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Big Education Ape
LET'S CHECK THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS AND OTHER STORIES 7-26-25
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*LET'S CHECK THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS AND OTHER STORIES* *7-25-25* Big Education Ape: A PARENT'S 30-YEAR ODYSSEY IN AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION https://bigedu...
42 minutes ago
Schools Matter
OK State Superintendent, Ryan Walters, Forgets to Shut His Porn Browser
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Link to the story at Channel 4, Oklahoma City. And now, Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma school superintendent who (among other morality-boosting moves) wanted t...
58 minutes ago
gbrown
This Week in The Contrarian
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One of the defining characteristics of the Trump administration has been its heinous assaults on hard-working migrants who are guilty of no crime othe...
1 hour ago
Diane Ravitch's blog
Trump Administration Releases School Funding It Was Withholding
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Jan Resseger writes here about the decision by the Trump administration to release the billions of dollars to public schools that it had not distributed. D...
2 hours ago
janresseger
EXTRA: Trump Administration Will Release Remaining Dollars Held Back on July 1 from Public Schools
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Today’s post is an update. Yesterday this blog traced what has happened since the Trump administration refused to send $6.8 billion to U.S. public schools...
16 hours ago
Daily Kos
Please consider the following
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first, from the FBI and DOJ after the examination of the Epstein file, earlier this month There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmai...
18 hours ago
Mike Klonsky's Edu/Pol
What happened to the Freedom Flotilla? A follow-up.
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Coalition is demanding accountability: war crimes investigations, media coverage, and the right to deliver food and medicine without IDG attacks.
21 hours ago
Speaking of Kids
MAHA Moms: What Say You?
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What does it truly mean to make America healthy again – for our children?
21 hours ago
Seattle Schools Community Forum
Public Disclosure Commission - Who is Flush With Money?
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You find out the most fascinating information at the PDC (Public Disclosure Commission) about candidates. To note, school board campaigns are generally ...
22 hours ago
Accountabaloney
Colleen Conklin is Back—and Sounding the Alarm on Florida’s Voucher Grift
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“Yes, K-12 needs real fixes—curriculum, support staff, teacher pay, facilities—but don’t be blinded by that truth: siphoning public...
1 day ago
CURMUDGUCATION
In Praise of Extruding AI
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Emily Bender and Alex Hanna have performed a huge public service by writing *The AI Con,* The book is insightful, incisive, and totally accessible. You need...
1 day ago
Dad Gone Wild
Silence, Settlements, and School Starts
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“Life…is not a simple thread which is only extended in length, it is a large web or rather a network, from interval to interval, casts branches to the side...
1 day ago
NEPC Blog Post of the Day
Shanker Blog: Science of Reading Laws: Let’s Begin With the Facts
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Shanker Blog: Science of Reading Laws: Let’s Begin With the Facts In the past five years, virtually every state has enacted legislation aimed at improving...
1 day ago
Education Research Report
First graders who use more educational media spend more time reading
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An estimated 12% of first graders’ most-used media at home is educational, a new study suggests. Results also showed that higher use of educational media w...
1 day ago
Teacher Tom
Playishness v. Play
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I receive a fair number of newly published early childhood/teaching books, often unsolicited, with the idea that I'll write a review or otherwise promot...
1 day ago
cloakinginequity.com/
Harvard Censorship Is a Dangerous Precedent
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The Harvard Educational Review’s decision to cancel its special issue on education and Palestine is not just an internal editorial dispute or a routine pub...
1 day ago
Schoolfinance101's Blog
Revisiting Deceitful Claims about School Funding and Outcomes (a thread)
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I’ve had enough. This has to stop. I’ve explained on at least a few occasions that there exists a cottage industry for whom their bread and butter is telli...
2 days ago
School Finance 101
Revisiting Deceitful Claims about School Funding and Outcomes (a thread)
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I’ve had enough. This has to stop. I’ve explained on at least a few occasions that there exists a cottage industry for whom their bread and butter is telli...
2 days ago
Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
The Book That Got Teaching Right (Samuel Freedman)
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Author Samuel G. Freedman wrote this piece about a novel written by a New York City high school teacher. It was published in the New Yorker, September 1, 2...
2 days ago
Choosing Democracy
CBS Participates in the Consolidation of fascism in the U.S. They Must Be Stopped
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CBS is participating in the consolidation of fascism in the U.S. https://www.npr.org/2025/07/02/nx-s1-5454790/cbs-settlement-trump-60-minutes-harris-inter...
2 days ago
Mike Klonsky's Edu/Pol
From Spin to Spike: The Mirage of Political Victory Over Gun Violence in Chicago
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Mayor Johnson’s July 4th victory speech now reads like a premature pat on the back.
2 days ago
CA Dept of Education - What's New
Noncongregate Waivers for Unanticipated Closures
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Noncongregate Waivers for Unanticipated School Closures SY 2025-26
2 days ago
Union Matters By Arthur Goldstein
As USA Flirts with Fascism, UFT Unity Embraces It
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In Queens, we stand up to Unity's unilateral actions.
2 days ago
Bill Ayers
BROTHER RICK AYERS: Just sayin’
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There are so many horror stories, so many outrageous declarations coming out of the executive branch, that our heads are spinning. A lot of it is simply po...
3 days ago
BIG EDUCATION APE UNCHAINED
A BLUEPRINT FOR BOLDNESS
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Democrats Winning the Messaging War in 2026
3 days ago
Diane Ravitch
What Will Todd Blanche Discuss with Ghislaine Maxwell? One Guess.
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Todd Blanche was Donald Trump's personal lawyer in his criminal trial in New York City.
3 days ago
GFBrandenburg's Blog
These fascists are proud of being that way.
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The Chilling Rise of the Far Right You’re Not Ready For
3 days ago
deutsch29
College Cheating Regrets
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Online testing, AI platforms, and internet capabilities in general have made cheating in and across academic courses so very easy. For some, the entire col...
4 days ago
The Education Report
What About Those Frozen Federal Funds?
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Will they be released? What will schools do if not?
4 days ago
the becoming radical
Did You Write This?: Or Why You Can’t Spell “Plagiarism” without “AI”
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[Header Photo by Lauren Mancke on Unsplash] “Did you write this?” I once asked a sophomore in my advanced English class. The student was one of three sibli...
4 days ago
radical eyes for equity
Did You Write This?: Or Why You Can’t Spell “Plagiarism” without “AI”
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[Header Photo by Lauren Mancke on Unsplash] “Did you write this?” I once asked a sophomore in my advanced English class. The student was one of three sibli...
4 days ago
The Jose Vilson
Getting Beyond Our Discomfort Zones
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I have a story to tell about comfort zones. In late June, the High School for Environmental Studies invited me to be their special guest ... Read More T...
5 days ago
The Jose Vilson
Getting Beyond Our Discomfort Zones
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I have a story to tell about comfort zones. In late June, the High School for Environmental Studies invited me to be their special guest ... Read More T...
5 days ago
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
Armstrong & Aldrin Walked On The Moon In 1969 On This Day – Here Are Teaching Resources
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From the Associated Press: On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after reaching it...
6 days ago
Fred Klonsky in Retirement
NEA Representative Assembly votes to break ties with the ADL. The NEA leadership overturns the vote.
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I was taking a break from posting new stuff while I was on vacation with the family.
1 week ago
tultican
Trump: Project 2025 and Education
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By Thomas Ultican 7/19/2025 Lindsey M. Burke, Director of the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation, opened her education section in Proje...
1 week ago
Welcome to NPE! - Network For Public Education
#ReleaseFunds4Schools
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Just weeks before the school year begins, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is refusing to release $8.6 billion in federal funds that Congress approve...
1 week ago
The Education Wars
Kicking Away the Ladder
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The great American wealth transfer is underway
1 week ago
Exceptional Delaware
Appoquinimink Under Special Investigation By State Auditor’s Office
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Delaware State Auditor Lydia York announced this morning that the Appoquinimink School District is under investigation by the Auditor of Accounts office. T...
1 week ago
Nancy Bailey's Education Website
The TROUBLING Teacher Union Connection to Open AI, Microsoft, and Anthropic
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The AFT and UFT have signed an agreement with Open AI, Microsoft, and Anthropic to fund AI teacher training, stating that this will put teachers in the d...
1 week ago
Change The LAUSD
Live Aid: The Day The Music Mattered
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Looking back 40 years after attending Live Aid, a day when Sir Bob Geldof successfully harnessed the power of popular music to drive change. Read the art...
1 week ago
Teacher in a strange land
Teachers Work in Systems We Did Not Create
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Back in the day, I used to go to ed-tech conferences, especially the Michigan Association for Computers Users in Learning (MACUL) gathering. Like everyone ...
1 week ago
Teach Truth & Sing the Blues: Jesse' Songbook for Survival
The Problem with Oligarchy: Global Voices Expose Bill Gates and the Billionaire Power Grab
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From Classrooms to Clinics to Croplands, Bill Gates is Leading a Global Assault on the Common Good
1 week ago
The Merrow Report
Chuck Feeney died on October 9, 2023, at the age of 92. I wrote this in 2017
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Billionaire Charles Feeney has finally completed what he set out to do: He has given away his fortune. In all, he’s donated $8 billion, keeping only about...
1 week ago
Fiction. Feminism. Fat Girls.
The 8 Gifts of Christmas in July: ✨FREE✨ Baseball Romance, a Cover Reveal & more
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A few book & publishing updates... plus an All-Star week baseball freebie!
2 weeks ago
Class Size Matters
Our detailed critique of DOE draft class size plan for 2025-2026 school year
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July 9, 2025 Below and here is our detailed critique of the DOE’s draft Class Size Reduction Plan for the 2025-2026 school year, along with a list of signe...
2 weeks ago
Campaign for America's Future
Organizándonos para afrontar la crueldad
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Pronto, cada uno de nosotros tendrá su propia historia que contar sobre un hospital que cerró o un ser querido que falleció, se enfermó, pasó hambre o se v...
2 weeks ago
Ogo Okoye-Johnson | Blogging About – Quality Education: Past, Present and Future
Happy 4th of July
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3 weeks ago
Engaging Parents In School...
June’s Parent Engagement Resources
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#DYK summer learning opportunities can be as close as your backyard? @SmithsonianEdu has tips for parents & educators on nature play, a type of hands-on le...
4 weeks ago
JD Organizing in Retirement - jd2718
UFT Election Analysis from Three Years Ago
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JD2718 blog posts from May and June 2022
4 weeks ago
JD2718 | Education, Math, Teaching, New York, Bronx, Union, Language, Travel
Analyzing UFT election results – from 2022
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JD2718 blog posts from May and June 2022. Post-UFT election for the last two decades I have done some analysis of the numbers. I am getting ready to start ...
4 weeks ago
NYC Public School Parents
Honoring Commissioner Betty Rosa at our Skinny Award Dinner
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Our Skinny Award Dinner honoring Commissioner Betty Rosa on June 18 was a tremendous success! So many of her admirers attended to enjoy the company of o...
4 weeks ago
Student Privacy Matters
Alert: Urge your Senators to eliminate the ban on regulating AI from the budget bill!
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There are many damaging aspects of the budget bill , but one that has received inadequate attention is a provision passed by the House that would impose a ...
1 month ago
I AM AN EDUCATOR | Jesse Hagopian's Lesson Plan for Liberation
New “Teach Truth” Website & Study Guide: Launching TeachTruthBook.com on 5th Annual #TeachTruth National Day of Action!
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I’m excited to announce the launch of a new website — TeachTruthBook.com — where you can now access the free study guide for my book, Teach Truth: The Stru...
1 month ago
Round the Inkwell
McGrath and Kaminsky: Key Names in the School Policy Debate
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The landscape of American school policy is no longer shaped only behind closed doors. It’s debated in town halls, on social media, and through public prote...
1 month ago
Public Enemy Number 1
"Didn't do *that*," part 1: new Schofield case developments reveal crucial 10th Circuit/Ledger lie
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The record is clear. Jeremy Scott confessed at least 40 times in a 2017 hearing. He never recanted. The Ledger must retract its lie to force Judge Kevin Ab...
2 months ago
CLASSROOM STRUGGLE | Strategy and Analysis to Defend and Transform Public Education
Achieve 3000 Answers Key (Updated 2023)
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Are you on the hunt for the most recent Achieve 3000 answers for the year 2023? Your search is over! ... Read more
2 months ago
Grumpy Old Teacher
Il Papa è Morto
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Francis brought a distinct pastoral outlook to his papacy. A simple man, he lived in a small apartment in the guesthouse. He sought to make the church acce...
3 months ago
Living in Dialogue
Kemenangan Member Birutoto Main PG Soft Speed Winner
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Kemenangan Member Birutoto Main PG Soft Speed Winner Birutoto – Situs Slot Gacor Terpercaya The post Kemenangan Member Birutoto Main PG Soft Speed Winner...
3 months ago
Opine I will
Trump plays Putin’s Playbook
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Recently Aleksander Dugin was interviewed on CNN, last week, and he stated that he believes Trump is closer ideologically to President Putin than to Washin...
3 months ago
SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL
Mike Shulman the ARISE UFT Judenrat
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I was surprised to learn that Mike Shulman has aligned himself with ARISE. I previously supported him, advocating that the Castle Doctrine could have bee...
3 months ago
Deborah Meier Homepage
How Do We Fight Trump?
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Dear Friends, I don’t know when and why it hit me. But I suddenly realized how serious Trump is about changing the country into something that horrifies. I...
3 months ago
My Island View
Can Students Expect a Relevant Education to be Delivered by Irrelevant Educators?
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As a veteran teacher of forty years in the classroom, let me be clear, teachers are not completely at fault for becoming irrelevant in their profession. It...
4 months ago
Crazy Normal - the Classroom Exposé | An insider's look at education, teaching, parenting and coming of age.
The US Department of Education Should not be Eliminated. Still, it must be reformed.
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If you don’t have an attention span that lasts long enough to learn what I’m teaching in this post, start with the conclusion first. Then if you want to re...
5 months ago
Gary Rubinstein's Blog
Who is the new CEO of Teach For America?
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From 1990 until 2013, the CEO of TFA was the founder, Wendy Kopp. Under her leadership the program grew from a small organization that struggled to make pa...
6 months ago
A Teacher on Teaching
Site Index - Updated December 31, 2024
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When I was teaching, I got tired of hearing how bad American educators were. *My Promise * WHEN I STARTED BLOGGING IN 2011, I said I planned to speak ...
6 months ago
NewBlackMan (in Exile)
Malcolm & John David Washington Talk NFL, Christopher Nolan & ‘The Piano Lesson’
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'The Washington brothers built their careers apart—until an irresistible project drew them together. In The *Piano Lesson*, they tackle a father’s thorny...
7 months ago
redqueeninla
“I’m Done With Him; He’s A Douchebag” …And Other Tales From Distant Doors And Stoops
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The Democratic Party has been joining with thousands of allied groups working feverishly to hold off TFG’s fever-dream. I’ve long… The post “I’m Done Wit...
8 months ago
Live Long and Prosper | Miscellaneous Ramblings
Number 18 — A barely-hanging-on Blogoversary
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Blogoversary #18 SEPTEMBER 14, 2006 I started this blog while I was still teaching, in 2006. I had just begun my 31st year as an educator. Just like in pre...
10 months ago
Jersey Jazzman
Student "Growth" Measures Are STILL Biased
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This caught my attention: New Jersey school districts may soon be evaluated differently, *with a greater emphasis on student growth* as compared to stud...
11 months ago
Dr. Edward F. Berger
AIN’T IT AWFUL
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As the terrible feelings of dread and angst spread across the world the great majority of the American people feel powerless before the onslaught of those ...
1 year ago
Education Matters
Did Darryl Willie lie or interfere in the whistleblower investgation? Why not both?
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Willie said below to Action News Jax [image: image.png] It's troubling for quite a few reasons. First he is saying the board knew about the complaint an...
1 year ago
Truth in American Education
What Country Has The Longest School Day? A Comprehensive Guide
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In today’s fast-paced world, education plays a crucial role in shaping the future of individuals and nations...
1 year ago
gadflyonthewallblog
Could This Be Gadfly’s End? Top 12 Articles From 2023 Read By Fewer Than Ever
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After 9 years of pounding my head against the wall - well, it seems like the wall is winning.
1 year ago
Ed In The Apple
Redesigning School Governance: Beyond Mayoral Control
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From time to time the legislature passes a bill with a sunset provision, unless the law is reauthorized by a specific date the law reverts to the law it re...
1 year ago
Save Our Schools March
20 Best Mph Programs In New York, NY (2024 Updated)
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20 Best Mph Programs In New York, NY 1. Pace University Rating: (4.2 ) Address: One Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038... The post 20 Best Mph Programs In...
1 year ago
Education Town Hall Forum | Archives and Extended Discussion
POSTPONED: Florida’s Impact on Social Studies
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POSTPONED: discussion with Florida and DC educators and advocates on the impact of Florida's new laws Continue reading
1 year ago
NYC Educator
Vote NO on the UFT Contract. Here is Why:
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The best reason to vote no on this contract is this: UFT Unity* lied* to us in 2018. They misrepresented that contract. It was predicated on deals we wer...
2 years ago
Grand Graffiti
A Stadium Proposal for the NFL's Jaguars
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Baldwin.
2 years ago
Sam Chaltain
All My New Writing is on Substack
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Come check it out . . . samchaltain.substack.com
2 years ago
Parents United for Responsible Education
Testimony to the CPS Truancy Task Force
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I prepared testimony for one of two public hearings held by the Chicago Public Schools Truancy Task Force, a body mandated by state legislation. The meetin...
2 years ago
With A Brooklyn Accent
Tennis Memories from a Time When Racism and Anti-Semitism Still Prevailed
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I learned tennis at a public park in Brooklyn- Lincoln Terrace- where the teaching pro was a mailman named Phil Rubell. Almost all the kids who took lesson...
2 years ago
Diary of a Public School Teacher!
There Is A Teacher Shortage.Not.
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THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. And just to be sure you understand, it’s not that teachers don’t want to teach. It’s not that there aren’t enough teachers cer...
2 years ago
okeducationtruths
Reason #1 to pick Dr. Grace over Mr. Walters: The future we’ve already seen
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In 2014, Oklahoma voters corrected the mistake we made in 2010. In 2022, let’s not make the mistake in the first place. Elect Dr. April Grace instead. She ...
2 years ago
Real Learning CT | Educators Reclaiming the Conversation
The Second Amendment Explained
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3 years ago
Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Want to know the condition of a Philly school building? New map to help.
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[image: Two students walk by a Philadelphia school building.] Aging infrastructure has been an issue for Philadelphia schools for years. A new interactive...
3 years ago
DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing
STREET LIFE
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My mom told me, “You should treat all people equally, but don’t bring a “colored” into the house.” I believed … Continue reading →
3 years ago
solidaridad
Schools Matter: Reflecting on Green Dot’s Disastrous Locke Takeover
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*“Green Dot came and made it into more of a jail.” — Chris* My history of opposing the Green Dot Charter School Corporation back when I was an activist i...
3 years ago
Russ on Reading
Book Banning Turns to Dick and Jane
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Breaking News: Dateline February 4, 2022 - Parents in Dimwitty, Alabama have asked the Dimwitty Board of Education to ban the children's primer *Fun with...
3 years ago
EduShyster
Have You Heard Has a New Website
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TweetHave You Heard has a new website. Visit us at www.haveyouheardpodcast.com to find our latest episodes and our entire archive. And be sure to check out...
3 years ago
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog
Follow me at Substack
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I've moved. Follow me at Substack I'm now posting regularly at Substack. You can subscribe for free to my new Edu/Pol blog at michaelklonsky.substack.com ...
3 years ago
Fred Klonsky's blog
I’ve moved.
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I’m on Substack now. Five bucks a month to subscribe.
3 years ago
Educate All Students: Larry Miller's Blog
Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights
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The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined to win...
3 years ago
Larry Miller's Blog
Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights
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The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined to win...
3 years ago
Education | 89.3 KPCC
Aspiring Teachers Get New Help Paying For College
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[image: colorful classroom pattern] *; Credit: shuoshu/Getty Images* Cory Turner | NPR New rules kick in today that will help aspiring teachers pay for c...
4 years ago
Los Angeles Education Examiner
Major victory over a corporate charter school chain and their trade association
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Original post at Robert’s page on Medium. On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, I got my second big win in court against a charter school corporation. It was also a ...
4 years ago
WeArePCAPS | Philly Coalition Advocating for Public Schools
Tips Akses Situs Judi Qq Tanpa Perlu Takut Nawala
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Kegiatan berjudi slot melalui situs judi qq online, sekarang sudah dilakukan oleh banyak penjudi Indonesia. Tentu, Kamu yang sedang membaca artikel ini a...
4 years ago
Perdaily.com
The Threat of Integration
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I have lived in the same house in the Miracle Mile section of Los Angeles for over 30 years, where up until now I have had little or no interaction with th...
4 years ago
VAMboozled!
New Teacher Evaluation Report Released by the Network for Public Education
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A new report on current teacher evaluation systems throughout the US was just released by the Network for Public Education. The report is titled, “Teachers...
4 years ago
One Flew East
www.job-applications.com
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https://www.job-applications.com/bed-bath-and-beyond-job-application/
4 years ago
NEA Today
Teacher Creates National Database Tracking COVID-19 Outbreaks in Schools
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Kansas educator Alisha Morris's online coronavirus news-tracker goes viral, now hosted on a new NEA website.
4 years ago
Missouri Education Watchdog
Correction for July 10th Post on School District Audit
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On July 10, 2020 we published a post “School District Caught Manipulating Attendance Records to Get More Money” which incorrectly cited Valley Park School ...
5 years ago
lily’s blog –
We fight for a democracy worthy of us all!
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The nation stands at a crossroads, said NEA President Lily Eskelsen García in her final keynote address to the 2020 NEA Representative Assembly and it’s up...
5 years ago
Education Law Prof Blog
Giving Private Schools Federal Emergency Funds Slated for Low-income Students Will Shortchange At-risk Kids
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Low-income Seattle students began to pick up bagged lunches in March after their school closed. Karen Ducey/Getty Images Derek W. Black, University of Sout...
5 years ago
Chaz's School Daze
The Passing Of Chaz 1951-2020 Age 69
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I am the son of Chaz and like to inform you that he passed away this afternoon from the COVID virus. My father passed in peace beside his loved ones. We ar...
5 years ago
K-12 News Network's The Wire
Let The Next Round Of Anti-Semitic Ads Begin
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All four pro-public education candidates came in first in their LAUSD school board elections, but two will face run-offs in November.
5 years ago
Marie Corfield
The Fight For Our Children
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*The number of suicides among people ages 10 to 24 nationally increased by 56 percent between 2007 and 2017, according to a new federal report showing the ...
5 years ago
All Things Education
Love Grow Your Own (but not without the actual growth part)
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The Governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, recently announced a grow-your-own type of program for teachers. According to this piece: On Monday, Governor Ral...
5 years ago
Seattle Education
Another attempted cash grab by the corporate ed crowd in Washington State: House Bill 2788
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The League of Women Voters has opposed charter schools because they don’t have boards elected by the voters but instead the corporation running the schools...
5 years ago
Louisiana Educator
Some of Our Graduates Don't Even Know How to Tighten a Nut
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Are schools neglecting practical knowledge and skills? Many of our students are graduating from high school with extremely limited practical knowledge essen...
5 years ago
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!
Read to Self: Just a Kid and a Book.
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Date: Monday, January 5, 2020 Place: My classroom Student: Mrs.Mims, could we start doing Read to Self again because I got this great book for Christmas an...
5 years ago
Pissed Off
Reminiscences
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I just finished dumping the rest of my lesson plans. I guess I held on to the calculus ones for so long because I spent so much time working on them an...
5 years ago
BustED Pencils
Just Asking for some Teachers I know.
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Recently Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers stated, We must … recognize that part of supporting our kids in the classroom means supporting the educators who t...
5 years ago
The Edvocate Blog
Charging a terrified 10-year-old girl as a criminal is a very bad look for state attorney Dennis Ward
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What the hell is going on? As a parent, I feel very comfortable using this exact wording to ask this … Continue reading →
5 years ago
Reclaim Reform | by Ken Previti
Cara Menang Bermain Judi Bola Online
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Bermain judi bola online tentu saja memiliki kesenangannya tersendiri baik itu mendapatkan keuntungan maupun ketika menantikan hasil skor pada sebuah perta...
5 years ago
Badass Teachers Association
Blaming Schools for Student Absences is Like Denouncing Doctors for Disease by Steven Singer
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Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.com/2019/08/25/blaming-schools-for-student-absences-is-like-denouncing-doctors-for-disease/?fbclid=IwAR1LV...
5 years ago
Bob Braun's Ledger
Jersey journalist roughed up at session sponsored by charter school groups
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The sponsors of an event that doesn’t like journalists An independent New Jersey journalist was roughed up, his video camera was seized, and he was ejected...
5 years ago
Schooling in the Ownership Society
K12 Inc. Data Breach Puts thousands of students at risk
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It's hard to believe school districts are still contracting with this horrible company. K12 Inc. is the largest for-profit online alternative to actual pub...
6 years ago
An Urban Teacher's Education
A Critique of Standards-Based Grading
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It first happened to me about ten years ago. I was beginning my third year of teaching in a new school in Washington, DC. Social studies teachers were si...
6 years ago
Raginghorseblog
My First and Last Visit to Hudson Yards
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Figuring I did not need to invite any more darkness and vulgarity into my head than that provided on a daily basis from Trump’s White House, and after read...
6 years ago
Children should not be a number.
Reduced time for testing? Not so fast.
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NYSED and Commish Elia continue to say that the NYS Assessments are of reasonable length, I completely disagree. Here is what NYSED states are average expe...
6 years ago
Mother Crusader
A Response to NorthJersey.com's Explosive "Cashing in on Charter Schools" Series
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From NorthJersey.com's Cashing in on Charter Schools series Please note: THIS is what journalism looks like. For the better part of a *DECADE* I have wa...
6 years ago
Education Opportunity Network
3/19/2019 – New ‘Our Schools’ Media Project To Report On Privatization Movement
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6 years ago
Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools
This Week in Education Organizing - February 15, 2019
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Coalition for Education Justice to Release Report on CRE Eighty-five percent of public school students in New York City are Black, Latinx, or Asian and y...
6 years ago
UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform
The World According to Michelle Rhee
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The men behind the curtain fashioning the brave new world of corporate run education in America! Michelle Rhee is the founder of StudentsFirst, The New T...
6 years ago
SKrashen
Libraries, books and overcoming the effect of poverty
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Better parenting: Home visits show young mom how to break her family's cycle of violence -- chicagotribune.com
Better parenting: Home visits show young mom how to break her family's cycle of violence -- chicagotribune.com
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"Mom can imprint alternatives to aggressive behavior on her 1-year-old son -- but it must be done now, research shows"
Shantell Thomas stood in front of her son's strawberry-flavored birthday cake, jaw clenched, knuckles white from the ferocious grip she had on the 10-inch carving knife.
A dozen rowdy youngsters behind her pushed toward the cake, jostling Thomas and knocking Styrofoam cups off the table. Jabari, the 1-year-old birthday boy, sat on his aunt's lap nearby and wailed.
Thomas wheeled around and raised the knife. "Back the fff up," she yelled, catching herself before a curse could slip out. "Or I'm 'bout to cut some necks off."
It had been a stressful night for the 18-year-old mother of two, who organized a party for a dozen and then saw 40 show up. Her mom didn't make it, and she was left to run Pin the Tail on the Donkey on her own.
Her outburst was the default reaction for a teenager raised in a home where violence was the accepted way of dealing with frustration. And her struggle represents the challenge of teaching a teenager how to manage the stress of motherhood and break the intergenerational cycle of violence.
Thomas is working to alter her aggressive tendencies, and at the party, help came in the form of Cynthia Brown, her counselor in a parenting program.
"Shantell," said Brown, "maybe we can think about a better way to say that?"
Thomas dropped the knife to hip level and relaxed her shoulders. "OK, OK, back up,
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