NYC Public School Parents: "Talk out of School": Defunding the Police and Investing in our Schools instead

NYC Public School Parents: "Talk out of School": Defunding the Police and Investing in our Schools instead

"Talk out of School": Defunding the Police and Investing in our Schools instead

Please check out the latest "Talk out of School" podcast featuring Alex Vitale, professor at Brooklyn College and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project, and Jasmine Gripper, Executive Director of Alliance for Quality Education. 

They discuss how over-policing in NYC and elsewhere has contributed to the unrest and violence that has erupted throughout the city and the nation in recent days, how the Mayor's proposed budget cuts the NYPD budget less than 1%, while cutting education by 3%, and why the city should instead be disinvesting in the police and School Safety Agents, and use the savings to hire more teachers, social workers, and counselors instead.

Alex Vitale also spoke about the secret gang database, created by the NYPD with  help from School Safety Agents, and Jasmine Gripper countered the false claims of Gov. Cuomo that he has worked for more equitable school funding while the opposite is true.

Thanks to AQE, you can send a message to the Mayor about de-funding the police here.  For more information on this issue, check out the budget demands of  Communities United for Police Reform (CPR)  and  The End of Policing by Alex Vitale , available for download as an e-book for free. 

NYC Public School Parents: "Talk out of School": Defunding the Police and Investing in our Schools instead

Teacher Tom: What If Everyone Understood Play?

Teacher Tom: What If Everyone Understood Play?

What If Everyone Understood Play?

We tend to ascribe wisdom to those who have lived longest. And that's valid: the longer someone has lived, the more mistakes they've made, and therefore, the more experience they have. But there is another type of wisdom -- if wisdom is the right word -- with which we are born, and that we proceed to "unlearn" as we get older.

Specifically, I'm thinking about play. We are born knowing not just how to play, but with the wisdom to know that play belongs at the center of our lives. We are born with all the wisdom we will ever need about eating, sleeping, and snuggling as well, but by the time we're all grown up, most of us have forgotten our store infantile wisdom.

We eat too much or not enough. Western society is plagued with poor dietary habits. Most of us don't get enough sleep either, and what we do get is so often interrupted and fitful due to stress and anxiety, not to mention the poor diets and lack of physical exercise. Snuggling might be a little easier for us, especially if we have young children in our lives, but I would assert that most of us don't get enough human touch as we go through our days.

And most adults have no idea what we're talking about when we talk about play. Of sure, they remember play, like a teddy CONTINUE READING: Teacher Tom: What If Everyone Understood Play?

SPECIAL EDITION PROTEST AND EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007

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The Tiananmen Square Protests Were Put Down On This Day In 1989 – Here Are Related Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2h

Chinese Army troops put down the Tiananmen Square protest on this day in 1989. You can find related resources at The Best Sites For Learning About Protests In History . Chinese army troops storm Tiananmen Square, this day in 1989. https://t.co/hDlRLbm6Ft pic.twitter.com/V3k43OyqhP — NYT Archives (@NYTArchives) June 4, 2017

‘Educators Must Realize That There Is No Neutral Position on Issues of Racial Justice’

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4h

is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Three educators offer lessons teachers can learn from the death of George Floyd, such as neutrality has no place in the struggle for racial justice and White educators must stop expecting their colleagues of color to do the “heavy lifting.” Here are some excerpts:

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Most Popular Posts Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

I’m making a change in the content of the regular feature. In addition to sharing the top five posts that have received the most “hits” in the preceding seven days (though they may have originally been published on an earlier date), I will also include the top five posts that have actually appeared in the past week. Often, these are different posts. You might also be interested in IT’S THE THIRTE

Part Six: Important Tweets About The Murder of George Floyd

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Check out: Part One: Important Tweets About The Murder Of George Floyd Part Two: Important Tweets About The Murder of George Floyd Part Three – Important Tweets About The Murder Of George Floyd Part Four – Important Tweets About The Murder Of George Floyd Part Five: Important Tweets About The Murder of George Floyd You might also be interested in all my “Best’ lists related to racism , particular

This Week’s Resources To Support Teachers Coping With School Closures

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

Wokandapix / Pixabay I have a number of regular weekly features (see HERE IS A LIST (WITH LINKS) OF ALL MY REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURES ). This is a relatively new addition to that list. Some of these resources will be added to The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions ! and the best will go to The “Best Of The Best” Resources To

Video: “The Risks of Color Blindness”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

I’m adding this video to THE BEST RESPONSES TO “I DON’T SEE COLOR” Here’s how it’s described: Stanford psychologist and MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt explains why the “colorblind” approach to race does more harm than good. For more info, check out her book ‘Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do.’

“‘Advice for the Newly Woke White Teachers on Teaching Black Children'”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 18h

‘Advice for the Newly Woke White Teachers on Teaching Black Children’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Joe Truss and Janice Wyatt-Ross offer advice to White teachers, including learning more about restorative practices and focusing on their actions, not their intentions. Here are some excerpts:

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

by Larry Ferlazzo / 23h

BiljaST / Pixabay Six years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART ONE and THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART TWO. A

Video: “Kids Around the World Share Their Lockdown Experiences”

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MiroslavaChrienova / Pixabay I’m adding this new video to A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS :

Ed Tech Digest

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Eight years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in THE BEST ED TECH 

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