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 »
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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 »
Several Ways To Tell The Difference Between Good & Bad Education Research - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher
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Several 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 had been on my mind:How can you tell the difference between good and bad education research?Colleagues in the Teacher Leaders Network and I have previously written about the importance ... more »
Oakland This Saturday « occupy california
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Oakland This Saturday « occupy california:Oakland This Saturdayby *Like this:
With Whom do We Stand? A Counterpoint for Education Reform - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
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With Whom do We Stand? A Counterpoint for Education Reform - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:With Whom do We Stand? A Counterpoint for Education Reformby Anthony CodyGuest post by Steve Silvius and Stephen Danley.Consider us optimists, but we think the high-stakes test movement has reached its apex and started its decline. It won't happen quickly given the powerful political forces aligned to promote the testing regime, but the test obsessed "accountability" package for education reform won't continue indefinitely. ... more »
Occupy Wall Street is winning. « Fred Klonsky #ows
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Occupy Wall Street is winning. « Fred Klonsky:Occupy Wall Street is winning.by Fred KlonskyNo matter what Bloomberg and the NYPD do, they can’t put the Occupy Movement back in the box.Politico’s Ben Smith reports today that over the past two months the entire conversation in American has
Sacramento City Unified School District Family Academy Survey A.P. E. it up
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Sacramento City Unified School District Family Academy SurveyA.P. E. it upA.P. E. it upThe Sacramento City Unified School District is starting a Family Academy beginning in 2012. The proposed Family Academy will offer a great mix of free workshops, courses and other low cost educational opportunities that parents and family members can take to support their children's success in school. It will also help parents reach their own personal and career goals.We are currently in the planning stages of creating ... more »
Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN
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Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN:Top Content this WeekTop Content Rank1TEDxManhattanBeach - Thomas Suarez - iPhone Application Developer. . .and 6th GraderAdded by Thomas Whitby on November 11, 20112Diane Ravitch CNN InterviewAdded by Thomas Whitby on October 8, 20113Alfie Kohn on Feel-Bad EducationAdded by Andrew Neuendorf on October 13, 20114It's Not On The TestAdded by Thomas Whitby on August 19, 20115Bloom's Digital Taxonomy PREZIAdded by Thomas Whitby on October 17, 20106Digital Footprints- Your New First ImpressionAdded by Steve ... more »
Florida Chamber of Commerce Official Says He Was Called a “Coward” and “Sellout” by Two Superintendents | Scathing Purple Musings
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Florida Chamber of Commerce Official Says He Was Called a “Coward” and “Sellout” by Two Superintendents | Scathing Purple Musings:Florida Chamber of Commerce Official Says He Was Called a “Coward” and “Sellout” by Two Superintendentsby Bob SikesWhat’s up with this?:A Florida Chamber of Commerce representative says he was called a “coward” and a “sellout” Monday by at least two school superintendents after he didn’t fully back their endorsement of proposed “cut scores” for the high school FCAT reading test.But at ... more »
Sixth Grader Builds iPhone Apps and Sparks Learning in School « Whole Child Education
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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 ... more »