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Saturday, January 8, 2022

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CURMUDGUCATION: AI Did Not Write (Most Of) This Post (Or: "Why our screens are filled with so much crap") - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/01/ai-did-not-write-most-of-this-post-or.html




Seattle Schools Community Forum: Disability and Equity Discussion to be held at Meany Middle School - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2022/01/disability-and-equity-discussion-to-be.html




CDE Releases Student Data for 2020-21 - Year 2022 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr22/yr22rel03.asp




Reddit: NY High School Student’s “Beyond Control” COVID School Experience | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog - https://wp.me/p36Q2R-6FW



Hidden history. Black journalists. The two Wilmingtons. - https://fredklonsky.substack.com/p/hidden-history-black-journalists



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



Spring Break 2020 – Part II | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-2oF by @Jd2718x



Many Districts Are Doubling Down On Unskilled Leadership Right Now – Have They Learned Nothing? | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123684 on @Larryferlazzo



Dark Money in the Holy City: A Short History of School Privatization in Charleston, South Carolina | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vii via @dianeravitch



CURMUDGUCATION: PA: Number of New Teachers Plummets - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/01/pa-number-of-new-teacher-plummets.html



“I Am a New York City Public High School Student. The Situation Is Beyond Control.” | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vil via @dianeravitch



Stayin’ Alive – Grumpy Old Teacher - https://wp.me/p9VD0X-RP by @sampsongregory



The DoE/Jefferson County scandal: understand the difference between a "charter school" and an "external operator" - https://billytownsend.substack.com/p/the-doejefferson-county-scandal-understand



TennesseeCAN Knows the Plan – Tennessee Education Report - http://tnedreport.com/?p=5477 via @TNEdReport



Who Gets the Blame When Schools Shut Down | The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/who-gets-the-blame-when-schools-shut-down




CTU COVID dispute in Chicago Public Schools: Fight over testing of students, whether CPS disregarded governor’s offer of help at heart of dispute with Chicago Teachers Union - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2022/1/7/22872489/covid-testing-cps-ctu-teachers-union-public-schools-opt-in-opt-out-students-mayor-lori-lightfoot-19

New York City School Operations Crumble Under Omicron’s Weight - Bloomberg - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-08/new-york-city-school-operations-crumble-under-omicron-s-weight on @bpolitics

Vaccination rates for Massachusetts children, ages 5-11, are a ‘tale of two states’ - The Boston Globe - https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/07/opinion/vaccination-rates-massachusetts-children-ages-5-11-are-tale-two-states/?event=event25 on @BostonGlobe

The 2022 RHSU Edu-Scholar Rankings - Infogram - https://infogram.com/the-2022-rhsu-edu-scholar-rankings-1h7g6k0e39d8o2o on @infogram

46 Philly schools will be remote next week amid COVID surge and staffing shortages - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/1/7/22872790/46-philly-schools-will-be-remote-next-week-amid-covid-surge-omircon on chalkbeat

Remembering Sidney Poitier and His Impact on Black Artists | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/remembering-sidney-poitier-and-his.html via @NewBlackMan


Choosing Democracy: The Insurrection Moves to the States - http://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-insurrection-moves-to-states.html




Education Research Report: Re-enrolling and completing a bachelor's degree has positive effect on annual income - https://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2022/01/re-enrolling-and-completing-bachelors.html

James Webb Telescope Update Jan 7th 2022! https://youtu.be/DEaWgmuuqfc via @YouTube

The Forever Culture War https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/republicans-democrats-forever-culture-war/621184/?utm_source=feed


House Progressives Urge Adding 4 Supreme Court Seats https://www.laprogressive.com/judiciary-act/

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

Julia B. Chan Discusses Her Role as Editor-in-Chief of 'The 19th' | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/julia-b-chan-discusses-her-role-as.html via @NewBlackMan

Healing through poetry in 'Light For The World To See' | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/healing-through-poetry-in-light-for.html via @NewBlackMan

What a Philadelphia Rowhome Fire Tells Us About the State of Urban Housing in 2022 | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/what-philadelphia-rowhome-fire-tells-us.html via @NewBlackMan

Remembering Sidney Poitier and His Impact on Black Artists | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/remembering-sidney-poitier-and-his.html via @NewBlackMan

DeSantis defends allowing stockpiled Covid tests to expire https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2022/01/07/desantis-attempts-to-defend-allowing-stockpiled-covid-tests-to-expire-1404639



Chicago Teachers Voted To Teach Remotely Amid Omicron Wave https://popularresistance.org/chicago-teachers-voted-to-teach-remotely-amid-omicron-wave/

Lani Guinier, Legal Scholar and Civil Rights Champion, Dies at 71 https://www.theroot.com/lani-guinier-legal-scholar-and-civil-rights-champion-1848326456

Kentucky Teacher Fired For Pinning Student to the Ground and Pulling His Hair https://www.theroot.com/kentucky-teacher-fired-for-pinning-student-to-the-groun-1848320462

Council approves measure to give Mayor’s Office a say on education grants https://thelensnola.org/2022/01/07/council-approves-measure-to-give-mayors-office-a-say-on-education-grants/

Education: The Issue that Could Break Partisan Gridlock - https://www.newsweek.com/education-issue-that-could-break-partisan-gridlock-1666386#new_tab on @newsweek


USDA pumps $750 million into school lunch program to counter inflation, supply chain woes - CNNPolitics - https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/politics/usda-school-lunch-inflation-supply-chain/index.html#new_tab

Snow, staffing shortages force closure of most Northern Virginia schools for an extra week https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/07/virginia-schools-closed-for-a-full-week/

Montgomery County halts plan to move higher-covid schools online https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/07/montgomery-county-red-schools-omicron/

Frustrations rise as Gov. Newsom's vow to screen students for COVID falls short https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-08/california-schools-struggle-newsom-covid-test-vow-short

Indigenous coalition takes fight to rename town of Squaw Valley to federal board https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-08/coalition-seeks-to-rename-squaw-valley-in-fresno-county

12 Oakland schools close after teachers stage 'sickout,' citing COVID safety worries https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-08/oakland-schools-closed-sickout

LAUSD determined to open despite increase in infections; Montebello schools will delay term https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-07/l-a-unified-reports-highest-ever-student-staff-covid-rates

First comprehensive data in two years show big academic setbacks for California students https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-07/california-students-suffered-major-academic-setbacks-last-year-data-shows

In classrooms or online, parents grapple with omicron school 'chaos' https://www.npr.org/2022/01/07/1071409653/parents-grapple-with-omicron-school-chaos

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

Quote Of The Day: Don’t Blame Teachers For School Shutdowns | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123700 on @Larryferlazzo

Many Districts Are Doubling Down On Unskilled Leadership Right Now – Have They Learned Nothing? | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123684 on @Larryferlazzo

Saturday’s New Tweets, Articles & Videos About School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123673 on @Larryferlazzo

“How Teachers Are Coping With Omicron” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123666 on @Larryferlazzo

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122955 on @Larryferlazzo

A Look Back: A Piece I Wrote For Ed Wk On “the Princess Leia approach to teacher-parent conversations” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122628 on @Larryferlazzo

Teachers’ Unions Push for Remote Schooling, Worrying Democrats https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/08/us/teachers-unions-covid-schools.html




GOP candidate Shelley Luther says Chinese students should be banned from Texas universities https://www.rawstory.com/shelley-luther-anti-lockdown-activist-and-gop-candidate-said-chinese-students-should-be-banned-from-texas-universities/

Crumbleys drained son’s bank account after shooting — say extramarital affairs are ‘irrelevant’: report https://www.rawstory.com/smartnews/school-shootings/

'Complete lack of judgment': Judge tears apart MAGA rioter who brought her teen son to the Capitol https://www.rawstory.com/capitol-riot-sentences-2656251815/

Ethan Crumbley's parents denied reduction in $500K bond https://www.rawstory.com/crumbley-parents-denied-reduction-in-500k-bond/

California Schools Risk ‘Colossal’ Loss Of Dollars As Enrollment Drops https://laist.com/news/education/california-schools-risk-colossal-loss-of-dollars-as-enrollment-drops

Hospitalizations of Kids Under Five Increase as Omicron Rages https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/hospitalizations-of-kids-under-five-increase-as-omicron-rages/

A new school privatization battle unfolding in Charleston - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/08/new-school-privatization-battle-unfolding-charleston/



Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, January 8, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-top-banana-todays-education_8.html

Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, January 8, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/top-posts-this-week-saturday-january-8.html


Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, January 7, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-top-banana-todays-education_7.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 - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_8.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_8.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/this-week-education-research-report.html


Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_8.html

Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from.html

Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early_8.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/this-weeks-wildness-dad-gone-wild.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 - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/network-for-public-education-blog-post_8.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/this-weeks-tennessee-education-report.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona_8.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES HAPPY NEW YEAR Saturday, January 1, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-top-banana-todays-education.html
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