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Big Education Ape - PostRank Today's Top 10

Dancing the Dialectic: For Troy

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Dancing the Dialectic: For Troy:For TroyI feel numb. I feel defeated. I don't want to read any more stories or news reports or even any more calls to action. Then I feel ashamed. I want to be strong. I want to know what the right thing to say is at this moment for this moment."There is nothing to say," Ronnie Kitchen said when we talked on the phone this morning. Ronnie was the twentieth death row prisoner to be exonerated ... more »

The Waiver Wire: Deal or No Deal?

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The Waiver Wire: Deal or No Deal?:The Waiver Wire: Deal or No Deal?by Anne HyslopIn my last post and in others on this blog, we have commented that requiring states to adopt more rigorous teacher evaluation systems in exchange for getting off the hook on the Highly Qualified Teacher provisions in NCLB is a pretty lousy deal. States will be much more enticed to submit a waiver proposal to escape the 100% proficiency cliff that is looming before them. However, ... more »

Education Research Report

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Education Research Report:Allowing Native Language in School Benefits Mexican-American Students Ω A new University of Missouri study shows that Mexican-American students who identify and practice speaking their native language have higher grades than those who are put in English-only environments in their schools. David Aguayo, a doctoral ...Little concrete evidence that single-sex schools are a better learning environment Ω But there is strong evidence for negative consequences of segregating by sex -- the collateral damage of segregating by sex. Students ... more »

Scathing report blasts Archie, Evans on King charter deal | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

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Scathing report blasts Archie, Evans on King charter deal | Philadelphia Public School Notebook:Scathing report blasts Archie, Evans on King charter dealby Benjamin Herold on Sep 22 2011COMMENTS (7)PRINTEMAILTags:charter schools King High Schoolhigh schools leadershipRenaissance Schools School Reform Commission politicsUpdated 4:10 pmFormer School Reform Commission Chairman Robert Archie has fired back with a statement"emphatically rejecting" Markman's findings.Updated 2:26 pmThe mayor's chief integrity officer has come down hard on state Rep. Dwight Evans and recently-resigned Scho... more »

Wastes of Time in Education: Do I Need an Accreditation Attitude Adjustment? | IDEA

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Wastes of Time in Education: Do I Need an Accreditation Attitude Adjustment? | IDEA:Wastes of Time in Education: Do I Need an Accreditation Attitude Adjustment?Posted in Standards and Evaluation on Sep 22, 2011 - 01:26 PMWhat does the phrase “waste of time” mean to you? To me, it is when I spend time doing something that seems to serve no majorly useful purpose. The “seems to” is a subjective qualifier here - what one person views as a waste of ... more »

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Schools for sale

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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Schools for sale:Schools for saleby Mike KlonskyChicago leads the nation in privatizationChicago leads all other U.S. cities when it comes to the erosion of public space. If it's not nailed down, Mayor Emanuel wants to sell it off or lease it to private corporations.Chicago has been the most aggressive city in the United States in the privatization of public infrastructure. Since 2004, the city has privatized the Chicago Skyway toll road, four downtown parking garages, ... more »

All Education Matters: Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Responds To An Indentured Educated Constituent

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All Education Matters: Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Responds To An Indentured Educated Constituent:Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Responds To An Indentured Educated Constituentby Cryn JohannsenAEM sent a letter to the President on August 10, 2011. I am presently drafting another letter that will praise the president for his work on the American Jobs Act. I urged many of you to send this letter to the President and also to your Senators and Representatives. So many of you got involved and did ... more »

Account. Ability.Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action

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Account. Ability.Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action:Account. Ability.by NancyFlanaganThere’s nothing I hate more than a semantic argument between educators. I invested way too many excruciating hours in ed school in the 1970s listening to people argue about whether some bit of knowledge was a goal or an objective, only to go forth, fully trained, into a real school and discover that nobody there had either goals or objectives. Nor did they have standards, targets or grade level ... more »

The Achievement Gap and its Discontents: Thoughts on Rick Hess' New Essay - Dana Goldstein

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The Achievement Gap and its Discontents: Thoughts on Rick Hess' New Essay - Dana Goldstein:The Achievement Gap and its Discontents: Thoughts on Rick Hess' New Essayby Dana GoldsteinAmerican Enterprise Institute education expert Rick Hess has written a characteristically thought-provoking essay arguing that education reformers focus too single-mindedly on the "achievement gap" -- the difference between the test scores of low-income students of color and their white, middle-class peers. There's a lot to chew on in the piece, but here's my ... more »

Day One Protests at Berkeley Kick Off the New Year « Student Activism

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Day One Protests at Berkeley Kick Off the New Year « Student Activism:Day One Protests at Berkeley Kick Off the New Yearby Angus JohnstonToday is the first day of classes for most of the University of California system, and student activists at UC Berkeley are marking the day with their first student protests of 2011-12.UC generally, and Berkeley in particular, have been a center of American student organizing in the last few years, though administrative crackdowns have quieted the campuses ...more »