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The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249
CURMUDGUCATION: Bipartisan School Choice Is Over - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/09/bipartisan-school-choice-is-over.html
IT’S GOOD TO HAVE FRIENDS – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-2Ve via @norinrad10
SPI Visits Wildfire-Affected Lassen County - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr21/yr21rel72.asp
Why Do U.S. Schools Do What They Do? (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8iV via @CubanLarry
NYC Educator: The Mask - http://nyceducator.com/2021/09/the-mask.html
Teacher Tom: "I Contain Multitudes" - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/09/i-contain-multitudes.html
D.C.: Time for Fundamental Changes in Charter Sector | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uN0 via @dianeravitch
CURMUDGUCATION: How Do We Achieve Effective Classroom Transparency - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/09/how-do-we-achieve-effective-classroom.html
NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/ via @NewBlackMan
AFT President Randi Weingarten’s town hall of death - World Socialist Web Site - https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/09/30/pers-s30.html on @WSWS_Updates
School Board Members Ask Biden for Protection From Violent Threats Over CRT and COVID-19 - https://www.theroot.com/school-board-members-ask-president-biden-for-protection-1847773414 on TheRoot
Cardona fears effort to reimagine public education is slipping away - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/30/cardona-fears-effort-to-reimagine-public-education-is-slipping-away-514789
Emergency Broadband Benefit Program - Universal Service Administrative Company - https://www.usac.org/?p=83061
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ on @Larryferlazzo
Grassroots Education Network- September 2021 Newsletter - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/grassroots-education-network-september-2021-newsletter/ via @Network4pubEd
Steven Singer: Teachers Are Not Okay | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uNe via @dianeravitch
POINT: Put students before profits | Nation | fltimes.com - https://www.fltimes.com/news/nation/point-put-students-before-profits/article_2db8a597-ae0b-55ed-b08e-06c15447935c.html on @FLTimes
How for-profit charter schools open the door for private investors to exploit public education - Alternet.org - https://www.alternet.org/2021/09/charter-schools-private-investors/ on @
Officials: Over 200 Toms River Regional Schools students have tested positive - https://bronx.news12.com/officials-over-200-toms-river-regional-schools-students-have-tested-positive
NH Executive Council meeting postponed due to anti-vax protests - https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-executive-council-meeting-postponed/37790951 on @WMUR9
Why I’m Doing My Own Research Before Using a Seat Belt - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency - https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/why-im-doing-my-own-research-before-using-a-seat-belt by @eligrober on @mcsweeneys
4 Ways Reparations Can Address Racial Inequality in Education - YES! Magazine - https://www.yesmagazine.org/?p=95723
Struggling to find substitute teachers | EdSource - https://edsource.org/?p=661690 on @edsource
Teachers union again demands beefed-up COVID-19 safety protocols - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/9/29/22700270/chicago-teachers-union-demands-beefed-up-covid-19-safety-protocols-randi-weingarten
AFT Says Local's Corruption Suit Is Just A Personality Feud - Law360 - https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/1426216/aft-says-local-s-corruption-suit-is-just-a-personality-feud via @law360
Chicago COVID: National teachers union President Randi Weingarten tours CPS schools as district faces safety scrutiny - ABC7 Chicago - https://abc7chicago.com/cps-chicago-public-schools-covid-national-teacher-union/11059811/ via @abc7chicago
Massachusetts High School Football Game Ends After Brawl Over Racial Slurs https://www.theroot.com/massachusetts-high-school-football-game-ends-after-braw-1847768781
OPSB seeks to subpoena records from charter school financial contractors https://thelensnola.org/2021/09/29/opsb-seeks-to-subpoena-records-from-charter-school-financial-contractors/
New Orleans school district comes out against state policy shift on school quarantines https://thelensnola.org/2021/09/29/new-orleans-school-district-comes-out-against-state-policy-shift-on-school-quarantines/
Update: School Year 2021–22 Waiver Elections - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education) Nutrition - Learning Support (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/
O.C. school district investigates poster that seemingly mocks Latino students http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/q4_lk23yDt8/o-c-district-investigates-poster-mocking-latino-students
Questions grow over Long Beach school officer shooting of 18-year-old woman http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/Fh3Awd4bIHI/questions-grow-over-long-beach-school-officer-shooting-of-18-year-old-woman
Free broadband service is available to many Californians. Here's how to apply http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/0rwJFudDB0k/big-discounts-for-broadband-do-you-qualify
Here Is A List (With Links) Of All My Regular Weekly Features | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119655 on @Larryferlazzo
Mask, vaccine politics intensify as election nears https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/09/nj-governors-race-2021-masks-vaccines-political-controversy/
Pressure in Newark over teacher shortage, lack of COVID-19 testing https://www.njspotlight.com/video/pressure-in-newark-over-teacher-shortage-lack-of-covid-19-testing/
New York Needs Vaccine Mandates. Don’t Let Unions Stop Them. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/opinion/nyc-vaccine-mandate-unions.html
Schools Struggle to Serve Lunch https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/us/schools-struggle-to-serve-lunch.html
GOP's Madison Cawthorn skewered in fact-check after he implies mask mandates would drive kids to suicide http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/0OTg9Dbwu3k/
Conservative Tennessee parents want teachers banned from discussing famous anti-segregation Norman Rockwell painting http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/kwtDMkrBzSw/
PA Bill To Exempt Kids From School Mask Mandates Advances https://patch.com/pennsylvania/pittsburgh/parents-could-exempt-kids-school-mask-mandates-under-pa-bill?google_editors_picks=true
Rally Held Against CRT, Transgender Policies In Loudoun County https://patch.com/virginia/ashburn/rally-held-against-crt-transgender-policies-loudoun-county?google_editors_picks=true
Chancellor 'Deeply Troubled' After Benet Academy Hires Gay Coach | Lisle, IL Patch - https://patch.com/illinois/lisle/chancellor-deeply-troubled-after-benet-academy-hires-gay-coach?google_editors_picks=true
PolitiFact | Can California School Districts Independently Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines For Students? - https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/sep/29/can-california-school-districts-independently-mand/ on PolitiFact
2 Yuba City High School students found with gun and ammunition, district says https://www.kcra.com/article/2-yuba-city-high-school-students-gun-ammunition-district/37795418
Capital Region Schools Coping With COVID-19 https://www.comstocksmag.com/web-only/capital-region-schools-coping-covid-19
Take the Shot? Schools Explore Vaccine Mandates for Student-Athletes https://www.pewtrusts.org/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2021/09/27/take-the-shot-schools-explore-vaccine-mandates-for-student-athletes
Remember ‘I’m Just a Bill’? Here’s the 2021 version. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/30/how-a-bill-gets-passed-into-law-gridlock-congress-514532
My HBCU Comeback Moment: A Home Away From Home https://www.theroot.com/my-hbcu-comeback-moment-a-home-away-from-home-1847724376
Detroit schools are effectively barred from raising funds to repair their buildings. Federal money is the city’s only hope https://hechingerreport.org/detroit-schools-are-effectively-barred-from-raising-funds-to-repair-their-buildings-federal-money-is-the-citys-only-hope/
OPINION: Struggling readers need standards and structure based on the science of reading https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-struggling-readers-need-standards-and-structure-based-on-the-science-of-reading/
While learning online, many students received a surprising pandemic respite from cyberbullying https://hechingerreport.org/while-learning-online-many-students-received-a-surprising-pandemic-respite-from-cyberbullying/
Ed Notes Online: Randi has done it again - maddening playing all sides of the field with people who were OK with teachers giving up their lives to save the economy - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/09/randi-has-done-it-again-maddening.html
Celebrating School Sustainability Achievements and Announcing the Green Strides Tour - ED.gov Blog - https://blog.ed.gov/?p=30890
Seven students arrested, two hospitalized after ‘multiple serious assaults’ broke out at Annapolis High School - Baltimore Sun - https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/anne-arundel/ac-cn-annapolis-stabbing-high-school-20210929-5mx2hdtx5neljmrhdld6cu4yde-story.html#new_tab via @baltimoresun
School nutrition programs face new crisis as supply-chain disruptions and labor shortages limit food deliveries - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/09/29/schools-supply-chain-crisis/#new_tab
GOP passes bills ensuring students can write civics papers in cursive but can’t discuss race https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2021/09/28/gop-passes-bills-ensuring-students-can-write-civics-papers-in-cursive-but-cant-discuss-race/ via @WIExaminer
2021 test results: KY students didn’t score at top levels | Lexington Herald Leader - https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article254579947.html#new_tab on @heraldleader
As School Year Begins, Parent Groups Are Suing To Block Mandatory Masking | WBUR News - https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/09/28/lawsuit-school-mask-mandate#new_tab via @WBUR
U.S. education secretary critical of Florida’s COVID-19 policy for schools - https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/09/29/us-education-secretary-critical-of-floridas-covid-19-policy-for-schools/#new_tab on TB_Times
Teachers union again demands beefed-up COVID-19 safety protocols - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/9/29/22700270/chicago-teachers-union-demands-beefed-up-covid-19-safety-protocols-randi-weingarten#new_tab
‘Troubling’ report finds more chronic absences among some SFUSD students - The San Francisco Examiner - https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/troubling-report-finds-more-chronic-absences-among-some-sfusd-students/#new_tab
Providence mayor sues state education commissioner over school funding - https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2021/09/29/providence-mayor-sues-state-education-commissioner-over-school-funding/5920298001/#new_tab via @projo
Meat Supplier Scheme: Former Top NYC School Official Charged – NBC New York - https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/former-top-nyc-school-official-charged-with-corruption-in-alleged-bribery-scheme/3298720/#new_tab via @nbcnewyork
Thousands of school board members urge Biden to protect them - Axios - https://www.axios.com/school-board-threats-critical-race-theory-d99a7959-829c-48dd-b1b3-93b89760c3d2.html#new_tab on @axios
Gavin Newsom says CA school vaccine mandate ‘on the table’ | The Sacramento Bee - https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article254590707.html#new_tab on @sacbee_news
Robert Gates: How civics education became a national security issue - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/29/robert-gates-civics-education-national-security-514730#new_tab
Texas parents meet to pursue legal action against school board members - https://www.kxan.com/?p=1121322
Texas Ban on School Mask Mandates May Be Illegal, Justice Dept. Says https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/us/texas-mask-mandate-ban.html
New York Students Stage School Walkout in Protest of District's Response to Racist Incidents https://www.theroot.com/new-york-students-stage-school-walkout-in-protest-of-di-1847774441
Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Tuesday, September 28, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-top-banana-todays-education_28.html
Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, September 27, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-top-banana-todays-education_27.html
Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, September 26, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-top-banana-todays-education_26.html
Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Curtain Up Edition (9/26) - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi_26.html
Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, September 25, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/top-posts-this-week-saturday-september_25.html
Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, September 25, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-top-banana-todays-education_25.html
Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, September 24, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-top-banana-todays-education_24.html
Big Education Ape: KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_25.html
Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_25.html
Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/this-week-education-research-report_25.html
Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_25.html
Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from_25.html
Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early_25.html
Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/this-weeks-wildness-dad-gone-wild_25.html
Big Education Ape: Network for Public Education Blog Post of the Day This Week #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/network-for-public-education-blog-post_25.html
Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona_25.html
Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, September 18, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-top-banana-todays-education_18.html