Friday, October 8, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, October 8, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

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Top Five Actions to Stop the Teacher Exodus During COVID and Beyond | gadflyonthewallblog - https://wp.me/p4QD1W-3Cv via @StevenSinger3



Congress has a chance to get child care right. They need to take it. | First Focus on Children - https://firstfocus.org/?p=20385 on @first_focus



Pension fund boards. Leaks and gag orders. - by Fred Klonsky - Fred Klonsky in Retirement - https://fredklonsky.substack.com/p/pension-fund-boards-leaks-and-gag



Angst: Building Resilience Statewide Initiative - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr21/yr21rel79.asp



Another Year of Meaningless Standardized Testing: Will Congress Ever Reconsider the High-Stakes Testing Mandate? | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-8fK via @janresseger



Teacher Tom: To Live In A World Of People Who Think For Themselves - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/to-live-in-world-of-people-who-think.html



New Hampshire: Rabid Protestors Attack Democracy | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uPm via @dianeravitch



CURMUDGUCATION: PA: A Bad Teacher Transparency Bill - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/10/pa-bad-teacher-transparency-bill.html



Answer Sheet: Florida Says It’s Ending Year-End, High-Stakes Standardized Testing. Here’s What It’s Really Doing. | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11091 on @NEPCtweet



Head of largest teachers' union on challenges of going back to school in pandemic - "The Takeout" - CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/becky-pringle-covid-school-the-takeout/#new_tab on @CBSPolitics



Nice White–Resentful–Parent Syndrome | Teacher in a strange land - https://wp.me/p1Wvaa-eN via @nancyflanagan



Texas: The District Needed Funding for More Schools. Instead, the Commissioner Opened More Charter Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uPh via @dianeravitch



AN ARGUMENT FOR WALKING THE LINE – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-2W9 via @norinrad10



FBI Will Investigate Violent Threats Against Educators and School Boards | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uPW via @dianeravitch


Education Research Report: Black students more likely than white students to be suspended for minor infractions, harming later academic achievement - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

Editorial: The phony 'critical race theory' crusade strikes again - and Katy ISD fell for it - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Katy-and-Spring-Branch-ISDs-caved-as-phony-16517889.php

Cleveland ISD Needed Money. The State Sent Charter Schools Instead. – Texas Monthly - https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-charter-school-expansion-cleveland/ by @ben_c_rowen on @TexasMonthly

USDA Commitments to Equity in Agriculture Include Nearly $25 Million for Programs Reaching Underserved Communities | USDA - https://www.usda.gov/node/45333

Angst: Building Resilience Initiative - https://www.indieflix.com/california

College Admissions Scandal Highlights the Absurd Entitlement of the Ultra-Wealthy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/motherjones/main/~3/pwWM4TpEPxQ/

Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge. https://www.propublica.org/article/black-children-were-jailed-for-a-crime-that-doesnt-exist#1133516

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

How Conservatorships Were Used to Exploit Native Americans http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/yes/peace-justice/~3/rbOwwvfcfGc/conservatorships-native-americans-history

POLITICO-Harvard poll: Most Americans support vaccine mandates for schoolkids https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/08/poll-support-vaccine-mandates-students-515657

U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases

Teachers Unions Call on Senate to Pass Gun Legislation After Texas High School Shooting - https://www.newsweek.com/teachers-unions-call-senate-pass-gun-legislation-after-texas-high-school-shooting-1636661 on @newsweek

AFT president reiterates calls for action after Texas school shooting - The Highland County Press - https://highlandcountypress.com/Content/In-The-News/Education/Article/AFT-president-reiterates-calls-for-action-after-Texas-school-shooting/2/75/72062 on @

Many of the 140,000 Children Who Have Lost a Caretaker to COVID-19 Are Children of Color https://www.theroot.com/many-of-the-140-000-children-who-have-lost-a-caretaker-1847819565

GOP Operative: Helping Kids of Color Feel Like They Belong Hurts White Kids https://www.theroot.com/gop-operative-helping-kids-of-color-feel-like-they-bel-1847821118

Texas struggled to teach students learning English before COVID-19. The pandemic made it worse. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/08/texas-students-esl/

Six New Orleans charter schools facing closure make their case for renewal https://thelensnola.org/2021/10/07/six-new-orleans-charter-schools-facing-closure-make-their-case-for-renewal/

A student arrested in a school shooting is released. His family says he was bullied https://www.npr.org/2021/10/08/1044340122/mansfield-arlington-texas-timberview-high-school-shooting-released

Kids are losing school days to quarantines. Here's a way to keep them in classrooms https://www.npr.org/2021/10/08/1044015104/rapid-tests-school-quarantines-test-and-stay-in-person-learning

Attack on Teacher May Have Been Inspired by TikTok Challenge, Police Say https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/us/teacher-attacked-covington-louisiana.html

Big New Obstacle for Economic Recovery: Child Care Crisis https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/nyregion/nyc-school-daycare-reopening.html

Hong Kong's oldest university orders Tiananmen statue removal http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/T3GzPhrxcXY/

'It's like a time of war': Public meetings throughout New Hampshire marred by anger and harassment https://www.rawstory.com/it-s-like-a-time-of-war-public-meetings-throughout-new-hampshire-marred-by-anger-and-harassment/

Ed Notes Online: REPOST - UFT Closes Doors to DA -- UFT Update: Anti-Unity forces come together for October 13 Delegate Assembly to support Retiree Rally - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/10/uft-update-anti-unity-forces-come.html

Build Back Better for Latino Americans - ED.gov Blog - https://blog.ed.gov/?p=30909

Teacher Resigns After Telling Black Students They Would Have Been Her 'Field Slaves' https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teacher-field-slaves-north-carolina_n_615f71dae4b0c1ab4bb23758

Education Research Report: The effects of air pollution on students’ cognitive performance - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

‘Just let me play sports’ https://hechingerreport.org/just-let-me-play-sports/

Girl Scouts against the world https://hechingerreport.org/girl-scouts-against-the-world/

Students parents suffer as more campus child care centers close https://hechingerreport.org/students-parents-suffer-as-more-campus-child-care-centers-close/

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

School nurses: We're now the 'de facto health department' https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/10/covid-19-school-nurses-contact-tracing-pressure-help-support-federal-pandemic-relief/ via @NJSpotlightNews

Cresskill school closed for Ida repairs, students cope with remote learning https://www.njspotlight.com/video/cresskill-school-closed-for-ida-repairs-students-cope-with-remote-learning/

Franklin Graham: It’s ‘communism’ for FBI to investigate violent threats against school board members http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/G8JSb6k2OWU/

Some Chicago Schools’ Remove Police, Others Continue Sending Students To Police https://popularresistance.org/some-chicago-schools-remove-police-others-continue-sending-students-to-police/

2 students arrested in separate gun incidents at Anchorage high school - https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2021/10/07/two-students-arrested-in-separate-gun-incidents-at-anchorage-high-school/#new_tab via @adndotcom

Southlake Carroll ISD votes to reprimand teacher after parents complain about anti-racist book - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2021/10/06/southlake-pac-backed-carroll-trustees-did-not-recuse-themselves-from-teacher-discipline-vote/#new_tab via @dallasnews

De Blasio to Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted and Talented Program - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/nyregion/gifted-talented-nyc-schools.html#new_tab on @nytimes

Joy Hofmeister to challenge Gov. Kevin Stitt as a Democrat in 2022 - https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2021/10/06/joy-hofmeister-challenge-gov-kevin-stitt-democrat-2022/6031066001/#new_tab via @theoklahoman_

VIDEO: Student attacks Covington High teacher for ‘Tik-Tok challenge’ - https://www.fox8live.com/2021/10/07/video-student-attacks-covington-high-teacher-tik-tok-challenge/#new_tab via @fox8nola

Philadelphia School District borrows $400 million for new construction and building improvements - https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-school-district-construction-building-improvements-20211007.html#new_tab via @PhillyInquirer

POLITICO-Harvard poll: Most Americans support vaccine mandates for schoolkids https://politi.co/2WYo7H2 via @politico

Arkansas parents concerned following violent school fights | thv11.com - https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/arkansas-parents-voice-concern-following-violent-school-fights/91-660c4ed3-e73d-4e2d-a75f-78d502013245#new_tab on THV11

Who can can opt out of school COVID vaccine mandate? California lawmakers eye crackdown https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-07/questions-over-who-can-opt-out-california-school-covid-19-vaccine-mandate

Arlington school shooting suspect excelled in studies despite bullying, family says - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/10/07/arlington-school-shooting-suspect-excelled-in-studies-despite-bullying-family-says/#new_tab via @dallasnews

State will dock salaries from 8 elected school boards due to their strict mask policies - Florida Phoenix - https://floridaphoenix.com/?p=206530 via @flphoenixnews

Education-reform advocates propose constitutional right to a quality education in what may become a costly fight with teachers unions https://www.wsj.com/articles/proposed-california-ballot-measure-could-spark-court-challenges-to-teacher-protections-11633629441?reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter via @WSJ

In New Hampshire, public education tested by push for school choice - CSMonitor.com - https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2021/1007/Public-education-at-a-crossroads-Surge-in-schooling-options-tests-US-model#new_tab on @csmonitor

U.S. Department of Education to Establish an Enforcement Office Within Federal Student Aid | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-establish-enforcement-office-within-federal-student-aid

APN Announces New Board Members, Including Randi Weingarten, Josh Malina, and Debra Katz https://thearabdailynews.com/2021/10/08/apn-announces-new-board-members-including-randi-weingarten-josh-malina-and-debra-katz/

Expert Briefing: Fixing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program https://youtu.be/0B7uW4BlRUo via @YouTube

NYC will phase out Gifted-and-Talented program - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-gifted-talented-reform-new-york-city-bill-de-blasio-20211008-h5ih7tmvazhw5axy7lz5t6q6h4-story.html via @nydailynews


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