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The Top Banana: Today's Education Headlines | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Top-Banana-Todays-Education-Headlines-730208504396249
Seattle Schools Community Forum: About Comments - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2021/08/about-comments.html
CURMUDGUCATION: Do 3rd Grade Tests Predict Anything? - http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/08/do-3rd-grade-tests-predict-anything.html
The Same People Now Trying to Undermine Democratic Elections Have Been Trying for 30 Years to Privatize Public Schools | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-85O via @janresseger
Florida: Governor Threatens to Cut Funding from Districts that Require Face Masks | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uz2 via @dianeravitch
Teacher Tom: "Little Virtues" - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/little-virtues.html
California: Judge Rules Against Online Charter Schools in Class Action Funding Lawsuit | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uAg via @dianeravitch
Education secretary: 'We're clearly at a fork in the road' in opening schools safely - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/08/cardona-school-reopening-safety-502786
New Negotiated Rulemaking Committee to Focus on Student Loans, Targeted Discharge and Forgiveness Authorities |U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases
Interview: AFT president says Fox News' attack on teachers part of larger assault on democracy | Salon.com - https://www.salon.com/2021/08/08/interview-aft-president-says-fox-news-attack-on-teachers-part-of-larger-assault-on-democracy_partner/
The GOP's death cult comes for the children | Salon.com - https://www.salon.com/2021/08/09/the-gops-death-cult-comes-for-the-children/
Current inflation rates are hurting Illinois teachers on their pension as state’s pension liability hits record high. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-qrx via @fklonsky
Shanker Blog: School Funding and Equal Educational Opportunity | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11009 on @NEPCtweet
Idaho’s Segregated Charter Schools | Dissident Voice - https://dissidentvoice.org/?p=119758
John Thompson: Struggling With Masking - Network For Public Education - https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/john-thompson-struggling-with-masking/?fbclid=IwAR0e85TNUl-ETa4Ok6PhoGfabf-zW2Y5jPQZPGx6W1psDJnxJ5tBGEfY1ZQ on @Network4pubEd
'It is scary': Doctor say unvaccinated households driving spike in kids with Covid https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kids-sick-covid-are-filling-children-s-hospitals-areas-seeing-n1276238 via @nbcnews
On Aug 09, 2014: Michael Brown Shot and Killed by Police in Ferguson, Missouri - https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/aug/09
College Was Supposed to Close the Wealth Gap for Black Americans. The Opposite Happened. - WSJ - https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-was-supposed-to-close-the-wealth-gap-for-black-americans-the-opposite-happened-11628328602 by @RachelEnsignWSJ on @WSJ
Arkansas judge blocks state from enforcing mask mandate ban - ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/arkansas-lawmakers-adjourn-leave-mask-mandate-ban-intact-79314538
Education Research Report: Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/
Mike Klonsky's Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: Weingarten on vaccine mandates - https://michaelklonsky.blogspot.com/2021/08/weekend-quotables-weingarten-on-vaccine.html
The Logic of Corporate Accounting Took Over Our Language, and We Hardly Noticed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/motherjones/main/~3/A90btjSXmKk/
Stop California’s Community College Giveaway https://www.laprogressive.com/community-college-giveaway/
Indian Boarding Schools Investigated https://www.laprogressive.com/indian-boarding-schools-investigated/
NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/ via @NewBlackMan
Education Secretary warns officials: 'Don't be the reason why schools are interrupted' https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/566912-education-secretary-warns-officials-dont-be-the-reason-why-schools
Local Vaccine Mandates Needed to Fight Covid-19, U.S. Officials Say - WSJ - https://www.wsj.com/articles/local-vaccine-mandates-needed-to-fight-covid-19-u-s-officials-say-11628451801 by @brkend on @WSJ
United States breaks record of children hospitalized by coronavirus – CVBJ - https://www.cvbj.biz/?p=27863
Teachers' union backs vaccine mandates for teachers to protect students who are too young to get the shot as the Delta variant makes more kids sick - https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/teachers-union-backs-vaccine-mandates-010336134.html?guccounter=1 on @Yahoo
Children’s lives matter! Stop school reopenings! - World Socialist Web Site - https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/08/09/pers-a09.html on @WSWS_Updates
Opening Schools Should Be Priority No. 1 - https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/will-schools-open-in-the-fall-unions-should-push-for-a-full-reopening
No, school isn’t going to be “normal” this fall - Vox - https://www.vox.com/22609711/school-covid-cdc-2021-fall-reopening on voxdotcom
PROOF POINTS: Three reports on student achievement during the pandemic https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-three-reports-on-student-achievement-during-the-pandemic/
Delta variant is sucking the joy out of back-to-school 2021 http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/6cfjYsgT6zs/delta-variant-is-sucking-the-joy-out-of-back-to-school-2021
Monday’s Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=119752 on @Larryferlazzo
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ on @Larryferlazzo
NJ’s school mask mandate: Here are the exemptions https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/08/nj-gov-phil-murphy-requires-face-masks-schools-in-fall-coronavirus-some-exemptions-will-be-allowed/
The U.S. Attracts Fewer International Students, Loses Billions In Revenue. Here's Why https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1025193562/the-u-s-attracts-fewer-international-students-loses-billions-in-revenue-heres-wh
Amid Delta Variant, School Districts Are Divided Over Mask And Vaccine Mandates https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1026004312/amid-delta-variant-school-districts-are-divided-over-mask-and-vaccine-mandates
Advocates urge Gov. Cuomo to sign bill to hike funding for special ed preschools, private schools https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-advocates-letter-special-education-funding-cuomo-20210808-5dpfyvfy5rhllnb4sfdzdi5bde-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
Back to School Amid the Delta Variant https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/podcasts/the-daily/mask-mandates-schools-arkansas.html
Fox News report destroys network’s own hosts by revealing ‘sharply’ rising Covid deaths in children http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/GxZjqTW5QrM/
'It’s never looked like this': Tiny Arkansas county reeling as dozens of children hospitalized with COVID http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/RRWbNlRLceg/
Secretary Cardona to Join Pennsylvania Rep. Susan Wild for a School Tour and a Roundtable Discussion with Students to Highlight Community College and Pell Grant Increases in Build Back Better Agenda | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/media-advisories/secretary-cardona-join-pennsylvania-rep-susan-wild-school-tour-and-roundtable-discussion-students-highlight-community-college-and-pell-grant-increases-build-back-better-agenda
After initially saying vaccines should only be voluntary for teachers, this teachers union president now says she supports mandates. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teachers-union-president-says-she-supports-vaccine-mandates_n_61100994e4b06253fa509b30?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004 via @HuffPostPol
Ed Notes Online: Listen: Norm and Bruce joined Daniel on WBAI - History of the UFT - the 80s and 90s - https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2021/08/listen-norm-and-bruce-joined-daniel-on.html
‘We’re back to panicking’: Moms are hit hardest with camps and day cares closing again https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/08/06/delta-variant-moms/?tid=ss_tw
Seattle schools scale back plan to offer full-time virtual learning option - https://mynorthwest.com/?p=3072735 via @mynorthwest
Remote instruction pushed public school enrollment down, research finds - Chalkbeat - https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/8/7/22613546/research-remote-instruction-school-enrollment-declines#new_tab on chalkbeat
Judge rules against Calif. charter schools in class-action funding lawsuit - The San Diego Union-Tribune - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-08-07/judge-rules-against-calif-charter-schools-in-class-action-funding-lawsuit#new_tab by @Kristen_Taketa on @sdut
Pandemic marked largest recorded rise in homeschooling in Wisconsin - https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2021/08/06/pandemic-marked-largest-recorded-rise-homeschooling-wisconsin/5514705001/#new_tab via @journalsentinel
CPS Defends Services For Special Ed Students | WBEZ Chicago - https://www.wbez.org/stories/cps-defends-services-for-special-ed-students/7eab8051-8da8-4691-89ab-d79a7c8b9f86
School districts struggle to hire bus drivers amid post-pandemic shortage | Fox News - https://www.foxnews.com/us/school-districts-struggle-hire-bus-drivers-amid-pandemic-shortage#new_tab on @foxnews
The Pandemic Exodus: Kindergarten Enrollment Drops - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/07/us/covid-kindergarten-enrollment.html?smid=tw-share#new_tab on @nytimes
Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Saturday, August 7, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-top-banana-todays-education_7.html
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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/2021/08/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos.html
Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK Education Research Report - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-week-education-research-report.html
Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-week-with-newblackman-in-exile-blm.html
Big Education Ape: SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/sspi-tony-thurmond-stuff-this-week-from.html
Big Education Ape: TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/teacher-tom-this-week-in-early.html
Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-weeks-wildness-dad-gone-wild.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/2021/08/network-for-public-education-blog-post.html
Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-week-news-from-dr-miguel-cardona.html
Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Friday, August 6, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-top-banana-todays-education_6.html
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