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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, August 7, 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



60 (Last Time) – radical eyes for equity - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-a2U via @plthomasEdD


SO MUCH NOISE, SO LITTLE TIME…OR SUBSTANCE – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-2Pq via @norinrad10



CURMUDGUCATION: Raging Against Reality, Crisis, and Education's Kobyashi Maru - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/08/raging-against-reality-crisis-and.html


Curmudgucation: The Importance of School Administrators | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11006 on @NEPCtweet


NYC Public School Parents: Parents, did your children's personal data get breached? Can you help us find out more about what happened? - https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2021/08/parents-did-your-childrens-personal.html


Seattle Schools Community Forum: American History - What Will We Tell the Kids? - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/08/american-history-what-will-we-tell-kids.html


What I Don’t Want My School to be Like this Covid Year | gadflyonthewallblog - https://wp.me/p4QD1W-3A9 via @StevenSinger3


There’s One Choice Concerning the Delta Variant: Protect Students! - https://nancyebailey.com/2021/08/07/theres-one-choice-concerning-the-delta-variant-protect-students/ on @NancyEBailey1


Arkansas Judge Overturns Mask Ban; Florida Offers Vouchers to Students Who Don’t Want to wear Masks | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uzY via @dianeravitch


Denver: All Teachers and Staff Must Be Vaccinated | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uyq via @dianeravitch


NYC Public School Parents: My comments last night on the sham C4E process and proposed "plan", and what Lindsey Oates of DOE said in response - https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2021/08/my-comments-last-night-on-sham-c4e.html


Time for a Four-Day School Week? | Teacher in a strange land - https://wp.me/p1Wvaa-e7 via @nancyflanagan


Evidence mounts that delta variant is dangerous for kids | TheHill - https://thehill.com/node/566686

The announcement Wednesday comes as the more contagious delta variant is driving a spike in new coronavirus cases. https://www.wbez.org/stories/school-masking/0a64f26f-8a88-46b7-b8b6-5c52e62ae16c

The Pandemic Exodus: Kindergarten Enrollment Drops - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/07/us/covid-kindergarten-enrollment.html?referringSource=articleShare on @nytimes

South Dakota schools set to change social studies standards - https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/education/2021/08/07/south-dakota-schools-change-social-studies-department-education-black-history-native-americans/5467444001/ via @argusleader

Teaching in Prison | Bill Ayers - https://wp.me/p3AjC-U6 on @wordpressdotcom

ACSE Agenda August 18, 2021 - Administration & Support (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/as/acseag0821.asp

Nutrition - Learning Support (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/

glen brown: 76 Years Ago - https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2021/08/76-years-ago.html

Choosing Democracy: The Olympic Refugee Team - http://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-olympic-refugee-team.html

1619 History Lessons Never Taught https://www.laprogressive.com/1619-history-lessons-never-taught/

State Of CA Sets-Up Website For Parents & Teachers To Make Safety Complaints, Then Ignores ALL of Them | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119718 on @Larryferlazzo

Is a Vaccination Mandate the Only Way to End the Nightmare? https://www.laprogressive.com/vaccination-mandate/

DeSantis clamps down on student mask rules as Florida breaks another Covid record https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/08/06/desantis-clamps-down-on-student-mask-rules-as-florida-breaks-another-covid-record-1389664

Biden extends freeze on student loans as progressives push to cancel them https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/06/student-loan-payment-freeze-extended-502720

How QAnon convinced a Parkland shooting survivor's dad that the tragedy was a hoax https://www.salon.com/2021/08/07/qanon-conspiracies-psychology/

Bans on mask mandates by GOP governors are being successfully challenged in court https://www.salon.com/2021/08/06/bans-on-mask-mandates-by-gop-governors-are-being-successfully-challenged-in-court/

Education secretary warns DeSantis, Abbott on masks: 'Don't be the reason why schools are interrupted' - https://news.yahoo.com/education-secretary-warns-de-santis-abbott-on-masks-dont-be-the-reason-why-schools-are-interrupted-224307858.html on @YahooNews

Jobs report: Education sector rebound dominated July report, with caveats - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jobs-report-education-rebound-191544685.html on @Yahoo

AFT Leader Leaning in Favor Of Vaccine Mandate for Educators | News of the Week | thechiefleader.com - https://thechiefleader.com/news/news_of_the_week/aft-leader-leaning-in-favor-of-vaccine-mandate-for-educators/article_583dcafc-f6f0-11eb-8935-9fe02d4eef8d.html on @thechiefleader

'We are preparing to be fully in schools all across the country:' AFT president - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/we-are-preparing-to-be-fully-in-schools-all-across-the-country-aft-president-201414310.html on @Yahoo

Students ask court to block Indiana University’s vaccine requirement https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/08/students-ask-court-to-block-indiana-universitys-vaccine-requirement/

“I expect the worst”: A Texas parent worries about sending her children back to school in person https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/07/texas-school-starting-covid-audio/

Behind The Lens episode 138: ‘ It’s something we don’t have a specific copy of’ https://thelensnola.org/2021/08/06/behind-the-lens-episode-138-its-something-we-dont-have-a-specific-copy-of/

Gary B. Nash, UCLA historian who shaped American history curriculum, dies at 88 http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/y4X-XEhojU8/gary-nash-ucla-historian

For What It’s Worth, Here’s A Little Classroom Management Advice From Me | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119713 on @Larryferlazzo

4 Things To Start Doing Now To Get Kids Ready For School This Fall | HuffPost Life - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/prepare-kids-for-school-2021_l_610d7cc4e4b06253fa4efbf4 on @huffpostparents

Ed Notes Online: History of the UFT, Part 2 - The 80s and 90s -TODAY, WBAI (99.5 FM), 1PM - Norm and Bruce Join Daniel - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/08/history-of-uft-part-2-80s-and-90s-today.html

Arkansas judge blocks state from enforcing mask mandate ban - https://apnews.com/article/health-arkansas-coronavirus-pandemic-d79a14a84f0c7ba3bd6d8b3cf4039404#new_tab on @ap

Should schools use temporary new money to hire new staff?  https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/8/6/22612719/stimulus-money-schools-staff-funding-cliff via @Chalkbeat

Murphy unveils N.J. school mask mandate as some parents protest. He says mask opponents are ‘lying.’ - nj.com - https://www.nj.com/education/2021/08/murphy-unveils-nj-school-mask-mandate-as-some-parents-protest-he-says-mask-opponents-are-lying.html#new_tab on @njdotcom

Houston ISD to consider mask mandate next week, superintendent says - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/Houston-ISD-to-consider-mask-mandate-next-week-16368272.php#new_tab on @houstonchron

CPS, Chicago Teachers Union trade barbs in dueling letters as talks for fall reopening sputter 3 weeks before the start of school http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AAN1iFq?ocid=st

As School Starts Again, Here's How To Keep Kids Safe From COVID https://www.npr.org/2021/08/07/1025747712/as-school-starts-again-heres-how-to-keep-kids-safe-from-covid

Education Department Announces 'Final Extension' Of Student Loan Payment Freeze https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025556501/education-department-announces-final-extension-of-student-loan-payment-freeze

Destroyed Brooklyn elementary school mural celebrating diversity will be recreated https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-destroyed-brooklyn-mural-recreated-20210806-tr55252q7fcutijbm6p4jli2wy-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

The Pandemic Exodus: Kindergarten Enrollment Drops https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/07/us/covid-kindergarten-enrollment.html

Biden Administration Extends Student Loan Repayment Pause https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/us/politics/biden-student-loan-repayment-extension.html

In Florida, Delta variant fuels concerns for children's health http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/GMcC3QkHWxU/

'Insane': MSNBC anchor shreds Texas Republicans for denying parents the right to know of infections in schools http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/E-NYlFBhiLw/

Ron DeSantis's Florida approves private school vouchers if parents feel they're being 'bullied' by mask rules http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/lS2q2uL2sZA/

Greg Abbott blasted as ‘Governor Mengele’ for back-to-school policies http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/0p3UPwT0K5Y/

Sacramento Report: All Eyes on Schools as Vaccine Mandates Tighten https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/government/sacramento-report-all-eyes-on-schools-as-vaccine-mandates-tighten/

Black Suspension Capital Part II: How to Stop Unequal Punishment https://sacobserver.com/2021/08/black-suspension-capital-part-ii-how-to-stop-unequal-punishment/

Meet the "scholar-activists" fighting Big Ag https://www.salon.com/2021/08/07/meet-the-scholar-activists-fighting-big-ag/


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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 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos.html



Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-week-education-research-report.html




Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm.html



Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from.html



Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early.html



Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-weeks-wildness-dad-gone-wild.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 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/network-for-public-education-blog-post.html



Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona.html



Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, August 6, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-top-banana-todays-education_6.html


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