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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Tuesday, June 1, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH

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CURMUDGUCATION: Why My Children Are Not Scholars - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/06/why-my-children-are-not-scholars.html

Oklahoma: Judge Orders Charter Founders to Turn Financials Over to State | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uej via @dianeravitch

Opposition to bill that would allow College Board/ACT to keep on selling student data | Parent Coalition for Student Privacy - https://studentprivacymatters.org/?p=2723

Teacher Tom: To Err Is Human, To Repair Devine - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/06/to-err-is-human-to-repair-devine.html

Teacher Tom: "We Have to Liberate Ourselves First" - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/05/we-have-to-liberate-ourselves-first.html

Doctoring, Like Teaching, Is a Helping Profession (Joel “Yus” Merenstein) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-88Z via @CubanLarry

Two Popes: Will the Incumbent and the Winner of the Democratic Primary Collaborate to Build a New Department of Education or Vie for Power? | Ed In The Apple - https://wp.me/p2zCG-2Ry via @edintheapple

Jan Resseger: Time to Abolish the Federal Charter Schools Program | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ueb via @dianeravitch

Education Research Report: High school students in the United States unable to discern quality information from sham online - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Grassroots Education Network- May 2021 Newsletter - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/grassroots-education-network-may-2021-newsletter/ via @Network4pubEd

Our Collective Lesson Plan [On Teachers of Color In This Moment] | The Jose Vilson - https://wp.me/p5MpX-4OQ via @thejlv

Class Size Matters & Shino Tanikawa Testimony on the FY 2022 budget: In Support of $250 million to lower class size | Class Size Matters | A clearinghouse for information on class size & the proven benefits of smaller classes - https://classsizematters.org/?p=9654

Seattle Schools Community Forum: 36th Democrats Endorsement Committee Interviews with School Board candidates - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/05/36th-democrats-endorsement-committee.html

CURMUDGUCATION: Tulsa and Teaching History - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/05/tulsa-and-teaching-history.html

Closing the Digital Divide Requires Everyone to Come to the Table by Donna Rattley Washington | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/05/closing-digital-divide-requires.html

Voice of the People: Bill allows voucher schools to scam parents - https://www.theledger.com/story/opinion/letters/2021/05/08/voice-people-bill-allows-voucher-schools-scam-parents/4989319001/ via @theledger

How a national student database could cheapen the college experience - https://theconversation.com/how-a-national-student-database-could-cheapen-the-college-experience-161228

Academic Freedom Is on the Ropes - https://www.chronicle.com/article/academic-freedom-is-on-the-ropes by @@AlexanderKafka on @chronicle

Homeroom: Should I Force My Kid to Do Summer Reading? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/rPSOrnMlTpk/

Nation’s first school mandate on AAPI history heads to Illinois governor https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/31/aapi-history-education-illinois-491324

“Badass Teachers” Facebook group administrators uphold ban on WSWS writer Evan Blake https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/01/bats-j01.html

Is it time to rethink the value of college? https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21279216/higher-education-college-america-student-debt

New Report Compares State Performance Standards Using NAEP http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Public colleges shock students by sending them to costly debt collection agencies https://hechingerreport.org/public-colleges-shock-students-by-sending-them-to-costly-debt-collection-agencies/

PROOF POINTS: New study shows controversial post-Katrina school reforms paid off for New Orleans https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-new-study-shows-controversial-post-katrina-school-reforms-paid-off-for-new-orleans/

No Early Retirement Incentive This Year https://jd2718.org/2021/06/01/no-early-retirement-incentive-this-year/

Plan to reduce Advanced Placement classes at NYC’s LaGuardia High School angers students, parents https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-laguardia-high-school-ap-classes-20210601-wakycw4dindpnj5kfoo7rnwcve-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Are You There? http://nyceducator.com/2021/06/are-you-there.html

Heated graduation speech gets Stagg Principal Nakamura booted off campus - https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/local/2021/05/27/heated-graduation-speech-gets-stagg-principal-nakamura-escorted-off-campus/7476520002/#new_tab via @recordnet

Known for its 100% college acceptance rate among seniors, Urban Prep staff say they are underpaid and face poor working conditions. https://www.wbez.org/stories/teachers-at-high-profile-all-boys-charter-school-in-chicago-authorize-a-strike/03265dac-fb58-4e81-adb5-d5f401dd5b50

Chicago Public Schools to train students to identify and report racism and bias - Chalkbeat Chicago - https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2021/5/27/22457774/chicago-schools-will-train-students-to-identify-and-report-racism-and-bias-incidents#new_tab on chalkbeat

Is remote learning here to stay? Many, but not all, Colorado schools will offer online classes this fall. - https://coloradosun.com/2021/05/31/colorado-education-schools-students-remote-learning-coronavirus/#new_tab via @coloradosun

SFUSD lost touch with 8,800 students during the pandemic - https://sfbayview.com/?p=95056 via @sfbayview

Illinois Dramatically Limits Use of Seclusion and Face-Down Restraints in Schools — ProPublica - https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-dramatically-limits-use-of-seclusion-and-face-down-restraints-in-schools#new_tab via @propublica

Tay Anderson to step back from ‘everyday’ duties but keep voting - Chalkbeat Colorado - https://co.chalkbeat.org/2021/5/30/22461387/tay-anderson-stepping-away-from-denver-school-board-duties-during-sexual-misconduct-investigation#new_tab on chalkbeat

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Board Meeting on Wednesday Night. - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/05/board-meeting-on-wednesday-night.html

Arizona teachers' union affiliate ripped for tone deaf 'Game of Thrones' tweet on Memorial Day weekend https://www.foxnews.com/us/arizona-teachers-union-ripped-tone-deaf-game-of-thrones-tweet-suffering-pandemic #FoxNews

Unpacking Nonsense: Knowledge as Commodity – radical eyes for equity - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-9Zj via @plthomasEdD

Nation’s skeletal school mental health network will be severely tested - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=79174 via @hechingerreport

Why huge wave of teacher retirements won’t break schools | CalMatters https://calmatters.org/education/2021/06/california-teacher-retirement/


THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, May 31, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Jeff Bryant: The Truth Behind Attacks on Teaching “Critical Race Theory” | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uea via @dianeravitch Has the South risen again? | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing - https://wp.me/p4qzB1-C2 via @dcgmentor Critical Race Theory – Grumpy Old Teacher - https://wp.me/p9VD0X-GL via @sampsongregory Teac

MAY 30

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, May 30, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES In a Post-Covid World, Let's Pay Teachers Six Figures https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/opinion/teacher-pay-covid.html Tennessee Gov. Lee Unveils Plans to Usurp Local School Boards, Impose Charter Schools | by Andy Spears | May, 2021 | Medium - https://advocateandy.medium.com/tennessee-gov-lee-unveils-plans-to-usurp-local-school-boards
CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Memorial Day Weekend Edition (5/30)
CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Memorial Day Weekend Edition (5/30) Memorial Day Weekend Edition It has been a time, with a double funeral yesterday and some other little series of life adventures this week. Makes you want to shake some folks and ask, "Is this really what you want to do with your limited time on earth?" Be better. Anyway, I have a few things for you to read this week. Here's the list. Wha

MAY 29

TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, May 29, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH
Big Education Ape TOP POSTS THIS WEEK 5/29/21 Biden promised to end federal funding of for-profit charter schools. A new report explains how they operate. - The Washington Post New report provides reality check on virtual schools - The Washington Post TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, May 22, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edre

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