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Even with all of its faults, I’m sticking with the union | Thoughts on Public Education #wiunion #labornotes #union
2011-Apr-1
Even with all of its faults, I’m sticking with the union | Thoughts on Public EducationEven with all of its faults, I’m sticking with the unionSharePosted on 3/31/11 • Categorized as UnionsBy Peter SchragGiven the national wave of public sector union bashing, it’s not surprising that people like Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, is out making speeches about the virtues of collective bargaining in public education.The case against teachers unions has been simmering for decades, ...
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Tennessee Republicans Vote to Repeal Evolution | Firedoglake
2011-Apr-1
Tennessee Republicans Vote to Repeal Evolution | FiredoglakeTennessee Republicans Vote to Repeal EvolutionBy: Blue Texan Friday April 1, 2011 6:00 pm Tweet by .junThe Scopes Monkey Trial ended 86 years ago, but wingnuts in Tennessee can’t quite seem to move past it. Republican Talibangelicals have penned an anti-Darwin bill — which actually made it out of committee this week — and they think they’re being really sneaky about it.As with most of the other anti-evolution bills that have been introduced ...
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Big Education Ape: 4-1-11 Special PM "YOUR CHEATIN' HEART Edition
2011-Apr-1
Big Education Ape: Ed News NowBig Education Ape: Ed News Now as shared by 6 people on Coopmike48’s Twitter listNext update in about 11 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONPOLITICSSTORIESLIVINGART ENTERTAINMENTBUSINESS#EDREFORM#EDPOLICYNational Journal Online -- Education Experts -- Focusing on Minority, Disadvantaged Schools education.nationaljournal.com - Monday, March 28, 2011President Obama visits a multicultural school in Washington D.C. this week to discuss Hispanics and education, one of several such events the White House has staged to highlig...mikeklonskyIs Michelle Rhee a 16th Century Throwback? huffingtonpost.com - ...
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Modern School: Fix Enrollment or Abolish It?
2011-Apr-1
Modern School: Fix Enrollment or Abolish It?Fix Enrollment or Abolish It?by Michael DunnCalifornia’s Parent Trigger law has received a lot of media attention lately. However, this is not the only new rule that increases parents’ control over their children’s school. Last year, the California state legislature fast tracked through an Open Enrollment law that would allow students from the state’s lowest performing schools to transfer to a better school, even one outside their home district. Today John Fensterwald - Educated ...
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Remembering Manning Marable « Outside the Cave
2011-Apr-1
Remembering Manning Marable « Outside the CaveRemembering Manning Marableby Stephen LazarThis post will eventually grow, but just feeling a need to write something right now.I just found out that Manning Marable passed away today. One of the great historians of black American history, he was also a trailblazer as a black historian. On a more personal note, he was my teacher, professor, mentor, and thesis adviser for my master’s and has tremendously shaped my life and views. He is perhaps ...
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More (and More) CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS
2011-Apr-1
CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALSIndiana charter school cluster (three schools) *LOCAL CHARTER SCHOOLS CITED BY INDIANA STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTS*; March 31, 2011; The Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster, IN) The Indiana State Board of Accounts has released reports on three local charter schools, citing examples of poor ...Sand Ridge Charter School *TEACHER'S AIDE INDICTED IN RITALIN CASE*; January 14, 2007; Democrat-Herald (Albany, NY) LEBANON - A Linn County grand jury has indicted a former teacher's aide for possession of a controlled ...
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Pilsen neighborhood school kids ingesting toxic lead
2011-Apr-1
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Pilsen neighborhood school kids ingesting toxic leadPilsen neighborhood school kids ingesting toxic leadby Mike KlonskyAlderman Solis, supported by Rahm, is taking big bucks from pollutersToday's Trib reports highly toxic levels of lead found in schools in Chicago's heavily Mexican Pilsen neighborhood.Residents in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood complained for years about metallic-tasting smoke rolling down their narrow streets but had little evidence it was harmful. Now they have proof.Perez Elementary and Juarez High School sit in the middle ...
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: April's fools
2011-Apr-1
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: April's foolsApril's foolsby Mike KlonskyFinn, far right.No joke, Finn is stil a teacher basherAlways tops on my list of April fools is Checker Finn, wing-nut-in-chief at the Fordham Institute's stink tank. His April 1 riffs are never as clever as he and his mentee, Mike Petrilli, would like to think. This year's spoof features a faux Finn book cover with this description:In this inspiring motivational book, patterned after some of the more celebrated works of Tony ...
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Morning Toot News | www.kochwatch.org
2011-Apr-1
News | www.kochwatch.orgAP: Judge to look at how Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's union law was passed *April 1, 2011-* Having declared that Wisconsin’s divisive union law isn’t really a law yet, a judge was set to return to one of the underlying questions dogging the measure — whether Republicans violated the state’s open meetings law during the ...Mike Malloy: Freak Of The Day: Scott Fitzgerald WATCH ON YOUTUBE:Politico: Cops, firefighters turn on GOP in labor fight *April 1, 2011-* Many ...
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What Jeb Bush doesn’t like to admit - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
2011-Apr-1
What Jeb Bush doesn’t like to admit - The Answer Sheet - The Washington PostWhat Jeb Bush doesn’t like to admitBy Valerie StraussThere is a big hole in the story Jeb Bush tells when he talks about school reforms he implemented in Florida during the eight years he was governor.It matters because, as my colleague Nick Anderson wrote in this Post story, Bush has become something of a guru to a number of governors across the country who see his ...
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This Week In Education: Media: Weak Disclosure Hides Conflict Of Interest
2011-Apr-1
This Week In Education: Media: Weak Disclosure Hides Conflict Of InterestMedia: Weak Disclosure Hides Conflict Of Interest [image: image from www.golocalprov.com] Add the Providence Journal to the list of publications letting writers with hefty outside paychecks comment on education issues closely related to their clients' work. In this case, it's longtime education ...Thompson: The Bush-Obama Consensus on Education [image: Obama.jpg_LR1.0fddf683df6441f4b4499ac573d79a3a] Propelled by his joint appearance with President Obama, Jeb Bush has take his agenda of teacherless classrooms, bubble-in testing, and ...
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Schools Matter: Helping homeless children by testing them more?
2011-Apr-1
Schools Matter: Helping homeless children by testing them more?Helping homeless children by testing them more?by skrashenSent to the NY Daily News, March 30"Schools put to the test as ranks of homeless students grow, causing stress for kids, staff," March 30) tells us that 20% of children in some areas of Manhattan are homeless, which results in hunger, sleep deprivation, and no quiet place to do homework. Even the best teaching in the world will have very limited results with children ...
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Schools Matter: Governor Rick Snyder: Why There Is an "A" and a "Hole" in "A-Hole"
2011-Mar-31
Schools Matter: Governor Rick Snyder: Why There Is an "A" and a "Hole" in "A-Hole"Governor Rick Snyder: Why There Is an "A" and a "Hole" in "A-Hole"by Jim HornUnder the radar no more:
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Big Education Ape: 3-31-11 Special PM KIPPer Edition #wiunion #1u #p2b #p2
2011-Mar-31
Big Education Ape: Ed News NowBig Education Ape: Ed News Now as shared by 6 people on Coopmike48’s Twitter listNext update in about 12 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONPOLITICSSTORIESART ENTERTAINMENTBUSINESSENVIRONMENT#EDU#JUANCOLEDan DiMaggio: Test-Scorers Against Standardized Testing: A Review of Todd Farley's "Making the Grades" firgoa.usc.es - Dan DiMaggio:Test-Scorers Against Standardized Testing: A Review of Todd Farley's "Making the Grades" In the great debate over education reform, one question is almost never asked: how exactly are ...DianeRavitchPoll: Bloomberg’s school policies take big hit in ...
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KIPP Statement by KIPP regarding report: “What Makes KIPP Work?” by Dr. Gary Miron and colleagues at Western Michigan University
2011-Mar-31
KIPP Statement by KIPP regarding report: “What Makes KIPP Work?” by Dr. Gary Miron and colleagues at Western Michigan UniversityStatement by KIPP regarding report: “What Makes KIPP Work?” by Dr. Gary Miron and colleagues at Western Michigan UniversityOfficial Statement | March 30, 2011At KIPP, we welcome any rigorous and objective review of our schools. We have participated on several occasions with outside, independent reviews, such as the 2010 study by Mathematica Policy Research. Today we received a copy of the ...
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OMG Everything I heard about KIPP is Jacked and True
2011-Mar-31
What Makes KIPP Work?A Study of Student Characteristics,Attrition, and School FinanceGary Miron, Jessica L. Urschel, and Nicholas SaxtonCollege of Education and Human DevelopmentWestern Michigan UniversityMarch 2011Paper Jointly Released by the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education,Teachers College, Columbia University and the Study Group on Educational ManagementOrganizations at Western Michigan University www.wmich.edu/leadership/emo(contact: gary.miron@wmich.edu)Key FindingsStudent Characteristics: A Cross-Sectional Look at KIPP Schools Relative to Local Districts• During 2008-09, KIPP enrolled a significantly higher proportion of African Americanstudents (55%) than ...
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A D.I.Y. RA. « Fred Klonsky's blog
2011-Mar-31
A D.I.Y. RA. « Fred Klonsky's blogA D.I.Y. RA.by Fred KlonskyI did what I thought I was supposed to do.I thought that one concrete way that the Illinois Education Association could support our brothers and sisters in Wisconsin, and help ourselves, was to boycott all consumer products that the billionaire brothers Koch make.At the IEA RA three weeks ago I wrote up a New Business Item. No drama. No battles over the microphone with Ken Swanson. I wore my orange ...
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Hechinger Report | New study of KIPP says the charter chain pulls in more cash than other schools
2011-Mar-31
Hechinger Report | New study of KIPP says the charter chain pulls in more cash than other schoolsNew study of KIPP says the charter chain pulls in more cash than other schoolsby Sarah GarlandCharter schools that post unusually high academic gains are often accused of having unfair advantages over traditional public schools, including more advantaged students and more private money at their disposal. A new and highly contentious study released today attempts to prove that the Knowledge is Power Program ...
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THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: A true patriot in charge of Perrin-Whitt CISD
2011-Mar-31
THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: A true patriot in charge of Perrin-Whitt CISDA true patriot in charge of Perrin-Whitt CISDby The Perimeter PrimateJohn Kuhn, superintendent of Perrin-Whitt Consolodated Independent School District, speaking at the Save Texas Schools rally on March 21, 2011.@ 3:30I will never follow the lead of those who exclude the kids who need eduction the most so that my precious scores will rise. I will never line up with those whose idea of reform is a subtle segregation of ...
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New Yorkers Take Over State Capitol to Protest State Budget « EdVox
2011-Mar-31
New Yorkers Take Over State Capitol to Protest State Budget « EdVoxNew Yorkers Take Over State Capitol to Protest State Budgetby edvoxnyLast night over 1,000 parents, students and community members occupied the State Capitol in Albany to protest a devastating state budget that slashes $1 billion from schools and millions from social services, while cutting taxes for the rich. Although sessions are traditionally open to the public, Governor Cuomo ordered state troopers to close the chambers to the public (see ...
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Big Education Ape: 3-30-11 SPECIAL PM RHEE TEST Edition #wiunion #WeAreNY
2011-Mar-30
Big Education Ape: Ed News NowBig Education Ape: Ed News Now as shared by 6 people on Coopmike48’s Twitter listNext update in about 12 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONPOLITICSLIVINGBUSINESSHEALTHTRAGIC#EDU#WIUNIONMayor Bloomberg Listens! (But Does He Hear?) UPDATED nydailynews.com - A longtime education activist got the mayor's ear while protesting at City Hall, but did he really hear what she had to say? Our Erin Einhorn reports: Mayor Bloomberg is a busy man. When he leaves ...leoniehaimsonAmid Layoffs, City to Spend More on School ...
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solidaridad: "BROKEN NEWS" - GREEN DOT TO TAKE OVER VERNON?
2011-Mar-30
solidaridad: "BROKEN NEWS" - GREEN DOT TO TAKE OVER VERNON?"BROKEN NEWS" - GREEN DOT TO TAKE OVER VERNON?by Robert D. Skeels * rdsatheneDr. Ralph E. Shaffer is Professor Emeritus, History Cal Poly PomonaGreen Dot to Take Over Vernon?Reliable but unnamed sources at the state capital insist that AB 46, Assembly Speaker John Perez' Vernon disincorporation bill, contains a secret clause. According to a highly placed aide in the Speaker's office, interviewed under an assurance of anonymity, the final version of ...
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Subpoena everyone in D.C. cheating scandal -- including Rhee - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
2011-Mar-30
Subpoena everyone in D.C. cheating scandal -- including Rhee - The Answer Sheet - The Washington PostSubpoena everyone in D.C. cheating scandal -- including RheeBy Valerie StraussOne surefire way to learn whether a D.C. public school that made big gains when Michelle Rhee was chancellor actually cheated — a possibility raised by a newspaper investigation -- is to subpoena everybody in D.C. with potential involvement or knowledge and have them testify under oath. That includes Rhee.An investigation published this week ...
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Rhee, DC defends test investigation - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
2011-Mar-30
Rhee, DC defends test investigation - Ben Smith - POLITICO.comRhee, DC defends test investigationIn a statement to POLITICO, ex-DC school chancellor Michelle Rhee, the DC public school system and an independent educational consulting firm are pushing back against charges of possible cheating at one DC school during Rhee's tenure after a USA Today article raised the issue on Monday, and then questioned the District's internal audit of the suspicious results."This story is an insult to the dedicated teachers and schoolchildren ...
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Koch Blows in the afternoon News | www.kochwatch.org
2011-Mar-30
News | www.kochwatch.orgTruthout: The New American Dream *March 29, 2011-* If you are wealthy, you are living in the Golden Age of your American Dream, and it's a damned fine time to be alive. The two major political parties are working hammer and tong to bless you and keep you. The laws are being ...The Nation: Wisconsin Judge Checks and Balances a Lawless King, er, Governor *March 29, 2011-* A week after Dane County Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi issued ...
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NYC Public School Parents: Rally at City Hall and close encounters of the heated kind with Mayor Mike
2011-Mar-30
NYC Public School Parents: Rally at City Hall and close encounters of the heated kind with Mayor MikeRally at City Hall and close encounters of the heated kind with Mayor Mikeby Leonie HaimsonWe had a great rally this morning at City Hall to protest the budget cuts to schools. About fifty parents turned up, some with their children, with signs pasted to their jackets saying, “Do not balance the budget on our backs.”Joining us were Council Members Robert Jackson and ...
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Schools Matter: More money for testing, less money for learning
2011-Mar-30
Schools Matter: More money for testing, less money for learningMore money for testing, less money for learningby skrashenMore money for testing, less for learningSent to the New York Times, March 30, 2011Buried deep in "In City Schools, Tech Spending to Rise Despite Cuts," (March 30) is a statement by "city officials" that the huge expenditures for technology are primarily to make it possible for students to take computerized national standardized tests. We can expect this to happen nation-wide. We can ...
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BP and Bloomberg. Different bulls. Same bullshit. « Fred Klonsky's blog
2011-Mar-30
BP and Bloomberg. Different bulls. Same bullshit. « Fred Klonsky's blogBP and Bloomberg. Different bulls. Same bullshit.by Fred KlonskyThe three biggest school administrator lies:“We have to do what is best for the kids.”“My door is always open.”And my favorite: “My decision is based on the data.”Yesterday I read an article about British Petroleum’s current sustainability report. It included a bar graph showing yearly comparison’s of oil leaks as a result of drilling.What was stunning was that 2010, the year of ...
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Volunteer needs for April 4 Rally,”From Memphis to Madison — Honor History, Make History” | Defend Wisconsin #wiunion
2011-Mar-30
Volunteer needs for April 4 Rally,”From Memphis to Madison — Honor History, Make History” | Defend WisconsinVolunteer needs for April 4 Rally,”From Memphis to Madison — Honor History, Make History”by kmattVolunteer Organizers: Throughout the week prior to the event, these volunteers will work to recruit people to fill the other volunteer roles. Volunteer Organizers will work to activate people from their organizations and networks to fill other volunteer spots for the rally.Rally Marshalls: During the event, these volunteers will ensure ...
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Boring double-talk on testing
2011-Mar-30
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Boring double-talk on testingBoring double-talk on testingby Mike KlonskySpeaking at a townhall event in Washington, D.C. President Obama said that too much testing makes education boring, and that performance should be measured in more ways than test scores:"Too often what we have been doing is using these tests to punish students or to, in some cases, punish schools," the president told students and parents at a town hall hosted by the Univision Spanish-language television network at ...
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illusory tenant: Wisconsin: Ozanne v. Fitzgerald — A preview #wiunion
2011-Mar-30
illusory tenant: Wisconsin: Ozanne v. Fitzgerald — A previewWisconsin: Ozanne v. Fitzgerald — A previewMust. Destroy. Union. Dirty hippies blargh. — Shorter WISGOPAction resumes this morning in the courtroom of Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi. The key elements of plaintiff Dane County District Attorney Ismail Ozanne's latest brief reduced to three tweets:Dane County DA Ozanne concurs, Fitz pulled nothing but aKinko's job, and he also wants the Kinko's job declared null and void. Ozanne further argues the LRB is ...
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Adding fuel to a Wisconsin fire: PCCC ads support Recalls against GOP Senators | blue cheddar.
2011-Mar-30
Adding fuel to a Wisconsin fire: PCCC ads support Recalls against GOP Senators | blue cheddar.Adding fuel to a Wisconsin fire: PCCC ads support Recalls against GOP SenatorsBY BLUECHEDDARPoets can also be fighters: "Your hands can't hit what your eyes can't see."This might be all you need to read to fall in love withProgressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC):“Democrats run away from a fight; fighting is seen as a bad thing,” Green says. “We at the Progressive Change Campaign Committee are ...
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This Week In Education: AM News: Union Limits Moving In Ohio, Indiana, & Nebraska
2011-Mar-30
This Week In Education: AM News: Union Limits Moving In Ohio, Indiana, NebraskaAM News: Union Limits Moving In Ohio, Indiana, Nebraskaby Alexander RussoOhio Panel Approves Public Worker Union Bill AP: A panel of Ohio lawmakers made a bill to limit collective bargaining rights for 350,000 public workers even tougher for unions on Tuesday, as the state moved closer to Wisconsin-style restrictions... Indiana GOP pushes ahead with big voucher program AP: Indiana's Republican leadership is pushing ahead with a proposal that ...
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Michelle Rhee Was Wrong | The Atlanta Post | African-American News, Business News & Black Politics
2011-Mar-30
Michelle Rhee | Education Reform | The Atlanta Post | African-American News, Business News Black PoliticsMichelle Rhee | Education Reform | The Atlanta Posthttp://atlantapost.com/2011/03/30/michelle-rhee-was-wrong/March 30, 2011March 30, 2011 07:14 AMBy J. SmithMichelle Rhee, the former Chancellor of D.C. schools, was praised for her visionary and innovative approach to education reform. Not even a full year after she and the mayoral administration that employed her left office, it is revealed that the innovative vision was actually the oldest trick in the ...
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Big Education Ape: 3-30-11, Special AM #wiunion Edition #notmywi #p2 #p2b #topprog
2011-Mar-30
Big Education Ape: Ed News Now, #wiunionBig Education Ape: Ed News Now as shared by 6 people on Coopmike48’s Twitter listNext update in about 12 hoursBack to front pageHEADLINESEDUCATIONPOLITICSLIVINGBUSINESSHEALTHENVIRONMENT#WIUNION#FUKUSHIMA#wiunionWis. judge halts implementation of bargaining law sfgate.com - Michael P. King / AP Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette listens to Assistant Attorney General Maria Lazar make her opening arguments at a hearing in front of Dane County Circuit Judge Ma...coopmike48Judge bars further implementation of collective bargaining law, threatens sanctions ...
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Ravitch: Why merit pay for teachers doesn’t work- The Washington Post
2011-Mar-30
The Answer Sheet - A School Survival Guide for parents (and everyone else). - The Washington PostRavitch: Why merit pay for teachers doesn’t workBy Valerie Strauss--This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch for her Bridging Differences blog, which she co-authors with Deborah Meier on the Education Week website. Ravitch and Meier exchange letters about what matters most in education. Ravitch, a research professor at New York University, is the author of the bestselling “The Death and Life of the ...
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School Tech Connect: Caterpillar and Corporate Greed
2011-Mar-30
School Tech Connect: Caterpillar and Corporate Greed Caterpillar and Corporate Greedby effacethefacade@yahoo.com (Tim)Can we just draft this Mike Jacobs (D-Moline) for governor? I like the way this guy just tells it like it is in this Statehouse News piece:"We've spent hundreds of millions of dollars, federal dollars, to put brand new roads into Peoria," Jacobs said. "And the emphasis behind a lot of those roads was to make sure that Caterpillar could get their equipment in and out. And now ...
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Education’s Dirty Little Secret « My Island View
2011-Mar-30
Education’s Dirty Little Secret « My Island ViewEducation’s Dirty Little Secretby tomwhitbyLet’s talk about prejudice in education. I am not talking about race, religion, or sexual preference prejudice. I am going to discuss a prejudice that I believe is prevalent throughout our educational system. Of course it will be denied by most educators, but that is a tell-tale symptom of prejudice. Most people will not admit to it. They may recognize it in others, but they will never admit their ...
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Protesting Proposed State Budget that Gives to the Rich & Takes from Most Vulnerable « EdVox
2011-Mar-29
Protesting Proposed State Budget that Gives to the Rich Takes from Most Vulnerable « EdVoxProtesting Proposed State Budget that Gives to the Rich Takes from Most Vulnerableby edvoxnyBudget Agreement Reached Sunday by Cuomo, Legislature Would Enact Largest Cuts Ever to Education, Social Safety Net if PassedHundreds of public school students and working class New York City residents furious with the inequitable budget agreement reached Sunday in Albany demonstrated their anger outside and inside one of the largest gatherings of the ...
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Future Shock tonight: SCUSD Superintendent Jonathan Raymond about Budget Talks Breakdown
2011-Mar-29
Future Shock tonight:Parents, students will see the Sacramento school of the future tonight if the Legislature fails to actMarch 29, 2011 (Sacramento) – Forty desks crammed into a classroom? Sports banners showing championships never won? Disappearing teachers?Sacramento parents tonight will get a chance to see the school of the future if the Legislature fails to act to give voters an opportunity to extend taxes that are set to expire at the end of June.Sutter Middle School parents and students will ...
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Daily Kos: Thank You!!!
2011-Mar-29
Daily Kos: Thank You!!!Thank You!!!byteacherkenShareNew 0 PERMALINK38 COMMENTSIf you want to know why, you must not have visited Arshan's diary or this link at Democracy for AmericaI am a winner of the DFA scholarship contest for Netroots Nation.I finished second in the voting, which gives me one of the automatic scholarships.This covers my conference fee, hotel, and a few incidentals.A member of this community has been generous, and is paying for my plane tickets.Thus despite my financial difficulties, I will ...
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A Future Too Big To Fail: Using Corporate Thinking Corrupts The Classroom | The Jose Vilson
2011-Mar-29
A Future Too Big To Fail: Using Corporate Thinking Corrupts The Classroom | The Jose VilsonA Future Too Big To Fail: Using Corporate Thinking Corrupts The Classroomby JoseA few years ago, I read an article in Wired Magazinedetailing the events that led up to the Market Crash of 2008-2009, wherein they pin down much of the blame on an elegant and seemingly infallible formula created by world renown mathematician David X. Li. Recounting the events that led up to the ...
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Michelle Rhee's Cheating Scandal: Diane Ravitch Blasts Education Reform Star - The Daily Beast
2011-Mar-29
Michelle Rhee's Cheating Scandal: Diane Ravitch Blasts Education Reform Star - The Daily BeastShame on Michelle Rheeby Diane Ravitch EmailA new report shows student testing irregularities in D.C. under the leadership of star education reform advocate Michelle Rhee. Education expert Diane Ravitch blasts Rhee’s misguided approach. Plus, Dana Goldstein says the report is no surprise.The corporate education reform movement has had no more visible star than Michelle Rhee, the former chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools. After she ...
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Big Education Ape: 3-29-11 Special PM #wiunion Edition #notmywi #p2 #p2b #topprog
2011-Mar-29
Big Education Ape: Ed News Now, #wiunionBig Education Ape: Ed News Now as shared by 6 people on Coopmike48’s Twitter listNext update in about 12 hoursBack to front pageHEADLINESEDUCATIONPOLITICSLIVINGBUSINESSSTORIESENVIRONMENT#EDU#WIUNION#wiunionWalker: self-annointed bold one | Uppity Wisconsin uppitywis.org - The New York Times recently declined to run an Op Ed column submitted by Scott Walker, so instead he's posted it on the official governor's web site (and the URL is below, in case you want to wade ...coopmike48Wis. judge halts implementation of ...
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Remainders: D.C. examining scores Rhee said she investigated | GothamSchools
2011-Mar-29
Remainders: D.C. examining scores Rhee said she investigated | GothamSchoolsRemainders: D.C. examining scores Rhee said she investigatedby Philissa CramerD.C. officials say they’ll investigate unusually high test erasure rates reported this week. (USA Today)But Michelle Rhee said D.C. already investigated the questionable results and found nothing. (Russo)Given perverse incentives, any cheating in D.C. schools shouldn’t come as a surprise. (Daily Beast)A kind suggestion: What education journalism needs is more GothamSchools. (Dropout Nation)City education activists talked school closures at a Ford Foundation ...
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D.C.'s Noyes School Joins Others Under Investigation For Suspicious Standardized Test Patterns
2011-Mar-29
D.C.'s Noyes School Joins Others Under Investigation For Suspicious Standardized Test PatternsD.C.'s Noyes School Joins Others Under Investigation For Suspicious Standardized Test PatternsPosted: 03/29/11 07:59 PM ETReactAmazingInspiringFunnyScaryHotCrazyImportantWeirdFollowD.C. , Michelle Rhee , Noyes School , Standardized Tests , Cheating , Education , Education Reform , No Child Left Behind , Education NewsSHARE THIS STORY0000Get Education Alerts Sign UpSubmit this storyIn the last few years, Crosby S. Noyes Education Campus in D.C. has become the poster child for education reform, with its ...
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Budget Impasse Fuels Teacher Layoff Worries - Most Popular News Story - KCRA Sacramento
2011-Mar-29
Budget Impasse Fuels Teacher Layoff Worries - Most Popular News Story - KCRA SacramentoBudget Impasse Fuels Teacher Layoff WorriesCTA Launches New TV AdPOSTED: 9:41 am PDT March 29, 2011UPDATED: 2:19 pm PDT March 29, 2011 Email Print Comments (5)SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Teachers Association launched a new television ad Tuesday, warning that thousands of California teachers and other school employees will lose their jobs this year.By state law, districts have to issue pink slips, or notices of layoff, by ...
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Wisconsin Judge AGAIN Blocks Anti-Union Law | FDL News Desk #wearewi #wiunion
2011-Mar-29
Wisconsin Judge AGAIN Blocks Anti-Union Law | FDL News DeskWisconsin Judge AGAIN Blocks Anti-Union LawBy: David Dayen Tuesday March 29, 2011 3:46 pmTweet Share We all know how this turned out the first time, but for the record, Judge Maryann Sumi extended the temporary restraining order against the anti-union law which strips most collective bargaining rights from public employees, and warned of sanctions for any public official who continues to implement the law.The court hearing arose from the publication of ...
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Presidential “Latinos and Education” Town Hall—A Key to Winning the Future – ED.gov Blog
2011-Mar-29
Presidential “Latinos and Education” Town Hall—A Key to Winning the Future – ED.gov BlogPresidential “Latinos and Education” Town Hall—A Key to Winning the FuturePresident Barack Obama, with moderator Jorge Ramos, left, addresses a town hall meeting hosted by Univision at Bell Multicultural High School in Washington, D.C., March 28. 2011. Ramos is a news anchor and Univision. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)Cross-posted from the White House Blog.En espaรฑol.President Obama participated in an historical town hall event focused on ...
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Schools Matter: Can Chess Improve Reading?
2011-Mar-29
Schools Matter: Can Chess Improve Reading?Can Chess Improve Reading?by skrashenCan Chess Improve Reading?Sent to USA Today, March 29, 2011"Chess makes move into class" (March 29) asserts that a 1993 study showed that playing chess can improve academics. Not quite.The study, "The Effect of Chess on Reading Scores: District Nine Chess Program Second Year Report" was published by the American Chess Foundation, and claimed that 53 students who voluntarily participated in a chess program in New York improved five percentiles in ...
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You Don’t Stand With Us: My Response to an #EDUSolidarity Highjacking Attempt « Outside the Cave
2011-Mar-29
You Don’t Stand With Us: My Response to an #EDUSolidarity Highjacking Attempt « Outside the CaveYou Don’t Stand With Us: My Response to an #EDUSolidarity Highjacking Attemptby Stephen LazarTwo weeks ago, I was asked for the umpteenth time why a teacher like me would support the UFT, let alone want to be chapter leader. Realizing that answering the question by myself would do little to change anything, I reached out to some colleagues, and very quickly the EDUSolidarity project developed. ...
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Paranoid Michelle Rhee blames her "enemies" for cheating report - Education - Salon.com
2011-Mar-29
Paranoid Michelle Rhee blames her "enemies" for cheating report - Education - Salon.comParanoid Michelle Rhee blames her "enemies" for cheating reportBY ALEX PAREENEReuters/Hyungwon KangFormer Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, champion of "education reform," is a right-wing folk hero because while working for the public she combined corporatist policy with open contempt for the public. An ostensible Democrat, she now advises Republican governors on how best to battle the nefarious teachers' unions, which, in her reckoning, are almost solely responsible ...
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Judge again blocks implementation of collective bargaining law - JSOnline
2011-Mar-29
Judge again blocks implementation of collective bargaining law - JSOnlineJudge again blocks implementation of collective bargaining lawMadison - A Dane County judge Tuesday blocked the state from implementing Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining measure."Further implementation of the act is enjoined," said Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi.Sumi noted her original restraining order issued earlier this month was clear in saying that the state should not proceed with implementing the law. The Walker administration did so after the bill was published Friday ...
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Survey: Americans want more news about teacher effectiveness | GothamSchools
2011-Mar-29
Survey: Americans want more news about teacher effectiveness | GothamSchoolsSurvey: Americans want more news about teacher effectivenessby Maura WalzAmericans want more news coverage of how teachers and students are performing, according to a surveyreleased today by the Brookings Institution.More than 70 percent of respondents said that they wanted more news coverage of teacher effectiveness and of student academic performance. Nearly the same percentage want to know more about school safety, curriculum, finances and school reform.In previous studies, the report’s authors ...
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Latest from the University of Minnesota Student Occupation « Student Activism
2011-Mar-29
Latest from the University of Minnesota Student Occupation « Student ActivismLatest from the University of Minnesota Student Occupationby Angus JohnstonStudents at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities launched an “open and soft” occupation of the university’s Social Sciences Tower yesterday. Though the building was officially scheduled to close at 11 pm, they were able to stay through the night, and they seem to be consolidating and expanding their presence today.The group has a blog and a Twitter account, both set ...
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NYC Public School Parents: Statement on DiNapoli's discharge rate audit
2011-Mar-29
NYC Public School Parents: Statement on DiNapoli's discharge rate auditStatement on DiNapoli's discharge rate auditby Leonie HaimsonWe would like to thank the Comptroller Di Napoli and the Office of the State Comptroller for their hard work on today’s discharge rate audit, which was done in response to a request on April 30, 2009 from Betsy Gotbaum, then-NYC Public Advocate, following a report that we wrote with Jennifer Jennings on the continued high number of students reported as discharged from NYC ...
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The Koch Line News | www.kochwatch.org
2011-Mar-29
News | www.kochwatch.orgTalking Points Memo: Report: Wis. Supreme Court Race Running Close In Internal Polls *March 28, 2011- *The Wisconsin Supreme Court race on April 5, pitting incumbent Justice David Prosser against challenger Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg, could be going down to the wire in a state that has become highly polarized due ...Thom Hartmann: Do we take Prosperity Drive or Depression Drive? WATCH ON YOUTUBE:Talking Points Memo: Labor Ups Pressure On Lawmakers To Nix Union-Busting House Bill *March ...
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Questions for myself. « Fred Klonsky's blog
2011-Mar-29
Questions for myself. « Fred Klonsky's blogQuestions for myself.by Fred KlonskyWhat did you think of Obama’s speech last night?I didn’t watch it.Does it bother you that some progressives support the war on Libya?Of course it bothers me. Like Obama, they won’t say the word, “war.” You don’t have to be a cynic to suggest that Obama’s actions have less to do with protecting civilians and more to do with oil and the need to reassert US leadership among the big ...
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University of Minnesota Occupation Releases Demands « Student Activism
2011-Mar-29
University of Minnesota Occupation Releases Demands « Student ActivismUniversity of Minnesota Occupation Releases Demandsby Angus JohnstonThe students occupying a building at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have made it through their first night, and they’ve released a list of demands:Because we are residents of Minnesota, and because this is a public, land-grant university,We demand the right to peacefully occupy space at our university,We demand that the general public has reasonable access to university resources;We demand that the university respect ...
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Mas de 5.000 de personas estรกn de acuerdo: ¡Fuera con Easley! | DeFENSE
2011-Mar-29
Mas de 5.000 de personas estรกn de acuerdo: ¡Fuera con Easley! | DeFENSEMas de 5.000 de personas estรกn de acuerdo: ¡Fuera con Easley!by adminel 28 de marzo del 2011Contacto: John McBride 720-270-0327 o Larry Borom 303-355-4635Organizaciones: Northeast Community Congress for Education, Black Education Advisory Council, and Democrats for Excellent Neighborhood School Education (DeFENSE)Correo Electronico:info@defensedenver.comSitio del Red: http://defensedenver.comEvento: Entrega de peticiones para la retirada del representante del DPS Distrito 4Fecha/Hora: Martes, 29 de marzo, 2011 3:30 pmLugar: Denver Election Commission , ...
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My New Column on the D.C. Testing Irregularities - Dana Goldstein
2011-Mar-29
My New Column on the D.C. Testing Irregularities - Dana GoldsteinMy New Column on the D.C. Testing Irregularitiesby Dana GoldsteinThis morning the Washington, D.C. Board of Education announced it would launch an investigation into widespread standardized testing irregularities in the city's public schools during the reign of Michelle Rhee. One-hundred-and-three of the district's 168 public schools submitted multiple choice answer sheets with abnormally high erasure rates, with many of those schools displaying a consistent pattern of incorrect answers being replaced ...
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What is a Charter School? And what does it have to do with you? | Uppity Wisconsin
2011-Mar-29
What is a Charter School? And what does it have to do with you? | Uppity WisconsinWhat is a Charter School? And what does it have to do with you?by Sen. Kathleen Vinehout“I’ve heard of charter schools,” the woman told me. “But I really don’t know understand them.” People are not familiar with schools often run by a private group but using taxpayer dollars.Imagine a school created with a business-like contact or “charter”. This charter sets it own rules for ...
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Teamster Nation: Great WI recall ad (video)
2011-Mar-29
Teamster Nation: Great WI recall ad (video)Great WI recall ad (video)Efforts to recall in Wisconsin Republican senators got a boost today with a terrific new ad. It features the people of Wisconsin: teachers, corrections officers, administrative workers and college students. They have this to say:This is for my children, my wife, our friends and neighbors. This is for our community.Republicans declared war on the middle class. Now, with this
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Relationships Matter More Than Numbers « Failing Schools
2011-Mar-29
Relationships Matter More Than Numbers « Failing SchoolsRelationships Matter More Than NumbersMARCH 29, 2011by mariasalleeI was attending a recent school district meeting designed for the public when I first heard the phrase “human capital”. Then I heard it again. And again. It appears this is a new buzzword administrators and other school personnel are using to describe teachers and other educational employees. However, at a time when we are engaging in such heated national debate about the “value” of teachers ...
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KOCH OUT AM News | www.kochwatch.org
2011-Mar-29
News | www.kochwatch.orgKoch Brothers Continue Their Canadian Takeover *-By Emma Pullman at DeSmogBlog* *March 27, 2011-* On Friday, the Canadian government fell to a vote of non-confidence. As Canadians prepare to head to the polls for an early May election, the oily architects of the Tea Party, mega-funders of climate ...Weekly Standard: The Paranoid Style in Liberal Politics *(Awww- Poor Koch Brothers! Poor little brutally oppressed billionaires!-CD) * *April 4, 2011-* David Koch’s secretary told him the news. This was ...
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Stop the Anti-Union “Auto-No!” Urge Congress to support fair union elections for workers! | Reverend Manny and the Twilight Empire - "the Secular, Humanist Revival"
2011-Mar-29
Stop the Anti-Union “Auto-No!” Urge Congress to support fair union elections for workers! | Reverend Manny and the Twilight Empire - "the Secular, Humanist Revival"Stop the Anti-Union “Auto-No!” Urge Congress to support fair union elections for workers!Reverend Manny on March 29, 2011 — Leave a CommentShareCLICK HERE TO TAKE ACTION++++++++++++++++++++++Anti-worker legislators are stealthily pushing a provision to count non-voters as “no” voters in union elections. It’s undemocratic, and it will make it incredibly difficult for railway and airline workers to ...
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State law could keep new textbooks out of classroom for 8 to 10 years | California Watch
2011-Mar-29
State law could keep new textbooks out of classroom for 8 to 10 years | California WatchState law could keep new textbooks out of classroom for 8 to 10 yearsMarch 29, 2011 | Louis Freedbergskynesher/istockphoto.comThe Obama administration hailed the adoption of national "common core" curriculum standards by California and more 40 other states as a "game changer" in the drive to make American children more competitive in the global marketplace. But under current scenarios, California students won't have use of ...
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Modern School: Why So Many Teachers Have Martyr Complexes
2011-Mar-28
Modern School: Why So Many Teachers Have Martyr ComplexesHonduran Teachers Strike Honduras After the Coup (by codepinkhq) Three weeks into a teacher’s strike, Honduran President Porfirio Lobo is threatening to fire all teachers and dissolve their unions. The Associate Press reported that teachers who fail to show up to work today ...Lowered Expectations: School Failure is the New Success (Image by Tinou Bao) In response to teacher concerns that school reform efforts were moving forward too quickly, without adequate discussion, ...
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NYC Educator: The Uncoolest Cool Kid in School
2011-Mar-28
NYC Educator: The Uncoolest Cool Kid in SchoolThe Uncoolest Cool Kid in Schoolby Miss EyreI went to one of our school's baseball games recently to cheer on the team. A few of my students and a few others I know slightly are playing, and I genuinely enjoy cheering them on. Shortly after I arrived and checked in with my colleagues to find out about the score, I looked, through the chain link fence, up and down the bench until I ...
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Faint | The Jose Vilson
2011-Mar-28
Faint | The Jose VilsonFaintby JoseLinkin Park, "Faint"Energized from this past weekend’s trip to the Center for Teaching Quality (TeacherSolutions 2030 retreat), I focused all my energies on ensuring that my first and second period class of math would kick ass. My students showed tremendous gains in their transformations test they took the week before, and the last quiz they took on Thursday showed elements of strong understanding in inequalities. Today, I wanted to change my own energy a bit ...
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Occupation Underway Now at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities « Student Activism
2011-Mar-28
Occupation Underway Now at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities « Student ActivismOccupation Underway Now at the University of Minnesota Twin Citiesby Angus JohnstonA morning rally at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has turned into what organizers are calling an “open and soft occupation” of the university’s Social Sciences Tower.“Students and community supporters,” a post on the group’s blog declared, “are outraged over soaring tuition, budget cuts, skyrocketing administrative salaries, mounting student debt, attacks on cultural diversity groups on ...
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Big Education Ape: 3-28-11 Special PM Edition #WIunion #FLunion #PAunion #OHunion #MEunion #NHunion #NJunion
2011-Mar-28
Big Education Ape: Ed News NowBig Education Ape: Ed News Now as shared by 6 people on Coopmike48’s Twitter listNext update in about 12 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONPOLITICSART ENTERTAINMENTLIVINGSTORIESBUSINESS#EDU#OHUNIONWhen standardized test scores soared in D.C., were the gains real? usatoday.com - By Jack Gillum and Marisol Bello, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — In just two years, Crosby S. Noyes Education Campus went from a school deemed in need of improvement to a place that the District of Columbi...leoniehaimsonTake back that blue ribbon, ...
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Tavis Smiley: My Conversation With Michelle Rhee
2011-Mar-28
Tavis Smiley: My Conversation With Michelle RheeTavis Smiley: My Conversation With Michelle Rheeby Tavis SmileyEarlier today, I spoke with former Washington, DC school chancellor Michelle Rhee about a wide-range of subjects including a front-page USA Today story this morning questioning the validity of test scores in DC.The full conversation airs Tuesday night on PBS.
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Schools Matter: Obama wants less testing, Dept of Ed wants more testing
2011-Mar-28
Schools Matter: Obama wants less testing, Dept of Ed wants more testingObama wants less testing, Dept of Ed wants more testingby skrashenThe president wants less testing; the DOE wants more.Sent to the Washington Post, March 28, 2011"Obama says standardized tests too punitive" (3/28/11) is baffling.The president is calling for less standardized testing and less teaching to the test while his Department of Education is launching the most extensive standardized testing program ever seen in American education, one that goes far ...
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School Tech Connect: He Hasn't Read The Blueprint
2011-Mar-28
School Tech Connect: He Hasn't Read The BlueprintHe Hasn't Read The Blueprint It's a hopeless mishmash. I'm pretty sure nobody's told the president that his education policy is the wetdream of people who can't wait to vote for Newt Gingrich or Donald Trump and is the source of endless frustration for the people who actually ...A Good Professor Check this out. Apparently a Loyola professor, Jack Sigel, was tossed out of a Karl Rove appearance somewhere on campus recently. Good ...
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Obama says too much testing makes education boring - Yahoo! News
2011-Mar-28
Obama says too much testing makes education boring - Yahoo! NewsObama says too much testing makes education boringEmailPrintAP – President Barack Obama points to his earpiece, as he explains to the audience, that he is receiving translations …Slideshow:President Barack ObamaPlay VideoBarack Obama Video:Mitch McConnell: Obama's Speech Is 'Overdue' ABC NewsPlay VideoBarack Obama Video:What Will Obama Say In His Libya Address? ABC NewsBy ERICA WERNER, Associated Press – 2 hrs 31 mins agoWASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Monday that students ...
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LEARN: Japan business lobby gives OK to scrap corporate tax cut - Yahoo! News
2011-Mar-28
Japan business lobby gives OK to scrap corporate tax cut - Yahoo! NewsJapan business lobby gives OK to scrap corporate tax cutEmailPrintPlay VideoEarthquakes Video:Tsunami fears surge on US coast, after Japan AFPPlay VideoEarthquakes Video:Students honoured amid quake heartacheReutersRELATED QUOTES^DJI12,197.88-22.71^GSPC1,310.19-3.61^IXIC2,730.68-12.38By Junko Fujita and James Topham – Mon Mar 28, 8:05 am ETTOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's top business lobby gave the government the green light to scrap a planned cut in the corporate tax rate and urged firms to look at shifting ...
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Wisconsin: The Cronon Affair : The New Yorker #wiunion
2011-Mar-28
News Desk: Wisconsin: The Cronon Affair : The New YorkerMarch 28, 2011WISCONSIN: THE CRONON AFFAIRPosted by Anthony GraftonOnce upon a time, professors led quiet lives, walking slowly from seminars to tea in panelled rooms. Nowadays they wake up in the middle of media storms. The latest scholar to whom this has happened is William Cronon, who teaches environmental and Western history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He was famous, as scholars go, before the storm, for complex, vivid booksabout ...
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This Week In Education: People: Solomon To Head Boston Reform Group
2011-Mar-28
This Week In Education: People: Solomon To Head Boston Reform GroupPeople: Solomon To Head Boston Reform GroupNews out today is that the Boston Plan for Excellence, the "critical friend" to the Boston Public Schools long headed by former Kennedy staffer Ellen Guiney, is soogoing to be run by Jesse Solomon, who's headed the Boston Teacher Residency program for the past several years. Details below. Congrats, condolences. Dear friend,It is with pleasure that I write to let you know of two ...
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New Video Shows London Cops Promising Not to Arrest UK Uncut Protesters … Then Arresting Them « Student Activism
2011-Mar-28
New Video Shows London Cops Promising Not to Arrest UK Uncut Protesters … Then Arresting Them « Student ActivismNew Video Shows London Cops Promising Not to Arrest UK Uncut Protesters … Then Arresting ThemMarch 28, 2011 in Access, Civil Liberties, Police, Politics, Tuition and FeesVideo footage shot in Fortnum Mason’s Saturday while the store was being occupied by UK Uncut protesters appears to show police asking activists to remain inside the store, and assuring them that they will be allowed ...
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From The Wooden Shoe Collective Bookstore (Philadelphia, PA) | Defend Wisconsin #wiunion
2011-Mar-28
From The Wooden Shoe Collective Bookstore (Philadelphia, PA) | Defend WisconsinFrom The Wooden Shoe Collective Bookstore (Philadelphia, PA)by AdamWHEREAS,- Hundreds of thousands of union members in Wisconsin and across the country have mobilized to kill Governor Scott Walker’s “Budget Repair Bill,” which, in the name of balancing the state budget and erasing a $3.6 billion deficit that public-sector workers did not create, would effectively destroy public sector unions in Wisconsin and gut the benefits of 200,000 Wisconsin public sector employees ...
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Another US Week of Action Brewing « Student Activism
2011-Mar-28
Another US Week of Action Brewing « Student ActivismAnother US Week of Action Brewingby Angus JohnstonMarch has already seen two days of national student action this month. On the 2nd, students at dozens of college campuses from coast to coast staged co-ordinated budget protests. On the 11th, high schoolers in more than twenty states walked out of classes in support of their teachers and in solidarity with demonstrators in Wisconsin.On Thursday, the last day of March, there may be another ...
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Anxious Parents and Preschool Reform: Here We Go Again | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
2011-Mar-28
Anxious Parents and Preschool Reform: Here We Go Again | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom PracticeAnxious Parents and Preschool Reform: Here We Go Againby larrycubanImage by arichards63 - smile if you missed me via Flickr“Listen, you can’t turn back the hands of time. Once they enter kindergarten, they can’t have the window of opportunity any longer. It’s too late.”Parent and creator of Brainy Baby, Dennis Fedoruk, says what every anxious parent feels. Babies learn sign language and listen ...
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Reflections on Day Two at the #ASCD11 Conference | Reflections on Teaching
2011-Mar-28
Reflections on Day Two at the ASCD Conference | Reflections on TeachingReflections on Day Two at the ASCD Conference Overall, it was a hectic day, with three sessions that I attended and blogged, and a couple hours of live streaming conversations with various folks including Larry Ferlazzo, Bill Ferriter, and David Cohen. The conversations were great, and I’ll ...ASCD 2011 Coverage My blog is a bit messed up, and some posts are showing up from the last few days in ...
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USA Today: Possible testing fraud under Rhee in DC « Failing Schools
2011-Mar-28
USA Today: Possible testing fraud under Rhee in DC « Failing SchoolsUSA Today: Possible testing fraud under Rhee in DCMARCH 28, 2011by Sabrina“Our decisions at all levels must be guided by robust data.” -DC Public Schools, Core BeliefsUSA Today recently published an article about their investigation of reported testing irregularities in the DC Public Schools. Independent statisticians and testing experts cited in the investigation find that wrong-to-right-answer erasure patterns in DC schools like the celebrated Crosby S. Noyes Education Campus ...
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Dear Audrey. « Fred Klonsky's blog
2011-Mar-28
Dear Audrey. « Fred Klonsky's blogDear Audrey.by Fred KlonskyAudrey SoglinExecutive Director, Illinois Education AssociationSpringfield, IllinoisDear Audrey,When I heard about Professor William Conon this past week, I was concerned.“Here we go again,” I said to myself.An outspoken teacher, a respected historian at a major university, has his emails examined by some right-wing witch hunters. This time it wasn’t some nutty little group in western Michigan. It was the Republican Party.Although, what’s the difference?When this same thing happened to me a month ...
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Test Gains at Michelle Rhee’s Favorite School Possibly Fabricated | FDL News Desk
2011-Mar-28
Test Gains at Michelle Rhee’s Favorite School Possibly Fabricated | FDL News DeskTest Gains at Michelle Rhee’s Favorite School Possibly Fabricatedby David DayenMistakes were made... just not counted. (photo: dweebydude5)Michelle Rhee, the former DC schools chief, has a perception of being results-oriented. She doesn’t have personal animus toward teacher’s unions, she just feels that the best way to improve learning for students is to engage in policies that allow her to elevate the best teachers and fire the worst. The ...
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Keeping the State’s Money in the State | Dissident Voice
2011-Mar-28
Keeping the State’s Money in the State | Dissident VoiceKeeping the State’s Money in the StateAn Alternative Solution To The Budget Crisisby Ellen Hodgson Brown / March 28th, 2011Cut spending, raise taxes, sell off public assets – these are the unsatisfactory solutions being debated across the nation; but the budget crises now being suffered by nearly all the states did not arise from too much spending or too little taxation. They arose from a credit freeze on Wall Street. In ...
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murphy can has congress | The Official Site of Ian Murphy for Congress
2011-Mar-28
murphy can has congress | The Official Site of Ian Murphy for CongressSkip to contentHomeContactContributeIssuesMeet MurphyMurphy in the MediaVolunteer!Are you fed up?Posted on March 27, 2011 by Ian MurphyMajor parties tell you to tighten your belt, so the corporate pigs may feastI’m fed up with Democrat and Republican lies. One of those lies? That it’s time America had an “adult conversation” about our budget and the deficit. The conversation goes like this: Our country’s broke and we, the people, have ...
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Targeted teachers worry about students' futures and their own - LA Daily News
2011-Mar-27
Targeted teachers worry about students' futures and their own - LA Daily NewsIT'S THE KIDS WHO LOSE OUTTargeted teachers worry about students' futures and their ownBy Connie Llanos, Staff WriterPosted: 03/27/2011 06:07:13 PM PDTTeacher Jolene Kuebler, left, gets a hug from assistant principal Shanna Sarris at Cleveland High, Thursday, March 24, 2011. Both have been notified they are on the list to be laid off. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer)CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGECleveland High School assistant principal Shanna Sarris has been ...
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Why do I support my union? I have another question « JD2718
2011-Mar-27
Why do I support my union? I have another question « JD2718Why do I support my union? I have another questionby jd2718My post Tuesday, after hours of wordpress being down (read-only) and a stress-y day, my post was a bit intemperate. So I wanted to redo it, and found that I had little additional to say.I support my union because supporting your union is the right thing to do. I’ve never thought twice about it.How many ways have I written ...
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"I don't need no stinkin' Union" #wiunion #miunion #solidarity
2011-Mar-27
A lighthearted yet cautionary tale about what our education system might be like if it were turned over to the corporate world. Produced by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation.
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LAUSD's John Deasy and the L.A. Times Jason Song Teach You How to Make More Money Less - New Math? - Perdaily.com
2011-Mar-27
LAUSD's John Deasy and the L.A. Times Jason Song Teach You How to Make More Money Less - New Math? (Deasy de LAUSD y Jason Song del LA Times te enseรฑan cรณmo hacer mรกs dinero menos - Matemรกticas nuevoy?) - Perdaily.comLAUSD's John Deasy and the L.A. Times Jason Song Teach You How to Make More Money Less - New Math? (Deasy de LAUSD y Jason Song del LA Times te enseรฑan cรณmo hacer mรกs dinero menos - Matemรกticas nuevoy?)by Leonard ...
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KOCH OUT PM News | www.kochwatch.org #WIUnion #p2
2011-Mar-27
News | www.kochwatch.orgProtesting the removal of a mural at the Maine Dept.of Labor WATCH ON YOUTUBE:Politico: Kochs lash out at 'dangerous' critics, 'radical' Obama *March 26, 2011-* In lengthy interviews with a conservative magazine, the billionaire Koch brothers mounted an aggressive defense of their business and political interests, describing their liberal critics as “very, very extreme” and “very dangerous” ...Politicus USA: Scott Walker Kills His Wisconsin Union Busting Bill By Publishing It *March 25, 2011-* Wisconsin Republicans stunned the nation ...
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Democracy and Possibility « Outside the Cave
2011-Mar-27
Democracy and Possibility « Outside the CaveDemocracy and Possibilityby Stephen LazarTwo quotes to start the week:The first, a recent one, from Deborah Meier:In all these years we have never seriously confronted society with the question of “why?” Do we really want schools to undo our class divisions? Do we want them to produce adults who are members of a shared and commonly cherished adult world—with inequities that we could all imagine living with? With adults who more or less equally ...
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Almost Famous at #ASCD11 « InterACT
2011-Mar-27
Almost Famous at ASCD « InterACTAlmost Famous at ASCDby David B. CohenAccomplished California Teachers is all about teacher leadership, and I’m please to say that we are present and accounted for here at the ASCD 2011 Annual Conference.And hat’s off to the folks at ASCD for allowing bloggers to have “press” passes – access to all the sessions, and a nice, quiet place to sit and write (with the laptop plugged in).So what have we ACT members been up to?Jason ...
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Schools Matter: Arne Duncan solves Greygower's problem
2011-Mar-27
Schools Matter: Arne Duncan solves Greygower's problemArne Duncan solves Greygower's problemby skrashen"Greygower" just recorded a song called the Test Teacher Anthem on http://educationrumination.com/. Here is the chorus:"Test teacher, test teacherTeaching to the testWork on math and EnglishAnd forget about the rest."Don’t worry, Greygower. Arne Duncan has
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Irony Alert: Koch Brothers Call Critics Extremists | Firedoglake #WeAreWI #WIUnion #p2
2011-Mar-27
Irony Alert: Koch Brothers Call Critics Extremists | FiredoglakeIrony Alert: Koch Brothers Call Critics Extremistsby Blue Texanby cdrummbksYou’ll not be surprised to learn that he men behind the Teabagger craziness and hysteria are in fact, crazy hysterics.In lengthy interviews with a conservative magazine, the billionaire Koch brothers mounted an aggressive defense of their business and political interests, describing their liberal critics as “very, very extreme” and “very dangerous” and President Barack Obama as a “radical”
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Warning to parents about ALEC and its draft education legislation « Parents Across America
2011-Mar-27
Warning to parents about ALEC and its draft education legislation « Parents Across AmericaWarning to parents about ALEC and its draft education legislationSee the message below from a PAA member in Texas, Karen Miller. Karen is forwarding information about William Cronon, a noted historian at UW-Madison, who wrote about ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative organization backed by business interests that circulates draft legislation in every state capital, including anti-union legislation approved in Wisconsin.In retaliation, Cronon has now ...
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BOYCOTT KOCH INDUSTRIES #wiunion #p2 #mounion #miunion #ohunion #inunion #paunion #tcot #teaparty #solidarity
2011-Mar-27
BOYCOTT KOCH INDUSTRIESWHY? Because the Koch brothers’ values are in direct contrast with American Middle Class values, and because Koch Industries has been involved in polluting American rivers, streams, oceans, and ground water sources, and tampering with American elections.____________________________________________________Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch run Koch Industries and Koch Family Foundations, one of the largest single sources of funding for conservative organizations in the United States. Organizations and think tanks supported by the foundation include The Tea Party, Americans ...
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How Wisconsin Republicans Respond to Their Critics | Politeia | Big Think #WeAreWI #WIUnion #p2
2011-Mar-27
How Wisconsin Republicans Respond to Their Critics | Politeia | Big ThinkHow Wisconsin Republicans Respond to Their CriticsRobert de Neufville on March 26, 2011, 12:55 PMA couple of days ago, I wrote about an op-ed William Cronon wrote in The New York Times arguing that by attempting to strip public unions of their bargaining rights, Wisconsin Republicans “are seeking to reverse civic traditions that for more than a century have been among the most celebrated achievements not just of their ...
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ASCD 2011 Conference: Sunday's Social Media Highlights - Copy / Paste by Peter Pappas #ASCD11
2011-Mar-27
ASCD 2011 Conference: Sunday's Social Media Highlights - Copy / Paste by Peter PappasASCD 2011 Conference: Sunday's Social Media HighlightsI'm following the ASCD conference in San Francisco via the social web. Here's the best of the feed from Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and SlideShare. I follow the feed from #ASCD11 - so you don't get overloaded with RTs.TwitterEmailEmbedASCD 2011 Sunday's Social Media Feedby Peter Pappas, 3 minutes agoI select the top tweets from the conference hashtag #ASCD11. Get the best ...
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I, for one, am ready to march « Cooperative Catalyst
2011-Mar-27
I, for one, am ready to march « Cooperative CatalystI, for one, am ready to marchby coopcatalystLaura Schiller contributes this #blog4nwp post.In middle age, I discovered the National Writing Project and subsequently found my voice as an educator and a passion for learning that continues decades later. But I did not grow in isolation. My three daughters watched their mother publish, complete National Board Certification, teach teachers across the country, and work toward a doctorate in education. NWP changed us ...
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For those with autism, documentary offers new hope - NorthJersey.com
2011-Mar-27
For those with autism, documentary offers new hope - NorthJersey.comFor those with autism, documentary offers new hopeSunday, March 27, 2011THE RECORDTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS display story on 1 pagePage 1 2 MONTPELIER, Vt. — When Tracy Thresher has something to say, he uses his right index finger — and a special computer that gives voice to what he types. Hunched over the device, he begins.APLarry Bissonnette, 53, of Milton, right, and Tracy Thresher, 43, of Barre Town, are seen in Montpelier, ...
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Keep It Moving Wisconsin Unions | Political News and Opinion for African-Americans on Politic365 #wiunion #1u
2011-Mar-27
Keep It Moving Wisconsin Unions | Political News and Opinion for African-Americans on Politic365Posted by Britton Loftin in State Local17 minutes agoThough the fight was not prevalent in this week’s news cycle, the struggle for workers’ rights still continues in Wisconsin. On Friday, March 18, Judge Maryann Sumi issued a temporary restraining order after finding that the conference committee meeting held by State Senate Republican legislators violated the State’s 24 hour open meeting law.On Monday, March 21, Wisconsin State Attorney ...
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Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog
2011-Mar-27
Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blogSunday links.by Fred Klonsky500,000 march in London to protest budget cuts.If there was no oil in Libya the US would treat it like it treats the rest of Africa says General Wesley Clark. The invasion of Libya was planned years ago.What you won’t read in this morning’s obits on Geraldine Ferraro. “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is.” ...