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Education Research Report: PARCC Releases Model Content Frameworks

2011-Nov-11
Education Research Report: PARCC Releases Model Content Frameworks:PARCC Releases Model Content Frameworksfrom Education Research Report by Jonathan KantrowitzThe state-led Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) today released Model Content Frameworks that will be used to inform the development of item specifications and blueprints for K-12 assessments in English and math. The frameworks also provide support and guidance for implementation of the Common Core State Standards.The frameworks were created through a collaborative process that included state experts ...
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Schools Matter: Former KIPP Teachers: Share Your Story

2011-Nov-11
Schools Matter: Former KIPP Teachers: Share Your Story:Former KIPP Teachers: Share Your Storyby Jim HornFirst posted in May, 2011:I am very much interested in talking with former KIPP teachers who may want to take part in an interview research study on the KIPP teaching experience. All participants are guaranteed complete anonymity, and no names, locations, or other information will be used that may intrude upon your privacy. I have completed ten interviews so far, and I am interested in talking ...
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Will NCLB’s Clear “Dramatic Failure by its Own Chosen Indicators” Prompt Florida’s Own Pushback Against Ed Reform? | Scathing Purple Musings

2011-Nov-11
Will NCLB’s Clear “Dramatic Failure by its Own Chosen Indicators” Prompt Florida’s Own Pushback Against Ed Reform? | Scathing Purple Musings:Will NCLB’s Clear “Dramatic Failure by its Own Chosen Indicators” Prompt Florida’s Own Pushback Against Ed Reform?by Bob SikesTeacher, writer and education activist Anthony Cody offers this critique of NCLB:Remember that this law set itself the goal of making every child in the nation proficient by 2014, and eliminating the achievement gap between ethnic groups. So NCLB, perhaps the least ...
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Big Education Ape: 11-11-11 AM Sec of Ed Arne Duncan to Hold Second Twitter Town Hall #askarne EDition

2011-Nov-11
Big Education Ape: Ed News Now:Published by Coopmike48 – 5 news spotters todayNext update in about 8 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYPOLITICSSTORIESADULTTECHNOLOGY#EDU#OWSU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to Hold Second Twitter Town Hall | U.S. Department of Educationbigeducationape.blogspot.com - U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to Hold Second Twitter Town Hall | U.S. Department of Education:U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to Hold Second Twitter Town HallContact: Press Offi...coopmike48New York schools enter the iZonebbc.co.uk - 25 October 2011 Last updated at 19:34 ...
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NYC Educator: The Dignity Gap

2011-Nov-11
NYC Educator: The Dignity Gap:The Dignity Gapby NYC EducatorWho thought it was a good idea to send ATR teachers from school to school from week to week? How does that help anyone? The stories I'm hearing and seeing would be beyond belief it it weren't for the fact that, under such an agreement, they were virtually inevitable.A female ATR was instructed to do secretarial duties. For those unfamiliar with the concept of contract (for example, the administrators who issued this ...
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Chicago principals say no to Rahm's "merit pay" scheme

2011-Nov-11
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Chicago principals say no to Rahm's "merit pay" scheme:Chicago principals say no to Rahm's "merit pay" schemeThe mayor and his Broad Academy-trained CEO,J.C. Brizard, are trying to take a page from the Broad play book -- merit pay for principals.But Rahm's divide-and-conquer strategies seem to be backfiring. I give him credit for one thing. He appears to have succeeded in doing what I thought couldn't be done -- uniting the city's teachers and principals against him ...
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Schooling in the Ownership Society: How Zukerberg's money is being spent

2011-Nov-11
Schooling in the Ownership Society: How Zukerberg's money is being spent:How Zukerberg's money is being spentby Mike KlonskyAccording to this story in the Newark Star-Ledger, records obtained by theEducation Law Center in Newark show that of the first $13 million spent out of the total $148 million donated, about a third has been been spent since September 2010 to pay political and educational consultants and contractors.There's plenty to go around, especially if you're friends with Mayor Booker More on Imagine ...
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MICHIGAN TEACHERS SHOW HOW IT’S DONE « Teachers Fight Back

2011-Nov-10
MICHIGAN TEACHERS SHOW HOW IT’S DONE « Teachers Fight Back:MICHIGAN TEACHERS SHOW HOW IT’S DONEby alkleenIn Michigan, the state teachers union, enraged by Republican moves to cut school spending and weaken tenure for teachers, engineered the ouster of state Rep. Paul Scott, the GOP chairman of the House Education Committee.Way to go Michigan teachers! It’s about time the teachers somewhere are as mad as hell and aren’t going to take it anymore. How about some similar efforts in Illinois?We need ...
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Ahead of expected Christie proposals, NJEA unveils school reform plan at annual Atlantic City convention | NJ.com

2011-Nov-10
Ahead of expected Christie proposals, NJEA unveils school reform plan at annual Atlantic City convention | NJ.com:Ahead of expected Christie proposals, NJEA unveils school reform plan at annual Atlantic City conventionby Jessica Calefati/The Star-LedgerRobert SciarrinoNJEA president Barbara Keshishian, seen here at a legislative hearing last December, unveiled a union-led school reform plan at the annual teachers convention in Atlantic City.ATLANTIC CITY — The New Jersey Education Association has a new message for Gov. Chris Christie, the man who has hammered ...
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Are You Ready for MORE CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS #edREFORM #ows #sosmarch

2011-Nov-10
CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: Are You Ready for MORE CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALSI'm NOT but here they are anyway!Prime Prep AcademyThe Perimeter Primate at CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS - 24 minutes ago*“Former football player’s charter school raised questions.”* Austin American-Statesman, 11/4/2011 Last month, the state Board of Education granted its approval for two charter schools affiliated with former professional football and baseball star Deion Sanders to open next fall, in Fort Worth and Dallas. A review of recently released public records shows that ...
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THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: Public school privatization potentiated by a racial dynamic

2011-Nov-10
THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: Public school privatization potentiated by a racial dynamic:Public school privatization potentiated by a racial dynamicby The Perimeter Primate"...privatization justified by identity politics."Ramsin Canon is politics editor for Gapers Block, a Chicago-centric news and commentary web publication. This is from his piece “How Why a Democratic President Privatized Our School System” (emphasis mine). Barack Obama is presiding over the beginning of a process that will inexorably result in the privatization of our school system. That doesn’t mean of ...
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NYC Educator: Issue 2: Why Are Cops and Firefighters More Convincing Than Teachers?

2011-Nov-10
NYC Educator: Issue 2: Why Are Cops and Firefighters More Convincing Than Teachers?:Issue 2: Why Are Cops and Firefighters More Convincing Than Teachers?by Miss EyreIn a move that comes as a relief to many public sector workers, Issue 2 won by a landslide in Ohio on Tuesday. Issue 2 is the ballot question that repealed the stripping of collective bargaining rights from public employees, including teachers and, more pointedly for the Issue at hand, police officers and firefighters.Don't get me ...
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School rankings -> data manipulation

2011-Nov-10
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » School rankings - data manipulation:School rankings - data manipulationby adminSome call it accountability.But public ranking of schools based on specific data points will always result in some lying, cheating and manipulation, especially if there’s a monetary incentive.The latest scandal is that of the now former dean of admissions the University of Illinois law school, Paul Pless, who attempted to scam the U. S. News and World Report annual law school rankings ...
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Scott to Teach History and Science and Economics, Oh, My! | Scathing Purple Musings

2011-Nov-10
Scott to Teach History and Science and Economics, Oh, My! | Scathing Purple Musings:Scott to Teach History and Science and Economics, Oh, My!by Bob SikesSo Rick Scott’s going to spend the day in a high school classroom. Wonder if he’ll have any sleepers.For his sixth ‘Let’s Get to Work’ Day, Scott will spend Thursday at three Immokalee schools, according to the Governor’s Office.Scott, a Republican from Naples, has been making similar stops across the state to work jobs with regular ...
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IL House adjourns Wednesday without voting on SB512. « Fred Klonsky

2011-Nov-9
IL House adjourns Wednesday without voting on SB512. « Fred Klonsky:IL House adjourns Wednesday without voting on SB512.by Fred KlonskyA House committee voted SB512 to the House floor Tuesday by a 5 to 4 vote. But Wednesday came and went with no House vote on the Cross-Fahner pension killer.The last chance to vote on it is Thursday when the veto session is scheduled to end.There is talk of another session in two weeks.But the contacts being made by thousands of ...
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Bloomberg disputes Tisch’s assessment of struggling schools | GothamSchools

2011-Nov-9
Bloomberg disputes Tisch’s assessment of struggling schools | GothamSchools:Bloomberg disputes Tisch’s assessment of struggling schoolsby Philissa Cramer, at 8:49 pmOn the same day that she spent time denying weeks-old rumors about being the future mayor, Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch was rebuked by the current one.Speaking with reporters in the Bronx today, Mayor Michael Bloomberg took aim at Tisch’s characterization that the Department of Education had “warehoused thousands of kids” in failing schools. Tisch made the comments to the ...
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Sec. Arne Duncan: Teacher Pay Study Asks the Wrong Question, Ignores Facts, Insults Teachers

2011-Nov-9
Sec. Arne Duncan: Teacher Pay Study Asks the Wrong Question, Ignores Facts, Insults Teachers:Sec. Arne DuncanU.S. Secretary of EducationGET UPDATES FROM SEC. ARNE DUNCAN Like27Teacher Pay Study Asks the Wrong Question, Ignores Facts, Insults TeachersPosted: 11/9/11 05:17 PM ETAs millions of Americans search for work, and millions more scrape by to make ends meet, researchers from two conservative Washington think tanks have recently announced a "finding" that defies common-sense: America's teachers are overpaid by more than 50 percent.The new paper ...
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Protesters block Westwood intersection, snarl traffic - latimes.com

2011-Nov-9
Protesters block Westwood intersection, snarl traffic - latimes.com:Protesters block Westwood intersection, snarl trafficNovember 9, 2011 | 3:12 pm 20Traffic in Westwood was badly snarled Wednesday afternoon because of a student protest and street sit-in against the cost of higher education and the banking industry’s purported role in it.After a march by about 200 protesters from the UCLA campus, about a dozen of them sat down in the busy intersection of Westwood and Wilshire boulevards and refused to move for about ...
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Schools Matter: Parent Trigger charlatan Ben Austin booted off The State Bar of California

2011-Nov-9
Schools Matter: Parent Trigger charlatan Ben Austin booted off The State Bar of California:Parent Trigger charlatan Ben Austin booted off The State Bar of Californiaby Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene"Making students accountable for test scores works well on a bumper sticker and it allows many politicians to look good by saying that they will not tolerate failure. But it represents a hollow promise. Far from improving education, high-stakes testing marks a major retreat from fairness, from accuracy, from quality, and ...
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Shanker Blog » Americans Do NOT Want To Cut Government Programs

2011-Nov-9
Shanker Blog » Americans Do NOT Want To Cut Government Programs:Americans Do NOT Want To Cut Government Programsby Matthew Di CarloConservatives sometimes assert and often imply that Americans want to cut government spending on social assistance and other programs. This is a myth.In fact, when it comes to the types of programs that get most of the attention in our national debate, almost nobody supports spending reductions and, in many cases, there is strong support for increases.Take a look at ...
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The Innovative Educator: Preparing Students for Life-Long Success is Not Preparing Students for Long Bubble Tests

2011-Nov-9
The Innovative Educator: Preparing Students for Life-Long Success is Not Preparing Students for Long Bubble Tests:Preparing Students for Life-Long Success is Not Preparing Students for Long Bubble Testsby noreply@blogger.com (The Innovative Educator)Unfortunately, in the 21st century education reform has equated to measuring a school’s ability to produce good test takers. But think about it. In real life there are few if any tests to be taken. More than a decade into the 21st century and I have yet to take ...
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MA Plans Birth-Grade 3 Professional Development Program «

2011-Nov-9
MA Plans Birth-Grade 3 Professional Development Program «:MA Plans Birth-Grade 3 Professional Development ProgramNovember 9, 2011 by Irene SegePhoto: Alessandra Hartkopf for Strategies for ChildrenWe talk often about the importance of aligning children’s learning experiences, from birth to third grade. For instance, “Turning the Page: Refocusing Massachusetts for Reading Success,” the 2010 report we commissioned from literacy expert Nonie Lesaux of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, outlines strategies to improve the language development and literacy of children from birth ...
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FOX NEWS COMES TO THE AID OF LAUSD "RUBBER ROOM" TEACHERS? (FOX NEWS viene en ayuda de LAUSD "RUBBER ROOM" MAESTROS?) - Perdaily.com

2011-Nov-9
FOX NEWS COMES TO THE AID OF LAUSD "RUBBER ROOM" TEACHERS? (FOX NEWS viene en ayuda de LAUSD "RUBBER ROOM" MAESTROS?) - Perdaily.com:FOX NEWS COMES TO THE AID OF LAUSD "RUBBER ROOM" TEACHERS? (FOX NEWS viene en ayuda de LAUSD "RUBBER ROOM" MAESTROS?)by Leonard Isenberg(Mensaje se repite en Espaรฑol)(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)On November 2, 2011 I get the following email from Daniel Leighton of Fox News Channel 11, "Give ...
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PAA letter to Senate HELP Committee: ESEA needs parent input! « Parents Across America

2011-Nov-8
PAA letter to Senate HELP Committee: ESEA needs parent input! « Parents Across America:PAA letter to Senate HELP Committee: ESEA needs parent input!Today, Parents Across America sent a letter to the members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee after noting that panelists testifying this morning at a committee hearing on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education law included no parent representatives.PAA has reached out to the HELP committee repeatedly with our concern that parent voices are ...
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Big Education Ape: 11-8-11 PM Page 2 #OWS #ASKARNE

2011-Nov-8
Big Education Ape: Ed News Now:Published by Coopmike48 – 6 news spotters todayNext update in about 11 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYPOLITICSART ENTERTAINMENTENVIRONMENTADULT#EDU#ASKARNEEducationOur Children Can’t Wait: New Regulations Increase Accountability and Boost Quality in Head Startwhitehouse.gov - Posted by Kathleen Sebelius on November 08, 2011 at 04:04 PM EST President Barack Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, right, talk with students while visiting a classro...arneduncanBiggs and Richwine: Public School Teachers Aren't Underpaidonline.wsj.com - A common story line in American ...
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Big Education Ape: 11-8-11 PM #OWS Protests Outside Department Of Education EDition

2011-Nov-8
Big Education Ape: Ed News Now:Published by Coopmike48 – 6 news spotters todayNext update in about 11 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYPOLITICSART ENTERTAINMENTENVIRONMENTADULT#EDU#ASKARNEOur Children Can’t Wait: New Regulations Increase Accountability and Boost Quality in Head Startwhitehouse.gov - Posted by Kathleen Sebelius on November 08, 2011 at 04:04 PM EST President Barack Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, right, talk with students while visiting a classro...arneduncanBiggs and Richwine: Public School Teachers Aren't Underpaidonline.wsj.com - A common story line in American ...
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NCLB Waivers get a Reality Check - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

2011-Nov-8
NCLB Waivers get a Reality Check - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:NCLB Waivers get a Reality Checkby Anthony CodyThe trajectory of our nation's schools from the train wreck of No Child Left Behind to a new and fresh set of calamitous policies has been checked by the ways in which these so-called reforms are playing out across the country.First, what is happening with student achievement? The latest results are in from the National Assessment of Educational Progress and ...
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Inside the Penn State Football Child Sexual Abuse Scandal « Student Activism

2011-Nov-8
Inside the Penn State Football Child Sexual Abuse Scandal « Student Activism:Inside the Penn State Football Child Sexual Abuse Scandalby Angus JohnstonIn 1998 Jerry Sandusky, a prominent assistant coach on Penn State’s top-ranked football team — and a possible successor to Joe Paterno as the team’s head coach — groped an 11-year-old boy in the team’s showers. The boy’s mother learned of this incident, she reported it to Penn State police. Sandusky later admitted to police that he had hugged ...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts #ows #edreform

2011-Nov-7
Being Too Pretty, Not Pretty Enough Mark Girls as Targets for Sexual Harassment in School « Student ActivismBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-5 minutes agoBeing Too Pretty, Not Pretty Enough Mark Girls as Targets for Sexual Harassment in School « Student Activism:Being Too Pretty, Not Pretty Enough Mark Girls as Targets for Sexual Harassment in Schoolby Angus JohnstonThere’s lots of important stuff in the AAUW’s new report on sexual harassment in American high schools and middle schools, but I ...
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#Occupy The Highway: The 99% March to Washington | OccupyWallSt.org #ows

2011-Nov-7
Occupy The Highway: The 99% March to Washington | OccupyWallSt.org:Occupy The Highway: The 99% March to WashingtonPosted 2 hours ago on Nov. 7, 2011, 5:30 p.m. EST by OccupyWallStOn November 3rd, the Congressional Deficit Reduction Super-Committee will meet to decide on whether or not to keep Obama's extension to the Bush tax-cuts - which only benefit the richest 1% of Americans in any kind of significant way. Luckily, a group of OWS'ers are embarking on a two-week march from Liberty ...
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Race to the Top is a Race Off a Cliff | Seattle Education

2011-Nov-7
Race to the Top is a Race Off a Cliff | Seattle Education:Race to the Top is a Race Off a Cliffby seattleducation2011Thank goodness that our state didn’t go aggressively after the Race to the Top bribe although we had our own state PTA pushing for it along with the corporate backed Stand for Children and the League of Education Voters.Now states that bought into the scam, whether they received the RTTT money or not, are stuck with an evaluation ...
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Grumpy Educators: Florida: Bringing Parent Activism Out of the Shadows

2011-Nov-7
Grumpy Educators: Florida: Bringing Parent Activism Out of the Shadows:Florida: Bringing Parent Activism Out of the Shadowsby SandraIn Brevard County, Florida, parents are fighting to keep the public schools in their communities open as the School Board looks for cost savings by closing schools that are considered too under capacity and moving the students to schools considered with room but not in the "under capacity" definition. These closures have nothing to do with the performance of the schools, teachers, or ...
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“The Bobble-Head Issue of Education” «

2011-Nov-7
“The Bobble-Head Issue of Education” «:“The Bobble-Head Issue of Education”November 7, 2011 by Irene SegePhoto: Alessandra Hartkopf for Strategies for ChildrenCornelia Grumman, executive director of the First Five Years Fund, offered a “playful” way of thinking about early education on NBC’s Education Nation recent panel discussion on early learning. “I do call it the bobble head issue of education. A lot of people nod their heads and say, ‘Oh yes that’s important,’ but I don’t think they really fully understand ...
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The complex landscape of Ohio charter schools November 7, 2011 - PrivatizationWatch.Org #ows

2011-Nov-7
November 7, 2011 - PrivatizationWatch.Org:November 7, 2011by nospam@example.com (Editor)HeadlinesA hidden toll as states shift to contract workersMI: Some school districts get 'best practices' money ‎CO: Denver’s school board battlesFL: Judge again blocks prison privatizationIN: City to privatize some meter readingOH: The complex landscape of Ohio charter schoolsNE: Audit: 'Error' in child welfare servicesCA: Residents concerned police outsourcing may jeopardize securityNJ: Public, private alliances raising concernsNews summariesA hidden toll as states shift to contract workersLike many states and local governments struggling ...
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Hechinger Report | Tips for Florida teachers: Don’t mess up in front of the boss

2011-Nov-7
Hechinger Report | Tips for Florida teachers: Don’t mess up in front of the boss:Tips for Florida teachers: Don’t mess up in front of the bossby Sarah ButrymowiczSchool teacher Lynn Bryan teaches language arts at Ponce de Leon Middle School.At an annual training over the summer, Hialeah Senior High School writing teacher Kathy Pham and her colleagues heard what seemed like basic advice from the United Teachers of Dade: Make sure your principal observes you in the classroom this year. ...
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Such Dummies, or Why I Didn’t Have To Decode Jay-Z Like Y’all Did | The Jose Vilson

2011-Nov-7
Such Dummies, or Why I Didn’t Have To Decode Jay-Z Like Y’all Did | The Jose Vilson:Such Dummies, or Why I Didn’t Have To Decode Jay-Z Like Y’all Didby JoseJay-Z's "Decoded"I finally got around to reading Jay-Z’s Decoded after reading Kevin Nealon’s voyage towards fatherhood in Yes, You’re Pregnant, But What About Me? Rather than examining the contrasts of my literary interests, I prefer we discuss the last month of controversy I may or may not have sparked on the ...
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Duval Schools Deals With Poverty’s Realities | Scathing Purple Musings

2011-Nov-7
Duval Schools Deals With Poverty’s Realities | Scathing Purple Musings:Duval Schools Deals With Poverty’s Realitiesby Bob SikesFrom the Florida-Times Union’s Teresa Stepzinski:The Duval County School Board will discuss whether too many inexperienced teachers are working at the district’s worst-performing schools and what can be done to recruit and retain seasoned educators for those classrooms.The issue is among a half-dozen items on the board’s agenda for a 10 a.m. Tuesday workshop.Board Vice Chairwoman Betty Burney said these poor-performing schools have “a ...
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Last Stand for Children First: The Common Core Will Be The Common Cure

2011-Nov-6
Last Stand for Children First: The Common Core Will Be The Common Cure:The Common Core Will Be The Common Cureby Last Stand for ChildrenPopoutBack in 1979 when they used to actually make family movies, I remember seeing a wonderful movie called The Great Santini. The movie was about a Marine Lieutenant Colonel who is raising a family. His hard and nails exterior is a sharp contrast from the type of parenting we see in television and movies so often, but ...
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New report cites disproportionate punishment for black students | iWatch News

2011-Nov-6
New report cites disproportionate punishment for black students | iWatch News:New report cites disproportionate punishment for black studentsSecond graders listen in class. Dan Loh/APNorth Carolina research dovetails with recent findings in Texas, other statesBy Susan Ferriss7:30 am, October 6, 2011 Updated: 7:30 am, October 6, 2011PrintE-mail4inShareStudy finds stunning rates of discipline among Texas studentsBy Susan FerrissJuly 19, 2011Nearly 60 percent of all Texas public school students were suspended or expelled at least once between their 7th and 12th grade years, ...
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More on Florida Charter Exec’s Troublesome Imagine Schools Empire | Scathing Purple Musings

2011-Nov-6
More on Florida Charter Exec’s Troublesome Imagine Schools Empire | Scathing Purple Musings:More on Florida Charter Exec’s Troublesome Imagine Schools Empireby Bob SikesThe largest charter operator in the nation is Dennis W. Bakke. The Imagine School’s CEO was on Rick Scott’s education transition team. I wrote here late last month on Bakke’s three failing Florida charter schools. It seems that his poor record doesn’t only exist in Florida. Reporting in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Elisa Crouch writes about Imagine’s massive ...
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Schools Matter: New Charter Study by Mathematica With More Bad News for Corporate Ed Reform

2011-Nov-6
Schools Matter: New Charter Study by Mathematica With More Bad News for Corporate Ed Reform:New Charter Study by Mathematica With More Bad News for Corporate Ed Reformby Jim HornThe first national charter school study was conducted in 2009 by CREDO at Stanford, and the co-funders of the study (the Walton Foundation and Pearson) were not enamored by the results. So bad were they for charter school fans that the study, though given skimpy coverage by the LA Times, was never ...
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How & Why a Democratic President Privatized Our School System « Same Subject, Continued #ows

2011-Nov-6
How Why a Democratic President Privatized Our School System « Same Subject, Continued:How Why a Democratic President Privatized Our School System3112011Barack Obama is presiding over the beginning of a process that will inexorably result in the privatization of our school system. That doesn’t mean of course that all of our schools will be owned by big corporations; rather it means that within the next five to ten years, our largest school systems will be enmeshed with the private sector, and ...
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Grumpy Educators: Education Reform: Parents, community members, taxpayers, and experts excluded

2011-Nov-6
Grumpy Educators: Education Reform: Parents, community members, taxpayers, and experts excluded:Education Reform: Parents, community members, taxpayers, and experts excludedby SandraIn May 2011, Grumpy Educators reported that two experts involved in writing the Common Core standards refused to sign the final product. On October 29, Parents Across America published Stotsky's views on the development process. Stotsky says to her knowledge no parents were involved in the development process and the primary writers had no prior experience in writing standards. She addsBringing ...
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Daily Kos: His Libraries, 12,000 So Far, Change Lives

2011-Nov-6
Daily Kos: His Libraries, 12,000 So Far, Change Lives:His Libraries, 12,000 So Far, Change Livesby rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)is the title of this column by Nicholas Kristof. It is about an American, John Wood, who has now built almost 5 times the number of libraries as Andrew Carnegie,even if his are mostly single-room affairs that look nothing like the grand Carnegie libraries. Kristof went to Vietnam to see John Wood hand out his 10 millionth book at a library that his team ...
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Want To Host A Future Edition Of The ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival? | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

2011-Nov-6
Want To Host A Future Edition Of The ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival? | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…:Want To Host A Future Edition Of The ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival?by Larry FerlazzoAre you an English teacher and want to host a future edition of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival?There have been twenty-five editions of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival. They’ve been published every other month, and you can see them all here.David Deubelbeiss from EFL Classroom 2.0 is hosting the next one on January ...



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