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10 ways to build the “community school” | Connected Principals
2011-Jul-22
10 ways to build the “community school” | Connected Principals10 ways to build the “community school”by Justin TarteSomething that we take for granted far too often is the power of “the school community.” Whether we always recognize it or not, schools play a vital role in our society, and as such their involvement and significance to our communities can’t be easily dismissed.http://goo.gl/0o9RuMany times throughout the school year our facilities are used to host a plethora of activities from all different ...
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Revolution Foods feeds the ed-reform hype « Parents Across America
2011-Jul-22
Revolution Foods feeds the ed-reform hype « Parents Across AmericaRevolution Foods feeds the ed-reform hypeby CarolineSFWhat could be more admirable than an attempt to improve school meals? And making a profit by doing that can only be beneficial to everyone, right?That’s what San Francisco Bay Area-based Revolution Foods has convinced a lot of people, anyway. The private-sector enterprise has won acclaim for supposedly bringing better, healthier, fresher school meals to school cafeterias.Only trouble is, Revolution Foods claims that it can ...
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Why do politicians blow up when asked where their kids go to school? « Parents Across America
2011-Jul-21
Why do politicians blow up when asked where their kids go to school? « Parents Across AmericaWhy do politicians blow up when asked where their kids go to school?by leoniehaimsonRahm Emanuel, the new Mayor of Chicago, walks out of an NBC interview when asked when asked what school he intends to enroll his children in. He intones: “My children are not an instrument of me being mayor.” But everyone else’s children are. Check out the video here and below.If the ...
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Rupert and Wendi Murdoch backed a scandal-ridden city school | GothamSchools
2011-Jul-21
Rupert and Wendi Murdoch backed a scandal-ridden city school | GothamSchoolsRupert and Wendi Murdoch backed a scandal-ridden city schoolby Philissa CramerBesides his Joel Klein hire, his company’s $27 million state testing contract, and his entrance into education politics, there’s another schools angle to Rupert Murdoch, the embattled media tycoon.Long before Murdoch’s News Corporation was accused of employing illegal news-gathering strategies, Murdoch and his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, were supporters of the Shuang Wen School. The Chinatown dual-language school was revealed ...
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Two of Pa.'s largest charters part of test score probe | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
2011-Jul-21
Two of Pa.'s largest charters part of test score probe | Philadelphia Public School NotebookTwo of Pa.'s largest charters part of test score probeby Benjamin Herold on Jul 18 2011 Posted in Latest newsCOMMENTS (0)PRINTEMAILTags:cheating charter schools Tom Corbett INN feed standardized testing WHYY/NewsWorkstestingTwo of the largest charters in Pennsylvania, Chester Community Charter School (CCCS) and the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School (PA Cyber), are among the 89 schools across the state that are to be investigated for statistical irregularities on ...
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Revolution Foods feeds the ed-reform hype « Parents Across America
2011-Jul-22
Revolution Foods feeds the ed-reform hype « Parents Across AmericaRevolution Foods feeds the ed-reform hypeby CarolineSFWhat could be more admirable than an attempt to improve school meals? And making a profit by doing that can only be beneficial to everyone, right?That’s what San Francisco Bay Area-based Revolution Foods has convinced a lot of people, anyway. The private-sector enterprise has won acclaim for supposedly bringing better, healthier, fresher school meals to school cafeterias.Only trouble is, Revolution Foods claims that it can ...
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Why do politicians blow up when asked where their kids go to school? « Parents Across America
2011-Jul-21
Why do politicians blow up when asked where their kids go to school? « Parents Across AmericaWhy do politicians blow up when asked where their kids go to school?by leoniehaimsonRahm Emanuel, the new Mayor of Chicago, walks out of an NBC interview when asked when asked what school he intends to enroll his children in. He intones: “My children are not an instrument of me being mayor.” But everyone else’s children are. Check out the video here and below.If the ...
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Rupert and Wendi Murdoch backed a scandal-ridden city school | GothamSchools
2011-Jul-21
Rupert and Wendi Murdoch backed a scandal-ridden city school | GothamSchoolsRupert and Wendi Murdoch backed a scandal-ridden city schoolby Philissa CramerBesides his Joel Klein hire, his company’s $27 million state testing contract, and his entrance into education politics, there’s another schools angle to Rupert Murdoch, the embattled media tycoon.Long before Murdoch’s News Corporation was accused of employing illegal news-gathering strategies, Murdoch and his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, were supporters of the Shuang Wen School. The Chinatown dual-language school was revealed ...
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How Does the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School Explain its Test Results?« City School Stories
2011-Jul-21
Reflections: Then and Now « City School StoriesHow Does the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School Explain its Test Results?Submitted by Frank Murphy on July 21, 2011There are currently four cyber charter schools operating in Pennsylvania. The functions of these schools, for the most part, are invisible to public scrutiny.One of the 89 schools whose PSSA test scores are under investigation by the Pennsylvania Department of Education is the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School. According to a study conducted by Data Recognition Corporation ...
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This Week In Education: History: Oakland Teacher Recalls Stanford Prisoner Experiment
2011-Jul-21
This Week In Education: History: Oakland Teacher Recalls Stanford Prisoner ExperimentHistory: Oakland Teacher Recalls Stanford Prisoner Experimentby Alexander RussoThe current issue of Stanford magazine has an article looking back at the (in)famous Stanford prisoner study, in which students were assigned to play the role of guards and prisoners for two weeks and took to their roles so completely that the experiment had to be shut down prematurely. One of the "prisoners" was a community college student named Richard Yacco who ...
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Time to get off our knees and do more than just march « Cooperative Catalyst
2011-Jul-21
Time to get off our knees and do more than just march « Cooperative CatalystTime to get off our knees and do more than just marchby scottnineJonathan Kozol was spot on. It is time for educators, parents, and young people to reclaim the “public” in public education and get off our knees. I’ve been enjoying reading his and teachers diaries about why they’ll march toSave Our Schools on July 30th in DC. I’ll be there too.But I’m not going to ...
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The charter school myth | Being Latino Online Magazine
2011-Jul-21
The charter school myth | Being Latino Online MagazineThe charter school mythby Adriana Villavicencioby Adriana VillavicencioMost Republicans and Democrats can only agree on three things: vacations in August, getting reelected, and charter schools. Charter schools – technically public schools that aren’t required to comply with all of the regulations imposed on regular public schools – have become a bipartisan hallmark of current education reform and have been portrayed as the salvation of failing schools systems in large urban districts.The media ...
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Schools Matter: Cheating? How about the Cheated
2011-Jul-21
Schools Matter: Cheating? How about the CheatedCheating? How about the Cheatedby P. L. ThomasThe drum beat for more challenging national standards, increased teacher quality, and greater accountability for U.S. public schools has one element running through every aspect of education reform—testing. For months and months, reform turned the debate to teacher accountability that includes some element of standardized and high-stakes tests. But more recently, the national discourse about schools has been consumed by cheating on those sacred tests, data often ...
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National study rates two Oregon teacher prep programs, calls one weak, one poor | OregonLive.com
2011-Jul-21
National study rates two Oregon teacher prep programs, calls one weak, one poor | OregonLive.comNational study rates two Oregon teacher prep programs, calls one weak, one poorby Betsy Hammond, The OregonianThe National Council on Teacher Quality says teacher preparation programs should ensure that student teachers spend at least 10 weeks in a local school and are placed with teachers who get great results with students and know how to mentor fellow adults. Neither Eastern Oregon University nor Linfield College stack ...
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Bronx charter school accused of skimming placed on probation | GothamSchools
2011-Jul-21
Bronx charter school accused of skimming placed on probation | GothamSchoolsBronx charter school accused of skimming placed on probationby Philissa CramerThe Bronx charter school accused of rigging its admissions procedures to admit successful students has been put on probation.The news, reported today in the New York Times, comes after Anna Phillips broke the story on GothamSchools in May that teachers and parents at Academic Leadership Charter School said the school tests students for admission. State law mandates that charter schools ...
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‘Reform Me’ — a poem by a superintendent - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
2011-Jul-21
‘Reform Me’ — a poem by a superintendent - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post‘Reform Me’ — a poem by a superintendentby Valerie StraussJohn Kuhn is not your ordinary school district superintendent. Kuhn is the head of the Perrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School District in Texas, and he is a very public critic of modern school reform.Earlier this year, I published a letter he sent to Texas legislators about plans by Texas Gov. Rick Perry to cut billions of dollars ...
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State weighs early ed Race to Top | Thoughts on Public Education
2011-Jul-21
State weighs early ed Race to Top | Thoughts on Public EducationState weighs early ed Race to Top - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guessby John Fensterwald - Educated GuessCalifornia is not among the 36 states and District of Columbia that Education Week reports have expressed an intention to apply for the federal government’s $500 million Race to the Top early education grant competition later this year. But that doesn’t mean the state won’t decide to apply, State Board of ...
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This Week In Education: Reform: Michelle Rhee Won't Say If Murdoch Is Funding Her
2011-Jul-20
This Week In Education: Reform: Michelle Rhee Won't Say If Murdoch Is Funding HerReform: Michelle Rhee Won't Say If Murdoch Is Funding Herby Alexander RussoWhile much is being made of the Rupert Murdoch-Joel Klein connection this week, few seem to have considered the connections between the beleagured businessman and another big-name education reformer: Michele Rhee, who has been trying to drum up $1 billion to fund her new organization, Students First, for the past six months. A full donors list ...
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Governor Quinn Announces New Law That Will Expand School Choice in Illinois
2011-Jul-20
Illinois.gov - Illinois Government News Network (IGNN) - Search the News ResultsGovernor Quinn Announces New Law That Will Expand School Choice in IllinoisNew Law Will Improve Quality of Illinois’ Charter Schools and Empower Parents with More ChoiceCHICAGO – July 20, 2011. As part of his agenda to give Illinois’ children more opportunities for a quality education in Illinois, Governor Pat Quinn today announced the signing of legislation that will increase school choice for parents. Senate Bill 79 establishes an independent ...
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All Education Matters: More Threats To Pell
2011-Jul-20
All Education Matters: More Threats To PellMore Threats To Pellby C. Cryn JohannsenHigher education advocate at U.S. PIRG, Rich Williams, has written an frightening piece for USA Today about Pell. It is at even greater risk of being eviscerated than previously thought. Neoliberals want us to believe that 'austerity measures' are necessary to 'save' the country from falling apart, but they are feeding the public with lies. At a time when Pell and other 'entitlement' programs should be supported and ...
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Teachers: Don't Leave Out the Parents - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.
2011-Jul-20
Teachers: Don't Leave Out the Parents - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.Teachers: Don't Leave Out the Parents"I think we need to stop assuming we know what parents wantin our classrooms and rather ask them."Don't Leave Out the Parentsby Mrs. Ripp Parents - every teacher has an opinion on what their role in the classroom is. Some people welcome them with open arms, others prefer to keep them in the copy room. Whatever your take is, parents and ...
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Anthony Cody on why teachers are marching in Washington | Thoughts on Public Education
2011-Jul-20
Anthony Cody on why teachers are marching in Washington | Thoughts on Public EducationAnthony Cody on why teachers are marching in Washington3SharePosted on 7/19/11 • Categorized as Teacher Development, Unions, Video, Video of the weekBy adminClickhere for the Videoof the interview.Click here for the transcipt of the interview.Anthony Cody, an Oakland science teacher who is organizing the Save Our Schools March on July 30 in Washington, says frustration with federal policies and the Obama administration's continued focus on standardized tests ...
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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: The greatest teacher incentive: The freedom to teach
2011-Jul-20
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: The greatest teacher incentive: The freedom to teachThe greatest teacher incentive: The freedom to teachby coolcatteacher@gmail.com (Victoria A Davis, Cool Cat Teacher)The Washington Post oped is live The greatest teacher incentive: The freedom to teach and full of thoughts and words that echoed through my head as a result of the surveys you completed on Monday.How it was written Over 130 of you took the time and energy to share your thoughts. Your passion to teach ...
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Education reform linked to donation? - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com
2011-Jul-20
Education reform linked to donation? - Peoria, IL - pjstar.comEducation reform linked to donation?Rep. Jehan Gordon insists her support of bill predates $100,000 campaign donationBy CHRIS KAERGARD (ckaergard@pjstar.com)of the Journal StarPosted Jul 20, 2011 @ 12:07 AMPEORIA —How much did campaign donations smooth the way for education reforms?The head of an out-of-state group that helped craft the education reform package Illinois lawmakers passed nearly unanimously this spring put a focus on that question with some unguarded comments at a conference ...
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34 N.J. schools to be investigated for possible cheating after state discovers test score irregularities | NJ.com
2011-Jul-20
34 N.J. schools to be investigated for possible cheating after state discovers test score irregularities | NJ.com34 N.J. schools to be investigated for possible cheating after state discovers test score irregularitiesby Star-Ledger StaffPatti Sapone/The Star-LedgerActing Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf speaks at a press conference while Gov. Chris Christie looks on in this 2010 file photo. Cerf Tuesday announced investigations into 34 N.J. schools to see whether test scores were improperly changed. TRENTON...Education reformer Geoffrey Canada, Gov. Christie to announce new ...
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Out of frustration, they’ll march | Thoughts on Public Education
2011-Jul-20
Out of frustration, they’ll march | Thoughts on Public EducationOut of frustration, they’ll march - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guessby John Fensterwald - Educated GuessLike no other, Diane Ravitch – author, polemicist, historian, Twittermeister – has galvanized classroom teachers to oppose the Obama administration’s vision of ed reform. And if she’s the James Madison of the rebellion, Anthony Cody is the movement’s Sam Adams. With bulldog tenacity, the 24-year Oakland Unified science teacher and teacher coach has challenged teachers ...
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Calls grow for scrutiny of Murdoch’s education division - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
2011-Jul-19
Calls grow for scrutiny of Murdoch’s education division - The Answer Sheet - The Washington PostCalls grow for scrutiny of Murdoch’s education divisionby Valerie StraussCalls are growing in New York for government officials to review and reject multimillion-dollar no-bid contracts let by the state and New York City education departments to Rupert Murdoch’s beleaguered News Corp.The contracts either have gone or are set to go to Wireless Generation, an education technology company that became a subsidiary of News Corp. last ...
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Wire Tapping and Phone hacking the Same thing?
2011-Jul-19
"Can We Tape?"A Practical Guide to Taping Phone Calls and In-Person Conversations in the 50 States and D.C.IntroductionState-by-state guideTape-recording lawsat a glanceConsent and its limitsInterstate phone callsPossession andpublicationThe FCC’s roleCellular cordless callsCitations to casesIntroductionAt first, the question of whether or not to tape record a phone call seems like a matter of personal preference. Some journalists see taping as an indispensable tool, while others don’t like the formality it may impose during an interview. Some would not consider taping a ...
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Who Should Be ‘The Decider’ for Our Public Schools? « Parents Across America
2011-Jul-19
Who Should Be ‘The Decider’ for Our Public Schools? « Parents Across AmericaWho Should Be ‘The Decider’ for Our Public Schools?by leoniehaimsonby Julia Sass Rubin of Save our Schools NJ, an affiliate of Parents Across America; cross-posted at the Big Think.In a recent big think profile, New Jersey’s Acting Commissioner of Education Christopher Cerf observed that consensus “is not the highest value in this world” and that “putting too high a premium on consensus and collaboration” could lead to bad ...
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July 19, 2011 - PrivatizationWatch.Org
2011-Jul-19
July 19, 2011 - PrivatizationWatch.OrgJuly 19, 2011by nospam@example.com (Editor)HeadlinesALEC exposed: Milton Friedman's Little Shop of Horrors MD: Scholar questions Frederick County’s move to privatizationCA: Costa Mesa barred from privatizing workforce -- for nowIL: Chicago to expand, outsource recyclingPA: Ending the state liquor store system will be good - for some communitiesNews summariesALEC exposed: Milton Friedman's Little Shop of Horrors In lockstep, governors are reaching for an almost identical set of"solutions," to their financial woes: massive tax breaks for bigcorporations, constitutional ...
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Los Angeles schools: School board begins overhaul of policy barring social promotion of students - latimes.com
2011-Jul-19
Los Angeles schools: School board begins overhaul of policy barring social promotion of students - latimes.comLos Angeles schools to revamp their ban on social promotionOne approach to ensuring that children are academically ready for promotion would be to provide extra help for students in key grades.“Having a child repeat the same grade the same way doesn’t produce stellar results,” said board member Tamar Galatzan, who proposed the board action. “Making sure that students have learned the material when they move ...
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“Teachers Cheating And Incentives” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
2011-Jul-19
“Teachers Cheating And Incentives” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...“Teachers Cheating And Incentives”by Larry Ferlazzo“Teachers Cheating And Incentives” is a very important commentary from professor, author, and researcher Dan Ariely. It’s a must-read.I’ve added it to The Best Posts Articles About The Atlanta Testing Scandal.I’ve also added The Atlanta Scandal: Teaching in “A Culture of Fear, Intimidation and Retaliation”, by Erich Martel,to the same list.
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Jersey Jazzman: Halliburton High: It's Spreading
2011-Jul-19
Jersey Jazzman: Halliburton High: It's SpreadingHalliburton High: It's Spreadingby DukeHere's a fun game for the summer! Below are several stories about education; can you spot the pattern?Major execs invested in HallIn February 2010, some of Atlanta’s top business leaders realized they had a problem.For a decade, they had aligned themselves with Beverly Hall, the superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools. They willingly accepted Hall’s story line of rebirth in an urban school system. They promoted and sometimes exaggerated Hall’s achievements — ...
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Big Education Ape: 7-19-11 AM Sick of Begging EDition
2011-Jul-19
Big Education Ape: Ed News NowBig Education Ape: Ed News NowPublished by Coopmike48 – 6 contributors todayNext update in about 11 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONPOLITICSLIVINGSTORIESBUSINESSTECHNOLOGY#EDUDiary of a Social Art-tivist Mommy: Top Insurer of future success- Parental involvement Top Insurer of future success- Parental involvementbigeducationape.blogspot.com - Diary of a Social Art-tivist Mommy: Top Insurer of future success- Parental involvementTop Insurer of future success- Parental involvementWe've all heard about what some top factors for future pers... coopmike48National Curriculum and Use of Technology | ...
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The dying art of cursive | Being Latino Online Magazine
2011-Jul-19
The dying art of cursive | Being Latino Online MagazineThe dying art of cursiveby Cindy Tovarby Cindy TovarThere’s something pleasant about putting pen to paper and writing down your thoughts. Handwriting feels more personal than putting your hands on a keyboard and typing on a screen. I’ve never completely gotten used to thinking creatively and typing, simultaneously. I can do it, but it’s just not the same.Even now, as I type this, I’m simply transferring what I’ve written in my ...
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Schools Matter: USA Today gets it wrong
2011-Jul-18
Schools Matter: USA Today gets it wrongUSA Today gets it wrongby skrashenHeavy testing: NOT the solution to improving achievementSent to USA Today, July 18 Re: Today's Debate, July 18USA Today thinks that the heavy testing required by NCLB was necessary because of poor student achievement, which in turn was due to inept teachers protected by unions and failing schools that were allowed to stay open.Not so.Studies show that American students in well-funded schools who come from middle-class families outscore students ...
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To improve U.S. education, it’s time to treat teachers as professionals - The Washington Post
2011-Jul-18
To improve U.S. education, it’s time to treat teachers as professionals - The Washington PostTo improve U.S. education, it’s time to treat teachers as professionalsLinda Davidson/THE WASHINGTON POST - Prospective teacherTeresa Sowers teaches a class while being videotaped with a 360-degree digital webcam (right) at Jefferson Junior High School in Washington, DC. Text SizePrintE-mailReprintsBy Howard Gardner, Updated: Monday, July 18, 9:57 AMThis piece is part of a leadership roundtable on the right way to approach teacher incentives — with opinion ...
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Diary of a Social Art-tivist Mommy: Top Insurer of future success- Parental involvement
2011-Jul-18
Diary of a Social Art-tivist Mommy: Top Insurer of future success- Parental involvementTop Insurer of future success- Parental involvementWe've all heard about what some top factors for future personal success are. Some say it's the teacher, some claim it's the child's ability to persist, some say it's small class sizes. I'm here to say it's the parent....period.Now before we more forward I should describe what I mean when I say 'success'. Having been a teacher for the last 14 years, ...
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Diminished Pell Grants will hurt the neediest
2011-Jul-18
Diminished Pell Grants will hurt the neediestDiminished Pell Grants will hurt the neediestSaturday, July 16, 2011PrintE-mailShareComments (17)Font | Size: 15MORE OPINIONPanetta's job, Chinese RD07.17.11WHAT'S HOT AT SFGATE: Wilson in spandex 07.17.11Death penalty foes' self-fulfilling prophecies 07.17.11In the days-long struggle over how to avert an unprecedented federal government default, discussions have focused on preserving low taxes, while avoiding the effect spending reductions would have on real Americans. Thus it is disturbing to note that in the debt ceiling debate, funding for ...
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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Murdoch's growing presence in U.S. charter schools
2011-Jul-18
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Murdoch's growing presence in U.S. charter schoolsMurdoch's growing presence in U.S. charter schoolsby Mike KlonskyJoel Klein left his job as Chancellor of New York City Schools, to take up positions as Executive Vice-President in the office of the chairman and CEO of News Corp’s Education Division, apparently to develop software and other educational tools that would lead to a “huge transformation in the field of education”, bringing the Murdoch empire at the forefront of using ...
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National Curriculum and Use of Technology | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
2011-Jul-18
National Curriculum and Use of Technology | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom PracticeNational Curriculum and Use of Technologyby larrycubanWho gave this recent speech on a national curriculum?“The nations of East Asia, large and small, are now in the position the Islamic world was a millennium ago or Europe enjoyed during the Renaissance. Individually, they now increasingly resemble the England of the eighteenth century, the Germany of the nineteenth or the USA in the twentieth.They are growing rapidly industrially ...
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The Washington Teacher: The Controversy of IMPACT
2011-Jul-17
The Washington Teacher: The Controversy of IMPACTThe Controversy of IMPACTby Candi PetersonWritten by Candi Peterson, WTU General Vice PresidentDC Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson issued “You’re fired letters" this past week to 206 DC teachers. Before DC teachers knew of their own fate, the mainstream media had received a lengthy DCPS press packet on Friday, July 15 from the Office of the Chancellor (OOC) lauding teacher terminations and celebrating highly effective teachers eligible for merit pay. Bill Turque, staff writer ...
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Yong Zhao » Blog Archive » Ditch Testing (Part 5): Testing Has Not Improved Education Despite all the Costs
2011-Jul-17
Yong Zhao » Blog Archive » Ditch Testing (Part 5): Testing Has Not Improved Education Despite all the CostsDitch Testing (Part 5): Testing Has Not Improved Education Despite all the Costsby YongZhaoDitch Testing (Part 5): Testing Has Not Improved Education The evidence is clear. Test-score cheating is not isolated to Atlanta, Baltimore, and a few other schools, as testing proponents tend to suggest. It is not a problem that can be fixed with technical measures such as tightened security. It ...
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SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Van Jones on What We Can Learn From the Tea Party
2011-Jul-17
SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Van Jones on What We Can Learn From the Tea PartyVan Jones on What We Can Learn From the Tea Partyby Paul BFriday 8 July 2011by: Amy Dean, Truthout | InterviewVan Jones speaks at the "Save the American Dream" rally in Washington, DC, February 26th 2011. (Photo: markn3tel)In late June, Van Jones - a former "green jobs" czar in the Obama administration and currently a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress - officially launched a ...
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Yong Zhao » Ditch Testing: Lessons from the Cheating Scandal in Atlanta (1-4)
2011-Jul-17
Yong Zhao » BlogDitch Testing: Lessons from the Cheating Scandal in Atlanta (Part 1)[14 Jul 2011 | 5 Comments | 2,146]Ditch Testing: Lessons from the Cheating Scandal in Atlanta (Part 1)Last week a state investigation in Georgia confirmed massive cheating in Atlanta Public Schools. A total of 178 educators in 44 elementary and middle schools in the district were named in the report as participants in cheating on the state’s standardized test mandated by NCLB. This is not the first ...
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Is thinking differently the new “wrong”? - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post
2011-Jul-17
Is thinking differently the new “wrong”? - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog postIs thinking differently the new “wrong”?Walter’s blog archive: http://surfaquarium.com/blog.htmMirror site: http://surfaquarium.blogspot.com/2011/07/is-thinking-differently-new-wrong.html Yes I have my Google+ account and I’ve been slowly easing into it. I still have my Facebook account going strong. And Posterous and Twitter and LinkedIn….each has their role based on design. LinkedIn is streamlined for career development. Twitter disperses significant information in bite-sized chunks. Posterous threads discussion visually and chronologically on a timeline. ...
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John Havlicek: Privately run charter schools often let students down
2011-Jul-17
John Havlicek: Privately run charter schools often let students downJohn Havlicek: Privately run charter schools often let students downStoryDiscussionBy John Havlicek | La Crosse | Posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011 12:30 am | 1 CommentFont Size:Default font sizeLarger font sizeThere has been much chatter — on both the local and national level — about charter schools. There is also a lot of misinformation out there, too.Unlike their public counterparts, privately run charter schools often don’t offer nearly enough value relative ...
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Today only 2 CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS Yeah!
2011-Jul-17
CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALSAbramson Science and Technology Charter School *"Records show glaring faults at school with ties to Turkish charter network.”* Times-Picayune (LA) 7/15/2011 Inci Akpinar, the vice president of a company called Atlas Texas Construction Trading, sat down with an official from the Louisiana ...Gulen charter schools in Louisiana *STATE* *# ACTIVE* *# PENDING * *# INACTIVE* * *TOTAL* LA 2 0 6 8 * Denied, withdrawn, closed, or unknown status ================================================================== *SCHOOLS* ...CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALSA compilation of news articles ...
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Daily Kos: July 17, 1954
2011-Jul-17
Daily Kos: July 17, 1954July 17, 1954by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)Is a date that all baseball fans should know, but probably don't.Let me help you.Pitcher Don NewcombeCatcher Roy Campanella2nd Base Jim "Junior" Gilliam3rd Base Jackie RobinsonLeft Field Sandy AmorosOn that day, for the first time in Major League history, a baseball team took the field with a majority of its players being black. Of course it was the Brooklyn Dodgers, who had broken the color line with Jackie Robinson in 1947.The opponents ...
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In Millburn, N.J., a Revolt Against Charter Schools - NYTimes.com
2011-Jul-16
In Millburn, N.J., a Revolt Against Charter Schools - NYTimes.comBattle Over Charter Schools Shifting to Affluent SuburbsFred R. Conrad/The New York TimesFounders of a proposed Mandarin-immersion charter school meeting in a South Orange, N.J., home. From left, Jutta Gassner-Snyder, Nancy Chu, Tom Piskula and Tiffany Boyd Hodgson.By WINNIE HUPublished: July 16, 2011RECOMMENDTWITTERE-MAILPRINTSINGLE PAGEREPRINTSSHAREMILLBURN, N.J. — Matthew Stewart believes there is a place forcharter schools. Just not in his schoolyard.Mr. Stewart, a stay-at-home father of three boys, moved to this wealthy ...
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The Future of EDU in SIX Hours « My Island View
2011-Jul-16
The Future of EDU in SIX Hours « My Island ViewThe Future of EDU in SIX Hoursby tomwhitbyEvery three years I force myself to do something that, although it is geared to save me money and provide for my safety, I dread it more than the possibility of Kidney Stones. New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, the DMV provides a Defensive Driving Course for drivers to complete and earn a reduction on their insurance premium, or a reduction on ...