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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Wednesday, JULY 7, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #AFTTEACH21 #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACH21 #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES



AFT TEACH 2021 | American Federation of Teachers - https://www.aft.org/node/9878 by aftunion #TEACH21 #AFTTEACH21



By Proposing Big Bump in Funding for Full-Service Community Schools, Biden Signals Shift in Education Policy | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-7WK via @janresseger



Meet Mia Dabney, Aneesa Roidad, & KyRi Miller–2021 “Black Education Matters Student Activist Award” Winners! – I AM AN EDUCATOR - https://wp.me/p3bHrD-1IY via @JessedHagopian



What's New California Department of Education - https://www.cde.ca.gov/


CURMUDGUCATION: Is Teaching About Control? - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/07/is-teaching-about-control.html


NYC Public School Parents: The disappointing final city budget and the scant amount it contains for a "pilot" for class size reduction - https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-disappointing-final-budget-and-what.html


Questioning Mastery Learning and Growth Mindset | tultican - https://wp.me/p2txw0-150 on @wordpressdotcom



BustEDPencils How do we prepare future educators when cancel culture seeks to ban difficult discussions in education?. | Cloaking Inequity - https://wp.me/p2D92I-5OB via @ProfessorJVH


Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Full Statement in Declining UNC Chapel Hill’s Begrudgingly-Extended Tenure Offer | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog - https://wp.me/p36Q2R-6uI on @wordpressdotcom


Celebrities Fund Public Schools, Not Charter Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ulO via @dianeravitch



Nancy Bailey's Education Website: Play-Based Learning Isn’t Free Play and May Be Connected to Online Learning | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10973 on @NEPCtweet



Teacher Tom: "Now Slice Me Up For Dinner, Dearie" - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/07/now-slice-me-up-for-dinner-dearie.html


Texans Speak Out Against Government Censorship | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uqo via @dianeravitch



Educational Leadership from a CRT Lens - Philly's 7th Ward - https://wp.me/p7sbg2-yC


NEWS FROM THE U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases


CURMUDGUCATION: The Single Biggest Scourge of Education Reform - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-single-biggest-scourge-of-education.html



Charter Schools: Oversight and Accountability Versus Validity and Legitimacy | Dissident Voice - https://dissidentvoice.org/?p=118430


Wolf signs law extending some special education services, allowing all students to repeat a year https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/6/22565994/wolf-signs-law-extending-some-special-education-services-allowing-all-students-to-repeat-a-year via @ChalkbeatPHL

Become an Ambassador for Children https://action.campaignforchildren.org/ambassadors via @Campaign4Kids

The American Families Plan: Potentially the Most Important Proposal for Children Ever by @BruceLesley https://link.medium.com/ynWP11SnHhb

A Children’s Agenda For the 117th Congress https://campaignforchildren.org/resources/report/a-childrens-agenda-for-the-117th-congress/#.YOWs4YziT10.twitter (via @Campaign4Kids)

Policing the Poorest: On Public Assistance and State Surveillance | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/07/policing-poorest-on-public-assistance.html

Could a School-Board Fight Over Critical Race Theory Help Turn Virginia Red? - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/07/07/could-a-school-board-fight-over-critical-race-theory-help-turn-virginia-red-498453

April Grace, John Cox are early candidates for state superintendent of public instruction https://nondoc.com/2021/07/06/april-grace-john-cox-2022-state-superintendent/ via @nondocmedia

NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/

Judge’s order temporarily prevents OPSB from closing Singleton Charter https://thelensnola.org/2021/07/06/judges-order-temporarily-prevents-opsb-from-closing-singleton-charter/

Amid critical race theory controversy, teachers union chief vows legal action to defend teaching of ‘honest’ history https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teachers-union-critical-race-theory-weingarten/2021/07/06/ef327c20-de61-11eb-9f54-7eee10b5fcd2_story.html

Islamic tile designs. https://preaprez.wordpress.com/2021/07/07/islamic-tile-designs/

OPINION: Let’s give unaccompanied immigrant children a better chance in school https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-lets-give-unaccompanied-immigrant-children-a-better-chance-in-school/

COLUMN: Student debt cancellation isn’t regressive, it’s anti-racist https://hechingerreport.org/column-student-debt-cancellation-isnt-regressive-its-anti-racist/

Nikole Hannah-Jones Has Chosen Howard, Not UNC-Chapel Hill, For Tenure https://www.npr.org/2021/07/06/1013496206/nikole-hannah-jones-has-chosen-howard-not-unc-chapel-hill-for-tenure

Summer camp, school kicks off for 200,000 NYC kids, bringing relief and stress https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-summer-rising-kickoff-200000-students-20210706-u3ys2nw4xbgpjef35ytj6l47ma-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Time Is Running Out to Get U.S. Students Vaccinated by Fall https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/us/us-students-covid-vaccine.html

A Private-School Sex Educator Defends Her Methods https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/style/sex-educator-methods-defense.html

Study: In college, quarters are better than semesters https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/college-semesters-quarters

First Lady Jill Biden to Join the American Federation of Teachers TEACH ... https://youtu.be/dOU5EuiYu3E via @YouTube

California's Black Suspension Capital https://sacobserver.com/2021/07/californias-black-suspension-capital/

Schools Matter: Right-Wing UNC Names Online Gambling Exec to Board of Trustees - http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2021/07/right-wing-unc-names-online-gambling.html

Ed Notes Online: Must read from Tarbull - Medicare Advantage and the Privatization of Medicare An Advantage for Insurance Firms, Not Patients - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/07/must-read-from-tarbull-medicare.html

Nikole Hannah-Jones Explains Why She Rejected UNC’s Belated Offer of Tenure | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uqO via @dianeravitch

Linda Lyon: Can We Heal Our Divided Society? | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uny via @dianeravitch

Over Mayor Lightfoot’s Objections, Chicago Is Set to Finally Enact an Elected School Board - Despite some qualms with the legislation, public education advocates are cheering the embrace of school democracy over mayoral control. https://inthesetimes.com/article/chicago-elected-school-board-lightfoot-ctu-democracy


YESTERDAY

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Tuesday, JULY 6, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #AFTTEACH21 #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACH21 #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES AFT TEACH 2021 | American Federation of Teachers - https://www.aft.org/node/9878 by aftunion #TEACH21 #AFTTEACH21 NYC Educator: Zoom Classes on Snow Days - http://nyceducator.com/2021/07/zoom-classes-on-snow-days.html Whatever Happened to “Ambitious” Teaching? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8

JUL 05

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, JULY 5, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #AFTTEACH21 #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACH21 #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES AFT TEACH 2021 | American Federation of Teachers - https://www.aft.org/node/9878 by aftunion #TEACH21 #AFTTEACH21 On the 4th of July Weekend: How Should We Teach the American Revolution? | Ed In The Apple - https://wp.me/p2zCG-2Sx via @edintheapple July 4th and Early-Onset Alzheimer’s | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog - https://wp.

JUL 04

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, JULY 4, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #NEARA21 #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES 2021 NEA Annual Meeting - https://ra.nea.org/ on @neatoday Becky Pringle Keynote Speech RA 2021 - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGoJQNrYstM on @youtube Independence Day and the Loss of America’s Democratic Public Schools - https://nancyebailey.com/2021/07/04/independence-day-and-the-loss-of-americas-democratic-public-schools
CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Fourth of July Edition (7/4)
CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Fourth of July Edition (7/4) Fourth of July Edition Here's hoping that you are busy with some combination of friends and family today that leaves no time for the weekly collection of readables. But just in case, here's the list. How Do You Fight Hot Air Tired of reading CRT pieces? Me, too. But people keep writing good ones. Here's an op-ed in Washington Post by Karen Attia

JUL 03

TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, July 3, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #NEARA21
Big Education Ape TOP POSTS THIS WEEK 7/3/21 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, June 26, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edre
THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, JULY 3, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES 2021 NEA Annual Meeting - https://ra.nea.org/ on @neatoday Becky Pringle Keynote Speech RA 2021 - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGoJQNrYstM on @youtube Muzzling America’s Teachers with a Ban on Critical Race Theory is What Orwell Warned Us About | gadflyonthewallblog - https://wp.me/p4QD1W-3yQ via @StevenSinger3 Curmudgucati

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