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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES

In bitterly divided election in Southlake, Texas, opponents of anti-racism education win big - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bitterly-divided-election-southlake-texas-opponents-anti-racism-education-win-n1266102 by NBCNews on @NBCNews

During pandemic year, US teachers faced backlash over school closures, and saw a newfound respect for their work - Baltimore Sun - https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-coronavirus-teachers-20210502-qgofpnrgorhutkfdkw2abj6ggi-story.html via @baltimoresun

Prosecutors Extract Pleas, $215 Million in Charter School Fraud Case - https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/prosecutors-extract-pleas-215-million-in-charter-school-fraud-case/ via @voiceofsandiego

Opinion | America Is Brutal to Parents. Biden Is Trying to Change That. - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/opinion/biden-speech-child-care.html on @nytimes

UFT Spring Conference - https://web.cvent.com/event/72332bf6-fb57-48a9-bc56-327a017b74d5/summary

Phylicia Rashad On Alpha Kappa Alpha and Howard University History | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/05/phylicia-rashad-on-alpha-kappa-alpha.html

12 Pieces of Advice for Better Parenting http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/cMzm-txbhL8/

L.A. County’s Ambitious Youth Justice Plans https://www.laprogressive.com/conditions-at-the-countys-camps/

12-Year-Old Graduating From High School And College This Month https://patch.com/north-carolina/mooresville/12-year-old-graduating-high-school-college-month

PROOF POINTS: Robert Slavin championed the use of scientific evidence to figure out what works in education https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-robert-slavin-championed-the-use-of-scientific-evidence-to-figure-out-what-works-in-education/

Debate Erupts at N.J. Law School After White Student Quotes Racial Slur https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/nyregion/Rutgers-law-school-n-word.html

Trans Girls Are the Real Target of Anti-Trans Bills https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/trans-girls-being-targeted-by-transphobic-legislation

'I'm not a racist, damnit!' White mother goes viral after emotional rant at Missouri school meeting - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism - https://www.rawstory.com/missouri-schools-racial-justice/

'It's a stressful environment': Florida mom explains why she pulled her kid out of notorious anti-vax private school - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism - https://www.rawstory.com/centner-academy/

Fox News thrilled voters just elected ‘anti-woke’ candidates to 75% White wealthy Texas town’s school board - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism - https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-thrilled-voters-just-elected-anti-woke-candidates-to-75-white-wealthy-texas-towns-school-board/

Mitch McConnell Urges Education Secretary to Bar The 1619 Project From Federal Grant Programs Because White Fragility is a Helluva Drug https://www.theroot.com/mitch-mcconnell-urges-education-secretary-to-bar-the-16-1846807649?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=theroot_twitter via @TheRoot

WTF?: Kansas Lawmaker Allegedly Kneed Student in Groin, Asked Students About 'Making Babies,' Their Masturbation Habits and More https://www.theroot.com/wtf-kansas-lawmaker-allegedly-kneed-student-groin-as-1846807983?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=theroot_twitter via @TheRoot

Arizona High School Students Disciplined for Reenacting George Floyd's Murder - https://www.theroot.com/students-at-arizona-high-school-disciplined-after-reena-1846810351 on TheRoot

Race Was Discussed in a Missouri School District. White Tears Followed https://www.theroot.com/race-was-discussed-in-a-missouri-school-district-white-1846811010?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=theroot_twitter via @TheRoot

Melissa Carter of Central Elementary School in Clewiston, Florida, is reportedly under investigation. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/principal-melissa-carter-paddle_n_608fe210e4b046202709ac1e?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004 via @HuffPost

Answer Sheet: Former Lobbyist Details How Privatizers Are Trying to End Public Education | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10887 on @NEPCtweet

Former 'Pregnant Girl' Builds Support To Help Other Teen Moms https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/03/993012219/former-pregnant-girl-builds-support-to-help-other-teen-moms

The True Cost of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/business/racial-wealth-gap.html

Boston Public Schools surveying interest in a virtual school | Boston.com - https://www.boston.com/?p=22146079 by christopher-gavin

San Diego school districts still face deficits despite flood of COVID cash - The San Diego Union-Tribune - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-05-02/san-diego-school-districts-still-face-deficits-despite-flood-of-covid-cash#new_tab by @Kristen_Taketa on @sdut

Head Of Hawaii's Teachers' Union Is Vying To Be Interim Superintendent - Honolulu Civil Beat - https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/04/head-of-hawaiis-teachers-union-is-vying-to-be-interim-superintendent/#new_tab via @civilbeat

Pandemic boosts enrollment in cyber charter schools, but costs also are rising | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - https://www.post-gazette.com/business/bop/2021/05/03/Pennsylvania-cyber-charter-schools-brick-and-mortar-traditional-education-pandemic-online-virtual-learning-costs/stories/202105020002#new_tab via @PittsburghPG

Nearly 200 Oklahoma school districts suing state Education Board over charter school settlement https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/education/2021/05/01/oklahoma-school-districts-sue-state-board-education-charter-school-settlement/4903913001/ via @theoklahoman_

Anita Dunn, Biden adviser, says President didn't say 'absolutely' open schools in fall because virus is unpredictable - CNNPolitics - https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/02/politics/anita-dunn-schools-reopen-biden-cnntv/index.html#new_tab

LAUSD teachers oppose adding 10 days to school year, union says – Daily News - https://www.dailynews.com/?p=4501782 on @ladailynews

Will Schools Open in the Fall? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/briefing/schools-reopening-working-mothers.html?smid=tw-share

The Schools Aren’t Really Open - WSJ - https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-schools-arent-really-open-11619989532#new_tab by @WSJopinion on @WSJ

CPS CEO Janice Jackson announces departure; Chicago schools face leadership turnover with two other top officials also leaving - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cps-ceo-janice-jackson-20210503-fowcj3ffljchvf5mtzzqe5h2je-story.html#new_tab via @chicagotribune

Too many quarantines lead to changes - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/school-quarantine-changes/2021/05/02/681cdb4a-668e-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html#new_tab

Judge: New Mexico must give at-home students fast internet - https://apnews.com/article/nm-state-wire-new-mexico-coronavirus-technology-health-dbc30b2dfc08fe1243a2c941680fa10f#new_tab on @ap

Florida principal under investigation for paddling a 6-year-old student | WPEC - https://cbs12.com/news/local/florida-principal-under-investigation-for-paddling-a-6-year-old-student#new_tab on http://twitter.com/cbs12

Online high school floated as one possible use of Buffalo's stimulus windfall | Education | buffalonews.com - https://buffalonews.com/news/local/education/online-high-school-floated-as-one-possible-use-of-buffalos-stimulus-windfall/article_5ddb1bd4-a9ef-11eb-981b-0fbdaac49fde.html#new_tab by @https://twitter.com/MaryPasciak on @TheBuffaloNews

Big Education Ape: Seattle Schools Community Forum: What Did I Miss? #tBATs - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/05/seattle-schools-community-forum-what.html

Big Education Ape: An Update on My Health | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/05/an-update-on-my-health-diane-ravitchs.html

Big Education Ape: Teacher Tom: "Art Therapy is Therapy" - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/05/teacher-tom-art-therapy-is-therapy.html

Big Education Ape: NewBlackMan (in Exile) TODAY #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/05/newblackman-in-exile-today-blm_3.html

Big Education Ape: A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 #tBATs - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-very-busy-day-larry-ferlazzos_3.html

can’t-miss UK/NAACP Education & Civil Rights Initiative VIRTUAL CONFERENCE | Cloaking Inequity

by Mike Simpson / 1h

CAN’T-MISS UK/NAACP EDUCATION & CIVIL RIGHTS INITIATIVE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE Talk with National Leaders and Experts! Register now for this can’t-miss virtual conference hosted by the University of Kentucky’s Education & Civil Rights Initiative May 7-8, 2021 Register here by Thursday, May 6 , for Education & Civil Rights for the New Decade! Explore some of the most pressing issues of our time in th

Important: Let's Thank Those House Members Who Support Charter Reform - Network For Public Education

by Mike Simpson / 1h

Important: Let’s Thank Those House Members Who Support Charter Reform Good news. Fifteen members of the House of Representatives led by Mark Pocan and Jamaal Bowman signed a letter to Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies House Appropriations Committee, Rosa DeLauro, and the subcommittee’s Ranki

Will Staff Returning from Obama/Duncan Years Compromise Biden’s Public Education Promises? | janresseger

by Mike Simpson / 1h

Will Staff Returning from Obama/Duncan Years Compromise Biden’s Public Education Promises? At the end of his first hundred days, President Joe Biden deserves credit for taking important steps to help public schools serving children living in communities where family poverty is concentrated. First, the President promised during the campaign to triple funding for Title I schools, and the federal b

Russ on Reading: Defeating the Science of Reading Narrative, Part 1: Focus on the Child

by Mike Simpson / 3h

Defeating the Science of Reading Narrative, Part 1: Focus on the Child Last week I wrote a post, Unsettling the Science of Reading Narrative that highlighted a new report from the Literacy Research Association, on dyslexia and the Science of Reading. The report titled An Examination of Literacy Research and Instruction, with Policy Implications, by Peter Johnston and Donna Scanlon, posits that 1

Good News from Oakland! | Diane Ravitch's blog

by Mike Simpson / 3h

Good News from Oakland! Several years ago, the Walton Family Foundation and the Gates Foundation decided that it was not enough to open new charter schools. No, they had to devise mechanisms to make sure that school officials put charters on an equal footing with public schools and that the public didn’t care whether schools were run by their elected school board or a private board of directors.

Democracy Prep’s Fiscal Tottering | deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog

by Mike Simpson / 3h

Democracy Prep’s Fiscal Tottering In March 2019 and October 2019, Democracy Prep charter chain founder and former employee Seth Andrew stole a total of $218K from three Democracy Prep escrow accounts. He was able to do so because two years after leaving Democracy Prep (in 2017), Andrew still had access to his school email account and could falsely portray himself as still associated with the cha

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CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: What? May Already? Edition (5/2) What? May Already? Edition That whole April thing seemed to slide by quickly. What could come next? I'll remind you (as I haven't in a while) that sharing is your power as a reader, and that if any of these really speak to you, the best gift you can give the writer of your favorite piece is more readers. Share. I'm a Chicago principal. This

THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, May 2, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform

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Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES The American Families Plan: Potentially the Most Important Proposal for Children Ever by @BruceLesley https://link.medium.com/YIzqtaAEQfb Is Kentucky upholding its mandate to adequately fund public schools? -

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Seattle Schools Community Forum: What Did I Miss? #tBATs

Seattle Schools Community Forum: What Did I Miss?

What Did I Miss?

Why hello there! Long time, no see.

I first want to acknowledge and bow my head to all that has happened to our country and countries throughout the world I have continued to monitor several parent Facebook pages and one WA state teacher page (not WEA). It has been a deeply frustrating, frightening, exhausting time for teachers, parents, and students. I cannot imagine being a parent who has to keep explaining, month after month, why your child cannot go back to school, go be in sports, play with friends, etc. Or a teacher who has to flip learning on its head, keeping it going as the teachers ALSO learn. And administrators who had to try to figure out how to serve and keep a school community together. When I think of the kindergarten class that I tutored in for three years, I cannot imagine having small children try to comprehend their schooling on a screen.

I most of all feel sadness for students. School is their second life, their second home and where a lot of teaching and learning beyond the classroom happens. I acknowledge that some children faced far more injury than others but I know that ALL kids suffer from this time and that should be noted.

I urge you to have your child either dictate their thoughts to you or have them write about their COVID experience. This is an important time to document, if only for your family’s future generations.You can tell your children - no one ever gets to pick the history that they live through but other generations will want to hear their stories.

SPS

One of the many vagaries of COVID is that we all had time on our hands (or at least far fewer events to be at). However, because most government meetings, including SPS’, were held online, I was able to go to quite a few Board meetings, committee meetings and work sessions.

As the year went on, I kept wondering, what the heck was happening in SPS? My verdict is that it was a year of power struggle, largely based on personality. And it was largely among a small circle of people who, CONTINUE READING: Seattle Schools Community Forum: What Did I Miss?

An Update on My Health | Diane Ravitch's blog

An Update on My Health

A month ago, I wrote to tell you that I was going to the hospital for open-heart surgery. I lined up guest bloggers who filled in for me in my absence, and I thank them all for keeping the conversation going.

I checked into the hospital in NYC on April 7. Surgery was early the next morning. I had an ascending aortic aneurysm and a leaky heart valve that had to be replaced. The surgeon explained that he would cut upon my breast bone to gain access to my heart.

Needless to say, I have no recollection of the surgery or its aftermath. I was sedated for five days. One member of my family was allowed to visit each day. When I was finally allowed to regain consciousness, I had no voice (due to intubation), a bad cough, and could not walk. I spent two weeks in the Intensive Care Unit, two days in regular care, then moved to the Rehabilitation Unit, where I am relearning how to walk.

I’m going home on April 7 and bringing a walker with me until I have fully regained the use of my legs and can CONTINUE READING: An Update on My Health | Diane Ravitch's blog

Teacher Tom: "Art Therapy is Therapy"

"Art Therapy is Therapy"

Conversation isn't always the best way to get to know a child. This is true of adults as well, but it is especially true of children who are still developing their language skills. The words they say are important, of course, but more revealing is often how they interact with their environment, including the other people in their world. How they use art materials can be especially instructive to someone committed to listening.

This is part of the art and science of art therapists, for instance. Nona Orbach, author of The Good Enough Studio and presenter at the upcoming Teacher Tom's Play Summit, says, "Art therapy is therapy," although not necessarily of the "talk therapy" variety.

A classic example, are drawings children make of their families. A lot can be determined from, say, the relative size of the individuals portrayed. The mother, for instance, is often portrayed as the largest figure, representing the out-sized importance the child places on her. Older siblings might be represented as being smaller, revealing a sense of rivalry. The child sometimes makes themself the largest figure and we CONTINUE READING: Teacher Tom: "Art Therapy is Therapy"

can’t-miss UK/NAACP Education & Civil Rights Initiative VIRTUAL CONFERENCE | Cloaking Inequity

CAN’T-MISS UK/NAACP EDUCATION & CIVIL RIGHTS INITIATIVE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

Talk with National Leaders and Experts! Register now for this can’t-miss virtual conference hosted by the University of Kentucky’s Education & Civil Rights Initiative May 7-8, 2021 Register here by Thursday, May 6, for Education & Civil Rights for the New Decade!

Explore some of the most pressing issues of our time in this two-day, virtual conference. You’ll have the opportunity to take part in multiple tracks hosted by expert community partners.

The conference is provided through a partnership between the Education and Civil Rights Initiative at the University of Kentucky College of Education, the UK Rosenberg College of Law, the NAACP, and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. The conference is free and open to all, through the generous support of WesBanco. View Agenda & Register

You won’t want to miss featured speakers and panel events such as:

Friday, May 7 Conference Keynote 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. EST
Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, will open the conference. President Johnson formerly served as vice chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors, as well as state president for the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP. A longstanding member and leader of the NAACP, Mr. Johnson has helped guide the Association through a period of re-envisioning and reinvigoration.

Saturday, May 8, 10-11 a.m. EST Opening Keynote
Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings will open the second day of the conference. As the former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dr. Ladson-Billings is known for her work in the fields of culturally relevant pedagogy and critical race theory.

Saturday, May 8, 5:45-6:45 p.m. EST Closing Keynote
Raymond Pierce, CEO of the Southern Education Foundation, will close the conference with a keynote. In his work with the Southern Education Foundation (SEF), Pierce leads the organization’s historic mission of advancing educational opportunities for African American and low-income students in the southern states. Since joining SEF in January 2018, Pierce has focused the organization on policy research, education legislation and leadership development. SEF has also launched a workforce development initiative and is expanding its efforts to strengthen parental engagement in support of improving student learning.

Saturday, May 8, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EST
Plenary: A Conversation with National Education Leaders

Dr. Walter Bumphus, President and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges
Dr. Norma Cantú, Commissioner of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and Professor of Law and Education at the University of Texas-Austin
Dr. Belle Wheelan, President of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
Thank you to our KCTCS partners for making this plenary possible.Register by Thursday, May 6 to reserve your spot! Conference tracks will include:

● Law & Justice*

● K-12 Education*

● Community Organization

● Post-Secondary

● Financial Literacy

*Continuing education credit is available upon request. Law and Justice continuing education credit is pending CLE approval.Housed in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation, the Education and Civil Rights Initiative is a research collaboration with the NAACP, the nation’s largest and most preeminent civil rights organization. The focus of this collaboration is to ensure that every child in America experiences equitable access to education. Learn more about the initiative on our website.

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