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QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, I GOT QUESTIONS – Dad Gone Wild - https://wp.me/p4d08y-2O6 via @norinrad10
Getting into Adams Head: How Can I Get Off to a Successful Start As Mayor of NYC? | Ed In The Apple - https://wp.me/p2zCG-2SU via @edintheapple
SPI Applauds 2021-22 Education Budget - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education) - https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr21/yr21rel49.asp
Jay Mathews Corrects an Error on the Blog | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-urI via @dianeravitch
The Decision (Westside Community Schools v. Mergens, 1990 - Part Two) | Blue Cereal Education - http://bluecerealeducation.com/node/1120
Writing History that Focuses on Race | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice - https://wp.me/pBm7c-8dH via @CubanLarry
Missouri: GOP Passes Vouchers | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uti via @dianeravitch
Child tax credit expansion starts this week for 9 in 10 US families - https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/07/15/child-tax-credit-expansion-booker-bennet-brown-warnock/7964603002/ via @usatoday
What to know about children's risk of infection as delta variant spreads https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/delta-variant-spreads-medical-experts-warn-risk-young-children-n1274126 via @nbcnews
What the new CDC guidance for schools means for children - CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/15/health/covid-cdc-school-guidance-wellness/index.html
Answer Sheet: No Systemic Racism? Look at Student Achievement Gaps in Reading. | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10994 on @NEPCtweet
When Emancipation came to Washington D.C. the slaveowners were paid reparations. – Fred Klonsky - https://wp.me/p4C3g-qpa via @fklonsky
Choosing Democracy: How to Fight the Right Wing Culture War Against Critical Race Theory - http://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2021/07/how-to-fight-right-wing-culture-war.html
Philadelphia district officials to meet with air quality specialist over new purifiers https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/16/22580908/philadelphia-district-officials-to-meet-with-air-quality-specialist-over-new-purifiers via @ChalkbeatPHL
NYC Educator: Medicare Advantage and UFT - http://nyceducator.com/2021/07/medicare-advantage-and-uft.html
Los Angeles Trying “Colorblind” Foster Care Decisions https://www.laprogressive.com/colorblind-foster-care-decisions/
‘We need to get answers’: Western Heights investigative audit begins https://nondoc.com/2021/07/16/we-need-to-get-answers-western-heights-investigative-audit-begins/ via @nondocmedia
Affirmation Card Deck – Parenting for Liberation - https://wp.me/p7fXox-1SR on @wordpressdotcom
Texas ‘critical race theory law’ poses real risks to public school students’ education - https://jhvonline.com/texas-critical-race-theory-law-poses-real-risks-to-public-school-students-p29335-112.htm
Right-wing student group Turning Point USA struggles to bar white nationalists from gathering https://www.salon.com/2021/07/17/right-wing-student-group-turning-point-usa-struggles-to-bar-white-nationalists-from-gathering/
Extra money for retired teachers in a "13th check" at center of Republican-Democrat shouting match https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/17/retired-texas-teachers-13th-check/
Texas Senate advances bills limiting education about race, access to abortion-inducing medications. The House is still sidelined. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/16/texas-legislature-critical-race-theory-abortion/
Virginia PTA, NAACP Official Says ‘Let Them Die,’ About Anti-Critical Race Theory Parents https://thepostmillennial.com/virgina-pta-naacp-official-says-let-them-die-about-anti-critical-race-theory-parents#new_tab
FDA ban on electric shock treatment at Massachusetts school overturned - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/07/15/electric-shock-treatment-fda-ban-massachusetts-school/7987781002/#new_tab via @usatoday
Hawaii School Board Says Families Should Have Distance Learning Option In The Fall - Honolulu Civil Beat - https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/07/hawaii-school-board-says-families-should-have-distance-learning-option-in-the-fall/#new_tab via @civilbeat
California cuts the number of tests teachers must take to earn credential http://edsource.org/?page_id=658142 via @edsource
Fairfax schools adopt updated guidelines to protect transgender students at meeting that drew dueling protests https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-schools-transgender-protections/2021/07/16/d2b6c59a-e656-11eb-8aa5-5662858b696e_story.html
Advocates push to extend services for students who aged out of special education during the pandemic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/special-education-services-pandemic-age-out/2021/07/16/e623808c-e56b-11eb-a41e-c8442c213fa8_story.html
With mask mandate, L.A. County now leads national battle against the Delta variant http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/lanowblog/~3/3U0hrt9J4E8/l-a-county-mask-follow
Chicago School Staff Will Visit 18,000 Students Who Detached During The Pandemic https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1017012846/chicago-school-staff-will-visit-18-000-students-who-detached-during-the-pandemic
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=118921 on @Larryferlazzo
Virginia PTA official resigns after she was filmed apparently wishing death to opponents at a rally https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-pta-official-resigns-let-them-die-comment/2021/07/17/79f8129e-e712-11eb-8aa5-5662858b696e_story.html
Mike Pence Claims CRT Teaches Kindergarteners to Be 'Ashamed of Their Skin Color' - https://www.newsweek.com/mike-pence-claims-crt-teaches-kindergarteners-ashamed-their-skin-color-1610712 on @newsweek
TODAY
THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
THIS WEEK FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ED.GOV NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION U.S. Department of Education Approves Massachusetts' Plan for Use of American Rescue Plan Funds to Support K-12 Schools and Students, Distributes Remaining $611 Million 1d On Wednesday, July 7, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced the approval of Massachusetts' A
THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it
Dad Gone Wild – Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it. HOW DO WE CHOOSE? by TC Weber / 4d “Sometimes, because we use the same words, we assume we mean the same thing” ― Ahdaf Soueif, The Map of Love I continue to read extensively about America’s ongoing battle with history – the stories we tell and how we tell them. As I read these stories, I play them against the backdrop of our oft-voiced desir
TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Teacher Tom What Makes the Reward So Sweet 23h "Do You Ever Talk to Your Dog?" 1d The Awesome Power to Alter the World in an Instant 2d "If We Don't Talk About It, How Can We Fix It?" 3d Ancient Wisdom 4d How To Create Your Own State-Of-The-Art Backyard Playground 500+ 8d "Be Like a Child and Make-Believe" 9d "Now Slice Me Up For Dinner, Dearie" 86 10d Teacher Tom
SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
California Department of Education SSPI TONY THURMOND STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SPI Applauds 2021-22 Education Budget 17h State Superintendent Tony Thurmond applauds comprehensive education budget package, universal investments for students, families, and educators in California. 2021–22 Child and Adult Care Centers Annual Update 2d This information is to notify
THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER
NewBlackMan (in Exile) THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) New Edition of William Gardner Smith's 'The Stone Face' by Mark Anthony Neal / 19h ' Tyler Stovall , dean of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and Adam Shatz , the US editor for London Review of Books , join All Of It to discuss New York Review Books ' new edition of William Gardner Smith's 1963 novel, The Stone
THIS WEEK Education Research Report
Education Research Report Emotion, cooperation and locomotion crucial from an early age by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1d Researchers at the UNIGE have found that emotion knowledge, cooperative social behavior and locomotor activity are three key skills for promoting numerical learning in children aged 3 to 6 UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL IMAGE: CONTENT OF ITEM 1 OF THE SECOND
THIS WEEK NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
THIS WEEK FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ED.GOV NEWS FROM DR. MIGUEL CARDONA AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION U.S. Department of Education Approves Massachusetts' Plan for Use of American Rescue Plan Funds to Support K-12 Schools and Students, Distributes Remaining $611 Million 1d On Wednesday, July 7, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced the approval of Massachusetts' A
THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it
Dad Gone Wild – Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it. HOW DO WE CHOOSE? by TC Weber / 4d “Sometimes, because we use the same words, we assume we mean the same thing” ― Ahdaf Soueif, The Map of Love I continue to read extensively about America’s ongoing battle with history – the stories we tell and how we tell them. As I read these stories, I play them against the backdrop of our oft-voiced desir
TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Teacher Tom What Makes the Reward So Sweet 23h "Do You Ever Talk to Your Dog?" 1d The Awesome Power to Alter the World in an Instant 2d "If We Don't Talk About It, How Can We Fix It?" 3d Ancient Wisdom 4d How To Create Your Own State-Of-The-Art Backyard Playground 500+ 8d "Be Like a Child and Make-Believe" 9d "Now Slice Me Up For Dinner, Dearie" 86 10d Teacher Tom
SSPI TONY THURMOND: STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
California Department of Education SSPI TONY THURMOND STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SPI Applauds 2021-22 Education Budget 17h State Superintendent Tony Thurmond applauds comprehensive education budget package, universal investments for students, families, and educators in California. 2021–22 Child and Adult Care Centers Annual Update 2d This information is to notify
THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER
NewBlackMan (in Exile) THIS WEEK WITH NEWBLACKMAN (IN EXILE) New Edition of William Gardner Smith's 'The Stone Face' by Mark Anthony Neal / 19h ' Tyler Stovall , dean of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and Adam Shatz , the US editor for London Review of Books , join All Of It to discuss New York Review Books ' new edition of William Gardner Smith's 1963 novel, The Stone
THIS WEEK Education Research Report
Education Research Report Emotion, cooperation and locomotion crucial from an early age by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1d Researchers at the UNIGE have found that emotion knowledge, cooperative social behavior and locomotor activity are three key skills for promoting numerical learning in children aged 3 to 6 UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL IMAGE: CONTENT OF ITEM 1 OF THE SECOND
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The Government Should Make Unvaccinated Students & Staff Mask Up in Schools
As a classroom teacher, I cannot enforce safety protocols in my school all by myself. I can’t make students and coworkers wear masks. I can’t require people to show me their medical records to determine with any degree of certainty who is and is not fully vaccinated. But when it comes to Covid-19, the federal government is again throwing up its hands and leaving all safety protocols to small town
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CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: FAMILY VACATION EDITION
FAMILY VACATION EDITION Hiatus The staff of the Curmudgucation Institute home office are on the road for a corporate retreat in Maine. Internet access is spotty there. Also, I am told that sometimes people actually vacation by stepping away from social media. Most years I pre-create some content (usually some greatest hits compilations) but this year I just didn't pull it off. So tonight we're i
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