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Sunday, March 21, 2021

CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Spring Is Here, Apparently Edition (3/21)

CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Spring Is Here, Apparently Edition (3/21)


Spring Is Here, Apparently Edition

It's nice enough, but I've lived in NW PA too long to be fooled. We'll just see where this leads us. In the meantime, here's your reading for the week. Also, your reminder that you can get a daily dose of edubloggery by checking out (or subscribing to) NPE's Blog of Blogs

Why Black Parents Aren't Joining the Push To Reopen Schools

The short answer is "trust," but you should go ahead and read the long answer from Melinda Anderson at Mother Jones.

Cyberattacks on Schools Soared During the Pandemic

From EdWeek, a report on one of the big pandemic side effects we haven't been talking about

Let me teach like a normal @$$ human

Active shooter drills, pandemics, and teaching like a superhero, from the blog Affective Lving

Top Chicago Charter School Admits Racist Past

Noble charters join  the ranks of "no excuses" charters that are finally admitting that maybe that whole thing was a bad, racist idea.

Questions about the AFT and NEA's "Learning after Covid"

Nancy Bailey has looked at what the unions are touting for post-pandemic programs, and she has some concerns.

Note to MATH advocate Andrew Yang-- 2+2=4

At NYC Educator, a look at Andrew Yang's recent pronouncements on education and teaching in NY which are, well, not good.

Education Reinventers

Gary Rubinstein looks at the history of reformy rebranding as ell as debunking the latest miracle school.

How the stimulus will affect schools, explained

Matt Barnum at Chalkbeat offers a clear explainer of where all that money is going to go (or not)

Outdated research and ideas about teacher quality render report useless

NPEC takes a look at the National Council on Teacher Quality's 2020 teacher prep review, and it is once again a document not to be taken seriously.

One of the fairest school funding models in the nation might be about to fail

We don't usually hear about Wyoming because their schools have been exceptionally well and fairly funded for decades. Now that may be about to end. From the Hechinger Report.

An encouraging consensus on character education

Conservative Andy Smarick at reformy Education Next has some interesting thoughts about c haracter education.

There has to be an accounting

Turns out that maybe AT&T has been bilking the E-rate progam that provides affordable internet for schools. Oopsies.

How children read differently from books vs. screens

From the New York Times, more research about how children really interact with screens.


Report: How A Non-Profit Charter School Can Be Run For Profit - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/03/19/report-how-a-non-profit-charter-school-can-be-run-for-profit/?sh=2cf57d393cd4 by @palan57 on @forbes




Rules for Rural Philanthropy
Juliet Squire is a partner at Bellwether Education Partners, a reliably reformy part of the Fordham-AEI axis. She has traveled the Phillips Exeter-Yale-AEI career trajectory with a stop in the New Jersey Department of Education before landing at Bellwether, where she makes observations about education that I pretty much always disagree with. But she also just released an article for AEI about phi
An Evaluation That Teachers Can Use
A post from Jay Wamsted at Education Post (yes, that Education Post--I've said it before and I'll say it again--it's important to read from all over the edu-web) got me thinking about the sources of feedback that teachers can tap. He tells a story about a missed moment in which someone offered him feedback on his teaching that he didn't want to hear, and how he regrets that missed opportunity. Wh
School Choice Dinner Party
Pairagraph is a website set up around the idea of conversations, or debates, around a particular question. The website organizers invite a pair of people to address the question in turn for a total of four posts of no more than 500 words each. It's a fun little concept that has, so far, been applied to a broad range of topics. I was recently invited to join in one of these pairings around the que
The Trouble With Data
Yesterday the Atlantic published an exceptionally helpful piece in the Science section by Robinson Meyer and Alexis C. Madrigal that offers some excellent explanation of why the nation has dropped the data ball for this pandemic. It's a good read from that perspective. But for education folks, there's more. In the body of the article, Meyer and Madrigal share some observations about data, and the
Donors Chose Monday: Books and Understanding
Donors Choose lets you set up filters, so that you can focus on what you choose. The most obvious is a geographic one that allows you to find classrooms in your area looking for help. But you can also set for the types of classrooms and the types of resources, as well as setting (as I usually do) for rural schools. So one of the classrooms chosen for this week is Ms. McCord's at Allegheny-Clarion
A Learning Loss Debunkery Reader
Apparently we are going to be hearing about learning loss all the flipping time now, so I've tried to collect in one place some of the better responses to the crisis du jour. Feel free to bookmark this and to share the articles listed ever time someone pops up to holler that because of Learning Loss we must have testing or school choice or no summer vacation or increased school staff or bonuses fo
ICYMI: Blue Screen of Death Edition (3/14)
So the main desktop computer here at the institute is in a state, and we're working from the mobile office, which guarantees a 150% increase in typo frequency. But meanwhile, there are things to read. First, a reminder that NPE's Blog of the Day now provides a daily sampling of the best public education posts on the web. Click on over and subscribe, and get a daily dose of some quality curating.
FL: Let's Assess Four Year Olds
We have been down this road before, but I will beat this drum till my knuckles bleed (and the older my children and my grandchildren get, the harder I'll drum). Florida is once again reporting that 40% of Florida kindergartners are "

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$325,000 Settlement for Teacher Over Trump References Removed From Yearbook - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/21/nyregion/trump-yearbook-censorship-settlement.html on @nytimes

Black boy, 11, forced to kneel and apologize by white school headmaster - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-kneeling-punishment-catholic-school-long-island-20210321-apbqaa25zjajfketcsmejndtme-story.html via @nydailynews

Ramadan Begins On April 12th – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=116342 on @Larryferlazzo

Florida Community Campaigns to Change School Name https://www.laprogressive.com/change-school-name/

States Prepare For More Schooling During Summer To "Catch Up" https://www.moms.com/states-prepare-more-schooling-summer-catch-up/

Biden Administration to Give Schools Money to Reopen https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/biden-administration-to-give-schools-money-to-reopen/5819811.html

LA and Oakland teachers: Vote “No” on the deadly deals to reopen schools! https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/20/wcrf-m22.html

Elite colleges still giving wealthy and connected students a ‘legacy admissions’ edge during pandemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/03/21/elite-colleges-still-give-wealth-connected-students-a-legacy-admissions-edge/

Report: How A Non-Profit Charter School Can Be Run For Profit - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/03/19/report-how-a-non-profit-charter-school-can-be-run-for-profit/?sh=2cf57d393cd4 by @palan57 on @forbes



Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Spring Is Here, Apparently Edition (3/21) - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi.html


Big Education Ape: AFT president responds to new CDC physical distancing guidelines - The Highland County Press - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/aft-president-responds-to-new-cdc.html


Big Education Ape: tl;dr = dd | Teacher in a strange land - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/tldr-dd-teacher-in-strange-land.html


Big Education Ape: Ed Notes Online: New CDC Guidelines to Reopen Schools, Based on Outdated, Cherry-Picked, and Misinterpreted Data, Put Students, Teachers, and Communities at Risk - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/ed-notes-online-new-cdc-guidelines-to.html


Big Education Ape: EdAction in Congress March 21, 2021 - Education Votes #TBATS - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/edaction-in-congress-march-21-2021.html





CURMUDGUCATION: Rules for Rural Philanthropy
Rules for Rural Philanthropy Juliet Squire is a partner at Bellwether Education Partners, a reliably reformy part of the Fordham-AEI axis. She has traveled the Phillips Exeter-Yale-AEI career trajectory with a stop in the New Jersey Department of Education before landing at Bellwether, where she makes observations about education that I pretty much always disagree with. But she also just release
Teachers I Respect and Admire–Roberta Rabinoff Kaplan | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Teachers I Respect and Admire Roberta Rabinoff Kaplan I met Roberta Rabinoff in 1964 after she returned from serving in Sierra Leone as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching English in a rural school. She entered the Cardozo Project in Urban Teaching, a federally funded program located in a nearly all-Black high school taught by a largely Black staff in Washngton, D.C.. The program sought to attract
Black Lives Matter Sacramento Buys Land to Use as Safe Space for Black People - THE ROOT #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTH
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Strategies Used to Maximize Profit From Charter Schools: A Reader’s Guide - YouTube
Strategies Used to Maximize Profit From Charter Schools: A Reader’s Guide Strategies Used to Maximize Profit From Charter Schools: A Reader’s Guide - YouTube Chartered for Profit: The Hidden World of Charter Schools Operated for Financial Gain - Network For Public Education In this report, we focus on the world of charter schools run for profit, a world both hidden and misunderstood. We pull bac
Education Matters: CDC social distance rule change was not about keeping people safe, it was about a campaign promise
CDC social distance rule change was not about keeping people safe, it was about a campaign promise The CDC changed its social distance guidelines, and I have no doubt the researchers found what they found. However, the reason they found it was more about keeping a campaign promise rather than keeping people safe. I like president Biden, but the only reason we are making this change is to keep hi
Richard P. Phelps: The D.C. Reform Hoax, Part 1 | Diane Ravitch's blog
Richard P. Phelps: The D.C. Reform Hoax, Part 1 Richard P. Phelps recounts his experiences as the director of assessment for Michelle Rhee, chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools. Phelps was expected to expand the notorious IMPACT testing program, meant to evaluate teachers. Phelps visited hundreds of administrators and teachers and asked their advice about how to make the program
COVID online school hits 1 year: Teachers, kids share powerful quotes - USA TODAY
COVID online school hits 1 year: Teachers, kids share powerful quotes A year after COVID shut schools, students and teachers share what shook them — and what strengthened them F rom grade school to graduate school, developing young minds in close physical proximity halted abruptly in mid-March 2020. What happened next to schools and families was devastating and electrifying, thought-provoking and
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A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #openonlywhensafe
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 THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/this-week-in-education-larry-f
A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: If It’s Publicly Funded, We Want to Kill It. | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog
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