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This is the conversation I'm always having with myself, like a crazy person. I think @jerridkruse nails it in the comments:
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Friday, August 27, 2010
Puerto Rican teachers walk off the job. � Fred Klonsky's blog
Puerto Rican teachers walk off the job. � Fred Klonsky's blog
Puerto Rican teachers walk off the job.
In the largest public school walkout since 2008 Puerto Rican teachers hit the bricks in a one day strike over wages and working conditions.
Teachers walked off their jobs Thursday in a one-day strike over staff and funding levels in Puerto Rican schools, giving students an unplanned day off
A New Turnaround Strategy – ED.gov Blog
A New Turnaround Strategy – ED.gov Blog
A New Turnaround Strategy
MOBILE, Ala.—Of all the strategies we’ve heard for turning low-performing schools into high-performing schools, we had never heard this one: become a mind-reader.
Extrasensory perception—or at least a staff with a shared vision and the ability to anticipate each other’s needs—has apparently been key to the transformation at George C. Hall Elementary School.
“We’ve come to read each other’s minds at this point,” Principal Terri Tomlinson said today when the Courage in the Classroom bus pulled up at Hall. “We’re just a solid team.”
Earlier this year the Department profiled the school’s success in a series of videos on school turnaroundsabout the federal School Improvement Grant program. It was good to meet the administrators, teachers, parents and partners from that video in person and to hear from the larger team and community.
Click here for an accessible version of the video.
The community’s role in this turnaround was key, especially the support of the Mobile Area Education Foundation. For hard work like this, everyone has a role to play.
Massie Ritsch
Office of Communications & Outreach
SC agency finds 35 illegal workers at school sites - Boston.com
SC agency finds 35 illegal workers at school sites - Boston.com
SC agency finds 35 illegal workers at school sites
By Seanna AdcoxAssociated Press Writer / August 27, 2010
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COLUMBIA, S.C.—State investigators have identified nearly three dozen illegal immigrants working at school construction sites in one South Carolina county, and fined a company, officials announced Friday.
The state agency overseeing South Carolina's illegal immigration law reported that five subcontractors have been cited for employing 35 illegal workers -- 32 of them identified since the 2008 law began applying to all businesses July 1.
The investigation at public school construction sites in Pickens County began in November, following complaints from residents and contractors not hired for the jobs. But the scope was initially limited, since the law applied then only to employers with more than 100 workers, said Jim Knight, head of the
How The Times built teacher effectiveness database | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times
How The Times built teacher effectiveness database | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times
The Times soon plans to publish a database on its website charting Los Angeles Unified School District teacher performance, allowing parents and others to examine the information.
In the video above, Times Database Editor Doug Smith describes the yearlong effort to gather the test scores and build the database. He also talks about the efforts over the last few weeks to provide teachers with the information before it goes online, giving them a chance to submit comments that will appear next to their scores. Smith said. The Times assembled a team to send out the information to nearly 2,000 teachers.
Smith also addresses some of the concerns raised by teachers and others about publishing the data. Smith said he's aware of concerns that the database could embarrass teachers and confuse parents. But he said he felt strongly it is important to make the data public and spark a debate about how to better use the information in making schools better.
What do you think? Share your views below.
You can't be my teacher.
If you don't know the internet you can't be my teacher, I need someone who knows what I know. Meet me on the web, at least half way. Teachers today need to be literate to relate to digital natives.
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Are you going to teach me in a school?
Are you going to make me sit in a desk all day?
Is this what you are going to use to teach me with?
Is this what you are going to use to teach me with? (echo)
Do you know how to use a computer?
Do you know how to use a computer? (echo)
Are you a teacher?
Are you my teacher?
Are you going to teach me using the internet?
Are you going to teach me how to be safe on the internet?
Do you know what goes on on the internet?
Are you sure you are my teacher?
Are you sure you are my teacher? (echo)
Are you going to learn how to use the technology?
I am a digital native.
Do computers scare you?
Are you afraid to use them?
Have you been on facebook?
Have you been on twitter?
Have you been surfing?
Do you even know what is on the internet?
Are you going to be my teacher?
Or just that textbook?
Because I want to know...
what the world has to offer
And if you are not on the internet...
and know nothing about computers.
you can't be my teacher!
I said you can't be my teacher.
Make room for somebody who knows how to use the internet.
Do you think I am going to be ready?
Do you think I am going to be ready?
Do you think you are preparing me for the
world that I have to live in?
Do you think I am going to be ready?
That's your job!
That's your job! (echo)
Text
Are you going to teach me in a school?
Are you going to make me sit in a desk all day?
Is this what you are going to use to teach me with?
Is this what you are going to use to teach me with? (echo)
Do you know how to use a computer?
Do you know how to use a computer? (echo)
Are you a teacher?
Are you my teacher?
Are you going to teach me using the internet?
Are you going to teach me how to be safe on the internet?
Do you know what goes on on the internet?
Are you sure you are my teacher?
Are you sure you are my teacher? (echo)
Are you going to learn how to use the technology?
I am a digital native.
Do computers scare you?
Are you afraid to use them?
Have you been on facebook?
Have you been on twitter?
Have you been surfing?
Do you even know what is on the internet?
Are you going to be my teacher?
Or just that textbook?
Because I want to know...
what the world has to offer
And if you are not on the internet...
and know nothing about computers.
you can't be my teacher!
I said you can't be my teacher.
Make room for somebody who knows how to use the internet.
Do you think I am going to be ready?
Do you think I am going to be ready?
Do you think you are preparing me for the
world that I have to live in?
Do you think I am going to be ready?
That's your job!
That's your job! (echo)
Freedom School Program Jackson State – ED.gov Blog
Freedom School Program Jackson State – ED.gov Blog
Freedom School Program Jackson State
JACKSON, Miss.—At the Kids Kollege Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School, the children aren’t called students; they’re called scholars. And the adults aren’t teachers; they’re servant leaders.
That’s how this after-school program serving disadvantaged children in Mississippi’s capital sets high expectations for everyone.
The program is a partnership between Jackson State University, a historically black college, and Children’s Defense Fund. CDF’s founder, Marian Wright Edelman, joined the Courage in the Classroom Tour this morning in Jackson. There, Secretary Duncan listened to a group of Kids Kollege interns talk about why they are drawn to the field of education.
Watch video from this morning’s visit to Jackson State University:Click here for an accessible version of the video.
Remainders: N.J. education chief fired over Race to the Top error | GothamSchools
Remainders: N.J. education chief fired over Race to the Top error | GothamSchools
Remainders: N.J. education chief fired over Race to the Top error
More Race to the Top:
- N.J. Gov. Chris Christie fired his education chief over his costly Race to the Top goof. (Star-Ledger)
- Christie previously blamed federal officials for not checking the clerical error. (NYTimes)
- But USDOE released video showing that the state didn’t give the right data when asked. (USDOE)
- Nine of the 12 winning RttT applicants were supported by Gates Foundation grants. (State Ed Watch)
- Former city schools Chancellor Rudy Crew is “not there yet” in his support for RttT. (Russo)
- La. schools chief Paul Pastorek says most state ed departments aren’t designed for reform. (Rick Hess)
- And Arne Duncan will appear at the state teachers union on Monday to talk teacher evaluations. (T-U)
And in other news:
- A parallel between Mayor Lindsay’s fire department and Mayor Bloomberg’s schools? (NYSun)
- A Mississippi middle school has ended its race-based rules for class election eligibility. (Jezebel)
- A group of parents write to President Obama opposing the federal turnaround strategy. (Answer Sheet)
- And a portrait of how New Orleans schools have changed since Katrina. (EdWeek)
Voices of Courage: Dr. Tom Burnham – ED.gov Blog
Voices of Courage: Dr. Tom Burnham – ED.gov Blog
Voices of Courage: Dr. Tom Burnham
We’ve been fortunate on the Courage in the Classroom tour to have a number of state-level leaders join us along the way. On Thursday the state education commissioner of Arkansas, Dr. Tom Kimbrell, and the state superintendent in Louisiana, Paul Pastorek, both hopped on the bus and joined us at the day’s events. On Friday we welcomed aboard Dr. Tom Burnham, Mississippi’s superintendent of education, for stops in Jackson and Hattiesburg.
“I believe very strongly as educational leaders that one of our challenges is to stay connected with the teachers, and stay connected with the classrooms,” he said of the tour’s value.
Dr. Burnham assumed his position in January. It’s his second tour of duty as head of Mississippi’s K-12 public education system. In between stints he has served as the dean of the School of Education at the University of Mississippi and as a district superintendent in Biloxi, Miss., and in Henderson County, N.C. He began his career as a classroom teacher and coach.
Mississippi teachers, he said, “are working each day with a great deal of passion, they’re working each day with a great deal of professionalism, and in most cases a pretty significant level of preparation to be successful”—but, all too often, inadequate resources.
“At the end of the day, each day, many of these people go home very, very tired from having attempted to achieve success,” he said.
Here’s video of our conversation with Dr. Burnham aboard the bus:
Click here for an accessible version of the video.
The First Action of the New Year � Student Activism
The First Action of the New Year � Student Activism
The First Action of the New Year
At least, the first I’m aware of.
Student activists at UC Berkeley floated budget stats and contact info into some of the campus’s largest lecture halls on the first day of class this week. Have I missed something, or was this the country’s first student protest of 2010-11?
Blog U.: A Universiti Sains Malaysia response to ‘A question ...." - GlobalHigherEd - Inside Higher Ed
Blog U.: A Universiti Sains Malaysia response to ‘A question ...." - GlobalHigherEd - Inside Higher Ed
A Universiti Sains Malaysia response to ‘A question ...."
By Dzulkifli Abdul Razak August 27, 2010 4:58 pm
Editors' note: today's guest entry has been kindly developed by Professor Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia, a position he has held since 2000. Professor Dzulkifli's post is the seventh response to Nigel Thrift’s ‘A question (about universities, global challenges, and an organizational, ethical dilemma)‘, which was originally posted on 8 April 2010. As noted in last
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Race to Top: Gates Backs a Bunch of Winners - State EdWatch - Education Week
Race to Top: Gates Backs a Bunch of Winners - State EdWatch - Education Week
Race to Top: Gates Backs a Bunch of Winners
Several of the states that won grants in the federal Race to the Top competition received financial help from a well-known source: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Nine of the 12 winning applicants from a field of 47 over two rounds of the competition were given $250,000 apiece by Gates to support the crafting of their proposals, foundation spokesman Chris Williams confirmed. The contenders that benefited from that largesse were Massachusetts, New York, Florida, the District of Columbia, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, and Rhode Island in round two of the competition, and Tennessee in round one. The other three winners —Delaware, Hawaii, and Maryland—landed in the winners' circle without money from Gates.
Gates chose to help states that were in "good strategic alignment" with the foundation on key issues, Williams
Helping New Orleans Rebuild Its Schools – ED.gov Blog
Helping New Orleans Rebuild Its Schools – ED.gov Blog
Helping New Orleans Rebuild Its Schools
Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina destroyed schools throughout New Orleans. Since then, the state and city have worked together to make the city’s schools a model for school reform. New Orleans schools have made remarkable progress. They have been an inspiration to those of us who are working to provide a world-class education to all of America’s children.
Despite the progress, New Orleans still has a lot of work to do. More than 100 school buildings were devastated by the floods of Katrina. The city still needs to replace, rebuild and rehabilitate buildings that were destroyed by the floods. Working together, state and city leaders have produced a master plan to will rebuild and renovate its schools.
Today, I joined Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano in announcing more than $1.8 billion in federal funds to support the rebuilding of New Orleans’ schools. This money will support the city in building the excellent learning environments that the children of New Orleans deserve.
In addition, the Department of Education continues to support schools throughout the Gulf Coast that suffered damage from Katrina and other hurricanes. Our staff is preparing to award $12 million in grants from the Gulf Coast Recovery Initiative. These grants will help districts replace instructional materials, renovate and repair schools buildings, and support afterschool and other initiatives to provide extended learning.
Over the past five years, the Department has provided nearly $2 billion for schools in the Gulf Coast region. The money helped schools re-open immediately after the hurricanes and supported schools that enrolled students displaced by the hurricanes. It also provided the $7 million to Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, and Mississippi to pay for mental health assessments for students, substitute teachers, and emergency transportation, and other needs shortly after the hurricanes hit the Gulf Coast.
Five years later, New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast are still recovering. President Obama and I are committed to doing our part to provide the students there with the world-class education they deserve.
Calif. budget delay creates trouble for colleges - Boston.com
Calif. budget delay creates trouble for colleges - Boston.com
Calif. budget delay creates trouble for colleges
By Terence CheaAssociated Press Writer / August 27, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO—As California enters its ninth week without a budget, state higher education leaders said Friday the delay is creating financial problems and uncertainty for public colleges and universities.
The heads of the University of California, California State University and California Community Colleges said the three systems have not been receiving expected payments from Sacramento and aren't sure how much they'll get for the fiscal year that began July 1.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature have not reached agreement on how to close a $19 billion budget shortfall. The impasse has led to delayed payments to school districts and counties, furloughs of state employees and the
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Michigan: The Effects of Charters on a State That Once Had Fine Public Schools - Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: It is no secret that the DeVos family controls state education policy in Michigan. As Betsy DeVos has acknowledg...1 week ago
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Trump Administration Opposes Actual Science, Because That Would Cost Money to the 0.001% and Instead Help Ordinary People and the Planet - I predict that history will judge that this Administration is by far the worst that the American people ever elected. Yes, worse than Bush2, Harding, or Bu...1 week ago
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GLSEN Hails New Hampshire's Passage of Trans-Inclusive Non-Discrimination Protections - Media Contact: Joanna Cifredo Media Relations Manager Joanna.Cifredo@glsen.org 646-388-6575 *GLSEN Hails New Hampshire's Passage of Trans-Inclusive Non...1 week ago
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The Case of the Missing Scholar - Success Academy began 11 years ago with a group of 83 kindergarteners and 73 first graders. This past December, Success Academy published a blog post about...2 weeks ago
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Social Impact Bonds readings - Wherever I go, I discover how few people have heard the term “social impact bonds” and for those who have, they usually have received little more than the ...2 weeks ago
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Corruption on Top of Corruption: How Rahm’s Response to Sexual Abuse of Students Reveals His Core Function - Rahm Emanuel’s response to the Chicago Tribune investigation that found CPS failed to protect hundreds of students from sexual abuse is cowardly. It is co...2 weeks ago
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Education Needs New Metaphors. Let’s Start With These Five. - I spend most of my waking hours in schools of the present that are aiming to recalibrate themselves into schools of the future. Across those experiences, I...2 weeks ago
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A New Teacher Preparation “Entity” in Wisconsin? - Just a reminder. PI 34.006 Definitions. In this subchapter: “Institution” means one or more accredited colleges or universities offering an educator prep...2 weeks ago
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The Money-Machine For Marshall Tuck And Antonio Villaraigosa Is Terrible To Behold - Over $13 million has gone into Antonio Villaraigosa’s campaign coffers since 2013, from just five families: Broad (KB Homes, AIG…3 weeks ago
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BINGO Math:”Education + Fun” Time for Everyone! - My sorors and I celebrated Founder’s Day and when a bunch of educators get together, there are always games! My soror created a BINGO game based on the his...3 weeks ago
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A Memorial Day Homage - Today and always, I honor all members of all the arms of the military who gave their lives defending the rights, privileges and liberties we enjoy daily. I...3 weeks ago
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Memorial Day: It’s about not forgetting, even 50 years later - Dick Riley Before New Jersey bought the property in Union as the site for Newark State Teachers College, the land was a farm owned by the Kean family. The ...3 weeks ago
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There is No Dignity in Teaching - I rarely reblog others, but this is a story that must be retold over and over again. Administrators have forgotten that teachers (and the kids they work wi...3 weeks ago
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Susan DuFresne Uses Art to Fight Racism in Education - By Anthony Cody. Last July, I joined several hundred people for a Restorative Justice Circle in downtown Seattle, sponsored by the Badass Teachers Associ...3 weeks ago
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Class of 2018: What comes next? - Taking a break from taking a break from blogging to share my graduation speech from this week:
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Poor People’s Campaign event in Salem, OR, May 21, 2018 - PAA Board member and co-founder of PAA-Oregon recently attended a march organized by the revitalized Poor People’s Campaign. She shared the following thoug...3 weeks ago
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Puerto Rico Solidarity Work - In recent months Puerto Rico’s U.S. appointed Financial Oversight and Management Board, and the 2016 PROMESA Law, has laid the groundwork to close nearly...4 weeks ago
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Commentary: Meet Ms. Karen Smith, who taught self-absorbed teens about the world beyond - by: Kathleen Oropeza|May 22, 2918| The Orlando Sentinel Graduation season is a poignant time. This year is especially so, as … Continue reading →4 weeks ago
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May’s (2018) Useful Parent Engagement Resources – Part Two - USING STUDENT PORTFOLIOS FOR PARENT-TEACHER COMMUNICATION is from Advancing Assessment. Help with homework can affect child’s persistence is from Science D...4 weeks ago
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#EducatingReformers - Pt. 1 Samuel - Credit: AJ Garcia - UpSplashLast week I wrote about how I was going to tell the stories of students who, far too often, become statistics on both sides of...
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What Do We Teach In America's Schools? "Hey, Honey, Sit Down and Shut Up!" - America, it's time to play Spot The Pattern!™ First, Chicago (all emphases mine): Earlier this month, we posted a story about discipline practices inside N...
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Lesson Plan: Rhyme and Rhythm in Poetry - I’ve started a recent unit on poetry with my class. I’m not a poet, and I’m not a poetry fan (I don’t hate it, but I’m a prose gal), so this makes it harde...1 month ago
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CEJ Victory for Culturally Responsive Education! - Today the Mayor announced that the City is putting $23 million into the Executive budget for culturally responsive education and anti-bias trainings for te...1 month ago
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ELA Assessment: Dear Board of Regents, - Dear Members of the Board of Regents, Thank you for your service as leaders in public education in New York State. I am writing as a parent of two public ...2 months ago
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Blackstone's Schwarzman tries to buy a public high school - Stephen A. Schwarzman, chief executive of Blackstone, and Mary Barra, chief executive of General Motors, with President Trump at a Strategy and Policy For...
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4 Bernie Keller Poems: They speak for themselves. - Change 12/16 It doesn’t begin with the report of a gun, or the rantings of a madman. It doesn’t begin … Continue reading →2 months ago
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Scenes for the March For Life in New York - And so they came and came by the thousands, flooding Central Park West with citizens of all ages, all races, all creeds, all who have had enough of insane ...2 months ago
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To Strengthen Democracy, Invest in Our Public Schools - (reprinted from American Educator, Spring 2018) By Emily Gasoi, Deborah Meier Who could have imagined that, more than 150 years into this bold project of p...2 months ago
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A Tale of Two School Systems: The Impact of NYS Testing on NYC Public Schools - Here is my testimony from last night’s CEC 15/CEC 13 joint meeting about state testing. I am here tonight as both a District 15 parent of a third grader a...3 months ago
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#NationalSchoolWalkout – Grown Ups Need to Listen - Student activists, responding to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, organized a national walk out to memoriali...3 months ago
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3rd Grade Reading: Who is Failing? - Education Trust Midwest has just released its study on third grade reading and, predictably, the results aren’t great. This study uniquely compares Michiga...3 months ago
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Why Poetry? Why Now? – a poem from Linda Christensen and an invitation - My dear friend Dr. James Avington Miller Jr. sent me a phenomenal book on poetry called Rhythm and Resistance – Teaching Poetry for Social Justice. Here is...
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Opting out of the Dinosaur (end of year test) - Today I sent in a second letter to refuse PARCC/CMAS for my son, Luke. The first email I sent at the beginning of the year was not sufficient as they requi...3 months ago
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Resurrection - I realized it's Lent, but this blog, bless Jesus Christ, can't wait. Ok, so with that said, I plan to discuss Class Action suits in existence, as well as w...
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Are Our Educators Prepared For Their Students? - If there is one thing that I am sure of as an educator it is that rapid change greatly affects both what and how we learn. If there is a second thing that ...4 months ago
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Stop Looking at My Bad Leg: Introduction to my new book: Reach for Greatness - My latest book Reach for Greatness: Personalizable Education for All has ben released by Corwin Press. You can order it from Corwin or Amazon. Below is the...4 months ago
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Who Is Pulling The Muppet Strings? - Originally posted on Wrench in the Gears: Sesame Street is an iconic brand that embodies humor, acceptance, and humanity. Who doesn’t love a muppet? So, on...
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Choices Worth Making: Creating, Sustaining, and Expanding Diverse Magnet Schools - In the department of publications I forgot about until my mother saw them online. . . I helped to research and write some of this as part of a project abou...5 months ago
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Chicago Collegiate Charter School Must STOP Expansion Plans - So I did a little digging into Chicago Collegiate Charter Schools, the tiny school looking to expand into the empty Kohn Elementary School building. A scho...5 months ago
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IDEA Is Still The Law Of The Land - Unless you've been living under a rock, you know the US Department of Education (USDOE) rescinded 72 Dear Colleague and other letters of explanation to s...
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Budget Cuts To Kids Are Not Necessary! - We’ve been hearing a lot of news from OUSD about how cuts to schools and kids are necessary. So we’ll need to keep saying the truth… they are not necessar...7 months ago
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Education Is a Civic Question - In their final post to end Bridging Differences' decade-long run, Deborah Meier and Harry Boyte urge readers to put the energy, talents, wisdom, and hard w...9 months ago
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Education reform should come from within by Wendy Lecker - In her latest Stamford Advocate commentary piece, education advocate Wendy Lecker observes, Education reform should come from within. Wendy Lecker write...10 months ago
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Student of the Month Nightmare - *This is something I wrote for a monthly gathering to honor some of the best students at our school. I figure most teachers will relate:* I was grading pap...
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99 Years of Progress Erased – unless we fight back - Public healthcare for all? Public education for all? What is being done to our monetized children regarding their potential healthcare and their existing e...11 months ago
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You Can Be an Astronaut, but You Can't Be Black - “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s a question I always imagined every kindergarten student hearing. “I want to be a doctor!” declares Sally. ...11 months ago
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Site News: New Home for Education News & Commentary - Quick! Get over there! The daily education news roundup and education commentaries that you're probably looking for are now being published over at The Gra...11 months ago
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An Open Letter to NC Lawmakers - An Open Letter to NC State Lawmakers and NC State Superintendent Mark Johnson: I am a NC native, voter, and public school teacher. I am addressing you all ...1 year ago
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Don't Like Chris Christie? Blame the Democrats. - Yesterday Diane Ravitch published a piece in The New Republic, titled Don't Like Betsy DeVos? Blame the Democrats. If you care about public education at al...
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CANCER IS BACK AND THIS TIME IT HURTS RIGHT OFF THE BAT! - APRIL IS STILL POETRY MONTH AND LIBRARY MONTH. MANY WONDERFUL THINGS TO CELEBRATE. But in the middle of the month I received some bad news about my can...
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My Next Bestseller) - The Secret to Fixing Schools (My next bestseller) Prologue I just finished watching a fascinating documentary on Netflix entitled, “The Secret”. The film p...
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Farewell, Sleep - Today is the official last day of my spring break. I've done a scientific survey: My natural bedtime is 2 AM, and my natural wake up time is 9:41 AM. Tom...1 year ago
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New Local Businesses in Sacramento - Starting a new local business in Sacramento is a monumental task, but can be accomplished with footwork, perseverance and knowledge. One must learn the loc...1 year ago
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IBO REPORT: NYC Charter School Costs To Grow More Than Budgeted! - *New York City Charter School Costs To Grow More Than Budgeted!* Although the preliminary budget forecast of charter school enrollment is lower than project...
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Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 3/2/2017 - Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 3/1/2017 Education Bloggers Daily Highlights Courtesy of Big Education Ape A special thank you to education blogger Mik...1 year ago
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Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!1 year ago
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Hitting Left: The Klonsky Brothers on Lumpen Radio in Chicago - Tune in every Friday at 11 a.m. (CDT) for the Klonsky Bros. Hitting Left, live on Lumpen Radio. The show is also available on MixCloud and via podcast.
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Attitude Determines Altitude* (*conditions apply)… and the Importance of Humane District Themes - It has been a tumultuous few years in the South Brunswick community, specifically the South Brunswick School District. All you have to do is google the dis...
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Capturing the Spark - It’s been a long time since InterACT was an active education blog, though I remain quite proud of what we did here. Those of us who wrote blog posts here h...1 year ago
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Random Musings and Observations. . . . - I’ve been gone a while from the blogging scene. Some of my more regular readers no doubt noticed but did not hassle me about it. Thank you for that. Sinc...1 year ago
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Thanks & Gratitude from the SOS Coalition for Action - On behalf of the SOS Coalition members, we want to thank all those who helped make the People’s March for Public Education and the SOS Coalition Activists ...1 year ago
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PCAPS Community Schools Task Force Celebrates the Announcement of The First Cohort of Philadelphia Community Schools - photo credit: Craig Robbins. Then candidate Jim Kenney at an ACTION United, PCAPS rally at Comegys Elementary in April last year announcing his committmen...1 year ago
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WTU Peterson Slate: Not a 1 Woman Dictatorship - Candi Peterson & GeLynn Thompson Candidates for WTU Prez & GVP 2016By Candi Peterson, WTU Gen. Vice President *Statements or expressions of opinions herein...
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WHY SCHOOL START TIMES PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN KIDS’ SUCCESS - Teens are severely sleep-deprived. This needs to change. Rebecca Klein Editor, HuffPost Education| https://t.co/zInVJoy29W evgenyatamanenko via Getty Image...2 years ago
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Feminism-in-Schools Featured at First International Girls’ Studies Association Conference - Leaders in the feminism-in-schools movement recently made history at the inaugural International Girls’ Studies Association (IGSA) conference when we were ...2 years ago
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To simply say you have a growth mindset does not mean you actually have one - By definition, you cannot have a growth mindset when learning is anchored to standardized tests. Standardized tests are a one … Continue reading →2 years ago
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MY NEW BLOG - My new blog will consist of fictitious headlines, meant to be a blend of humor and satire. I apologize ahead of time if any other satirical site has simila...2 years ago
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Thank you - Dear Readers, Thank you for visiting *The Perimeter Primate*. This blog is being retired for the time being. Although I no longer post here, I do still s...2 years ago
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I am Retiring - I have some news: I am retiring from the PBS NewsHour and Learning Matters. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other conte...2 years ago
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All Aboard the Opt Out Bus - The #OptOutBus is currently traveling the country giving away free books to children! Follow their progress at their Facebook page and donate to their FR...2 years ago
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Flaws at the Heart of Current Education Reforms - Originally posted on Creative by Nature: “Teaching is an art form rooted in the wise and careful use of educational research and assessment tools. When gove...3 years ago
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Joanne Barkan: One of my favorite writers on #EdReform… - I’ve been going through some of my Twitter “favorites” and retweeting them. I thought I would pass on to you some information about one of my favorite writ...3 years ago
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Pay Teachers Less to Improve School Efficiency - hmmm! - As I was reading through education news on several of the news sites I regularly visit, I came...3 years ago
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Please share this testing survey with 5th-6th grade parents/students - PLEASE SHARE THIS IMPORTANT SURVEY WITH CPS 5th and 6th grade PARENTS AND STUDENTS! Deadline April 23. Dear Parent or Guardian, I am conducting a research ...4 years ago
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Kimberly Olson, Broad Superintendents Academy Class of 2005 - Kimberly D. Olson, Colonel, USAF (retired), is currently the Executive Director of *Grace After Fire*, an online social support network for women veteran...7 years ago
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