What Happened to Freedom of the Press? | Seattle Education #ows
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What Happened to Freedom of the Press? | Seattle Education:What Happened to Freedom of the Press?by seattleducation2011Why is it that the only news outlets showing what’s really going on in the streets of the United States are online news outlets such as Democracy Now, truthout and other blogs such as Common Dreams and the Occupy Nowwebsites around the country and Livestream websites as in Oakland and New York City? And yes, other blogs like this one and a few others?The ... more »
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts #ows #edreform
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It Turns Out That Being an Effective Parent’s Not That Difficult | GeekDad | Wired.comBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-4 minutes agoIt Turns Out That Being an Effective Parent’s Not That Difficult | GeekDad | Wired.com:It Turns Out That Being an Effective Parent’s Not That DifficultBy Dave Banks November 22, 2011 | 6:00 am | Categories: Science and EducationImage by Flickr user Neeta Lind, used under CC LicensingEducators and parents have been saying for years that parental involvement is ... more »
All Education Matters: NYT Reporter(s) - Hello Again! #ows
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All Education Matters: NYT Reporter(s) - Hello Again!:NYT Reporter(s) - Hello Again!by Cryn JohannsenHey reporter(s) who visit(s) my blog from the NYT: Welcome to AEM! It's nice to have you here. Please feel free to use me as a source, but I would appreciate you mentioning my non-profit. I don't care if you mention my name or not. Doesn't really matter. What matters? Well, I'll tell you what matters - that indentured educated citizensknow there is a non-profit out here ... more »
America's Education Reform Lobby Makes Its Presence Known At The Voting Booth
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America's Education Reform Lobby Makes Its Presence Known At The Voting Booth:Joy ResmovitsJoy.resmovits@huffingtonpost.comBecome a fan of this reporterGET UPDATES FROM JOY Like662America's Education Reform Lobby Makes Its Presence Known At The Voting BoothFirst Posted: 11/22/11 04:55 PM ET Updated: 11/22/11 06:00 PM ETMeet the new education lobby.It's ambitious, expansive and, in some cases, modeling itself after sprawling single-issue lobbying organizations like the National Rifle Association and AARP. The groups, which have in large part been created by hedge fund managers ... more »
Thank a Teacher on Nov. 25, StoryCorps’ National Day of Listening | Edwize
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Thank a Teacher on Nov. 25, StoryCorps’ National Day of Listening | Edwize:Thank a Teacher on Nov. 25, StoryCorps’ National Day of Listeningby W.J. LevayStoryCorps is asking everyone to take a few minutes to say thanks to a favorite teacher on the day after Thanksgiving.PopoutWhether posting a memory to Facebook (@storycorps), thanking them on Twitter (@storycorps, #thankateacher), taping a tribute on YouTube or sending a ‘thank you’ card, the 2011 National Day of Listening will send a powerful and necessary ... more »
All Education Matters: Letter to Chancellor Linda Katehi of UC Davis from a group of Physics Department faculty calling for her resignation
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All Education Matters: Letter to Chancellor Linda Katehi of UC Davis from a group of Physics Department faculty calling for her resignation:Letter to Chancellor Linda Katehi of UC Davis from a group of Physics Department faculty calling for her resignationby Cryn JohannsenDoes Chancellor Katehi have any friends or sympathizers left? I would be surprised if she did. She needs to do the right thing and resign immediately.Here is a letter from a group of Physics Department faculty also calling for ... more »
tomhayden.com - Peace Exchange Bulletin - Why the Pepper Spray Spree Should End #OWS
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tomhayden.com - Peace Exchange Bulletin - Why the Pepper Spray Spree Should End:WHY THE PEPPER SPRAY SPREE SHOULD ENDMONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011 AT 9:17PMThe pepper spraying of eleven University of California (Davis) students is a startling visual revelation a pattern repeated over two decades, the widespread use of the potent chemical compound to subdue political protesters, prison inmates and numerous inner city youth, in spite of numerous warnings by health officials of potentially life-threatening effects. The Davis episode shows that ... more »
Academia Occupied: The Academic As “Other” in Corporate Colonialism | The Homeless Adjunct #OWS
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Academia Occupied: The Academic As “Other” in Corporate Colonialism | The Homeless Adjunct:Academia Occupied: The Academic As “Other” in Corporate ColonialismPosted on November 21, 2011The term “occupy” is all over the news now, with the Occupy Movement gaining power and momentum across our country, and linked in solidarity to the occupy movements that began in the Middle East. There is a strong wave of a growing Occupy Colleges movement, long overdue to my mind, that is finally beginning to take ... more »
Parents from Schools Targeted for Closure Protest Together at DOE HQ « EdVox
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Parents from Schools Targeted for Closure Protest Together at DOE HQ « EdVox:Parents from Schools Targeted for Closure Protest Together at DOE HQby edvoxnyMiddle and high schools targeted for closure serve almost entirely low-income Black and Latino families and have lost tens-of-millions to budget cuts over past 3 years. Many schools represented were founded, moved or co-located by Bloomberg Administration; most house large numbers of high-needs students.Susan Hackshaw, parent from PS 631For months, hundreds of mostly low-income, Black and Latino ... more »
It Turns Out That Being an Effective Parent’s Not That Difficult | GeekDad | Wired.com
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It Turns Out That Being an Effective Parent’s Not That Difficult | GeekDad | Wired.com:It Turns Out That Being an Effective Parent’s Not That DifficultBy Dave Banks November 22, 2011 | 6:00 am | Categories: Science and EducationImage by Flickr user Neeta Lind, used under CC LicensingEducators and parents have been saying for years that parental involvement is one of the most important factors in a child’s education. But what does that mean? Cooking brownies for a bake sale? Attending ... more »
CAP/C-SPAN Panel on Student Involvement in University Governance Now Online « Student Activism #OWS
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CAP/C-SPAN Panel on Student Involvement in University Governance Now Online « Student Activism:CAP/C-SPAN Panel on Student Involvement in University Governance Now Onlineby Angus JohnstonThe panel discussion I participated in yesterday at the Center for American Progress in Washington DC is now online. It was a good discussion, I think, and particularly timely given the events of the last week in California.http://www.americanprogress.org/images/rd2/flash/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.5.swfAlong with myself, the panel included Tiffany Loftin, vice president of the United States Student ... more »
Former Marine, Officer Calls Pike “Cowardly” in Open Letter - Davis, CA Patch #OWS
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Former Marine, Officer Calls Pike “Cowardly” in Open Letter - Davis, CA Patch:Former Marine, Officer Calls Pike “Cowardly” in Open LetterCaptain Souza,My proudest accomplishment in life was earning the title United States Marine. Today, I continue to espouse the Marine qualities of honesty, integrity and courage. I have worked many protests as a DC policeman and as a United States Marine fighting in Iraq. I am perplexed as to how a non-violent demonstration would necessitate police in riot gear or ... more »
Nonviolence, Resisting Arrest, and the Student Movements of the Sixties and Today « Student Activism #OWS
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Nonviolence, Resisting Arrest, and the Student Movements of the Sixties and Today « Student Activism:Nonviolence, Resisting Arrest, and the Student Movements of the Sixties and Todayby Angus JohnstonA recurring theme in criticism of the students pepper-sprayed at UC Davis last week is that in forming a ring around police and their fellow activists they were violating the principles of nonviolent resistance. “A fundamental tenet of civil disobedience is to accept arrest when protesting injustice,” Berkeley Daily Cal columnist Casey Given ... more »
Hechinger Report | Should value-added teacher ratings be adjusted for poverty?
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Hechinger Report | Should value-added teacher ratings be adjusted for poverty?:Should value-added teacher ratings be adjusted for poverty?by Sarah GarlandIn Washington, D.C., one of the first places in the country to use value-added teacher ratings to fire teachers, teacher-union president Nathan Saunders likes to point to the following statistic as proof that the ratings are flawed: Ward 8, one of the poorest areas of the city, has only five percent of the teachers defined as effective under the new evaluation ... more »
More on Rocketship Charters « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students! #OWS
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More on Rocketship Charters « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!:More on Rocketship Chartersby millerlfA Retro-Rocketship to the Future: Corporate Education Reform Blasts Off in Silicon ValleyWritten by Adam Bessie The Daily Censored, Nov 18, 2011Rocketship is blasting off in Silicon Valley, with great fanfare – and no, it’s not a new tech start up, propelled by the genius of another 22-year old wunderkind who has invented the latest, most innovative way to virally spread videos of silly cats playing ... more »
Education Research Report: Formative Assessment Initiatives in Two States
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Education Research Report: Formative Assessment Initiatives in Two States:Texas school districts teaching about contraception along with abstinence in sex education classesby Jonathan KantrowitzΩReport Shows Big Increase in Public Schools A new Texas Freedom Network Education Fund (TFNEF) study shows a big increase over the past three years in the percentage of Texas school districts teaching about contraception along with abstinence in sex education classes.This encouraging shift away from failed abstinence-only policies is especially important because Texas has one Formative Asses... more »
Anti Teachers’ Union Activity in the State of Washington | Seattle Education #OWS
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Anti Teachers’ Union Activity in the State of Washington | Seattle Education:Anti Teachers’ Union Activity in the State of Washingtonby seattleducation2011Have you seen this in your inbox yet?Dear School Board Director,RE: NONUNION PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR ASSOCIATIONBecause you are a leader in your community’s education system, we wanted to inform you about Northwest Professional Educators (NWPE) andour work supporting your mission to provide students with the best possible education.NWPE is a state partner of the Association of American Educators (AAE), the fastest-growing
Teachers union leader says battle's just begun - Washington Times
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Teachers union leader says battle's just begun - Washington Times:'Teachers union leader says battle’s just begunPredicts labor inroads against GOP20 Comments and 0 Reactions|ShareTweet|Email|Print|By Ben Wolfgang-The Washington TimesMonday, November 21, 2011NEA President Dennis Van Roekel isn’t holding out much hope that sweeping changes to education laws can be enacted before the 2012 presidential election. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)Text Size: +-Click-2-ListenSTORY TOPICSPoliticsEducationDennis Van RoekelScott WalkerJohn KasichFOLLOW US ONFACEBOOKFOLLOW US ONFACEBOOKQUES... more »
Blue Jersey:: Occupy Education Reform #ows #edreform
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Blue Jersey:: Occupy Education Reform:Occupy Education Reformby Jersey JazzmanCross-posted from Jersey Jazzman.In America today, students who peacefully question the status quo can expect this:Obviously, these kids never learned to conform, which demonstrates a failure of our public education system. Because schools are not supposed to produce critical thinkers capable of independent thought who can see past the corporate propaganda our media grinds out every second. No, schools are there to produce "21st Century workers" - people who are smart enough ... more »
Special Education Students and Charter Schools « A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues
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Special Education Students and Charter Schools « A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues:Special Education Students and CharterSchoolsPosted on November 21, 20110Rate ThisNot much here but a table. The table lists the number and percentage of public and charter districts that enroll at least 1 student in each special education category. It appears to me that fewer charter districts enroll the most difficult and costly to instruct special education students. For example, 40% of public districts in Texas enroll at least ... more »