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The Real Reason Kids Are Missing From School « Cooperative Catalyst
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The Real Reason Kids Are Missing From School « Cooperative Catalyst:The Real Reason Kids Are Missing From Schoolby John T. SpencerEducation Week posted a poll on Facebook regarding student absenteeism. The post does’t ask whether it should be a crime to miss school or whether compulsory schooling violates the rights of parents to raise their own children. It doesn’t ask whether the implementation of truancy laws has anything to do with the allocation of funds that schools get based upon ... more »
NYPD tells teachers, “No grading papers in public.” « Fred Klonsky's blog
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NYPD tells teachers, “No grading papers in public.” « Fred Klonsky's blog:NYPD tells teachers, “No grading papers in public.”by Fred KlonskyAnne and I are in New York for the weekend to see our kids and grand kids. Plus it is our 35th wedding anniversary. Naturally we want to spend some time at Occupy Wall Street.Liberty Park is jammed with people. Some have taken up permanent residence in sleeping backs and tents. Hundreds more fill the park every day with signs ... more »
I supported Charter Schools and All I got was this lousy T-shirt
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I supported Charter SchoolsandAll I got was this lousy T-shirtThey made millions...(That is why they can afford thoseFlashy T-Shirts)
Oakland school closures: Is a $2 million savings worth the cost? - Inside Bay Area #ows
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Oakland school closures: Is a $2 million savings worth the cost? - Inside Bay Area:Oakland school closures: Is a $2 million savings worth the cost?By Katy MurphyOakland TribunePosted: 10/23/2011 12:00:00 AM PDTUpdated: 10/23/2011 06:17:30 AM PDTClick photo to enlarge1234»The Oakland school district has no shortage of challenges to contend with, but its leaders lately have spent much of their time, energy and political capital on one contentious project: shrinking the school district down to a more manageable size.On Wednesday, the ... more »
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: TO TEST OR NOT TO TEST?
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: TO TEST OR NOT TO TEST?:TO TEST OR NOT TO TEST? BY JEFF MANGUM – POMERANDO NEWS | HTTP://BIT.LY/O13ER5Poway is a city of 50,000 located north of the city of San Diego and south of the city of Escondido in San Diego County.“I recently read an article about cheating on standardized tests — by teachers, not by students. This encapsulates much of what’s wrong with public education: Over emphasis on standardized ... more »
The Corporate Reform Movement and the Pushback | Seattle Education
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The Corporate Reform Movement and the Pushback | Seattle Education:The Corporate Reform Movement and the Pushbackby seattleducation2011Stan Karp of Rethinking Schools gave this talk at the Northwest Teachers for Social Justice conference held in Seattle on October 1, 2010.Look again at the issues the corporate reformers have made prominent features of school reform efforts in every state: rapid expansion of charters, closing low performing schools, more testing, elimination of tenure and seniority for teachers, and test-based teacher evaluation. If every ... more »
Schools Matter: Testing Support for TFA and KIPP: Whose Children Matter?
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Schools Matter: Testing Support for TFA and KIPP: Whose Children Matter?:Testing Support for TFA and KIPP: Whose Children Matter?by P. L. ThomasTesting Support for TFA and KIPP: Whose Children Matter?During the first years of the Obama administration, Secretary Arne Duncan has risen to the forefront of public debates about education reform, paralleling the growing public nature of that debate that includes the entrepreneur reformers such as Bill Gates and Geoffrey Canada along with a harbinger of things to come with ... more »
CA School Finance 101 Wrap-Up
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CA School Finance 101 Wrap-Up:CA School Finance 101 Wrap-Upby cynthiaAsk any parent casting an uneasy eye on state budget cuts and the ballooning class sizes, shrinking programs, and dwindling resources devoted to her child at the local neighborhood school, and you’re likely to find a high-quality curriculum and school funding worries at the top of her list of concerns.Note: I said “a high quality curriculum and school funding worries,” not “pensions,” “tenure,” or any number of things well-funded “ed reformers” ... more »
One Florida Charter School’s Curious Financial History | Scathing Purple Musings
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One Florida Charter School’s Curious Financial History | Scathing Purple Musings:One Florida Charter School’s Curious Financial Historyby Bob SikesA Florida Today story take a thorough look at Brevard county’s Imagine Charter School. The school received an “F” this past year and is in danger of being closed. Within the piece written by MacKenzie Ryan are details of the school’s financial history.Originally opened in 1998 as Milestones Community School, the school later combined with Stepping Stones and became River’s Edge Charter ... more »
Podcast: The “brutal work” of turnarounds | EdNewsColorado
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Podcast: The “brutal work” of turnarounds | EdNewsColorado:Podcast: The “brutal work” of turnaroundsWritten by EdNews staff on Oct 23rd, 2011. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.orgNational education blogger Alexander Russo decided to write a book about the Green Dot Public Schoolstakeover and turnaround of Los Angeles’ troubled Locke High School because it was one of the most audacious efforts ever undertaken by a charter management organization.Russo’s book, “Stray Dogs, Saints, and Saviors” came out earlier this year. It gives the Locke turnaround ... more »
Official Google Reader Blog: Upcoming changes to Reader: a new look, new Google+ features, and some clean-up
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Official Google Reader Blog: Upcoming changes to Reader: a new look, new Google+ features, and some clean-up:Upcoming changes to Reader: a new look, new Google+ features, and some clean-upPosted by Alan Green, Software EngineerIn the next week, we’ll be making some highly requested changes to Google Reader. First, we’re going to introduce a brand new design (like many of Google’s other products) that we hope you love. Second, we’re going to bring Reader and Google+ closer together, so you can ... more »
Watching math videos for credit « JD2718
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Watching math videos for credit « JD2718:Watching math videos for creditby jd2718A question. For my freshmen algebra classes.I love the Vi Hart videos. I like that Vi looks like the VI at the bottom of some clocks, or like the VI in VI Lenin. But mostly I like how fast she talks and how much she makes fun of math class while talking about nothing but math (and interesting tangent) and how cleverly she drops in cultural references and bad ... more »