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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

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The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249




Pandemic Learning Loss Reports That Sell Online Programs Are Harmful For Students With Disabilities - https://nancyebailey.com/2021/07/26/pandemic-learning-loss-reports-that-sell-online-programs-are-harmful-for-students-with-disabilities/ on @NancyEBailey1



Should the NYS Department of Health Require COVID Vaccinations for Students 12 and Older? | Ed In The Apple - https://wp.me/p2zCG-2Tb via @edintheapple



Cartoons on Ending Pandemic | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8dm via @CubanLarry



Thank You, Tucker Carlson | The Merrow Report - https://wp.me/p6uAPJ-3Bf on @wordpressdotcom


The WEP/GPO is a tax for being a woman educator in Illinois. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-qpV via @fklonsky


AB 130, Universal Meals - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/ab130universalmeals.asp


FL: Student Data Used to Tag Kids as Potential Criminals | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog - https://wp.me/p36Q2R-6xz on @wordpressdotcom


Mike Klonsky's Blog: Privatization news: China delivers a blow to it's own ed profiteers - http://michaelklonsky.blogspot.com/2021/07/privatization-news-china-delivers-blow.html



Teacher Tom: This Is How A Junkyard Playground Works - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/07/this-is-how-junkyard-playground-works.html



Education Research Report: SROs lead to disproportionately harsh disciplinary consequences - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/



Peter Greene: Children Should Not Go to School in a Bubble | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uvc via @dianeravitch



Embarrassing Paper from the University of Arkansas | tultican - https://wp.me/p2txw0-160 on @wordpressdotcom



Summer and the sound of learning gain. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-qq1 via @fklonsky



How to End the Pandemic | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uv2 via @dianeravitch



Will philanthropy counter the racist backlash and support education justice? | Schott Foundation for Public Education - http://schottfoundation.org/node/4381


Department of Education Releases Resource to Help Schools Improve Ventilation Systems to Prevent COVID-19 | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/department-education-releases-resource-help-schools-improve-ventilation-systems-prevent-covid-19


Rest in Power: Bob Moses And The Pinnacle Of Edu-Activism - Philly's 7th Ward - https://wp.me/p7sbg2-yO



Charter School Promoters Defend Antisocial Culture of Maximum Profit | Dissident Voice - https://dissidentvoice.org/?p=119237


Seattle Schools Community Forum: People Are Funny - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/07/people-are-funny.html

Public Funds Public Schools - https://pfps.org/

The Conservative Case Against Banning Critical Race Theory | Time - https://time.com/6079716/conservative-case-against-banning-critical-race-theory/

The Atlantic Owes UC a Correction | Just Visiting - https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/atlantic-owes-uc-correction#.YQADHlZCdwQ.twitter

A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door by Jack Schneider, Jennifer Berkshire | Audiobook | Audible.com - https://www.audible.com/pd/A-Wolf-at-the-Schoolhouse-Door-Audiobook/1666130265 on @audible_com

How Did Education in the United States Become So Unequal? | The Nation - https://www.thenation.com/?p=389314 on @TheNation

What’s at stake in Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial race? Educators say teaching race, racism in schools. https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/26/22594223/whats-at-stake-in-pennsylvanias-gubernatorial-race-educators-say-teaching-race-racism-in-schools via @ChalkbeatPHL

Questions about the specialized high school admissions process from a specialized high school teacher. Part 12 “Is the 7% plan feasible?” | Gary Rubinstein's Blog - https://wp.me/plDtP-4TS via @garyrubinstein

Guest Post “Labor-Based Grading For A More Just classroom” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119236 on @Larryferlazzo

Tune in: John Jackson to Speak at Black Philanthropy Month Convening | Schott Foundation for Public Education - http://schottfoundation.org/node/4380

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

What Critical Race Theory Is—and What It Isn’t http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/yes/peace-justice/~3/-f3mIFuXasM/critical-race-theory-what-is-it

Bob Moses: Organizer And Civil Rights Pioneer https://popularresistance.org/bob-moses-organizer-and-civil-rights-pioneer/

‘A tipping point’: Government officials, health groups move to require coronavirus vaccines for workers https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/26/mandatory-vaccinations-urged-health-workers/?tid=ss_tw

A mask comeback is not enough to sway Trump voters — it's time to start imposing vaccine mandates https://www.salon.com/2021/07/27/a-mask-comeback-is-not-enough-to-sway-trump-voters--its-time-to-start-imposing-vaccine-mandates/

White Parents Oppose Michigan School Board’s Anti-Racism Resolution Prompted by White Student’s Snapchat Slave Auction https://www.theroot.com/white-parents-in-oppose-michigan-school-board-s-anti-ra-1847361854

Reckoning with the theft of Native American children https://www.vox.com/22594144/native-american-boarding-schools-children

Unvaccinated Ohio Students Should Wear Masks In School: ODH https://patch.com/ohio/across-oh/unvaccinated-ohio-students-should-wear-masks-school-odh?google_editors_picks=true

Clark Atlanta University Cancels Student Debt For COVID Semesters https://patch.com/georgia/atlanta/clark-atlanta-university-cancels-student-debt-covid-semesters?google_editors_picks=true

CSU to require COVID vaccinations for students, faculty, staff on campus this fall http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/WFOccQQ5lMo/cal-state-to-require-covid-vaccines-students-faculty-staff

California's new vaccination proof requirement: What you need to know http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/D5FENYMaiUU/californias-covid-vaccine-proof-requirement-what-to-know

Statistic Of The Day: Many Districts Making Masks Optional – What Could Go Wrong? | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119336 on @Larryferlazzo

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ on @Larryferlazzo

Ciattarelli sparked firestorm by criticizing NJ’s LGBTQ curriculum. Now what? https://www.njspotlight.com/video/ciattarelli-sparked-firestorm-by-criticizing-njs-lgbtq-curriculum-now-what/

Kindergarten Enrollment Fell Last Year. Now Schools Wonder How Many Kids Are Coming https://www.npr.org/2021/07/26/1017879933/kindergarten-enrollment-numbers-back-to-school

U.S. Elementary Students Fell Months Behind During Pandemic, Report Finds https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/us/covid-students-progress-at-home-learning.html

Public School Privatization Advocate and Billionaire Eli Broad Opens His Center at Yale http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/obrag/IrDB/~3/iGvcj_fzzGA/

Public schools in Prince George’s County will require masks in fall https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/prince-georges-county-maryland-masks-schools/2021/07/26/1c2e59aa-ee30-11eb-a452-4da5fe48582d_story.html

As online education grows, the business of cheating is booming - CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/online-education-cheating-business/#new_tab on @cbsthismorning

OPINION: Virtual reality creates hands-on experiences that engage and inform students in new ways https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-how-best-do-we-teach-kids-about-holocaust-horrors-show-them-what-it-was-like/

A Renewed U.S. Commitment to International Education - ED.gov Blog - https://blog.ed.gov/?p=30740

NYC to mandate COVID vaccines or testing for teachers https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/26/22594169/nyc-mandate-covid-vaccine-teachers via @ChalkbeatNY

‘People are scared’: Democrats lose ground on school equity plans - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/26/democrats-school-critical-race-theory-500729#new_tab

Teacher shortage: Illinois school district hires international teachers to meet needs - CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/24/us/illinois-schools-teacher-shortage/index.html#new_tab

Nebraska teachers union defends critical race theory, accuses critics of censorship | Education | journalstar.com - https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/nebraska-teachers-union-defends-critical-race-theory-accuses-critics-of-censorship/article_13f71eb1-311a-559a-9e56-4558116506ea.html#new_tab on @JournalStarNews

China's private education firms are the latest targets of Beijing's crackdown - CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/26/investing/china-education-crackdown-intl-hnk/index.html#new_tab

Detroit district agrees to pay $2000 in hazard pay to teach in person - Chalkbeat Detroit - https://detroit.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/26/22594283/detroit-schools-union-agreement-2000-hazard-pay#new_tab on chalkbeat

NYC schools should remove police, be more welcoming: task force - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-20210722-de4dddjdnjcrle7xmjgjwa5ahu-story.html#new_tab via @nydailynews

Teachers union calls on Reeves to mandate masks in schools | Mississippi Today - https://mississippitoday.org/?p=1010563 by @krroyals on @MSTODAYnews

‘Kid-Uber’ Apps Are Disrupting the Old Yellow School Bus Model - https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/kid-uber-apps-are-disrupting-the-old-yellow-school-bus-model#new_tab

Gov. Evers calls another special session for more money for schools https://www.thecentersquare.com/wisconsin/gov-evers-calls-another-special-session-for-more-money-for-schools/article_a5dff752-ee4a-11eb-ab90-a7f4d0169ca8.html

Study Confirms School-to-Prison Pipeline | Education News | US News - https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-07-27/study-confirms-school-to-prison-pipeline#new_tab on @USNews

Critics plan lawsuits against three area institutions for promoting 'critical race theory' https://www.twincities.com/2021/07/26/critics-plan-lawsuits-against-three-area-institutions-for-promoting-critical-race-theory/ via @pioneerpress

With ban on mask mandates, Texas teachers fear Covid surge as school year nears https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ban-mask-mandates-texas-teachers-fear-covid-surge-school-year-n1275076 via @nbcnews

Newark installs gunshot detectors on schools as city shootings rise - Chalkbeat Newark - https://newark.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/26/22594328/shotspotter-newark-schools#new_tab on chalkbeat

CDC will recommend everyone in K-12 schools wear a mask -- regardless of vaccination status -- in new guidance - CNNPolitics - https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/27/politics/cdc-mask-guidance/index.html#new_tab

Murphy not budging despite petition seeking remote school choice - https://wobm.com/murphy-not-budging-despite-petition-seeking-remote-school-choice/#new_tab on @wobm


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