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Students Arrested & Pepper Sprayed at Occupy UC Davis Camp (VIDEOS) - Davis, CA Patch #ows
2011-Nov-18
Students Arrested Pepper Sprayed at Occupy UC Davis Camp (VIDEOS) - Davis, CA Patch:Students Arrested Pepper Sprayed at Occupy UC Davis Camp (VIDEOS)from Davis Patch: Latest Articles Like Davis Patch on Facebook to stay updated. The Occupy protest in the UC Davis quad swelled rapidly after the group was quietly removed from Mrak Hall this week. On Friday, Chancellor Katehi warned that police would remove the camp if it was not cleared out by 3pm.Safe to say, it was not. ...
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Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: More Good News
2011-Nov-17
Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: More Good News:More Good Newsby Melissa WestbrookFrom our friends at the West Seattle blog, news I had to print from Roxhill Elementary:Last Thursday, November 10th, Roxhill fourth graders were treated to a Living Voices performance of Native Vision. Lisa Gladstone, a Blackfoot Indian from Browning, Montana did a remarkable job of engaging our students in the story of Alice, a Navajo girl sent to a government run boarding school in the 30’s and 40’s. Alice ...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts #ows #edreform
2011-Nov-17
Big midyear hit for Prop 98 likely | Thoughts on Public EducationBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-3 minutes agoBig midyear hit for Prop 98 likely | Thoughts on Public Education:Reality vs $ at community colleges - by Kathryn Baronby Kathryn BaronOne of the dominant issues at the fourth and final town hall meeting on how to improve the state’s community colleges wasn’t even in the 70 pages of recommendations from the Task Force on Student Success. “There was some ...
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Blessings in Disguise | Edwize
2011-Nov-17
Blessings in Disguise | Edwize:Blessings in Disguiseby Miss Endurance[Editor's note: Miss Endurance is the pseudonym of a fourth-year teacher in an elementary school on Staten Island.]It’s never a good sign when your principal calls during summer vacation.In the summer of 2010 my world was turned upside down with seven words: “I have to move you to kindergarten.” Here I was, with just two years of teaching under my belt (teaching fourth and fifth grade), being forced to move to the ...
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Time-Traveling Teacher - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
2011-Nov-17
Time-Traveling Teacher - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher:Time-Traveling Teacherby Nancy FlanaganI am deep into Stephen King's latest novel, 11/22/63--and loving it. I was a huge Stephen King fan in my 20s, gobbling up his books like literary snack food. The writer was in his 20s, too, which probably has something to do with why I found his writing so addictively delicious. I can't say that Stephen King enlightened me or changed my worldview. Although I recognized ...
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Modern School: WalSkool: Low Wages, Hard Work, No Excuses, No Poor Kids
2011-Nov-17
Modern School: WalSkool: Low Wages, Hard Work, No Excuses, No Poor Kids:WalSkool: Low Wages, Hard Work, No Excuses, No Poor Kidsby Michael DunnThe Walton Family Foundation is giving a $25 million grant to the KIPP Foundation, according to the Denver Post. The grant is expected to allow the company to double the number of charter schools it operates. There are currently 32,000 students in 109 KIPP schools in 20 states plus the District of Columbia. KIPP is poised to replicate ...
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Questioning the conventional wisdom | Taking Note
2011-Nov-17
Questioning the conventional wisdom | Taking Note:Questioning the conventional wisdomby John MerrowJohn’s book, The Influence of Teachers, is currently available on Amazon.The phrase “conventional wisdom” is often an oxymoron, at least in education. At a bare minimum, conventional wisdom ought to be questioned. Which is what I propose to do here about ‘Time on Task’ and the new Common Core standards.‘Time On Task’ is a concept educators love to talk about. It often goes this way: someone asks about extending ...
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#OccupyCal Encampment Raided « occupy california #OWS
2011-Nov-17
#OccupyCal Encampment Raided « occupy california:#OccupyCal Encampment Raidedby *BERKELEY, California – The encampment that was established at UC Berkeley by 5-7000 people on Tuesday was raided early Thursday morning by police in riot gear. Police cleared Sproul Plaza, confiscating material and destroying tents using a backhoe. An emergency General Assembly this morning has called for a 5pm rally, and then a GA today in response.Read more:DailycalOakland calls for Day of Action Against Repressionby*fromOccupyOakland:The last week has seen a coordinated attack ...
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Education Research Report: Performance of Students With Disabilities
2011-Nov-17
Education Research Report: Performance of Students With Disabilities:Performance of Students With Disabilitiesby Jonathan KantrowitzΩSecondary School Programs and Performance of Students With Disabilities: A Special Topic Report of Findings From the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 uses data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 dataset to provide a national picture of what courses students with disabilities took in high school, in what settings, and with what success in terms of credits and grades earned.Selected findings include:* Students with disabilities earned, on average, ...
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Watch Wall Street Shut Down. Live. | OccupyWallSt.org #OWS
2011-Nov-17
Watch Wall Street Shut Down. Live. | OccupyWallSt.org:Watch Wall Street Shut Down. Live.Posted 23 minutes ago on Nov. 17, 2011, 7:32 a.m. EST by OccupyWallStWatch live streaming video from owsnyc at livestream.comLive Updates
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'Children's Brigade' Joins Occupy Wall Street On Two-Month Anniversary #ows
2011-Nov-17
'Children's Brigade' Joins Occupy Wall Street On Two-Month Anniversary:Joy ResmovitsJoy.resmovits@huffingtonpost.comBecome a fan of this reporterGET UPDATES FROM JOY Like648'Children's Brigade' Joins Occupy Wall Street On Two-Month AnniversaryFirst Posted: 11/17/11 07:36 PM ET Updated: 11/17/11 07:36 PM ETNEW YORK -- As college students took center stage at a Tuesday afternoon Union Square rally on Occupy Wall Street's two-month anniversary, a smaller but equally loud group of younger protesters refused to miss out on the action."We have power, we have friends, nothing ...
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#Occupy #UCDavis « occupy california #ows
2011-Nov-17
#Occupy UC Davis « occupy california:#Occupy UC DavisBy *DAVIS, California – Students have set up tents in the Quad at UC Davis, responding to police raids and brutality both here, at UC Davis, as well as at UC Berkeley. They have declared their solidarity with #OccupyWallStreet. We even have a mailbox!
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts #ows #edreform
2011-Nov-17
Big midyear hit for Prop 98 likely | Thoughts on Public EducationBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-3 minutes agoBig midyear hit for Prop 98 likely | Thoughts on Public Education:Reality vs $ at community colleges - by Kathryn Baronby Kathryn BaronOne of the dominant issues at the fourth and final town hall meeting on how to improve the state’s community colleges wasn’t even in the 70 pages of recommendations from the Task Force on Student Success. “There was some ...
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Time-Traveling Teacher - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
2011-Nov-17
Time-Traveling Teacher - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher:Time-Traveling Teacherby Nancy FlanaganI am deep into Stephen King's latest novel, 11/22/63--and loving it. I was a huge Stephen King fan in my 20s, gobbling up his books like literary snack food. The writer was in his 20s, too, which probably has something to do with why I found his writing so addictively delicious. I can't say that Stephen King enlightened me or changed my worldview. Although I recognized ...
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Event in DC This Friday…Like, Tomorrow | Mr. Teachbad #OWS
2011-Nov-17
Event in DC This Friday…Like, Tomorrow | Mr. Teachbad:Event in DC This Friday…Like, TomorrowHi, Everybody–There is an Occupy event being held tomorrow at McPherson Square, just behind the White House, at 15th and K St. NW. Easy to get to on the Blue and Orange line downtown. This is for educators and people who care about what they do.I’ll be there and hope to see some of you.Here are the details:We teach the 99%! Stand up for public education in ...
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Modern School: WalSkool: Low Wages, Hard Work, No Excuses, No Poor Kids
2011-Nov-17
Modern School: WalSkool: Low Wages, Hard Work, No Excuses, No Poor Kids:WalSkool: Low Wages, Hard Work, No Excuses, No Poor Kidsby Michael DunnThe Walton Family Foundation is giving a $25 million grant to the KIPP Foundation, according to the Denver Post. The grant is expected to allow the company to double the number of charter schools it operates. There are currently 32,000 students in 109 KIPP schools in 20 states plus the District of Columbia. KIPP is poised to replicate ...
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Questioning the conventional wisdom | Taking Note
2011-Nov-17
Questioning the conventional wisdom | Taking Note:Questioning the conventional wisdomby John MerrowJohn’s book, The Influence of Teachers, is currently available on Amazon.The phrase “conventional wisdom” is often an oxymoron, at least in education. At a bare minimum, conventional wisdom ought to be questioned. Which is what I propose to do here about ‘Time on Task’ and the new Common Core standards.‘Time On Task’ is a concept educators love to talk about. It often goes this way: someone asks about extending ...
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#OccupyCal Encampment Raided « occupy california #OWS
2011-Nov-17
#OccupyCal Encampment Raided « occupy california:#OccupyCal Encampment Raidedby *BERKELEY, California – The encampment that was established at UC Berkeley by 5-7000 people on Tuesday was raided early Thursday morning by police in riot gear. Police cleared Sproul Plaza, confiscating material and destroying tents using a backhoe. An emergency General Assembly this morning has called for a 5pm rally, and then a GA today in response.Read more:DailycalOakland calls for Day of Action Against Repressionby*fromOccupyOakland:The last week has seen a coordinated attack ...
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Education Research Report: Performance of Students With Disabilities
2011-Nov-17
Education Research Report: Performance of Students With Disabilities:Performance of Students With Disabilitiesby Jonathan KantrowitzΩSecondary School Programs and Performance of Students With Disabilities: A Special Topic Report of Findings From the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 uses data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 dataset to provide a national picture of what courses students with disabilities took in high school, in what settings, and with what success in terms of credits and grades earned.Selected findings include:* Students with disabilities earned, on average, ...
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The Cost of Corporate Tax Avoidance #EDreform
2011-Nov-16
NEA - The Cost of Corporate Tax Avoidance:The Cost of Corporate Tax AvoidanceWhen corporations avoid paying taxes, public education gets shortchanged.NEA Research has created a series of charts that reflect the cost – in lost federal dollars for education – of corporate tax avoidance based on Citizens for Tax Justice’s analysis. The charts cover:How much federal aid each state would have received for education from 2008-2010 Education jobs that would have been supportedAmount for all other grants to state and ...
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CSU Student Fees - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education)
2011-Nov-16
CSU Student Fees - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education):State Schools Chief Tom TorlaksonIssues Statement on CSU Student FeesLONG BEACH—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson issued the following statement today regarding his opposition to raising fees for students attending California State University campuses:"Fee increases should be our very last resort, not our first option. And yet for the last decade, fees have marched steadily upward, shifting the Legislature’s failure to support our state universities onto the backs of our ...
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#OWS holds Action Council and Spokes Council Tonight! | OccupyWallSt.org
2011-Nov-16
#OWS holds Action Council and Spokes Council Tonight! | OccupyWallSt.org:#OWS holds Action Council and Spokes Council Tonight!by carbonogramThere are two councils happening tonight:The Spokes Council will be at 56 Walker Street at 7PM (2 blocks south of Canal between Broadway and Church St). We hope to do some assessment in our groups of were we are now and where we want to be going.The Action Council focused specifically on actions for tomorrow (N17) will be at 8PM tonight on the ...
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#N17 Mass Day of Action | Occupy Together #OWS
2011-Nov-16
#N17 Mass Day of Action | Occupy Together:#N17 Mass Day of ActionNovember 16th, 2011 · Ella · AnnouncementsNo commentsOWS is calling upon you to participate in a national day of direct action on November 17 in celebration of the the two month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement.Occupy Wall St7:00 Shut Down Wall Street3:00 Occupy the Subways5:00 Take the SquareThis information and more at: occupywallst.org/action/november-17thOccupy CollegesStudents across the country will gather together on November 17 to protest the rising ...
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Bill would label pizza a vegetable in school lunches - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
2011-Nov-16
Bill would label pizza a vegetable in school lunches - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Bill would label pizza a vegetable in school lunchesby Valerie StraussIf you put nutritious broccoli and kale on top of a chocolate-glazed donut, can the concoction be considered equivalent to a vegetable serving?This is the same logic that Congress is about to incorporate into a new law as it gets ready to vote on legislationthat would, among other things, allow public schools to count ...
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Education Research Report
2011-Nov-16
Education Research Report:Creating Sound Policy for Digital LearningJonathan Kantrowitz at Education Research Report - 11 minutes agoThe latest installments of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Creating Sound Policy for Digital Learning series address the implications of this education revolution for teachers and school finance. The first paper in the series, “Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning: Three (Imperfect) Approaches” by Frederick M. Hess of the American Enterprise Institute, tackled accountability for digital schools. In a new paper, “Teachers in the ...
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What Went Wrong at Duarte Square? « Student Activism #OWS
2011-Nov-16
What Went Wrong at Duarte Square? « Student Activism:What Went Wrong at Duarte Square?by Angus JohnstonYesterday morning Duarte Square seemed like a perfect backup for Zuccotti Park’s displaced Occupy Wall Street occupiers. It’s a roomy open space just a mile from Zuccotti, with good access to public transit, local shops, and City Hall. Best of all, half of the empty square is owned by Trinity Church, an Episcopalian congregation that’s been supportive of OWS in the past. (The other half ...
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Union Files Lawsuit against NYC Dept. of Education « New York City Parents Union
2011-Nov-16
Union Files Lawsuit against NYC Dept. of Education « New York City Parents Union:Union Files Lawsuit against NYC Dept. of Educationby adminUnion Files Lawsuit against NYC Dept. of Education Charging Bad Faith, Violation of State Education Law and misuse of Medicaid FundsWhat: District Council 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts, District Council 37 Associate Director Henry Garrido and Local 372 President Santos Crespo, Jr. will be holding a press conference to ask the courts to reinstate unfairly laid off city workers.Where: ...
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Online Learning – Another Misguided Mandate | Connected Principals
2011-Nov-16
Online Learning – Another Misguided Mandate | Connected Principals:Online Learning – Another Misguided Mandateby Patrick LarkinIdaho recently became the fourth state to add an online learning requirement for students to graduate from high school. As is typical with these types of bureaucratic decisions, this initiative makes for great headlines but its impact on student learning remains questionable.There’s a big rush to add online learning opportunities for students without really defining what quality online learning looks like. This really comes as ...
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School Tech Connect: Strange Bedfellows
2011-Nov-15
School Tech Connect: Strange Bedfellows:Strange BedfellowsGulp.Kind of horrifying, actually. Every time someone sniffs around a little bit, another right-wing billionaire has joined forces with Arne Duncan. The man's legacy will be this: he crafted federal education policy to those suit the needs of people determined to do away with public service, the public space, the line between church and state, and erase every remnant of the New Deal and the Great Society.For me, as a historian, the scary part is ...
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Future of Teaching: Teachers Coming For Dinner, Not Dessert | The Jose Vilson
2011-Nov-15
Future of Teaching: Teachers Coming For Dinner, Not Dessert | The Jose Vilson:Future of Teaching: Teachers Coming For Dinner, Not Dessertby JoseExcerpt:Back when we set a course to deliver a message for education, about education, and by educators, we had a hopeful and realistic vision of what we believed 2030 could look like if the right minds got into the huddle with us. The difference between our study and so many others is that we didn’t come from a strictly ...
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Robert Reich (Occupiers Occupied: The Hijacking of the First Amendment) #ows
2011-Nov-15
Robert Reich (Occupiers Occupied: The Hijacking of the First Amendment):Occupiers Occupied: The Hijacking of the First AmendmentA funny thing happened to the First Amendment on its way to the public forum. According to the Supreme Court, money is now speech and corporations are now people. But when real people without money assemble to express their dissatisfaction with the political consequences of this, they’re treated as public nuisances and evicted. First things first. The Supreme Court’s rulings that money is speech ...
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Oakland This Saturday « occupy california
2011-Nov-15
Oakland This Saturday « occupy california:Oakland This Saturdayby *Like this:
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Sixth Grader Builds iPhone Apps and Sparks Learning in School « Whole Child Education
2011-Nov-15
The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child Education:THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGSixth Grader Builds iPhone Apps and Sparks Learning in SchoolNovember 15th, 2011 by Klea ScharbergThomas Suarez is a sixth grade student at a middle school in the South Bay of Los Angeles who has been fascinated by computers and technology since before kindergarten. With the introduction of software development tools, he started building applications for the iPhone and iPad.“A lot of kids these days want to play games, but now ...
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Teacher: Year Going “Pretty Shitty” | Mr. Teachbad
2011-Nov-15
Teacher: Year Going “Pretty Shitty” | Mr. Teachbad:Teacher: Year Going “Pretty Shitty”FAKE EDUCATION NEWSOmaha, NE–Tim Laudner, 26, is a second year history teacher at Norris Middle School in Omaha, NE. Mr. Laudner is not having a good year.He hasn’t lost all hope, but neither is he optimistic. I made an appointment to meet with Mr. Laudner before school to talk with him about his experiences as a second year teacher.We got right to it.Teachbad Education News (TEN): Thanks for agreeing ...
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Education Research Report: Policy reforms 'demoralizing' teaching profession?
2011-Nov-15
Education Research Report: Policy reforms 'demoralizing' teaching profession?:Policy reforms 'demoralizing' teaching profession?by Jonathan KantrowitzΩA provocative new article in the American Journal of Education argues that many teachers in the age of rigid curricula, high-stakes testing, and reduced classroom autonomy are finding it difficult to access the "moral rewards" of their profession. This demoralization of teaching threatens to drive away even the most passionate and dedicated of teachers."The moral rewards of teaching are activated when educators feel that they are doing ...
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New Models for Family Engagement | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
2011-Nov-15
New Models for Family Engagement | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights:New Models for Family Engagementby obrienaAs part of American Education Week, today is Parents Day, spotlighting the importance of parental involvement in education. Schools across the country invite parents into the classroom to experience firsthand what a day is like for their child.Of course, schools shouldn’t wait until Parents Day to engage families in their child’s education. Research has shown that family engagement in, or support of, ...
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L.A. Teachers Seek to Put Evaluations to a Referendum - Teacher Beat - Education Week
2011-Nov-15
L.A. Teachers Seek to Put Evaluations to a Referendum - Teacher Beat - Education Week:L.A. Teachers Seek to Put Evaluations to a Referendumby Stephen SawchukA collection of Los Angeles teachers plans to force a vote among the district's teaching corps that, if passed, would require their union to advocate for "teacher-led" changes to the teacher-evaluation system—and for a moratorium on layoffs while it's implemented.The teachers, part of a coalition called "Teachers for a New Unionism," are making use of a ...
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4LAKids - Compare+Contrast/Connect the Dots: Walton+KIPP • • • WalMart+MALDEF
2011-Nov-15
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Compare+Contrast/Connect the Dots: Walton+KIPP • • • WalMart+MALDEF:Compare+Contrast/Connect the Dots: Walton+KIPP • • • WalMart+MALDEFby smfCompare+Contrast/Connect the Dots: Walton+KIPP • • • WalMart+MALDEFWalton Family Foundation Invests $25m in KIPP national,Expanding KIPP LA SchoolsE-MAIL PRESS RELEASE FROM LARSON PUBLIC RELATIONSMALDEF's misstep:The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund is accepting sponsorship money from Wal-Mart, which is no friend to Latinos.OP-ED IN THE LA TIMES BY HAROLD MEYERSON | HTTP://LAT.MS/UOBLPVDear Scott,Today, November 15, ...
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Schools Matter: Diversity and the Rise of Majority-Minority Schools
2011-Nov-15
Schools Matter: Diversity and the Rise of Majority-Minority Schools:Diversity and the Rise of Majority-Minority Schoolsby P. L. ThomasDiversity and the Rise of Majority-Minority SchoolsIn the "Historical Notes" conclusion of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, the reader discovers through a darkly biting satire of academia that the world of the novel's main character, June/Offred, developed in part through the shifting proportion of races in the U.S. and throughout the world. The shift in majority and minority status among races resulted in ...
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Support PURE! » CPS “reforms” increased achievement gap
2011-Nov-14
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » CPS “reforms” increased achievement gap:CPS “reforms” increased achievement gapby adminThe Consortium on Chicago School Research has foundthat Chicago school leaders’ boasts of “dramatic” improvements in our schools over the past 20 years were greatly exaggerated.In fact, CCSR says, “(A) number of dramatic system-wide initiatives were enacted. But instead of bringing dramatic changes in student achievement, district-wide changes were incremental—when they occurred at all.”CCSR also found that the achievement gap between white ...
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More veggies, less fat: New LAUSD lunch menu leaving some kids cold - LA Daily News
2011-Nov-14
More veggies, less fat: New LAUSD lunch menu leaving some kids cold - LA Daily News:More veggies, less fat: New LAUSD lunch menu leaving some kids coldBy Susan Abram, Daily News Staff WriterPosted: 11/13/2011 01:00:00 AM PSTUpdated: 11/13/2011 08:52:09 AM PSTParents wait in line for school-lunch samples during a tasting event to introduce the new Los Angeles Unified School District menu at Cardenas Elementary School in Van Nuys on Nov. 10, 2011. (Andy Holzman/Daily News Staff Photographer)VAN NUYS - Araselia ...
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Rahm. Madigan. Fahner. Mayor of Wall Street. Speaker of Wall Street. Wall Street lawyer. « Fred Klonsky
2011-Nov-14
Rahm. Madigan. Fahner. Mayor of Wall Street. Speaker of Wall Street. Wall Street lawyer. « Fred Klonsky:Rahm. Madigan. Fahner. Mayor of Wall Street. Speaker of Wall Street. Wall Street lawyer.by Fred KlonskyDemocratic Speaker of the House Mike Madigan. Graphic: Crain’sI haven’t checked to see if millionaire corporate lawyer Ty Fahner has taken down his lying Illinois is Brokebillboard from the exit ramp at O’Hare. He put it up as part of his $1.5 million campaign against public service worker pensions.Fahner ...
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The Occupations Report: 11/12 | Occupy Together #ows
2011-Nov-14
The Occupations Report: 11/12 | Occupy Together:The Occupations Report: 11/12November 14th, 2011 · Ella · The Occupations ReportNo commentsWe’ve recently seen this report posted and shared through social media, but we thought it might be helpful to have another place on the web it can be published and accessed daily. This Occupation Report is compiled by Rebuild the Dream. Occupy Together has no ties to Rebuild the Dream or Move On outside of requesting permission to repost this report. Are ...
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Big Education Ape: 11-14-11 AM Occupy the Education System EDition #OWS #EDreform
2011-Nov-14
Big Education Ape: Ed News Now:Published by Coopmike48 – 7 news spotters todayNext update in about 10 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYSTORIESPOLITICSWORLDBUSINESS#OWS#POY2011Occupy the Education System: Students, Teachers and Parents Find New Spirit and Challenge the Attack on Public Schools |alternet.org - In the past couple of weeks, Occupy Wall Street has spurred dedicated education activists into some of the most innovative and inspiring actions. November 9, 2011 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join ...mikeklonskyCuomo Tries to Shore Up the Support of Minoritiesnytimes.com ...
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Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: Shorter School Year Coming?
2011-Nov-13
Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: Shorter School Year Coming?:Shorter School Year Coming?by Melissa WestbrookFrom the Everett Herald comes a story about superintendents around the state coming together in agreement about having fewer school days for all districts rather than the Governor's idea of getting rid of levy equalization which favors districts able to pass levies versus those that can't.The superintendents are saying that while it may end up being detrimental to students in the long run, they want the cuts ...
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Students Arrested & Pepper Sprayed at Occupy UC Davis Camp (VIDEOS) - Davis, CA Patch #ows
2011-Nov-18
Students Arrested Pepper Sprayed at Occupy UC Davis Camp (VIDEOS) - Davis, CA Patch:Students Arrested Pepper Sprayed at Occupy UC Davis Camp (VIDEOS)from Davis Patch: Latest Articles Like Davis Patch on Facebook to stay updated. The Occupy protest in the UC Davis quad swelled rapidly after the group was quietly removed from Mrak Hall this week. On Friday, Chancellor Katehi warned that police would remove the camp if it was not cleared out by 3pm.Safe to say, it was not. ...
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Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: More Good News
2011-Nov-17
Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: More Good News:More Good Newsby Melissa WestbrookFrom our friends at the West Seattle blog, news I had to print from Roxhill Elementary:Last Thursday, November 10th, Roxhill fourth graders were treated to a Living Voices performance of Native Vision. Lisa Gladstone, a Blackfoot Indian from Browning, Montana did a remarkable job of engaging our students in the story of Alice, a Navajo girl sent to a government run boarding school in the 30’s and 40’s. Alice ...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts #ows #edreform
2011-Nov-17
Big midyear hit for Prop 98 likely | Thoughts on Public EducationBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-3 minutes agoBig midyear hit for Prop 98 likely | Thoughts on Public Education:Reality vs $ at community colleges - by Kathryn Baronby Kathryn BaronOne of the dominant issues at the fourth and final town hall meeting on how to improve the state’s community colleges wasn’t even in the 70 pages of recommendations from the Task Force on Student Success. “There was some ...
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Blessings in Disguise | Edwize
2011-Nov-17
Blessings in Disguise | Edwize:Blessings in Disguiseby Miss Endurance[Editor's note: Miss Endurance is the pseudonym of a fourth-year teacher in an elementary school on Staten Island.]It’s never a good sign when your principal calls during summer vacation.In the summer of 2010 my world was turned upside down with seven words: “I have to move you to kindergarten.” Here I was, with just two years of teaching under my belt (teaching fourth and fifth grade), being forced to move to the ...
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Time-Traveling Teacher - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
2011-Nov-17
Time-Traveling Teacher - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher:Time-Traveling Teacherby Nancy FlanaganI am deep into Stephen King's latest novel, 11/22/63--and loving it. I was a huge Stephen King fan in my 20s, gobbling up his books like literary snack food. The writer was in his 20s, too, which probably has something to do with why I found his writing so addictively delicious. I can't say that Stephen King enlightened me or changed my worldview. Although I recognized ...
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Modern School: WalSkool: Low Wages, Hard Work, No Excuses, No Poor Kids
2011-Nov-17
Modern School: WalSkool: Low Wages, Hard Work, No Excuses, No Poor Kids:WalSkool: Low Wages, Hard Work, No Excuses, No Poor Kidsby Michael DunnThe Walton Family Foundation is giving a $25 million grant to the KIPP Foundation, according to the Denver Post. The grant is expected to allow the company to double the number of charter schools it operates. There are currently 32,000 students in 109 KIPP schools in 20 states plus the District of Columbia. KIPP is poised to replicate ...
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Questioning the conventional wisdom | Taking Note
2011-Nov-17
Questioning the conventional wisdom | Taking Note:Questioning the conventional wisdomby John MerrowJohn’s book, The Influence of Teachers, is currently available on Amazon.The phrase “conventional wisdom” is often an oxymoron, at least in education. At a bare minimum, conventional wisdom ought to be questioned. Which is what I propose to do here about ‘Time on Task’ and the new Common Core standards.‘Time On Task’ is a concept educators love to talk about. It often goes this way: someone asks about extending ...
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#OccupyCal Encampment Raided « occupy california #OWS
2011-Nov-17
#OccupyCal Encampment Raided « occupy california:#OccupyCal Encampment Raidedby *BERKELEY, California – The encampment that was established at UC Berkeley by 5-7000 people on Tuesday was raided early Thursday morning by police in riot gear. Police cleared Sproul Plaza, confiscating material and destroying tents using a backhoe. An emergency General Assembly this morning has called for a 5pm rally, and then a GA today in response.Read more:DailycalOakland calls for Day of Action Against Repressionby*fromOccupyOakland:The last week has seen a coordinated attack ...
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Education Research Report: Performance of Students With Disabilities
2011-Nov-17
Education Research Report: Performance of Students With Disabilities:Performance of Students With Disabilitiesby Jonathan KantrowitzΩSecondary School Programs and Performance of Students With Disabilities: A Special Topic Report of Findings From the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 uses data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 dataset to provide a national picture of what courses students with disabilities took in high school, in what settings, and with what success in terms of credits and grades earned.Selected findings include:* Students with disabilities earned, on average, ...
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Watch Wall Street Shut Down. Live. | OccupyWallSt.org #OWS
2011-Nov-17
Watch Wall Street Shut Down. Live. | OccupyWallSt.org:Watch Wall Street Shut Down. Live.Posted 23 minutes ago on Nov. 17, 2011, 7:32 a.m. EST by OccupyWallStWatch live streaming video from owsnyc at livestream.comLive Updates
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'Children's Brigade' Joins Occupy Wall Street On Two-Month Anniversary #ows
2011-Nov-17
'Children's Brigade' Joins Occupy Wall Street On Two-Month Anniversary:Joy ResmovitsJoy.resmovits@huffingtonpost.comBecome a fan of this reporterGET UPDATES FROM JOY Like648'Children's Brigade' Joins Occupy Wall Street On Two-Month AnniversaryFirst Posted: 11/17/11 07:36 PM ET Updated: 11/17/11 07:36 PM ETNEW YORK -- As college students took center stage at a Tuesday afternoon Union Square rally on Occupy Wall Street's two-month anniversary, a smaller but equally loud group of younger protesters refused to miss out on the action."We have power, we have friends, nothing ...
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#Occupy #UCDavis « occupy california #ows
2011-Nov-17
#Occupy UC Davis « occupy california:#Occupy UC DavisBy *DAVIS, California – Students have set up tents in the Quad at UC Davis, responding to police raids and brutality both here, at UC Davis, as well as at UC Berkeley. They have declared their solidarity with #OccupyWallStreet. We even have a mailbox!
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts #ows #edreform
2011-Nov-17
Big midyear hit for Prop 98 likely | Thoughts on Public EducationBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-3 minutes agoBig midyear hit for Prop 98 likely | Thoughts on Public Education:Reality vs $ at community colleges - by Kathryn Baronby Kathryn BaronOne of the dominant issues at the fourth and final town hall meeting on how to improve the state’s community colleges wasn’t even in the 70 pages of recommendations from the Task Force on Student Success. “There was some ...
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Time-Traveling Teacher - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
2011-Nov-17
Time-Traveling Teacher - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher:Time-Traveling Teacherby Nancy FlanaganI am deep into Stephen King's latest novel, 11/22/63--and loving it. I was a huge Stephen King fan in my 20s, gobbling up his books like literary snack food. The writer was in his 20s, too, which probably has something to do with why I found his writing so addictively delicious. I can't say that Stephen King enlightened me or changed my worldview. Although I recognized ...
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Event in DC This Friday…Like, Tomorrow | Mr. Teachbad #OWS
2011-Nov-17
Event in DC This Friday…Like, Tomorrow | Mr. Teachbad:Event in DC This Friday…Like, TomorrowHi, Everybody–There is an Occupy event being held tomorrow at McPherson Square, just behind the White House, at 15th and K St. NW. Easy to get to on the Blue and Orange line downtown. This is for educators and people who care about what they do.I’ll be there and hope to see some of you.Here are the details:We teach the 99%! Stand up for public education in ...
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Modern School: WalSkool: Low Wages, Hard Work, No Excuses, No Poor Kids
2011-Nov-17
Modern School: WalSkool: Low Wages, Hard Work, No Excuses, No Poor Kids:WalSkool: Low Wages, Hard Work, No Excuses, No Poor Kidsby Michael DunnThe Walton Family Foundation is giving a $25 million grant to the KIPP Foundation, according to the Denver Post. The grant is expected to allow the company to double the number of charter schools it operates. There are currently 32,000 students in 109 KIPP schools in 20 states plus the District of Columbia. KIPP is poised to replicate ...
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Questioning the conventional wisdom | Taking Note
2011-Nov-17
Questioning the conventional wisdom | Taking Note:Questioning the conventional wisdomby John MerrowJohn’s book, The Influence of Teachers, is currently available on Amazon.The phrase “conventional wisdom” is often an oxymoron, at least in education. At a bare minimum, conventional wisdom ought to be questioned. Which is what I propose to do here about ‘Time on Task’ and the new Common Core standards.‘Time On Task’ is a concept educators love to talk about. It often goes this way: someone asks about extending ...
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#OccupyCal Encampment Raided « occupy california #OWS
2011-Nov-17
#OccupyCal Encampment Raided « occupy california:#OccupyCal Encampment Raidedby *BERKELEY, California – The encampment that was established at UC Berkeley by 5-7000 people on Tuesday was raided early Thursday morning by police in riot gear. Police cleared Sproul Plaza, confiscating material and destroying tents using a backhoe. An emergency General Assembly this morning has called for a 5pm rally, and then a GA today in response.Read more:DailycalOakland calls for Day of Action Against Repressionby*fromOccupyOakland:The last week has seen a coordinated attack ...
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Education Research Report: Performance of Students With Disabilities
2011-Nov-17
Education Research Report: Performance of Students With Disabilities:Performance of Students With Disabilitiesby Jonathan KantrowitzΩSecondary School Programs and Performance of Students With Disabilities: A Special Topic Report of Findings From the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 uses data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 dataset to provide a national picture of what courses students with disabilities took in high school, in what settings, and with what success in terms of credits and grades earned.Selected findings include:* Students with disabilities earned, on average, ...
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The Cost of Corporate Tax Avoidance #EDreform
2011-Nov-16
NEA - The Cost of Corporate Tax Avoidance:The Cost of Corporate Tax AvoidanceWhen corporations avoid paying taxes, public education gets shortchanged.NEA Research has created a series of charts that reflect the cost – in lost federal dollars for education – of corporate tax avoidance based on Citizens for Tax Justice’s analysis. The charts cover:How much federal aid each state would have received for education from 2008-2010 Education jobs that would have been supportedAmount for all other grants to state and ...
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CSU Student Fees - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education)
2011-Nov-16
CSU Student Fees - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education):State Schools Chief Tom TorlaksonIssues Statement on CSU Student FeesLONG BEACH—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson issued the following statement today regarding his opposition to raising fees for students attending California State University campuses:"Fee increases should be our very last resort, not our first option. And yet for the last decade, fees have marched steadily upward, shifting the Legislature’s failure to support our state universities onto the backs of our ...
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#OWS holds Action Council and Spokes Council Tonight! | OccupyWallSt.org
2011-Nov-16
#OWS holds Action Council and Spokes Council Tonight! | OccupyWallSt.org:#OWS holds Action Council and Spokes Council Tonight!by carbonogramThere are two councils happening tonight:The Spokes Council will be at 56 Walker Street at 7PM (2 blocks south of Canal between Broadway and Church St). We hope to do some assessment in our groups of were we are now and where we want to be going.The Action Council focused specifically on actions for tomorrow (N17) will be at 8PM tonight on the ...
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#N17 Mass Day of Action | Occupy Together #OWS
2011-Nov-16
#N17 Mass Day of Action | Occupy Together:#N17 Mass Day of ActionNovember 16th, 2011 · Ella · AnnouncementsNo commentsOWS is calling upon you to participate in a national day of direct action on November 17 in celebration of the the two month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement.Occupy Wall St7:00 Shut Down Wall Street3:00 Occupy the Subways5:00 Take the SquareThis information and more at: occupywallst.org/action/november-17thOccupy CollegesStudents across the country will gather together on November 17 to protest the rising ...
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Bill would label pizza a vegetable in school lunches - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
2011-Nov-16
Bill would label pizza a vegetable in school lunches - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Bill would label pizza a vegetable in school lunchesby Valerie StraussIf you put nutritious broccoli and kale on top of a chocolate-glazed donut, can the concoction be considered equivalent to a vegetable serving?This is the same logic that Congress is about to incorporate into a new law as it gets ready to vote on legislationthat would, among other things, allow public schools to count ...
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Education Research Report
2011-Nov-16
Education Research Report:Creating Sound Policy for Digital LearningJonathan Kantrowitz at Education Research Report - 11 minutes agoThe latest installments of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Creating Sound Policy for Digital Learning series address the implications of this education revolution for teachers and school finance. The first paper in the series, “Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning: Three (Imperfect) Approaches” by Frederick M. Hess of the American Enterprise Institute, tackled accountability for digital schools. In a new paper, “Teachers in the ...
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What Went Wrong at Duarte Square? « Student Activism #OWS
2011-Nov-16
What Went Wrong at Duarte Square? « Student Activism:What Went Wrong at Duarte Square?by Angus JohnstonYesterday morning Duarte Square seemed like a perfect backup for Zuccotti Park’s displaced Occupy Wall Street occupiers. It’s a roomy open space just a mile from Zuccotti, with good access to public transit, local shops, and City Hall. Best of all, half of the empty square is owned by Trinity Church, an Episcopalian congregation that’s been supportive of OWS in the past. (The other half ...
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Union Files Lawsuit against NYC Dept. of Education « New York City Parents Union
2011-Nov-16
Union Files Lawsuit against NYC Dept. of Education « New York City Parents Union:Union Files Lawsuit against NYC Dept. of Educationby adminUnion Files Lawsuit against NYC Dept. of Education Charging Bad Faith, Violation of State Education Law and misuse of Medicaid FundsWhat: District Council 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts, District Council 37 Associate Director Henry Garrido and Local 372 President Santos Crespo, Jr. will be holding a press conference to ask the courts to reinstate unfairly laid off city workers.Where: ...
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Online Learning – Another Misguided Mandate | Connected Principals
2011-Nov-16
Online Learning – Another Misguided Mandate | Connected Principals:Online Learning – Another Misguided Mandateby Patrick LarkinIdaho recently became the fourth state to add an online learning requirement for students to graduate from high school. As is typical with these types of bureaucratic decisions, this initiative makes for great headlines but its impact on student learning remains questionable.There’s a big rush to add online learning opportunities for students without really defining what quality online learning looks like. This really comes as ...
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School Tech Connect: Strange Bedfellows
2011-Nov-15
School Tech Connect: Strange Bedfellows:Strange BedfellowsGulp.Kind of horrifying, actually. Every time someone sniffs around a little bit, another right-wing billionaire has joined forces with Arne Duncan. The man's legacy will be this: he crafted federal education policy to those suit the needs of people determined to do away with public service, the public space, the line between church and state, and erase every remnant of the New Deal and the Great Society.For me, as a historian, the scary part is ...
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Future of Teaching: Teachers Coming For Dinner, Not Dessert | The Jose Vilson
2011-Nov-15
Future of Teaching: Teachers Coming For Dinner, Not Dessert | The Jose Vilson:Future of Teaching: Teachers Coming For Dinner, Not Dessertby JoseExcerpt:Back when we set a course to deliver a message for education, about education, and by educators, we had a hopeful and realistic vision of what we believed 2030 could look like if the right minds got into the huddle with us. The difference between our study and so many others is that we didn’t come from a strictly ...
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Robert Reich (Occupiers Occupied: The Hijacking of the First Amendment) #ows
2011-Nov-15
Robert Reich (Occupiers Occupied: The Hijacking of the First Amendment):Occupiers Occupied: The Hijacking of the First AmendmentA funny thing happened to the First Amendment on its way to the public forum. According to the Supreme Court, money is now speech and corporations are now people. But when real people without money assemble to express their dissatisfaction with the political consequences of this, they’re treated as public nuisances and evicted. First things first. The Supreme Court’s rulings that money is speech ...
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Oakland This Saturday « occupy california
2011-Nov-15
Oakland This Saturday « occupy california:Oakland This Saturdayby *Like this:
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Sixth Grader Builds iPhone Apps and Sparks Learning in School « Whole Child Education
2011-Nov-15
The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child Education:THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGSixth Grader Builds iPhone Apps and Sparks Learning in SchoolNovember 15th, 2011 by Klea ScharbergThomas Suarez is a sixth grade student at a middle school in the South Bay of Los Angeles who has been fascinated by computers and technology since before kindergarten. With the introduction of software development tools, he started building applications for the iPhone and iPad.“A lot of kids these days want to play games, but now ...
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Teacher: Year Going “Pretty Shitty” | Mr. Teachbad
2011-Nov-15
Teacher: Year Going “Pretty Shitty” | Mr. Teachbad:Teacher: Year Going “Pretty Shitty”FAKE EDUCATION NEWSOmaha, NE–Tim Laudner, 26, is a second year history teacher at Norris Middle School in Omaha, NE. Mr. Laudner is not having a good year.He hasn’t lost all hope, but neither is he optimistic. I made an appointment to meet with Mr. Laudner before school to talk with him about his experiences as a second year teacher.We got right to it.Teachbad Education News (TEN): Thanks for agreeing ...
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Education Research Report: Policy reforms 'demoralizing' teaching profession?
2011-Nov-15
Education Research Report: Policy reforms 'demoralizing' teaching profession?:Policy reforms 'demoralizing' teaching profession?by Jonathan KantrowitzΩA provocative new article in the American Journal of Education argues that many teachers in the age of rigid curricula, high-stakes testing, and reduced classroom autonomy are finding it difficult to access the "moral rewards" of their profession. This demoralization of teaching threatens to drive away even the most passionate and dedicated of teachers."The moral rewards of teaching are activated when educators feel that they are doing ...
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New Models for Family Engagement | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
2011-Nov-15
New Models for Family Engagement | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights:New Models for Family Engagementby obrienaAs part of American Education Week, today is Parents Day, spotlighting the importance of parental involvement in education. Schools across the country invite parents into the classroom to experience firsthand what a day is like for their child.Of course, schools shouldn’t wait until Parents Day to engage families in their child’s education. Research has shown that family engagement in, or support of, ...
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L.A. Teachers Seek to Put Evaluations to a Referendum - Teacher Beat - Education Week
2011-Nov-15
L.A. Teachers Seek to Put Evaluations to a Referendum - Teacher Beat - Education Week:L.A. Teachers Seek to Put Evaluations to a Referendumby Stephen SawchukA collection of Los Angeles teachers plans to force a vote among the district's teaching corps that, if passed, would require their union to advocate for "teacher-led" changes to the teacher-evaluation system—and for a moratorium on layoffs while it's implemented.The teachers, part of a coalition called "Teachers for a New Unionism," are making use of a ...
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4LAKids - Compare+Contrast/Connect the Dots: Walton+KIPP • • • WalMart+MALDEF
2011-Nov-15
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Compare+Contrast/Connect the Dots: Walton+KIPP • • • WalMart+MALDEF:Compare+Contrast/Connect the Dots: Walton+KIPP • • • WalMart+MALDEFby smfCompare+Contrast/Connect the Dots: Walton+KIPP • • • WalMart+MALDEFWalton Family Foundation Invests $25m in KIPP national,Expanding KIPP LA SchoolsE-MAIL PRESS RELEASE FROM LARSON PUBLIC RELATIONSMALDEF's misstep:The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund is accepting sponsorship money from Wal-Mart, which is no friend to Latinos.OP-ED IN THE LA TIMES BY HAROLD MEYERSON | HTTP://LAT.MS/UOBLPVDear Scott,Today, November 15, ...
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Schools Matter: Diversity and the Rise of Majority-Minority Schools
2011-Nov-15
Schools Matter: Diversity and the Rise of Majority-Minority Schools:Diversity and the Rise of Majority-Minority Schoolsby P. L. ThomasDiversity and the Rise of Majority-Minority SchoolsIn the "Historical Notes" conclusion of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, the reader discovers through a darkly biting satire of academia that the world of the novel's main character, June/Offred, developed in part through the shifting proportion of races in the U.S. and throughout the world. The shift in majority and minority status among races resulted in ...
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Support PURE! » CPS “reforms” increased achievement gap
2011-Nov-14
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » CPS “reforms” increased achievement gap:CPS “reforms” increased achievement gapby adminThe Consortium on Chicago School Research has foundthat Chicago school leaders’ boasts of “dramatic” improvements in our schools over the past 20 years were greatly exaggerated.In fact, CCSR says, “(A) number of dramatic system-wide initiatives were enacted. But instead of bringing dramatic changes in student achievement, district-wide changes were incremental—when they occurred at all.”CCSR also found that the achievement gap between white ...
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More veggies, less fat: New LAUSD lunch menu leaving some kids cold - LA Daily News
2011-Nov-14
More veggies, less fat: New LAUSD lunch menu leaving some kids cold - LA Daily News:More veggies, less fat: New LAUSD lunch menu leaving some kids coldBy Susan Abram, Daily News Staff WriterPosted: 11/13/2011 01:00:00 AM PSTUpdated: 11/13/2011 08:52:09 AM PSTParents wait in line for school-lunch samples during a tasting event to introduce the new Los Angeles Unified School District menu at Cardenas Elementary School in Van Nuys on Nov. 10, 2011. (Andy Holzman/Daily News Staff Photographer)VAN NUYS - Araselia ...
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Rahm. Madigan. Fahner. Mayor of Wall Street. Speaker of Wall Street. Wall Street lawyer. « Fred Klonsky
2011-Nov-14
Rahm. Madigan. Fahner. Mayor of Wall Street. Speaker of Wall Street. Wall Street lawyer. « Fred Klonsky:Rahm. Madigan. Fahner. Mayor of Wall Street. Speaker of Wall Street. Wall Street lawyer.by Fred KlonskyDemocratic Speaker of the House Mike Madigan. Graphic: Crain’sI haven’t checked to see if millionaire corporate lawyer Ty Fahner has taken down his lying Illinois is Brokebillboard from the exit ramp at O’Hare. He put it up as part of his $1.5 million campaign against public service worker pensions.Fahner ...
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The Occupations Report: 11/12 | Occupy Together #ows
2011-Nov-14
The Occupations Report: 11/12 | Occupy Together:The Occupations Report: 11/12November 14th, 2011 · Ella · The Occupations ReportNo commentsWe’ve recently seen this report posted and shared through social media, but we thought it might be helpful to have another place on the web it can be published and accessed daily. This Occupation Report is compiled by Rebuild the Dream. Occupy Together has no ties to Rebuild the Dream or Move On outside of requesting permission to repost this report. Are ...
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Big Education Ape: 11-14-11 AM Occupy the Education System EDition #OWS #EDreform
2011-Nov-14
Big Education Ape: Ed News Now:Published by Coopmike48 – 7 news spotters todayNext update in about 10 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYSTORIESPOLITICSWORLDBUSINESS#OWS#POY2011Occupy the Education System: Students, Teachers and Parents Find New Spirit and Challenge the Attack on Public Schools |alternet.org - In the past couple of weeks, Occupy Wall Street has spurred dedicated education activists into some of the most innovative and inspiring actions. November 9, 2011 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join ...mikeklonskyCuomo Tries to Shore Up the Support of Minoritiesnytimes.com ...
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Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: Shorter School Year Coming?
2011-Nov-13
Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: Shorter School Year Coming?:Shorter School Year Coming?by Melissa WestbrookFrom the Everett Herald comes a story about superintendents around the state coming together in agreement about having fewer school days for all districts rather than the Governor's idea of getting rid of levy equalization which favors districts able to pass levies versus those that can't.The superintendents are saying that while it may end up being detrimental to students in the long run, they want the cuts ...