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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

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CURMUDGUCATION: FL: Charter $chool New$ - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/01/fl-charter-chool-new.html



Education Matters: DCPS does nothing to mitigate the Omicron surge, sorry, make that next to nothing - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2022/01/dcps-does-nothing-to-mitigate-omicron.html



Nutrition - Learning Support (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/



New Year, Problems: old, new, tricky | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-2nG



NYC Educator: A Letter from the Chancellor - http://nyceducator.com/2022/01/a-letter-from-chancellor.html



Federally Mandated Standardized Testing: If Nothing Is Done to Change a Bad Public Policy, It Never Goes Away | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-8wH via @janresseger



Re-open the DoE/Jefferson probe, pt 1.5: Why was politically-connected MGT of America on the RFQ template? - https://billytownsend.substack.com/p/re-open-the-doejefferson-probe-pt



Teacher Tom: "But Why Does It Have To Be The Damned Transformers!" - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/01/but-why-does-it-have-to-be-damned.html



The Zombie Allure of Ayn Rand’s Empty Literature and Philosophy – radical eyes for equity - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-agM via @plthomasEdD



Washington Post: What You Need to Know About COVID Tests | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vfq via @dianeravitch



Is Sexton Serious? – Tennessee Education Report - http://tnedreport.com/?p=5469 via @TNEdReport



Nancy Bailey's Education Website: Driving Teachers Out! The Longtime Plan to End A Great Profession | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11194 on @NEPCtweet



Seattle Schools Community Forum: How Did Testing Go For You? - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2022/01/how-did-testing-go-for-you.html



Does Ben Simmons (or Antonio Brown) Remind You Of Any Of Your Students? - Philly's 7th Ward - https://phillys7thward.org/?p=2385



A teacher’s brain on a school day - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/04/a-teachers-brain-at-school/



Being Black at KIPP | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ver via @dianeravitch




Mercedes Schneider: The All-Charter New Orleans School District Must Downsize | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vfY via @dianeravitch



MEET THE NEW YEAR, SAME AS THE OLD YEAR? – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-32a via @norinrad10



Trouble in MAGAland. - Fred Klonsky in Retirement - https://fredklonsky.substack.com/p/trouble-in-magaland


Weekend Quotables - by Michael Klonsky - https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/weekend-quotables-760


Governors demand schools stay open but districts may lack enough teachers https://politi.co/3ERYHKU via @politico




Chicago Teachers Union eyes vote on refusing in-person work - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-public-schools-covid-return-winter-break-20220103-lirocjsysng6fdbfqanwhps6z4-story.html via @chicagotribune

1 big thing: Latino groups want to do away with "Latinx" - https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-420f5f38-385b-493a-945a-25c0a563df90.html?chunk=0&utm_term=twsocialshare#story0 on @axios

Check Out the Greatest Snowflake Photos Ever Taken With Vividly High Resolution https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/nathan-myhrvold-captures-highest-resolution-pictures-of-snowflakes/#.YdRXmHOLRAF.twitter

Oklahoma Bill Would Ban Teaching Facts About Slavery https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/01/04/oklahoma-bill-would-ban-teaching-facts-about-slavery#.YdRXy_OrtOJ.twitter

Protect the Children | Real Learning CT - https://wp.me/p5fCzT-2yt via @reallearningct

Education Research Report: Remote Schooling and Standardized Test Scores - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2022/01/remote-schooling-and-standardized-test.html



Amid COVID surge, 77 Philly schools will shift to remote learning https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/1/3/22865865/in-person-learning-still-on-for-philadelphia-schools-despite-surge-in-covid-cases via @ChalkbeatPHL

glen brown: The mouth method might be better at detecting omicron by Shannon Palus (Slate) - https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-mouth-method-might-be-better-at.html

Jonathan Kantrowitz Political Blog: How To Save American Democracy - https://wackywac.blogspot.com/2022/01/how-to-save-american-democracy.html

bell hooks: The Warm-Heart Storyteller https://www.laprogressive.com/warm-heart-storyteller/

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

OlĂşfáşą́mi O. Táíwò on Climate Colonialism and Reparations | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/olufemi-o-taiwo-on-climate-colonialism.html via @NewBlackMan

How Sephora Revolutionized Makeup Consumption | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/how-sephora-revolutionized-makeup.html via @NewBlackMan

Goapele On Hieroglyphics And The Bay Area Hip-Hop Scene | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/goapele-on-hieroglyphics-and-bay-area.html via @NewBlackMan

Don’t Get Caught Up: The L.A. TACO Guide to 2022’s New Laws And How They May Affect You https://www.lataco.com/2022-california-new-laws/

Teachers at culture war front lines with Jan. 6 education https://www.click2houston.com/news/politics/2022/01/04/teachers-at-culture-war-front-lines-with-jan-6-education/?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar


Police Killings According To New Research https://www.theroot.com/the-proof-is-in-the-pudding-protests-reduce-police-kil-1848300231

New NY Mayor Eric Adams Declares the City Must Learn To "Live With COVID," But Do It With Swagger https://www.theroot.com/new-ny-mayor-eric-adams-declares-the-city-must-learn-to-1848300117

NBA Star Chris Paul and Phoenix Suns Owner Exemplify Support for HBCUs https://sacobserver.com/2022/01/nba-star-chris-paul-and-phoenix-suns-owner-exemplify-support-for-hbcus/

First school closure announced as NOLA Public Schools tackles ‘right-sizing’ amid declining enrollment https://thelensnola.org/2022/01/03/first-school-closure-announced-as-nola-public-schools-tackles-right-sizing-amid-declining-enrollment/

2021, in 6 minutes https://www.vox.com/22857251/2021-year-in-review

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to Join College Football Playoff Foundation’s Extra Yard for Teachers Summit | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/media-advisories/education-secretary-miguel-cardona-join-college-football-playoff-foundations-extra-yard-teachers-summit



OB Elementary Teacher Spotlighted https://obrag.org/2022/01/ob-elementary-teacher-spotlighted/

For Millions of California Students, School Reopening Hinges on Testing https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/us/california-school-reopening-testing.html

Home Test Kits Make Back To School Easy For Sac City Unified Families https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2022/01/03/scud-home-test-kits-back-to-school/

Sacramento City Unified School District: 20K at-home COVID-19 test results reported, 500 students test positive https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-city-unified-school-district-20k-at-home-covid-19-test-results-reported-500-students-test-positive/38658832

Group begins recall election effort against Desert Sands Unified school board trustees https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/education/2022/01/03/group-seeking-oust-dsusd-trustees-via-recall-elections/9078967002/

It's March 2020 COVID deja vu for UC students as the new term begins https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-04/its-march-2020-covid-19-deja-vu-for-college-students

Newsom promised 6 million COVID tests for students. Only half have arrived https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-03/students-return-to-california-schools-newsom-promise-for-covid-19-tests-remains-unfulfilled

California lawmakers may stop tying K-12 schools' funding to daily attendance https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-03/california-lawmakers-may-stop-funding-k12-schools-based-on-daily-attendance

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

Tuesday’s Articles & Videos On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123578 on @Larryferlazzo

Video: “The twins who tricked the Maya gods of death” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122084 on @Larryferlazzo

Jan. 27th Is International Holocaust Remembrance Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122834 on @Larryferlazzo

A Look Back: “Why Viewing Classroom Management as a Mystery Can Be a Good Thing” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122349 on @Larryferlazzo

What are you Doing – or Trying to do – to Sustain you & Your Students in the Face of Omicron? | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123606 on @Larryferlazzo

Child care is getting more support from some private companies https://www.npr.org/2022/01/04/1064124004/child-care-is-getting-more-support-from-some-private-companies

Chicago schools and teachers could be headed to a showdown over in-person classes https://www.npr.org/2022/01/04/1070110462/chicago-schools-and-teachers-could-be-headed-to-a-showdown-over-in-person-classe

Officials are determined to keep schools open, despite omicron https://www.npr.org/2022/01/03/1069907437/officials-are-determined-to-keep-schools-open-despite-omicron

Parents Grapple With Omicron as Open vs Remote Schools Debate Continues https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/us/school-closing-omicron-covid.html

‘It’s Chaos’ as Schools Confront Omicron https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/us/school-reopening-classrooms-omicron.html

Chicago Says Classrooms Will Stay Open. Its Teachers Say Maybe Not. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/us/chicago-schools-remote-learning.html

Ed Notes Online: Widows of NYC first responders who died in line of duty must pay for health insurance after city changes policy - Daily News - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2022/01/widows-of-nyc-first-responders-who-died.html





Eleven Montgomery County schools hit ‘red’ covid levels, move online https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/04/montgomery-county-schools-closed-omicron/

D.C.-area parents and teachers split over return-to-school plans https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/03/schools-covid-omicron-dc-md-va/

Snow days persist even in an era of virtual learning https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/03/snow-days-survive-pandemic/

A truly 'patriotic education' requires critical analysis of US history https://thehill.com/opinion/education/587598-a-true-patriotic-education-requires-critical-analysis-of-us-history

The teachers union is voting today to go virtual starting Wednesday. But CPS says there will be no school if teachers aren’t in classrooms. https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-teachers-voting-tuesday-whether-to-defy-cps-orders-to-teach-in-person/5072b3d3-6e95-4133-b7c4-b66ca7268061?

Hoboken residents form group to campaign against school board plan to bond for $241 million high school - nj.com - https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/01/hoboken-residents-form-group-to-campaign-against-school-board-plan-to-bond-for-241-million-high-school.html#new_tab on @njdotcom

Noblesville High student sues school over anti-abortion club dispute - https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/marion-county/2021/12/22/noblesville-high-student-sues-school-over-anti-abortion-club-dispute/8994841002/#new_tab via @indystar

CPS paid bus operators $30M to keep drivers on hand. The companies laid them off anyway. - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2022/1/3/22865143/cps-public-schools-pandemic-bus-company-payments-funding-ppp-charter-schools-funding-loans-layoffs#new_tab

Philly teachers union calls for week of virtual learning to bolster COVID measures https://whyy.org/articles/philly-teachers-union-virtual-learning-omicron-spike/

Eric Adams bucks teacher's union request days into new administration - CNNPolitics - https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/03/politics/eric-adams-teachers-union-nyc/index.html#new_tab

100 school districts sue Ohio over private school vouchers, saying they unconstitutionally take money from public ed - cleveland.com - https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/01/100-school-districts-sue-ohio-over-private-school-vouchers-saying-they-unconstitutionally-take-money-from-public-ed.html#new_tab on @clevelanddotcom

No Way to Grow Up - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/briefing/american-children-crisis-pandemic.html#new_tab on @nytimes

With in-person learning ‘under serious threat,’ state urges schools to drop extracurricular activities or take safeguards - oregonlive.com - https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2022/01/with-in-person-learning-under-serious-threat-state-urges-schools-to-drop-extracurricular-activities.html#new_tab on @oregonlive

School closings fueled by omicron variant and home COVID test shortage - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2022/01/03/covid-omicron-school-closings-home-test/9082871002/#new_tab via @usatoday



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