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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Wednesday, August 11, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

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



COVID mask bans risk kids' health, in-person school, political careers - https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/08/11/covid-19-mask-bans-threaten-kids-health-political-careers/5523964001/ via @usatoday


Podcast: Educational Movements and Trends – radical eyes for equity - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-a3c via @plthomasEdD


CURMUDGUCATION: Charter Schools Are Not Public Schools (Ex. #152,377) - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/08/charter-schools-are-not-public-schools.html


Send a letter to Congress about the need for funds to repair, modernize and build new schools! | Class Size Matters | A clearinghouse for information on class size & the proven benefits of smaller classes - https://classsizematters.org/?p=10045


Mike Klonsky's Blog: Yes, to vax and mask mandates. Randi flips for the better. - http://michaelklonsky.blogspot.com/2021/08/yes-to-vax-and-mask-mandates-randi.html


Education Matters: Brevard County provides Covid leave to its staff, will DCPS? - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2021/08/brevard-county-provides-covid-leave-to.html


It’s Time for Teachers — and Textbooks — To Capitalize the “B” in Black (Michael Hines and Charles Tocci) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8f6 via @CubanLarry


Jeb Bush’s Pitiful Attempt to Defend Federal Funding of Charter Schools Managed by For-Profit Companies | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-86w via @janresseger


Teacher Tom: Asking For Help - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/asking-for-help.html


Janus and the teacher union waffle on vaccine mandates. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-qrJ via @fklonsky


Newark: Students Fall Behind During Pandemic in “Reform” Hotspot | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uz8 via @dianeravitch


CURMUDGUCATION: Where Is A Teacher's Staff? - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/08/where-is-teachers-staff.html


Grantmaking | Schott Foundation for Public Education - http://schottfoundation.org/node/3666


DeSantis faces new resistance over mask rules https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/08/10/broward-joins-schools-pushing-back-against-desantis-mask-restrictions-1389787


Alfie Kohn: When Racism Isn’t the Only Problem | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11012 on @NEPCtweet


Randi Weingarten Supports Mandatory Vaccinations for Teachers | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uAt via @dianeravitch


Teachers Union Leader Says Vaccine Misinformation 'Has Seeped Into Our Union' https://www.huffpost.com/entry/randi-weingarten-teachers-vaccine-misinformation_n_6112dd5de4b0eff667c70c2a

Delta Is Bad News for Kids http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/MmwzmWIgStY/

Parents support school mask mandates more than required vaccines, a study finds. - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/us/politics/school-mask-mandate.html?smid=tw-share on @nytimes

Thousands of vacancies complicate L.A. school reopenings - Los Angeles Times - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-11/la-back-to-school-covid-recovery-hit-by-teacher-shortage by @howardblume on @latimes

College Was Supposed to Close the Wealth Gap for Black Americans. The Opposite Happened. - WSJ - https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-was-supposed-to-close-the-wealth-gap-for-black-americans-the-opposite-happened-11628328602?mod=e2tw by @RachelEnsignWSJ on @WSJ

glen brown: Why is Delta more infectious and deadly? New research holds answers (National Geographic) - https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2021/08/why-is-delta-more-infectious-and-deadly.html

Stranger Things: The Eternal Whiteness of the Pop Culture Mind – radical eyes for equity - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-a3h via @plthomasEdD

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

Poll: Majorities support vaccine, mask mandates — but not Republicans https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/11/majorities-support-vaccine-mask-mandates-republicans-503506

Newsom to announce nation's first vax-or-test rules for teachers https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/08/10/newsom-to-announce-nations-first-vax-or-test-rules-for-teachers-1389805

Biden: Republican governors’ actions to oppose masks in school are ‘a little disingenuous’ https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/10/joe-biden-gop-governors-masks-503410

SF Unified Reverses Course, Will Now Require Vaccines for Teachers and Staff - https://sfist.com/2021/08/10/sfusd-reverses-course-will-now-require-vaccines-for-teachers-and-staff/ on @SFist

Fauci Wants Mandatory Vaccinations For Teachers: ‘Yeah I’m Going To Upset Some People’ - https://www.ibtimes.com/fauci-wants-mandatory-vaccinations-teachers-yeah-im-going-upset-some-people-3270615 on @IBTimes

Editorial — Necessary measures: Some vaccine mandates needed to stop spread of coronavirus | Editorials | nny360.com - https://www.nny360.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-necessary-measures-some-vaccine-mandates-needed-to-stop-spread-of-coronavirus/article_50b82371-bdf3-5e7f-8326-a1469ec60c39.html on @wdtnews

Don’t send children into unsafe schools! https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/08/11/pers-a11.html

AFT President to Attend Scranton Back to School for All Events / Public News Service - https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-08-11/education/aft-president-to-attend-scranton-back-to-school-for-all-events/a75321-1

‘We literally are begging people to be bus drivers’: Going back to school this fall could be just as hard as 2020 — or even harder - MarketWatch - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/going-back-to-school-this-fall-could-be-just-as-hard-as-2020-or-even-harder-11628647410?link=MW_latest_news by @@andrewkeshner on @marketwatch

Vaccine disinformation and partisan politics are killing us — literally https://www.salon.com/2021/08/11/misinformation-and-political-confusion-are-killing-us/


Warren drops opposition to Biden’s higher education nominee https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/11/warren-higher-education-nominee-503791

Being Unvaccinated For COVID Will Cost Students At A Small College An Extra $750 https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/08/11/1026666932/unvaccinated-covid-college-students-west-virginia-750-fee

Austin Mayor Backs Schools Plan To Require Masks, Despite Governor's Ban On Mandates https://www.npr.org/2021/08/11/1026689149/austin-mayor-backs-schools-plan-to-require-masks-despite-governors-ban-on-mandat

Some Florida School Districts Will Require Masks. The Governor May Cut Their Funding https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/08/06/1025192746/some-florida-school-districts-will-require-masks-the-governor-may-cut-their-fund

CUNY to stop withholding student transcripts over unpaid bills https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-cuny-transcript-holds-debt-balances-20210811-niuxrbuhvnez7fnpjs6grtsvgu-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Universal Masking Can Protect Students From Covid https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/opinion/covid-schools-masks.html

‘We'll find you!' Turmoil erupts outside school board meeting as anti-maskers threaten medical professionals http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/jSyPK2GIVHQ/

Vaccine disinformation and partisan politics are killing us — literally http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/-tkNldbPI4c/

COVID-infected children in Arkansas arriving at hospitals with 'wrecked lungs': report http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/dpr2Z3Biq_w/

Thousands of vacancies for L.A. teachers, counselors, nurses remain days before school starts http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/XanqLq_fPUc/la-back-to-school-covid-recovery-hit-by-teacher-shortage

Gov. Newsom expected to order school employees to get vaccinated or be tested regularly http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/hwwxnuRFmoU/gov-newsom-expected-to-order-school-employees-to-get-vaccinated-or-be-tested-regularly

L.A. COVID-19 surge slowing, but cases likely to keep rising as school begins http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/zFuxjO-XEpU/l-a-covid-surge-slowing-but-school-may-spark-more-cases

Wednesday’s Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119803 on @Larryferlazzo

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

Concern about long-haul COVID-19 among children as cases rise https://www.njspotlight.com/video/concern-about-long-haul-covid-19-among-children-as-cases-rise/

After turmoil, Loudoun County Schools slated to vote on transgender student rights https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/loudoun-schools-transgender-student-rights/2021/08/10/3b7c894e-f9f7-11eb-943a-c5cf30d50e6a_story.html

The Exceptional Infinite | thoughts and musings from a guy in his 50s - https://wp.me/4JboV via @ExcptlDelaware

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Talking Seattle Schools Superintendents and Board Members - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/08/talking-seattle-schools-superintendents.html

Williamson Co. School Board votes to require masks in elementary schools - https://www.newschannel5.com/news/dozens-of-parents-attend-heated-williamson-co-school-board-meeting#new_tab on @nc5

‘Absolutely alarming.’ Beshear mandates masks in schools as COVID-19 explodes in KY. https://www.kentucky.com/news/coronavirus/article253392633.html

Broward School Board Votes 8-1 To Require Masks For Students, Will File Legal Action To Challenge State https://cbsloc.al/3jEOIQM#.YRQNXDc4tos.twitter

Loudoun County parents speak out over transgender students policy | wusa9.com - https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/education/lcps-parents-school-board-transgender-policy/65-0bdb7754-d4fb-46dd-ad0c-e34594cc3176#new_tab on WUSA9

Texas Senate committee advances virtual learning bill to expand online classes - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/08/10/texas-senate-committee-advances-virtual-learning-bill-to-expand-online-classes/#new_tab via @dallasnews

San Francisco, Oakland mandate vaccines or negative COVID tests for teachers - https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sfusd-vaccination-status-staff-mandate-learning-16377891.php#new_tab on @SFGate

'It's not okay for kids to commit murder': Norman school board member reacts to mask law https://okcfox.com/news/local/its-not-okay-for-kids-to-commit-murder-norman-school-board-member-says-about-mask-law

First Lawsuit Filed Over Pritzker's School Mask Mandate | NPR Illinois - https://www.nprillinois.org/statehouse/2021-08-09/first-lawsuit-filed-over-school-mask-mandate#new_tab

Appeals court gives mixed ruling on N.C. school's dress code - https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-sports-religion-courts-education-2ed48c19920bbcfc77de0d05572ef799#new_tab on @ap



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