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The SAT Will Go Completely Digital by 2024 - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/us/sat-test-digital.html on @nytimes

CURMUDGUCATION: NC: More Bad Ideas (That Will Not Recruit Teachers) - https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2022/01/nc-more-bad-ideas-that-will-not-recruit.html

BUILDING A RESUME – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-33T via @norinrad10

A Surplus of FORMER Teachers | The Merrow Report - https://wp.me/p6uAPJ-3BR

NYC Educator: UFT Executive Board January 24, 2021--Queens UFT Chapter Scores Victory Against Abusive Principal - http://nyceducator.com/2022/01/uft-executive-board-january-24-2021.html

SPI Announces Inaugural CA Purple Star Schools - Year 2022 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr22/yr22rel05.asp

Extending Renaissance Digital Reading Partnership http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr22/yr22rel06.asp

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Washington State Legislature Education Bills - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2022/01/washington-state-legislature-education.html

What We All Lose When We Mistake the Market for the Public and Conflate Consumers and Citizens | janresseger - https://wp.me/p3JgEc-8AB via @janresseger

Teacher Tom: "I Don't Want My Coat! I'm Not Even Cold Ever!" - http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/01/i-dont-want-my-coat-im-not-even-cold.html

10 Ways to Help Children ENJOY Reading! - https://nancyebailey.com/2022/01/25/10-ways-to-help-children-enjoy-reading/ on @NancyEBailey1

Join Nancy MacLean and Me to Talk About Privatization of Our Nation’s Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vmT via @dianeravitch

Seattle Schools Community Forum: It's Data Privacy Week - https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2022/01/its-data-privacy-week.html

How the Rugged Individual Myth Distorts the Power of Collaboration in Art – radical eyes for equity - https://wp.me/p2GmBR-ajp via @plthomasEdD

University of Kentucky dean makes list of top educators - https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2022/01/24/uk-professor-among-top-in-nation?fbclid=IwAR2mAPmb35kyzPYXO6rc7ywo7ldbr-KBbyb0Zt6iNAOiXYLMH1T1MOtuBI4

Secretary Cardona to Deliver Speech Outlining the Department’s Priorities and Vision for Education | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/media-advisories/secretary-cardona-deliver-speech-outlining-departments-priorities-and-vision-education

Peter Greene on the Diversification of the Koch(topus) Brand | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-vng via @dianeravitch

5 and 1/2 hours: the night all hell broke loose in the DeSantis/Corcoran/DoE/Jefferson scandal - https://billytownsend.substack.com/p/5-and-12-hours-the-night-all-hell

#BustEDPencils Live tonight at 8 pm EST. High Flex Teaching: Yay or Nay? Guest: Christopher Schaberg. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2022/01/19/hyflex-teaching-black-mirror-higher-ed-opinion

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Weekend Quotables - by Michael Klonsky - https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/weekend-quotables-a1a

Radical Eyes for Equity: Freedom and the Politics of Canceling Teachers and Curriculum | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11212 on @NEPCtweet

Teacher in a Strange Land: The Demise of Genuinely Public Education | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/11230 on @NEPCtweet

America is not getting the type of journalism it needs to survive – with special guest Susan Demas | Eclectablog - https://www.eclectablog.com/?p=73292 on @Eclectablog

Steep Rise in Gag Orders, Many Sloppily Drafted - PEN America - https://pen.org/?p=215927

Virginia gov launches tip line to report teaching of divisive subjects https://mol.im/a/10438243 via @MailOnline

2022: The year of the thought police - https://popular.info/p/2022-the-year-of-the-thought-police

Trial — FundOurSchoolsPA.org - https://www.fundourschoolspa.org/trial

Thirty Minutes Tops | HuffPost null - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/thirty-minutes-tops_b_3861853 on @null

Opting Out of Homework - Alfie Kohn - https://www.alfiekohn.org/?p=3635

Florida school district cancels professor's civil rights lecture over critical race theory concerns https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/florida-school-district-cancels-professors-civil-rights-lecture-critic-rcna13183 via @nbcnews

Wisconsin Republicans pass bill allowing some high school students to bring a gun to campus | Salon.com - https://www.salon.com/2022/01/24/wisconsin-pass-bill-allowing-some-high-school-students-to-bring-a-to-campus/

glen brown: Kanerva v. Weems: TRS Health Insurance Benefits Are Protected by the Constitution of Illinois - https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2022/01/kanerva-v-weems-trs-health-insurance.html

Education Research Report - http://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/

District’s chief financial officer testifies Philly needs more state aid to meet student needs https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/1/24/22900033/districts-chief-financial-officer-testifies-philly-needs-more-state-aid-to-meet-student-needs via @ChalkbeatPHL

Tuesday’s New Tweets, Articles & Videos About School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=124040 on @Larryferlazzo

The Oil Industry Is Terrified of College Kids https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/01/harvard-yale-fossil-fuel-divestment-protests-oil-gas-alec/

Virginia school boards sue to stop Glenn Youngkin's order making masks optional https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/virginia-school-boards-sue-to-stop-glenn-youngkins-mask-optional-order/ via @MotherJones

Kids Shouldn’t Have to Be ‘Resilient’ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/protect-kids-faulty-risk-assessments-covid-resilience/621353/?utm_source=feed

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

How Racism Affected Marian Anderson's Vocal Billing | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/how-racism-affected-marian-andersons.html via @NewBlackMan

Afropop Worldwide | I Am The Upsetter: The Sonic Innovation of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/afropop-worldwide-i-am-upsetter-sonic.html via @NewBlackMan

Author Imani Perry Explores the South to Reveal the Soul of America | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/author-imani-perry-explores-south-to.html via @NewBlackMan

“Against Alienation” - Lara Sheehi and Stephen Sheehi on their Book Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/against-alienation-lara-sheehi-and.html via @NewBlackMan

The Limits with Jay Williams: Gabrielle Union Finally Knows What's Important | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2022/01/the-limits-with-jay-williams-gabrielle.html via @NewBlackMan

Environmental Education Is Falling Short. Activism Can Help https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2022/01/24/environmental-education-activism-fill-the-gap

Virginia's education wars emerge in Florida governor's race https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/25/virginia-education-wars-florida-governors-race-1406401

Readout of Secretaries Cardona and Mayorkas's Meeting with HBCU Presidents on International Day of Education | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/readout-secretaries-cardona-and-mayorkass-meeting-hbcu-presidents-international-day-education

Virginia's new GOP governor calls on parents to report teachers for "divisive" subjects https://www.salon.com/2022/01/25/virginias-new-governor-calls-on-parents-to-report-teachers-for-divisive-subjects_partner/

Rich Donors Support Conservative Groups in Campaign to Ban Books Addressing Race https://www.theroot.com/rich-donors-support-conservative-groups-in-campaign-to-1848418015

Guns Aren’t Toys, But They Play Them In Real Life https://sacobserver.com/2022/01/guns-arent-toys-but-they-play-them-in-real-life/

Can giving parents cash help with babies’ brain development? https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22893313/cash-babies-brain-development

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

Tuesday’s New Tweets, Articles & Videos About School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=124040 on @Larryferlazzo

SEL Weekly Update | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123403 on @Larryferlazzo

NBC News Video: “Nikole Hannah-Jones: ‘We Should Be Uncomfortable With The Hard Parts Of Our Past'” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=123434 on @Larryferlazzo

“Middle School Teachers, Do You Need Advice? Check Out This Wisdom” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=124010 on @Larryferlazzo

A Look Back: “Two New Useful Resources On Teaching Writing – And An Old One” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=122851 on @Larryferlazzo

Starting in 2024, U.S. students will take the SAT entirely online https://www.npr.org/2022/01/25/1075315337/new-digital-sat-college-admissions-test-requirement-2024-us
The Los Angeles Unified School District has a new superintendent https://www.npr.org/2022/01/25/1075489035/the-los-angeles-unified-school-district-has-a-new-superintendent

How It Feels to Be an Asian Student in an Elite Public School https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/us/selective-high-schools-brooklyn-tech.html

The SAT Will Go Completely Digital by 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/us/sat-test-digital.html

Attack of the Right-Wing Thought Police https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/opinion/florida-critical-race-theory-de-santis.html

Are Philly schools heading back to normal? Teachers union says not so fast. https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/1/24/22899994/covid-cases-in-person-philadelphia-schools-teachers-principals-omicron-variant-drop

Students, Teachers, And Administration at odds in Oakland over COVID-19, Other Districts Struggle To Address Teaching Shortages https://www.davisvanguard.org/2022/01/students-teachers-and-administration-at-odds-in-oakland-over-covid-19-other-districts-struggle-to-address-teaching-shortages/

Georgia Republicans push bill banning all government mandates of ‘any vaccination’ including in public schools https://www.rawstory.com/georgia-republicans-push-bill-banning-all-government-mandates-of-any-vaccination-including-in-public-schools/

“Trump in a red vest”: School districts sue Glenn Youngkin after so-called moderate goes full MAGA https://www.salon.com/2022/01/25/trump-in-a-red-vest-school-districts-glenn-youngkin-after-so-called-moderate-goes-full-maga/

British Secretary of Defense: Russia Should Not Invade Ukraine; Don’t Believe Their Excuses If They Do | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-voW via @dianeravitch

Virginia Considers Tax Credits for Parents Who Homeschool Kids - https://www.newsweek.com/virginia-considers-tax-credit-parents-who-homeschool-1672172#new_tab on @newsweek

New Mexico governor becomes substitute teacher amid school staffing shortage https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/590994-new-mexico-governor-becomes-substitute-teachers-amid-school-staffing

Sex ed book 'It's Perfectly Normal' challenged at York ME middle school - https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2022/01/25/york-me-mulls-removing-sex-ed-book-its-perfectly-normal-from-middle-school-library/6610971001/#new_tab via @seacoastonline

Pritzker compromise grants teachers extra sick leave for COVID-19 — but only if they are vaccinated - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2022/1/24/22899883/gov-j-b-pritzker-vaccine-teachers-covid-sick-leave-nea-union-quarantine-public-schools#new_tab

Billings School Board votes to keep controversial books addressing LGBTQ+ issues | Local News | billingsgazette.com - https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/billings-school-board-votes-to-keep-controversial-books-addressing-lgbtq-issues/article_44a1966a-5d0c-5743-bb5b-053b5ef79e2a.html#new_tab on @billingsgazette

A state-funded pre-K program led to ‘significantly negative effects’ for kids in Tennessee - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=84739 via @hechingerreport

Schools May Be Open—But They’re Struggling - WSJ - https://www.wsj.com/articles/parents-want-schools-to-be-open-schools-are-struggling-to-comply-11642960091 by @chapmanreports on @WSJ

DeSantis’ inspector general is reviewing Florida education bid-rigging case - https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/01/24/desantis-inspector-general-is-reviewing-florida-education-bid-rigging-case/#new_tab on TB_Times

‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ is no longer required reading in Mukilteo | HeraldNet.com - https://www.heraldnet.com/news/to-kill-a-mockingbird-is-no-longer-required-reading-in-mukilteo/#new_tab via @everettherald

America's kids get an internet librarian - Axios - https://www.axios.com/schools-misinformation-internet-newsguard-78a4546c-d14b-4c1b-a04f-78b8e1b735f5.html#new_tab on @axios

Virginia gov sets up tip line to report schools teaching 'divisive' critical race theory https://nypost.com/2022/01/25/youngkin-sets-up-tip-line-to-report-schools-teaching-crt/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons via @nypost

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, January 24, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-top-banana-todays-education_24.html

Big Education Ape: THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Sunday, January 23, 2022 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHtheTRUTH #CRT - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-top-banana-todays-education_23.html

Big Education Ape: CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: So Now It's Winter Edition (1/23) - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2022/01/catch-up-with-curmudgucation-icymi-so_23.html