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Modern School: Drug Testing Teachers & the Poor for Fun & Profit in Florida
2011-Apr-9
Modern School: Drug Testing Teachers the Poor for Fun Profit in FloridaDrug Testing Teachers the Poor for Fun Profit in Floridaby Michael DunnLatest in Ed Deform, More Tea Party Lunacy, or Just Gold Old Capitalism at its Finest? Image by Francis StorrFlorida’s Republican Governor Rick Scott has signed an executive order requiring drug tests for all state workers and welfare recipients. According to the OB Rag, Scott plans to test at least 100,000 workers on the state payroll at least ...
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Obama DemoPods Feed Tea-GOP Zombies, Keep Washington Monument Open | MyFDL
2011-Apr-9
Obama DemoPods Feed Tea-GOP Zombies, Keep Washington Monument Open | MyFDLObama DemoPods Feed Tea-GOP Zombies, Keep Washington Monument OpenBy: Scarecrow Saturday April 9, 2011 6:05 am Tweet15 You would think that a sentient President of the United States would be embarrassed, ashamed, and contrite after one of the more mindless and destructive governmental performances in years. Nope. Not the President who foolishly believes the federal government needs to tighten its belt because he’s clueless about the difference between families and ...
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Teach for America alum: Problems with the model - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
2011-Apr-9
Teach for America alum: Problems with the model - The Answer Sheet - The Washington PostTeach for America alum: Problems with the modelBy Valerie StraussThis is the second in a series of posts written by Anna Martin, an alumna for Teach for America who has stayed in her original placement school in California for seven years, five years longer than the TFAdemands of its recruits. (You can find the first post here.)Martin calls herself “conflicted” about the organization, which places ...
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Robert Reich (Why the Right-Wing Bullies Will Hold The Nation Hostage Again and Again)
2011-Apr-9
Robert Reich (Why the Right-Wing Bullies Will Hold The Nation Hostage Again and Again)Why the Right-Wing Bullies Will Hold The Nation Hostage Again and AgainWhen I was a small boy I was bullied more than most, mainly because I was a foot shorter than than everyone else. The demanded the cupcake my mother had packed in my lunchbox, or, they said, they’d beat me up. After a close call in the boy’s room, I paid up. Weeks later, they demanded ...
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Ohio Lawsuit Against Private School Chartering Company by 10 of Its Own Schools and the State « Larry Miller's Blog
2011-Apr-9
Ohio Lawsuit Against Private School Chartering Company by 10 of Its Own Schools and the State « Larry Miller's BlogOhio Lawsuit Against Private School Chartering Company by 10 of Its Own Schools and the Stateby millerlfFor-profit charters lack transparency. How are public funds being used?Excerpt from the article:“Government data suggest that schools with for-profit managers have somewhat worse academic results than charters without management companies, and a number of boards have clashed with managers over a lack of transparency in ...
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Big Education Ape:4-8-11 Black OUT Edition
2011-Apr-8
Big Education Ape: Ed News NowBig Education Ape: Ed News Now as shared by 6 people on Coopmike48’s Twitter listNext update in about 10 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONPOLITICSLIVINGART ENTERTAINMENTSTORIESENVIRONMENT#EDU#BLOG4NWPCathie Black debacle just the latest in a long line of miscues by education reformers nydailynews.com - Santos for News Cathie Black's abrupt departure is just the latest black eye for city school leadership. Five years ago, momentum to expand public school choice, hold educators more accountable for...DianeRavitchChancellor Resigns Yet Again nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - ...
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This Week In Education: Video: Bill Cosby On Obama's Education Efforts
2011-Apr-8
This Week In Education: Video: Bill Cosby On Obama's Education EffortsVideo: Bill Cosby On Obama's Education Efforts"While Cosby makes clear he personally likes the President and his family, rather than praise Obama as a good on education, Cosby talks around the issue in generalities about wanting to help America and all presidents to make education better." (via Big Hollwyood) At the 5:30 mark.
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Daily Kos: Screw the ordinary people
2011-Apr-8
Daily Kos: Screw the ordinary peopleScrew the ordinary peopleby rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)This will be short. If there is a shutdown - which now seems likely and less than 18 hours away - all signs are that something will be very different about this one. In those during the Clinton presidency, the workers who were furloughed were "made whole" - once the government was funded they were given the pay they would have received had the government not shut down.Not this time. ...
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white house initiative calls upon aapi youth to become teachers | angry asian man
2011-Apr-8
white house initiative calls upon aapi youth to become teachers | angry asian manwhite house initiative calls upon aapi youth to become teachersThe White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islandersrecently issued a call to action encouraging AAPI community members to consider making a difference in the lives of children by becoming teachers. As the baby boomer generation retires, the U.S. anticipates losing more than a
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Black's Landing Pad; Smithsonian's Rare Opening - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire
2011-Apr-8
Black's Landing Pad; Smithsonian's Rare Opening - Entertainment - The Atlantic WireBlack's Landing Pad; Smithsonian's Rare OpeningThere is a lot of gossip coverage every day, and you don't have time to read it all. In this column, we do the legwork for you, filtering out the coverage we think will be of interest: A peek behind the scenes, a moment in the life, a more intimate look at the people who fascinate.Cathie Black looks at a career in media, Carey ...
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Percentage of Latino children in preschool declining | California Watch
2011-Apr-8
Percentage of Latino children in preschool declining | California WatchPercentage of Latino children in preschool decliningby Louis FreedbergLouis Freedbergjoe goldberg/FlickrReversing a decades-long trend, the percentage of Latino children attending preschool across the U.S. declined between 2005 and 2009, with possible far-reaching consequences for California. That's the conclusion of a report by UC Berkeley researchers, to be released at the Education Writers Association's annual conference in New Orleans today.The drop in Latino attendance could be a result of multiple factors, the ...
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Unions Move in at Chicago Charter Schools, and Resistance Is Swift / Chicago News Cooperative
2011-Apr-8
Unions Move in at Chicago Charter Schools, and Resistance Is Swift / Chicago News CooperativeUnions Move in at Chicago Charter Schools, and Resistance Is Swiftby REBECCA VEVEAIn a trend that worries charter school operators, teachers at 12 of Chicago’s charters have formed unions over the past two years, and the Chicago Teachers Union is seeking to organize all 85 of the schools.A standing room only crowd of teachers, parents and activists during a school board meeting of the Chicago Math ...
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KOCH OUT AM News | www.kochwatch.org
2011-Apr-8
News | www.kochwatch.orgFor the Latest Numbers from Wisconsin *This site has hourly updates of the vote-count (or "vote-count") in Wisconsin:* *http://elections.wispolitics.com/*Think Progress: Wisconsin Progressives Collect 9,000 More Signatures Than Needed To Oust Philandering Republican Senator *April 7, 2011-* Democrats and labor activists are ready to file another recall petition in Wisconsin, as they are expected to submit nearly 24,000 signatures against state Sen. Randy Hopper (R). Only about 15,000 signatures are needed to ...Forbes: Questions Surround Votes Found in Waukesha ...
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MinnPost - Political battles still raging over Michelle Rhee and 'Erasuregate' controversy
2011-Apr-8
MinnPost - Political battles still raging over Michelle Rhee and 'Erasuregate' controversyPolitical battles still raging over Michelle Rhee and 'Erasuregate' controversyBy Beth Hawkins | Published Fri, Apr 8 2011 8:39 amRemember those hanging chads? There’s a fresh political battle raging that involves eraser marks.No kidding — nope.On Thursday, the Huffington Post carried a piece by Michelle Rhee in which the former Washington, D.C., schools chancellor attempted to address a controversy that has divided the education world. Auditors, she wrote, found ...
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Everyday is 4-1 in Tennessee House OKs bill shielding teachers who doubt evolution, global warming | timesfreepress.com
2011-Apr-8
Tennessee House OKs bill shielding teachers who doubt evolution, global warming | timesfreepress.comTennessee House OKs bill shielding teachers who doubt evolution, global warmingcommentshareemailprintfont sizeby Andy Sherview bio »NASHVILLE — The House voted 70-23 today for a bill backers say shields teachers from being disciplined if they discuss alternatives to evolution and global warming theories with students.The debate ranged over the scientific method, “intellectual bullies,” hair spray and “Inherit the Wind,” a 1960 movie about the 1925 Scopes Trial in Dayton, ...
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Create a School Learning Community at Lotsa Helping Hands FREE
2011-Apr-8
Create a Community at Lotsa Helping HandsSchoolsSchool volunteers create communities to coordinate classroom activities, solving the problems of endless phone and email tag by using our intuitive group calendar for scheduling responsibilities. School community culture is further enhanced by sharing photos and resources and posting announcements of school events. Create a Community Here
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YouTube - Teach Me How to Lobby
2011-Apr-8
YouTube - Teach Me How to Lobby: ""WEACvideo on Apr 3, 2011Teachers from the Milwaukee area bring their school work to Mayfair mall so that people can get a better understanding of the work they do for kids, not only during the school day but evenings and weekends as well.
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Big Education Ape:4-8-11 Black OUT Edition
2011-Apr-8
Big Education Ape: Ed News NowBig Education Ape: Ed News Now as shared by 6 people on Coopmike48’s Twitter listNext update in about 10 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONPOLITICSLIVINGART ENTERTAINMENTSTORIESENVIRONMENT#EDU#BLOG4NWPCathie Black debacle just the latest in a long line of miscues by education reformers nydailynews.com - Santos for News Cathie Black's abrupt departure is just the latest black eye for city school leadership. Five years ago, momentum to expand public school choice, hold educators more accountable for...DianeRavitchChancellor Resigns Yet Again nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - ...
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This Week In Education: Video: Bill Cosby On Obama's Education Efforts
2011-Apr-8
This Week In Education: Video: Bill Cosby On Obama's Education EffortsVideo: Bill Cosby On Obama's Education Efforts"While Cosby makes clear he personally likes the President and his family, rather than praise Obama as a good on education, Cosby talks around the issue in generalities about wanting to help America and all presidents to make education better." (via Big Hollwyood) At the 5:30 mark.
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Daily Kos: Screw the ordinary people
2011-Apr-8
Daily Kos: Screw the ordinary peopleScrew the ordinary peopleby rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)This will be short. If there is a shutdown - which now seems likely and less than 18 hours away - all signs are that something will be very different about this one. In those during the Clinton presidency, the workers who were furloughed were "made whole" - once the government was funded they were given the pay they would have received had the government not shut down.Not this time. ...
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white house initiative calls upon aapi youth to become teachers | angry asian man
2011-Apr-8
white house initiative calls upon aapi youth to become teachers | angry asian manwhite house initiative calls upon aapi youth to become teachersThe White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islandersrecently issued a call to action encouraging AAPI community members to consider making a difference in the lives of children by becoming teachers. As the baby boomer generation retires, the U.S. anticipates losing more than a
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Black's Landing Pad; Smithsonian's Rare Opening - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire
2011-Apr-8
Black's Landing Pad; Smithsonian's Rare Opening - Entertainment - The Atlantic WireBlack's Landing Pad; Smithsonian's Rare OpeningThere is a lot of gossip coverage every day, and you don't have time to read it all. In this column, we do the legwork for you, filtering out the coverage we think will be of interest: A peek behind the scenes, a moment in the life, a more intimate look at the people who fascinate.Cathie Black looks at a career in media, Carey ...
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Percentage of Latino children in preschool declining | California Watch
2011-Apr-8
Percentage of Latino children in preschool declining | California WatchPercentage of Latino children in preschool decliningby Louis FreedbergLouis Freedbergjoe goldberg/FlickrReversing a decades-long trend, the percentage of Latino children attending preschool across the U.S. declined between 2005 and 2009, with possible far-reaching consequences for California. That's the conclusion of a report by UC Berkeley researchers, to be released at the Education Writers Association's annual conference in New Orleans today.The drop in Latino attendance could be a result of multiple factors, the ...
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Unions Move in at Chicago Charter Schools, and Resistance Is Swift / Chicago News Cooperative
2011-Apr-8
Unions Move in at Chicago Charter Schools, and Resistance Is Swift / Chicago News CooperativeUnions Move in at Chicago Charter Schools, and Resistance Is Swiftby REBECCA VEVEAIn a trend that worries charter school operators, teachers at 12 of Chicago’s charters have formed unions over the past two years, and the Chicago Teachers Union is seeking to organize all 85 of the schools.A standing room only crowd of teachers, parents and activists during a school board meeting of the Chicago Math ...
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KOCH OUT AM News | www.kochwatch.org
2011-Apr-8
News | www.kochwatch.orgFor the Latest Numbers from Wisconsin *This site has hourly updates of the vote-count (or "vote-count") in Wisconsin:* *http://elections.wispolitics.com/*Think Progress: Wisconsin Progressives Collect 9,000 More Signatures Than Needed To Oust Philandering Republican Senator *April 7, 2011-* Democrats and labor activists are ready to file another recall petition in Wisconsin, as they are expected to submit nearly 24,000 signatures against state Sen. Randy Hopper (R). Only about 15,000 signatures are needed to ...Forbes: Questions Surround Votes Found in Waukesha ...
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“Faces Of Learning” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
2011-Apr-8
“Faces Of Learning” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...“Faces Of Learning” Faces of Learning is a new website where, among other things, anybody (including students) can share a short response to the question “What was your most powerful personal experience in a learning community – regardless of whether that experience ...Another Great Daily Show Video Clip Transocean (greatly responsible for last year’s Gulf Oil Spill) just gave their executives huge bonuses because of their…safety record. Jon Stewart does a ...
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Demonstrate Saturday « JD2718
2011-Apr-8
Demonstrate Saturday « JD2718Demonstrate Saturdayby jd2718There are two events. First attend the “We Are One” rally at Times Square at noon (see message from UFT Director of Staff, Leroy Barr, below). Then head down to Union Square for an anti-war and anti-Islamophobia march. The march starts at 2 (an earlier rally conflicts with “We are One”)Join us for “We Are One” rally this Saturday, April 9!Dear colleagues,Join us this Saturday, April 9 at noon in Times Square for a “We ...
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Jersey Jazzman: Criticize Teachers, Not The Boss!
2011-Apr-8
Jersey Jazzman: Criticize Teachers, Not The Boss!Who Lives In A "Rathole"? My week of forcing myself to listen to Former Education Commissioner Jim Gearhart ends now. After hanging up on someone who apparently is not anti-teacher enough for Gearhart, he said giving money to the Abbott districts is like putting it down a ...Criticize Teachers, Not The Boss! The Star-Ledger will not brook any criticism of Bruce Springsteen: But it’s typical Christie: Oppose him on anything (however subtly) and, even ...
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MISPLACED PRIORITIES: Analysis with Benjamin Jealous of NAACP + Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform
2011-Apr-8
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: MISPLACED PRIORITIES: Analysis with Benjamin Jealous of NAACP + Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax ReformNYC CHANCELLOR CATHIE BLACK OUT AFTER THREE MONTHS By Christina Samuels in EdWeek District Dossier | http://bit.ly/gh5cTw April 7, 2011 12:49 PM | Cathleen P. Black, the former publishing executive whom New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg fought to have lead the 1 million-student district, has ...JOHN MERROW ON ‘THE INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS’, EDUCATION DEBATE: “They ...
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Big Education Ape: 4-7-11 Bye Bye Cathy We hardly knew ya Edition
2011-Apr-7
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 articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONPOLITICSLIVINGSTORIESART ENTERTAINMENTENVIRONMENT#EDU#BLOG4NWPCathie Black and the privatisation of education | Daniel Denvir | Comment is free guardian.co.uk - Former Hearst executive Cathleen Black who has just resigned from her post as New York City schools chancellor after a controversy-filled three months in the role. Photograph: Felix Clay for Media ...leoniehaimsonBloggers Challenge President on Standardized Testing ...
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Schools Matter: MichelleFirst
2011-Apr-7
Schools Matter: MichelleFirstMichelleFirstby Jim HornGene Lyons has this beautiful piece in Salon:Except for weight loss potions, no area of American life is more prone to fads, panaceas and miracle cures than public education. Everybody agrees that schools are failing, and since everybody went to school almost everybody's an expert.Naturally, it's assumed that the biggest experts are those with the most money. Hence the philanthropic enterprises of what Bob Somerby calls the "Billionaire Boys Club" draw outsize attention. Whether it's New ...
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NYC Public School Parents: Chancellor Resigns Yet Again
2011-Apr-7
NYC Public School Parents: Chancellor Resigns Yet AgainChancellor Resigns Yet Againby Gary BabadApril 7, 2011 (GBN News): In another surprise announcement, Dennis Walcott resigned today, just hours after being named NY City Schools Chancellor. After a ten second nationwide search, Mayor Bloomberg has named Fox News personality Glenn Beck to replace him. No reason was given for Mr. Walcott’s move. However, the sudden resignation is in keeping with a growing tradition among NY City Schools Chancellors.The choice of Mr. Beck ...
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Prison Versus Education: NAACP Report Spotlights Spending, Population Ratios: LAist
2011-Apr-7
Prison Versus Education: NAACP Report Spotlights Spending, Population Ratios: LAistPrison Versus Education: NAACP Report Spotlights Spending, Population RatiosThe NAACP's "Misplaced Priorities" LA County data mapToday the NAACP released a report called "Misplaced Priorities," which "examines America's escalating levels of prison spending and its impact on state budgets and our nation’s children." Among the six cities explored in the report is Los Angeles, where "more than a billion taxpayer dollars are spent every year to incarcerate people from Los Angeles neighborhoods ...
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KOCH BREAK News | www.kochwatch.org
2011-Apr-7
News | www.kochwatch.orgThink Progress: Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal Proposes Massive Tax Cuts For The Rich, Big Tax Hikes for Middle Class April 3, 2011- One of the organizing principles of the conservative movement revolves around always cutting taxes and resisting any moves towards raising revenues. Hundreds of conservatives have even signed Grover Norquist’s pledge to never, under ...Wisconsin State Journal: Election chief says Supreme Court vote totals will change during verification *April 7, 2011-* Wisconsin's election chief said Wednesday he ...
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This Week In Education: Reform: What Teachers And Parents Really Think
2011-Apr-7
This Week In Education: Reform: What Teachers And Parents Really ThinkReform: What Teachers And Parents Really Thinkby Alexander RussoA lot of people I know feel overwhelmed by the amount of information coming at them each day and the clamor of opinions and the buzz of emotions surrounding school reform. This blog is designed in part to reduce those feelings and make it easier to track education issues without spending all day doing it. That being said, there are times when ...
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IEA publishes Koch and Wal-Mart boycott info. « Fred Klonsky's blog
2011-Apr-7
IEA publishes Koch and Wal-Mart boycott info. « Fred Klonsky's blogIEA publishes Koch and Wal-Mart boycott info.by Fred KlonskyAs a result of our New Business Item passed at the IEA RA a month ago, the IEA has published a letter from President Ken Swanson that includes information about the anti-union practices of the Koch brothers and Wal-Mart. As directed by the RA, the IEA website also includes a thorough list of consumer products made by Koch brother owned companies.The link ...
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Will Michigan Teachers Walk? | Labor Notes
2011-Apr-7
Will Michigan Teachers Walk? | Labor NotesWill Michigan Teachers Walk?Howard Ryan| April 7, 2011Michigan teachers are voting whether to authorize bold actions to challenge the king-like powers of the state's "emergency financial managers." Public sector strikes are illegal in Michigan, although some teachers (like these Detroiters) have mounted successful strikes. Photo: Jim West.Login or register to post commentsPrint thisSend to friend Share this story RSS Make text larger orsmallerFaced with a Republican onslaught whose impact could be deeper than that ...
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Save Our Schools March & National Call To Action | California Progress Report
2011-Apr-7
Save Our Schools March National Call To Action | California Progress ReportSave Our Schools March National Call To Actionby meganBy Lisa SchiffExon Mobil, $156 million. Bank of America, $1.9 billion. General Electric, $4.1 billion. Chevron, $19 million. These highly profitable companies, and many others like them, received these extraordinarily large amounts of money back as tax refunds. Yes that’s right, Republican lawmakers at the state and federal levels are trying to convince the American public that we need to decimate ...
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Is Parent Revolution an Astroturf Group? | Mother Jones
2011-Apr-7
Is Parent Revolution an Astroturf Group? | Mother JonesIs Parent Revolution an Astroturf Group?McKinley Elementary School parent, Oralia Velasquez. Photos: Kristina RizgaI went to Compton to find out.— By Kristina RizgaDONATENEWSLETTER0 Comments | Post CommentThu Apr. 7, 2011 3:00 AM PDTLike all the houses on this block of southern Los Angeles, education reformer Oralia Velasquez's bungalow has bars on the windows and doors. I ring her doorbell one night as her neighbors—men in blue uniform shirts, kids carrying soccer balls—enter ...
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Michelle Rhee's political scorecard
2011-Apr-7
Michelle Rhee's political scorecardMichelle Rhee's political scorecardby adminMichelle Rhee’s constant support of right-wing governors has many wondering about her political affiliations (as proof of this: go to Google, type “Is Michelle Rhee”, and see what the top searches are). While Rhee is quick to label herself a Democrat, many commentators have questioned her bona fides. Washington Post reporter Mike DeBonis recently wondered if Rhee is becoming a “right-wing darling”, a blogger for the Asian-Pacific Americans for Progress has labeled her ...
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Jersey Jazzman: Chris Christie: Lying Liar
2011-Apr-7
Jersey Jazzman: Chris Christie: Lying LiarChris Christie: Lying LiarMaybe it's a function of writing day in and day out about the lazy job the press does on calling Chris Christie on his bull. But I wasn't surprised in the slightest that Diane Sawyer let him get away - yet again - with some sensationally bald-faced lying:DIANE SAWYER: We have seen all the high-octane debate. Debate is a polite word sometimes for what's going on about education in New Jersey. I ...
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The Emperor Has No Clothes
2011-Apr-7
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The Emperor Has No ClothesThe Emporer Has No Clothesby Mike KlonskyThe chancellor from Hearst is goneChewing the de-formers up and spitting 'em out. Black fired. Klein runs to Murdoch. Rhee booted. Huberman flees. Umm ummm good! Send us more.
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Are We Losing Our Last, Best Hope? | Dissident Voice
2011-Apr-7
Are We Losing Our Last, Best Hope? | Dissident VoiceAre We Losing Our Last, Best Hope?by David MacarayUndeniably, it’s a terrible time for labor unions. Younger working people—men in their early and late twenties—not only believe that Ronald Reagan was one of the greatest presidents America ever had (because he “beat the Russians”), they blame labor unions for our economic woes. It’s true. They blame the unions for driving out so many of the good jobs.Mind you, this isn’t Wall ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Cathie Black out as schools chancellor | GothamSchools
2011-Apr-7
BREAKING NEWS: Cathie Black out as schools chancellor | GothamSchoolsBREAKING NEWS: Cathie Black out as schools chancellorby Philissa CramerAfter a rocky 100 days as chancellor, Cathie Black is leaving the job today, Mayor Bloomberg announced at a press conference this morning.Black is being replaced by Dennis Walcott, a deputy mayor who has long played a prominent role in education issues. At Black’s public appearances during most of her brief tenure as chancellor, Walcott could almost always be found at her ...
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Cathie Black is Out as Chancellor - NYTimes.com
2011-Apr-7
Cathie Black is Out as Chancellor - NYTimes.comCathie Black is Out as ChancellorBy ELISSA GOOTMANSeth Wenig/Associated PresCathleen P. BlackCathleen P. Black, a magazine executive with no educational experience who was named as New York City schools chancellor last fall, will step down Thursday morning, officials said, after a tumultuous and brief tenure.Ms. Black’s departure, which comes on the heels of the departures of several high-ranking education officials, was nearly as surprising as her appointment. When Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plucked ...
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Shanker Blog » What Democracy Looks Like When We Actually Show Up
2011-Apr-7
Shanker Blog » What Democracy Looks Like When We Actually Show UpWhat Democracy Looks Like When We Actually Show Upby Matthew Di CarloAs you probably already know, yesterday was spring election day in Wisconsin. With a margin just about as slim as it gets (about 200 votes) in the race for State Supreme Court Justice (and a recount looming), it seems that the Democratic candidate, JoAnne Kloppenburg, has beaten her opponent, Republican Justice David Prosser.No matter how the recount turns ...
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People vs. Dollars - Bridging Differences - Education Week
2011-Apr-7
People vs. Dollars - Bridging Differences - Education WeekPeople vs. Dollarsby Deborah MeierDear Diane,Even when we were fierce "enemies," we held one thing in common: our support for unions in general and the teachers' unions in particular. You were fonder of Al Shanker's politics than I was—but I rather miss him of late.Were you as "amused" then as now by all the talk about "Big Labor"? It was, I thought, one of those white lies that serve all sides. It ...
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NY1 Exclusive: Speech By National Teachers' Union Head Randi Weingarten Copies NY1 Reporter - NY1.com
2011-Apr-7
NY1 Exclusive: Speech By National Teachers' Union Head Randi Weingarten Copies NY1 Reporter - NY1.comNY1 Exclusive: Speech By National Teachers' Union Head Randi Weingarten Copies NY1 ReporterBy: Lindsey ChristWhen a journalist, politician or student uses someone else's words without attribution in a speech or a paper, it's called plagiarism – and it's often enough to get a journalist fired, a politician embarrassed or a student kicked out of school. In this NY1 exclusive, Education reporter Lindsey Christ reports on what ...
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Letters: Michelle Rhee: Education reform huckster - Salon
2011-Apr-7
Letters: Michelle Rhee: Education reform huckster - SalonMichelle Rhee: Education reform hucksterThe myth that schools are best run like businesses is emphatically demolishedGENE LYONSREAD THE ARTICLEPOST A LETTER ABOUT THIS ARTICLEView: Newest First Oldest FirstPage 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next Page »Wednesday, April 6, 2011 09:24 PM ETMore on Michelle's schemesBob Somerby runs the web site www.dailyhowler.com. About half of his writing is media criticism, and lately he has been attacking the liberal media. Much of what ...
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Last Stand for Children First: Myron Miner Demands, "Leave Michelle Rhee Alone!"
2011-Apr-7
Last Stand for Children First: Myron Miner Demands, "Leave Michelle Rhee Alone!"Myron Miner Demands, "Leave Michelle Rhee Alone!"by Last Stand for ChildrenHow dare anyone out there make fun of Michelle after all she has been through.!She lost her job, she just got married. She had a cheating scandalHer husband turns out to be suspected of improper behavior with several young girls. All you people care about is….. readers and making money off of her.SHE’S A HUMAN! (ah! ooh!) What you ...
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Race to self-destruction: A history lesson for ed reformers - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
2011-Apr-7
Race to self-destruction: A history lesson for ed reformers - The Answer Sheet - The Washington PostRace to self-destruction: A history lesson for ed reformersBy Valerie Strauss--This was written by Yong Zhao, presidential chair and associate dean for global education at the University of Oregon’s College of Education, where he also serves as the director of the Center for Advanced Technology in Education. He is a fellow of the International Academy for Education. Until December 2010, he was director of ...
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California Watch examines seismic oversight at public schools | California Watch
2011-Apr-7
California Watch examines seismic oversight at public schools | California WatchCalifornia Watch examines seismic oversight at public schoolsby Mark KatchesMark KatchesTonight, 19 months after joining our staff, Corey G. Johnson finally gets his first byline at California Watch.I hope you will agree that it was worth the wait.At 9 p.m. Pacific Standard Time we will begin rolling out a three-part series on seismic safety in public schools called "On Shaky Ground."It’s a project that Johnson began working on almost immediately ...
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Incentives or grade-selling? Line blurred in Sacramento-area cases, critics say - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee
2011-Apr-7
Incentives or grade-selling? Line blurred in Sacramento-area cases, critics say - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento BeeIncentives or grade-selling? Line blurred in Sacramento-area cases, critics sayby lrosenhall@sacbee.com (Laurel Rosenhall and Melody Gutierrez)Schools eager to show their smarts or raise money often give students incentives to do well on tests or participate in fundraisers. Many students can earn T-shirts or toys by raising money.Oscar Flores,left, Edgar Jimenez, Sam Kinsey and Rashaad Jackson take a quiz in ...
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Career tech turns to ratepayers | Thoughts on Public Education
2011-Apr-7
Career tech turns to ratepayers | Thoughts on Public EducationCareer tech turns to ratepayersShareBill would tap new source to fund green tech academiesPosted on 4/06/11 • Categorized as Career academies, STEM, Workforce preparationBy John Fensterwald - Educated GuessFunding is in jeopardy for 200 of the state’s 470 partnership academies, the three-year high school programs that prepare students for jobs and college majors in a range of industries. Gov. Jerry Brown can secure the future for 45 of them and create ...
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Workers at the University of Maryland say, “Don’t mourn, organize” — Emergency Rally for UMD Worker’s Rights! | Dailycensored.com
2011-Apr-7
Workers at the University of Maryland say, “Don’t mourn, organize” — Emergency Rally for UMD Worker’s Rights! | Dailycensored.comWorkers at the University of Maryland say, “Don’t mourn, organize” — Emergency Rally for UMD Worker’s Rights! On March 31, the UMD student newspaper, the Diamondback, wrote an article based on an anonymous letter from a non-exempt University Employee describing the work environment on campus as a “Nazi camp” and a “plantation.” “We are made to feel like ...US Revolution: Obama fascism ...
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Modern School: Michigan Gearing Up to Fire All Teachers
2011-Apr-7
Modern School: Michigan Gearing Up to Fire All TeachersMichigan Gearing Up to Fire All Teachersby Michael DunnThe Michigan Education Association has been quietly holding votes on a resolution to authorize a series of job actions including informational picketing, contacting representatives and a state-wide work stoppage, according to mlive.com. Naked Empire reports that MEA President Iris Salters sent out a letter requesting locals to delay major purchases and to start saving enough to have reserves for at least two months. The ...
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Dr. Cornel West:"Obama becoming puppet of Wall St Oligarchs"
2011-Apr-7
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Bloggers Challenge President on Standardized Testing - NYTimes.com
2011-Apr-6
Bloggers Challenge President on Standardized Testing - NYTimes.comBloggers Challenge President on Standardized TestingBy TRIP GABRIELPublished: April 6, 2011RECOMMENDTWITTERSIGN IN TO E-MAILPRINTREPRINTSSHAREDoes President Obama believe standardized testing has gone too far?RelatedObama Takes Aim at Inequality in Education (April 7, 2011)Mr. Obama criticized “high-stakes” tests last week at a town-hall-style meeting, contrasting them with less-pressured tests his daughters took in their Washington private school. Those remarks, which did not receive wide coverage at the time, have since prompted close followers of education ...
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Time is on my side - The Rolling Stones
2011-Apr-6
YouTube - Time is on my side - The Rolling Stones
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Remainders: A parent-activist says good riddance to John White | GothamSchools
2011-Apr-6
Remainders: A parent-activist says good riddance to John White | GothamSchoolsRemainders: A parent-activist says good riddance to John Whiteby Philissa CramerLeonie Haimson: John White has consistently ignored parents’ concerns. (NYC Public School Parents)Gov. Cuomo: Mayor Bloomberg is peddling “propaganda” by threatening teacher layoffs. (Daily Politics)It’s not clear how the impending government shutdown will affect the education dep’t. (Politics K-12)Mike Petrilli suggestions that suddenly idle government workers volunteer-mob D.C. schools. (Flypaper)An assessment of charter school management organizations finds they range in ...
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Teachers union silent on state voting | MLive.com
2011-Apr-6
Teachers union silent on state voting | MLive.comTeachers union silent on state votingPublished: Wednesday, April 06, 2011, 3:54 PM Updated: Wednesday, April 06, 2011, 3:58 PM By Blake Thorne | Flint Journal FollowShare02ShareEmailPrintGENESEE COUNTY, Michigan — Teachers in Genesee County and throughout the state have beenvoting quietly on a Michigan Education Association resolution asking its 155,000 members to OK “crisis activities,” which could include an illegal teachers strike.MEA officials say they will not reveal the results of the votes or ...
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D.C. school officials wary of test security - USATODAY.com
2011-Apr-6
D.C. school officials wary of test security - USATODAY.comD.C. school officials wary of test securityBy Jack Gillum, USA TODAYUpdated 23m ago | 0 | 0ShareReprints PermissionsWASHINGTON — As public school students in the nation's capital began a new round of standardized testing this week, school board officials here Wednesday worried that a security seal on test booklets might not be enough to ensure that no one tampers with the answer sheets.By Alex Wong, Getty ImagesFormer D.C. Public Schools chancellor Michelle ...
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Big Education Ape: Ed News Now 4-6-11 PM Edition
2011-Apr-6
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 articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONPOLITICSLIVINGSTORIESBUSINESSTRAGIC#EDU#WISCONSINJohn White, the next Superintendent of New Orleans? « Parents Across America parentsacrossamerica.org - Apr 6, 2011 leoniehaimson John White, NYC Deputy Chancellor, is reportedly being considered as the next Superintendent of New Orleans schools. White led the DOE’s efforts to expand charters, and t...leoniehaimsonMeritocracy Myth v. the Advantages of Privilege (A Tale of ...
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WOW! EVEN MORE CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS
2011-Apr-6
CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALSSan Antonio Preparatory Academy district (two campuses) *TEA ALLEGES ILLEGALITIES AT DISTRICT: AUDIT ACCUSES CHARTER SCHOOLS' EX-CHIEF OF NEPOTISM, COLLECTING CASH SENT TO FICTITIOUS VENDORS;* April 3, 2011: San Antonio Express-News (TX) San Antonio Preparatory Academy, a charter school district ordered ...Richard Allen Schools (five schools) *AUDITORS PROBE A DAYTON CHARTER SCHOOL'S PAYMENTS;* March 31, 2011; Dayton Daily News (OH), COLUMBUS — State auditors have launched an investigation of a top-performing Dayton charter school chain after discovering $89,067 ...
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Education Excerpts Remarks by the President at the National Action Network Annual Gala | The White House
2011-Apr-6
Remarks by the President at the National Action Network Annual Gala | The White HouseEducation Excerpts know education is important to everybody here, especially Reverend Al. In fact, a while back, he stopped by the White House to talk about education. He was joined by the great mayor of this city, Mike Bloomberg. He was also joined by Newt Gingrich. Newt -- hmm. (Laughter.) Newt said he and Reverend Sharpton were “the original odd couple.” That’s an understatement. (Laughter.) But ...
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Christie calls NJEA leaders 'political thugs' - NorthJersey.com
2011-Apr-6
Christie calls NJEA leaders 'political thugs' - NorthJersey.comChristie calls NJEA leaders 'political thugs'Wednesday, April 6, 2011LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY APRIL 6, 2011, 6:46 PMTHE RECORDTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSTRENTON — Governor Christie is continuing his war of words with leaders of the state's largest teacher's union.In an interview scheduled to air Wednesday night, the governor told ABC's "World News" host Diane Sawyer that the state's teachers are "wonderful public servants that care deeply."But he described New Jersey Education Association officials as a "group ...
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Education Week/Teacher Publishes Excerpt From My New Book | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
2011-Apr-6
Education Week/Teacher Publishes Excerpt From My New Book | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...Larry FerlazzoEducation Week/Teacher Publishes Excerpt From My New BookFiled under teacher resourcesEducation Week/Teacher Magazine has just published an excerpt from my book, Helping Students Motivate Themselves.You have to register to read most of it, but it’s a free, easy, and quick process to do so.
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ASCD Inservice: Education Policy: Linchpin or Afterthought?
2011-Apr-6
ASCD Inservice: Education Policy: Linchpin or Afterthought?Education Policy: Linchpin or Afterthought?While reading a glowing profile of White House Domestic Policy Chief Melody Barnes and her efforts to make education policy the "linchpin" between economic and other domestic policies, I came across a passage so unexpected that I literally chortled (or maybe snorted):Barnes supported the Education Department's decision to award large grants to only two states in its "Race to the Top" innovation competition, despite enormous political pressure to include more."Melody's ...
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More and More and More CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS
2011-Apr-6
CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALSIgnoring payment of fine for violating contribution cap *OHIO SET TO EXPAND SCHOOL CHOICE AS RECORD $5.2M FINE IMPOSED ON CHARTER GROUP REMAINS UNPAID;* March 28, 2011; Associated Press / Washington Post COLUMBUS, Ohio — A school choice group that pumped millions of dollars into helping get its ...KIPP Ujima Academy *KIPP UJIMA TO DISCONTINUE PLACEMENT TESTS: CHARTER'S PRACTICE COULD DETER FAMILIES, ALONSO SAYS;* April 5, 2011; Baltimore Sun (MD) One of the most sought-after public charter schools ...
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Testimony Regarding Teach for America | Seattle Education 2011
2011-Apr-6
Testimony Regarding Teach for America | Seattle Education 2011Testimony Regarding Teach for Americaby seattleducation2011This is the testimony that I will be giving tonight at the Seattle Public School Board meeting.DoraRegarding the rif (Reduction in Force, better known as a lay-off), our interim superintendent needs to rif central district staff who are housed in this building before impacting our classrooms and class sizes by laying off teachers.Schools are about teaching first and foremost. Schools are not about having 5 people on ...
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Schools Matter: A Supreme Win for the Working People of Wisconsin
2011-Apr-6
Schools Matter: A Supreme Win for the Working People of WisconsinA Supreme Win for the Working People of Wisconsinby Jim Horn The relatively unkown challenger, Joanne Kloppenburg, just replaced the Republican incumbent Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin. From CBS:It's unusual for a challenger to unseat an incumbent in a Wisconsin Supreme Court race. And in this case, Kloppenburg, a relatively obscure candidate, was up against a former state House Republican leader with higher name recognition.The Koch-heads in Scott Walker's office ...
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Meritocracy Myth v. the Advantages of Privilege (A Tale of Hubris) | Dailycensored.com
2011-Apr-6
Meritocracy Myth v. the Advantages of Privilege (A Tale of Hubris) | Dailycensored.comMeritocracy Myth v. the Advantages of Privilege (A Tale of Hubris)Written by Paul ThomasEducationApr 6, 20110diggShareIn January 2010, I emailed Diane Ravitch after viewing a video of one of her talks preceding the release of her now often mentioned book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education, that signaled some significant changes in her views on education and ...
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Supreme Court Allows Religious Separatists To Claim School Tax Credit | Resurgence | Big Think
2011-Apr-6
Supreme Court Allows Religious Separatists To Claim School Tax Credit | Resurgence | Big ThinkSupreme Court Allows Religious Separatists To Claim School Tax CreditKris Broughton on April 6, 2011, 1:19 PMOf all the news stories I’ve read over the last few days, the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn has stuck in my mind the most. All I could see in my mind’s eye were the numerous “segregation academies” that struggled financially in South ...
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Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
2011-Apr-6
Living in Dialogue - Education Week TeacherThe Department of Education Cannot Unring the Bell Obama StruckLast Monday, President Obama went off script at a town hall meeting, and in response to a question from student Luis Zelaya, offered us a vision for education. In 338 words, he made it clear that current Department of Education policy is way out of line with what he knows is best for his own daughters, and for students across the nation.After I expressed this ...
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John Merrow: The preschool education issues in America
2011-Apr-6
John Merrow: The preschool education issues in AmericaJohn Merrow: The preschool education issues in Americaby John MerrowEvery American toddler should have the opportunity to attend a high-quality, free preschool. Whether they go or not would be up to their parents or guardians, of course, but the opportunity should be there. We now know that most brain growth occurs before a child reaches kindergarten age. It is a fact that most American parents are working outside the home. Our economic competitors ...
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Seven Undocumented Students Arrested In Demonstration At Georgia State
2011-Apr-6
Seven Undocumented Students Arrested In Demonstration At Georgia StateSeven Undocumented Students Arrested In Demonstration At Georgia StateApril 6, 2011 in Access, Campus Protests, Governance, ImmigrationSeven students were arrested yesterday at a demonstration against a ban on the admission of undocumented students to some state universities in Georgia. All of those arrested are reportedly undocumented themselves, and they may face deportation as a result of their protest.The arrests came at the end of a rally and march that drew more than ...
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This Week In Education: Video: CNN Covers DCPS / Rhee Testing Controversy
2011-Apr-6
This Week In Education: Video: CNN Covers DCPS / Rhee Testing ControversyQuote: "What Creates Cheating" *[image: Quotes2] What creates cheating is people who cheat. If we spent as much time teaching kids as showing them the answer, they might have learned to read. *-- Diane Ravitch in the NYT (circa 1999) via EduwonkVideo: CNN Covers DCPS / Rhee Testing Controversy It remains unclear what happens next but in the meantime the mainstream media has picked up the story. This Sandra ...
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Why are We Denying Welfare Moms an Education? - Dana Goldstein
2011-Apr-6
Why are We Denying Welfare Moms an Education? - Dana GoldsteinWhy are We Denying Welfare Moms an Education?by Dana Goldstein1 person liked thisDiana Spatz was a San Francisco welfare mom working as a housecleaner when, in 1987, she enrolled in a community college program to learn basic word processing skills. Her modest hope was to increase her earning potential from $7 an hour to $15 an hour, so as to better provide for her 10-month old daughter, Eden.A few weeks ...
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Does Rhee really back probe of D.C. schools? | Opinion Blog | dallasnews.com
2011-Apr-6
Does Rhee really back probe of D.C. schools? | Opinion Blog | dallasnews.comDoes Rhee really back probe of D.C. schools?ByRodger Jones/Editorial Writer rmjones@dallasnews.com | Bio4:36 PM on Tue., Apr. 5, 2011 | PermalinkFormer Washington, D.C., schools chief Michelle Rhee now tells a TV station that she welcomes an investigation into evidence of cheating on standardized tests while she was there.Rhee has been facing questions since a a USA Today published an investigation into widespread cheatingin D.C. schools.Her initial reaction was ...
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Oakland teachers propose new platform for union The Education Report
2011-Apr-6
The Education ReportOakland teachers propose new platform for unionBy Katy MurphyWednesday, April 6th, 2011 at 12:20 am in OEA, teachersNo CommentsThey call themselves Oakland Teachers for Innovative and Equitable Schooling, or Oakland TIES. Their platform (which I posted in full, below) calls for better teacher retention, a more representative union, greater teacher control over working conditions, needs-based funding allocations, and union involvement in revamping teacher evaluations.The small group — it has five core members — has encouraged like-minded candidates to ...
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New tests for students with disabilities have wider implications | Thoughts on Public Education
2011-Apr-6
New tests for students with disabilities have wider implications | Thoughts on Public EducationTime for Brown to hit the road - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess Gov. Jerry Brown is betting that the light he plans to shed on the state budget will produce some heat. Brown will soon launch a don’t-make-me-do-it budget tour, hoping that speaking bluntly in public will help do what negotiating in private has failed ...New tests for students with disabilities have wider implications - ...
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“4 Free Photos” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
2011-Apr-6
“4 Free Photos” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...“4 Free Photos” 4 Free Photos is another website that offers a good selection of public domain images. I’m adding it to The Best Online Sources For Images.This Would Be A Nice Geography Assessment The Sacramento Bee just published a series of photos titled Images of daily life around the world. It got me thinking that a nice summative geography assessment might be to have students grab images off the web ...
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The Kids Will Tell You | The Jose Vilson
2011-Apr-6
The Kids Will Tell You | The Jose VilsonThe Kids Will Tell Youby JoseOn Saturday, I had the honor of listening to eight teens from a high school in Harlem for about 1/2 an hour (it was the third of four stops that Saturday), hosted by Columbia University professor and Twitter associate Christopher Emdin. While I didn’t get a chance to sit for the whole conversation, I noticed the passion and candor from each of the students. Whoever would question ...
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NYC Educator: The Perpetual Audition
2011-Apr-6
NYC Educator: The Perpetual AuditionThe Perpetual Auditionby NYC EducatorToday I was speaking to a relatively new teacher who expressed gratitude he had reached tenure. "I'm glad I don't have to do what Mr. Newbie has to do. He has to do a whole portfolio, with all kinds of stuff in it. What a pain in the neck."He's right, of course. The DOE, in its infinite wisdom, decided to make a bunch of arbitrary requirements on what's needed for tenure, and ...
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Shanker Blog » The Elephant In The Classroom
2011-Apr-6
Shanker Blog » The Elephant In The ClassroomThe Elephant In The Classroomby Esther QuinteroThe current education debate seems to have developed a laser-like focus on teaching. In response, some have offered serious commentary; others have resorted to humor; many others have expressed outrage at the seeming myopia.Since common sense is said to be the least common of senses and a picture is worth a thousand words, here are my 1350 words—1000 of them in illustrations.These pictures are inspired by the ...
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Roxanna Elden: Your Friend and Mine | Mr. Teachbad's Blog of Teacher Disgruntlement
2011-Apr-5
Roxanna Elden: Your Friend and Mine | Mr. Teachbad's Blog of Teacher DisgruntlementRoxanna Elden: Your Friend and Mineby mrteachbadThere is a magical book called See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers, by Teachers.The author is Roxanna Elden. (Disclosure: I do not know Ms. Elden personally. I receive no commissions, etc. I just like her book.) Elden has been teaching for a long time. She is an experienced and highly accomplished teacher. You can read about Roxanna and her work and ...
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solidaridad: Readers speak out on Ben Austin, Parent Revolution, and Green Dot Public Schools
2011-Apr-5
solidaridad: Readers speak out on Ben Austin, Parent Revolution, and Green Dot Public SchoolsReaders speak out on Ben Austin, Parent Revolution, and Green Dot Public Schoolsby Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene"This is a legitimate threat to the school district. And this is how we have to play to be heard. This is going to steamroll." — Mary Najera (hostile takeover specialist, Parent Revolution/Green Dot Corporation)We get a lot of comments and emails on the foppish millionaire from Benedict Canyon, school ...
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz Facebook profile
2011-Apr-5
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Debbie Wasserman SchultzBasic InformationHometownWeston, FLCountryUnited StatesCurrent OfficeOffice: CongresswomanState: FloridaDistrict: 20Party: Democratic PartyAboutPlease note: Comments that contain profanity or inappropriate content will be removed. Vice-Chair Democratic National Committee (DNC) National Chair for Member and Candidate Services Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)BiographyFor more than eighteen years, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has dedicated her public life to working on behalf of the people of South Florida. On January 4, 2005, she was sworn in as a member of the United States ...
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Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: District Administration Magazine - That's Their Story and They're Sticking To It
2011-Apr-5
Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: District Administration Magazine - That's Their Story and They're Sticking To ItDistrict Administration Magazine - That's Their Story and They're Sticking To Itby Melissa WestbrookWhen we last left the discussion of District Administration magazine, they had published an article by former Boston schools' superintendent, Tom Payzant, about how urban superintendents are not being given a long enough tenure to see real results. Professor Payzant used our district as an example and wrote a revisionist history ...
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Compare and contrast: The IEA and the NEA responses to FOIA abuse. « Fred Klonsky's blog
2011-Apr-5
Compare and contrast: The IEA and the NEA responses to FOIA abuse. « Fred Klonsky's blogCompare and contrast: The IEA and the NEA responses to FOIA abuse.by Fred KlonskyOn April 1, President of the NEA Dennis Van Roekel issued the following public statement in support of those victims of right-wing abuse of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.“The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) should not be used to intimidate or promote political agendas. These fishing expeditions create a climate that ...
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What’s Next for the 34 Schools? « EdVox
2011-Apr-5
What’s Next for the 34 Schools? « EdVoxWhat’s Next for the 34 Schools?by edvoxnyBy Carol BoydEveryone knows that last Friday, Supreme Court Judge Joan Lobis ruled against the NYC Department of Education (DoE) for noncompliance with the terms of the new mayoral control laws in order to schedule closure of 19 city public schools. So far, so good but far too early to celebrate this cause cรฉlรจbreWhat you probably do not know is that less than 18 hours before the ...
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Momentum Builds to Reform ESEA
2011-Apr-5
Momentum Builds to Reform ESEAMomentum Builds to Reform ESEACongressional Members and Organizations Want an Improved Education LawSOURCE: AP/Dawn VillellaRep. John Kline (R-MN), chair of the House Education Committee, has scheduled five hearings on education since February 10. The topics focused on limiting federal involvement in education, but the actual discussion at the hearings was about how to improve the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.By Cynthia G. Brown, Jeremy Ayers | April 5, 2011PRINT EMAIL TEXT-SIZE: A A A SHARE: Momentum ...
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Broad Prize for Urban Education Finalists Announced - High School Notes (usnews.com)
2011-Apr-5
Broad Prize for Urban Education Finalists Announced - High School Notes (usnews.com)Broad Prize for Urban Education Finalists AnnouncedBy JASON KOEBLERPosted: April 5, 2011PrintretweetShare ThisFour school districts, including two in Florida, will vie for $1 million in college scholarships from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation.The annual Broad Prize for Urban Education honors a school district that demonstrates the "best overall performance and improvement in student achievement while reducing achievement gaps among poor and minority students." One district will win $550,000 ...
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KOCH BLOWS News | www.kochwatch.org
2011-Apr-5
News | www.kochwatch.orgMiami Herald: Gov. Rick Scott's policies could benefit his family's $62M investment *April 2, 2011-* If you have a $62 million investment, representing the biggest single chunk of your $218 million in wealth, and you put it in a trust under your wife's name, does that mean you're no longer involved in the company? Florida Gov. Rick ...The Hill: House Dem: Change title of EPA bill to 'Koch Brothers Appreciation Act' *April 5, 2011-* Rep. Gerry Connollly (D-Va.) ...
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Explaining it to the little man. It’s called bargaining. « Fred Klonsky's blog
2011-Apr-5
Explaining it to the little man. It’s called bargaining. « Fred Klonsky's blogExplaining it to the little man. It’s called bargaining.by Fred KlonskyCapitol Fax’s Rich Miller makes a couple of good points today.First of all, the Sun-Times story on little man’s threats against the CTU puts the lede at the end of the story. Way down at the bottom, CTU Prez Karen Lewis says she agrees with the little man about a longer school day.It’s seems like the little man ...
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Robert Reich (Paul Ryan's Plan, the Coming Shutdown, and What's Really at Stake)
2011-Apr-5
Robert Reich (Paul Ryan's Plan, the Coming Shutdown, and What's Really at Stake)Paul Ryan's Plan, the Coming Shutdown, and What's Really at Stake5 people liked thisI was there in 1995 when the government closed because of a budget stalemate. I had to tell most of the Labor Department’s 15,600 employees to go home and not return the next day. I also had to tell them I didn’t know when they’d next get a paycheck.There were two shutdowns, actually, rolling across ...
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Jersey Jazzman: Pension Confusion
2011-Apr-5
Jersey Jazzman: Pension ConfusionPension Confusionby DukeLet me start by restating the Joe DeVincenzo is a huge hypocrite and deserves all of the opprobrium hurdled his way. To run around with Christie bad-mouthing pensions while he himself is drawing from one is shameless.But the reporting about his "double-dipping" is foggy at best. Take the Wall St. Journal:New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie urged lawmakers Monday to abolish the practice that allows politicians to get a pension and salary for the same job, ...
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School Tech Connect: The Big Lie
2011-Apr-5
School Tech Connect: The Big LieThe Big Lieby effacethefacade@yahoo.com (Tim)This is a terrific, succinct summary of one of the greatest frauds ever swallowed whole by Congress, the Texas Miracle, which never really happened. As Ravitch says, even Laura Bush knows it was crap.Arne Duncan recently made the papers again for his testimony that soon the number of schools "failing" under NCLB "could double to over 80 percent." A lot of people took this number and ran with it as yet ...
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: I like this riff on Foucault
2011-Apr-5
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: I like this riff on FoucaultI like this riff on Foucaultby Mike KlonskyMichel FoucaultTwenty-five years ago you couldn't cocoa your cappuccino without someone accusing you of floating a signifier, much less close down the, ahem, discourse with a simple "I prefer my coffee that way". Who is this mythic "I", the theorists wanted to know, and how could he presume to know what he prefers? Has he forgotten he's as fictional as Oliver Twist or Mrs ...
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Kock Break News | www.kochwatch.org
2011-Apr-5
News | www.kochwatch.orgGreaterWisComm: Stand Up To Scott Walker! WISCONSIN RESIDENTS: MAKE SURE TO GET OUT AND VOTE TODAY! WATCH ON YOUTUBE:Sam Seder: Republicans in Maine Want to Loosen Child Labor Laws WATCH ON YOUTUBE:Politicus USA: The Original Tea Party was not Anti-Government but Anti-Corporation *April 2, 2011-* Progressive political commentator Thom Hartmann has something to say about the real history of the Boston Tea Party. Using a first-hand account written by one of the participants, he shows that it was ...
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Hechinger Report | Trying new approaches to teacher training
2011-Apr-5
Hechinger Report | Trying new approaches to teacher trainingTrying new approaches to teacher trainingby Justin SniderJoyce Randall, an AUSL graduate, now teaches high-school history in Chicago. (Photo by Justin Snider)CHICAGO—Joyce Randall, who’s in her third year of teaching history to 10th-graders in her hometown of Chicago, is blunt about the effort needed to succeed at her work. “This is a difficult job for anyone to do for a long period of time, especially for the money we’re paid,” she says. ...
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Watch Live: N.Y. Teach-In to Focus on Workers' Struggles | AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
2011-Apr-5
Watch Live: N.Y. Teach-In to Focus on Workers' Struggles | AFL-CIO NOW BLOGWatch Live: N.Y. Teach-In One of More than 200 to Focus on Workers’ Struggles by Mike Hall, Apr 5, 2011126Share On more than 200 college campuses across the country today, workers and student activists are taking part in a national teach-in as part of this week’s We Are Oneactions in solidarity with those whose rights and middle-class jobs are under attack in Wisconsin, Ohio and elsewhere by Republican ...
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Female educators' society to hold Sacramento convention - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee
2011-Apr-5
Female educators' society to hold Sacramento convention - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento BeeFemale educators' society to hold Sacramento conventionby blindelof@sacbee.com (Bill Lindelof)More than 500 female educators will convene in Sacramento -- 75 years after the first gathering of Delta Kappa Gamma Society members in California.Chi State Convention Sacramento 2011April 29- May 1Hotel and Site InformationShuttle Information Updated March 4Link to Hotel RegistrationMember Registration FormGuest Registration FormSchedule at a GlanceSession 1 2 at a GlanceSession ...
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Fact Check: Business Leaders on the School Board? - voiceofsandiego.org: San Diego Fact Check
2011-Apr-5
Fact Check: Business Leaders on the School Board? - voiceofsandiego.org: San Diego Fact CheckA Walking School Bus?Comments | 5:20 pm Reader Patricia Eastman offered up another idea on how City Heights schools could quash student transiency: A walking school bus. She write:I know it might be a problem finding volunteers that would run these walking buses, but it seems the most feasible when you are talking about kids walking a mile to school. Imagine my surprise when I just googled ...
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Wisconsin’s Prosser-Kloppenburg Court Race a Test of Gov. Walker - NYTimes.com
2011-Apr-5
Wisconsin’s Prosser-Kloppenburg Court Race a Test of Gov. Walker - NYTimes.comWisconsin Election Is Referendum on GovernorBy MONICA DAVEYPublished: April 4, 2011Enlarge This ImageMEQUON, Wis. — Until a few weeks ago, this state’s election on Tuesday for a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court was widely expected to be dull and predictable.Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, via Associated PressDavid Prosser, who is seeking re-election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and JoAnne Kloppenburg, his rival, before a debate.RelatedUnions Rally, Linking Their Cause to Dr. ...
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Berkeley’s Wheeler Ledge Protesters Charged « Student Activism
2011-Apr-5
Berkeley’s Wheeler Ledge Protesters Charged « Student ActivismBerkeley’s Wheeler Ledge Protesters Chargedby Angus JohnstonSeven of the nine students who “occupied” a high ledge on the face of Berkeley’s Wheeler Hall last month have been charged with trespassing.The Wheeler ledge action was the first Berkeley protest in recent memory to end in a negotiated settlement with the university, as administrators agreed to drop conduct charges against students who had participated in previous protests … and to forego such charges against the ...
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¡WEPA! Google Wants to Learn Your Kind of Spanish | ClickZ
2011-Apr-5
¡WEPA! Google Wants to Learn Your Kind of Spanish | ClickZ¡WEPA! Google Wants to Learn Your Kind of SpanishGiovanni Rodriguez | April 5, 2011 | 1 commentsShareI got a long email last week from one of my PR contacts at Google, and it was entirely in Spanish. My Spanish is not very strong, so I did what I do on most occasions like this: I read the email once, then ran it through Google Translate.It's always fun – and very ...
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This Week In Education: Kindergarten: Chicago Bans Redshirting For Magnets
2011-Apr-5
This Week In Education: Kindergarten: Chicago Bans Redshirting For MagnetsKindergarten: Chicago Bans Redshirting For Magnetsby Alexander RussoChicago is now taking an unusually hard line against magnet school "redshirting" kindergartners (ie, holding them back so they're "ready" for school), according to this Tribune article -- insisting that kids who are too old apply directly to 1st grade even if their parents think they're not ready. Not even LA or NYC do that, according to the paper. The ban is an attempt ...
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Scott Walker by other means. The little man threatens CTU. « Fred Klonsky's blog
2011-Apr-5
Scott Walker by other means. The little man threatens CTU. « Fred Klonsky's blogScott Walker by other means. The little man threatens CTU.by Fred KlonskyNot a good way to start things off, little man.I’ve negotiated a lot of contracts.Here’s what doesn’t work: Threats, bluster, demands, yelling and shouting.Here’s what works: Respect, give and take, listening and an understanding of mutual interests.Wisconsin’s Scott Walker took the doesn’t work approach. But, he really neve
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Emanuel: Girls' Charters Yes, Strike Rights No - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog
2011-Apr-5
Emanuel: Girls' Charters Yes, Strike Rights No - District 299: Chicago Public Schools BlogAM News: Consolidation Pushback Intensifiesby Alexander RussoStage set for showdowns over Chicago school consolidations Tribune: Opposition is mounting against the proposed consolidation of 14 Chicago Public Schools, setting the stage for a contentious two weeks of public hearings before a new regime comes to power... Weekend Shootings: At Least 15 Wounded As Weather Warms Up Tribune: Chicago's first weekend in April was unseasonably warm, with temperatures breaking ...
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Schools Matter: Not an Entrance Exam*
2011-Apr-5
Schools Matter: Not an Entrance Exam*Not an Entrance Exam*by Kenneth LibbyIt's not an "entrance exam*," it's just a test they give potential students during the enrollment process - with the kind of asterisk that should be listed after "Barry Bonds" on the MLB all-time home run list.From the Baltimore Sun:One of the most sought-after public charter schools in Baltimore has stopped administering an entrance placement exam after city schools CEO Andrรฉs Alonso expressed concern that the practice — the only ...
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Jersey Jazzman: Self-Pimping Journalism
2011-Apr-5
Jersey Jazzman: Self-Pimping JournalismSelf-Pimping Journalismby DukeStill waiting for Superman? Wait no more: he's here, disguised as mild-manner reporter Jason Felch!In February, fifth-grade teacher Miguel Aguilar stood in the front of a class, nervous and sweating.The subject — reading and comprehension — was nothing new. But on this day, his students weren't 11-year-olds in sneakers and sweatshirts: They were 30 of his fellow teachers.It was the first time anyone at Broadous Elementary School in Pacoima could remember a teacher there being ...
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New Report Ranks States on Programs and Oversight «
2011-Apr-5
New Report Ranks States on Programs and Oversight «New Report Ranks States on Programs and OversightApril 5, 2011 by Irene SegePhoto: Kate Samp for Strategies for Children“We Can Do Better: 2011 Update,” a recently released report from the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA), finds modest improvements in 10 program requirements and five oversight benchmarks for the nation’s early education and care centers. The report, the third since 2007, ranks the 50 states, District of Columbia ...
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Can You Explain Your Sudden Objection to Going Potty? - Lily's Blackboard – Lily's Blackboard
2011-Apr-5
Can You Explain Your Sudden Objection to Going Potty? - Lily's Blackboard – Lily's BlackboardCan You Explain Your Sudden Objection to Going Potty?Apr 5th, 2011 by Lily.Ah, where to begin this tale? I was in the ladies’ room in the airport. Honestly, I was minding my own business. Honestly, I wasn’t eavesdropping on the next stall. On purpose.Honestly, this is what I heard from the young mother to her child. “Stephanie, can you explain to Mommy your sudden objection to ...
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Damn Good Education Daily 4-5-11
2011-Apr-5
Damn Good Education DailyDamn Good Education Daily as shared by 41 people on Coopmike48’s Twitter listNext update in less than 1 hourSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONBUSINESSART ENTERTAINMENTPOLITICSSTORIESLIVING#EDCHAT#EDREFORMA QA with ... Arne Duncan: The eyes of America are on Newark’s school reform blog.nj.com - 2008 Associated Press file photoEducation Secretary Arne Duncan, left, with President Obama shortly before they took office, says charter schools and outside philanthropy are important parts of imp...leoniehaimsonTeacher layoffs: Today's teacher layoffs threaten tomorrow's higher education classrooms latimes.com - ...
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The Texas Miracle Revisited - Bridging Differences - Education Week
2011-Apr-5
The Texas Miracle Revisited - Bridging Differences - Education WeekThe Texas Miracle Revisitedby Diane RavitchDear Deborah,I am sure you recall that when No Child Left Behind was under discussion, there was a great deal of publicity about "the Texas Miracle." I remember newspaper accounts of the wonders that had been accomplished by the simple strategy of testing and accountability.Soon after the election of George W. Bush as president, we learned that he was the architect of this miracle in Texas. ...
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Teacher Sabrina SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Next South Bronx School Internet Radio Cast
2011-Apr-5
SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Next South Bronx School Internet Radio CastNext South Bronx School Internet Radio Casthttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/bronx-teacher/2011/04/06/the-mind-of-a-bronx-teacherTeacher Sabrina joins us Tuesday night, April 5 at 9 PM EDT. Teacher Sabrina is one of the tri-authors of the Failing Schools Blog; http://failingschools.wordpress.com/ The topic will be Michelle Rhee's failings, which are too many to list, and how the shine is starting to come off her apple. As always the call in # is 917 932 8721
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Jersey Jazzman: Unserious Education Policy
2011-Apr-5
Jersey Jazzman: Unserious Education PolicyUnserious Education Policyby DukeAtrios comments on the latest wingnut nonsense from Washington:Yes Paul Ryan is a wingnut so it's to be expected, but anyone "serious," as Alice Rivlin is supposed to be, who thinks you can give vouchers to old people so that they can buy awesome insurance on the open market is someone who should never be listened to about anything ever again. All actual serious people should shun her.I think this also summarizes the ...
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Task force releases new teacher evaluation framework for granting tenure, but faces union opposition
2011-Apr-5
Task force releases new teacher evaluation framework for granting tenure, but faces union oppositionRecruited to teach, then abandoned Hundreds of teachers who left their homes in the Caribbean to work in city schools are still waiting for their promised green cards years later.Teacher's death leads to visa limbo The long wait for a green card has left the family of one immigrant teacher in a precarious position - because he died before his was approved.New ideas on tenure face union ...
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Panel starts to plan $48.5 million in cuts to local early-childhood programs - Sacramento Bee
2011-Apr-5
Panel starts to plan $48.5 million in cuts to local early-childhood programs - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento BeePanel starts to plan $48.5 million in cuts to local early-childhood programsShare By Brad Brananbbranan@sacbee.comPublished: Tuesday, Apr. 5, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 1BThe First 5 Sacramento Commission on Monday began what is expected to become a wrenching process of cutting $48.5 million from local early-childhood programs.The cuts have been necessitated by reductions from the state, ...
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Today’s Collection Of Good School Reform Posts & Articles | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
2011-Apr-5
Today’s Collection Of Good School Reform Posts Articles | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...Ben Franklin’s Daily Schedule This copy of Ben Franklin’s Daily Schedule has been floating around the blogosphere and Twitterverse for awhile. Ben’s morning and evening questions are a pretty good framework for anybody’s day. [image: Benjamin Franklin's daily schedule] Thanks ...Today’s Collection Of Good School Reform Posts Articles As usual, there have been a number of useful posts over the past few days on school reform ...
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KOCH OUT AM News | www.kochwatch.org
2011-Apr-5
News | www.kochwatch.org2,000 March On Koch DC Offices WATCH ON YOUTUBE:NYT: Op-Ed: Bring Donors Out of the Shadows *April 3, 2011-* The billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch have drawn sharp criticism for their extensive giving to libertarian causes. Though some of their organizational ties are public, many are unknown, thanks to a provision ...AlterNet: What Is ALEC? Dragging the Secretive Conservative Organization Out of the Shadows This shadowy organization has played an extraordinary role in shaping pro-corporate legislation ...
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.Eating children: what Detroit teachers and students are saying
2011-Apr-5
.Eating children: what Detroit teachers and students are sayingby Danny WeilSchool is little more than a trauma unit now that the ruling elites have managed to derange the entire enterprise. Of course obedience training and historical amnesia were always the capitalist curriculum but now the situation is so bad that education remains a preposterous illusion under the current material conditions of capitalist life.
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On Wisconsin! | Firedoglake
2011-Apr-5
On Wisconsin! | FiredoglakeOn Wisconsin!By: Attaturk Tuesday April 5, 2011 1:30 am Tweet1 Not to put too fine a point on it, but if the opposition cannot get people out in numbers to toss out Scott Walker’s sexist, pedophileenabling, Koch purchased rubber stamp David Prosser (other than that I’m sure he’s a nice guy) it is going to be real depressing.But maybe people in Wisconsin want more ofthis:Brian Deschane has no college degree, very little management experience and two drunken-driving ...
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April 4th. Madison, Wisconsin. « Fred Klonsky's blog
2011-Apr-5
April 4th. Madison, Wisconsin. « Fred Klonsky's blogApril 4th. Madison, Wisconsin.by Fred KlonskyJohn Boehner.by Fred KlonskyFrom an upcoming interview with Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone:Boehner: “Can’t pay your student loan? Face it your parents were lazy and you couldn’t afford college. The world needs ditch diggers and you were born into a family of them. Can’t pay your mortgage? Your house was too expensive and you couldn’t afford it. Your taxes going up too much? That’s what you get for ...
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Chair of University of Michigan faculty senate condemns right-wing FOIA abuse. « Fred Klonsky's blog
2011-Apr-4
Chair of University of Michigan faculty senate condemns right-wing FOIA abuse. « Fred Klonsky's blogChair of University of Michigan faculty senate condemns right-wing FOIA abuse.by Fred Klonsky“To sit idly by and have no reaction on this, that’s imprudent,” said Ed Rothman, chair of the faculty Senate’s Advisory Committee on University Affairs, on the recent Freedom of Information Act request by the conservative Mackinac Center for Public Policy.Rothman was responding to the actions of the MCPP which has demanded emails from ...
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Black approval rating stuck at 17%, says NY1-Marist poll | GothamSchools
2011-Apr-4
Black approval rating stuck at 17%, says NY1-Marist poll | GothamSchoolsBlack approval rating stuck at 17%, says NY1-Marist pollby Chris ArpA month’s more time in the public eye has done nothing to lift Chancellor Cathie Black’s approval rating. The number of New Yorkers who approve of her work remains at 17%, according to a NY1-Marist poll released tonight.That’s the same place last month’s Quinnipiac poll put Black and a drop from her 21% approval rating measured by Marist last February. ...
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Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Challenges | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
2011-Apr-4
Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Challenges | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...Larry FerlazzoHelping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom ChallengesYou can now pre-order the book. Just go to the book’s page on their website. The cost is $29.95.You can also pre-order it on Amazon.(You can read the book’s introduction here)I thought readers might be interested in seeing the cover, reading a description, and reviewing the Table of Contents (still in the process of being slightly ...
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Good Middle School Journal Article On Parent Involvement | Engaging Parents In School...
2011-Apr-4
Good Middle School Journal Article On Parent Involvement | Engaging Parents In School...Good Middle School Journal Article On Parent Involvementby Larry FerlazzoI recently discovered a very good article in the “Middle School Journal” that’s about three years old. It’s titled“What Research Says: Varieties of Parent Involvement In Schooling” and was written by Vincent A. Anfara, Jr. Steven B. Mertens.It gives a good overview of parent involvement research, but what makes this piece particularly unique is its discuss of historical patterns ...
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National Association of Charter School Authorizers to run DPS charter school conversion | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
2011-Apr-4
National Association of Charter School Authorizers to run DPS charter school conversion | Detroit Free Press | freep.comNational Association of Charter School Authorizers to run DPS charter school conversion3:27 PM, Apr. 4, 2011 | CommentsTwitterFacebookShareEmailPrintAAACHASTITY PRATT DAWSEYDETROIT FREE PRESS EDUCATION WRITERFILED UNDERLocal NewsCity Of DetroitA national organization that helped to set up charter schools in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina will help Detroit Public Schools in an unprecedented effort to convert as many as 45 schools to charter schools by ...
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Jersey Jazzman: Overpaid Teachers?!?
2011-Apr-4
Jersey Jazzman: Overpaid Teachers?!?Overpaid Teachers?!?by DukeAnybody still think there is "greed and excess" in our schools?In the table below, I present the results from the previous post, along with the public/private gap when educators are left out. The models control for work schedules (hours and weeks), state, gender, experience, and education. The details are in the table stub, if you’re interested.The results show that excluding teachers and professors does mitigate the public/private earnings gap – reducing the “advantage” for private ...
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Modern School: The Growing Wealth Gap
2011-Apr-4
Modern School: The Growing Wealth GapThe Growing Wealth Gap0diggHuck/Konopacki Labor CartoonsA new study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found that the wealthiest 5% of American households held 63.5% of the nation’s wealth in 2009. Wealth is a measurement of net worth, or assets minus liabilities. For most of us, it is primarily a measure of our income, savings and the value of our homes minus what we still owe on our mortgages. For the wealthy, it also includes stocks,
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Schools Matter: Why Charlotte-Mecklenburg Parents Should Sue Peter Gorman and the C-M School Board
2011-Apr-4
Schools Matter: Why Charlotte-Mecklenburg Parents Should Sue Peter Gorman and the C-M School BoardWhy Charlotte-Mecklenburg Parents Should Sue Peter Gorman and the C-M School Boardby Jim HornThe Charlotte Observer has a story today on the idiot in charge of Chalotte, NC Schools. His name is Peter Gorman, and his idea of school improvement in these desperate economic times is to spend 2 million dollars of money he doesn't have for a bunch of needless, abusive, and unjustifiable tests at a ...
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Justin Tarte - Life of an Educator...: I am an Educational Blogger...
2011-Apr-4
Justin Tarte - Life of an Educator...: I am an Educational Blogger...I am an Educational Blogger...I started my blogging journey in the summer of 2010, and I really wasn't sure what I expected to get out of blogging. Chris McGee (@cmcgee200) is an Educator for whom I have a great deal of respect, and since he was blogging and encouraging me to do the same, I figured there had to be some kind of benefit to blogging. At the time, ...
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Ackerman: Parents, help fight the budget cuts | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
2011-Apr-4
Ackerman: Parents, help fight the budget cuts | Philadelphia Public School NotebookAckerman: Parents, help fight the budget cutsby thenotebook on Apr 04 2011 Posted in Latest newsCOMMENTS (0)PRINTEMAILTags:Arlene AckermanWHYY/NewsWorks District budgetby Patrick CobbsPhiladelphia schools chief Arlene Ackerman called on parents for help March 31 with the massive education cuts proposed by Gov. Tom Corbett for next year, but she said there is one program she will try to keep safe - the district’s 31 turnaround schools.“Those are our schools that ...
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Democurmudgeon: The "Parent Trigger" to Transfer Public Schools to Private
2011-Apr-4
Democurmudgeon: The "Parent Trigger" to Transfer Public Schools to Private the Next Chaotic Step for Ohio.The "Parent Trigger" to Transfer Public Schools to Private the Next Chaotic Step for Ohio.Let's turn school reform over to the parents and the lobbying groups representing private interests, who can advertise and create chaos, and reap the benefits of the ensuing chaos. Ohio's signed on:edweek: Can't fix failing schools? Parents could get tough on Ohio's districts. Gov. John Kasich's budget plan would give parents ...
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Conversation with TX Superintendent John Kuhn, 4/10 :: Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action
2011-Apr-4
Conversation with TX Superintendent John Kuhn, 4/10 :: Save Our Schools March and National Call to ActionConversation with TX Superintendent John Kuhn, 4/10by TeacherSabrinaA few weeks ago a superintendent from the Perrin-Whitt School District in Texas took the mic at a Save Texas Schools rally at the Capitol building and issued a thundering call for justice for our students. You may have seen the video, or read his words here.John Kuhn has spoken for so many of us, and his ...
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
2011-Apr-4
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLESWEEKEND QUOTABLESby Mike KlonskyApril 4, 1968Dr. King's LegacyOn this, the 43rd anniversary of Dr. Kings assassination, thousands of union workers, including teachers, will be marching around the country remembering that King died fighting for the rights of city workers to unionize. In Detroit and march and rally is being organized to protest the legislature's recent passage of union busting legislation. "The Detroit 5000" March Co-Organizer; Mr. Ernest Johnson, Chairman of Community Coalition feels strongly that ...