THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Tuesday, January 26, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDVACCINE

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Joe Biden supports Chicago Teachers Union COVID safety concerns as AFT president Randi Weingarten briefs senior White House staffers - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/1/25/22249359/joe-biden-chicago-teachers-union-covid-cps-public-schools-reopening

AFT President Weingarten on Looming Chicago Teachers Strike - Bloomberg - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-01-25/aft-president-weingarten-on-looming-chicago-teachers-strike-video on @business

As the Trump era ends, the school choice movement reckons with its conservative ties https://whyy.org/articles/as-the-trump-era-ends-the-school-choice-movement-reckons-with-its-conservative-ties/

Education Matters: When did protecting kids not become a priority? - https://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2021/01/when-did-protecting-kids-become-not.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/iYxgC+(Education+Matters)

Leon Black, Jeffrey Epstein, Apollo and Illinois teacher pensions. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-q7x via @fklonsky

Julian Vasquez Heilig Schools Jonathan Chait about Charters | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-tg5 via @dianeravitch

Why Delaware MUST Submit A Waiver For The Smarter Balanced Assessment This Year | Exceptional Delaware - https://wp.me/p4JboV-5Lu via @ExcptlDelaware

Homeroom: My Child Is Near Tears Every Day - The Atlantic - https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2021/01/homeroom-my-child-is-near-tears-every-day/617781/ on @theatlantic

Will California campuses reopen this school year? It depends on vaccinating teachers, infection rates http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/Cczc04F8aCo/school-reopenings-lean-on-teacher-covid-vaccines-virus-rates

Eight more L.A. County children contract COVID-related MIS-C, bringing total to 62 http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/Ws-xxMgjgv4/8-more-los-angeles-county-children-contract-covid-related-mis-c

Chicago Said Teachers Needed To Return In Person. The Teachers Voted No https://www.npr.org/2021/01/25/960385635/chicago-said-teachers-needed-to-return-in-person-the-teachers-voted-no

New York state Education Dept. asks for permission to cancel standardized tests this spring https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-state-education-department-exam-waivers-20210125-rhw4y4lf4fforjld5nmvh2uq2m-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/

Can we blame schools for increasing political extremism? - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=76771 via @hechingerreport

What lessons does special education IEPs hold for personalized learning? - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=76705 via @hechingerreport

Chicago teachers deadlocked with school district over reopening plans https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/chicago-teachers-deadlocked-reopening/2021/01/26/6c3f89b0-5f32-11eb-afbe-9a11a127d146_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Uncertainty over NJ school funding | NJ Spotlight News - https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/01/for-nj-schools-state-funding-for-2021-22-comes-with-a-lot-of-unknowns-districts-budgets/ via @njspotlight

Diane Ravitch's Blog: Three Big-City Superintendents: We Need a Marshall Plan for Our Schools: Now! | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10727 on @NEPCtweet

Scholarship students at SUNO describe broken promises, unexplained charges | The Lens - https://thelensnola.org/?p=560263 via @TheLensNOLA

NOLA Public Schools COVID-19 cases continue to decline as schools remain closed to in-person classes | The Lens https://thelensnola.org/2021/01/25/nola-public-schools-covid-19-cases-continue-to-decline-as-schools-remain-closed-to-in-person-classes/

Point of Order: Funding Texas schools during a pandemic https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/26/texas-school-funding-pandemic/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social via @TexasTribune

Dr. Jill Biden's Latest Act Honors An Important Group - https://www.thelist.com/319465/dr-jill-bidens-latest-act-as-first-lady-honors-an-important-group/ on @TheListDaily

Longer days and Saturday classes: States explore costly ways to heal learning loss - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/25/states-covid-learning-loss-462383

Mike Cantrell leaves Epic board, charter termination hearing depositions to begin https://nondoc.com/2021/01/26/mike-cantrell-leaves-epic-charter-schools-board/ via @nondocmedia

Is there really a ‘science of reading’? - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/01/26/readingwars-scienceofreading-teaching/

CTU Rank-And-File Votes To Save Lives https://popularresistance.org/ctu-rank-and-file-votes-to-save-lives/

2021 Medley #2 – Privatization, the Free Market, and Propaganda | Live Long and Prosper - https://wp.me/pUgLi-1A0

Measuring the Impact of the Coronavirus on Teachers, Students and Schools | Education News | US News - https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-01-25/measuring-the-impact-of-the-coronavirus-on-teachers-students-and-schools#new_tab on @USNews

Broward schools accused of 'spying' on remote teachers. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel - https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/fl-ne-broward-remote-teachers-social-media-20210126-u4bdlytfabgn5cjc74kxn2ve4y-story.html#new_tab via @SunSentinel

Fort Worth TX schools allow students to redo tests, homework | Fort Worth Star-Telegram - https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article248605460.html#new_tab on startelegram

Critics say San Diego superintendent nominated for national post has mixed record on equity - The San Diego Union-Tribune - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/education-sdt/latest/topstories/politics/local/critics-say-san-diego-superintendent-nominated-for-national-post-has-mixed-record-on-equity#new_tab by @Kristen_Taketa on @sdut

Teachers Union Ad Pushes Tax Hike for New York's Wealthy - https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/ny-state-of-politics/2021/01/25/teachers-union-ad-pushes-tax-hike-for-new-york-s-wealthy#new_tab

Longer days and Saturday classes: States explore costly ways to heal learning loss - POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/25/states-covid-learning-loss-462383#new_tab

Joe Biden supports Chicago Teachers Union COVID safety concerns as AFT president Randi Weingarten briefs senior White House staffers - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/1/25/22249359/joe-biden-chicago-teachers-union-covid-cps-public-schools-reopening#new_tab

Fran Bush, Nashville school board member, under fire for Facebook posts - https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2021/01/25/fran-bush-nashville-school-board-teachers-in-person/6698663002/#new_tab via @tennessean

How Remote Learning Split a Progressive New Jersey Town - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/_pages/ckk8vbz3d00002coh8p2u7at8.html#new_tab on @intelligencer

San Francisco’s school board needs to do its homework on Abraham Lincoln - SFChronicle.com - https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/San-Francisco-s-school-board-needs-to-do-its-15897194.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle

Walz's school spending plan focuses on racial equity - StarTribune.com - https://www.startribune.com/gov-tim-walz-s-school-spending-plan-has-racial-equity-focus/600014920/#new_tab on @StarTribune

Nashville Teacher Told to Quit for Protesting In-Person Learning Will File Complaints - https://www.newsweek.com/nashville-teacher-told-quit-protesting-person-learning-will-file-complaints-1564259#new_tab on @newsweek

The Value of Knowledge – Quillette - https://quillette.com/?p=106696

Cancel the Spring Tests! Sign the NPE Petition Here! AND Join the National Town Hall to Learn About Canceling Testing This Spring | Diane Ravitch's blog

by Mike Simpson / 6min

Cancel the Spring Tests! Sign the NPE Petition Here! | Diane Ravitch's blog Cancel the Spring Tests! Sign the NPE Petition Here! Dr. Cardona, Please Cancel the Tests - https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/secretary-cardona-cancel-the-tests/?link_id=0&can_id=481aa792da2a79ba2a38c6faa410b9f1&source=email-secretary-cardona-cancel-the-spring-tests&email_referrer=email_1054634&email_subject=urgent-ask-

Michael Mindzak: Teacher-Volunteers: Unpaid Labor a Symptom of Precarious Work | Ed Politics

by Mike Simpson / 6min

MICHAEL MINDZAK: TEACHER-VOLUNTEERS: UNPAID LABOR A SYMPTOM OF PRECARIOUS WORK As we continue to contend with the various challenges surrounding COVID-19 one interesting result has been the pronounced decline in volunteerism . With increasingly stringent health measures such as social distancing and contact tracing, volunteerism at this time has decreased. This includes schools as well, where di

An educator’s hope for the next two years | Eclectablog

by Mike Simpson / 6min

An educator’s hope for the next two years The following essay was written by Tina Beveridge. Tina is a veteran music educator of 17 years and is currently a 2nd year PhD student in music education at the University of Miami. It was first posted on her own blog Insert brilliant title here… Reader, I’m not going to lie. I felt an enormous weight lift when President Biden was sworn in last week. Bu

Make Believe – Tennessee Education Report

by Mike Simpson / 6min

MAKE BELIEVE he land of make believe is apparently where Gov. Bill Lee and his team go to find justification for their bad public policy. WMC-TV out of Memphis has the story about how the Lee Administration is using old data from a study based on projections to justify a demand that schools return to in-person learning. Here’s more: Despite new data suggesting COVID-19 learning loss wasn’t as se

Teacher: What’s missing from calls for summer school to stem ‘learning loss’ - The Washington Post

by Mike Simpson / 6min

Teacher: What’s missing from calls for summer school to stem ‘learning loss’ School districts concerned about how much learning students have missed since the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States last spring are considering how to get kids back on academic track, with options including summer school, year-round learning, grade retention and targeted tutoring. No option is ideal (and some,

A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007

by Mike Simpson / 6min

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_23.html Wash. Post Publishes My Column: “What’s missing from calls for summer sch

DID YOU MISS DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG TODAY? A site to discuss better education for all #REDFORED #tbats #COVID-19 #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #VACCINATETEACHERS

by Mike Simpson / 6min

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all DID YOU MISS DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG TODAY? A site to discuss better education for all Big Education Ape: KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all - https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2021/01/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_23.html Cancel the Spring Tests! Sign the NPE Petition Here

Teacher Tom: The Absurd Myth of the "Self-Made Man"

by Mike Simpson / 2h

The Absurd Myth of the "Self-Made Man" In Rudolf Erich Raspe's story The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen , the baron saves himself from drowning in a swamp by pulling himself out by his own hair. It's a ridiculous episode in a comic story about a character who notoriously weaves wondrous tales that are clearly untrue. We're amused by the absurdity of it, yet too many of us, in the real

Educator Says Testing This Year “Not Gonna Work” | Cloaking Inequity

by Mike Simpson / 2h

EDUCATOR SAYS TESTING THIS YEAR “NOT GONNA WORK” Here are some points about administering testing this year from Brandy Alexander, a Texas testing coordinator and one of my former graduate students at UT-Austin. Here’s what she had to say about the difficult of high-stakes testing in the midst of a pandemic. We just met this morning to lay some ground plans for first administration and here’s wh

What The Heck Sussex Tech??? + Why Delaware MUST Submit A Waiver For The Smarter Balanced Assessment This Year | Exceptional Delaware

by Mike Simpson / 2h

What The Heck Sussex Tech??? | Exceptional Delaware What The Heck Sussex Tech??? There was some very interesting legislation introduced last week in the Delaware General Assembly concerning Sussex Tech. As usual, the words “shall” and “may” can totally change a bill. The bill is mainly about taxation and enrollment but it seems to be a Christmas bonanza for the school. It appears, on the surface,

Being Skeptical of Technology | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

by Mike Simpson / 2h

Being Skeptical of Technology Over the years, readers and students have asked me about the work I have done on school reform and especially reform-laden technologies. I answer some of them in this post. But first some background. I began doing research and writing on teacher and student uses of technology in the early 1980s when the first personal computers appeared in classrooms. That writing t

NYC Educator: UFT Executive Board January 25, 2021--Vaccine Availability Should Improve After Next Week

by Mike Simpson / 2h

UFT Executive Board January 25, 2021--Vaccine Availability Should Improve After Next Week Tom Brown --supports David Kazansky as TRS trustee, great advocate for pensions, serves on multiple committees, knowledgeable and diligent. Has compassion for future retirees. Pensions are stronger and safer as result. Asks Board to nominate him for re-election. Motion for nomination passes. Cassie Prugh --

Education Pick Miguel Cardona On Biden's Promise To Reopen Schools | 89.3 KPCC

by Mike Simpson / 2h

Education Pick Miguel Cardona On Biden's Promise To Reopen Schools With many U.S. schools still shuttered or operating on a limited basis, and millions of children learning remotely (or trying to), the stakes are high for Miguel Cardona. He is President Biden's pick to run the U.S. Department of Education , and if confirmed, he'll be charged with making good on Biden's promise to re-open most K-

DISCRETION AS THE BETTER PART OF VALOR – Dad Gone Wild

by Mike Simpson / 2h

DISCRETION AS THE BETTER PART OF VALOR “With distrust came suspicion and with suspicion came fear, and with fear came hate–and these, in already distorted minds, inflamed a hell.” ― Zane Grey, To The Last Man: 8 Western Novels – Collection Since the dawn of social media, Nashville’s education leaders have chosen to utilize the platform as a means to division instead of unification. Some will say

DEREK BLACK: Old ideas, not new ones, are the key to education — and democracy - kappanonline org

by Mike Simpson / 2h

Old ideas, not new ones, are the key to education — and democracy - kappanonline.org Old ideas, not new ones, are the key to education — and democracy Protecting public education requires us to return to the ideals on which our country was founded. Public education as we know it is in trouble and, with it, so is our democracy. Rather than seeing it as a solution to segregation, inequality, and di

Education Research Report TODAY - Report on Religious Charters Weakened by Key Omissions + Explaining the Race Gap in Teacher Performance Ratings + MORE

by Mike Simpson / 2h

Education Research Report TODAY Education Research Report TODAY Performance-Based Aid, Enhanced Advising, and the Income Gap in College Graduation by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 5min Income gaps in college enrollment, persistence, and graduation raise concerns for those interested in equal opportunity in higher education. This study presents findings from a randomly assigned scholarship for low-income

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THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, January 25, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #REOPENSCHOOLSSAFELY #COVIDVACCINE

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Big Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Left of Black S9*E24: Jason Moran on James Reese Europe, The Great Migration and Living in Harlem (The Lost Episodes) | NewBlackMan (in Exile) 

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