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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

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Louisiana teachers are not OK - Chalkbeat - https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/11/15/22782377/teachers-crisis-lousiana-covid-climate-labor on chalkbeat



Indoctrination - Alfie Kohn - https://www.alfiekohn.org/?p=4734



Most in Iowa support John Deere strikers. - by Fred Klonsky - Fred Klonsky in Retirement - https://fredklonsky.substack.com/p/most-in-iowa-support-john-deere-strikers



Weekend Quotables - by Michael Klonsky - Mike Klonsky's Edu/Pol - https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/weekend-quotables-04d



SPI Leads Task Force on Black Student Achievement - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr21/yr21rel91.asp



NYC Educator: UFT Executive Board October 15, 2021--Class Size Resolution Passes - http://nyceducator.com/2021/11/uft-executive-board-october-15-2021.html



Updates to Recent Posts | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-v1x via @dianeravitch



Teacher Tom: We Will Fail Unless We Find A Way To Put Children At The Center - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/11/we-will-fail-unless-we-find-way-to-put.html



Study: How Foundations Engage in Advocacy by Funding Ideas They Like | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uYU via @dianeravitch



NYC Public School Parents: Countdown clock for when DOE will post this year's class size data that was legally due yesterday - https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2021/11/countdown-clock-for-when-doe-will-post.html



“Is everybody okay? Let’s get something to eat”: On George Carlin and the Intellectual Bankruptcy of the Right – radical eyes for equity - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-abv via @plthomasEdD



African American Community Agenda Discusses Education Censorship | Cloaking Inequity - https://wp.me/p2D92I-5QJ via @ProfessorJVH



That Old Time Religion Saves the World | Teacher in a strange land - https://wp.me/p1Wvaa-fu via @nancyflanagan



Unenforceable – Tennessee Education Report - http://tnedreport.com/?p=5424 via @TNEdReport



What parents must do to combat mama bears' education conspiracies - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=83425 via @hechingerreport



Charles Foster Johnson: Texas Governor Abbott Declares War on Public Schools and Teachers | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-v1A via @dianeravitch



A CONTINUAL DISCONNECT – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-2Ze via @norinrad10



The School Board Wars, Part 1 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/podcasts/the-daily/school-boards-mask-mandates-crt-bucks-county.html



Majority of NYC parents ready to vax their 5- to 11-year-olds: poll - https://wp.me/pb3Qpq-1mzl0 by @nypmetro on @nypost

Editorial: Kids can learn well without homework or rigid deadlines - Los Angeles Times - https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-11-15/editorial-how-can-kids-learn-without-homework-and-rigid-deadlines-quite-well-it-turns-out by @latimesopinion on @latimes

Education Research Report: Evidence dyslexia affects children’s visual processing beyond just reading - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2021/11/evidence-dyslexia-affects-childrens.html

Mr Fitz, Student Teacher, and Robots | GFBrandenburg's Blog - https://wp.me/pGTPP-2DV

For this Philadelphia teacher, racial justice is key to her work - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/11/16/22784467/african-american-black-history-abigail-henry-west-philadelphia on chalkbeat

Alex Jones Loses Fourth Sandy Hook Defamation Case https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/11/alex-jones-loses-fourth-sandy-hook-defamation-case/

One Major Reason the U.S. Hasn’t Stopped Syphilis From Killing Babies https://www.propublica.org/article/one-major-reason-the-u-s-hasnt-stopped-syphilis-from-killing-babies#1166465

The Radical History of Black Cartoonists https://inthesetimes.com/article/chicago-black-comics-culture-history

Cubans More Excited About School Reopening Than Regime Change https://www.laprogressive.com/cubans-more-excited-about-school-reopening/

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

Sustaining the Chicano Movement Across Generations https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2021/11/15/chicano-movement-moratorium-activism-generations

Wealthy Liberal Arts Colleges Are Exploiting International Students https://popularresistance.org/wealthy-liberal-arts-colleges-are-exploiting-international-students-for-cheap-teaching-labor/

Gish Jen on Storytelling Across Cultures | The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/gish-jen-11-22-21

Chesterfield School Board hears voices of support | Local News | reformer.com - https://www.reformer.com/local-news/chesterfield-school-board-hears-voices-of-support/article_083e8a9e-40f3-11ec-b11e-8ffcc5f4de04.html by @https://twitter.com/BobAudette316 on @brattreformer

Right's cynical attack on "critical race theory": Old racist poison in a new bottle https://www.salon.com/2021/11/16/critical-race-theory-nothing-new/

In the PBS doc "Storm Lake," a tiny Iowa paper fights for the future of high-quality local news https://www.salon.com/2021/11/15/in-the-pbs-doc-storm-lake-a-tiny-iowa-paper-for-the-future-of-high-quality-local-news/

Take That, History-Deniers: The 1619 Project Has Already Achieved Bestseller Status Ahead of Publication https://www.theroot.com/take-that-history-deniers-the-1619-project-has-alread-1848058165

FBI Launches New Nationwide Campaign Against Hate Crimes https://sacobserver.com/2021/11/fbi-launches-new-nationwide-campaign-against-hate-crimes/

Commentary: Vaccination Protects Children From the Dangers of COVID-19 https://sacobserver.com/2021/11/commentary-vaccination-protects-children-from-the-dangers-of-covid-19/

Texas education board considers how middle schools teach climate change and sexuality as officials fight over library books https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/16/texas-education-board-climate-change-sexuality/

Weekly COVID-19 data report shows 50 ‘active’ cases connected to New Orleans schools https://thelensnola.org/2021/11/16/weekly-covid-19-data-report-shows-50-active-cases-connected-to-new-orleans-schools/

One Good Thing: The 1970s children’s book that envisions an America overrun by trash https://www.vox.com/22753080/motel-mysteries-book-david-macaulay

Public School Use of Educational Technology Before the Pandemic http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2021/11/public-school-use-of-educational.html

Loudoun school board reaches settlement with teacher who sued over transgender policy https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/loudoun-tanner-cross-lawsuit-transgender-students/2021/11/15/49520ce8-464a-11ec-95dc-5f2a96e00fa3_story.html

‘It’s a shell game’: How under-the-radar companies help for-profit colleges stay in business https://hechingerreport.org/its-a-shell-game-how-under-the-radar-companies-help-for-profit-colleges-stay-in-business/

Video: Great Interview With Sonia Sotomayor On The Daily Show | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122179 on @Larryferlazzo

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

Parents look for help as price of diapers rises https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/parents-look-for-help-as-price-of-diapers-rises/

Colleges are turning to science to limit suicide contagion and help heal campuses https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/11/16/1055970305/college-suicide-prevention-science

Howard University students reach an agreement with officials after a month of protest https://www.npr.org/2021/11/15/1055929172/howard-university-students-end-protest-housing-agreement

Harvard's 148-year-old student newspaper gets its first Latina president https://www.npr.org/2021/11/15/1055870011/harvard-crimson-first-latina-president-coronell-uribe

Deaf Football Team Takes California by Storm https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/us/riverside-california-deaf-football-team.html

‘75 kindergartners, one toilet’: Witness testimony begins in landmark Pa. school funding trial https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/11/15/22784066/75-kindergartners-one-toilet-witness-testimony-begins-in-landmark-pa-school-funding-trial

'Submit your resignation': Angry parent shreds right-wing school board member who proposed book burning https://www.rawstory.com/book-burning-2655743124/

DeSantis reveled in University of Florida's status -- now his minions threaten its academic freedom https://www.rawstory.com/desantis-reveled-in-university-of-florida-s-status-now-his-minions-threaten-its-academic-freedom/

Right-wing Mom's for Liberty group offers $500 'bounty' on teachers who violate New Hampshire law banning 'divisive concepts' https://www.rawstory.com/moms-for-liberty-bounty/

Are You Smarter Than A 10th Grader? Find Out With MCAS Questions https://patch.com/massachusetts/across-ma/are-you-smarter-10th-grader-find-out-mcas-questions?google_editors_picks=true

School 'Walkout' In Beaumont USD Shows Squeeze From Both Sides https://patch.com/california/banning-beaumont/school-walkout-beaumont-usd-shows-squeeze-both-sides

Librarians Warn Of Threat To Intellectual Freedom In VA Schools https://patch.com/virginia/fallschurch/librarians-warn-threat-intellectual-freedom-va-schools?google_editors_picks=true

You might — still — have pandemic parental burnout https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2021-11-15/la-me-8-to-3-newsletter-parental-burnout-8-to-3

Sacramento City Unified School District Trials Safety Technology on School Buses https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/11/15/2334491/0/en/Sacramento-City-Unified-School-District-Trials-Safety-Technology-on-School-Buses.html

Anti-vaccine leaflet objects to Sacramento school mandate. Does it target Latino families? https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article255715591.html

Column: Surrounded by pandemic angst, what do middle schoolers want? A welcoming, safe place to learn https://hechingerreport.org/column-surrounded-by-pandemic-angst-what-do-middle-schoolers-want-a-welcoming-safe-place-to-learn/

6 Teens Injured In Shooting Near High School In Aurora, Colorado https://www.huffpost.com/entry/shooting-students-aurora-colorado-park_n_6192deb4e4b0ccd68d32e334

Los Angeles: A Growing Movement for Community Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-v0e via @dianeravitch

Native American Heritage Month: Building Back Better with the Tohono O’odham Nation - ED.gov Blog - https://blog.ed.gov/?p=30993

Ed Notes Online: Class Size and Healthcare Inside/Outside Game at by coalition of UFT activists at Delegate Assembly - Wednesday, Nov 17, 52 Broadway at 4PM - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/11/class-size-and-healthcare-insideoutside.html

AG’s Office sues Springfield Public Schools over Critical Race Theory concerns/requests - https://www.ozarksfirst.com/?p=994424

Bathroom doors removed at Travis Early College High School | KEYE - https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/bathroom-doors-removed-at-travis-early-college-high-school#new_tab on @cbsaustin

A few California school districts say they'll defy Newsom's student vaccine mandate. Will more follow? - https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/A-few-California-school-districts-say-they-ll-16617027.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle

Hot dog tortillas and bagged salads: School lunches take on new look amid supply-chain woes https://news.yahoo.com/hot-dog-tortillas-bagged-salads-130041140.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr via @YahooNews

Goldstein Investigates: Rise In Violence At LAUSD After School Police Cutbacks – CBS Los Angeles - https://cbsloc.al/30g3gRe on CBSLA

CPS demands 105K from families falsely identifying as city residents - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/11/15/22783893/cps-public-schools-pedro-martinez-selective-enrollment-schools-tuition-reimburse#new_tab

Quarantine, tracing rules at US schools are inconsistent, confusing - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/11/15/quarantine-tracing-rules-us-schools-inconsistent-confusing/8590419002/?gnt-cfr=1#new_tab via @usatoday

Detroit public schools have high number of chronically absent students - https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2021/11/16/detroit-public-schools-students-absent/6390112001/#new_tab via @freep

SUSD elects interim school board president amid 'dossier' claims - https://www.abc15.com/news/region-northeast-valley/scottsdale/scottsdale-unified-school-district-elects-new-interim-president-amid-dossier-allegations#new_tab on @abc15

Students hold walkout from St. Paul’s Highland Park High School over ‘sexual assault culture’ – Twin Cities - https://wp.me/p79gJ9-gPWD on

Ontario-Montclair school chief gets 22 weeks of leave a year, cashes it out to become state’s top paid – Press Enterprise - https://wp.me/p8AbZX-dOYq

Indiana teachers want working conditions back on the bargaining table - https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2021/11/16/indiana-teachers-schools-want-working-conditions-back-bargaining-table-general-assembly/8628100002/#new_tab via @indystar

Slavery petition incident at Park Hill South High School was not what it seemed, federal lawsuit claims | KCUR 89.3 - NPR in Kansas City. Local news, entertainment and podcasts. - https://www.kcur.org/news/2021-11-15/slavery-petition-incident-at-park-hill-south-high-school-was-not-what-it-seemed-federal-lawsuit-claims#new_tab by @danmargolies on @kcur

Detroit school leaders, teachers push back against anti-CRT bills - Chalkbeat Detroit - https://detroit.chalkbeat.org/2021/11/15/22784151/detroit-school-district-pushes-back-against-anti-crt-bills-black-history#new_tab on chalkbeat

Two Anchorage schools placed in stay-put mode after fight involving 20 to 30 students, district says - https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2021/11/15/two-anchorage-schools-in-stay-put-mode-after-fight-involving-20-to-30-students-district-says/#new_tab via @adndotcom

Dozens of Children Received Wrong Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine at Maryland School Clinic – NBC4 Washington - https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/coronavirus/dozens-of-children-received-wrong-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine-at-montgomery-school-clinic/2883890/#new_tab via @nbcwashington

spotsylvania schools keeping sexually explicit books in libraries | wusa9.com - https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/spotsylvania-school-board-reverses-decision-remove-sexually-explicit-books-libraries/65-7a77eb49-94e9-49c0-8fcd-12485ca0407d#new_tab on WUSA9



Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, November 15, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-top-banana-todays-education_15.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, November 14, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-top-banana-todays-education_14.html

Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Good News Edition (11/14) - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/11/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi-good.html


Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, November 13, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-top-banana-todays-education_13.html

Big Education Ape: Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, November 13, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/11/big-education-ape-top-posts-this-week_13.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, November 12, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-top-banana-todays-education_12.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/2021/11/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_13.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/2021/11/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_13.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/11/this-week-education-research-report_13.html



Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/11/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_13.html

Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/11/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from_13.html

Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/11/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early_13.html


Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/11/saturday-november-6-2021-this-weeks.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/2021/11/network-for-public-education-blog-post_13.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/11/this-weeks-tennessee-education-report_13.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/11/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona_13.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, November 6, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-top-banana-todays-education_6.html
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