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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts

Modern School: Are Boys and Girls Really That Different (Part II)?

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Modern School: Are Boys and Girls Really That Different (Part II)?:Are Boys and Girls Really That Different (Part II)?by Michael DunnIn honor of the one-year anniversary of Modern School, I'm reposting some of my favorite articles from the past year. The following is a a follow up to the quiz in Are Girls and Boys Really All That Different? which I recommend reading first (reposted yesterday)Same Upbringing, Different Outcomes?Kids in Gender Specific Costumes, by EpSos.deSeveral friends have told me that ... more »

SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: A Mole Infiltrates Little Evan Stone And Educators4Excellence

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SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: A Mole Infiltrates Little Evan Stone And Educators4Excellence:A Mole Infiltrates Little Evan Stone And Educators4Excellenceby noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher)Tonight was interesting. We sent a mole, and infiltrator to drink and eat with Educators4Excellence at their soiree late this afternoon at "How At The Moon" bar on 189th St in the Bronx this evening. Our mole has just finished reporting back to the crack team on how it went and what happened. It was quite fascinating.As soon as the ... more »

Daily Kos: The process now begins

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Daily Kos: The process now begins:The process now beginsby rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)what process, you ask? Has it something to do with OWA?Not directly.The process is figuring out what to do with the rest of my life.In May I will turn 66. At that age one can work full time while drawing social security and pay no penalty.I am already eligible for a pension from teaching.I still enjoy teaching the kids. It is the other crap with which one has to deal ... more »

Schools Matter: The Real Truth About Testing Costs

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Schools Matter: The Real Truth About Testing Costs:The Real Truth About Testing Costsby Jim HornBill Tucker, who heads up the corporate education PR firm, Education Sector, has an op-ed in Ed Week that is being plastered around by the hedge fund crowd while "thought leaders" like Rotherham and Finn work overtime to come up with a good or even sensible answer to the question that American parents, teachers, and children are demanding an answer to: Why Another Generation of Failed ... more »

Consensus (Occupy Wall Street)

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Uploaded by meerkatmedia on Oct 13, 2011A look into the "HOW" of the Occupy Wall Street movement: The consensus process.The community of occupiers at Liberty Plaza have sparked the process of building a movement that now transcends any one physical landmark. The tools to keep the movement alive belong to all of us.Created by the Meerkat Media Collective - http://meerkatmedia.orgTHE MOVEMENT:http://www.OccupyTogether.orghttp://www.OccupyWallSt.orghttp://www.OccupyVideos.orgMORE ON CONSENSUS:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/08/1022710/--occupywallstreet:-a-primer...START YOUR OW... more »

In John Merrow's Education Reform Land, Copycats Rule - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

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In John Merrow's Education Reform Land, Copycats Rule - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:In John Merrow's Education Reform Land, Copycats Ruleby Anthony CodyIn his September 28 reflection on Education Nation, John Merrow has provided us with a distillation of the solution being offered to improve learning in our low-achieving schools. Copy KIPP.For those who have not reviewed the methods at KIPP, Merrow describes them for us.KIPP kindergarten teachers explain to their kids why they are going to walk ... more »

Student-Loan Debt and the Occupy Davis Movement - Davis, CA Patch #ows

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Student-Loan Debt and the Occupy Davis Movement - Davis, CA Patch:Student-Loan Debt and the Occupy Davis MovementAt the first Occupy Davis meeting last Friday (VIDEO), student debt and university issues came up several times. That’s not surprising, considering the high number of young people at the meeting and the college's importance in this town. The Huffington Post published a story this week pointing out that student-loan debt seems to be among the top concerns of Occupy Wall Street, and the ... more »

2011 Round-Up of Notable Education Bills | Edvoice

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Legislation | Edvoice:2011 Round-Up of Notable Education BillsBelow find links to three lists of noteworthy legislation that was passed by the California Legislature this year or made into two-year bills. Bills are sorted into three categories: Bills Signed by the Governor, Bills Vetoed by the Governor, and Two-Year Bills. A two-year bill is a piece of legislation that was introduced this year that the Legislature has decided to take two years to consider.To read full text and analyses of the ... more »

Schools Matter: Ending 99% Control of Schools by the 1% #OWS

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Schools Matter: Ending 99% Control of Schools by the 1%:Ending 99% Control of Schools by the 1%by Jim Horn'Nough's enough. No Mas. If the owners of our corporate government have their way, public schools will become just another corporate revenue stream that sucks up the half-trillion dollars that Americans spend every year on education to benefit the Oligarchy.The Obama/Duncan education policies are simply a steroidal version of the policies from the Bush years, and time has come to end the ... more »

The Path to Prosperity Lies in Investing in Education | ED.gov Blog

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The Path to Prosperity Lies in Investing in Education | ED.gov Blog:The Path to Prosperity Lies in Investing in EducationPosted on October 14, 2011 by Cameron BrenchleyOfficial Department of Education Photo by Paul Wood“The path to prosperity lies in investing judiciously in education, [and] modernizing schools and crumbling infrastructure,” Secretary Duncan said yesterday in Portland, Ore., speaking at the Oregon Business Associations’ annual Statesman Dinner. Arne delivered the keynote address after holding a town hall with the Oregon Education Association ...more »

Occupy Wall Street | NYC Protest for American Revolution #EDREFORM

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Occupy Wall Street | NYC Protest for American Revolution:Parents bring Children to #ows tonightPosted Oct. 14, 2011, 11:29 a.m. EST by OccupyWallStFamilies are joining the movement to reclaim our future from Wall Street tonight by joining a child-friendly camp out at Liberty Square. The presence of children and youth in the occupation highlights the threat Wall Street's greed poses to future generations. Parents are bringing their sons and daughters to Occupy Wall Street to educate them about our broken economic ... more »

More and Better Choices in School Improvement

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More and Better Choices in School Improvement:More and Better Choices in School Improvementby SARAH ROSENBERG on OCTOBER 14, 2011in ACCOUNTABILITYSharePhoto from jasonthebaldguy.comAs my colleague Anne wrote in herearlier blog post on ESEA reauthorization, the Harkin-Enzi ESEA bill would require states to identify 5% of high schools and 5% of all other schools as Persistently Low-Achieving (PLA) Schools. This 5-year designation would target schools with low academic achievement or growth and low graduation rates. After conducting a needs analysis of each ... more »

tens of millions of dollars in state and federal funds have been lost by start-up charter schools #edreform

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Chief of state’s charter school division stepping down | EdSource Extra!: Chief of state’s charter school division stepping downAt the last State Board of Education meeting, Richard Zeiger, the Department of Education’s chief deputy superintendent, announced that tens of millions of dollars in state and federal funds have been lost by start-up charter schools that either never opened or closed within a year or two of opening. At that meeting, Hunkapiller told the board that oversight procedures, especially of federal ... more »

Modern School: Top 10 Censored Education Stories of the Decade (Again)

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Modern School: Top 10 Censored Education Stories of the Decade (Again):Top 10 Censored Education Stories of the Decade (Again)by Michael DunnIn honor of the one-year anniversary of Modern School, I am reposting some of my favorite articles from the past year. The following was also one of your favorites, as it has remained in the “Popular Posts” sidebar since soon after it was published. Nevertheless, I thought the article was important enough to put it up again for the benefit ... more »

Final Thoughts on the Washington State PTA | Seattle Education

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Final Thoughts on the Washington State PTA | Seattle Education:Final Thoughts on the Washington State PTAby seattleducation2011The motto of the PTA is “Every child, one voice”.That sounds nice enough and I can understand the meaning that all children are represented by one organization but they are not. There is inequity and inequality. It also promotes the idea that the PTA stands for all children and parents but they do not yet it is an effective tool to use when these ... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Hip-Hop High

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Hip-Hop High:Hip-Hop Highby Mike KlonskyHip-Hop HighSam SeidelThere are lots of kids who can't or won't connect with the traditional high school setting. Many brilliant and talented among them drop out and wind up on the street. That's one of the reasons why we created the Small Schools Workshop 20 years ago, to help educators develop small, public, personalized, alternative models focused on areas of student interests, talents and passions. While many of the ideas of the ... more »

Schools Matter: Jerry Brown Rebukes Attempts at Another Generation of More Testing

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Schools Matter: Jerry Brown Rebukes Attempts at Another Generation of More Testing:Jerry Brown Rebukes Attempts at Another Generation of More Testingby Jim HornJerry Brown's rebuke of the testing industrial complex on October 8 has sent shockwaves through the boardrooms of Pearson and the other predatory corporations whose CEOs are poised to cash in on a whole new generation of education testing mania introduced by RTTT. Ostensibly as a way to get out from under the burden of testing, a state ... more »