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Saturday, July 31, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, July 31, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

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These Billionaires are Bankrolling the Booming Anti-Racism Racket - by Matthew Thomas - Vulgar Marxism - https://vulgarmarxism.substack.com/p/billionaires


Economists Worry Covid-19 May End Standardized Testing Altogether by Steven Singer — Badass Teachers - https://www.badassteacher.org/bats-blog/economists-worry-covid-19-may-end-standardized-testing-altogether-by-steven-singer


The for-profit charter school problem - Alternet.org - https://www.alternet.org/2021/07/for-profit-charter-schools/ on @


10 Million Reasons to Protect the Health of Children | by Bruce Lesley | Voices4Kids | Jul, 2021 | Medium - https://medium.com/voices4kids/10-million-reasons-to-protect-the-health-of-children-ca24df4a1ef0 by @BruceLesley on @First_Focus


Traverse City: The Success of Common Sense and Decency | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uxC via @dianeravitch


CAN WE STICK TO WHAT WE KNOW? – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-2OK via @norinrad10


Year 2021 - News Releases (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr21/


CURMUDGUCATION: Toxic Toughness - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/07/toxic-toughness.html


When Joe was running he promised to repeal the WEP/GPO. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-qqA via @fklonsky


An Open Letter to the Class of 2022 | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog - https://wp.me/p36Q2R-6y0 on @wordpressdotcom


Education Matters: Greene basically says keeping kids safe is not a priority - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2021/07/greene-basically-says-keeping-kids-safe.html


John Merrow Thanks Tucker Carlson for a Truly Stupid Idea | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uw4 via @dianeravitch


The Gift That Keeps Giving (Bill Plitt) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8ew via @CubanLarry


COVID-19 is more dangerous for children than right-wing media will admit | Media Matters for America - https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/covid-19-more-dangerous-children-right-wing-media-will-admit on @mmfa


Industry Lobbying Firm Rushes to Defend Charter Schools That Think of Children as a Business | Ed Politics - https://edpolitics.org/?p=368


Maurice Cunningham: Phony Parent Groups Lead Attacks on Critical Race Theory | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ux9 via @dianeravitch



Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, July 31, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/top-posts-this-week-saturday-july-31.html



Divide Over School-Issued Devices Remains After Year of Online Learning | ARLnow.com - https://www.arlnow.com/?p=250971 on @arlnowdotcom

Experts: For Early Childhood, Play Is Best. - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/07/27/we-have-lost-our-minds-when-it-comes-to-early-childhood-education/?sh=2f29d5ac40dc by @palan57 on @forbes

Hawaii Should Fund Schools, Not Vouchers - Honolulu Civil Beat - https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/07/hawaii-should-fund-schools-not-vouchers/ via @civilbeat

Philadelphia schools move forward with in-person learning for all - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/30/22602629/philadelphia-schools-move-forward-with-in-person-learning-for-all-students-despite-delta-variant on chalkbeat

“Five Teacher-Recommended Strategies to Support Students With Learning Differences” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119208 on @Larryferlazzo

Whitewashing History and Suppressing Voters Go Hand in Hand by Ben Jealous | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/07/whitewashing-history-and-suppressing.html

Opinion | What I Learned Talking to Fourth-Graders About How to Design Elections https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/07/31/kids-ran-elections-race-schools-voting-rights-501774

DeSantis seeks to block school mask mandates in Florida https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/07/30/desantis-seeks-to-block-school-mask-mandates-in-florida-amid-covid-surge-1389293

Intervention in Title IX proceedings and unlawful disclosures under the Privacy Act https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/07/intervention-in-title-ix-proceedings-and-unlawful-disclosures-under-the-privacy-act/

With school openings near, parents and teachers say state leaders have stripped them of weapons against COVID-19 https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/30/school-COVID-parents-teachers-remote/

Behind The Lens episode 137: ‘Until the surge subsides’ https://thelensnola.org/2021/07/30/behind-the-lens-episode-137-until-the-surge-subsides/

Six more schools renamed as district finishes year-long initiative https://thelensnola.org/2021/07/30/six-more-schools-renamed-as-district-finishes-year-long-initiative/

How an education spending law may help keep this pool closed to the public https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/roosevelt-high-school-pool/2021/07/30/640c7cee-f127-11eb-81d2-ffae0f931b8f_story.html

Summer school programs race to help students most in danger of falling behind https://hechingerreport.org/summer-school-programs-race-to-help-students-most-in-danger-of-falling-behind/

Lo que los estudiantes de inglés necesitan es enamorarse de la escuela otra vez https://hechingerreport.org/lo-que-los-estudiantes-de-ingles-necesitan-es-enamorarse-de-la-escuela-otra-vez/

For parents of unvaccinated kids, worsening Delta variant threat brings alarm, questions http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/YVfcBSh7We4/what-the-delta-variant-development-means-for-unvaccinated-kids

Friday’s Articles & Videos On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119447 on @Larryferlazzo

Gov. DeSantis of Florida to Let Parents Opt of School Masking https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/us/florida-desantis-masks-schools.html

Arkansas hospital reveals alarming findings about kids and COVID-19 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/Sh3irs9xjZs/

Crowd 'gasped' as Republican school board member invoked Nazis to attack COVID-19 directives: report http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/lYnMIF6UTWA/

For-Profit Charter Schools Using Our Children for Profit - LA Progressive - https://www.laprogressive.com/?p=377276 via @laprogressive


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Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_31.html



Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/this-week-education-research-report_31.html




Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_31.html



Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from_31.html



Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early_31.html




Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/this-weeks-wildness-dad-gone-wild_31.html




Big Education Ape: Network for Public Education Blog Post of the Day This Week #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/network-for-public-education-blog-post_31.html



Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/07/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona_31.html




YESTERDAY

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, July 30, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249 Charter Schools: The Vision of their Founders vs. Today’s Reality | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-838 via @janresseger We Don’t Need More ADVICE on How to Safely Reopen Schools. We Need RULES.

JUL 29

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

JUL 28

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Wednesday, July 28, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249 Randi Weingarten: You can't keep us from teaching students honest history - CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/27/opinions/teachers-union-critical-race-theory-schools-weingarten/index.html 2021 Medle

JUL 27

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Tuesday, July 27, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES 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

JUL 26

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JUL 25

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Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249 Free school meals for all children can improve kids’ health | Salon.com - https://www.salon.com/2021/07/25/free-school-meals-for-all-children-can-improve-kids-health_partner/ The culture war over cr
CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Back From Vacation Edition (7/25)
CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Back From Vacation Edition (7/25) Back From Vacation Edition The Institute staff has returned from the wilds of Maine (well, slightly wilds) and while I'm still getting back in the swing, I've got a handful of things for the reading list this week. Let schools decide how to spend pandemic windfall Andrea Gabor at Bloomberg offers an argument for letting decisions about pand
TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, July 24, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT
Big Education Ape TOP POSTS THIS WEEK 7/24/21 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, July 17, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT KEEP U

JUL 24

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, July 24, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT
Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249 Should Teachers and Students Be Required to be Vaccinated? | Ed In The Apple - https://wp.me/p2zCG-2T6 via @edintheapple Another dirty little secret about teachers and Social Security and how we’re

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