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What’s at Stake in the Fight Over Reopening Schools | The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/whats-at-stake-in-the-fight-over-reopening-schools

100 Best Education Reform Books of All Time - BookAuthority - https://bookauthority.org/books/best-education-reform-books?t=bs3jz3&s=author&book=0525655379 on @bookauthority

S.C. Gives Highest Civilian Honor To Principal Who Got A Walmart Job To Help Students https://www.scpr.org/news/2021/02/09/96556/s-c-gives-highest-civilian-honor-to-principal-who/ via @kpcc

Day after protests, mayor talks ventilation, vaccination plan for Philadelphia teachers https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/2/9/22275339/day-after-protests-mayor-talks-ventilation-vaccination-plan-for-philadelphia-teachers via @ChalkbeatPHL

Guidelines For The $130 Billion Schools Will Get In The Next Stimulus Look Amazing! What An Opportunity! | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=115525 on @Larryferlazzo

Peter Greene’s Favorite Blogs | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tmt via @dianeravitch

Election for OKCPS Board of Education chairperson heads to runoff https://nondoc.com/2021/02/09/okcps-board-of-education-chairperson-heads-to-runoff/ via @nondocmedia

CDC: Double-masking helps reduce exposure to the coronavirus https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/10/cdc-coronavirus-double-masking-468319

WATCH: School board member unloads on anti-maskers after they accuse her of supporting 'evil' http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/yMqRu2EZedo/

The way we teach science misses something key: Human context https://bigthink.com/13-8/how-to-teach-science

L.A. elementary schools rapidly approach reopening threshold, but teacher vaccines lacking http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/vArbmZiokuk/la-elementary-schools-approach-reopening-threshold-teacher-vaccines-lacking

Biden wants to reopen schools. California could hold him back http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/E9pS-HvyN3Q/biden-faces-california-roadblock-in-school-reopening-push

Frustration for teachers who want COVID-19 vaccination https://www.njspotlight.com/video/frustration-for-teachers-who-want-covid-19-vaccination/

How Educators In Public Schools Are Navigating Teaching During The COVID-19 Pandemic https://www.npr.org/2021/02/09/965966835/how-educators-in-public-schools-are-navigating-teaching-during-the-covid-19-pand

How We Decided to Send Our Daughter Back to School https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/us/covid-schools-baltimore.html

What Will It Take to Reopen Schools? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/podcasts/the-daily/school-reopening-teachers-unions-biden.html

What Can We Learn From Where the Schools Stayed Open? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/magazine/school-reopenings-rhode-island.html

Chicago Teachers Union delegates approve deal to reopen schools, as opposition among educators grows - World Socialist Web Site - https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/02/09/chgo-f09.html on @WSWS_Updates

Teachers union president Randi Weingarten on reopening schools - Axios - https://www.axios.com/randi-weingarten-getting-teachers-unions-back-schools-d85ad9a6-8838-4110-845f-aac4930f7138.html

D.C. teachers union votes against strike, prompting city to withdraw request for a restraining order https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-teachers-vote-no-strike/2021/02/09/bfad1f7a-6b0a-11eb-ba56-d7e2c8defa31_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Teachers Deride Fans, Rally Outside Schools - PopularResistance.Org https://popularresistance.org/teachers-deride-fans-rally-outside-schools/ via @PopResistance

Is CDC Director Thinking Magically About School Reopenings? https://www.laprogressive.com/bidens-school-reopening-policy/

PRINCIPAL VOICE: How Zoom features and bureaucracy kneecap distance learning - The Hechinger Report https://hechingerreport.org/principal-voice-how-zoom-features-and-bureaucracy-kneecap-distance-learning/

Maryland’s largest school system decides to reopen classrooms in March https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/montgomery-county-maryland-schools-reopen/2021/02/09/b837b692-6b00-11eb-ba56-d7e2c8defa31_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Nicholas Kristof: We Are a Nation of Child Abusers | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-trg via @dianeravitch

Nancy Bailey’s Education Website: 6 Ways High-Stakes Standardized Testing Destroys Student Voice | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10764 on @NEPCtweet

Arkansas panel rejects ban on '1619 Project' in schools - https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-education-legislation-slavery-001c3be9d0bd80387ad3778c4408e08f#new_tab on @ap

Gov. Newsom calls for closing big ‘loophole’ in school funding for high-needs students http://edsource.org/?page_id=648406 via @edsource

As lawmakers consider blocking new charter schools, a proposed Providence middle school faces uncertainty - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as-lawmakers-consider-blocking-new-charter-schools-a-proposed-providence-middle-school-faces-uncertainty/ar-BB1dxzAS#new_tab

San Diego Unified starts offering learning labs for at-risk students - The San Diego Union-Tribune - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-02-08/san-diego-unified-starts-offering-learning-labs-for-at-risk-students#new_tab by @Kristen_Taketa on @sdut

Schools reopening: White House clarifies goals during COVID pandemic - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/09/white-house-clarifies-goals-reopening-schools-amid-pandemic/4456185001/#new_tab via @usatoday

S.F. school board strips Lowell High of its merit-based admissions system - https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/S-F-school-board-strips-Lowell-High-of-its-15938565.php on @sfchronicle

Biden school reopening guidance expected to focus on COVID mitigation, rather than teacher vaccination https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-reopening-guidelines-biden-cdc/ via @CBSPolitics

Dems attempt to push through school funding, wage increase - https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-education-health-coronavirus-pandemic-minimum-wage-939a984987bbaafe72264295d5a0285d#new_tab on @ap

Biden administration backs DeVos in fight over testifying about loan forgiveness - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/10/biden-devos-loan-forgiveness-468375

Big Education Ape: Teachers Are Not the Problem, They Are the Solution – So Work With Them - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/teachers-are-not-problem-they-are.html

Big Education Ape: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Black Educator Hall of Fame Member - Philly's 7th Ward - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/ida-b-wells-barnett-black-educator-hall.html

Big Education Ape: Why Does the Thomas B. Fordham Institute Control Education Policy in Ohio? | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/why-does-thomas-b-fordham-institute.html

Big Education Ape: Thoughts on the Legacy of Karen Jennings Lewis - LA Progressive - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/thoughts-on-legacy-of-karen-jennings.html

Big Education Ape: One Nation Mumbles God (Is the Pledge Constitutional?) | Blue Cereal Education - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/one-nation-mumbles-god-is-pledge.html

Big Education Ape: Teacher Tom: That's the Real Work of Being a Parent - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/teacher-tom-thats-real-work-of-being.html

Big Education Ape: Chicago teachers union approves the reopening plan – Fred Klonsky - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/chicago-teachers-union-approves.html

Big Education Ape: Check Out this Fine New Book on Social Justice Unionism: “Teachers Unions and Social Justice” | janresseger - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/02/check-out-this-fine-new-book-on-social.html

Frontline Dispatches: The struggle for Racial Justice in the Schools during the time of COVID–A conversation with Gerald Lenoir and Jesse Hagopian – I AM AN EDUCATOR

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Frontline Dispatches: The struggle for Racial Justice in the Schools during the time of COVID–A conversation with Gerald Lenoir and Jesse Hagopian I am beyond excited to join my dad, Gerald Lenoir, in an online conversation about the struggle for racial justice in the schools during the COVID era on Wednesday, February 10th, at 7pm EST/4pm PST. From racial justice in schools during COVID, to the

CURMUDGUCATION: This Is Not An Anti-Teacher Gotcha Moment

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This Is Not An Anti-Teacher Gotcha Moment So I posted this on Twitter, and drew the response pictured here There's a special group of folks among those who hate teacher unions and the teachers who belong to them. You'll remember these folks from back in the days when we were going to use test-based teacher ratings to fire our way to greatness. Their story of the US public education system is som

Mike Klonsky's Blog: The good ones are leaving us too soon.

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The good ones are leaving us too soon. As everyone has heard by now, former CTU Pres. Karen Lewis passed yesterday, leaving a tear in my eye but also great memories for me to hold on to. Some of my fondest include our (Susan and my) occasional breakfast meetings at Meli's on Wells Street just to touch base and have a few laughs. Another was from an event we held for Jonathan Kozol back in 2012.

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Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES CTU Statement on the Passing of President Emerita Karen Lewis | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ttX via @dianeravitch NYC Educator: UFT Executive Board February 8, 2021 Middle Schools Open, UFT District Rep. Runs for City Council Without UFT Endorsement - http://nyceducator.com/2021/02/uft-executive-board-february-8-2021.htm

Emma Tai: Karen Lewis Taught Us to Believe That We Could Win | Diane Ravitch's blog

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Emma Tai: Karen Lewis Taught Us to Believe That We Could Win Emma Tai is executive director of United Working Families of Chicago. She describes in Jacobin the powerful lesson that she learned from Karen Lewis. She writes:

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Teachers Are Not the Problem, They Are the Solution – So Work With Them

Teachers Are Not the Problem, They Are the Solution – So Work With Them

Teachers Are Not the Problem, They Are the Solution – So Work With Them

By Colleen O’Connor

Time to be blunt.  Teachers, students and children are the new electoral battering rams amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Just as I wrote in June of last year, the 2020 Presidential election it was “not Biden v. Trump, but COVID-19 v. Trump).”  And the GOP’s own confidential postmortem report (as quoted on Politico), confirms it.

“The autopsy says that coronavirus registered as the top issue among voters, and that Biden won those voters by a nearly 3-to-1 margin. A majority registered disapproval of Trump’s handling of the virus.

“Most voters said they prioritized battling the coronavirus over reopening the economy, even as [Trump] put a firm emphasis on the latter. And roughly 75 percent of voters — most of whom favored Biden — said they favored public mask-wearing mandates.”

Now, the Republicans hope to flip the script and blame all the COVID ills on the Democrats.

Thus, the 2022 Governor’s and Congressional elections will not be about Democrats v. Republicans, or San Diego’s Mayor, Kevin Faulconer v. Governor Newsom (plus the recall effort) but Democrats v. COVID-19’s effects on schools, children and teachers.

As GOP leader, Senator Mitch McConnell telegraphed the drive last week, “The obstacle is a lack of willpower. Not among students. Not among parents. Just among the rich, powerful unions that donate huge sums to Democrats and get a stranglehold over education in many communities.”

Back to being blunt.  New likely GOP bumper stickers.  “Save the Children.  Blame the Teachers.  Defeat CONTINUE READING: Teachers Are Not the Problem, They Are the Solution – So Work With Them

Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Black Educator Hall of Fame Member - Philly's 7th Ward

Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Black Educator Hall of Fame Member - Philly's 7th Ward

IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT, BLACK EDUCATOR HALL OF FAME MEMBER

E’ry day this month, the Center for Black Educator Development, in partnership with Phillys7thWard.org, will highlight a Black Educator Hall of Famer.

But, don’t forget, e’ry month is Black History Month…February is just the Blackest.

Today, our featured Black Educator is Ida B. Wells-Barnett.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an activist in the truest sense of the word. Born in Mississippi in 1862, Well-Barnett was born into enslavement. However, her memories of childhood were of Reconstruction when her parents were politically active. Her parents also stressed the importance of education. Shortly after the Civil War, Wells-Barnett’s parents taught themselves how to read and she learned immediately after that.

Sadly, yellow fever hit her family, killing both her parents and her youngest CONTINUE READING: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Black Educator Hall of Fame Member - Philly's 7th Ward