Thursday, August 19, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Thursday, August 19, 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



Is Math The Emperor’s New Subject? | Gary Rubinstein's Blog - https://wp.me/plDtP-4VE via @garyrubinstein


CURMUDGUCATION: NH: New Voucher Boondoggle Under Examination - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/08/nh-new-voucher-boondoggle-under.html


Has School Ventilation Improved as Schools Open? - https://nancyebailey.com/2021/08/18/has-school-ventilation-improved-as-schools-open/ on @NancyEBailey1


Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Special Education PTSA Asks for Virtual Option For Grades 6 to 12 - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/08/seattle-special-education-ptsa-asks-for.html


AIN’T GOING TO END WELL FOR ANYONE – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-2Qy via @norinrad10


La BESE Abruptly Adjourns Due to Unruly Public Response to Masking | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog - https://wp.me/p36Q2R-6zb on @wordpressdotcom


California: Culver City School District is First in State to Require All Eligible Students to Be Vaccinated | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uCt via @dianeravitch


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


Steven Singer: Why Does Your Child’s Right to Unmask Usurp My Child’s Right to a Safe School? | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uC1 via @dianeravitch


Teacher Tom: This Is The Greatest Fraud Of Our Educational System - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-is-greatest-fraud-of-our.html


UnKoch My School! The Koch Attack on Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uBe via @dianeravitch


Jeff Bryant in the Progressive: The End of School ‘Reform’ | Ed Politics - https://edpolitics.org/?p=371


Gadfly on the Wall: Economists Worry Covid-19 May End Standardized Testing Altogether | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11019 on @NEPCtweet


Biden orders Education Department to move against governors banning school mask mandates - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/08/18/biden-school-masks-covid/

How the Eviction Crisis is also an Education Crisis | Schott Foundation for Public Education - http://schottfoundation.org/node/4385

Increasing Federal Investment in K-12 Public Education With an Equity Lens - Center for American Progress https://www.americanprogress.org/events/2020/09/11/490351/increasing-federal-investment-k-12-public-education-equity-lens/

Report: Measuring the Child Tax Credit’s Economic and Community Impact - Niskanen Center - https://www.niskanencenter.org/?p=8713 by @hamandcheese

Classrooms Are 'Completely Taken Over by Rats,' Teachers Say as Calif. School Cancels Classes https://people.com/human-interest/schurr-high-school-california-rats-classrooms/

LeVar Burton to Host TV Special Featuring Library of Congress National Book Festival on PBS | Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-21-044/levar-burton-to-host-tv-special-featuring-library-of-congress-national-book-festival-on-pbs/2021-08-17/?loclr=twloc

Casualties of reopening schools: Children dying from COVID-19 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/08/19/pers-a19.html

32 teens died from gunfire this year in Philadelphia. The city and school district are seeking a safe path for students. - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/8/18/22631634/philadelphia-and-school-district-are-seeking-a-safe-path-for-students on chalkbeat

Choosing Democracy: President Joe Biden speaks on vaccine requirements, boosters and masks i... - http://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2021/08/president-joe-biden-speaks-on-vaccine.html

Biden: having children wear masks is not about politics https://youtu.be/q8GnhjP6tZE via @YouTube

Welcoming back English learners | EdSource - https://edsource.org/?p=659740 on @edsource

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

Miami, Tampa schools defy DeSantis on masks despite threats https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/08/18/miami-tampa-schools-defy-desantis-on-masks-despite-threats-1390193

Biden hits governors who 'intimidate educators' on mask mandates https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/18/biden-education-governors-state-mask-bans-506070

Over 323,000 Federal Student Loan Borrowers to Receive $5.8 Billion in Automatic Total and Permanent Disability Discharges | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/over-323000-federal-student-loan-borrowers-receive-58-billion-automatic-total-and-permanent-disability-discharges

Kids caught in the crossfire in debate over masks in schools | The Maine Wire - https://wp.me/p4YzlB-3YJ

U.S. Education Secretary Promises A Safe School Reopening If Adults "Do Their Job" - Gothamist - https://gothamist.com/news/us-education-secretary-promises-a-safe-school-reopening-if-adults-do-their-job on @gothamist

How Texas schools are getting around mask mandate ban https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/texas-schools-fight-back-mask-mandate-dress-code-183940115.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr via @Yahoo

Joe Biden takes aim at states blocking mask mandates, setting Gov. Greg Abbott up for showdown with feds https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/18/greg-abbott-joe-biden-texas-mask-mandates/

Culver City Unified to require student COVID-19 vaccinations, in what may be a first http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/vP1MYj6fLzY/culver-city-unified-requires-covid-19-vaccine-for-students

The Highland Project - https://www.thehighlandproject.org/

Thursday’s New Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=120083 on @Larryferlazzo

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

Education Dept. Will Erase $5.8 Billion In Loans For Borrowers With Disabilities https://www.npr.org/2021/08/19/1029294871/education-dept-discharges-student-loans-borrowers-with-disabilities-tpd

Miami-Dade County Schools Mandate Masks, Defying Florida's Governor https://www.npr.org/2021/08/19/1029315716/miami-dade-county-schools-mandate-masks-defying-floridas-governor

Polls: Parents Support School Mask Mandates But Oppose Student Vaccine Requirements https://www.npr.org/sections/back-to-school-live-updates/2021/08/19/1029297633/polls-parents-support-school-mask-mandates-but-oppose-student-vaccine-requiremen

Teachers In Washington State Must Get Fully Vaccinated — Or They Could Be Fired https://www.npr.org/sections/back-to-school-live-updates/2021/08/19/1029282381/teachers-in-washington-state-must-get-vaccinated-or-they-could-be-fired

A North Carolina Principal Rethinks The Classroom And Brings Students Outdoors https://www.npr.org/sections/back-to-school-live-updates/2021/08/19/1029037920/north-carolina-outdoor-classroom-foust-elementary-greensboro

In Florida, Texas And Arizona, Defiant School Leaders Are Sticking With Mask Mandates https://www.npr.org/sections/back-to-school-live-updates/2021/08/18/1028863120/texas-florida-arizona-mask-battles-school-leaders

New York State may have power to enact mask mandate at schools, Hochul hints https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-hochul-covid-mask-mandates-in-schools-20210818-epuikylntnhfrgcdweopn5ychi-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

NYC launches ‘Vax to School’ but no COVID vaccine mandate for returning students: De Blasio https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-nyc-covid-vaccine-public-schools-20210818-aaxtmpjceveshpcfbb6jtjq2fq-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Biden Ramps Up Virus Strategy for Nursing Homes, Schools https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/us/politics/biden-schools-nursing-homes-booster.html

Biden Administration to Use Federal Civil Rights Office to Deter States From School Mask Bans https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/us/politics/biden-masks-schools-civil-rights.html

Nixed Utah high school lessons taught students 'most slaves were treated kindly' and had nice housing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/3M4HFdt6Rhs/

Pennsylvania school board bans Critical Race Theory by passing ‘Patriotism Amendment’ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/dMv_APegmmQ/

More than a dozen kids with disabilities are suing Greg Abbott for his mask mandate ban http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/bOAAP9SjVu4/

‘I don’t like masks’: Alabama county schools superintendent with 400 students out due to COVID refuses any mandates http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/Net148sDUKY/

Child Cases of COVID: Hospitalizations a Real Concern https://www.laprogressive.com/child-cases-of-covid/

TEACHER VOICE: Through tutoring, I discovered I love teaching middle schoolers https://hechingerreport.org/teacher-voice-through-tutoring-i-discovered-i-love-teaching-middle-schoolers/

Bowser says D.C. schools will reopen with almost all kids in classrooms - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/bowser-schools-delta-virus-reopen/2021/08/18/be21c90c-004d-11ec-ba7e-2cf966e88e93_story.html

California School Delays Reopening After Classrooms 'Taken Over By Rats' | HuffPost - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rats-california-high-school_n_611d910ee4b0e8ac791a15b4 on @HuffPost

Washington Governor Mandates Vaccines For All School Employees; Strictest Rule In U.S. | HuffPost - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/washington-governor-jay-inslee-teachers-covid-vaccine_n_611db45fe4b0caf7ce2cb4f8 on @HuffPostPol

The incident illustrates the increasingly fraught debate around mask rules in the state even as kids return to in-person classes. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-parent-rips-mask-off-teacher_n_611dc2d4e4b0caf7ce2cc729?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004 via @HuffPost

Meeting the President's Call to Support the Safe and Sustained Reopening of Schools - ED.gov Blog - https://blog.ed.gov/?p=30794

Update on the Free Inquiry Rule - ED.gov Blog - https://blog.ed.gov/?p=30804

Ed Notes Online: Food Stamps (SNAP): Biden Expands Plan but for Republicans, Isn't it better for capitalism for people to be hungry? - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/08/food-stamps-snap-biden-expands-plan-but.html

Analysis | Florida Gov. DeSantis faces growing revolt from school districts imposing mask mandates https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/08/19/florida-mask-mandate-desantis-revolt/?tid=ss_tw

CTU negotiations with CPS over COVID-19 precautions drag with start of school year days away - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/8/18/22630658/chicago-public-schools-teachers-union-coronavirus-covid-in-person-remote-learning-impasse#new_tab

WATCH: Utah teacher fired after politically charged speech in class - East Idaho News - https://www.eastidahonews.com/?p=493869 via @eastidnews

15-year-old stabbed, killed by fellow student at Kipp DC College Preparatory school | WJLA - https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-kipp-college-preparatory-male-juvenile-stabbed-chest-dc#new_tab on @7newsdc

Dozens of Illinois public school districts on probation for refusing to comply with Pritzker’s mask mandate http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AANtjoq?ocid=st

Arizona Supreme Court to decide new education tax legality - https://apnews.com/article/business-education-arizona-arizona-supreme-court-cfdb10a4be9b9ead383d1bc61f0c2a8a#new_tab on @ap

Louisiana school board meeting brings anti-mask mandate protests - https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2021/08/18/louisiana-school-board-meeting-brings-anti-mask-mandate-protests/8182464002/#new_tab via @theadvertiser

Civil Rights Groups Ask Biden Administration to Commit to K-12 Testing | Education News | US News - https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-08-19/civil-rights-groups-ask-biden-administration-to-commit-to-k-12-testing#new_tab on @USNews


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