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Friday, December 17, 2021

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, December 17, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

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“Grossly negligent” NC charter school given 10 days to correct problems or face steep sanctions | NC Policy Watch - https://ncpolicywatch.com/?p=116628 via @ncpolicywatch



CURMUDGUCATION: PA: Senate Wants To Block Any School COVID Vaccination Mandate - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/12/pa-senate-want-to-block-any-school.html



Seattle Schools Community Forum: Upcoming Meetups for Educators of Deaf/Hard of Hearing - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/12/upcoming-meetups-for-educators-of.html



Student-centered Teaching Tradition (Part 3) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8o2 via @CubanLarry



Holding Parents Accountable When Their Children Kill | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-v7O via @dianeravitch



CURMUDGUCATION: 8 Bad Education Models - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/12/bad-education-models.html



AFT Launches Literacy Campaign, Pledging 1M Free Books for Families https://www.yahoo.com/now/aft-launches-literacy-campaign-pledging-121500111.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr via @Yahoo



New Chief Spurs Teachers Union news -The Black Chronicle - https://blackchronicle.com/?p=35910 via @blackchron



Teacher Tom: It Will Begin With Compassion - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/12/it-will-begin-with-compassion.html



Ed Notes Online: MulgrewCare Snafu - UFT/Unity Silent as New York City Mailed Misinformation on New Health Insurance to Retired City Employees — and Won’t Send Out a Correction - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/12/mulgrewcare-snafu-uftunity-silent-as.html



Seattle Schools Community Forum: Franklin High Educators Speak Out; Will Seattle Schools Listen? - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/12/franklin-high-educators-speak-out-will.html



Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools Losing Students - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/12/seattle-schools-losing-students.html



Michael Moore: Mothers, Sons, Guns | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-v9o via @dianeravitch



The Proud Boys Are Menacing School Boards, Town Councils | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-v9V via @dianeravitch



THE SINS OF MY PAST REVISITED – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-31z via @norinrad10



Pinkston Talks Partisan School Board Races – Tennessee Education Report - http://tnedreport.com/?p=5456 via @TNEdReport



Chicago blues again - by Michael Klonsky - https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/chicago-blues-again



glen brown - https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/



In Remembrance of bell hooks | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/12/in-remembrance-of-bell-hooks.html via @NewBlackMan




In Pennsylvania, it’s past time to focus on school funding gaps - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/12/17/22838213/school-funding-pennsylvania-landmark-case on chalkbeat

The CDC’s Flawed Case for Wearing Masks in School https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/mask-guidelines-cdc-walensky/621035/

Remembering Our Sister-Friend bell hooks https://www.laprogressive.com/remembering-our-sister-friend-bell-hooks/

Capital & Main: The Story of an Unlikely Alliance | Lloyd Lofthouse - https://wp.me/p2mPRS-Xt via @lflwriter





“We’re Not Distinct From The People As Revolutionaries” – Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin on Anarchism and The Black Revolution | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/12/were-not-distinct-from-people-as.html via @NewBlackMan

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









Pfizer and BioNTech ask FDA to approve their Covid-19 vaccine for kids as young as 12 https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/17/pfizer-vaccine-approval-kids-525254

Politico Magazine’s 21 Stories That Explain 2021 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/12/17/21-stories-explain-2021-524688

Organizers Apologize for 'Dash for Cash' Teacher Fundraising Stunt at South Dakota Hockey Game | Inside Edition - https://www.insideedition.com/organizers-apologize-for-dash-for-cash-teacher-fundraising-stunt-at-south-dakota-hockey-game-71980 via @insideedition

Dems face 2022 nightmare if student debt payments restart and child tax credit ends, critics say https://www.salon.com/2021/12/17/dems-face-2022-nightmare-if-student-debt-payments-restart-and-child-credit-ends-critics-say_partner/

Gov. Ron Desantis Continues A Terrible Legislative Streak With the ‘Stop W.O.K.E. Act’ https://www.theroot.com/gov-ron-desantis-continues-a-terrible-legislative-stre-1848233293




Why Is Herschel Walker Lying About Having a College Degree? https://www.theroot.com/why-is-herschel-walker-lying-about-having-a-college-deg-1848233316

Civil Rights Champion Claudette Colvin Sees Her Juvenile Record Expunged 66 Years After Arrest Over Bus Seat https://www.theroot.com/civil-rights-champion-claudette-colvin-sees-her-juvenil-1848229432

NOLA Public School students 5 and up must be vaccinated by Feb. 1 https://thelensnola.org/2021/12/16/nola-public-schools-asks-dept-of-health-to-add-covid-19-vaccine-requirement-for-enrollment/

My father, the white supremacist https://www.vox.com/22785686/father-white-supremacist-asatru-folk-assembly-neo-nazi

Fake students enrolled in community colleges. One bot-sleuthing professor fights back https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-17/fake-student-bots-enrolled-in-community-colleges-one-professor-has-become-a-bot-sleuthing-continues-to-fight-them

Stanford University to require COVID-19 boosters, delays spring 2022 in-person classes https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-16/stanford-university-covid-19-booster-shots-spring-2022

All sixth-graders at Orange County school quarantined amid COVID outbreak https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-16/all-sixth-graders-at-orange-county-school-quarantined-amid-covid-outbreak

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

The Best Annual Reviews Of Education Research – 2021 | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122944 on @Larryferlazzo


Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122495 on @Larryferlazzo

Friday’s New Articles & Videos On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122967 on @Larryferlazzo

Kentucky school bus drivers are delivering tornado aid since classes are canceled https://www.npr.org/2021/12/16/1064951667/kentucky-school-bus-drivers-are-delivering-tornado-aid-since-classes-are-cancele

COVID-19 outbreak shuts down Cornell's Ithaca campus https://www.npr.org/2021/12/15/1064614617/covid-19-outbreak-shuts-down-cornells-ithaca-campus

NYC Education Dept. dismisses rumors of systemwide shutdown as school COVID-19 cases rise https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-covid-surge-schools-fears-closures-20211216-dwxscwxhinhefbqdu3j34niaxm-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

How the Bishop Sycamore Football Team Dashed Dreams https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/sports/ncaafootball/bishop-sycamore-football.html

Unfulfilled Promise https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/sports/ncaafootball/unfulfilled-promise.html

Harvard Won't Require SAT or ACT Scores for Admission for Several Years https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/us/harvard-admissions-act-sat.html

Harvard Extends Test-Optional Admissions Policy for Four Years https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/us/harvard-admissions-test-optional.html

What to Do About ‘Grammar Snobs’? https://obrag.org/2021/12/what-to-do-about-grammar-snobs/

New Philadelphia special admissions process should be put on hold, speakers tell City Council https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/12/16/22839966/new-philadelphia-special-admissions-process-should-be-put-on-hold-speakers-tell-city-council

Waukesha teacher suspended for rainbow flag https://www.rawstory.com/waukesha-teacher-suspended-for-rainbow-flag/





Federal gov. launches first-ever database for missing and murdered Indigenous people https://www.rawstory.com/federal-gov-launches-first-ever-database-for-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people/

TikTok December 17 Challenge Has Police, Schools On High Alert https://patch.com/us/across-america/tiktok-challenge-sparks-december-violence-rumors-u-s-schools?google_editors_picks=true


Omicron variant outbreak confirmed at River City High School in West Sacramento https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2021/12/16/omicron-variant-outbreak-confirmed-at-river-city-high-school-in-west-sacramento

When Will Fresno Trustees Stop Playing Games and Focus on Student Learning? https://gvwire.com/2021/12/16/when-will-fresno-trustees-stop-playing-games-and-focus-on-student-learning/

Nationwide TikTok threat rumors not credible to Sacramento-area schools, officials say https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/school-threat-rumors-sacramento-area/103-ae2944fb-3604-45ab-adab-cb96f0fdb176

Free Leonard Peltier | Bill Ayers - https://wp.me/p3AjC-VL






Malcolm X Elementary Hosts “Reading Opens the World” Launch https://youtu.be/fJBZjCnfpN8 via @YouTube

New CDC guidance encourages more testing to limit school quarantines https://www.npr.org/2021/12/17/1065189208/cdc-school-coronavirus-testing-quarantines-vaccines-masks

Biden Lauds South Carolina State Grads in Commencement Speech https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/business/biden-south-carolina-state.html

Education secretary urges schools use federal funding to combat teacher shortages - ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/education-secretary-urges-schools-federal-funding-combat-teacher/story?id=81779022#new_tab

Multiple North Kingstown school officials knew of Aaron Thomas’s ‘fat tests’ for years — but did not stop him, report says - The Boston Globe - https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/15/metro/report-multiple-north-kingstown-school-officials-knew-aaron-thomas-fat-tests-years-did-not-stop-him/#new_tab on @BostonGlobe

Former Athens superintendent pleads guilty, settles federal conspiracy case - al.com - https://www.al.com/news/2021/12/athens-superintendent-pleads-guilty-settles-federal-conspiracy-case.html#new_tab on @aldotcom

Oklahoma charges Epic Charter Schools $9 million penalty - https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/education/2021/12/17/oklahoma-epic-charter-schools-charged-9-million-penalty/8929547002/#new_tab via @theoklahoman_

Schools step up security in response to threats on TikTok | AP News - https://apnews.com/article/technology-media-shootings-education-social-media-d9129e0d57fad4138d7bc2960815588c#new_tab on @ap

Detroit district to start winter break early, citing low attendance - Chalkbeat Detroit - https://detroit.chalkbeat.org/2021/12/16/22840057/detroit-district-schools-close-early-winter-break#new_tab on chalkbeat

Lorain school principal, staff member fired after trash incident | wkyc.com - https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/lorain-county/lorain-school-superintendent-fires-principal-staff-member-elementary-school-student-forced-eat-food-from-garbage-can/95-85f3a689-6d7e-4470-9bb2-6f2a987b9265#new_tab on wkyc

Schools Are Closing Across the Country Amid COVID Omicron Surge - https://www.today.com/parents/parents/schools-are-closing-country-omicron-surge-rcna9030#new_tab by TodayShow on @TODAYshow

Nearly 20% of Hawaii high school students not on track to graduate https://www.khon2.com/local-news/nearly-20-of-hawaii-high-school-students-not-on-track-to-graduate/

Southlake Carroll employees now prohibited from secretly recording meetings - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/southlake-carroll-employees-now-prohibited-from-secretly-recording-meetings/ar-AART5VD?ocid=uxbndlbing#new_tab

Chronic absenteeism rose for Illinois students last school year - Chalkbeat Chicago - https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2021/12/16/22839529/illinois-chronic-absenteeism-covid-reopening-quarantine#new_tab on chalkbeat

New Philly School District admissions policy holds charter parents hostage, some say https://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AART1ly?ocid=winp-st



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Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, December 13, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-top-banana-todays-education_13.html

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Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm.html

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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/2021/12/network-for-public-education-blog-post.html

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Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona.html

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