Friday, April 8, 2022

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, April 8, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #StandWithUkraine️

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THE TOP BANANA
TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES



If Standardized Tests Were Going to Succeed, They Would Have Done So By Now  | gadflyonthewallblog - https://wp.me/p4QD1W-3Ld via @StevenSinger3



CURMUDGUCATION: PA: In Erie, School Shooting Followed By Teacher Walkout - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/04/pa-in-erie-school-shooting-followed-by.html



Congratulations, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson! | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vPJ via @dianeravitch



What Schools Can’t Do – David Labaree on Schooling, History, and Writing - https://wp.me/p8pPvU-16u by @DLabaree



The guy who brought us CRT panic offers a new far-right agenda: Destroy public education | Salon.com - https://www.salon.com/2022/04/08/the-guy-brought-us-crt-panic-offers-a-new-far-right-agenda-destroy-public-education/



Running for UFT High School VP – how I got started | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-2qk by @Jd2718x



School privatizers go bonkers over Biden's charter school rules. - https://fredklonsky.substack.com/p/school-privatizers-go-bonkers-over?s=r



Right-Wing Book Censorship Is an Attack on the Minds of Children - https://truthout.org/?p=294637 on @truthout



Open Space Schools Again? (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8xi via @CubanLarry



With A Brooklyn Accent: Judge Jackson's Appointment and the Power of History - https://withabrooklynaccent.blogspot.com/2022/04/judge-jacksons-appointment-and-power-of.html



Billy Townsend: Sen. Manny Diaz blames *the people of Jefferson County* for failing his employer's charter school. Let's audit that. - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/billy-townsend-sen-manny-diaz-blames-the-people-of-jefferson-county-for-failing-his-employers-charter-school-lets-audit-that/ on @Network4pubEd



Ed Politics | Fighting back against the school privatization agenda - https://edpolitics.org/



What Music Teachers Do in the Summer | Teacher in a strange land - https://wp.me/p1Wvaa-hu via @nancyflanagan



Teacher Tom: The Worst Way To Solve A Problem - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-worst-way-to-solve-problem.html



Billy Townsend: Ron DeSantis And His Corrupt Friend Are a Gift to Trump | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vOr via @dianeravitch



NEA: End Federal Funding for Corporate Charter Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vPq via @dianeravitch




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







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








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


Friday’s New Articles & Videos On School Reopenings
MIH83 / Pixabay Ordinarily, I’d add these new articles and videos to The Best Posts Predicting (& Showing) What Schools Look Like During The Pandemic . However, that list is just getting too massive. So, in the future, if you want to find these in one place, click here: Nearly half of LAUSD students have been chronically absent this year, data show is from The LA Times. Parents say their kids hav
“Parents Are Among Teachers’ Best Assets”
Parents Are Among Teachers’ Best Assets is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Don’t view parents as obstacles. See them as partners to enhance student learning. Here are some excerpts:


Fix the Family Glitch: To the President and Congressional Leaders | Campaign For Children - https://campaignforchildren.org/?p=298 on @Campaign4Kids



Philly officially makes Watlington city’s next schools superintendent - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/4/7/23015536/philadelphia-school-board-vote-watlington-superintendent-pick-official-teachers-students on chalkbeat

Choosing Democracy: On the Sacramento Shootings : Sac Poor People's Campaign - http://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2022/04/on-sacramento-shootings-sac-poor.html





The Books Briefing: The Fight Over What Kids Can Read https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/04/banned-books-critical-race-theory-1619-project/620394/?utm_source=feed

Alabama lawmakers vote to make providing gender-affirming care to trans youth a felony https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/07/alabama-transgender-gender-affirming-care-crime-00023917


Student Loans Are A Burden For Black Educators - PopularResistance.Org https://popularresistance.org/student-loans-are-a-burden-for-black-educators-cancel-them/ via @PopResistance

Marley Dias, 17, Leads Campaign to Diversify Assigned Books for Students https://www.theroot.com/marley-dias-17-leads-campaign-to-diversify-assigned-b-1848765415


Colleges Are Ditching the SAT, But Should Black Students Still Take it? https://sacobserver.com/2022/04/colleges-are-ditching-the-sat-but-should-black-students-still-take-it/



City Council approves agreement to send $1.5 m annually to NOLA Public Schools https://thelensnola.org/2022/04/07/city-council-approves-agreement-to-send-1-5-m-annually-to-nola-public-schools%ef%bf%bc/


School coronavirus outbreaks rise in L.A. County after mask orders are lifted https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-04-08/school-coronavirus-outbreaks-rise-in-l-a-county-after-mask-orders-lift

NJ’s LGBTQ curriculum still faces hurdles 3 years after it was mandated https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2022/04/nj-lgbtq-curriculum-mandated-2019-but-still-not-widely-implemented/

A jury finds a Kansas scholar guilty of fraud and hiding ties to China https://www.npr.org/2022/04/07/1091090565/feng-franklin-tao-china-initiative-university-of-kansas?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

Culture War, Redux https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/briefing/culture-war-lgbt-rights-us-politics.html



We May Be Able to Prevent Some Mass Shootings https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/opinion/mass-shooting-prevention.html


The Currency of Adversity in Elite Spaces https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/opinion/trauma-elite-universities.html


Louisiana GOP official arrested for taping children's mouths shut at his Christian school https://www.rawstory.com/john-raymond-arrested/






'Little Johnny, you're a boy': Alabama close to sending 'Don't Say Gay' and trans ban bills to GOP governor https://www.rawstory.com/little-johnny-you-re-a-boy-alabama-close-to-sending-don-t-say-gay-and-trans-ban-bills-to-gop-governor/

Absenteeism grew in schools during last school year, education officials say https://newjerseymonitor.com/2022/04/07/absenteeism-grew-in-schools-during-last-school-year-education-officials-say/ via @njmonitor

Texas' Jasper ISD is going to four-day school week - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/Jasper-ISD-going-to-four-day-school-week-17059188.php#new_tab on @houstonchron

Frustrations with Denver’s declining enrollment committee mount - Chalkbeat Colorado - https://co.chalkbeat.org/2022/4/7/23015325/denver-public-schools-school-closure-declining-enrollment-committee-concerns#new_tab on chalkbeat

More books are banned than ever before, as Congress takes on the issue - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-books-are-banned-than-ever-before-as-congress-takes-on-the-issue/ar-AAVYrrJ?ocid=uxbndlbing&fullscreen=true&cvid=422b89ca89eb48d989bb19fa748b8d37#image=1

Dallas kids need over 1M hours in tutoring but won’t get it. How far behind is DISD? - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2022/04/08/dallas-kids-need-over-1m-hours-in-tutoring-but-wont-get-it-how-far-behind-is-disd/#new_tab via @dallasnews

Laptops, staffing, a brand new gym: Federal funds help Oregon school districts improve physical and virtual school spaces - OPB - https://www.opb.org/article/2022/04/08/oregon-schools-covid-19-pandemic-relief-federal-funds-school-districts-classroom-improvements/#new_tab

Math education standards committee adds more references to MN tribes, other cultures https://www.twincities.com/2022/04/07/math-education-standards-committee-adds-more-references-to-mn-tribes-other-cultures/ via @pioneerpress

LGBTQ references stripped from proposed revisions to Colorado social studies standards for lower grades - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lgbtq-references-stripped-from-proposed-revisions-to-colorado-social-studies-standards-for-lower-grades/ar-AAVZAtf?


Kentucky governor vetoes charter school bill | AP News - https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-legislature-charter-schools-f795677415fe80f74364ef4acb462d93#new_tab on @ap






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