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In the Public Interest: The Pandemic Reminds Us of the Importance of Public Schools

New Mexico Shows How Public Ed Can Thrive After COVID-19

Andy Hargreaves: What We Have Learned So Far from the Coronavirus Pandemic

The Disappearing Social Safety Net: Public Schools

John Ewing: We Should Listen to the Real Education Experts: Teachers

Nancy Bailey: Teachers Are the Superheroes of the Pandemic

Nancy Bailey Asked Moms to Reimagine Public Schools: This Is What They Said

Marion Brady: Why Not Reform Education from the Bottom Up for a Real Change?

Jan Resseger: The importance of public schooling and what has to change. https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2020/04/29/24312/

https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/providing-teachers-quality-materials-theyre-trained-use-critical-schools?utm_source=Fordham+Institute+Newsletters+%26+Announcements&utm_campaign=113638f3fd-20200510-LateLateBell+A%2FB&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5fa2df08a3-113638f3fd-71867561&mc_cid=113638f3fd&mc_eid=ebbe04a807

AFT Releases Guidelines to Reopen Schools

http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2020/04/rethinking-accountability-for-education.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FORjvzd+%28CURMUDGUCATION%29

A School Experiment to Remember

The future of teaching and learning from an international perspective. http://ncee.org/2020/04/global-ed-talks-andreas-schleicher/

John Merrow: What’s Needed Now: Think Like a Librarian!

Massachusetts. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/27/massachusetts-the-challenges-of-reopening-schools/

Michigan settles literacy cast and  establishes a right to literacy as a federal precedent. https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2020/05/20/24689/

Oklahoma. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/27/holy-moley-oklahoma-science-standards-include-evolution-and-climate-change/

Leonie Haimson: Yes, NYC Can Pay for Smaller Classes: Here Is How

https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2020/05/25/schools-closed-for-five-years-the-prince-edward-county-story-part-1/ and https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2020/05/28/schools-closed-for-five-years-the-prince-edward-county-story-part-2/

The True—and Inspiring—Story of “Lord of the Flies”

David Berliner: Kids Missing School? Don’t Worry.

Charter, Voucher, and Privatization Issues

Eleven Warning Signs that Privatizers Are Invading Your School District During the Pandemic

Annie Abrams: Privatization Vultures Are Circling Our Public Schools

Some Communities Are Being Forced to Fight School Closures and Privatization in the Midst of the Pandemic

NEPC Interview of the Month: Frank Adamson on Privatization Internationally

http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2020/05/another-voucher-angle-child-safety.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FORjvzd+%28CURMUDGUCATION%29

http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2020/05/backpack-full-of-misdirection.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FORjvzd+%28CURMUDGUCATION%29

CREDO’s New Study Biased against Public Schools

A Brief History of Anti-Government Rhetoric

https://garyrubinstein.wordpress.com/2020/05/02/98-success-academy-students-accepted-to-college/This is not 100% of the senior class as claimed but a fraction of the students who started out in that cohort.

IDEA Charter Chain Will Pay Its CEO Tom Torkelsen Severance Pay of $900,000

Stan Karp: Betsy DeVos Uses the Pandemic to Pursue Her War Against Public Schools

Betsy DeVos Takes Money from Public Schools and Small Businesses to Advance Her Agenda

DeVos Insists That Public Schools Must Share Emergency Funds with Private Schools

Education Law Center Calls on Cuomo to Reject DeVos “Guidance”

Devos awards $180 billion of state Cares act money to virtual schools and private schools. https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2020/05/04/24400/

Lamar Alexander Disagrees with Betsy DeVos About Giving CARES Funds to Private Schools

Burris and Kilfoyle: The Charter Schools That Are Double-Dipping Federal CARES Funds

Congress to DeVos: We Did Not Intend to Fund Private Schools; DeVos to Congress: I Don’t Care

Education Law Center: States Should Reject DeVos’ Proposal to Fund Elite Private Schools

Shawgi Tell: Charter Entrepreneurs Cash in on Public Funding During Pandemic

Are the Charters in Your City Getting Small Biz Loans?

Valerie Jablow: Why Is D.C. Giving Away Public Space to Charters in Shady Real Estate Deals?

Corruption Watch: DeVos Awarded $72 Million to IDEA Charter Chain Despite Negative Staff Reviews!

You Read It Here First: Betsy Uses Relief Funds to Push Vouchers and Online Ed

Chicago Public Schools Decides to Kick Out Privatized Custodial Services

Los Angeles: After Long Battle, 5 Charter Schools Join UTLA

Financial Tsunami Heads Toward The Nation’s Schools

Rep. DeLauro Criticizes Betsy DeVos for Using Coronavirus Relief Funds to Promote Vouchers

Jan Resseger: The Pandemic Shows Why Betsy DeVos Is Wrong

http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2020/05/trump-teams-up-with-catholic-church-for.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FORjvzd+%28CURMUDGUCATION%29

Mercedes Schneider: Jeb Bush Wants Relief $$ for Private Schools

Elite Private Schools Collect Federal Aid, Including Barron Trump’s

Boston. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/04/29/christine-langhoff-the-great-boston-school-heist/

California. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/03/california-charter-leaders-charged-with-breaking-securities-law-no-criminal-charges/

California https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/12/los-angeles-nightmare-vision-as-bain-and-company-arrive-to-help-the-schools/

Indiana. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/04/30/tom-ultican-who-paid-to-make-indianapolis-the-second-most-privatized-school-district-in-the-nation/

Michigan. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/07/nancy-bailey-how-betsy-devos-fostered-squalid-learning-conditions-in-detroit/

New Jersey. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/27/juan-gonzalez-the-struggle-to-save-a-public-school-in-new-brunswick-new-jersey-from-corporate-clutches/

New York. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/05/nightmare-vision-for-new-york-schools-post-pandemic/ and https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/07/daniel-katz-what-cuomo-really-said-about-reinventing-schools/  and https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/10/peter-greene-why-bill-gates-is-not-the-right-person-to-reimagine-education-in-new-york/ and https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/11/message-to-cuomo-remote-learning-is-a-stopgap-not-a-solution/ and “What’s with Cuomo and others advocating a shock doctrine to public schools? https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2020/05/18/24649/

North Carolina. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/19/north-carolina-civil-rights-challenge-charter-schools-racial-segregation/

Oakland. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/31/thomas-ultican-will-the-billionaires-buy-and-privatize-oakland-public-schools/

Ohio. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/27/mother-jones-the-incredible-but-true-story-of-ecot-ohios-virtual-disaster/

Ohio. The disparate effect of vouchers in Ohio. https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2020/05/15/24562/ and https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/30/stephen-dyer-vouchers-hurt-poor-kids/

Ohio. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/21/bill-phillis-ohio-supreme-court-strikes-down-local-control-of-schools/

Ohio. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/28/ohio-legislators-reject-the-vision-of-the-founding-fathers/

Tennessee. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/04/tennessee-details-about-the-ruling-against-vouchers/

Tennessee. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/20/tennessee-takes-devos-advice-to-give-federal-aid-to-private-schools/

Tennessee. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/29/nashville-school-board-rejected-five-charter-schools/

Texas. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/04/texas-parent-complains-to-state-superintendent-about-approval-of-unwanted-charter-school/

Texas. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/19/texas-faith-based-charter-school-hopes-to-open-in-dallas-area/

Washington, DC. https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/19/valerie-jablow-why-is-d-c-giving-away-public-space-to-charters-in-shady-real-estate-deals/

“Reform” foibles

Peter Greene: A Pathetic Attempt, Funded by Billionaires, to Revive the Big Standatdized Tests

http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2020/05/high-stakes-testing-is-huge-threat-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FORjvzd+%28CURMUDGUCATION%29

Gary Rubinstein: KIPP Flees the Edsel of School Reform in Tennessee

Eva Moskowitz’s Success Academies Lays Off During COVID Despite $60M in Reserve, AND She’s Hiring!

Annie Tan: My First-Year Disaster with Teach for America

Some Friends Of TFA Join In On The Teacher Bashing During a Pandemic

DeVos’ “COVID Emergency” Competition Funding to be Awarded… in July(?)

Technology

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2020/04/6_reasons_students_arent_showing_up_for_virtual_learning.html?cmp=eml-enl-eu-news2&M=59562836&U=56558&UUID=963b3ee1b30e99b18f611b1fbc9d893e

Kids Are Miserable Because of Distance Learning

Distance Learning is Horrible for Kindergarten Students

https://citizentruth.org/the-future-of-k-12-schools-isnt-online-its-in-new-mexico/

The darker side of online learning. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/sunday-review/zoom-college-classroom.html?action=click&campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20200505&instance_id=18231&module=Opinion&nl=opinion-today&pgtype=Homepage&regi_id=50191918&segment_id=26632&te=1&user_id=963b3ee1b30e99b18f611b1fbc9d893e

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/education-remote-learning-effectiveness-depends-on-motivation-of-students/

Learning Math Virtually: What’s Essential in Assessment?

The Class Divide: Remote Learning at 2 Schools, Private and Public (Dana Goldstein)

Teaching Remotely During the Pandemic

https://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2020/05/my_online_learning_experience_as_a_student_is_not_so_good.html?cmp=eml-enl-cm-news2&M=59576199&U=56558&UUID=963b3ee1b30e99b18f611b1fbc9d893e

The Internet is NOT the Best Place for Kids to Learn After the Coronavirus Pandemic

Carol Burris on NPE Survey of Emergency Remote Learning

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/55838/seven-distance-learning-priorities-to-consider-before-reopening-schools

http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2020/04/khan-academythis-is-better.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FORjvzd+%28CURMUDGUCATION%29

Add Audio & Video Instructions to Help Students Navigate Work While Learning Remotely

Superintendents to Tech Vendors: “Just Stop It!”