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Monday, January 10, 2022

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The Uncomfortable Truth About the Tests - Public Voices For Public Schools - https://pv4ps.org/?p=873 by @https://twitter.com/JohannaG_NYC



My New Book | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8qm via @CubanLarry



It's crazy in Florida. A million tests go to waste. - https://fredklonsky.substack.com/p/its-crazy-in-florida-a-million-tests



15 Ways to Help Teachers During Covid, Instead of Turning Them Into Scapegoats and Making Them Quit - https://nancyebailey.com/2022/01/09/15-ways-to-help-teachers-during-covid-instead-of-turning-them-into-scapegoats-and-making-them-quit/ on @NancyEBailey1



Schools Matter: New Year's Resolution: Eliminate "Rigor" from Education Lexicon - http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2022/01/new-years-resolution-eliminate-rigor.html



Education Matters: Looking for a job fighting against union bosses and corrupt school boards? get paid 35-30k through indeed. - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2022/01/looking-for-job-fighting-against-union.html



NYC Public School Parents: Talk out of School: Top education stories of 2021, De Blasio record, what we might expect from Mayor Adams, and school safety during the Omicron Surge - https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2022/01/recap-of-de-blasio-record-what-we-might.html



Seattle Schools Community Forum: COVID Issues Heating up for Seattle Public Schools - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2022/01/covid-issues-heating-up-for-seattle.html



Stop Contracting Out / Against Privatization | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-2oQ by @Jd2718x



North Carolina Supreme Court Rules Charter Schools Are Not Immune from Civil Suits Because They Are Not State Agencies | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vfl via @dianeravitch



Teacher Tom: Play-Based Educators Are In The Business Of Learning, Not Teaching - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/01/play-based-educators-are-in-business-of.html



Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Whatever Happened to Open Education? | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11209 on @NEPCtweet



NYC Public School Parents: Please sign onto our letter to urge the US Dept of Education's Office of Civil Rights to collect class size data from districts - https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2022/01/please-sign-onto-our-letter-to-urge-us.html



Meet our New Board members; Attend our 2022 Conference! - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/22724-2/ via @Network4pubEd



Leonie Haimson on de Blasio’s Education Record | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vij via @dianeravitch



Peter Greene: The Charter Industry, Sucking Up Profits on Real Estate | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vhO via @dianeravitch


Nassau County Exec Tells Schools, Indoor Venues To End Mask Mandates https://gothamist.com/news/nassau-county-exec-tells-schools-indoor-venues-end-mask-mandates?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=shared_twitter via @gothamist

The Role of Unconditional Parental Regard in Autonomy‐Supportive Parenting | Request PDF - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280218803_The_Role_of_Unconditional_Parental_Regard_in_Autonomy-Supportive_Parenting

Chicago schools cancel classes again as fight with teachers over Covid hits second week - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-schools-cancel-classes-fight-teachers-covid-hits-second-week-rcna11564 by NBCNews on @NBCNews



Uganda Reopens Schools After World’s Longest Covid Shutdown - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/world/africa/uganda-schools-reopen.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur on @nytimes

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





Mark Anthony Neal: 'Actor Sidney Poitier was a Force for Change On and Off the Screen | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/mark-anthony-neal-actor-sidney-poitier.html via @NewBlackMan


“Teacher: ‘Omicron Is Truly Bringing Education to Its Knees’” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123748 on @Larryferlazzo



Schools Matter: The Sunny Side of Corruption by Jay Mathews - http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2022/01/the-sunny-side-of-corruption-by-jay.html







Doing Grown-Up Tasks, in Millennial Slang https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/01/doing-grown-up-tasks-in-millennial-slang/621195/?utm_source=feed

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

Mark Anthony Neal: 'Actor Sidney Poitier was a Force for Change On and Off the Screen | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/mark-anthony-neal-actor-sidney-poitier.html via @NewBlackMan

Mark Driscoll: Blacks Weather, Whites Climate | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/mark-driscoll-blacks-weather-whites.html via @NewBlackMan

Bill T. Jones Remembers the First Time He Met Alvin Ailey | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/bill-t-jones-remembers-first-time-he.html via @NewBlackMan

Are We Living in a Simulation? | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/are-we-living-in-simulation.html via @NewBlackMan

"And Another Phase of Struggle Begins" - Kali Akuno and Kamau Franklin on Strategy and Liberation | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/and-another-phase-of-struggle-begins.html via @NewBlackMan

Omicron is surging — and Democrats aren’t shutting things down this time https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2022/01/09/omicron-is-surging-and-democrats-arent-shutting-things-down-this-time-1404752

US Public School Teachers Fight For COVID Safety https://popularresistance.org/us-public-school-teachers-fight-for-covid-safety/




Inaction On Tax Credit Condemns Millions Of Children To Poverty https://popularresistance.org/democrats-inaction-on-tax-credit-condemns-millions-of-children-to-poverty/

2022 Brings Hope For State And Local Broadband Progress https://popularresistance.org/2022-brings-hope-for-state-and-local-broadband-progress/

Jan 2022 In AD54; CoLA Needs A Good Lawyer – redqueeninla - https://redqueeninla.com/?p=4248








No Surprise Here: The Most Recent Wave of Book Bans Includes More Black Authors Than Ever https://www.theroot.com/no-surprise-here-the-most-recent-wave-of-book-bans-inc-1848328977

NNPA CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis to Interview Sophia the Robot at First Tech with Soul Virtual Conference https://sacobserver.com/2022/01/nnpa-ceo-dr-benjamin-f-chavis-to-interview-sophia-the-robot-at-first-tech-with-soul-virtual-conference/

Local Black Studies Teachers Committed to Teaching Whole Truth https://sacobserver.com/2022/01/local-black-studies-teachers-committed-to-teaching-whole-truth/

New York’s Second African American Mayor, Eric Adams, Takes Power https://sacobserver.com/2022/01/new-yorks-second-african-american-mayor-eric-adams-takes-power/

Questioning “The Greater Reset III” – Where is this Resistance Headed? – Wrench in the Gears - https://wp.me/p7SU8W-2BZ

I Am A New York City Public High School Student. The Situation Is Beyond Control. https://popularresistance.org/i-am-a-new-york-city-public-high-school-student-the-situation-is-beyond-control/

Chicago’s COVID-19 Fight With Teachers Hangs Over A 2nd Week https://popularresistance.org/chicagos-covid-19-fight-with-teachers-hangs-over-a-2nd-week/


Oakland Students Petition For School District To Go To Remote Learning https://popularresistance.org/oakland-students-petition-for-school-district-to-go-to-remote-learning/


Move Over, God, Guns, and Abortion – Make Room for CRT https://www.laprogressive.com/make-room-for-crt/




PROOF POINTS: More studies mark the pandemic’s toll on student achievement https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-more-studies-mark-the-pandemics-toll-on-student-achievement/

OPINION: Pennsylvania’s school funding is a case study in the future of inequality https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-pennsylvanias-school-funding-is-a-case-study-in-the-future-of-inequality/



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

Critical – & I Mean CRITICAL – Point About “Learning Loss” That Is Being…..Lost | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123756

A Look Back: “Ofrecer autonomĂ­a es clave para desarrollar la motivaciĂłn” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122647

Pins Of The Week | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122991 on @Larryferlazzo

Monday’s New Tweets & Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123739

“Teacher: ‘Omicron Is Truly Bringing Education to Its Knees’” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123748 on @Larryferlazzo

As Chicago's mayor and teachers wrangle over omicron, classes are canceled https://www.npr.org/2022/01/10/1071767001/as-chicagos-mayor-and-teachers-wrangle-over-omicron-classes-are-canceled

Chicago’s Public Schools Cancel Classes for Fourth Day https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/us/chicago-public-schools-classes-cancelled.html

91 Philly schools will be remote this week due to staffing shortages https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/1/7/22872790/91-philly-schools-will-be-remote-this-week-amid-covid-surge-omircon

Trump under fire for forcing New York school district to subsidize one of his golf courses https://www.rawstory.com/trump-westchester-golf-course/




Why toxic school environments must change — right now - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/09/toxic-school-environments-must-change/


Montgomery County to keep 11 schools virtual this week; will give all students KN-95 masks https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/09/montgomery-county-schools-virtual-covid/

Minneapolis teachers union continues push for online classes as COVID cases rise https://www.fox9.com/news/minneapolis-teachers-union-continues-push-for-online-classes-as-covid-cases-rise

Alternative Sioux Falls schools trend upward as enrollment levels - https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/education/2022/01/10/alternative-sioux-falls-schools-trend-upward-enrollment-levels-department-education-covid/6301232001/#new_tab via @argusleader

Districts Are Screening for Racial Biases During Teacher Job Interviews. Here's How - https://www.edweek.org/leadership/districts-are-trying-to-screen-out-racial-biases-during-teacher-job-interviews-heres-how/2021/12#new_tab by @madeline_will on @educationweek

Kids in Washington don’t have to start school until third grade. Lawmakers want to change that | The Seattle Times - https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=14544813 by @jennsmith_ink on @seattletimes

Standardized test scores in California fell during year in distance learning http://edsource.org/?page_id=665487 via @edsource

CTU union head accuses mayor of being ‘relentlessly stupid’ in her position on reopening schools - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2022/1/10/22876191/chicago-public-schools-teachers-union-reopening-coronavirus-covid-testing-classes-canceled#new_tab

Schools are starting to mandate Asian American studies. More could follow suit. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/schools-are-starting-mandate-asian-american-studies-follow-suit-rcna11118 via @nbcnews

As More Teachers' Unions Push for Remote Schooling, Parents Worry. So Do Democrats. https://news.yahoo.com/more-teachers-unions-push-remote-163255761.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr via @YahooNews

More Than 90 Philadelphia Schools Going Virtual This Week Due To COVID-Related Staffing Issues – CBS Philly - https://cbsloc.al/3na5biu on CBSphilly

Striking findings from 2021 https://pewrsr.ch/3E7ggq7

How the Pandemic Could Affect the Rise in Student Debt https://pew.org/3pgti0j via @pewtrusts

12 Oakland schools close when teachers call COVID-19 sickout - Los Angeles Times - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-08/oakland-schools-closed-sickout#new_tab by @melissagomez004 on @latimes

CCSD: Parents who sued over mask mandate owe $57.5K in legal fees | Las Vegas Review-Journal - https://wp.me/p8qdWm-awRp on @reviewjournal

‘I’m barely clinging onto work’: Exhausted parents face another wave of school shutdowns https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/01/08/omicron-working-parents-schools/?tid=ss_tw



Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, January 9, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-top-banana-todays-education_9.html

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

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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


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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

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