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More Thoughs on Whitney Tilson and My Essay on Brill's "Class Warfare" - Dana Goldstein
2011-Aug-12
More Thoughs on Whitney Tilson and My Essay on Brill's "Class Warfare" - Dana GoldsteinMore Thoughs on Whitney Tilson and My Essay on Brill's "Class Warfare"by Dana GoldsteinNo piece of journalism is ever perfectly-crafted or argued, and I think Matt Yglesias' defense of charter school donor/advocate Whitney Tilson, who I criticize in my essay on Class Warfare, is generally fair.Yes, Tilson is a Democrat who has donated to many politicians who support progressive taxation and better social services for the ...
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NYC Public School Parents: Five reasons to say NO! to the DOE's $120 million contract with Verizon
2011-Aug-12
NYC Public School Parents: Five reasons to say NO! to the DOE's $120 million contract with VerizonFive reasons to say NO! to the DOE's $120 million contract with Verizonby Leonie Haimson On Wednesday, August 17, the Department of Education's Panel for Education Policy will vote on a $120 million two year contract with telecom giant Verizon to wire our schools. There are at least five good reasons to oppose this contract ( see below.)Join us at the PEP meeting near ...
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Rick Scott Gives Lip Service to Teacher Pay | Scathing Purple Musings
2011-Aug-12
Rick Scott Gives Lip Service to Teacher Pay | Scathing Purple MusingsRick Scott Gives Lip Service to Teacher Payby Bob SikesFrom Peter Schorsch’s StPetersblog:Gov. Rick Scott generally stuck to a familiar script while taking questions from callers and emailers during an appearance on C-Span Friday morning, mostly sidestepping the specifics of their questions to answer in broad generalizations that he’s talked about for months, reports the News Service of Florida. He did say, however, that he’s open to ideas on ...
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The Nation: Biased Slant Misses Point On Education : NPR
2011-Aug-12
The Nation: Biased Slant Misses Point On Education : NPR The Nation: Biased Slant Misses Point On Educationby DANA GOLDSTEINDana Goldstein is a Puffin Foundation writing fellow at The Nation Institute and a Schwartz Fellow at the New America Foundation. Steven Brill, the journalist and media entrepreneur, has come a long way since he helicoptered onto the education beat in 2009. That's when The New Yorker published Brill's expose of the New York City "rubber rooms," where the Department of ...
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NYC Educator: The Audacity of Corporate Nonsense
2011-Aug-12
NYC Educator: The Audacity of Corporate NonsenseThe Audacity of Corporate Nonsenseby NYC EducatorI'm struck by the recent revelation that E4E shill/ Gotham Schools mouthpiece Ruben Brosbe is leaving for the greener pastures of an educational leadership program. E4E, as you know, is a Gates-sponsored shill organization designed to destroy union from within. Its leaders are not even teachers anymore, but rather employees of the organization who work in schools every now and then. E4E exists primarily to support demagogues like ...
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End Homophobic Bullying? Michelle Rhee Speaks at Church Conference Despite Anti-Gay Allegations
2011-Aug-11
End Homophobic Bullying? Michelle Rhee Speaks at Church Conference Despite Anti-Gay AllegationsEnd Homophobic Bullying? Michelle Rhee Speaks at Church Conference Despite Anti-Gay Allegationsby cynthiaBest known for her claim to put “Students First” and more controversially, to use student standardized test scores to evaluate teacher performance, Michelle Rhee will likely go ahead with plans to speak on Friday, August 11, 2011, at the Global Leadership Summit at Willow Creek, a conference held at a Chicago-area “mega-church.”But claims that the church espouses ...
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End Homophobic Bullying? Michelle Rhee Speaks at Church Conference Despite Anti-Gay Allegations
2011-Aug-11
End Homophobic Bullying? Michelle Rhee Speaks at Church Conference Despite Anti-Gay AllegationsEnd Homophobic Bullying? Michelle Rhee Speaks at Church Conference Despite Anti-Gay Allegationsby cynthiaBest known for her claim to put “Students First” and more controversially, to use student standardized test scores to evaluate teacher performance, Michelle Rhee will likely go ahead with plans to speak on Friday, August 11, 2011, at the Global Leadership Summit at Willow Creek, a conference held at a Chicago-area “mega-church.”But claims that the church espouses ...
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Engaging Parents In School… - I Think These Critiques Of Parent Trigger Laws Are Missing The Point…
2011-Aug-11
Engaging Parents In School… - I Think These Critiques Of Parent Trigger Laws Are Missing The Point…I Think These Critiques Of Parent Trigger Laws Are Missing The Point…August 11th, 2011 by Larry FerlazzoThis week there have been two articles/posts published sharing critiques of the parent trigger law. Once came from Washington Post reporter Jay Mathews, who wrote Why parents can’t save schools. The other piece was in Thoughts On Public Education and shared quotes from a number trigger critics and ...
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Schools Flagged for Earthquake Risks Left Unchecked voiceofsandiego.org: Education
2011-Aug-11
voiceofsandiego.org: EducationSchools Flagged for Earthquake Risks Left UncheckedBy Emily Alpert and Kyla Calvert | Comments | 5:30 amNearly a decade ago, state experts flagged thousands of school buildings that might be vulnerable in an earthquake. Engineers cautioned school districts that more inspections were needed to tell if the buildings were in trouble.But here in San Diego County, many of those inspections never happened. Only about 100 of the 320 school buildings countywide that raised concerns have been reviewed, repaired or ...
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OTL Campaign Blog: When you get what you pay for
2011-Aug-11
OTL Campaign Blog: When you get what you pay forWhen you get what you pay forby otlcampaign It is often said, in certain circles, that “money doesn’t matter in education.” But, as that well-known social commentator, Deep Throat, observed, to understand what’s going on, we need to “follow the money.” This chart shows the dramatic per pupil spending differences between some of our nation’s largest school districts, a sample of wealthy public school districts and three of our most prestigious ...
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An Urban Teacher's Education: Dear President Obama and Secretary Duncan
2011-Aug-10
An Urban Teacher's Education: Dear President Obama and Secretary DuncanDear President Obama and Secretary Duncanby James BoutinDear President Obama and Secretary Duncan, On Monday, the Department of Education issued a press release informing states that they would be given an opportunity to dodge NCLB's silly requirements if they are willing to embrace "education reform." As a teacher, I'd like you to know that I'm deeply troubled by two aspects of this proposal. First, as inept as NCLB has been in ...
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Big Education Ape - PostRank Today's 8
2011-Aug-10
Big Education Ape - PostRank Today's8This Week In Education: Reform: Illinois Teacher Reform Effort Comes In LastThis Week In Education: Reform: Illinois Teacher Reform Effort Comes In Last Reform: Illinois Teacher Reform Effort Comes In Last [image: Picture 15] With funding from Walton, the pro-reform DC consulting firm Bellwether Partners has taken a look at ...Daily Kos: A must-read by Frankie SchaefferDaily Kos: A must-read by Frankie Schaeffer A must-read by Frankie Schaeffer by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) at Alternet, titled Michele ...
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Paradoxes of Our Work « Cooperative Catalyst
2011-Aug-10
Paradoxes of Our Work « Cooperative CatalystParadoxes of Our Workby Kirsten OlsonThe ability to hold two conflicting truths simultaneously isn’t easy. And that’s exactly what our work in education calls us to do at this moment.I am just returning from the AERO and Holistic Education conferences, where I saw COOPsters David Loitz, Casey Caronna, Paul Freedman and Jen Groves. (Oh yeah!) One evening at AERO, a group gathered to talk about what IDEA has been learning over the past year. ...
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All Education Matters: Indebted Nation: Letters to the President
2011-Aug-10
All Education Matters: Indebted Nation: Letters to the PresidentIndebted Nation: Letters to the Presidentby C. Cryn JohannsenA number of you have asked me to draft letters to the President. So, I am launching a new series - "Letters to the President." Each week, AEM will send a letter to the President, urging him to take immediate measures to help those of us who are drowning in student loan debt. As many of you are aware, by June of 2012, outstanding ...
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What I’m doing to change schooling in my classroom – and how it’s worked « Cooperative Catalyst
2011-Aug-10
What I’m doing to change schooling in my classroom – and how it’s worked « Cooperative CatalystWhat I’m doing to change schooling in my classroom – and how it’s workedby alanthefriesenLesson plan. Lecture. Notes. Test. Rinse. Repeat.We’ve all seen classrooms that operate like this. In fact, I’m sure that we’ve all been in classrooms that have operated like this. Mine wasn’t so different when I started teaching. I still vividly recall my first year: part of our drama 9 curriculum ...
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Poverty and the Achievement Gap | Seattle Education
2011-Aug-10
Poverty and the Achievement Gap | Seattle EducationPoverty and the Achievement Gapby seattleducation2011A few issues are touched upon in this Democracy Now interview with Barbara Ehrenreich, author of “Nickle and Dimed” that have much to do with education in this country and why some students succeed and others do not. Don’t let anyone lead you to believe that a few recruits from Teach for America and charter schools are going to bridge the so-called “achievement gap”. That idea is simplistic ...
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Day 4 – The AERO Education Conference in Portland | Lefty Parent
2011-Aug-10
Day 4 – The AERO Education Conference in Portland | Lefty ParentDay 4 – The AERO Education Conference in Portlandby Cooper ZaleThe last day of the conference, with just a short morning session. I did not attend any of the workshops but was there for the final keynote by Linda Stout and her closing call out to the youth at the conference to have their moment to speak. Linda told her story of being the daughter of poor white agricultural ...
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SORRY ARNIE, YOU’RE OUT OF TOUCH « Teachers Fight Back
2011-Aug-9
SORRY ARNIE, YOU’RE OUT OF TOUCH « Teachers Fight BackSORRY ARNIE, YOU’RE OUT OF TOUCHby alkleenJust heard an interview with Arnie Duncan, Secretary of Education. He was commenting on states and districts that might apply for No Child Left Behind waivers. He was also commenting on the cheating scandal in Atlanta, and he made assorted other statements about testing under NCLB. Then he said something that nearly knocked me out of my chair. He said, “we don’t want anyone teaching ...
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Teaching and Learning will still Suffer Despite Proposed “Flexibility” in NCLB | The Classroom Sooth
2011-Aug-9
Teaching and Learning will still Suffer Despite Proposed “Flexibility” in NCLB | The Classroom SoothTeaching and Learning will still Suffer Despite Proposed “Flexibility” in NCLBby classroomsoothSince I have started teaching, I always welcome the first day of the year. I never sleep the night before, but it is not an anxious time, it is an exciting time. I am even a little jealous of Track E teachers that get to start a month earlier than I.The anxiety doesn’t come in ...
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BAMN praises the signing of part of the California Dream Act into law | Dailycensored.com
2011-Aug-9
BAMN praises the signing of part of the California Dream Act into law | Dailycensored.comBAMN praises the signing of part of the California Dream Act into lawWritten by Danny WeilEducation, MediaAug 9, 20110diggShare Governor Brown has signed AB 130!Now Fight for Passage of AB 131! The bill gives undocumented students access to private scholarships and signifies a step forward in ending the second-class treatment of undocumented youth in the state of California.“The bill is an important victory for our movement ...
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Arne Duncan’s “Backdoor Blueprint Strategy” based on “Behavior Bucks” is “Coerced Voluntarism” | Scathing Purple Musings
2011-Aug-9
Arne Duncan’s “Backdoor Blueprint Strategy” based on “Behavior Bucks” is “Coerced Voluntarism” | Scathing Purple MusingsArne Duncan’s “Backdoor Blueprint Strategy” based on “Behavior Bucks” is “Coerced Voluntarism”by Bob SikesSOS March Organizer Anthony Cody takes issue with Arne Duncan’s brazen takeover of the nation’s schools in a clever, poignant way:Our Department of Education is still making rookie mistakes by trying to drive reform with Behavior Bucks. Perhaps they should be called “Duncan Dollars.” Yesterday we learned that the latest application of ...
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An ‘act of war?’ | Taking Note
2011-Aug-9
An ‘act of war?’ | Taking Note An ‘act of war?’by JOHN MERROW on 09. AUG, 2011 As always, remember that John’s book The Influence of Teachers is for sale at Amazon.The news that Education Secretary Arne Duncan is willing to give waivers to states struggling to meet the demands of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has been greeted with a sigh of relief in lots of places. He calls the law ‘a slow motion train wreck’ while bemoaning the ...
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4LAKids - TITLE I AND Pre-K WEBINAR: “Made for Each Other” - Wednesday August 17
2011-Aug-9
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: TITLE I AND Pre-K WEBINAR: “Made for Each Other” - Wednesday August 17 TITLE I AND Pre-K WEBINAR: “Made for Each Other” - Wednesday August 17 forwarded by a 4LAKids Reader from the National Title I Association The National Title I Association in partnership with the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education will be hosting a webinar discussing and ... VERDUGO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS AND ...
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Education Research Report: Achievement Gaps between Title I participants and non-participants have narrowed
2011-Aug-9
Education Research Report: Achievement Gaps between Title I participants and non-participants have narrowedAchievement Gaps between Title I participants and non-participants have narrowedby Jonathan KantrowitzΩ Students Served by Title I Make Test Score Gains Achievement on state reading and math tests has improved in recent years for students participating in the Title I program in most of the states analyzed in a new study by the Center on Education Policy (CEP). For some grades and subjects, more than 90 percent of ...
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This Week In Education: NCLB: Look At "Race" To See How Waivers Will Turn Out
2011-Aug-9
This Week In Education: NCLB: Look At "Race" To See How Waivers Will Turn OutNCLB: Look At "Race" To See How Waivers Will Turn Outby Alexander Russo#nclb #waiver Despite the lack of details and the fact that they made pretty much the same announcement a couple of months ago, here's a steady flow of news coverage and analysis of the Duncan waiver plan (see lots of links below the fold). Never underestimate Team Duncan's ability to pull things out of ...
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Jersey Jazzman: Rhee LOVES Layoffs
2011-Aug-9
Jersey Jazzman: Rhee LOVES LayoffsRhee LOVES LayoffsOver at the studentfirst.org, St. Rhee is using the millions of dollars she's collected from billionaires to tug at our heartstrings: First of all, I want to be clear that I am not criticizing any of the teachers in this video. They probably all deserve to be on the job, and students are probably missing out because they have been laid off. Which begs the question: WHY have they been laid off? Well... CARSON ...
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Where is Barack Obama the teacher? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
2011-Aug-9
Where is Barack Obama the teacher? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington PostWhere is Barack Obama the teacher?by Valerie StraussThis was written by Mike Rose, who is on the faculty of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and is the author of " Why School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us ” and " Possible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in America. " By Mike RoseI’ve been a teacher for 40 years, so I tend ...
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Test costs and the big picture | EdNewsColorado
2011-Aug-9
Test costs and the big picture | EdNewsColoradoTest costs and the big pictureby Paul TeskePaul Teske is Dean and University of Colorado Distinguished Professor at the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver. These views represent the personal opinions of the author and may not reflect the position of the University of Colorado Denver or the University of Colorado system.I suspect that some readers are more tired of reading my blogs about shortfalls in Colorado education finance ...
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Politics-State | 30,000 college students kicked out of food aid program in Michigan | The Detroit News
2011-Aug-8
Politics-State | 30,000 college students kicked out of food aid program in Michigan | The Detroit News30,000 college students kicked out of food aid program in MichiganState's new eligibility rules to save $75M; more students got aid than thoughtPaul Egan/ Detroit News Lansing BureauLansing — Michigan has removed about 30,000 college students from its food stamp program — close to double the initial estimate — saving about $75 million a year, says Human Services Director Maura Corrigan.Federal rules don't allow ...
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NYC Educator: Predictable
2011-Aug-8
NYC Educator: PredictablePredictableby NYC EducatorIt looks like NYC will be using the highly-important Race to the Top funds to create more managers and educrats, just what the city needs. It's amazing that we jumped through hoops to get this money, agreed to all sorts of "reforms" to get this money, and made such a big deal out of it when it turns out kids are the last to actually benefit from it. It's not just that they won't benefit from ...
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What's Behind LAUSD's Witchhunt Against Older Teachers? - Perdaily.com
2011-Aug-8
What's Behind LAUSD's Witchhunt Against Older Teachers? (¿Qué hay detrás caza de brujas contra el LAUSD docentes de mayor edad?) - Perdaily.comWhat's Behind LAUSD's Witchhunt Against Older Teachers? (¿Qué hay detrás caza de brujas contra el LAUSD docentes de mayor edad?)by Leonard Isenberg(Mensaje se repite en Español) (For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post) My new friend Attorney Ron Lapekis, esq. is a labor lawyer and an ex-teacher for LAUSD who is ...
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Response to New York Times: Arne Duncan allowing waivers to NCLB? « Continuing Change
2011-Aug-8
Response to New York Times: Arne Duncan allowing waivers to NCLB? He is just replacing it with worse. Race to the Top is just more of the status quo, Sir ! « Continuing ChangeResponse to New York Times: Arne Duncan allowing waivers to NCLB? He is just replacing it with worse. Race to the Top is just more of the status quo, Sir !by gatorbonbcNow, dont go calling me an angry army or anything,but… I have to say, this really ...
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Arne Duncan to Override ‘No Child Left Behind’ Requirement - NYTimes.com
2011-Aug-7
Arne Duncan to Override ‘No Child Left Behind’ Requirement - NYTimes.comOverriding a Key Education LawBy SAM DILLONPublished: August 8, 2011RECOMMENDTWITTERSIGN IN TO E-MAILPRINTSINGLE PAGEREPRINTSSHARESecretary of Education Arne Duncan has announced that he will unilaterally override the centerpiece requirement of the No Child Left Behind school accountability law, that 100 percent of students be proficient in math and reading by 2014.Enlarge This ImageAlex Brandon/Associated PressArne Duncan, secretary of education, in 2009. He said the No Child Left Behind law was hurting ...
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Educator Politics Transformed - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post
2011-Aug-7
Educator Politics Transformed - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog postEducator Politics TransformedWalter’s blog archive: http://surfaquarium.com/blog.htmMirror site: http://surfaquarium.blogspot.com/2011/08/educator-politics-transformed.html Reader's note: Walter is taking a vacation for the next two weeks. He will resume his Looking Ahead Blog the week of August 28, 2011. Talking about transforming education…are you ready to be transformational in your politics? What? You don’t do politics? Sure you do! Every time you advocate for your ideas, seek to improve your situation and work to influence ...
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How many testing scandals do we need as a wake-up call? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
2011-Aug-7
How many testing scandals do we need as a wake-up call? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington PostHow many testing scandals do we need as a wake-up call?by Valerie Strauss--This was written by Lisa Guisbond, a policy analyst for the National Center for Fair Open Testing, or FairTest, a nonprofit organization that aims to improve standardized testing practices and evaluations of students, teachers and schools.By Lisa GuisbondRead full article
