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Shanker Blog » Explaining The Consistently Inconsistent Results of Charter Schools, Part One

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Shanker Blog » Explaining The Consistently Inconsistent Results of Charter Schools, Part One:Explaining The Consistently Inconsistent Results of Charter Schools, Part Oneby Matthew Di CarloAs discussed in a previous post, there is a fairly well-developed body of evidence showing that charter and regular public schools vary widely in their impacts on achievement growth. This research finds that, on the whole, there is usually not much of a difference between them, and when there are differences, they tend to be very ... more »

NYC Educator: Heckuva Job, Barackie

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NYC Educator: Heckuva Job, Barackie:Heckuva Job, Barackieby NYC EducatorFor about 20 years I've lived very close to the water. Sometimes it comes to visit us, so we've got two sump pumps in our crawl space to discourage it. That usually seems to work. In case it doesn't, I've been paying FEMA for flood insurance for, oh, 20 years. I'm a pretty good customer.So when Hurricane Irene came calling, I wasn't too worried. After all, I was insured. My little family ... more »

Lawsuit Against New Orleans Charters: Does New Orleans Welcome Disabled Students? « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

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Lawsuit Against New Orleans Charters: Does New Orleans Welcome Disabled Students? « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!:Lawsuit Against New Orleans Charters: Does New Orleans Welcome Disabled Students?by millerlfNational Public Radio by Larry Abramson November 15, 2011To listen to the to the Story go to: All Things Considered /go to search in top right corner and type in special education in New Orleans)New Orleans has become the center of an education revolution, where more than 70 percent of students attend ... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Tenure and Vouchers and Charters

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Jersey Jazzman: Tenure and Vouchers and Charters:Tenure and Vouchers and Chartersby DukeJohn Mooney - one of the best reporters in NJ - says it comes down to the bug three:Gov. Chris Christie yesterday put out his now-familiar call for the Democratic-controlled legislature to act on what he said are the state's priorities, starting with his package of proposals on teacher tenure, charter schools, and school vouchers.The Democratic leadership, for its part, put out its schedule for the next two months, ... more »

Online Learning – Another Misguided Mandate | Connected Principals

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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 ... more »

Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts #ows #edreform

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Several Ways To Tell The Difference Between Good amp; Bad Education Research - Classroom Qamp;A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week TeacherBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-3 hours agoSeveral Ways To Tell The Difference Between Good Bad Education Research - Classroom QA With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher:Several Ways To Tell The Difference Between Good Bad Education ResearchBy Larry Ferlazzo on November 15, 2011 2:37 PM | No Comments | No RecommendationsLast week, I asked a question that ... more »

The Educated Reporter: Evaluating Teachers: EWA Seminar Sparks Debate

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The Educated Reporter: Evaluating Teachers: EWA Seminar Sparks Debate:Evaluating Teachers: EWA Seminar Sparks Debateby Emily RichmondWe had nearly 50 education journalists in Chicago for a one-day EWA seminar on "Evaluating Teachers: Beyond the Rhetoric." I encourage you to read some of the terrific work being done this week by the seminar participants, including the Kalamazoo Gazette's Julie Mack and Dave Murray of the Grand Rapids Press. (I'll post additional stories as they are published.) Mack cleverly organized some of the ... more »

Engaging Parents In School… - Important Report On Parent Engagement Released Today Larry Ferlazzo.

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Engaging Parents In School… - Important Report On Parent Engagement Released Today:Important Report On Parent Engagement Released Todayby Larry FerlazzoFamily-School-Community Partnerships 2.0: Collaborative Strategies to Advance Student Learning is the lengthy name of an excellent report released today by the National Education Association.It highlights sixteen family-school-community partnerships, including the Parent Teacher Home Visit Project.Here are important links:You can access the entire report here.I Like “Themeefy”Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... ... more »

Rep. Miller chastises California | Thoughts on Public Education

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Rep. Miller chastises California | Thoughts on Public Education:Rep. Miller chastises California - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guessby John Fensterwald - Educated GuessEleven states made the submission deadline Monday for seeking a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law. That gave U.S. Rep. George Miller of California, the ranking Democrat on the House committee rewriting the law, a chance to take a swat at his home state for ignoring the opportunity. “These 11 states are ready [...]Zero hour ... more »

LAUSD's DEEPEST FEAR - Perdaily.com

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LAUSD's DEEPEST FEAR - Perdaily.com:LAUSD's DEEPEST FEARby Leonard Isenberg(Mensaje se repite en Español)(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)As one clueless superintendent after another is anointed by the forces of public education privatization and the corporate controlled mass media to implement "revolutionary public education reform," that never seems to come about in our public schools, nobody in a position of power questions or seems willing to hold accountable this non-system of public ... more »

School Tech Connect: Strange Bedfellows

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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 ... more »

Future of Teaching: Teachers Coming For Dinner, Not Dessert | The Jose Vilson

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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 ... more »

Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Evening Posts #ows #edreform

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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Admits Cities Coordinated Crackdown on Occupy Movement | MyFDL #OWSBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-16 minutes agoOakland Mayor Jean Quan Admits Cities Coordinated Crackdown on Occupy Movement | MyFDL:Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Admits Cities Coordinated Crackdown on Occupy MovementBy: Gregg Levine Tuesday November 15, 2011 6:45 am Tweet3 Oakland Mayor Jean Quan (photo: Ella Baker Center)Embattled Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, speaking in an interview with the BBC (excerpted on The Takeaway radio program–audio of Quan ... more »

Daily Kos: NCLB: No Chance for Latinos and Blacks

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Daily Kos: NCLB: No Chance for Latinos and Blacks:NCLB: No Chance for Latinos and BlacksbyteacherkenFollowShareNew PERMALINK2 COMMENTSThat is the title of this powerful post by fellow educational blogger David Ginsburg. I want you to go read it, and pass it on.To give you a sense, allow me to offer this selection, what David notes about the impact of NCLB for students of color in many American schools (and I apologize that my formatting is not exactly identical):- cutting back writing ... more »

Robert Reich (Occupiers Occupied: The Hijacking of the First Amendment) #ows

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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 ... more »