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Thursday, January 6, 2022

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Are fiery school-board meetings representative of all parents? - https://brook.gs/3s9oyeB on @BrookingsInst



Don’t Blame Teachers for Covid Quarantines and Closures | gadflyonthewallblog - https://wp.me/p4QD1W-3Hw via @StevenSinger3



School and union leaders need to come together and find a way to open schools safely - https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/school-and-union-leaders-need-to



SPI Lays Out Needed Resources for CA Schools - Year 2022 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr22/yr22rel01.asp



100 Ohio School Districts File a Lawsuit Declaring EdChoice Vouchers Deprive Ohio’s Public School Districts of Essential Revenue | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-8xp via @janresseger



A Day That Will Live in Infamy: January 6, 2021 | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vg2 via @dianeravitch



Spring Break 2020 – Part I | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-2oe

Spring Break Arbitration (searchable document) | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-2ou by @Jd2718x



CURMUDGUCATION: Cowardly Silence - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/01/cowardly-silence.html



Scenes from a Capitol Lynch Mob wedding - by Billy Townsend - https://billytownsend.substack.com/p/scenes-from-a-capitol-lynch-mob-wedding



This Is What Happened on January 6, 2021 | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vga via @dianeravitch



Becoming a Good Writer: On Purpose and Authority – radical eyes for equity - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-ah5 via @plthomasEdD



When Black Students Are Under Assault - Philly's 7th Ward - https://phillys7thward.org/?p=2394



Teacher Tom: Finally, We Can All Agree To Hate Teachers - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/01/finally-we-can-all-agree-to-hate.html



Seattle Schools Community Forum: More News From the Investigation of Two Seattle School Board Members; Director Interviews - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2022/01/more-news-from-investigation-of-two.html



Answer Sheet - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/



Janresseger: New Research Yet Again Proves the Folly of Judging Teachers by Their Students’ Test Scores | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11205 on @NEPCtweet



Twenty Years of Teaching Science in Public School Down the Covid Drain | Dissident Voice - https://dissidentvoice.org/?p=124970



Trump Advisor: How Steve Bannon and I Planned to Overturn the 2020 Election | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vhA via @dianeravitch


New Workgroup to Address School Staff Shortages - Year 2022 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr22/yr22rel02.asp


Ohio schools group says bill to require all curriculum to be posted online could be a problem | The Statehouse News Bureau - https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2022-01-04/ohio-schools-group-says-bill-to-require-all-curriculum-to-be-posted-online-could-be-a-problem by @karenkasler

Pennridge schools ask staff not to talk about insurrection - WHYY - https://whyy.org/?p=542392





The impact of environmental threats on controlling parenting and children’s motivation | Request PDF - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340542323_The_impact_of_environmental_threats_on_controlling_parenting_and_children%27s_motivation

Blog Posts Archive - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/best-posts/ on @Network4pubEd




As Congress returns, priority must be saving children | Editorial - nj.com - https://www.nj.com/opinion/2022/01/as-congress-returns-priority-must-be-saving-children-editorial.html on @njdotcom

Education Research Report: Later school start times prevent sleep deprivation for parents of middle and high school students - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2022/01/later-school-start-times-prevent-sleep.html

Education Research Report: Later school start times prevent sleep deprivation for parents of middle and high school students - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2022/01/later-school-start-times-prevent-sleep.html

Philly health secretary insistent on in-person learning despite calls to go virtual   https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/1/5/22869567/philadelphia-omicron-3000-cases-in-person-virtual-parents-teachers via @ChalkbeatPHL

glen brown: One year after Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington D.C., the hard right, anti-democracy faction of the Republican base that led the attack threatens to overtake the party for the long term - https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2022/01/one-year-after-donald-trumps-supporters.html

“Dagger at the Throat of Democracy”: Watch Biden’s Impassioned Jan. 6 Anniversary Speech https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/january-6-biden-trump-speech-insurrection-breaking/

Opinion | Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/01/opinion/january-6-attack-committee.html on @nytimes

Kids enroll in this school just for the lunch https://edsource.org/podcast/kids-enroll-in-this-school-just-for-the-lunch

Chicago Teachers Voted to Teach Remotely Amid Omicron Wave—And Now They're Locked Out https://inthesetimes.com/article/chicago-teachers-union-public-schools-covid-lockout-pandemic


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The Business of Art: From Earning A Living To Building A Legacy | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/the-business-of-art-from-earning-living.html via @NewBlackMan

Africa's Lost 'Motown' Years Rediscovered | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/africas-lost-motown-years-rediscovered.html via @NewBlackMan

Ibram X. Kendi Explains Why White Supremacy Is the Ultimate Diversion | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/ibram-x-kendi-explains-why-white.html via @NewBlackMan

Schools encounter ‘Hunger Games’ scramble for Covid tests https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2022/01/05/schools-encounter-hunger-games-scramble-for-covid-tests-1404247

Chicago mayor: Teachers union made us a ‘laughingstock’ https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/05/chicago-mayor-lightfood-teachers-union-laughingstock-526600

In a clash with the teachers’ union, Chicago cancels classes for a day | bdnews24.com - https://bdnews24.com/education/2022/01/05/in-a-clash-with-the-teachers-union-chicago-cancels-classes-for-a-day via @bdnews24com

Classes canceled for a second day after Chicago teachers vote to defy in-person learning order https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/05/chicago-teachers-union-classes-canceled-covid/?tid=ss_tw

Chicago’s Covid and school dilemma https://www.msnbc.com/zerlina/watch/chicago-s-covid-and-school-dilemma-130218565885 via @msnbc

After Chicago public schools cancel classes, conservatives lash out over COVID restrictions https://www.salon.com/2022/01/05/after-chicago-public-schools-cancel-classes-conservatives-lash-out-over-restrictions/

Teacher Talks about Post-Holiday Return to Schools https://youtu.be/4mA7PwgiEws via @YouTube



Midwest Dispatch: Minneapolis Teachers Must Contend With COVID-19 Staffing Crisis https://progressive.org/latest/teachers-covid-staffing-crisis-lahm-220106/

Chicago Teachers Union Votes to Teach Virtually, City Cancels Classes for 330,000 Students https://www.theroot.com/chicago-teachers-union-votes-to-teach-virtually-rather-1848308227

Bomb Threats Force Lockdowns at Howard Univesity, Other HBCUs https://sacobserver.com/2022/01/bomb-threats-force-lockdowns-at-howard-univesity-other-hbcus/

Amid COVID-19 surge, Algiers Charter reverts to remote learning https://thelensnola.org/2022/01/05/amid-covid-19-surge-algiers-charter-reverts-to-remote-learning/

The future of New York City’s segregated “gifted” programs https://www.vox.com/22841191/gifted-and-talented-education-programs-new-york-city




Hey Liberation Lovers – Register for “The Next Big Thing XVIII” Today! https://wrenchinthegears.com/2022/01/06/hey-liberation-lovers-register-for-the-next-big-thing-xviii-today/

Greater Reset III – Do You Stand With Those Promoting Digital Child Labor and Child Self-Ownership? What direction is “the resistance” taking? https://wrenchinthegears.com/2022/01/06/greater-reset-iii-do-you-stand-with-those-promoting-digital-child-labor-and-child-self-ownership-what-direction-is-the-resistance-taking/

Big push for Californians to switch to N95 or KN95 masks as Omicron surge worsens https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-06/big-push-for-californians-to-switch-to-n95-or-kn95-masks

State seeks to speed credentials for 10,000 direly needed school mental health counselors https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-05/mental-health-crisis-counselors-pandemic

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

This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122873 on @Larryferlazzo

Infographic Of The Week: “The Global Chasm In Indigenous Life Expectancy” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122491 on @Larryferlazzo

Thursday’s New Articles & Tweets About School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123617 on @Larryferlazzo

A Look Back: “The manipulation of Social Emotional Learning” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122359 on @Larryferlazzo

Four New Teaching Resources About The Jan. 6th Insurrection | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123625 on @Larryferlazzo




U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona discusses the push to keep schools open https://www.npr.org/2022/01/05/1070700698/u-s-secretary-of-education-miguel-cardona-discusses-the-push-to-keep-schools-ope

Chicago's mayor has called off school as teachers demand more COVID-19 testing https://www.npr.org/2022/01/05/1070700649/chicagos-mayor-has-called-off-school-as-teachers-demand-more-covid-19-testing

NYC teachers rally for increased COVID-19 safety measures https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-teachers-rally-safety-measures-20220105-x7iodd35ujdkppbe3i7nlxw3pe-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

NYC student and staff COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket, with 38,000 logged in last two weeks https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-12000-more-covid19-cases-nyc-schools-20220105-b6xnzrk5fveoflfedcya32ggxu-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Chicagoans Adjust to Closed Schools During Union Dispute https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/us/chicago-schools-close-teachers-union-child-care.html

Trump-loving school board president's district bars teachers from discussing Jan. 6 https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2656242120/


Nikole Hannah-Jones on the Power of Collective Memory | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/nikole-hannah-jones-on-power-of.html via @NewBlackMan



Difficult return to school in Maryland’s largest system as coronavirus surges https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/05/montgomery-county-schools-return/?tid=ss_tw

More Montgomery County schools see covid case increases - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/06/montgomery-county-schools-rising-covid-cases/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education

D.C. required negative coronavirus tests to return to school. Did it work? https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/06/dc-schools-covid-test-return/?tid=ss_tw

How to plan for a future of education where disruption is the norm - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=84485 via @hechingerreport

OPINION: A former middle school principal looks back on ‘gimmicky mistakes’ in school discipline and vows to do better - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=84431 via @hechingerreport

Who wants to lead America’s school districts? Anyone? Anyone? - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=84458 via @hechingerreport

Amid critical race theory debate, Kansas officials want common ground - https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/education/2022/01/05/critical-race-theory-crt-school-choice-debate-kansas-officials-common-ground/8893750002/#new_tab via @CJOnline

Chicago Public Schools cancels Thursday classes amid COVID deadlock - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-public-schools-class-cancel-covid-chicago-teachers-union-20220105-xnlsdz5vobafdao5n5cnqnhexq-story.html#new_tab via @chicagotribune

Defendants in virtual school lawsuit under federal investigation - https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2022/01/06/defendants-virtual-school-lawsuit-under-federal-investigation/9089374002/#new_tab via @indystar

Long disparaged, education for skilled trades is making a comeback https://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AASiMvk?ocid=winp-st

Teachers union factions pressure NYC to go remote amid COVID surge - https://wp.me/pb3Qpq-1oYnk by @nypmetro on @nypost

How to teach about race? Indiana bill would set rules. https://in.chalkbeat.org/2022/1/5/22869461/indiana-general-assembly-race-sb-167 via @ChalkbeatIN

Federal judge asked to stop Michigan schools from going virtual - https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/01/05/michigan-schools-virtual-learning-restraining-order-federal-lawsuit/9111551002/#new_tab via @detroitnews

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius teaching 4th grade class as staff shortages rise - https://www.wcvb.com/article/schools-struggling-to-stay-open-as-staff-absences-due-to-covid-19-climbs/38672563#new_tab on @WCVB

Omicron is closing schools all over the country - Axios - https://www.axios.com/school-closures-omicron-learning-loss-cb4f64d1-4bdb-4527-9e4c-af5eb1e09281.html#new_tab on @axios



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