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Saturday, March 26, 2022

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, March 26, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #StandWithUkraine️

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THE TOP BANANA
TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES



A LACK OF HONEST CONVERSATION – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-38W via @norinrad10



CURMUDGUCATION: Feds Propose Change In Charter School Grant Regulations - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/03/feds-propose-change-in-charter-school.html



Today, only two months into 2022, millionaires stop paying their Social Security tax. - https://fredklonsky.substack.com/p/today-only-two-months-into-2022-millionaires?s=r



Putin’s Disinformation Campaign Collapses When He Orders Invasion of Ukraine | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vFZ via @dianeravitch


Students and Teachers As Reformers: Garfield High School (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8wb via @CubanLarry




Berkshire & Schneider: Democrats Need a New Message About Education | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vJT via @dianeravitch



Blue Cereal Education - https://bluecerealeducation.com/



Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Announce Joint Effort to Develop and Share Resources to Ensure Children Have Access to School-Based Health Services | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/education-secretary-miguel-cardona-hhs-secretary-xavier-becerra-announce-joint-effort-develop-and-share-resources-ensure-children-have-access-school-based-health-services



USA TODAY: Should Charter Schools Pay Back the Federal Money They Took Without Need? | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vKH via @dianeravitch



Shakespearean Troupe Performs in Rural West Virginia, Bringing the Bard to His Roots in Popular Culture | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vsx via @dianeravitch



Day Three Of Our Strike & The State Superintendent Of Public Instruction Intervenes | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=125719 on @Larryferlazzo



Now they’ve pissed off the librarians! – wsg Joyce McIntosh, Freedom to Read advocate | Eclectablog - https://www.eclectablog.com/?p=73336 on @Eclectablog




Big Education Ape: SPECIAL: THE SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED STRIKE - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/special-sacramento-city-unified-strike.html






Ex-GOP Gov Candidate Calls For ‘Firing Squad’ For Transgender Allies - https://www.mississippifreepress.org/22283/ex-gop-gov-candidate-calls-for-firing-squad-for-trans-rights-supporters-political-foes/ via @msfreepress




Practical Ways Schools Can Support Student Learning Now (Opinion) - https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-practical-ways-schools-can-support-student-learning-now/2022/03 by @Larryferlazzo on @educationweek


Philly school board adopts preliminary 2023 budget despite opposition https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/3/25/22996900/philly-school-board-budget-pleas-principals-schools-suffer via @ChalkbeatPHL

Farm Fresh Produce LLC Recalls Mixed Mushrooms - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/recallfarmfremixmushroom.asp







Recommended: Furman faculty pass resolution rejecting pending state legislation aimed at academic freedom – academic freedom isn't free - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-arp via @plthomasEdD

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







Kids Are Learning History From Video Games Now https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/history-video-games-europa-universalis/622892/?utm_source=feed

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


LARB Radio Hour: Danielle Lindemann's 'True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us'
' Danielle Lindemann joins LARB Radio Hour today to talk about her latest book, True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us . Bouncing between the ideas of major thinkers in modern sociology, including Emile Durkheim, Michel Foucault, and others, the book explores how reality TV both reflects and reproduces the real-world social tensions, inequities and slippages around class, race, gender, sexuali
Creative Control: Patreon CEO Jack Conte on the Creative Middle Class
'As the cofounder and CEO of Patreon (and a creator himself), Jack Conte ’s whole mission has been helping creators make a stable living. Patreon allows creators to charge monthly or annual subscription fees for access to their content. And since the company started nine years ago, it’s paid out $3.5 billion to more than 250,000 creators. Patreon itself was recently valued at $4 billion, so clear

L.A. Unity Cruise: Over 100 Lowriders ‘Cruise for Justice’ from East Los Angeles to City Hall - L.A. TACO - https://www.lataco.com/?p=112568 via @lataco




AFT and AAUP meet with Colorado gov. about proposed union bill – Ballotpedia News - https://news.ballotpedia.org/?p=19752








Texas AG Ken Paxton says Austin schools' Pride Week is "immoral" and "illegal" https://www.salon.com/2022/03/25/texas-ken-paxton-says-austin-schools-pride-week-is-immoral-and-illegal/

Pandemic Caused Black and Latino Students to Cancel their College Plans at a Disproportionate Rate https://www.theroot.com/pandemic-caused-black-and-latino-students-to-cancel-the-1848704601


Behind The Lens episode 162: The ‘clickbait’ special https://thelensnola.org/2022/03/25/behind-the-lens-episode-162-the-clickbait-special/



How School Boards Became a Frontline in Partisan Warfare | Time - https://time.com/6159177/school-board-elections-covid-19-critical-race-theory/#new_tab on @TIME



Montgomery County schools’ anti-racist audit to examine its curriculums https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/03/26/montgomery-county-schools-antiracism-audit/


Marion Joseph, who changed the way California children learned to read, dies https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-25/marion-joseph-california-education-reading





Stung by pandemic fallout, Sacramento teachers strike for a third day https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-25/sacramento-teachers-and-school-workers-wrap-up-day-three-of-strike

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


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: This is an interesting post by Dan Meyer: We Should Wish PhotoMath All The Success In The World . I’m adding it to The Best Apps, Online
A Look Back: 26 Places To Get The “Same” Text At Different Levels
I’m continuing my “A Look Back” series by looking at past “Best” lists and updating them. geralt / Pixabay I originally posted The Best Places To Get The “Same” Text Written For Different “Levels” in 2014, and have been revising and updating it since that time. It’s consistently been one of my most popular posts. The list includes sites like Newsela , News In Levels , Tween Tribune , and 23 more,
Day Three Of Our Strike & The State Superintendent Of Public Instruction Intervenes
After a third day of picketing at our schools, and then holding a massive protest and march in downtown Sacramento, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has called for a negotiation session of all parties (see video below). Assuming this happens later today, it will be the first time in several years our district’s superintendent has actually participated in a bargaining sessi

NJ Senate OKs bill to remove this test for aspiring teachers https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/nj-senate-oks-bill-to-remove-this-test-for-aspiring-teachers/


Utah bans transgender athletes in girls sports despite governor's veto https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/1088908741/utah-transgender-athletes-veto-override


New Orleans rescinds a long-ignored rule prohibiting jazz and dancing in schools https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/1088879159/new-orleans-rescinds-a-long-ignored-rule-prohibiting-jazz-and-dancing-in-schools

Virginia's law barring mask mandates does not apply to 12 children with disabilities https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/1088849364/virginia-mask-mandate-schools

Data of 820,000 NYC students compromised in hack of online grading system: Education Dept. https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-hack-illuminate-online-gradebook-compromised-personal-data-20220325-ahy3b3b3t5cjzajau63muqcniq-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

'America will fall' unless GOP voters adopt new litmus test of defunding 'gov ed': Newsmax host https://www.rawstory.com/republicans-defund-gov-ed/

Montana sending troubled kids to programs that Paris Hilton and other students have accused of abuse https://www.rawstory.com/montana-is-sending-troubled-kids-to-out-of-state-programs-that-have-been-accused-of-abuse-2657040509/

Fact Check: Sacramento City Unified teachers aren’t the highest paid, but health benefits top the list https://www.kcra.com/article/fact-check-sacramento-city-unified-teachers-pay-health-benefits-top-the-list/39532297

UPDATE: Thurmond wants Sacramento City Unified district and union leaders to return to the bargaining table https://edsource.org/thurmond-wants-sacramento-city-unified-district-and-union-leaders-to-return-to-the-bargaining-table

Sacramento City Unified strike: What the district offered the teachers' union and a history of strife https://news.yahoo.com/sacramento-city-unified-strike-district-234613471.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr via @yahooNewsUK
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten to Visit Schools in Upper Darby and William Penn Districts to Highlight Innovative Pandemic Recovery Efforts | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/media-advisories/us-deputy-secretary-education-cindy-marten-visit-schools-upper-darby-and-william-penn-districts-highlight-innovative-pandemic-recovery-efforts



Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, March 26, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #StandWithUkraine️ - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-top-banana-todays-education_26.html

Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, March 26, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/top-posts-this-week-saturday-march-26.html


Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, March 18, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #StandWithUkraine️ - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-top-banana-todays-education_18.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/2022/03/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_26.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/2022/03/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_26.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/this-week-education-research-report_26.html


Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_26.html
Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from_26.html

Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early_26.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/this-weeks-wildness-dad-gone-wild_26.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/2022/03/network-for-public-education-blog-post_26.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT AND A TENNESSESS HOLLER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/this-weeks-tennessee-education-report_26.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona_26.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, March 19, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #StandWithUkraine️ - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-top-banana-todays-education_19.html
Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, March 19, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/03/top-posts-this-week-saturday-march-19.html



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