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Saturday, February 12, 2022

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, February 12, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

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THE TOP BANANA
TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES



The War Against Public Education is Escalating. Come to Our Conference and Fight Back - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/the-war-against-public-education-is-escalating-come-to-our-conference-and-fight-back/ via @Network4pubEd



CURMUDGUCATION: Everyone On The Train - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/02/everyone-on-train.html 



Seattle Schools Community Forum: What Are You Seeing in Seattle Schools Around Students and Stress? - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2022/02/what-are-you-seeing-in-seattle-schools.html 



Cold War comings and goings - by Michael Klonsky - https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/cold-war-comings-and-goings




#TeachTruth: Don’t censor honest accounts of history – I AM AN EDUCATOR - https://wp.me/p3bHrD-1M6 via @JessedHagopian 



Denis Smith: The Charter and Voucher Wars Continue | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vrt via @dianeravitch 



CURMUDGUCATION: When Choice Doesn't Put Parents First - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/02/when-choice-doesnt-put-parents-first.html 



Great teachers have always valued social-emotional learning https://nondoc.com/2022/02/12/great-teachers-have-always-valued-social-emotional-learning/ via @nondocmedia 



John Merrow: A Spartacus Moment | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vtn via @dianeravitch 




South Carolina: Republican Legislators Advance Voucher Legislation | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vuj via @dianeravitch 



Ed Notes Online: UFT Pres. Candidate Camille Eterno with Daniel Alicea: WBAI Saturday, 1 PM; Halabi calls for Unity to Replace Mulgrew, Election petition return day - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2022/02/uft-pres-candidate-camille-eterno-with.html



Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle School Board Listens to Anti-Maskers (Probably Anti-Vaxxers as well) - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2022/02/seattle-school-board-listens-to-anti.html



Mastery Prep or How to Nail the ACT – Grumpy Old Teacher - https://wp.me/p9VD0X-Sp by @sampsongregory 

Problem in the Chat – Grumpy Old Teacher - https://wp.me/p9VD0X-SD by @sampsongregory 



Tim Slekar: We Do Not Have a Teacher Shortage | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vuI via @dianeravitch 



IEA about retiree health care funding cuts: Don't worry. Be happy. - https://fredklonsky.substack.com/p/iea-about-retiree-health-care-funding 



"Thin love ain't love at all," pt 1: Beloved's track through the trees - https://billytownsend.substack.com/p/thin-love-aint-love-at-all-pt-1-beloveds 



Stream #129 Friends and Enemies by Have You Heard | Listen online for free on SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/haveyouheardpodcast/friends-and-enemies





An open letter to families and educators | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction - https://dpi.wi.gov/node/113316 

Darien says no to Open Choice program that would open school district to Norwalk students - Hartford Courant - https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-darien-wieghs-open-choice-20220202-ownr7auwujgmbjlhp4yudwqrme-story.html via @hartfordcourant




3 not-quite-true claims about the pandemic and schools - Chalkbeat - https://www.chalkbeat.org/2022/2/11/22928029/myths-schools-teacher-turnover on chalkbeat 





Charter commission orders online school to close permanently - https://idahoednews.org/TG7Mj via @idahoednews 

NYC DOT has rough road in first days under Mayor Adams - New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-nyc-dot-mayor-adams-ydanis-rodriguez-20220211-odg5rqc5u5eqpjr4lsgmsg7hum-story.html via @nydailynews 



Our History | NAACP - https://naacp.org/about/our-history 





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








The next generation of Philly teachers will include more Black men - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/2/11/22929312/philadelphia-black-teachers-pipeline-project-schools on chalkbeat 



Education Research Report: Incorporating sexual pleasure in educational sexual health programs can improve safe sex behaviors - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2022/02/incorporating-sexual-pleasure-in.html





glen brown: Lincoln - https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2022/02/lincoln.htm




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


Tariq Trotter on 'Black No More'
' Black No More is a new musical based on George S. Schuyler ’s 1931 satirical novel , about a machine that allows Black people to become white. In the musical, the machine's nefarious inventor, and the show's de facto narrator, is Dr. Junius Crookman, played by Tariq Trotter , otherwise known as The Roots' emcee Black Thought. In addition to starring, Trotter wrote the show's lyrics and co-wrote
"ACT UP, Fight Back" Charlie Frank on AIDS, Resistance, Health and Monopoly Capitalism
'In this episode of Millennials Are Killing Capitalism a conversation with Charlie Frank , an independent Marxist researcher currently studying the history of AIDS in the United States. He is on the general staff of Cosmonaut magazine, a member of St Louis DSA and a candidate member of the Marxist Unity Group. Frank discusses his article in Cosmonaut Magazine, entitled “ ACT UP, Fight Back: A His
Former NFL Player Wade Davis on His Journey to Self-Love
'For this installment of the series Black.Queer.Rising., The Takeaway talks with former NFL player, and current Vice President of Inclusion Strategy at Netflix, Wade Davis about his journey towards self-love and what he’s learned from talking with young people about the different experiences faced by queer youth today.'
Catherine Russell: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
'The celebrated jazz singer, Catherine Russell , performs a selection of popular early Jazz standards at the GB Juke Joint Studio. Russell, a Grammy Award-winning vocalist, is one of the most recognized jazz artists performing today. Behind the mic, her satiny voice is robust and relaxed, and it's clear she and the band are having a ton of fun.'
WRITING HOME | American Voices from the Caribbean: “collective” | episode 06 with Tiphanie Yanique
“We are a collection of all the stories that have been passed down to us.” – Tiphanie Yanique 'Award-winning writer and Virgin Islander Tiphanie Yanique joins Kaiama Glover and Tami Navarro on this week’s episode of WRITING HOME. Tiphanie beautifully answers (and evades) our hosts’ questions about the relationship between poetic form and place, balancing beauty and pragmatism, and addressing raci
Conversations in Atlantic Theory • Lindsey Stewart on The Politics of Black Joy: Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism
'A conversation with Lindsey Stewart , who teaches in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Memphis where she writes and publishes on issues of politics, race, sex, and gender in the African American philosophical tradition. She is the author of the book The Politics of Black Joy: Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism , published in late-2021 by Northwestern University Press and whi

How Mainstream Mindfulness Erases Its Buddhist Roots https://progressive.org/latest/how-mainstream-mindfulness-erases-buddhist-roots-hsu-220211/



What Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Could Really Mean for LGBTQ Kids https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dont-say-gay-bill-florida-lgbtq-kids-teachers-confide_l_620554b9e4b0e224afc47d82


Alabama School System Faulted For Response To Classroom Nazi Salute https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mountain-brooks-schools-classroom-nazi-salute_n_6206ef03e4b04af87f3d40a1



Tennessee Parents, Teachers Push Back Against ‘Maus’ Removal https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maus-mcminn-county-school-board-meeting_n_6206c4ede4b0e224afc71fdf


Column: Oakland hunger strike is a harbinger of looming California school funding crisis https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-12/california-schools-oakland-hunger-strike-funding-crisis



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


Research Studies Of The Week
I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature . By the way, you mig
Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week
Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON INSTRUCTION IN 2021 – PART ONE . Here are this week’s picks: Better teacher habits for better student learning is by Harry Fletcher-Wood. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR HELPING STUDENTS – &

Some New Jersey schools to end mandatory quarantine https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/some-new-jersey-schools-to-end-mandatory-quarantine/



Demand for college peer counselors is booming. But training only goes so far https://www.npr.org/2022/02/12/1079514643/college-mental-health-peer-counselors-crisis-pandemic



University of Alabama will remove Klan leader's name from a campus building after all https://www.npr.org/2022/02/11/1080142787/university-alabama-black-student-kkk-building


Teachers Tackle Black History Month, Under New Restrictions https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/12/us/black-history-month-schools-teachers.html




Not just Florida: Tennessee Republican revives his own 'Don't Say Gay' bill banning 'promotion' of LGBTQ 'lifestyles' https://www.rawstory.com/not-just-florida-tennessee-republican-revives-his-own-don-t-say-gay-bill-banning-promotion-of-lgbtq-lifestyles/



 QAnon-linked group files insurance claims against schools that won't drop mask mandates: report https://www.rawstory.com/qanon-2656638278/


New York school investigating after students hooted 'ape noises' at Black basketball player https://www.rawstory.com/high-school-racism/



Separation of church and state? Let's get real — that's over. So what do we do now? https://www.salon.com/2022/02/12/separation-of-church-and-state-lets-get-real--thats-over-so-what-do-we-do-now/




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Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, February 11, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-top-banana-todays-education_11.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 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_12.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_12.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/this-week-education-research-report_12.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_12.html




Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from_12.html

Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early_12.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_12.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_12.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/02/this-weeks-tennessee-education-report_12.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_12.html

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