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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, December 26, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT

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THE TOP BANANA
TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES



The Christmas Miracle | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vcp via @dianeravitch



Omicron Details, Omicron and New York City | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-2kW



A Fairy Tale That Bears Retelling | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8oG via @CubanLarry



Reader: There Is NoSuch Thing as a “Public Charter School” | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vck via @dianeravitch



Ed Notes Online: Fred Smith 2021 edition of his Annual ‘Twas the night before Christmas - in Daily News - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/12/fred-smith-2021-edition-of-his-annual.html



Jan Resseger: A New Book with Mike Rose’s Last Essay about Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vaf via @dianeravitch



Reader: Which Kind of School Is the “Factory Model”? | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-v80 via @dianeravitch



First Fruits: Getting Ready for Kwanzaa – Parenting for Liberation - https://wp.me/p7fXox-1UL by @Parenting4Lib



NYC Educator: On De Blasio's Way Out, He Does All He Can to Juke COVID Stats - http://nyceducator.com/2021/12/on-de-blasios-way-out-he-does-all-he.html



Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Feast Of Stephen Edition (12/26) - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi_26.html



Omicron and children: Pediatric hospitals in parts of U.S. filling fast - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/24/omicron-children-hospitalizations-us/

Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies at 90 - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/desmond-tutu-archbishop-south-africa-apartheid/2021/12/26/9fef6f0c-661e-11ec-a7e8-3a8455b71fad_story.html

Desmond Tutu, Whose Voice Helped Slay Apartheid, Dies at 90 - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/26/world/africa/desmond-tutu-dead.html?smid=tw-share on @nytimes

The child tax credit: The gift that keeps on giving https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/586866-the-child-tax-credit-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving

Despite Uproar Over Floyd’s Death, the Number of Fatal Encounters With Police Hasn’t Changed - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/us/police-killings-accountability.html on @nytimes

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








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

My Nine Favorite BAM! Radio Shows Of The Year – 2021 | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122981 on @Larryferlazzo

This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123226 on @Larryferlazzo

The Best Resources On Instruction In 2021 – Part Two | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123274 on @Larryferlazzo

The Best Social Studies Websites Of 2021 – Part Two | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123284 on @Larryferlazzo

The Best Ed Tech Resources Of 2021 – Part Two | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123290 on @Larryferlazzo

Snow days could become a thing of the past with virtual classes https://www.npr.org/2021/12/26/1068063613/snow-days-could-become-a-thing-of-the-past-with-virtual-classes

How to get ready to repay your student loan when the payment freeze ends https://www.npr.org/2021/12/25/1068008407/how-to-get-ready-to-repay-your-student-loan-when-the-payment-freeze-ends

After eight years, NYC Mayor de Blasio’s record is a mix of municipal ‘sleaze’ and ‘impactful’ policies https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-mayor-de-blasio-legacy-pre-k-homeless-covid-cops-budget-cuomo-20211226-nwx6mnnhnbeh3km64h2lk66efa-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

We Just Reviewed The “Galley Proofs” For The 2nd Edition Of The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide – It Will Be Published In Early April! | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123269 on @Larryferlazzo





What Kwanzaa means for Black Americans https://www.rawstory.com/what-kwanzaa-means-for-black-americans/






Marin schools to receive $7.9M for staff improvement https://www.marinij.com/2021/12/24/marin-schools-to-receive-7-9m-for-staff-improvement/

Opinion | 70 Years Ago Black Activists Accused the U.S. of Genocide. They Should Have Been Taken Seriously. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/12/26/black-activists-charge-genocide-united-states-systemic-racism-526045

The Radical Imagination of bell hooks https://www.laprogressive.com/the-radical-imagination-of-bell-hooks/

Sweet Hereafter https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/bitter-past-promising-future-of-sugarcane-industry

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

"Capitalism Generates Death Worlds" – On Necrocapitalism with Alyson Escalante, J. Moufawad Paul, and Devin Zane Shaw | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/12/capitalism-generates-death-worlds-on.html via @NewBlackMan


Birthday party | Bill Ayers - https://wp.me/p3AjC-VU









It’s Time To Talk Social Impact Investing In Brazil Glenn Greenwald – Wrench in the Gears - https://wp.me/p7SU8W-2tC

Jump in child COVID hospitalizations in N.Y. sparks concerns in California amid Omicron https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-26/jump-in-child-covid-hospitalizations-in-new-york-sparks-concerns-in-california-amid-omicron

"Think just a little bit": Nikole Hannah-Jones busts Chuck Todd for assuming most parents are white https://www.salon.com/2021/12/26/think-just-a-little-bit-nikole-hannah-jones-busts-chuck-todd-for-assuming-most-parents-are_partner/

Jamaica’s Christmas Rebellion - PopularResistance.Org https://popularresistance.org/jamaicas-christmas-rebellion/ via @PopResistance

If You Think “Don’t Look Up” Is Just an Allegory About Climate Change, You’re Missing Something https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/12/if-you-think-dont-look-up-is-just-an-allegory-about-climate-change-youre-missing-something/

Study finds positive Effects of academic education on Aging of Brain - Tech Explorist - https://wp.me/p8P12U-bjk by @https://twitter.com/amit_malewar on @TechExplorist

NOVA's top science education stories of 2021 | NOVA | PBS - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/-top-science-education-stories-2021/ by @novapbs on https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/-top-science-education-stories-2021/

Graduate Workers Win Union In Card Count https://popularresistance.org/graduate-workers-win-union-in-card-count/


Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, December 25, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-top-banana-todays-education_25.html

Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, December 25, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/top-posts-this-week-saturday-december_25.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, December 24, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-top-banana-todays-education_24.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/2021/12/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_25.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/2021/12/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_25.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/this-week-education-research-report_25.html


Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm_25.html

Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from_25.html

Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early_25.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/this-weeks-wildness-dad-gone-wild_18.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/2021/12/network-for-public-education-blog-post_25.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/this-weeks-tennessee-education-report_25.html

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona_25.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, December 18, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-top-banana-todays-education_18.html

Big Education Ape: TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, December 18, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/12/top-posts-this-week-saturday-december_18.html


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CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Feast Of Stephen Edition (12/26)

CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Feast Of Stephen Edition (12/26)



Feast Of Stephen Edition


Yes, that's today. Sing "Good King Wenceslas," the only good Feast of Stephen carol I know of.  The list is a little short this week because so many of us have been busy. 

Death Threats And Doxxing

How all this anti-mask, anti-crt stuff is playing out at actual school districts--in this case, in Texas.

The Decline of Standardized Testing

Quick Axios explainer in the wake of Harvard's dumping of the SAT and ACT scores. 

Theocrats are coming for the school board

If you know folks in the evangelical conservative Christian world, you've been hearing the refrain "We have to take back schools" for ages. Meet some of the groups currently interested in actually making that happen. From Salon.

I Love Teaching, But...

Steven Singer saying what many teachers are thinking (and saying, and acting on).

16 charts about schools in 2021

From the actual j0ournalism side of The 74, an article for all of us chart fans, some curious details from the year in graphic form.

How a Wisconsin tribe helped launch a MAGA charter school

Great piece from Ruth Coniff at the Wisconsin examiner, looking at a tribal college that is stealing a page from the Michigan playbook. Small college with financial issues? Just start authorizing charter schools any old place around the state founded for any old reason, and start pocketing your percentage. Particularly striking in this case, as the charter being authorized features a view of history that is not exactly respectful of the Native American story.

Data Queen Guidera to be Next VA Ed Secretary

The indispensable Mercedes Schneider has the scoop on Virginia's next education chief. Spoiler alert: it's not looking good.

Beware of "evidence-based" preschool curricula

Peter Gray at Psychology Today reminding us to look at the research behind the "evidence" because some of it sucks.

Anti-mask parents not constitutionally allowed to change school rules

The Hill brings us news of a case decided in federal court that went against Nevada parents who wanted to change school mask mandates.

Pirates, Profiteers and Privatizers

Thomas Ultican with a look at all three. Or rather, the one movement that combines them all.

Ayn Rand writes Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer

McSweeney's with yet another deep cut literary lampoon. "They hate you, Rudolph. They hate you for your strength."

Okay, maybe the list isn't so short after all. Also, this week over at Forbes I looked at the PA lawsuit laying bare just how badly funded the state's schools are. 






Merry Christmas
by Peter Greene / 1d
Every year I update my youtube playlist of things that are (mostly) off the beaten Yuletide musical path, not to be contrarian, but because 1) I like them and 2) it's as good a time as any to reflect on what a wide a varied species we are, and the many ways we express that. And if you're more of a Spotify type, here is a playlist from my family. All the aunts and uncles and cousins and etc etc co
FL: Another Assault On Education
23by Peter Greene / 4d
Florida owns the Number One spot on the Public Education Hostility Index , but Governor Ron DeSantis is not willing to rest on his laurels. You may have already heard about this, or you may have passed over the news because it's Florida, but some bad news needs to be repeated, particularly when it comes from the state that launches so many of the bad trends in education. DeSantis has borrowed fro
Class With Dr. Deepfake
by Peter Greene / 5d
The MIT Media Lab gas something to show us. Yikes. The video shows old pictures being brought "to life." Here's Einstein "talking" with a voice barely escaping cartoon German scientist territory, Van Gogh with a mystery accent, and Mona Lisa not actually saying, "It's a-me, Mario!" While MIT acknowledges the potential for harm of deepfakery and AI animatronics, I'm not sure they really get it. Th
Common Core In The Discount Bin
57by Peter Greene / 5d
Every community has some kind of deep discount store, the place that is the final stop for merchandise that people just won't buy until it's marked way, way, way down. In my neck of the woods, it's Ollie's (moto: "Good stuff cheap" which--well, you have admire a store that cuts to the chase). Today the CMO (Chief Marital Officer) and I were out shopping, stopped at Ollie's. and here's what we fou
ICYMI: Homecoming Edition (12/19)
by Peter Greene / 7d
My daughter and her family are on a plane today, returning with considerable trepidation to the area for Christmas stuff. Scary to have them navigate the current pandemic wave, but boy do I want to see my children and grandchildren. Ho ho ho, indeed. Here's some reading from the week. College, Career, or Whatever Readiness Jose Luis Vilson talks about the resurgence of college and career readines
PA: Senate Wants To Block Any School COVID Vaccination Mandate
by Peter Greene / 9d
In Pennsylvania, under section 1303 of the school code , we find a requirement to vaccinate school students. Right now, some legislators are preparing to mess with that. School directors, superintendents, principals, or other persons in charge of any public, private, parochial, or other school including kindergarten, are required to make sure that every child is immunized before being admitted to
8 Bad Education Models
34by Peter Greene / 9d
As we consider (or ignore) the opportunity to rethink and re-imagine education, all of our worst ideas about what education actually is have come bubbling to the surface like hippopotamus farts in a stagnant pond. There are many bad ways to frame education, models that are damaging for students or simply twist education into unproductive shapes. Here are some of the worst. The Empty Vessels Stude
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