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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

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A Day of Action: Educators Pledge to Teach the Truth  | Zinn Education Project - https://www.zinnedproject.org/?p=162756 via @ZinnEdProject

President Biden Proposes to Offer Extra Title I Grants as Incentives to Encourage States to Do Justice | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-7Qf via @janresseger

Here’s the Truth Behind the Right-Wing Attacks on Critical Race Theory | Ed Politics - https://edpolitics.org/?p=358

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

Education Research Report: Scientists say active early learning shapes the adult brain - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

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

Know Your State Astroturf Parent/Education Groups - https://nancyebailey.com/2021/06/01/know-your-state-astroturf-parent-education-groups/ on @NancyEBailey1

LA Progressive: Where Did the Federal Government’s Charter School Program Go Wrong? | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10930 on @NEPCtweet

SUPERHERO THEME MUSIC – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-2KC via @norinrad10


Pittsburgh Media Runs Right Wing Propaganda About Public Schools As If It Were Real News | gadflyonthewallblog - https://wp.me/p4QD1W-3xs via @StevenSinger3

Education Research Report: Scientists say active early learning shapes the adult brain - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Wednesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=117992 on @Larryferlazzo



Uncle Bobbie's Presents: "Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education" | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/

Are You Committed To Marginalize Instead Of Cultivate The Black Mind? - Philly's 7th Ward - https://wp.me/p7sbg2-xX

Memorial Day | Teacher in a strange land - https://wp.me/p1Wvaa-di via @nancyflanagan

Illinois Tier 2 teacher pension time-bomb remains ticking, Senator Martwick. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-qkY via @fklonsky

Go Here for the Best Blog Posts on the Internet | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ueh via @dianeravitch

Janresseger: Bill and Melinda Will Divorce, But the Gates Brand of Venture Philanthropy Will Continue On | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10933 on @NEPCtweet

Stinking Thinking Monetizes Dyslexia! | tultican - https://wp.me/p2txw0-14b on @wordpressdotcom

Responding to the call for submissions for a portrait of the governor of Rhode Island, Gina Raimondo. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-ql9 via @fklonsky

Illinois Senate passes elected school board for Chicago, over the objections of Mayor Lori Lightfoot - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-elected-school-board-cps-20210602-5ym64zdbe5cahe6n5haw3dvbdu-story.html via @chicagotribune

Cultural affirmation, not punishment may reduce harm to Black girls in schools, researchers assert - Graduate School of Education - University at Buffalo - http://ed.buffalo.edu/news-events/ticker/archive.host.html/content/shared/ed/news/ticker/2021/06/01.detail.html

How Many Letters Are There, Secretary Cardona? | by Ira David Socol | Educate. | Apr, 2021 | Medium - https://medium.com/educate-pub/how-many-letters-are-there-secretary-cardona-a82cf9b597cf by @irasocol on @educate_pub

Semi-Charmed Kind of Life (part one): Who kids are…and what kids need from us | by Ira David Socol | Age of Awareness | Medium - https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/semi-charmed-kind-of-life-part-1-who-kids-are-and-what-kids-need-from-us-dcb7dd8a02c4 by @irasocol on @AoA_Pub

The College Admissions Crucible | The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-college-admissions-crucible

Forbidding Remote Learning: Why Some Schools Won't Offer a Virtual Option This Fall - https://www.edweek.org/leadership/forbidding-remote-learning-why-some-schools-wont-offer-a-virtual-option-this-fall/2021/06 by @cgewertz on @educationweek

Targeting 'Critical Race Theory,' Republicans Rattle American Schools - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/us/politics/critical-race-theory.html on @nytimes

Covid Shuttered Schools Everywhere. So Why Was the ‘She-cession’ Worse in the U.S.? - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/us/shecession-america-europe-child-care.html?smid=tw-share on @nytimes

Council members push agenda to stem gun violence among Philadelphia youth https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/6/1/22464061/council-members-push-agenda-to-stem-gun-violence-among-philadelphia-youth via @ChalkbeatPHL

100 Scholars: Our Democracy is at Risk | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uez via @dianeravitch

Liberty University in turmoil as students protest against continuing relationship with Trump: report https://www.salon.com/2021/06/02/liberty-university-in-turmoil-as-students-revolt-against-continuing-relationship-with-trump-report_partner/

NAACP president: Biden’s plan to tackle racial wealth gap must address student debt crisis https://www.salon.com/2021/06/01/naacp-president-bidens-plan-to-tackle-racial-wealth-gap-must-address-student-debt-crisis/

Wilberforce University Cancels Student Debt for Graduating Class https://www.theroot.com/wilberforce-university-cancels-student-debt-for-graduat-1847010943

Students Build Websites to Commemorate Black Wall Street Businesses That Were Destroyed During the Tulsa Race Massacre https://www.theroot.com/students-build-websites-to-commemorate-black-wall-stree-1847009046

As school year wraps up, COVID-19 cases down; Supt. Lewis announces final year https://thelensnola.org/2021/06/01/as-school-year-wraps-up-covid-19-cases-down-supt-lewis-announces-final-year/

Can California Withstand A Teacher Retirement Boom? https://www.capradio.org/articles/2021/06/01/can-california-withstand-a-teacher-retirement-boom/

UC-AFT Teaching Faculty Rally and Press Conference -- Contract Expiratio... https://youtu.be/INpJVHDWh3o via @YouTube

The History You Didn't Learn | The Overlooked Stories of America's Black Wall Streets | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/06/the-history-you-didnt-learn-overlooked.html

NYC charter schools take different paths on vaccine mandates, remote learning for fall https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-charter-schools-fall-reopening-questions-20210601-zyb2qzjpzjhftousux7z47x3su-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Top Loudoun school officials defend equity work against charges of ‘critical race theory’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/loudoun-schools-critical-race-theory/2021/06/01/641fbda8-c2ed-11eb-9a8d-f95d7724967c_story.html

Republicans Plan to Steal 2024 Election | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ueK via @dianeravitch

OPINION: A college health doctor and teacher/coach see hopeful signs for the pandemic generation as they face whatever is next - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=79503 via @hechingerreport

Special education: Beneficial to many, harmful to others - https://brook.gs/3fjxzej on @BrookingsInst

Mining tax proposal would bring 'meaningful revenue' to education in Nevada - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper - https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/may/30/mining-tax-proposal-would-bring-meaningful-revenue/#new_tab by @@John__Sadler on @LasVegasSun

31 states don't require schools to teach about the Holocaust. Some laws are changing that - CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/29/us/holocaust-marjorie-taylor-greene-states-trnd/index.html#new_tab

Florida Becomes Seventh State to Ban Transgender Athletes From Girls' Sports as DeSantis Signs Bill - https://www.newsweek.com/florida-becomes-seventh-state-ban-transgender-athletes-girls-sports-desantis-signs-bill-1596535#new_tab on @newsweek

An elections bill casualty: most schools won’t get funded for virtual learning next year unless the education commissioner acts - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/06/02/an-elections-bill-casualty-most-schools-wont-get-funded-for-virtual-learning-next-year-unless-the-education-commissioner-acts/#new_tab via @dallasnews

They Kept Schools Running as Covid Raged: ‘We Had to Be Here’ - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/nyregion/covid-new-york-city-schools.html

Latino community coalition calls for delay in Denver schools superintendent vote https://co.chalkbeat.org/2021/6/1/22463583/latino-coalition-calls-for-delay-in-denver-schools-superintendent-vote via @ChalkbeatCO

The Fight to Teach Asian American History https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/us/asian-american-history.html

Utah State Board of Education is set to consider a ban on teaching critical race theory https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/6/1/22458561/utah-state-board-of-education-is-set-to-consider-a-ban-on-teaching-critical-race-theory


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