Tuesday, March 30, 2021

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A Conversation With The Chancellor Webinar Registration - Zoom - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iZElATUxSFeG5o37Mo5-Sg

WV governor approves what advocates say is the nation’s broadest nonpublic school vouchers program | Legislative Session | wvgazettemail.com - https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/legislative_session/wv-governor-approves-what-advocates-say-is-the-nation-s-broadest-nonpublic-school-vouchers-program/article_681f8e0a-f356-5295-ac0c-33d5d9fc8e30.html on @wvgazettemail

'This is just another slap in the face to our teachers': School choice bill to become law in Kentucky after veto override | whas11.com - https://www.whas11.com/article/news/kentucky/school-choice-kentucky-veto-override-millions-private-schools/417-a631d645-2153-4c3d-a017-9fbabec5a5d2 on whas11

Education Dept. Restores Debt Cancellation For Some Borrowers With Disabilities https://www.scpr.org/news/2021/03/29/97225/education-dept-restores-debt-cancellation-for-some/ via @kpcc

THE ABANDONMENT OF ROOSEVELT GARDENS: PROFITS AND VIOLENCE: | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing - https://wp.me/p4qzB1-BV via @dcgmentor

Should the federal government end its program to fund new charter schools? - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/should-the-federal-government-end-its-program-to-fund-new-charter-schools/ via @Network4pubEd

Income Eligibility Scales for School Year 2021–22 - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/incomeeligscalesy202122.asp

Big Education Ape: A Bold Idea for Testing: Opt-In | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-bold-idea-for-testing-opt-in-diane.html

Homeroom: Returning to the Classroom Might Not Be Easy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/_V5hnkoDpu8/

The American Rescue Plan: What’s in it for higher education https://educationvotes.nea.org/?p=49045#.YGNVzpm9428.twitter via @EdVotes

Forum: OKCPS board chairperson candidates talk leadership, equity, charters https://nondoc.com/2021/03/30/okcps-board-chairperson-forum/ via @nondocmedia

Major Court Victory over Charter School - LA Progressive - https://www.laprogressive.com/?p=365743

COVID-19 cases dip slightly in schools; older students now eligible for vaccine https://thelensnola.org/2021/03/29/covid-19-cases-dip-slightly-in-schools-older-students-now-eligible-for-vaccine/

Republicans use trans students to hurt all kids http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/ezrcDxc6V-s/

Cardona suspends collection of 1 million federal student loans in default https://politi.co/3cCYwZg via @politico

If In-Person Schooling Is Essential, Wen Says Teachers Should Be Vaccinated https://www.npr.org/2021/03/30/982599293/if-in-person-schooling-is-essential-wen-says-teachers-should-be-vaccinated

COMIC: Pueblo Tribal Teacher On The Difficulty Of Getting Students Online https://www.npr.org/2021/03/30/982364861/comic-pueblo-tribal-teacher-on-the-difficulty-of-getting-students-online

As Bad Information Spreads, Florida Schools Seek To Teach 'Digital Literacy' https://www.npr.org/2021/03/30/980405254/as-bad-information-spreads-florida-schools-seek-to-teach-digital-literacy

'The Backbone Of The College': How Housekeeping Staff Make In-Person College Possible https://www.npr.org/2021/03/29/982417581/the-backbone-of-the-college-how-housekeeping-staff-make-in-person-college-possib

Why Virus Tests at One Elite School Ran Afoul of Regulators https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/health/coronavirus-trier-schools-testing.html

Secretary Cardona Kicks Off “Help is Here” School Reopening Tour with Visits to Schools in Boston, Massachusetts and Laurel, Delaware https://www.ed.gov/news/media-advisories/secretary-cardona-kicks-%E2%80%9Chelp-here%E2%80%9D-school-reopening-tour-visits-schools-boston-massachusetts-and-laurel-delaware

Department of Education Announces Expansion of COVID-19 Emergency Flexibilities to Additional Federal Student Loans in Default https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/department-education-announces-expansion-covid-19-emergency-flexibilities-additional-federal-student-loans-default

OPINION: Now is the time to hire and promote Asian Americans into leadership positions - The Hechinger Report https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-now-is-the-time-to-hire-and-promote-asian-americans-into-leadership-positions/

COLUMN: School standardized testing isn't the problem, its how we use it https://hechingerreport.org/column-standardized-tests-arent-the-problem-its-how-we-use-them/

Kentucky legislators override Governor’s veto of pension theft. Where was the KEA? – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-qeu via @fklonsky

Education Research Report: Pre-COVID Ability Grouping in U.S. Public School Classrooms - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Tuesday’s Must-Read Articles & Must-Watch Videos On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=116580 on @Larryferlazzo

Judge orders CA school districts to pay back oversight fees totaling $1 million https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-03-27/judge-orders-school-districts-to-pay-back-oversight-fees-totaling-1-million

Reopening schools became a rallying cry for parents. Now it’s a campaign issue in suburban school board races: ‘This is a lot bigger than COVID’ - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/reopening-schools-became-a-rallying-cry-for-parents-now-it-e2-80-99s-a-campaign-issue-in-suburban-school-board-races-e2-80-98this-is-a-lot-bigger-than-covid-e2-80-99/ar-BB1f50o3#new_tab

Georgia lawmakers pass special education voucher expansion - https://apnews.com/article/georgia-bills-legislation-37304227afa8f6eacc7d8a430de69b44#new_tab on @ap

Massachusetts education officials report 0.7% COVID positivity rate in schools that are teaching in-person - masslive.com - https://www.masslive.com/coronavirus/2021/03/massachusetts-education-officials-report-07-positivity-rate-in-schools-that-are-teaching-in-person.html#new_tab on @masslivenews

Gov. Andy Beshear's veto of school choice bill overridden - https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ky-general-assembly/2021/03/29/gov-andy-beshears-veto-school-choice-bill-overridden/6982250002/#new_tab via @courierjournal

Lawmakers pledge to kill effort to expand tax credit for private schools | Mississippi Today - https://mississippitoday.org/?p=997197 by @BobbyHarrison9 on @MSTODAYnews

Report finds school attacks are preventable "when communities identify warning signs and intervene" - CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/secret-service-national-threat-assessment-center/#new_tab on @cbsthismorning

Higher-income families leave Philly public schools for in-person learning - WHYY - https://whyy.org/?p=504347

Kentucky General Assembly overrides teachers pension reform veto - https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ky-general-assembly/2021/03/29/kentucky-general-assembly-overrides-teachers-pension-reform-veto/6997915002/#new_tab @fklonsky

Learning loss from virtual school due to Covid is significant - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/30/learning-loss-from-virtual-school-due-to-covid-is-significant-.html#new_tab by jdickler on @CNBC

Tennessee could take over school systems under legislative proposal - Chalkbeat Tennessee - https://tn.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/29/22357547/tennessee-could-take-over-school-systems-and-replace-leaders-under-legislative-proposal#new_tab on chalkbeat

Students successfully lobby for new state law excusing them from school to protest - ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/students-successfully-lobby-state-law-excusing-school-protest/story?id=76736167#new_tab

Mass. Psychiatrists Concerned About Increase In Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts Among Adolescents | CommonHealth - https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2021/03/25/children-suicidal-suicide-attempts-pandemic-hospital via @commonhealth

Averting Targeted School Violence: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Plots Against Schools | United States Secret Service - https://www.secretservice.gov/node/4937

Rebuked by lawmakers, Noem aims executive orders at transgender participation in sports - https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/03/29/rebuked-lawmakers-noem-aims-executive-orders-transgender-participation-sports/7054726002/#new_tab via @argusleader

Group That Led Mass Teacher Sickouts To Unionize Kentucky Public Employees https://tinyurl.com/yekk9rk6

DeKalb County parent expresses disappointment with in-person learning https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/dekalb-county-parent-disappointed-with-in-person-learning

How Rhode Island’s takeover of Providence schools unraveled before it really got started - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-rhode-island-e2-80-99s-takeover-of-providence-schools-unraveled-before-it-really-got-started/ar-BB1f7dnN#new_tab

Opinion: Education bill undermines Idaho Constitution | Coeur d'Alene Press - https://cdapress.com/news/2021/mar/29/opinion-education-bill-undermines-idaho-constituti/#new_tab

CURMUDGUCATION: Is Your Charter School A Public School? - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/03/is-your-charter-school-public-school.html#new_tab

A Win for Private Schools | American Center for Transforming Education - https://www.discovery.org/education/2021/03/23/a-win-for-private-schools/#new_tab


Big Education Ape: Shawgi Tell: Charter Schools: “Choice” Is Not An Argument | Dissident Voice - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/shawgi-tell-charter-schools-choice-is.html


Big Education Ape: Ed Notes Online: Take me home, West Virginia - How will Red for Ed respond as Extreme Voucher Law passed to decimate Public Ed? - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/ed-notes-online-take-me-home-west.html


Big Education Ape: Opting Out of TNReady – Tennessee Education Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/opting-out-of-tnready-tennessee.html


Big Education Ape: NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/03/newblackman-in-exile-today-blm_30.html





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'Boogers down': Biden’s bid to reopen schools may hinge on ‘pooled’ testing - POLITICO
'Boogers down': Biden’s bid to reopen schools may hinge on ‘pooled’ testing The process is meant to limit the spread of a potential outbreak while minimizing the costs of the frequent large-scale testing needed to keep the disease in check. A growing number of the nation’s school districts are experimenting with a Covid-19 testing regime they hope will get millions of children back into their cl
A QUESTIONABLE OFFENSE – Dad Gone Wild
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Joel Westheimer: Three Essential Lessons That COVID Taught Us About Education | Diane Ravitch's blog
Joel Westheimer: Three Essential Lessons That COVID Taught Us About Education Joel Westheimer is a professor of education at the University of Ottawa. He wrote this article for The Ottawa Citizen and shared it with me. This is a good time for me to mention that I strongly believe in content. In the mid-1980s, I was involved with a large committee that wrote the California K-12 History-Social Stu
Teacher Tom: When Young Children Lie
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Unlearning to Write – radical eyes for equity
Unlearning to Write In my foundations of education course, we discussed the role of evidence and research in education , highlighting the problem with experimental/quasi-experimental research and its use in the so-called real world of day-to-day teaching. I always use medicine as an analogy—such as the recently development of the Covid-19 vaccine. What I hope to accomplish is to offer students a
A Bold Idea for Testing: Opt-In | Diane Ravitch's blog
A Bold Idea for Testing: Opt-In The Ossining, New York, school district has a creative response to the federal mandate to administer tests at a time when children’s lives have been disrupted by the pandemic. The superintendent has asked parents to write a letter asking for their child to be tested, that is, to “opt in” to testing. Gary Stern of the Lower Hudson news (Lohud) reports : At a time w
A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #openonlywhensafe
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Major victory over a corporate charter school chain and their trade association – Los Angeles Education Examiner
Major victory over a corporate charter school chain and their trade association Original post at Robert’s page on Medium . On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, I got my second big win in court against a charter school corporation. It was also a major victory over their California Charter Schools Association (“CCSA”) trade association, which tried to use the case to carve out immunity to the California Pu
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