Analysis: Is student loan, education bubble next? - Boston.com
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Analysis: Is student loan, education bubble next? - Boston.com:Analysis: Is student loan, education bubble next?By Justin PopeAP Education Writer / November 6, 2011E-mail|Print|Comments ()Text size – +First the dot.coms popped, then mortgages. Are student loans and higher education the next bubble, the latest investment craze inflating on borrowed money and misplaced faith it can never go bad?Tweet Be the first to Tweet this!ShareThisSome experts have raised the possibility. Last summer, Moody's Analytics pronounced fears of an education spending bubble "not ... more »
Illinois teacher pensions. Zero hour. « Fred Klonsky's blog
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Illinois teacher pensions. Zero hour. « Fred Klonsky's blog:Illinois teacher pensions. Zero hour.by Fred KlonskyPublic employees occupy the Illinois Capitol last week to defend pensions.The Chicago edition of the New York Times carries a story by the Chicago News Cooperative on this week’s final three days of the Illinois General Assembly veto session.It’s a shitty story co-written by Kristen McQueary. McQueary has made a career in journalism out of bashing Illinois teachers. And today’s story will not mark a turn ... more »
Schools Matter: We need “Room to Read” in the United States
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Schools Matter: We need “Room to Read” in the United States:We need “Room to Read” in the United Statesby skrashenSent to the New York Times, November 6, 2011We complain about stagnant reading achievement in the US (the recent NAEP scores), but fail to do the obvious: Support libraries.Across the US, states are cutting library funding, even though research consistently shows that increased access to books results more reading and more reading results in better reading, writing, vocabulary and
NYC Public School Parents: Occupy Wall St. on the attack on public education; & Santos Crespo asks, where's the money? #ows
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NYC Public School Parents: Occupy Wall St. on the attack on public education; Santos Crespo asks, where's the money?:Occupy Wall St. on the attack on public education; Santos Crespo asks, where's the money?by Leonie HaimsonSee this video from Occupy Wall St. about the attack on public education in NYC with testimony from laid-off DC37 school aide Cliftonia Johnson and investigative journalist Chris Hedges. For more on Ms. Johnson and some of the other nearly 700 school aides who were fired ... more »
Patricia Levesque Joins Jeb Bush in Calling for Status Quo After Poor NAEP Numbers | Scathing Purple Musings
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Patricia Levesque Joins Jeb Bush in Calling for Status Quo After Poor NAEP Numbers | Scathing Purple Musings:Patricia Levesque Joins Jeb Bush in Calling for Status Quo After Poor NAEP Numbersby Bob SikesJeb Bush’s PR machine is good at staying on message. A case in point is today’s opinion piece in the Orlando Sentinel by Bush’s top policy wonk Patricia Levesque which comes just days after her boss’ statement in response to Florida’s poor showing on NAEP. Like Bush, Levesque ... more »
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Mid Day Posts #ows
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Mid Day Posts #owsSunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blogBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-3 minutes agoSunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog:Sunday links.by Fred KlonskyPhoto: H/T Jed Brandt. Occupy Atlanta.I woke up to this news from Glen Brown: The proposed overhaul of Illinois’ pension system could cost the state $62 billion more than the current system over the next three decades, according to a report prepared for the Teacher Retirement System.Bank Transfer Day ... more »
STUDY: Latinos and Blacks Will be the Most Hurt With Medicaid Cut - Hispanically Speaking News
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STUDY: Latinos and Blacks Will be the Most Hurt With Medicaid Cut - Hispanically Speaking News:STUDY: Latinos and Blacks Will be the Most Hurt With Medicaid CutsA new report, Medicaid: A Lifeline for Blacks and Latinos, shows how the state and federally funded health insurance program for low- income people, has historically played a critical role for people of color, providing coverage for millions of blacks and Latinos of all ages.While Medicaid covers many more white people, because blacks and ... more »
Schools Matter: New Charter Study by Mathematica With More Bad News for Corporate Ed Reform
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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 ...more »
How & Why a Democratic President Privatized Our School System « Same Subject, Continued #ows
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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 ... more »
Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog
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Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog:Sunday links.by Fred KlonskyPhoto: H/T Jed Brandt. Occupy Atlanta.I woke up to this news from Glen Brown: The proposed overhaul of Illinois’ pension system could cost the state $62 billion more than the current system over the next three decades, according to a report prepared for the Teacher Retirement System.Bank Transfer Day was yesterday. You can still transfer your money out of a big bank to a credit union on Monday. Or Tuesday.The Tea Party ... more »
Erik Fresen’s False Prophecy | Scathing Purple Musings
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Erik Fresen’s False Prophecy | Scathing Purple Musings:Erik Fresen’s False Prophecyby Bob SikesThe Miami Heraldhas published a comprehensive look at Florida’s new teacher evaluation system the state will have under SB736. Reporters Laura Insensee and Sarah Butrymowicz interviewed several people for their article, including Rep. Erik Fresen of Miami.The Herald reporters demonstrated considerable professionalism in not pointing out that Fresens’ family owns several Academica charter schools in Miami. Perhaps they should have. Fresen let loose with a real whopper. After ... more »
Dr. Cornell West and Chris Hedges at Goldman Sachs Mock Trial Occupy Wall Street on Nov 3, 2011 People’s Hearing | Seattle Education #ows
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Dr. Cornell West and Chris Hedges at Goldman Sachs Mock Trial Occupy Wall Street on Nov 3, 2011 People’s Hearing | Seattle Education:Dr. Cornell West and Chris Hedges at Goldman Sachs Mock Trial Occupy Wall Street on Nov 3, 2011 People’s Hearingby seattleducation2011
With A Brooklyn Accent: Why Teachers Must Become Community Organizers and Justice Fighters #ows
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With A Brooklyn Accent: Why Teachers Must Become Community Organizers and Justice Fighters:Why Teachers Must Become Community Organizers and Justice FightersWhy Teachers Must Become Community Organizers and Justice FightersMark NaisonThere is a long history of Teacher Activism in the United States. In New York City, the tradition goes back to the late 1930s when teachers associated with the Communist Party and the New York City Teachers Union fought to have Negro History Month honored in the NYC Public schools, to ... more »
Thinking differently about time on task
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Thinking differently about time on task:Thinking differently about time on taskby Susan HeaddenMore time on task — growing evidence, along with simple common sense, shows that the more hours students engage in learning, the more they can boost their academic achievement. That, along with increasing concerns about the learning reversals students suffer over the summer, is why more and more school districts are starting to think beyond the confines of the six-hour-a-day, 180-day-a-year box.An analysis by Education Sector, which has ... more »
Onward & Upward - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post
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Onward Upward - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post:Onward Upward Colleagues who have known me over the yeas ask, “Walter, what’s up? Why is ASCD supporting the Common Core State Standards?” as if we have gone over to the dark side. My initial answer is, “Standards are not evil!” followed by, “Besides, ASCD very thoughtfully and deliberately made the decision to get involved in this work. Common Core and Whole Childgo hand in hand!” The 5 strands of ...more »
Ozomatli to Occupy LA: Can’t Let the Bullshit Split Us Up! | California Father #OWS
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Ozomatli to Occupy LA: Can’t Let the Bullshit Split Us Up! | California Father:Ozomatli to Occupy LA: Can’t Let the Bullshit Split Us Up!by California Father