Thursday, July 29, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Thursday, July 29, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES


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

CURMUDGUCATION: Can We Close The Billionaire Learning Gap? - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/07/can-we-close-billionaire-learning-gap.html

Learning for Justice | Education Resources - https://www.learningforjustice.org/ via @learnforjustice

Seattle Schools Community Forum: “Who Gets To Decide What is History” - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/07/who-gets-to-decide-what-is-history.html

Teacher Tom: The Most Important Academic Skill Of All - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-most-important-academic-skill-of-all.html

North Carolina: Anti-CRT Forces Target Teacher of the Year for Teaching About Racism | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uvZ via @dianeravitch

CURMUDGUCATION: The Loneliness of Tiny Gods - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-loneliness-of-tiny-gods.html

Excellence vs. Winning | Teacher in a strange land - https://wp.me/p1Wvaa-e2 via @nancyflanagan

Commack Public Schools Riven by Rage about CRT | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uwh via @dianeravitch

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


NEA 2021 RA Kim Anderson Keynote - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb1PYwQaNwE on @youtube

Fighting the Delta Variant: School Reopening Just Got a Lot More Complicated - https://www.edweek.org/leadership/fighting-the-delta-variant-the-school-reopening-picture-darkens/2021/07 by @cgewertz on @educationweek

How best to assess COVID-19 learning loss? Illinois faces conundrum over standardized test switch https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2021/6/11/22529813/how-best-to-assess-covid-19-learning-loss-illinois-faces-conundrum-over-standardized-test-switch via @ChalkbeatCHI

Mock slave trade and critical race theory tears town in Michigan apart - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/mock-slave-trade-critical-race-theory/2021/07/23/b4372c36-e9a8-11eb-ba5d-55d3b5ffcaf1_story.html

Who's Behind Dallas Justice Now's 'Don't Send White Kids to Ivy League' Controversy? | Dallas Observer - https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/whos-behind-dallas-justice-nows-dont-send-white-kids-to-ivy-league-controversy-12098228 by @stevanzetti on @dallas_observer

Education Research Report: Fit kids, fat vocabularies - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

More should be done to help get Black male students through college, educators say https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/28/22599026/more-should-be-done-to-help-get-black-male-students-through-college-educators-say via @ChalkbeatPHL

Keeping the Pell Grant Promise: Increasing Enrollment, Supporting Success https://youtu.be/YI9uYYEYinc via @YouTube

Michigan Supreme Court Limits Use of Restraints on Juveniles https://www.propublica.org/article/michigan-supreme-court-limits-use-of-restraints-on-juveniles#1097183

The Experiment Podcast: The Myth of the ‘Student Athlete’ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/sE95nLE4SdA/

With 'Curls' And 'Glow,' Poet Ruth Forman Wrote The Books She Wanted Her Daughter To Read | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/07/with-curls-and-glow-poet-ruth-forman.html

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

State Regents for Higher Education: Search for new chancellor finally moving forward https://nondoc.com/2021/07/29/new-chancellor-search-higher-education/ via @nondocmedia

Pelosi rebuffs Schumer’s push to get Biden to cancel student debt https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/29/pelosi-schume-student-debt-501521

American Federation of Teachers pres. on masks in school: 'Put the politics to the side' https://news.yahoo.com/american-federation-teachers-pres-masks-175526031.html via @YahooNews

James Clyburn denies critical race theory is being taught in elementary schools, calls claim a 'red herring' https://news.yahoo.com/james-clyburn-denies-critical-race-220300433.html

Vaccine Mandates Put Unions, Employers In A Tough Spot - Law360 - https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/1407601/vaccine-mandates-put-unions-employers-in-a-tough-spot via @law360

New CDC guidance brings universal masking to new K-12 school year - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cdc-guidance-schools-masking-133231181.html on @Yahoo

Randi Weingarten: You can't keep us from teaching students honest history - https://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/national/574944542.html

Report: Parkland survivor's dad, radicalized by MTG, now thinks shooting was a hoax | Salon.com - https://www.salon.com/2021/07/28/report-parkland-survivors-dad-radicalized-by-mtg-now-thinks-shooting-was-a-hoax/

Masks required, weekly COVID-19 tests and vaccines offered in return to school https://thelensnola.org/2021/07/28/masks-required-weekly-covid-19-tests-and-vaccines-offered-in-return-to-school/

How to make the child tax credit more accessible https://www.vox.com/22588701/child-tax-credit-accessibility-irs-portal

Contentious George Washington mural at San Francisco school can stay, judge decides http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/e1fZQ8nWMgw/contentious-george-washington-mural-at-san-francisco-school-can-stay-judge-decides

USC finds racial profiling with campus security, urges more oversight http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/zZhWuG6xdn4/usc-finds-racial-profiling-stronger-oversight-of-campus-safety-officers-urged

High school students demand more services, less policing https://www.njspotlight.com/video/high-school-students-demand-more-services-less-policing/

Learning on the lake: NJ’s floating classroom is back https://www.njspotlight.com/video/learning-on-the-lake-njs-floating-classroom-is-back/

NYC students’ pandemic iPads delayed because of Education Department’s haphazard oversight: audit https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-ipad-tracking-comptroller-audit-20210728-w5sj5ycmcbck5f2kndrwd4bw7i-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

CUNY to forgive up to $125 million in student debt using federal stimulus funds https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-cuny-loan-forgiveness-federal-stimulus-20210728-v64m6cvft5ct5hlbosj4fkactm-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Another Day, Another Lamentation About Learning Loss | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119406 on @Larryferlazzo

Austin ISD to offer virtual option for K-6 using pandemic relief funds - https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/07/26/austin-isd-virtual-learning-offered-kindergarten-6-coronavirus-relief-funds/5379218001/#new_tab via @statesman

State to consider takeover of Holmes County schools | Mississippi Today - https://mississippitoday.org/?p=1010717 by @krroyals on @MSTODAYnews

Gender identity references 'largely stricken' from 2nd draft of Nebraska health-ed standards | Education | kearneyhub.com - https://kearneyhub.com/news/local/education/nebraska-board-of-education-strips-most-references-to-gender-identity-from-proposed-health-standards/article_570816bc-e36e-53c5-9dbf-e4e19cc1dbfc.html#new_tab on @KearneyHub

100K CPS families at risk of leaving district need to be reengaged, interim CPS CEO says - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/7/28/22598725/cps-schools-ceo-jose-torres-finances-ctu-board-education-public-funding#new_tab

Indiana AG releases ‘Parents Bill of Rights’ | Indiana | thecentersquare.com - https://www.thecentersquare.com/indiana/indiana-ag-releases-parents-bill-of-rights/article_95c83f88-d918-11eb-90a3-9f62e538e189.html#new_tab on @thecentersquare

Schools Are Facing a Teacher Shortage As the School Year Starts Soon - https://www.businessinsider.com/schools-facing-teacher-shortage-as-the-school-year-starts-soon-2021-7#new_tab

Repeating grades: What parents should know before they choose | Fort Worth Star-Telegram - https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crossroads-lab/article253054713.html#storylink=mainstage_lead#new_tab on startelegram

San Jose Unified mandates vaccination or testing for teachers and staff - https://bayareane.ws/3iZW94u on @mercnews



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