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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

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Marie Corfield: Four Back-to-School Lessons From COVID Teaching - https://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2021/08/four-back-to-school-lessons-from-covid.html


Protecting The Defenseless | Real Learning CT - https://wp.me/p5fCzT-2x3 via @reallearningct


Gary Rubinstein's Blog: Is Math the Emperor’s New Subject? | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11029 on @NEPCtweet


LIVING IN THE LAND OF CONFUSION – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-2RU via @norinrad10


Grassroots Education Network- August 2021 Newsletter - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/grassroots-education-network-august-2021-newsletter/ via @Network4pubEd


Let Your Light Shine | Cloaking Inequity - https://wp.me/p2D92I-5Pi via @ProfessorJVH


Florida defies judge and punishes 2 school districts over masksPOLITICOSearchSearchClose - https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/08/30/florida-defies-judge-and-punishes-two-school-districts-over-masks-1390582


Teacher Tom: What I Wish Every Parent Understood About School - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-i-wish-every-parent-understood.html


Lee Administration Faces Lawsuit, Federal Investigation Over Botched COVID Response – Tennessee Education Report - http://tnedreport.com/?p=5310 via @TNEdReport


ACLU: Mask Bans Are Unfair to Students with Disabilities | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uF4 via @dianeravitch


Steve Hinnefeld: The Absurd Misuse of History | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uEQ via @dianeravitch


Mask debate moves from school boards to courtrooms - https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-coronavirus-pandemic-school-boards-f59c2d847a8528b6ea472260f7998bd6#new_tab on @ap

Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Opens Investigations in Five States Regarding Prohibitions of Universal Indoor Masking | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/department-educations-office-civil-rights-opens-investigations-five-states-regarding-prohibitions-universal-indoor-masking

Teens Want COVID Vaccine, Even Without Parental Consent - https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolefallert/covid-vaccine-teens-parental-consent via @BuzzFeedNews

70 Child Advocacy Organizations Call on Texas Governor to Protect Migrant Children | First Focus on Children - https://firstfocus.org/?p=20297 on @first_focus

Are masks effective for kids? Here’s what to know before school starts - The Boston Globe - https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/25/metro/are-masks-effective-kids-heres-what-know-before-school-starts/ on @BostonGlobe

NC state legislature passes accountability waiver bill - EducationNC - https://www.ednc.org/GoXvA via @educationnc

Opinion | We’re Burying Our Kids in Debt (Just Not the Way You Think) - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/opinion/school-debt-economy.html on @nytimes

Indoctrination by Omission. Republicans and conservatives are… | by Paul Thomas | Aug, 2021 | Medium - https://plthomasedd.medium.com/indoctrination-by-omission-501a321d9eb1 by @plthomasEdD on @Medium

Charter Schooling in the Post-Espinoza & Fulton Era – School Finance 101 - https://wp.me/pojtG-1VJ via @SchlFinance101

Ottawa County, Michigan: Anti-Maskers Disrupt County Commissioners’ Meeting | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uFk via @dianeravitch

Parents, teachers protest building conditions day before Philadelphia students return to school https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/8/30/22649441/parents-teachers-protest-building-conditions-day-before-philadelphia-students-return-to-school via @ChalkbeatPHL

Hispanic Heritage Month Is Coming Up – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=120495 on @Larryferlazzo

Showing That Child Welfare Surveillance Doesn’t Work https://www.laprogressive.com/hild-welfare-surveillance/

As Kids Head Back to School, Partisan Politics Threatens Their Learning and Safety https://www.laprogressive.com/back-to-school-2-2/

Fauxgressives Win Recent Neighborhood Council Elections https://www.laprogressive.com/fauxgressives/

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

Education Department to probe 5 states with ‘unacceptable’ school mask bans https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/30/education-department-probe-unacceptable-school-mask-bans-507589

With Classrooms Reopening, Baker Wants More In-School Vaccinations - WGBH https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2021/08/30/with-classrooms-reopening-baker-wants-more-in-school-vaccinations

As districts insist on vaccines, some teachers push back - The Middletown Press https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/As-districts-insist-on-vaccines-some-teachers-16422653.php

Anxiety running high as COVID-19 threatens to disrupt schools — again | TheHill https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/569796-anxiety-running-high-as-covid-19-threatens-to-disrupt-schools-again

Overworked school superintendents are hesitant to take on the role of public health officer, too https://www.salon.com/2021/08/30/overworked-school-superintendents-are-hesitant-to-take-on-the-role-of-public-health-officer-too/

Are anti-mandate protests now a menace to society? https://www.salon.com/2021/08/30/are-anti-mandate-protests-now-a-menace-to-society/

Illinois Becomes the First State to Require Media Literacy Classes for High School Students https://progressive.org/latest/illinois-first-state-media-literacy-albano-210831/

New Orleans Public Schools ‘closed until further notice’ after Ida strikes https://thelensnola.org/2021/08/30/new-orleans-public-schools-closed-until-further-notice-after-ida-strikes/

L.A. teachers union calls for vaccination mandate for eligible students, stricter quarantines http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/GH1nCiwUPbo/la-teachers-union-calls-for-student-covid-vaccine-mandate

Tuesday’s New Articles & Videos About School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=120475 on @Larryferlazzo

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Murphy’s mask mandate for schools draws some parental opposition https://www.njspotlight.com/video/murphys-mask-mandate-for-schools-draws-some-parental-opposition/

Lack Of Bus Drivers Is Hampering The Start Of The School Year https://www.npr.org/2021/08/31/1032738430/lack-of-bus-drivers-is-hampering-the-start-of-the-school-year

Education Dept. Announces Civil Rights Investigations Into 5 States' Mask Mandate Bans https://www.npr.org/sections/back-to-school-live-updates/2021/08/30/1032520335/education-department-civil-rights-investigations-mask-mandates

As School Board Meetings Get Hostile, Some Members Are Calling It Quits https://www.npr.org/sections/back-to-school-live-updates/2021/08/30/1032417970/school-board-members-hostile-meetings-mask-mandates-politicized

As Schools Reopen, Child Psychiatrists Expect To See A Surge Of Kids Who Need Help https://www.npr.org/sections/back-to-school-live-updates/2021/08/30/1032461532/as-schools-reopen-child-psychiatrists-expect-to-see-a-surge-of-kids-who-need-hel

Florida Withholds Money From Schools Over Mask Mandates https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/us/florida-schools-mask-mandates.html

La variante delta se infiltrĂł en un aula de primaria. AsĂ­ sucediĂł https://www.nytimes.com/es/2021/08/30/espanol/variante-delta-clases-california-contagio.html

Texas school's first Black principal put on leave after conservative uproar over critical race theory http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/arI4XSml9FQ/

WATCH: Fistfight breaks out after Florida anti-masker assaults doctor outside school board meeting http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/Mn4YDChNoEY/

'Uneducated people is how you make Republicans': Gaetz slammed after calling for Education department to be abolished http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/D8JttoCChYc/

Educators are now public health workers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/79FErAlVyCM/

DeSantis administration blows off court ruling and strips funding from schools defying mask mandate ban http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/0_gfGtl8yBg/

WATCH: QAnon fan accuses Florida school board of using masks to commit child trafficking http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/bEiGwCl6MZg/

Controversial 'Miss California' is now a MAGA extremist who unleashed an off-the-wall rant at a school board meeting http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/j_ptwND3D2o/

‘How you get stuff done’: Anti-mask GOP nominee threatens to use ’20 strong men’ to physically remove school boards http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/glsoPBYhhBw/

IL School Children Can Now Miss Class For Mental Health: New Law https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/il-school-children-can-now-miss-class-mental-health-new-law?google_editors_picks=true

Sacramento City Unified gears up for classroom return, will provide COVID-19 testing https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-school-district-return-covid-testing/37433064

Florida withholds funds from two school districts requiring masks — despite court decision against state ban on mandates https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/08/31/florida-school-districts-masks-money/

Someone Just Played A Hilarious 'Simpsons' Prank On A Virginia School Board https://www.huffpost.com/entry/virginia-county-school-board-simpsons-name-prank_n_612d6d19e4b0231e369f2ce4

GOP Candidate Suggests Forcibly Removing School Board Members Over Mask Mandates https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steve-lynch-gop-candidate-force-school-board-mask-mandates_n_612d3b7ae4b0f562f3e13b0a

A school year like no other: The class of 2021 played ‘the hand we were dealt’ https://hechingerreport.org/a-school-year-like-no-other-the-class-of-2021-played-the-hand-we-were-dealt/

‘It Divides, Rather Than Unites’: Ohio Governor Opposes Teaching Critical Race Theory in K-12 Schools https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/08/31/ohio-gov-mike-dewine-doesnt-support-teaching-critical-race-theory/5647715001/#new_tab

New Hanover High School students evacuated after shooting - https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2021/08/30/new-hanover-high-school-students-evacuated-wilmington-nc-shooting/5651366001/#new_tab via @StarNewsOnline

CPD agrees to pull cops from schools that voted to remove them - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/8/30/22648977/school-cops-police-cps-cpd-officers-lsc-jadine-chou#new_tab

Hawaii distance-learning students might get their instruction from teachers out of state | Honolulu Star-Advertiser - https://www.staradvertiser.com/?p=1054931 by @TimothyHurley on @staradvertiser

Some advocates want to change the label ‘emotionally disturbed’ - Chalkbeat New York - https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/8/30/22639411/ny-special-education-emotionally-disturbed#new_tab on chalkbeat

Va. Supreme Court denies Loudoun County school board's appeal on teacher's suspension | WJLA - https://wjla.com/news/local/va-supreme-court-loudoun-county-school-boards-appeal-teacher-suspension-tanner-cross#new_tab on @7newsdc

Officials withhold school board salaries over mask mandates - https://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/2021/08/31/officials-withhold-school-board-salaries-over-mask-mandates/#new_tab on WJXT

Vaccinated Anchorage School District employees will get up to 10 additional paid days off for quarantine if they get COVID-19 - https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2021/08/29/vaccinated-anchorage-school-district-employees-will-get-up-to-10-additional-paid-days-off-for-quarantine-if-they-get-covid-19/#new_tab via @adndotcom

The number of homeschooled kids in America has doubled during the pandemic https://www.axios.com/homeschooling-pandemic-critical-mass-013e4f01-c962-4e38-8cb7-8079bb597540.html?utm_campaign=organic&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=twitter

Prank finds its way into Henrico School Board meeting | The Henrico Citizen - https://www.henricocitizen.com/?p=55100

‘We’re being set up for failure’: Massachusetts’ hard line against remote learning this year has left some families feeling hopeless - The Boston Globe - https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/31/metro/school-nears-delta-cases-spike-families-who-want-remote-school-dont-have-choice/#new_tab on @BostonGlobe

Idaho schools again report nearly all teachers are 'proficient' or better - https://idahoednews.org/3AOT4 by @jonesblakej on @idahoednews


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