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My Complete, Unedited Review of Doug Harris’ Book, Charter School City | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog

Biden Administration Continues to Hire Key Staff for ED Department Before Confirmation of Secretary or Deputy Secretary Thirty-one years ago, I was invited by Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander to join him at the U.S. Department of Education as Assistant Secretary of Education in Charge of Research and Improvement. Before he invited me, he learned a lot about my work and my views. It was a b

NYC School Chancellor Leaves: The Toxic Intersection of Mayoral Control and Mayoral Politics | Ed In The Apple

My Complete, Unedited Review of Doug Harris’ Book, Charter School City In January 2020, Commonweal Magazine asked me to review Doug Harris’ book about New Orleans charter schools, Charter School City . I completed my review in February 2020, but with the pandemic, my review was not published until November 2020 . As so often happens in publication, the review I submitted was pared down considera

Prepare Now for Pandemic EBT 2.0 + Adult Ed Providers Receive National Recognition - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education)

NYC School Chancellor Leaves: The Toxic Intersection of Mayoral Control and Mayoral Politics Richard Carranza, the New York City School Chancellor unexpectedly announced he was leaving his position. The cognoscenti were not surprised, for months the chancellor and the mayor have been dueling ; it was only a matter of time before the chancellor packed it in. Highly effective leaders select subord

NYC Educator: Hail and Farewell from the Chancellor

Prepare Now for Pandemic EBT 2.0 - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education) Prepare Now for Pandemic EBT 2.0 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Main Web Page As previously shared, the federal Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) program was extended through the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act. This law extends P-EBT benefits through September 2021. To provide P-EBT benefits for School Year (SY) 2020–21,

CHANGING OUR PERSPECTIVE – Dad Gone Wild

Hail and Farewell from the Chancellor Dear Colleagues, I hope you and your families are keeping safe and healthy, not that it would have anything to do with me or my actions. I’m writing today with some important news. After three years leading the DOE, I will be stepping down as Chancellor at the end of March. Why wait until the new person comes in and get fired? I am full of mixed emotions to

Education Matters: CATCH UP WITH MR. G - THIS WEEK IN DCPS

CHANGING OUR PERSPECTIVE “It is a good lesson – though it may often be a hard one – for a man… to step aside out of the narrow circle in which his claims are recognized, and to find how utterly devoid of significance, beyond that circle, is all that he achieves, and all he aims at.” ― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter My daughter has been taking ballet at Nashville Ballet for about 5 years

THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it

Education Matters CATCH UP WITH MR. G THIS WEEK IN DCPS DCPS creates problems, then wonders why there are problems. 42 by Unknown / 1d One-sixth of DCPS teachers leave from year to year. Where there are many reasons teachers leave, the lion's share of why they do has to fall on the shoulders of the district. Bad leadership and bad policies have led to this exodus. The Times Union recently reporte

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Dad Gone Wild – Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it. CHANGING OUR PERSPECTIVE by TC Weber / 21h “It is a good lesson – though it may often be a hard one – for a man… to step aside out of the narrow circle in which his claims are recognized, and to find how utterly devoid of significance, beyond that circle, is all that he achieves, and all he aims at.” ― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

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TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT EDUCATION POLITICS AND POLICY IN THE VOLUNTEER STATE Voucher Vultures Getting FBI Scrutiny 23 by Andy Spears / 1d NewsChannel5’s Phil Williams reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is continuing to investigate the possibility of bribes involved in the 2019 vote to secure passage of Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher scheme. Here’s more: NewsChannel 5’s cameras w

SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Teacher Tom I'll Try Not to Yuck Your Yum if You Try Not to Yuck Mine 86 23h The Concept of "Learning Loss" is Complete BS 6K 1d Young Children Don't Need Adults to Make Their Play Meaningful 3K 3d If the World Disappears When I Close My Eyes 100+ 3d How We Become Blind to the Chicken 300+ 4d In the End the Goal is Not Literacy, It's Understanding 200+ 8d Teacher Tom

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California Department of Education SSPI TONY THURMOND STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Prepare Now for Pandemic EBT 2.0 16h The federal Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) program was extended through the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act. This law extends P-EBT benefits through September 2021. Adult Ed Providers Receive National Recognition 18h State Superi

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NewBlackMan (in Exile) THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) The Genius of Fela Kuti and Afrobeat (feat. Femi & Made Kuti) by Mark Anthony Neal / 19h " Fela Kuti has inspired musicians from all over the world from Burna Boy and Beyoncé , to Miles Davis . Sound Field dives into the musical genius of Fela's cultural funk. Sound Field host LA Buckner speaks to Fela's son and grandson, Femi and Made

THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007

Education Research Report How States and Districts Used Title II, Part A Funds by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1d A new report finds that districts most often used key federal funds for improving educator quality to provide professional development. Other common uses included reducing class sizes and recruiting and retaining effective teachers and principals. Title II, Part A of the Elementary and Seco

KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all #REDFORED #tbats #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTH #openonlywhensafe

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL by Larry Ferlazzo / 29min BiljaST / Pixabay Six years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCE

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, February 26, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTH #openonlywhensafe

Diane 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 Ed Deform Groups Congratulate Biden on Decision to Test 92 by dianeravitch / 20h Review the list of organizations that signed a letter thanking the Biden administration for insisting on tests this spring. Some outspoken enemies of public educatio

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Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Philadelphia postpones school reopening again, as district and union await mediator’s decision on safety https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/2/25/22301896/philadelphia-postpones-reopening-again-as-district-and-union-await-mediators-decision-on-safety via @ChalkbeatPHL February’s Most Popular Posts | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the

Biden angers supporters who wanted him to curb standardized testing - The Washington Post

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One month in, Biden angers supporters who wanted him to curb standardized testing In December 2019, Joe Biden appeared at an education forum and was asked if he would commit to ending standardized testing in public schools if elected president. His answer was surprising — given that the Obama administration, in which he served as vice president, made testing a central part of its controversial e

Teacher Tom: I'll Try Not to Yuck Your Yum if You Try Not to Yuck Mine

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I'll Try Not to Yuck Your Yum if You Try Not to Yuck Mine "There are only two bad kinds of ice cream: pistachio and tutti frutti." It's one of the jokes I tell that no one thinks is particularly funny. The kids tend to take me seriously, "What's so bad about them?" And adults tend to snort in imitation of The Dude, "That's, like, just your opinion man." It's true that those two flavors ruin ice

Voucher Vultures Getting FBI Scrutiny + What’s the Big Deal? – Tennessee Education Report

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Voucher Vultures Getting FBI Scrutiny – Tennessee Education Report VOUCHER VULTURES GETTING FBI SCRUTINY N ewsChannel5’s Phil Williams reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is continuing to investigate the possibility of bribes involved in the 2019 vote to secure passage of Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher scheme. Here’s more: NewsChannel 5’s cameras were there last month as Casada woke

Teachers, Testing and Why We Might Just Chill | Teacher in a strange land

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Teachers, Testing and Why We Might Just Chill You hear it all the time: What we need is teachers at the policy table. They would make the right decisions about things that would truly revive and strengthen public education. Well, maybe. Managing and monitoring the behavior and learning of 30 8-year olds or 150 teenagers, making 1500 fine-grained instructional decisions a day , means there isn’t

African American Studies Virtual Classroom Session + Funding Results: 2020-21 Specialized Secondary Programs (SSP) Grant - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education)

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African American Studies Virtual Classroom Session - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education) State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Convenes Discussion with Educators, Students on African American Studies During Ethnic Studies Virtual Classroom Session SACRAMENTO—Building on the success of last summer’s Ethnic Studies Webinar Series, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond yesterday launche

Resilient Public Schools: Bright and Dark Sides (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

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Resilient Public Schools: Bright and Dark Sides (Part 2) In Part 1 of this series of posts, I described the times that public schools have closed because of the influenza pandemic a century ago, polio epidemics during the middle decades of the 20th century, and the disruption of schooling in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Of note, then, is that on all of these occasions the age-gra

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NewBlackMan (in Exile) NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_20.html A Wide-Ranging Exploration of Alice Walker and 'The Color Purple' by Mark Anthony Neal / 15h " Salamishah Tillet , a contributing critic-at-large for The New York Times and the Henry Rutgers profe

CHECK IT OUT: DIANE ON A ROLL TODAY - Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all #REDFORED #tbats #COVID-19 #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #VACCINATETEACHERS

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Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all CHECK IT OUT: DIANE ON A ROLL TODAY Big Education Ape: KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_13.html Ed Deform Groups Congratulate Biden on Decision to Test by dianeravitch / now Review the list of organ

Richard Carranza resigns, Meisha Porter to be new NYC schools head - New York Daily News

NYC schools head Richard Carranza resigns, Meisha Porter to become system’s first Black woman chancellor Richard Carranza, the New York City schools chancellor who ignited fiery conversations about race and segregation in education and oversaw the seismic shift to remote learning throughout the coronavirus pandemic, will step down March 15 after a three-year tenure, Mayor de Blasio announced Fri

Evaluate This | JD2718

CURMUDGUCATION: Big Standardized Test Test

Evaluate This I’ve just spent the last two hours reading the evaluation letter that Mulgrew sent out. ( Letter linked here ). I’ll probably write much more, later. But for now I have a few observations: Unnecessary Why was this necessary? (I know, there is a state law – which the UFT helped pass – and which Mulgrew used to claim credit for helping to write) Where was the fight to twist Cuomo’s a

Another School District Ends Contract with City Police for Security Guards: Will Improve Counseling and School Climate | janresseger

Big Standardized Test Test Supporters of testing, testocrats, and all other folks insisting that the Biden administration made the right call because the 2021-- can we take a moment to assess your own test-related ideas? For the "Parents Need To Know How Their Kids Are Doing" folks: Create a short video in which you display a real individual student result printout and describe, in detail, the i

Audio: With One Move, Congress Could Lift Millions Of Children Out Of Poverty | 89.3 KPCC

Another School District Ends Contract with City Police for Security Guards: Will Improve Counseling and School Climate Last June, after the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, the Washington Post reported that school districts across the United States suddenly felt obligated to take seriously the warnings from civil rights organizations about problems when school districts h

Education Matters: DCPS creates problems, then wonders why there are problems.

With One Move, Congress Could Lift Millions Of Children Out Of Poverty The COVID-19 relief bill working its way through Congress is full of big ideas to help people. But there's one idea that's so big, it was politically unthinkable not that long ago. President Biden and Democratic lawmakers want to fight child poverty by giving U.S. families a few hundred dollars every month for every child in

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DCPS creates problems, then wonders why there are problems. One-sixth of DCPS teachers leave from year to year. Where there are many reasons teachers leave, the lion's share of why they do has to fall on the shoulders of the district. Bad leadership and bad policies have led to this exodus. The Times Union recently reported on a JPEF study about teacher recruitment and retention. If the article

NYC Educator: The Teacher as Living Martyr

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_20.html Februa

NYC Public School Parents: Why Biden should focus on vaccinating all school staff ASAP instead of making students take pointless stressful tests

The Teacher as Living Martyr That's the idealized version of what we do, and this is a great piece going into chapter and verse as to why. Who hasn't seen Stand and Deliver and decided, wow, that's what a real teacher does. Of course, if you get into the story a little deeper, you learn that not everything was quite as the film portrayed. This program didn't, in fact, materialize out of thin air

Education Research Report: New Digest of Education Statistics

Why Biden should focus on vaccinating all school staff ASAP instead of making students take pointless stressful tests On Monday, Ian Rosenblum, appointed as Deputy Asst. Sec. of the US Dept. of Education announce d that states would NOT be given a waiver from administering standardized exams this year – though ten states had already requested them, including New York. His letter is here ; articl

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Thursday, February 25, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTH #openonlywhensafe

New Digest of Education Statistics Today , NCES released the Digest of Education Statistics , a comprehensive statistical reference for all levels of education in the United States. Topics include educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons. The Digest also includes data on the number of schools, colleges, teachers, students, and gradua

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Testing During a Pandemic is a Crime – Tennessee Education Report

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES SBE Seeks Relief from Federal Testing Requirements - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr21/yr21rel11.asp Millions Of Kids Learn English At School. Teaching Them Remotely Hasn't Been Easy https://www.scpr.org/news/2021/02/24/96783/millions-of-kids-learn-english-at-school-teaching/ via @kpcc Student mental h

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TESTING DURING A PANDEMIC IS A CRIME Former Nashville school board member Amy Frogge posts on Facebook about the disappointing decision by the Biden Administration to insist on federally-mandated state standardized tests as our schools continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what Frogge has to say: This is a huge disappointment. Standardized testing in general is pretty useless. I

NANCY BAILEY: Is EdTrust Behind High-Stakes Testing During This Pandemic?

Benjamin W. Arnett, Black Educator Hall of Fame - Philly's 7th Ward BENJAMIN W. ARNETT, BLACK EDUCATOR HALL OF FAME E’ry day this month, the Center for Black Educator Development , in partnership with Phillys7thWard.org , will highlight a Black Educator Hall of Famer . But, don’t forget, e’ry month is Black History Month … February is just the Blackest . Today, our featured Black Educator is Benj

The Bipartisan Assault on Public Schools | The New Republic

Is EdTrust Behind High-Stakes Testing During This Pandemic? Is EdTrust Behind High-Stakes Testing During This Pandemic? High-stakes standardized testing. Why now? Why again? Why ever? Was The Education Trust (EdTrust) involved in the decision? Who is EdTrust, and why would President Biden listen to them? EdTrust is a pro-school-reform group that carries clout, and they’ve been vocal about schools

Shawgi Tell: Biden Swiftly Disappoints Educators and Students | Dissident Voice

The Bipartisan Assault on Public Schools Betsy Devos was no exception in education. She pushed an agenda that Republicans and Democrats have strangely united behind for years. Two years ago, Margaret Spellings, George W. Bush’s secretary of education, and Arne Duncan, Barack Obama’s secretary of education, wrote an opinion article in The Washington Post lamenting the decline of public support fo

New York: A Sample Opt Out Letter | Diane Ravitch's blog

Biden Swiftly Disappoints Educators and Students | Dissident Voice Biden Swiftly Disappoints Educators and Students Months before he became president, many pointed out that harmful neoliberal policies would continue unabated in K-12 education under a Joe Biden administration. Indeed, there is a long record of both democrats and republicans supporting harmful education policies like high-stakes st

Police investigating alleged embezzlement at Warren Easton Charter High School | The Lens

New York: A Sample Opt Out Letter New York State Allies for Public Education created sample opt out letters for parents to present to the school. For both English and Spanish, visit the NYSAPE homepage . Home New York: A Sample Opt Out Letter | Diane Ravitch's blog

NOONAN | Teachers between rock and a hard place | Opinion | coloradopolitics com

Police investigating alleged embezzlement at Warren Easton Charter High School Warren Easton Charter High School’s annual financial audit has revealed a $70,000 discrepancy in the school’s student activity funds, and the New Orleans Police Department is investigating the matter as a theft by a former employee. The incident, reported to police in December, occurred between March 2019 and July 202

Teacher Tom: The Concept of "Learning Loss" is Complete BS

NOONAN | Teachers between rock and a hard place | Opinion | coloradopolitics.com Teachers between rock and a hard place K-12 education in Colorado is a big fat mess. No question. Schools are caught in COVID limbo, with some schools returning to full time, others keeping to a hybrid schedule, and many students continuing online. Teachers are trying to get their vaccinations, which puts to rest com

Educators cheer new push in Congress for more community schools - Education Votes

The Concept of "Learning Loss" is Complete BS Just scanning the first page of my search engine's results for "learning loss" without clicking a single link I see that children have "suffered" learning loss during the pandemic, that the learning loss is "grim," that it is "unprecedented," and that schools are "racing" and "struggling" to correct it. It will, apparently, "take years to overcome" t

David Berliner: Why Religious Schools Should Never Receive a Dollar of Public Funding | Diane Ravitch's blog

Educators cheer new push in Congress for more community schools A new bill in Congress looks to increase federal support for a school model that reimagines how to help students learn—by first making sure their basic needs are met. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) introduced the Full-Service Community School Expansion Act on Tuesday. Research supports what educators kn

Learning to Earn – Have You Heard

David Berliner: Why Religious Schools Should Never Receive a Dollar of Public Funding Since the 2020 election, when Republicans won many seats in state legislatures, there has been an explosion of proposed voucher laws, to allow people to get public money to pay for religious schools. David Berliner, one of our nation’s most distinguished researchers of education, explains why funding religious

Audio: Teaching Students A New Black History | 89.3 KPCC

Learning to Earn The idea that more education is the way to help workers get ahead is a cherished American principle. In fact, this “human capital” view of education dates all the way back to another period of roaring inequality in the US: the Gilded Age. In episode #107, historian Cristina Groeger joins us to discuss the origins of the “education fix,” and why the idea of educating our way out

California: Nearly 50,000 Teachers and Parents Say NO to Biden Testing Demand | Diane Ravitch's blog

Teaching Students A New Black History When you think of the history of Black education in the United States, you might think of Brown vs. Board of Education and the fight to integrate public schools. But there's a parallel history too, of Black people pooling their resources to educate and empower themselves independently. Enslaved people learned to read and write whenever and wherever they coul

Stories from School AZ: Platforms Vs. Foundations. Pre- and Post- Pandemic Metaphors | National Education Policy Center

California: Nearly 50,000 Teachers and Parents Say NO to Biden Testing Demand UPDATE TO NEWS RELEASE: 50,000 signatures submitted to SBE-parents, educators urge waiving standardized testing NEWS RELEASE California Teachers Association 1705 Murchison Drive Burlingame, CA 94010 www.cta.org Contact: Claudia Briggs cbriggs@cta.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Educators Call on State Board of Education to S

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Stories from School AZ: Platforms Vs. Foundations. Pre- and Post- Pandemic Metaphors Lately I have been considering the term “learning platform.” If you are a teacher, you have likely been expected to utilize multiple learning platforms over the past decade. If you have been avoiding digital learning platforms, then you certainly have been forced onto them in the past year of pandemic teaching.

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Wednesday, February 24, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTH #openonlywhensafe

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Will the meaning of “yes” be on the test? The tests are back. – Fred Klonsky

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Joe Biden Made One Campaign Promise That Really Mattered To Teachers. He Just Broke It. - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/02/23/joe-biden-made-one-campaign-promise-that-really-mattered-to-teachers-he-just-broke-it/?sh=f6fe0361d7b8 by @palan57 on @forbes NY education officials propose removing Regents exams from graduation

A Closer Look at Black History Month | Cloaking Inequity

WILL THE MEANING OF “YES” BE ON THE TEST? THE TESTS ARE BACK . “As the educators in the classroom, we have always known that standardized tests are not the best way to measure a child’s development,” says AFT President Randi Weingarten. You don’t have to tell me. Tell Joe! Betsy DeVos may have been the worst Secretary of Education ever. Check that. Not “may have been.” She was the worst Secretar

CURMUDGUCATION: Mark Weber's Three Critical Testing Questions

A CLOSER LOOK AT BLACK HISTORY MONTH Audio Player 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. From 88.9 WEKU Every president since Gerald Ford has honored Black History Month in February. But Blackness is still not celebrated year-round. WEKU talked with people about Black History Month. Carol Taylor-Shim is Director of the Office of Equity and Social Justice under the off

Parents & school administrators agree: Michigan Republicans are holding children hostage for political power | Eclectablog

Mark Weber's Three Critical Testing Questions This is not the first time I've piggy-backed on a post from Mark "Jersey Jazzman" Weber, but sometimes what he posts just sets a bright blazing lightbulb off in my head. Weber is a certified PhD-carrying academic of data crunching, and he is an absolute master of rendering complicated ideas comprehensible to civilians, and that's what he's done with

Foundation Leaders Should Use Their Cash and Connections to Advocate for a Federal Racial-Equity Stimulus | Schott Foundation for Public Education

Parents & school administrators agree: Michigan Republicans are holding children hostage for political power Nearly two months ago, the federal government made billions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds available to the states. Michigan is in line for over $5 billion in relief funding, including $2.1 billion to re-open schools in our state. However, so far, none of that money has been allocate

Black Educator Hall of Fame Member Maria L. Baldwin + DR. AMBROSE CALIVER - Philly's 7th Ward #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTH #openonlywhensafe

Foundation Leaders Should Use Their Cash and Connections to Advocate for a Federal Racial-Equity Stimulus Originally published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy. With the stroke of a pen less than a week after his inauguration, President Biden did something no amount of philanthropic dollars could accomplish. He signed four executive orders to combat racial inequity. In quick succession, these me

Summer School & Learning Loss | Teacher in a strange land

Black Educator Hall of Fame Member Maria L. Baldwin - Philly's 7th Ward BLACK EDUCATOR HALL OF FAME MEMBER MARIA L. BALDWIN E’ry day this month, the Center for Black Educator Development , in partnership with Phillys7thWard.org , will highlight a Black Educator Hall of Famer . But, don’t forget, e’ry month is Black History Month … February is just the Blackest . Today, our featured Black Educator

Civility and the Steady Retreat from Truth – radical eyes for equity

Summer School & Learning Loss It is with some trepidation that I put both ‘summer school’ and ‘learning loss’ in the title of this blog. Trepidation, because both terms have been widely and egregiously mis-used in the month that we’ve had an actual president again. We are now discussing What to Do About School in terms of safety and instructional efficacy, rather than how to force ‘unions’ (anot

What's New - California Department of Education: CPAG Meeting Webcast - 2021 California Farm to School Conference - COVID-19 At-risk Afterschool Meals Attendance

Civility and the Steady Retreat from Truth “I hope I live to see the day,” reads the subject line of an email I received a few days ago; the body continues: “That you are dead and rotting in hell along with your grandparents.” This email arrived two days after another email posed two questions: “Did you really say those vile comments about Rush Limbaugh? Do you like civility or have you been mis

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California Department of Education What's New California Department of Education SSPI Issues Statement on USDOE Testing Guidance 16h State Superintendent Tony Thurmond issues statement in response to U.S. Department of Education guidance on standardized testing. COVID-19 At-risk Afterschool Meals Attendance 18h This communication provides guidance about the COVID-19 attendance requirements for th

Standardized Testing During the Pandemic is Corporate Welfare Not Student Equity | gadflyonthewallblog

NYSAPE Urges Parents to Opt Out of Biden Testing | Diane Ravitch's blog

Standardized Testing During the Pandemic is Corporate Welfare Not Student Equity We’ve got to be able to tell how badly the pandemic is affecting student learning. So let’s give standardized tests . That’s the rationale behind the Biden administration’s mandate that schools across the country still struggling just to keep buildings open somehow manage to proctor standardized assessments. Nearly

Teacher Tom: Young Children Don't Need Adults to Make Their Play Meaningful

NYSAPE Urges Parents to Opt Out of Biden Testing New York State Allies for Public Education has led the successful opt out movement in their state for years. As much as 20% of all eligible students have refused the annual tests in most years, in some schools and districts, a majority of students don’t take the test. They reacted angrily to the news that the Biden administration plans to require

In “NY Times” Piece, Eve Ewing Ignores Economic Catastrophe for Public Schools of Charter School Expansion | janresseger

Young Children Don't Need Adults to Make Their Play Meaningful I was watching a boy named Henry carry a yellow traffic pylon across the playground. He carefully placed it on the ground, not on it's base, but on it's side, taking care to get it "just so," before climbing atop an old packing crate. He stood poised atop the crate for a moment then launched himself, coming down on the pylon. Crack!

Resilient Public Schools: Bright and Dark Sides (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

In “NY Times” Piece, Eve Ewing Ignores Economic Catastrophe for Public Schools of Charter School Expansion I am a great fan of Eve Ewing’s book, Ghosts in the Schoolyard . I have read the book twice, visited in Chicago some of the sites she describes, given the book to friends as a gift and blogged about it . In that book, Ewing documents the community grief across Chicago’s South Side, where th

SSPI Issues Statement on USDOE Testing Guidance - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education)

Resilient Public Schools: Bright and Dark Sides (Part 1) For the past few months I have been thinking a lot about the upending of public schools by the Covid-19 pandemic. As someone who has studied the history of school reform in the U.S., I have been trying to make connections with the past that might inform present-day debates over district policies and classroom practices. So I am beginning a

Standardized Testing During the Pandemic is Corporate Welfare Not Student Equity

State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Issues Statement in Response to U.S. Department of Education Guidance on Standardized Testing SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent Tony Thurmond today issued the following statement in response to the latest guidance from the U.S. Department of Education on administering statewide standardized tests this year: “Standardized tests are imperfect measures at best and o

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We’ve got to be able to tell how badly the pandemic is affecting student learning. So let’s give standardized tests . That’s the rationale behind the Biden administration’s mandate that schools across the country still struggling just to keep buildings open somehow manage to proctor standardized assessments. Nearly 29 million people have contracted Covid-19 in the United States. More than 514,000

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What Will Happen When All The Teachers Are Gone? | Eclectablog

Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES LAUSD to launch COVID-tracking app that generates a code for students to enter campus http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/ykQGRzOVPkI/lausd-launches-daily-pass-app-track-covid-schools Schools must still give standardized tests this year, Biden administration says https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/2/22/22296173/biden-administration-sta

Los Angeles Teachers, Parents Stand Up Against Politicians' Threats - LA Progressive

What Will Happen When All The Teachers Are Gone? I really tried to see “both sides” of this “reopen the schools” debate for the longest time…I know how hard it is to try to get anything done with little kids at home in normal times–multiply that by 100 during this pandemic. And I get the frustration that comes with trying to juggle work, bills, child care, and all the other responsibilities of d

Elizabeth Jennings Graham, Black Educator Hall of Fame - Philly's 7th Ward

Los Angeles Teachers, Parents Stand Up Against Politicians’ Threats Despite pressure from local politicians, businesses, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Mayor Eric Garcetti, and the Los Angeles Times, teachers throughout California—and especially in Los Angeles—have mobilized to demand vaccinations before school reopening. The teachers, backed by parents, have actively responded to this attack on their Unite

We Must Do Something About “Tennis Loss”!! | The Merrow Report

ELIZABETH JENNINGS GRAHAM, BLACK EDUCATOR HALL OF FAME E’ry day this month, the Center for Black Educator Development , in partnership with Phillys7thWard.org , will highlight a Black Educator Hall of Famer . But, don’t forget, e’ry month is Black History Month … February is just the Blackest . Today, our featured Black Educator is Elizabeth Jennings Graham . #BlackEducatorsHoF #BlackTeacherPipe

Considering Opting Out Your Child from High-Stakes Testing? – Parents United for Public Education

We Must Do Something About “Tennis Loss”!! Imagine for a moment that you are an excellent tennis player who regularly ranks in the Top Ten in your age group and in your state. You have an excellent first serve that you can place with pinpoint accuracy, a reliable second serve, a devastating two-hand backhand, and a well-disguised drop shot that befuddles opponents. What’s more, you cover the cou

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Considering Opting Out Your Child from High-Stakes Testing? With the recent guidance issued from the Department of Education that says that states must give standardized tests this school year (despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the many other reasons testing should be cancelled), we’ve decided to republish this post about opting out of testing. We will continue to update the post and res

Teacher Tom: If the World Disappears When I Close My Eyes

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NYC Educator: Big Lie on Testing from Biden

If the World Disappears When I Close My Eyes Two-year-old Jonathan put a blanket over his head. "Where did Jonathan go?" His parents pretended to look for him. "Where is he?" Jonathan giggled under his blanket. He had played this game before. A couple months earlier, he had played the game the other way. He had "discovered" that when he closed his eyes, the world disappeared. It had frightened h

Biden Admin Wants “to Focus on Assessments” in 2020-21 | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog

Big Lie on Testing from Biden The Biden administration is insisting on standardized testing for traumatized students this year. This is a huge disappointment. I remember the awful education policies of the Obama administration, and I remember Diane Ravitch writing that Obama gave Bush a third term on education. Don't get me wrong--I certainly don't miss Big Orange at all. I was wary of Biden bec

Jersey Jazzman: We Don't Need Standardized Testing In a Pandemic

Biden Admin Wants “to Focus on Assessments” in 2020-21 On February 22, 2021, acting ed secretary Ian Rosenblum ( formerly of testing-friendly ed reform org, Education Trust ) sent this letter to state school superintendents informing them that standardized testing must happen in the 2020-21 school year “to understand the impact COVID-19 has had on learning and identify what resources and support

Leonie Haimson: Biden’s Absurd Decision to Impose the Tests: Opt Out! | Diane Ravitch's blog

We Don't Need Standardized Testing In a Pandemic UPDATE: Just as I was finishing this post, I caught a glimpse of this news : The U.S. Department of Education extended flexibility to states today in how and when they administer mandated end-of-the-year assessments, including allowing shorter tests that can be given remotely and, in the summer, or even in the fall. The federal agency advised stat

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Leonie Haimson: Biden’s Absurd Decision to Impose the Tests: Opt Out! Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters and board member of the Network for Public Education, responded to Biden’s broken promise about suspending the testing. She wrote: Today, Ian Rosenblum acting Asst. Sec. of the US Dept. of Education announced that states would NOT be given a waiver from administering sta

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CURMUDGUCATION: Biden Administration Won't Waive Big Standardized Test. Dammit.

Biden is off to a real slow education start. You know you want to give the new guy some time, but how long does it take to do what is right? Well, since Biden just punted on high stakes standardized tests during a pandemic, it will be at least another year. However, since Obama's education policies were truly dreadful and destructive, I wouldn't hold out much hope that Biden will be different. T

Grading Guidance for Progress in Distance Learning - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education)

Biden Administration Won't Waive Big Standardized Test. Dammit. The Biden administration has offered its first flat-out wrong decision in the education sphere. Today Acting Ed Secretary Ian Rosenblum sent a letter out to state education chiefs . The news was not good, outlining the bad reasons for its bad decision. To be successful once schools have re-opened, we need to understand the impact CO