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Critical race theory laws are cutting short classroom conversations - Chalkbeat - https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/12/17/22840317/crt-laws-classroom-discussion-racism on chalkbeat
Former Puerto Rico Education Secretary Is Sentenced to Prison - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/us/puerto-rico-education-corruption-keleher.html?referringSource=articleShare on @nytimes
Naming rights. Blaming rights. The crimes of the Sackler family. - https://fredklonsky.substack.com/p/naming-rights-blaming-rights-the
Mulgrew Avoids Losing Votes / By Not Holding Any | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-2jA by @Jd2718x
NYC Educator: A Multitude of Absurdities - http://nyceducator.com/2021/12/a-multitude-of-absurdities.html
NYC Public School Parents: DOE using GoGuardian and other surveillance programs, without notifying parents or providing them info required by law - https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2021/12/doe-using-goguardian-and-other.html
SBE Agenda for January 2022 - State Board of Education (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/ag/ag/yr22/agenda202201.asp
The PSAT Report – Grumpy Old Teacher - https://wp.me/p9VD0X-Qm by @sampsongregory
glen brown: 12 Jazz Musicians I Have Listened to Over and Over Again - https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2021/12/12-jazz-musicians-i-have-listened-to.html
Thank You, Karen Francisco! | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-va3 via @dianeravitch
Nora de la Cour: The Great American Teacher Exodus | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vaZ via @dianeravitch
Opinion | Can Randi Weingarten Save Public Schools? - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/opinion/randi-weingarten-schools.html on @nytimes
Maurice Cunningham: Beware the Koch-Funded “Parents Groups” | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-v9b via @dianeravitch
CDC endorses policy to avoid school COVID-19 quarantines - Los Angeles Times - https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-12-17/cdc-endorses-schools-coronavirus-test-to-stay-policies by @howardblume on @latimes
Educating kids in a time of Covid and rampant school shootings – wsg Randi Weingarten & Tim Ossman, Jr. | Eclectablog - https://www.eclectablog.com/?p=73271 on @Eclectablog
Real intellectual work - by Michael Klonsky - https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/real-intellectual-work
Denver school hit with civil rights complaint after 'families of color playground night' surfaces https://www.foxnews.com/us/denver-school-segration-civil-rights-complaints #FoxNews
Opinion | To stop the pandemic, remove the invisible air bridge - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/17/stop-pandemic-remove-invisible-air-bridge/
Beverly Guy-Sheftall on Black Feminist bell hooks’s Trailblazing Critique of “Imperialist White Supremacist Heteropatriarchy” | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/12/beverly-guy-sheftall-on-black-feminist.html via @NewBlackMan
Saturday’s New Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122971 on @Larryferlazzo
Victory! Secure Rural Schools Program extended through 2023 https://educationvotes.nea.org/?p=49862#.Yb4bFcDTfKw.twitter via @EdVotes
NEA pushes for further relief from student loans https://educationvotes.nea.org/?p=49860#.Yb4bT7el-9c.twitter via @EdVotes
Kudos for NEA’s top cyber-lobbyists https://educationvotes.nea.org/?p=49861#.Yb4brNbXolI.twitter via @EdVotes
How One Movie Highlights Elder Economic Insecurity | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/12/how-one-movie-highlights-elder-economic.html via @NewBlackMan
NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/ via @NewBlackMan
Facing $9.1 million withholding, Epic Charter Schools want Epic Youth Services reimbursement https://nondoc.com/2021/12/17/proposed-epic-youth-services-reimbursement/ via @nondocmedia
Rez ball in Chinle: Navajo Nation community rebounds after COVID peak https://nondoc.com/2021/12/18/rez-ball-in-chinle-navajo-nation-community-rebounds-after-covid-peak/ via @nondocmedia
UC Recognizes Student Researchers United Union Of 17,000 Workers https://popularresistance.org/uc-recognizes-student-researchers-united-union-of-17k-workers/
bell hooks – Rest In Power https://popularresistance.org/bell-hooks-rest-in-power/
New York Times column blasted for portraying Randi Weingarten as champion of keeping schools open | Fox News - https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-times-column-randi-weingarten on @foxnews
Right-wing authoritarianism is winning — but higher education is where we can fight back https://www.salon.com/2021/12/18/right-wing-authoritarianism-is-winning--but-higher-education-is-where-we-can-fight-back/
Why the students on a hunger strike for voting rights remain hopeful about Kyrsten Sinema https://www.salon.com/2021/12/17/why-the-students-on-a-hunger-strike-for-voting-rights-remain-hopeful-about-kyrsten-sinema/
President Biden to Visit South Carolina to Speak to HBCU Students and Honor US Representative Jim Clyburn https://www.theroot.com/president-biden-to-visit-south-carolina-to-speak-to-hbc-1848233319
Behind The Lens episode 153: ‘An effort at rebranding’ https://thelensnola.org/2021/12/17/behind-the-lens-episode-153-an-effort-at-rebranding/
We Voted For Mediocrity, And That's What We're Getting https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-student-loan-debt-forgiveness_n_61bcbf87e4b01828d1ee5429
Prince George’s students return to virtual learning amid ‘stark rise’ in covid cases https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/17/prince-georges-schools-remote-omicron/
Reinstating indoor mask mandate ‘on the table’ as coronavirus cases surge, Bowser says https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/17/dc-covid-increase-schools/
A little-known program could be a model for how to spend billions in federal money on childcare https://hechingerreport.org/a-little-known-program-could-be-a-model-for-how-to-spend-billions-in-federal-money-on-childcare/
For Gov. Gavin Newsom, a childhood struggle to read influenced his life and career https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-18/gavin-newsom-childhood-struggle-to-read-shaped-his-life-and-career
CDC endorses school COVID-19 'test to stay' policy that avoids student quarantines https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-12-17/cdc-endorses-schools-coronavirus-test-to-stay-policies
L.A. schools on alert after threats of campus violence reportedly circulate on TikTok https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-17/threats-of-school-violence-put-los-angeles-schools-law-enforcement-on-high-alert
Concerned about your kid's mental health? How to talk to them https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-17/how-concerned-parents-can-talk-to-their-kids-about-mental-health
Infographic Of The Week: “The Most Commonly Spoken Language in Every U.S. State (Besides English and Spanish)” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122861 on @Larryferlazzo
Ed Tech Digest | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122513 on @Larryferlazzo
Saturday’s New Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122971 on @Larryferlazzo
NYC Education Dept. shutters three schools as COVID-19 cases continue to climb https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-doe-shutters-three-school-covid19-cases-rise-20211217-yklpeh5rpvfj7aso5ipcy7pc7u-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
C.D.C. Says Unvaccinated Students Exposed to Virus Can ‘Test and Stay’ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/health/unvaccinated-children-covid-testing-cdc.html
Why Los Angeles Delayed Enforcing Its Student Vaccine Mandate https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/18/us/los-angeles-vaccine-mandate-delayed.html
Former Puerto Rico Education Secretary Is Sentenced to Prison https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/us/puerto-rico-education-corruption-keleher.html
Some U.S. Schools Close After Shooting Rumors on Social Media https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/us/tiktok-school-shooting-threat.html
Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, December 10, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-top-banana-todays-education_10.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/2021/12/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_18.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/2021/12/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_18.html
Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/this-week-education-research-report_18.html
Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_18.html
Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from.html
Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early_18.html
Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/this-weeks-wildness-dad-gone-wild_18.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/2021/12/network-for-public-education-blog-post_18.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/2021/12/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_18.html
Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, December 11, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-top-banana-todays-education_11.html
Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, December 11, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/top-posts-this-week-saturday-december.html
