Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Posts

Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Posts

Don’t Think Class Size Affects Achievement? Think Again. | Edwize

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Don’t Think Class Size Affects Achievement? Think Again. | Edwize:Don’t Think Class Size Affects Achievement? Think Again.by Maisie McAdooIt is already obvious that class sizes are up this year — which will give School Year 2011-12 the dubious honor of being the fourth straight year of class size increases. The DOE won’t have official numbers until November, but budget cuts resulted in the loss of some 2,500 teachers this year, enrollments are rising and now we have theDay 6 class ... more »

Smacking Down Margaret Spellings | Scathing Purple Musings

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Smacking Down Margaret Spellings | Scathing Purple Musings:Smacking Down Margaret Spellingsby Bob SikesLast weekend’s Huffington Post piece by Bush-era Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings was a remarkable exercise in condescension and self-righteousness. Her mischaracterizations of teachers was unprecedented and representative of someone who never should have been in such a position of power in the first place. Writing in the Washington Examiner, Kansas teacher David Reber responds to Spellings in a manner appropriate to her airy missive:Ms. Spellings, you proudly ... more »

Me vs. the movement to opt students out of tests - Class Struggle - The Washington Post

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Me vs. the movement to opt students out of tests - Class Struggle - The Washington Post:Me vs. the movement to opt students out of testsBy Jay MathewsShaun Johnson is a blogger and assistant professor of elementary education at the College of Education at Towson University in Maryland. He has been active in the movement to protest overuse of standardized tests by persuading parents to opt their children out of the testing, an option few exercise or even know they ... more »

Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Post

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Big Education Ape - PostRankThe Innovative Educator: What's Popular This Week on The Innovative EducatorBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-2 minutes agoThe Innovative Educator: What's Popular This Week on The Innovative Educator:What's Popular This Week on The Innovative Educatorby lnielsen.professional@gmail.com (The Innovative Educator)Here’s the roundup of what's been popular on The Innovative Educator blog this week. Below you’ll see my top weekly posts along with the number of pageviews in the past 7 days. I hope there's something that ... more »

Interconnect Ed - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post

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Interconnect Ed - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post:Looking AheadInterconnect EdThe hallmark of this brave new Information Age is the interconnectedness of everything: ideas, information, people. Relationships are key. It’s no longer what you know or how much you know…it’s who you know and how to connect with them. Interactions are more immediate, fluid and dynamic. On an individual basis it is happening as I write. But what about on an institutional scale? Don’t we eventually have to ... more »

The LEARN Act’s real effect on literacy - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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The LEARN Act’s real effect on literacy - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:The LEARN Act’s real effect on literacybyValerie StraussTheLiteracy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act, or LEARN ACT,was introducedin both houses of Congress earlier this year with the aim of providing federal funds to support state and local literacy programs.Supporters argue that passage of the legislation would be an important step in the country’s literacy policy. Opponents say there is no evidence that the $12 ... more »

Schools Matter: The Obama-Gates-BRT 10-Year Priority Plan for Urban School Privatization

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Schools Matter: The Obama-Gates-BRT 10-Year Priority Plan for Urban School Privatization:The Obama-Gates-BRT 10-Year Priority Plan for Urban School Privatizationby Jim HornA piece in this morning's NYTimes reports on legions of small donors who have given up on Obama in his bid to raise $1,000,000,000 for the 2012 campaign. Why, indeed, should I or anyone who pays taxes send money to Team Obama when the hedge-funders and oligarchs who pay none are sending him all he needs? Why should any of ... more »

Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog

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Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog:Sunday links.by Fred KlonskyThey only call it class warfare when we fight back. #occupywallstreetUnhappy with Obama’s conciliatory approach to the Republicans in Congress, small donors are not givingto the campaign this time around.Michael Moore goes on Olbermann and announces his support for the Wall Street occupation.Caterpillar Inc, which supplies the machinery for the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, was getting an award from the National Building Museum. Thousands think that’s a bad idea.Live streaming from ... more »

The Spin to Justify Florida’s Voucher $214 Million Price Tag | Scathing Purple Musings

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The Spin to Justify Florida’s Voucher $214 Million Price Tag | Scathing Purple Musings:The Spin to Justify Florida’s Voucher $214 Million Price Tagby Bob SikesJacksonville public education advocate and freelance writer Julie Delegal has the lead letter today in the Florida Times Union. Delegal provides the numbers on what Florida’s two voucher system cost taxpayers and ultimately take from public schools.Florida currently operates two school voucher programs.The McKay Scholarship transmits state funds directly to families of disabled students so that ... more »