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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES



WPIAL is Wrong! Racist Taunts at a Football Game are NOT a Matter of Both Sides | gadflyonthewallblog - https://wp.me/p4QD1W-3Ix via @StevenSinger3



A REAL DAMP SQUIB – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-354 via @norinrad10



NYC Educator: Bean Salad - http://nyceducator.com/2022/02/bean-salad.html



Olympic athletes aren't buying into Cold War politics - https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/olympic-athletes-arent-buying-into



CURMUDGUCATION: Parents Defending Education Targets Black Lives Matter - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/02/parents-defending-education-targets.html



RFA: Social Isolation Supports Grant (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r10/social-isolation-rfa.asp



Virginia: Judge Temporarily Blocks Youngkin’s Ban on Mask Mandates | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vsc via @dianeravitch



Peter Greene: Alabama Republican Hopes to Eliminate Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vrM via @dianeravitch



The Highly Unqualified Teacher | Teacher in a strange land - https://wp.me/p1Wvaa-gJ via @nancyflanagan



Book Bans and Rightwing Boobs - Progressive.org - https://progressive.org/latest/book-bans-right-wing-boobs-fiore-220204/



David Corn: The Inside Story of the Tennessee School Board that Banned MAUS | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vqo via @dianeravitch



Oklahoma: “Backpack“ Aims to Defund Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vrW via @dianeravitch



Evidence To Support Teacher-Centered Instruction (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8sz via @CubanLarry



Moving the SATs online won't restore them to relevance https://thehill.com/opinion/education/592848-moving-the-sats-online-wont-restore-them-to-relevance


Judge halts VA governor's opt-out school mask order, for now - https://news.yahoo.com/judge-rules-against-va-governors-221855891.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr on @YahooNews


Looking Beyond Affirmative Action https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/02/looking-beyond-affirmative-action/621502/?utm_source=feed

Danger Ahead for the “Parents Rights” Movement https://www.laprogressive.com/parents-rights-movement/




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

How Big Sugar Stripped Hawaiians Of Their Own Land And Water
'Hawai’i’s sugar industry drained streams to irrigate its crops for over a century, often displacing Native Hawaiian farmers who relied on the water. The last sugar plantation closed in 2016. So why are Native Hawaiian farmers still fighting for their water rights?'
Big Boi & Sleepy Brown Break Down Their Most Iconic Tracks
' Big Boi and Sleepy Brown break down their most iconic tracks, including 'Rosa Parks,' 'Player's Ball,' 'Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)' by UGK feat. Outkast , 'So Fresh, So Clean,' ATLiens,' 'Ms. Jackson,' 'Dirty South,' 'The Way You Move,' 'SpottieOttieDopaliscious,' 'Shutterbugg,' 'Shine Blockas' feat. Gucci Mane and more.'
Abolition. Feminism. Now. | with Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, Beth E. Richie and Mariame Kaba.
'As a politic and a practice, abolition increasingly shapes our political moment — halting the construction of new jails and propelling movements to divest from policing. Yet erased from this landscape are not only the central histories of feminist — usually queer, anti-capitalist, grassroots, and women of color — organizing that continue to cultivate abolition but a recognition of the stark real
Billy Dee Williams on Diana Ross & Lady Sings the Blues
' Billy Dee Williams on Diana Ross , whose feature film debut is their movie Lady Sings the Blues . Featuring Ross in an Oscar®-nominated role, Lady Sings the Blues (1972) is an unflinching look at the life of legendary singer Billie Holiday – co-starring American Film Institute Trustee Emeritus Billy Dee Williams as Holiday’s husband.'
DaMaris Hill in The Black Writer's Studio
' Dr. DaMaris B. Hill is the author of Breath Better Spent: Living Black Girlhood , A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland , The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow: Staking Claims in the American Heartland , and Visible Textures . She is a 2020 NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry and
Nike's Larry Miller, His Story of Redemption and Building The Jordan Brand
' Larry Miller has been a top executive in sports and athletic wear for decades. As the Chairman of Nike's Jordan Brand, he's in charge of a multibillion-dollar global apparel juggernaut. But as a teenager growing up in West Philadelphia, he made a violent mistake that haunted him for decades: he murdered an 18-year-old man, Edward David White .'

With OSBI report finally complete, O’Connor sends Epic investigation back to David Prater https://nondoc.com/2022/02/04/epic-investigation-returned-to-david-prater/ via @nondocmedia

Stitt talks increasing teacher pay, beefing up STEM education https://nondoc.com/2022/02/05/stitt-talks-increasing-teacher-pay/ via @nondocmedia



Judge rules against VA governor’s opt-out school mask order https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/04/judge-rules-against-va-governors-opt-out-school-mask-order-00005939

Russ on Reading: Book Banning Turns to Dick and Jane - http://russonreading.blogspot.com/2022/02/book-banning-turns-to-dick-and-jane.html






Justice Breyer and Parents Involved https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/02/justice-breyer-and-parents-involved/

Justice Breyer: A pragmatic moderate https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/02/justice-breyer-a-pragmatic-moderate/


Timberland Launches Black History Campaign Celebrating Black Creators https://www.theroot.com/timberland-launches-black-history-campaign-celebrating-1848483710


Cheat Sheet: What is Critical Race Theory? https://www.theroot.com/cheat-sheet-what-is-critical-race-theory-1848482451


Black History Icons: Rosa Parks https://sacobserver.com/2022/02/black-history-icons-rosa-parks/



Biggest Lie of the Day | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vs3 via @dianeravitch








In Virginia, some students worry about a future without coronavirus vaccine mandates https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/05/virginia-college-students-covid-vaccine/

Arlington judge issues temporary restraining order barring enforcement of Youngkin’s mask-optional policy https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/04/arlington-judge-issues-temporary-restraining-order-barring-enforcement-youngkins-mask-optional-policy/

Private schools have turned away L.A. County health inspectors checking on COVID-19 rules https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-05/private-schools-turn-away-la-county-covid-19-health-inspectors

California bill would boost schools' access to student COVID-19 vaccine data https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-04/california-schools-could-check-student-vaccination-records-legislation


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

Useful Findings From New Paper Applying “Design Principles” To Instruction
geralt / Pixabay I recently learned about a new study on multi-media learning from Pedro de Bruyckere . To tell you the truth, I didn’t really understand what it was about after reading the abstract . The full paper is behind a paywall, but I was able to get a prepublication version of it. The paper is titled “Multimedia Design for Learning: An Overview of Reviews With Meta-Meta-Analysis.” I seem
A Look Back: “We Should Be Obsessed With Racial Equity”
I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . This post originally appeared in 2017: I have often shared links to Education Week posts by Walt Gardner in this blog. His pieces are short, to-the-point, and often, in my opinion, right on target. However, I have to say that I was sho

Vegan Fridays at NYC schools gets off to uneven start https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-vegan-fridays-new-york-school-cafeterias-20220205-4avpcqpqinekfaynau7jg56oei-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Sacramento City Unified bus drivers call for better COVID precautions https://fox40.com/news/local-news/sacramento-city-unified-bus-drivers-call-for-better-covid-precautions/

Iowa Republican Introduces Bill to Put Cameras in Every Public School Classroom https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/iowa-republican-introduces-bill-to-put-cameras-in-every-public-school-classroom/

Abolition. Feminism. Now. | with Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, Beth E. Richie and Mariame Kaba. | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/02/abolition-feminism-now-with-angela-y.html via @NewBlackMan

How the "critical race theory" moral panic morphed into book-banning frenzy https://www.salon.com/2022/02/05/how-the-critical-race-theory-moral-panic-morphed-into-book-banning-frenzy_partner/




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Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/this-week-education-research-report.html




Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm.html




Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION -
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Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/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 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/network-for-public-education-blog-post.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/this-weeks-tennessee-education-report.html


Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona.html


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