Impact of relaxing teacher licensing requirements
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This study provides a comprehensive analysis of a Texas policy that relaxed
teacher licensing requirements and created a large for-profit training
indust...
The Power to Give Life
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On a metaphysical level, one could argue that everything is alive or at
least a part of a living system. Some scientists even assert likewise,
having us...
Education News Roundup
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Actually, my first item is this - a plea to all who work in the public
domain. There is now a website called Charliesmurderers.com by the
"Charlie Kir...
Another "Donors Choose" project for my students
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I teach in a small public magnet middle school, and I teach all 3 grades,
6-7-8. Many of my students are Free and Reduced Meals, have little access
to p...
Are we alone?
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Dr Rob Zellem posed this question last night (9-13-2025) to NCA members and
visitors at their monthly meeting at the University of Maryland
Observatory. Ar...
The Reading Footprint of the Big Standardized Test
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Mike Petrilli (Fordham Institute) has started a substack of his own, and it
only took the first full issue for me to disagree with him.
Petrilli takes is...
Political Violence in the Classroom
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In November of 2016, right after Donald Trump was elected for the first
time, seventh graders at Royal Oak Middle School were captured on video
shouting “B...
Democracy on the Line
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Democracy isn’t just under debate — it’s under threat. From extreme
gerrymandering to the rise of election-denying rhetoric, the foundations of
fair repr...
A Decade of Accountabaloney
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This week marks 10 years since we launched Accountabaloney. What started in
September 2015 as two Florida moms worried about...
Blogoversary #19 — Time to Move on
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Times have changed. I had a nice long run here, but let’s face it, it ended
a while ago. So I’ve moved. I’m not writing much any more, but when I do it
wil...
The Charlie Kirk Murder Suspect
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His name is Tyler Robinson, age 22. He’s not trans, gay, immigrant, or
leftist, not a Muslim nor black, not even a Democrat. Tyler is registered
as “No P...
Driving Off a Cliff ? The U.S.Economy
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U.S. Economy.
Driving Off a Cliff.
*“They got some basic problems. They’re very expensive and they don't go
far.” —Donald Trump at a campaign event,...
Breaking News: Tarbiyah School Closed
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The Tarbiyah School, located in Bear, Delaware is done. Run by Dr. Amna
Latif, wife of Christina Board of Education member Dr. Naveed Baqir, had
been deali...
AI is More Con than Reality
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By Thomas Ultican 9/9/2025 The tech-industry bestowed name, “Artificial
Intelligence (AI)”, is a head-fake; there is no intelligence, just
algorithms. Sale...
Skate Parties, Sacks, and the Price of Progress
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“Don’t ever try to change her,’ my mother said, before she died. ‘The tusks
of an elephant will never grow out of a dog’s mouth. You know that.” ― Mo
Hayde...
Higher Education in the Crosshairs/at a Crossroad
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Let me begin with an assertion that may upset some readers: Most American
colleges and universities are glorified vocational institutions whose
primary pur...
Is there really a decline in pleasure reading?
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The mainstream media has been full of the bad news: new study shows that
reading for pleasure has declined! Fewer people are reading for fun: From
2003 to ...
Last call for ARC readers: Addicted to Glove
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"Major League" meets "Ted Lasso" with a hint of "Three Men and a Baby" in
this age gap, surprise pregnancy romcom set in the Pacific Northwest.
Rows and Aisles (DC and Washington, Too)
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DC is one of my favorite cities in the country. That’s different than me
saying Washington, of course. I’ve visited Washington on multiple occasions
in ....
Rows and Aisles (DC and Washington, Too)
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DC is one of my favorite cities in the country. That’s different than me
saying Washington, of course. I’ve visited Washington on multiple occasions
in ....
The Story of the Rider and the Horse
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History shows us there is a fast and slippery road from the loss of
freedoms to the overreach of power. If we allow our rights to be stripped
away, we lose...
Analyzing UFT election results – from 2022
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JD2718 blog posts from May and June 2022. Post-UFT election for the last
two decades I have done some analysis of the numbers. I am getting ready to
start ...
Il Papa è Morto
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Francis brought a distinct pastoral outlook to his papacy. A simple man, he
lived in a small apartment in the guesthouse. He sought to make the church
acce...
Trump plays Putin’s Playbook
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Recently Aleksander Dugin was interviewed on CNN, last week, and he stated
that he believes Trump is closer ideologically to President Putin than to
Washin...
Mike Shulman the ARISE UFT Judenrat
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I was surprised to learn that Mike Shulman has aligned himself with ARISE.
I previously supported him, advocating that the Castle Doctrine could have
bee...
How Do We Fight Trump?
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Dear Friends, I don’t know when and why it hit me. But I suddenly realized
how serious Trump is about changing the country into something that
horrifies. I...
Site Index - Updated December 31, 2024
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BLOGGER’S NOTE: If you are new to this blog, and interested in the topic of
immigration, I recommend you go right to the massive new post: “How
Immigrat...
Student "Growth" Measures Are STILL Biased
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This caught my attention:
New Jersey school districts may soon be evaluated differently, *with a
greater emphasis on student growth* as compared to stud...
AIN’T IT AWFUL
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As the terrible feelings of dread and angst spread across the world the
great majority of the American people feel powerless before the onslaught
of those ...
Vote NO on the UFT Contract. Here is Why:
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The best reason to vote no on this contract is this: UFT Unity* lied* to us
in 2018. They misrepresented that contract. It was predicated on deals we
wer...
Testimony to the CPS Truancy Task Force
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I prepared testimony for one of two public hearings held by the Chicago
Public Schools Truancy Task Force, a body mandated by state legislation.
The meetin...
There Is A Teacher Shortage.Not.
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THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. And just to be sure you understand, it’s not
that teachers don’t want to teach. It’s not that there aren’t enough
teachers cer...
Book Banning Turns to Dick and Jane
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Breaking News: Dateline February 4, 2022 - Parents in Dimwitty, Alabama
have asked the Dimwitty Board of Education to ban the children's primer *Fun
with...
Have You Heard Has a New Website
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TweetHave You Heard has a new website. Visit us at
www.haveyouheardpodcast.com to find our latest episodes and our entire
archive. And be sure to check out...
Follow me at Substack
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I've moved. Follow me at Substack
I'm now posting regularly at Substack. You can subscribe for free to my new
Edu/Pol blog at michaelklonsky.substack.com
...
Aspiring Teachers Get New Help Paying For College
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[image: colorful classroom pattern]
*; Credit: shuoshu/Getty Images*
Cory Turner | NPR
New rules kick in today that will help aspiring teachers pay for c...
Tips Akses Situs Judi Qq Tanpa Perlu Takut Nawala
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Kegiatan berjudi slot melalui situs judi qq online, sekarang sudah
dilakukan oleh banyak penjudi Indonesia. Tentu, Kamu yang sedang membaca
artikel ini a...
The Threat of Integration
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I have lived in the same house in the Miracle Mile section of Los Angeles
for over 30 years, where up until now I have had little or no interaction
with th...
We fight for a democracy worthy of us all!
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The nation stands at a crossroads, said NEA President Lily Eskelsen GarcÃa
in her final keynote address to the 2020 NEA Representative Assembly and
it’s up...
The Passing Of Chaz 1951-2020 Age 69
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I am the son of Chaz and like to inform you that he passed away this
afternoon from the COVID virus. My father passed in peace beside his loved
ones. We ar...
The Fight For Our Children
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*The number of suicides among people ages 10 to 24 nationally increased by
56 percent between 2007 and 2017, according to a new federal report showing
the ...
Read to Self: Just a Kid and a Book.
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Date: Monday, January 5, 2020 Place: My classroom Student: Mrs.Mims, could
we start doing Read to Self again because I got this great book for
Christmas an...
Reminiscences
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I just finished dumping the rest of my lesson plans. I guess I held on to
the calculus ones for so long because I spent so much time working on them
an...
Just Asking for some Teachers I know.
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Recently Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers stated, We must … recognize that
part of supporting our kids in the classroom means supporting the educators
who t...
Cara Menang Bermain Judi Bola Online
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Bermain judi bola online tentu saja memiliki kesenangannya tersendiri baik
itu mendapatkan keuntungan maupun ketika menantikan hasil skor pada sebuah
perta...
A Critique of Standards-Based Grading
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It first happened to me about ten years ago. I was beginning my third year
of teaching in a new school in Washington, DC. Social studies teachers were
si...
My First and Last Visit to Hudson Yards
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Figuring I did not need to invite any more darkness and vulgarity into my
head than that provided on a daily basis from Trump’s White House, and
after read...
Reduced time for testing? Not so fast.
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NYSED and Commish Elia continue to say that the NYS Assessments are of
reasonable length, I completely disagree.
Here is what NYSED states are average expe...
The World According to Michelle Rhee
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The men behind the curtain fashioning the brave new world of corporate run
education in America! Michelle Rhee is the founder of StudentsFirst, The
New T...
Whose Opinions Matter in Education World?
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It's hard to identify education heroes and sheroes. And perhaps even harder
to pinpoint just whose work is slanted, paid-for and dishonest.
Blockchain: Life on the Ledger
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Originally posted on Wrench in the Gears:
I created this video as a follow up to the one I prepared last year on
Social Impact Bonds. It is time to examine...
New Local Businesses in Sacramento
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Starting a new local business in Sacramento is a monumental task, but can
be accomplished with footwork, perseverance and knowledge. One must learn
the loc...
Lesson Plan: Rhyme and Rhythm in Poetry
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I’ve started a recent unit on poetry with my class. I’m not a poet, and I’m
not a poetry fan (I don’t hate it, but I’m a prose gal), so this makes it
harde...
The Apotheosis of Betsy DeVos
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Betsy Devos has drawn few headlines in recent months, and that is a good
thing for the Secretary of Education. Her tenure began with Vice President
Mike P...
Education Is a Civic Question
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In their final post to end Bridging Differences' decade-long run, Deborah
Meier and Harry Boyte urge readers to put the energy, talents, wisdom, and
hard w...
Site News: New Home for Education News & Commentary
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Quick! Get over there! The daily education news roundup and education
commentaries that you're probably looking for are now being published over
at The Gra...
Should We Be Grateful?
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In an odd turn of events, and with little explanation, Michigan Governor
Rick Snyder has decided to return the state’s School Reform Office back to
the Dep...
An Open Letter to NC Lawmakers
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An Open Letter to NC State Lawmakers and NC State Superintendent Mark
Johnson: I am a NC native, voter, and public school teacher. I am
addressing you all ...
The Secret to Fixing Schools (My Next Bestseller)
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My next bestseller) Prologue I just finished
watching a fascinating documentary on Netflix entitled, “The Secret”. The
film p...
Farewell, Sleep
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Today is the official last day of my spring break. I've done a scientific
survey: My natural bedtime is 2 AM, and my natural wake up time is 9:41
AM. Tom...
REPORT: States With the Best and Worst Schools
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States With the Best (and Worst)Schools
By *Evan Comen, Michael B. Sauter, Samuel Stebbins and Thomas C. Frohlich*
January 20, 2017- http://247wallst.com
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Test Refusal = People Power
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In recent months, social media has been ablaze with talk of regular folk
taking action to resist the Trump agenda. Protests are a daily occurrence,
and ev...
Random Musings and Observations. . . .
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I’ve been gone a while from the blogging scene. Some of my more regular
readers no doubt noticed but did not hassle me about it. Thank you for
that. Sinc...
AB 934: A LEGISLATIVE FIX FOR VERGARA?
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By Michael Stratford | in the Politco Morning Education Report | via email
05/24/2016 10:00 AM EDT :: Two national education groups are backing a
Califor...
MY NEW BLOG
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My new blog will consist of fictitious headlines, meant to be a blend of
humor and satire. I apologize ahead of time if any other satirical site has
simila...
Thank you
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Dear Readers,
Thank you for visiting *The Perimeter Primate*. This blog is being retired
for the time being. Although I no longer post here, I do still s...
I am Retiring
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I have some news: I am retiring from the PBS NewsHour and Learning Matters.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other
conte...
New Beginnings: Kickstarter and EdWeek Teacher
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Greetings to InterACT readers one and all! If you’ve been following posts
here recently you might recall that I’m moving my blogging activity to
other loca...
Adelaide L. Sanford Charter School
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*“With Adelaide L. Sanford Charter School closing, Newark families must
move on.”* The Star-Ledger (NJ), 6/25/2013
NEWARK — Bobby and Troy Shanks saw the...
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Diane Ravitch has a great oped in today’s Times on the “miracle” schools promoted by corporate reformers, that all too often turn out to be based on PR spin, inflated test score results and/or sky...
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Jun 01 2011 Larry Ferlazzo Author Bob Sutton recently wrote about a report commissioned by the Annie Casey Foundation that examined one of its major funding initiatives related to school reform (th...
garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - On Monday May 16th, President Obama will be the commencement speaker at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, TN. They had won a competition called ‘The Race To The Top High School Commencem...
edwize.org - Most New Yorkers who follow these things know that the DoE has targeted for closure four high schools with a C on their annual high-stakes Progress Reports even though schools with a D or F have no...
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - The top-level Spanish football team Málaga will sport the logo of the United Nations cultural organization as part of an “Imagining Peace” campaign that will also include Internet and social media ...
projo.com - CRANSTON — Critics of Mayor Allan W. Fung’s proposal to open five charter schools in Cranston said at a hearing Tuesday that the plan was the latest attack on the public school system, one intended...
nypost.com - Michael Goodwin After reading my reports from New York teachers who say they are forced to raise grades and pass failing students, a friend has questions. He writes: "If nine years of mayoral contr...
suntimes.com - The digital divide that has left nearly 40 percent of all Chicagoans with little or no access to the Internet is about to narrow for 330,000 needy students.On Tuesday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Com...
blog.angryasianman.com - More census figure fun... but probably stuff you already could have guessed. According to new findings from the U.S. Census Bureau, Asians and Hispanics are the nation's fastest-expanding large min...
firedoglake.com - A group of retired political leaders — strangely not under the influence of lobbying money (or drugs) — has recommended the world, especially the United States, reconsider the War on Drugs. Their r...
beinglatino.wordpress.com - by Orlando Rodriguez Marco Rubio is not Cuban. He is not even an immigrant. Prove it. I want to see his Cuban birth certificate. I have a Cuban birth certificate so I can authenticate his. Mine rea...
democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - What goes around comes around, unless you had something else in mind. But the law is the law, and words have meaning. When Gov. Walker and the Republicans came into power, they passed a law that r...
teamsternation.blogspot.com - Three GOP senators go to court to block recalls Associated Press ...GOP Sens. Dan Kapanke of La Crosse, Luther Olsen of Ripon and Randy Hopper of Fond du Lac all want judges to block the Governm...
californiawatch.org - ericsphotography/istockphoto.com More than three in four Californians buy into Gov. Jerry Brown's notion that voters should have a say in deciding which cuts and taxes will be used to plug the stat...
wildaboutmath.com - June 1st, 2011 | by Sol | James Tanton has produced another great video, this one on a very intriguing partitioning problem with a very clever solution.There are four ways to break the number 6 dow...
sacramentopa.blogspot.com - Neil deMausefieldofschemes.com On Sunday, the Sacramento Bee ran a front-page (of the E section, anyway, whichever one that was) opinion piece by Barbara Shelly, a columnist for its fellow McClatch...
nyceducator.com - Climate control:"MISS, PUT ON THE AIR CONDITIONER."--half of my students"MISS, TURN OFF THE AIR CONDITIONER, IT'S COLD."--the other half of my students"NO MISS, PUT THE AIR CONDITIONER BACK ON."--t...
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - WAYNE, N.J. — A New Jersey technology company that had been a major contractor on the Bloomberg administration’s troubled CityTime payroll project has abruptly halted operations and terminated its ...
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Big losers are social services and schoolsThat's right. This week, former mayor Daley landed his pay-back job with the very firm that negotiated his notorious sell-off of the city's parking meters....
nbcchicago.com - Richard Daley, Ex-Mayor, (Another) New Job Former Mayor Richard Daley has landed a job with the firm that negotiated Chicago's parking meter deal. Daley will be "of counsel" to Katten Muchin Rosenm...
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Es el primer estudio en demostrar causa y efecto, dicen los investigadoresLos videojuegos violentos desencadenan agresividad entre las personas que los utilizan, según un nuevo estudio de la Univer...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - If LAUSD Doesn't Change, Maybe You Should - Ten Signs that You Need to Find a Different Kind of Education for Your Child by Jerry Mintz (Si el LAUSD no cambia, tal vez deberÃa - Diez señales de que...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Public School Parents: Diane Ravitch on "Frozen Assets" by Marguerite RozaDiane Ravitch on "Frozen Assets" by Marguerite Rozaby Leonie HaimsonDiane Ravitch has a great oped in today’s Times on ...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Educators and Innovation - E.D. Kain - American Times - ForbesEducators and Innovationby E.D. KainI have received some surprising emails recently. Apparently my recent critique of teachers’ unions ...
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