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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

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How the Word is Passed – Grumpy Old Teacher - https://wp.me/p9VD0X-O7 via @sampsongregory



Curmudgucation: We've Been Having This Fight for Decades. It Won't End Soon. | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11105 on @NEPCtweet



DOES TENNESSEE HAVE COW PROBLEMS? – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-2XU via @norinrad10



Seattle Schools Community Forum: Brandon Hersey Seems Unclear on Being a Seattle School Board Director - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/10/brandon-hersey-seems-unclear-on-being.html



How an Algebra 2 Teacher Uses Technology in a Lesson | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8kE via @CubanLarry



NYC Educator: UFT Must Support NYHA - http://nyceducator.com/2021/10/uft-must-support-nyha.html



Teacher Tom: In A Matter Of Seconds - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/in-matter-of-seconds.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TeacherTom+%28Teacher+Tom%29



Peter Greene Responds to the WSJ Attack on Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uUd via @dianeravitch



Ed Politics | Fighting back against the school privatization agenda - https://edpolitics.org/



Principals Must Be Hope Dealers In Schools And Communities - Philly's 7th Ward - https://wp.me/p7sbg2-zA



A Lesson on Books from Hamilton County – Tennessee Education Report - http://tnedreport.com/?p=5404 via @TNEdReport



WSJ: The Libertarian View of Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uTY via @dianeravitch



My View of the Libertarian Attack on Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uUl via @dianeravitch



Janresseger: COVID Relief Dollars Should Be Used to Address School Districts’ Immediate and Sometimes Desperate Problems | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11107 on @NEPCtweet


CRT for K-12: Feminists Team Up to Create a Curriculum on Critical Race Theory for Students of All Ages - Ms. Magazine - https://msmagazine.com/?p=255253 by @CarrieNBaker on @msmagazine

Pro-Trump Professors Are Plotting an Authoritarian Comeback | The New Republic - https://newrepublic.com/article/163939/pro-trump-professors-plot-authoritarian-america by @lkatfield on @newrepublic

Bus drivers threatening to go on strike next week potentially stranding Allegheny Co. students – WPXI - https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/bus-drivers-threatening-go-strike-next-week-potentially-stranding-allegheny-co-students/O33OAJZ2XVA2JPBCGO4PANKIMA/

The groups aiding protests against masks, vaccines and Critical Race Theory : NPR - https://www.npr.org/2021/10/26/1049078199/a-look-at-the-groups-supporting-school-board-protesters-nationwide on @NPR

The Moral Pandemic: A Racial and Gender Equity Summit | Newark Museum of Art - https://www.newarkmuseumart.org/node/1705

Education Research Report: A Comparison of Academic Outcomes in Courses Taught With Open Educational Resources and Publisher Content - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

A new attack on the very idea of Public Education | GFBrandenburg's Blog - https://wp.me/pGTPP-2Dd

50 years ago, 'The Electric Company' Used Comedy to Boost Kids' Reading Skills | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/10/50-years-ago-electric-company-used.html via @NewBlackMan

Pro-rape Republicans have gone from outcasts to shapers of new anti-abortion laws. - by Michael Klonsky - Mike Klonsky's Edu/Pol - https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/pro-rape-republicans-have-gone-from

Jeff Bryant in The Progressive: The Proud Boys Are Coming for Public Schools | Ed Politics - https://edpolitics.org/?p=385

Jeff Bryant at Netroots Nation 2021: The Truth about the Attacks on Teaching Critical Race Theory in Public Schools | Ed Politics - https://edpolitics.org/?p=386

Jeff Bryant in Have You Heard: Schooling the Workforce | Ed Politics - https://edpolitics.org/?p=388

Lawmakers Put Troubled Teen Industry on Notice https://www.laprogressive.com/troubled-teen-industry/

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

School Works To Return Native Remains https://popularresistance.org/school-works-to-return-native-remains/

Black Panther Party Celebrates Its 55th Anniversary With Unveiling of Huey Newton Bust https://www.theroot.com/black-panther-party-celebrates-its-55th-anniversary-wit-1847931621

How STEM Minds Enhance All Lives https://sacobserver.com/2021/10/how-stem-minds-enhance-all-lives/

Dryades YMCA seeks to dismiss lawsuit it filed against NOLA-PS last summer https://thelensnola.org/2021/10/25/dryades-ymca-seeks-to-dismiss-lawsuit-it-filed-against-nola-ps-last-summer/

The Klan’s racist legacy taints a Kansas school -- but students have set an example for us to follow http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/6q7baq-pWX4/

Local columnist stunned after seeing the GOP ‘propaganda machine’ send a school board meeting into chaos http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/Js3OlT_6roY/

Pennsbury School Board President To Contact FBI Over Threats https://patch.com/pennsylvania/levittown/pennsbury-school-board-president-contact-fbi-over-threats?google_editors_picks=true

Melrose Schools Ditching Halloween, Spooking Parents Across City https://patch.com/massachusetts/melrose/melrose-schools-ditching-halloween-spooking-parents-across-city

School district reports a decline in COVID-19 cases, quarantines https://thelensnola.org/2021/10/26/school-district-reports-a-decline-in-covid-19-cases-quarantine/

House Introduces a Sweeping Booster Seat Safety Law to Protect Children in Car Crashes https://www.propublica.org/article/house-introduces-a-sweeping-booster-seat-safety-law-to-protect-children-in-car-crashes#1138946

The racist and sexist roots of child care in America explain why the system is in shambles https://hechingerreport.org/the-racist-and-sexist-roots-of-child-care-in-america-explain-why-the-system-is-in-shambles/

Three of 10 student athletes could get kicked off team for missing LAUSD vaccine deadline http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/knUhZRHUp8k/student-athletes-could-get-kicked-off-team-for-missing-lausd-vaccine-deadline

Whoa! It Looks Like Congress Is Going To Pass A Big Increase For Title 1 Schools (& A Lot More)! | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=121786 on @Larryferlazzo

Measuring for learning loss comes with questions https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/10/nj-learning-loss-tests-language-arts-math-science-grades-3-11-supporters-critics/

College enrollment has plummeted during the pandemic. This fall, it's even worse https://www.npr.org/2021/10/26/1048955023/college-enrollment-has-plummeted-during-the-pandemic-this-fall-its-even-worse

Is there still hope for HBCUs as negotiations continue over Democrat's spending bill? https://www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1048492670/is-there-still-hope-for-hbcus-as-negotiations-continue-over-democrat-s-spending-

Brooklyn Diocese fires beloved Catholic school music teacher for marrying his husband https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-gay-teacher-fired-diocese-20211025-bu3w35rvi5befg6hl34onbi2um-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

NYC to increase random metal detector screenings, NYPD presence at schools following gun scares https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-metal-detector-nypd-increase-schools-20211025-6fonalj275cijlnjuvjmvnzsqy-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

The Student Body Is Deaf and Diverse. The School’s Leadership Is Neither. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/us/deaf-students-protests-schools.html

Academic Mindsets and Behaviors and the Transition to Middle School http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2021/10/academic-mindsets-and-behaviors-and.html

Fifth grader in Maryland dies after sudden medical emergency in classroom https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/student-dead-montgomery-county-elementary/2021/10/26/3302904c-3656-11ec-8be3-e14aaacfa8ac_story.html

Textbook that asked if treatment of Native Americans was 'exaggerated' is recalled https://www.npr.org/2021/10/26/1049264026/textbook-treatment-native-americans-exaggerated-recalled-hodder

4% of black students in Clark County School District tested proficient in math | VICTOR JOECKS | Las Vegas Review-Journal - https://wp.me/p8qdWm-alle on @reviewjournal

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez to be paid $340,000 salary in 5-year contract - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/10/25/22744850/cps-ceo-pedro-martinez-salary-contract-public-school#new_tab

Philadelphia students 'scared to go to school' as gun violence escalates - ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/US/philadelphia-students-scared-school-gun-violence-escalates/story?id=80716322#new_tab

Parents Reported to Child Services for Keeping Unvaccinated Kids Home - https://theintercept.com/2021/10/25/covid-unvaccinated-kids-child-services/#new_tab via @theintercept

From Critical Race and Gender Theory Curricula to Abortion Access for Teens, Parental Rights Battles Mount Nationwide| National Catholic Register - https://www.ncregister.com/news/from-critical-race-and-gender-theory-curricula-to-abortion-access-for-teens-parental-rights-battles-mount-nationwide#new_tab via @NCRegister

NY bills would require COVID vaccine for school, if approved - https://www.lohud.com/story/news/education/2021/10/25/ny-bill-covid-vaccine-for-school-children/6173320001/#new_tab via @lohud

CPS to pay $1.25M to mom of bullied student who attempted suicide in 4th grade, later died - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/10/25/22745541/jamari-dent-dead-cps-public-school-settlement-suicide-bully-teirra-black#new_tab

Student sues San Diego Unified, objects to vaccine mandate for religious reasons - The San Diego Union-Tribune - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-10-25/student-sues-san-diego-unified-objects-to-vaccine-mandate-for-religious-reasons#new_tab by @Deborahsbrennan on @sdut

U.S. threatens action for Florida's sanctions against school districts - https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2021/10/25/u-s-department-education-threatens-action-sanctions-against-florida-school-district-mask-mandates/6175006001/#new_tab via @tdonline

Many unvaccinated L.A. school athletes could be kicked off teams - Los Angeles Times - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-26/student-athletes-could-get-kicked-off-team-for-missing-lausd-vaccine-deadline#new_tab by @latsondheimer on @latimes

How can 84% of Chicago Public Schools students graduate when only 26% of 11th graders are proficient in reading, math? – Wirepoints Quickpoint | Wirepoints - https://wirepoints.org/?p=153663 via @WirePoints

NYC adding metal detectors and police after guns found in schools - Chalkbeat New York - https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/10/25/22745570/nyc-school-gun-metal-detector-police#new_tab on chalkbeat

Due to Covid, college enrollment saw largest two-year drop in 50 years - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/26/due-to-covid-college-enrollment-saw-largest-two-year-drop-in-50-years.html#new_tab by jdickler on @CNBC

It’s Time to Officially Clear the Names of the ‘Groveland Four’ https://www.theroot.com/it-s-time-to-officially-clear-the-names-of-the-grovela-1847936585



Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, October 25, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-top-banana-todays-education_25.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, October 24, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-top-banana-todays-education_24.html

Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: No Staff Shortage Here Edition (10/24) - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi-no.html


Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, October 23, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-top-banana-todays-education_23.html

Big Education Ape: Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, October 23, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/big-education-ape-top-posts-this-week_23.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, October 22, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-top-banana-todays-education_22.html

Big Education Ape: KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_23.html

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/2021/10/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_23.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/this-week-education-research-report_23.html



Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_23.html


Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Angst: Building Resilience Statewide Initiative - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from_23.html


Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early_23.html


Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/this-weeks-wildness-dad-gone-wild_23.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/2021/10/network-for-public-education-blog-post_23.html


Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/this-weeks-tennessee-education-report.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona_23.html

Big Education Ape: Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, October 16 , 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/big-education-ape-top-posts-this-week_16.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, October 16, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-top-banana-todays-education_16.html

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