/teachers-join-frontline-workers-alarmed-over-new-cdc-mask-guidance-n1268089

Iowa Bans Face-Mask Mandates in Schools, Joining Texas https://www.wsj.com/articles/iowa-bans-face-mask-mandates-in-schools-joining-texas-11621544808

President of America's largest teachers union visits Providence schools https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/american-federation-of-teachers-visits-providence-schools-amid-controversy/

Senate Republicans Support Teachers Union Effort to Fully Reopen Schools for Next School Year https://theworldlink.com/news/local/senate-republicans-support-teachers-union-effort-to-fully-reopen-schools-for-next-school-year/article_cc3ae7e8-b760-11eb-b806-3f8c0dd6b182.html

Devos denied: Citing "extraordinary circumstances," judge orders Trump Cabinet member to testify https://www.salon.com/2021/05/20/devos-denied-citing-extraordinary-circumstances-judge-orders-trump-cabinet-member-to-testify/

Texas families with students receiving free or reduced lunches could be eligible for up to $1,200 in food aid https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/21/texas-p-ebt/

Tech billionaires kick-start the recall fight over Gavin Newsom https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/5/21/22446799/gavin-newsom-reed-hastings-netflix-donation-california-governor-recall

Why Conservatives Want to Cancel the 1619 Project http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/8_pkSNvUqyg/

A Day of Action: Educators Pledge to Teach the Truth, June 12 https://popularresistance.org/a-day-of-action-educators-pledge-to-teach-the-truth-june-12/

International students are in panic mode. Can they get back to U.S. in time for fall term? http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/MsQrBeV36Yg/post-covid-international-students-scramble-fall-visas

Alabama Will Now Allow Yoga In Its Public Schools (But Students Can't Say 'Namaste') https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/999020140/its-now-legal-to-practice-yoga-in-alabamas-public-schools

A Reporter Weighs In On UNC's Decision To Deny Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure https://www.npr.org/2021/05/20/998709232/investigative-reporter-on-uncs-decision-not-deny-nikole-hannah-jones-tenure

Texas Eyes Laws to Limit Teaching Slavery in Classrooms https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/us/texas-history-1836-project.html

Jill Biden To DACA College Graduates: ‘We Stand With You’ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jill-biden-commencement-dreamers-college-graduates_n_60a6f533e4b0d56a83e785a3

Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Nested Organizations: Public Schooling Is Complex | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10921 on @NEPCtweet

Is Providence about to get an elected school board? - The Boston Globe - https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/21/metro/is-providence-about-get-an-elected-school-board/ on @BostonGlobe

Tom Ultican: This Important Book Explains the Toxic Racism That Poisoned New Orleans | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-u9d via @dianeravitch

Friday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=117698 on @Larryferlazzo

Houston ISD set to name new superintendent as lawmakers debate bill that decides board's fate - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/Houston-ISD-set-to-name-new-superintendent-as-16192475.php#new_tab on @houstonchron

Ed Department Sets Expectations For Special Education As Schools Reopen - Disability Scoop - https://www.disabilityscoop.com/?p=29350 via @disabilityscoop

Charter Schools Trigger Partisan Bickering In Senate - InDepthNH.orgInDepthNH.org - http://indepthnh.org/?p=1843737 via @nancywestnews

Oklahoma school donors' allowable tax credits to increase tenfold - https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/education/2021/05/21/oklahoma-school-donation-allowable-tax-credits-increases-tenfold/5190617001/#new_tab via @theoklahoman_

YouTube bans Shawnee Mission school board video over COVID misinformation at meeting - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/youtube-bans-shawnee-mission-school-board-video-over-covid-misinformation-at-meeting/ar-AAKcNT1?ocid=uxbndlbing#new_tab

State legislative committee advances bill that would allow Chicago principals to unionize - Chalkbeat Chicago - https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2021/5/20/22446448/bill-that-would-allow-chicago-principals-to-unionize-advances-from-illinois-legislative-committee#new_tab on chalkbeat

Parents, neighbors concerned about growing homeless encampment on Seattle school property | KOMO - https://komonews.com/news/project-seattle/parents-neighbors-concerned-about-growing-homeless-encampment-on-seattle-school-property#new_tab on @komonews

US education secretary visits to promote preschool plan - https://apnews.com/article/education-ee5537f7788ebc0c6e079b59f187b48c#new_tab on @ap

Opposition grows to critical race theory as part of school lessons in Georgia - https://www.ajc.com/education/opposition-to-critical-race-theory-intensifies-in-georgia/FKXKJELVIBHX3KCWZLVDQNWAAY/#new_tab on @ajc

Read or be held back: Ivey considers controversial delay on 3rd grade literacy law - al.com - https://www.al.com/news/2021/05/battle-begins-over-fate-of-alabama-literacy-act-as-ivey-considers-delay.html#new_tab on @aldotcom

Bailey describes sex education bill as teaching ‘perversion’ — drawing Democratic outcry - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/20/22446601/darren-bailey-sex-education-perversion-mike-simmons-record-menstruation-bathrooms#new_tab

Disputes between charter schools and districts are in limbo as the Pa. Charter Appeals Board sits vacant - https://www.inquirer.com/education/pennsylvania-charter-appeals-board-tom-wolf-aspira-20210520.html#new_tab via @PhillyInquirer

Big Education Ape: Judge Orders DeVos to Testify About Cruel Treatment of Students Who Were Defrauded | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/05/judge-orders-devos-to-testify-about.html

Big Education Ape: A Day of Action: Educators Pledge to Teach the Truth, June 12 - PopularResistance Org - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-day-of-action-educators-pledge-to.html

Big Education Ape: More than Schools: J4J Launches New Quality of Life Agenda with Virtual Rally | Schott Foundation for Public Education - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/05/more-than-schools-j4j-launches-new.html

Indoctrinate this, part 1: The voices of the Great Migration laugh at Richard Corcoran - Public Enemy Number 1

by Mike Simpson / 1h

Indoctrinate this, part 1: The voices of the Great Migration laugh at Richard Corcoran A grifter who can't make finalist in a university president search rigged for him is no match for the honest, competitive study of America -- which is an unpoliceable classroom without walls. I was already in the process of writing and documenting this piece about The Great Migration’s relevance to today’s eco

Teacher Tom: If it's Belittling to Do This to Adults, Isn't it Also Belittling to Children?

by Mike Simpson / 1h

If it's Belittling to Do This to Adults, Isn't it Also Belittling to Children? There was an old hamster wheel in our classroom. Most of the children had no idea what it was, but it was nevertheless an endlessly popular plaything. Someone was forever spinning it or turning it upside down to roll on the floor or otherwise employing it in their games. Over the years, I saw it used as a part of bloc

Carol Burris: Choice Zealots Accelerate Their Drive to Put Public Money into Private Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog

by Mike Simpson / 1h

Carol Burris: Choice Zealots Accelerate Their Drive to Put Public Money into Private Schools Carol Burris, executive director of the Network for Public Education explains in an article at Valerie Strauss’ Answer Sheet in the Washington Post, that choice zealots have redoubled their drive to divert public money away from public schools and hand it over to unregulated private schools, religious sc

CURMUDGUCATION: GOP Election Preview: Our Children Were Robbed

by Mike Simpson / 1h

GOP Election Preview: Our Children Were Robbed I live in Northwester Pennsylvania, and this is Trump country. We've got a GOP controlled legislature and a Democratic governor, and a great deal of contentiousness stemming from that situation. And in the recent primary election, voters passed a constitutional amendment that de-powered the governor in the case of, say, a massive pandemic and gave e

A Case for Critical Race Theory, and More – radical eyes for equity #CRT #blm #BLACKLIVESMATTER

by Mike Simpson / 1h

A Case for Critical Race Theory, and More – radical eyes for equity A Case for Critical Race Theory, and More White privilege is a system of advantage that benefits all white people (or to be more clear, all people who are perceived of as white). That racial privilege, however, is no guarantee of success or shield of protection for some individual people who are white. White people fail, white pe

Why Is Cardona’s Department of Education Partnering with an Astroturf Parent Organization? | janresseger

by Mike Simpson / 1h

Why Is Cardona’s Department of Education Partnering with an Astroturf Parent Organization? Parents whose children are enrolled in public schools across in the United States have traditionally joined the PTA—affiliated with the national Parent Teacher Association —or an unaffiliated PTO—a Parent Teacher Organization, but few would have had the opportunity to join the National Parents Union . PTAs

Cartoons about Little Kids in School | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

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Cartoons about Little Kids in School This month’s feature is cartoons about little kids at school and at home. Enjoy! MORE CARTOONS: Cartoons about Little Kids in School | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools - The State of K-5 Math

by Mike Simpson / 1h

Seattle Schools - The State of K-5 Math As I mentioned in another post, the minutes from the Board’s committee meetings are being written in a manner that makes it difficult to ferret out information. But what IS useful is when staff comes with a presentation so the entire thing gets uploaded and attached as documentation. I was looking at the documentation for last week’s Student Services, Curr

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Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES If you want people to go back to work, child care IS infrastructure, especially during a global pandemic | Eclectablog - https://www.eclectablog.com/?p=72770 on @Eclectablog Historians Clash With the 1619 Project - Th

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