A New Anthem for #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool: “False Knowledge,” by the middle school duo Triple S! – I AM AN EDUCATOR

A New Anthem for #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool: “False Knowledge,” by the middle school duo Triple S! – I AM AN EDUCATOR

A New Anthem for #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool: “False Knowledge,” by the middle school duo Triple S!

To support the artists, Triple S, please buy the track on Bandcamp at:
https://southseattleswagger.bandcamp.com/track/false-knowledge

Black Lives Matter at School has a new anthem for the movement!

The middle school duo from Seattle, Triple S (South Seattle Swagger)–Mc’s Freeze 32 and Gucci Grape–is officially releasing their new track titled, “False Knowledge,” fuel the struggle for Ethnic Studies and Black Studies. As Triple S wrote about the song, “This track is a runaway enslaved African from the master(narrative).”

To drive this point home, Freeze 32 says in one of his lyrics:

This verse is dedicated to the black youth, ayy

Let me show you what the facts will do

Ethnic Studies now!

Give our youth the money now!

Gucci Grape celebrates learning from people’s history in the first line of the song,

Do you believe everything in your textbook?

Do you believe fake stories about Columbus, Captain Cook,

Look, don’t believe everything that you see,

False Knowledge could catch us yes, you or me

If you dig this track, please support the artists by buying the track on Bandcamp and sharing it with everyone in struggle and everyone who is still stuck in the false knowledge trap.

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Florida: Stop the Mega-Voucher Bill! | Diane Ravitch's blog

Florida: Stop the Mega-Voucher Bill! | Diane Ravitch's blog

Florida: Stop the Mega-Voucher Bill!

The Constitution of the state of Florida bans the transfer of public funds to religious schools or any religious institution. The ban is unequivocal. It says: “No revenue of the state or any political subdivision or agency thereof shall ever be taken from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution.”

In 2012, the state voted on a referendum to permit vouchers for religious schools. The proposed Amendment 8 was misleadingly called “the Religious Freedom Amendment.” Voters turned it down by 55%-45%.

Despite the explicit language of the State Constitution, despite the defeated state referendum, despite the body of research that shows that voucher schools are mostly inferior to public schools, despite the number of religious schools that openly discriminate in admissions and that use textbooks that are racist and sexist, Florida’s Republican governors and legislature have steadily CONTINUE READING: Florida: Stop the Mega-Voucher Bill! | Diane Ravitch's blog

Alfie Kohn: The Tests Are Lousy, So How Could the Scores Be Meaningful? | National Education Policy Center

Alfie Kohn: The Tests Are Lousy, So How Could the Scores Be Meaningful? | National Education Policy Center

Alfie Kohn: The Tests Are Lousy, So How Could the Scores Be Meaningful?

Way before Waze, I listened to traffic reports on my car radio whenever I had to drive to the airport. Over time I came to realize that the information they broadcast was frequently wrong: I’d be caught in a jam on a highway that the radio had just told me was in good shape or, conversely, I’d be speeding along on a road I’d been warned about. So why did I find myself tuning in again on my next trip? Similarly, why do I keep checking weather forecasts to help me decide when to take a walk with a friend…even though I’ve learned that these forecasts, too, are not very reliable¹?

In short, am I really so addicted to data that I prefer misleading information to none at all?

This mea culpa is my way of reminding myself not to be judgmental about the following story, which I have told during lectures: It seems a group of teachers at a school in Florida were sitting in the faculty lounge, exchanging tales of woe about the state’s standardized testing regimen, grimly reviewing the ways it demoralized their students and impeded learning. As they were commiserating, the P.A. speaker suddenly crackled to life with an announcement from the principal: The school’s official test results from last year had just been released and they were much better than the prior year’s.

Can you guess what the teachers did then? They burst into applause.

I emitted a deep guttural groan when I first heard that story. After all, these teachers CONTINUE READING: Alfie Kohn: The Tests Are Lousy, So How Could the Scores Be Meaningful? | National Education Policy Center

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s First Big Test | janresseger

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s First Big Test | janresseger

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s First Big Test

Miguel Cardona’s confirmation hearing as President Biden’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education is scheduled for this morning at 10 AM in the U.S. Senate Education Committee.  Assuming Cardona is confirmed by the committee and subsequently on the floor of the U.S. Senate, his first big test as Education Secretary will be his decision about what to do about federally mandated high-stakes student testing in this COVID-19 school year.

A groundswell of opposition to student testing continues to grow. On Saturday, the Washington Post‘s Valerie Strauss reported that educators across the states are asking Cardona “to give states permission not to give students federally mandated standardized tests this spring.”  Last year Trump’s education secretary Betsy DeVos cancelled the testing right after schools shut down nationwide due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

Earlier last week, Strauss reported: “This is the second straight year that states are asking for waivers… This week, the U.S. Education Department sent a letter to chief state school officers saying the February 1 deadline for seeking a waiver was being extended though it didn’t set a new deadline. It promised states that it would soon provide details on CONTINUE READING: U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s First Big Test | janresseger

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Saint Coltrane: The Church Built On 'A Love Supreme'

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'In this 20-minute documentary short, Jazz Night in America pays a visit to the Coltrane Church, thoughtfully tracing its winding history — including a tumultuous period when Alice Coltrane, John's widow, bestowed and then revoked her support. We'll delve into the spiritual mysteries of 'A Love Supreme,' from "Acknowledgment" to "Psalm," and consider what it means to be of service — to a calling,

NCMOH Jazz Series: Nnenna Freelon: Concert with Conversation

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The Quarantine Tapes 153: Joy Harjo

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Black History Month 2021: “There’s a Lot Left to Be Done” by Ben Jealous

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