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Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape » PostRank

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Jonah Edelman. He’s baaaaack! Sort of. « Fred Klonsky

2011-Dec-2

Jonah Edelman. He’s baaaaack! Sort of. « Fred Klonsky:Jonah Edelman. He’s baaaaack! Sort of.by Fred KlonskyStand for Children’s Jonah Edelman.Like Jaws II, just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…This morning’s NY Times recounts the mess Jonah Edelman of the Oregon-based Stand for Children made of things for the reformers last year.The mess followed my posting of a video presentation that Edelman made at an Aspen conference. He described

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Contradictions: Madison Prep Board Members in Their Own Words | AMPS

2011-Dec-2

Contradictions: Madison Prep Board Members in Their Own Words | AMPS:Contradictions: Madison Prep Board Members in Their Own Wordsby Thomas J. MertzTyrone-Davis, “Can I Change My Mind” (click to listen or download)Children should NOT be sitting, waiting in an auditorium, to find out if they won a lottery to get into a school. A right to a good education should be like the right to clean water. And, since when, did teachers become the demons?Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings on “Waiting for ...

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Schooling in the Ownership Society: The Rise and Fall of Stand For Children

2011-Dec-2

Schooling in the Ownership Society: The Rise and Fall of Stand For Children:The Rise and Fall of Stand For Childrenby Mike KlonskyPopoutEdelman's unsolicited confessionA Chicago News Cooperative story in today's NY Times, "Education Group Tries to Rebound After Diatribe,"documents the crash-and-burn of the corporate reform group, Stand For Children and its national director, Jonah Edelman. The Portland-based group with pockets filled with cash supplied by the Gates Foundation and local one-percenters like the Crown and Pritzker families, along with the ...

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Bigger money wins in school board races | EdNewsColorado

2011-Dec-2

Bigger money wins in school board races | EdNewsColorado:Bigger money wins in school board racesby Nancy Mitchell and Charlie BrennanMoney apparently mattered in recent school board campaigns in the state’s largest school districts, with the top fundraisers winning in seven of eight elections in Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties.Final campaign finance reports filed Thursday for school board candidates show Denver’s citywide at-large race may rank as the most expensive in the city’s history, with five candidates raising more than $267,111.But ...

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Schools Matter: Career Education for the Poor: Child Janitors

2011-Dec-2

Schools Matter: Career Education for the Poor: Child Janitors:Career Education for the Poor: Child Janitorsby Jim HornAs the biggest out-of-the-box thinker that the Republican sideshow can muster, Newt Grinchish is using some well-worn, yet reliable, racist rhetoric to justify a push into new corporate education terrain. But the Newt is not backing down--he is all about breaking the cycle of poverty, if it means breaking the backs of children in the process--as they "pursue happiness."From ABC:Des Moines, Iowa — Responding ...

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Jersey Jazzman: Uncommon Ground

2011-Dec-1

Jersey Jazzman: Uncommon Ground:Uncommon Groundby DukeSpeaking of B4K and Student First's "partnership":My blogging buddy Mike Lilley of B4K teamed up with Tim Shelton of Students First to write an op-ed that purports to show that corporate "reformers" and teachers unions are really all on the same page:From President Obama to Gov. Chris Christie to the New Jersey Education Association to Michelle Rhee, a national consensus is emerging that significant changes must come to public education.It would have been unthinkable as ...

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LEGAL WAIVER FORMS FOR TEACHERS « Teachers Fight Back

2011-Dec-1

LEGAL WAIVER FORMS FOR TEACHERS « Teachers Fight Back:LEGAL WAIVER FORMS FOR TEACHERSby alkleenI recently underwent a minor medical procedure, and before it happened I actually read every word of the legal waiver form. The form explained the chances of complications and or death occurring during or after the procedure. The form gave me an idea for something similar that should be used by schools and teachers at the beginning of the school year.Teachers should hand out legal waiver forms ...

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Big Education Ape: 12-1-11 PM Who Knew? 2 Many charter schools not measuring up EDition #ows #edreform

2011-Dec-1

Big Education Ape: Ed News Now:Published by Coopmike48 – 7 news spotters todayNext update in about 11 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYPOLITICSSTORIESBUSINESSART ENTERTAINMENT#OWS#OCCUPYLMany charter schools not measuring up in new report card dataarticles.chicagotribune.com - Teacher Stephanie Licker works on arithmetic problems with fifth-graders… (Antonio Perez, Chicago Tribune)November 30, 2011|By Joel Hood and Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Chicago Tribune reportersMayor Ra...DianeRavitchIs K-12 Inc. The Future Of Education? Here's Why I'm Skepticalseekingalpha.com - The internet has radically altered the media, financial markets, retail, and service ...

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Deborah Meier's Blog on Education: Children First

2011-Dec-1

Deborah Meier's Blog on Education: Children First:Children FirstDeborah Meier at Deborah Meier's Blog on Education - 37 minutes agoOne of the surprising attacks on unions of late is that they try to raise wages and benefits and improve their working conditions for the sake of their members. Big secret: Just as every corporation is in the business of trying to improve their profit status and the dividends of their "members." Some professions or special interest groups do it by forming ...

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The Trouble with National Social Studies Standards, and how the Common Core Might Help - Dana Goldstein

2011-Dec-1

The Trouble with National Social Studies Standards, and how the Common Core Might Help - Dana Goldstein:The Trouble with National Social Studies Standards, and how the Common Core Might Helpby Dana GoldsteinEducation Week reports on social scientists who complain that the new Common Core curriculum standards replicate the problems of No Child Left Behind, by shunting civics and history in favor of English and math. I share the concern about the sorry state of civics and history education in American ...

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Occupy Wall Street Arrests in Context « Student Activism #ows

2011-Dec-1

Occupy Wall Street Arrests in Context « Student Activism:Occupy Wall Street Arrests in Contextby Angus JohnstonYesterday the Occupy Wall Street movement passed a milestone — five thousand arrests since the Zuccotti Park encampment was established on September 17. As a result of multiple crackdowns overnight, the tally now stands at 5,163 arrests in 75 days, an average of almost 69 a day.Let’s put those numbers in perspective.In the most recent year for which data exist, there were 13,120,947 arrests in ...

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Low-income schools shortchanged in funding | Thoughts on Public Education

2011-Dec-1

Low-income schools shortchanged in funding | Thoughts on Public Education:Low-income schools shortchanged in funding - by Kathryn Baronby Kathryn BaronBeing proven right is usually a cause for some self-satisfaction, but U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan was troubled Wednesday when he announced results of a new Department of Education study on Title I and other high-poverty schools. “Today, we’re releasing key findings that confirm an unfortunate reality in our nation’s education system,” said Duncan during a [...]

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NYC Public School Parents: Fred Smith on David Abrams' resignation: No Mas!

2011-Nov-30

NYC Public School Parents: Fred Smith on David Abrams' resignation: No Mas!:Fred Smith on David Abrams' resignation: No Mas!by Leonie HaimsonFred Smith is a former senior analyst for the NYC Board of Education and an expert on testing. Here he comments on the sudden resignation of David Abrams, who led the NY State Education Dept. testing office into one preposterous blunder after another over many years, the most serious of which was test score inflation -- but my favorite was ...

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

2011-Nov-30

School Overhaul Plan A Boon to Private Groups - Chicago News CooperativeBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-12 minutes agoSchool Overhaul Plan A Boon to Private Groups - Chicago News Cooperative:School Overhaul Plan A Boon to Private Groupsby REBECCA VEVEADespite rumors that Chicago Public Schools officials planned to close a record number of schools this year, just four will be shuttered and four others will be phased out or share space with charter schools.Of the eight schools, seven will foster ...

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Big Education Ape: 11-30-11 PM Who Knew? charter schools produce wildly uneven results EDition #OWS #edreform#OCCUPY

2011-Nov-30

Big Education Ape: Ed News Now:Published by Coopmike48 – 6 news spotters todayNext update in about 10 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYWORLDSTORIESPOLITICSBUSINESS#OWS#OCCUPYChicago charter schools produce wildly uneven results on state tests - Chicago Sunsuntimes.com - By Rosalind Rossi and Art Golab Staff Reporters November 30, 2011 12:02AM Michael Milkie Superintendent Noble Network of Charter Schools, looking over Raquel Ibarra's work, while Principal Tressie ...tbfurmanResponse: Several Ways Teachers Can Create A Supportive Environment For Each Other - Classroom QA With Larry Ferlazzoblogs.edweek.org - ...

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Physical Fitness Test Results for 2011 - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education)

2011-Nov-30

Physical Fitness Test Results for 2011 - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education):Physical Fitness Test Results for 2011 Prompt SchoolsChief Tom Torlakson and NBA All-Star Bill Waltonto Team Up for Healthy Kids CampaignEL CAJON—With only 31 percent of students posting healthy scores in all six areas of the latest Physical Fitness Test, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson joined NBA all-star Bill Walton today in urging schools across California to take part in the Team California for Healthy Kids ...

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POVERTY DEFEATS EVEN CHARTER SCHOOLS « Teachers Fight Back

2011-Nov-30

POVERTY DEFEATS EVEN CHARTER SCHOOLS « Teachers Fight Back:POVERTY DEFEATS EVEN CHARTER SCHOOLSby alkleenToday’s Chicago Tribune has an article about how research has suggested that many charter schools in Chicago are performing no better than traditional neighborhood schools and some are actually doing much worse. The article shows the test scores to back up the research that was done.Does this really surprise anyone? What is so difficult to understand about the fact that children from poverty-stricken areas will almost always ...

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Hechinger Report | Q&A with the College Board’s Sandy Baum: ‘Too many low-and moderate-income students are being left behind’

2011-Nov-30

Hechinger Report | QA with the College Board’s Sandy Baum: ‘Too many low-and moderate-income students are being left behind’:QA with the College Board’s Sandy Baum: ‘Too many low-and moderate-income students are being left behind’by Liz WillenSandy BaumSandy Baum, an independent policy analyst for the College Board, discovered recently that colleges and universities awarded $5.3 billion in grants beyond the demonstrated financial need of students and their families this year. Her analysis included state-supported public universities, which in some cases gave ...

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The California Teachers Union Is Close To Banning Online Courses At State Schools

2011-Nov-30

The California Teachers Union Is Close To Banning Online Courses At State Schools:The California Teachers Union Is Close To Banning Online Courses At State SchoolsAbby Rogers | Nov. 30, 2011, 12:04 PM | 136 | 4 Image: University Council — American Federation of TeachersMembers of the University Council — American Federation of TeachersThe University of California system and the state's teachers' union are at war over a curriculum change aimed at saving students money.The controversy arose when the system, whose ...

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Shortcomings of Standardized Testing #EDreform

2011-Nov-30

Standardized Testing Shortcomings:Shortcomings of Standardized TestingThe Short VersionHas your child been mislabeled as a result of standardized testing? Has your school lowered its standards, or eliminated important extracurricular activities, because of standardized testing? What should you know? What should you do?Since I first wrote the evaluation of a specific standardized test, I have been contacted by teachers and parents. They know that the test has problems. They want to know what information will help them make their case and what ...

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How to Identify a High School Dropout Factory - High School Notes (usnews.com)

2011-Nov-30

How to Identify a High School Dropout Factory - High School Notes (usnews.com):How to Identify a High School Dropout FactoryBy JASON KOEBLERNovember 30, 2011 RSS Feed PrintMany of America's high school dropouts attend schools that graduate fewer than 60 percent of their students. Although the number of these "dropout factories" has decreased from 2,007 in 2002 to 1,634 in 2009, according to a March 2011 report by America's Promise Alliance, thousands of students still fail to graduate from these high ...

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Big Education Ape: 11-30-11 AM Alert From the Sacramento Comprehensive High School Coalition EDition #OWS

2011-Nov-30

Big Education Ape: Ed News Now:Published by Coopmike48 – 8 news spotters todayNext update in about 10 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYPOLITICSSTORIESBUSINESSWORLD#EDU#OWSAlert From the Sacramento Comprehensive High School Coalitionbigeducationape.blogspot.com - From the Sacramento Comprehensive High School Coalition: An update is in order for anyone hopeful that the Sac High campus might be reclaimed for use as a pedestrian-friendly comprehensive high sc...coopmike48Duncan Calls for Urgency in Lowering College Costsnytimes.com - Education Secretary Arne Duncan in a speech Tuesday pushed higher education officials to ...

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Alert From the Sacramento Comprehensive High School Coalition

2011-Nov-29

From the Sacramento Comprehensive High School Coalition:An update is in order for anyone hopeful that the Sac High campus might be reclaimed for use as a pedestrian-friendly comprehensive high school. A sizable group of families from the West Campus community oppose any move that re-locates, or significantly expands their campus and culture. When combined with St. HOPE's vigorous defense of the Sac High campus, it would appear that the "swap" option faces two very well-organized, and determined opponents.For residents in ...

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Remainders: Bronx school tells parents to stop airing its issues | GothamSchools

2011-Nov-29

Remainders: Bronx school tells parents to stop airing its issues | GothamSchools:Remainders: Bronx school tells parents to stop airing its issuesby Philissa Cramer, at 9:00 pmP.S. 24 in the Bronx told families to stop telling the school’s troubles to the press. (Bronx Press Politics)A teacher discovers an error in an automatically graded Regents grade from last year. (NYCDOENuts)A teacher reports with glee that social studies exams might be resurrected. (Mr. D’s Neighborhood)Mike Petrilli: Though sometimes wrong, Diane Ravitch’s arguments are ...

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Big Education Ape: 11-29-11 College Calls for Urgency in Lowering Duncan Costs EDition #ows #edreform

2011-Nov-29

Big Education Ape: Ed News Now:Published by Coopmike48 – 8 news spotters todayNext update in about 11 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYSTORIESPOLITICSWORLDART ENTERTAINMENT#OWS#CORPREFORMERSDuncan Calls for Urgency in Lowering College Costsnytimes.com - Education Secretary Arne Duncan in a speech Tuesday pushed higher education officials to “think more creatively — and with much greater urgency — about how to contain the spiraling costs of college...arneduncanWhy Rich Kids Cheat On The SATforbes.com - Shortly before Thanksgiving, The New York Times reported that criminal charges have ...

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The Failure of Desegregation in Baltimore City Schools: An Interview with Morgan State's Ray Winbush · Stories · Baltimore Fishbowl

2011-Nov-29

The Failure of Desegregation in Baltimore City Schools: An Interview with Morgan State's Ray Winbush · Stories · Baltimore Fishbowl:THE FAILURE OF DESEGREGATION IN BALTIMORE CITY SCHOOLS: AN INTERVIEW WITH MORGAN STATE'S RAY WINBUSH1 Tags: city schools, race relations, segregationDr. Raymond WinbushPublished November 29, 2011 by Edit BarryWhat happens when Baltimore talks about race? City mom Edit Barry finds out when she calls Dr. Raymond Winbush -- director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University and author ...

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Occupy Wall Street | NYC Protest for World Revolution #ows

2011-Nov-29

Occupy Wall Street | NYC Protest for World Revolution:War Profiteers Meet Tomorrow In NYC. They Wont Be Alone.OccupyWallSt at OccupyWallSt News - 1 hour ago[image: Walmart] Tomorrow, the Aviation Week and Credit Suisse will be holding their 17th annual Aerospace Defense Finance Conference in NYC. These war profiteers export death in the name of defense. They have obscene influence over our democracy with politicians in their pockets and hundreds of lobbyists working congress. They sell arms to to the 1% ...

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New Building Occupations at UC Davis and Santa Cruz « Student Activism #OWS

2011-Nov-29

New Building Occupations at UC Davis and Santa Cruz « Student Activism:New Building Occupations at UC Davis and Santa Cruzby Angus JohnstonInformation is sparse so far this morning, but students occupied buildings on two University of California campuses yesterday, and it appears that one or both occupations are continuing at this hour.At UC Davis, site of the infamous pepper-spray incident eleven days ago, students occupied Dutton Hall, which houses various financial offices on campus. Meanwhile, at UC Santa Cruz, students ...

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Poor, Homeless Students Living Out Of Cars As Childhood Poverty Climbs (VIDEO)

2011-Nov-29

Poor, Homeless Students Living Out Of Cars As Childhood Poverty Climbs (VIDEO):Poor, Homeless Students Living Out Of Cars As Childhood Poverty Climbs (VIDEO)First Posted: 11/29/11 12:55 PM ET Updated: 11/29/11 01:14 PM ETMore than 16 million children now live in poverty in the United States, the highest number since 1962. In all, 19.8 percent of school children were living in poverty in 2010, and childhood poverty rates increased significantly in one of every five U.S. counties between 2007 and 2010, ...

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Interview with Diane Ravitch: California's Rejection of NCLB Waivers Sends a Message - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

2011-Nov-29

Interview with Diane Ravitch: California's Rejection of NCLB Waivers Sends a Message - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:Interview with Diane Ravitch: California's Rejection of NCLB Waivers Sends a Messageby Anthony CodyCalifornia, with more public school students than any other state, has surprised many by declining to apply for waivers to No Child Left Behind. The implications of this decision are far-reaching, and so in the coming weeks I am going to be asking a variety of educational leaders ...

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Unified to grapple with anti-poverty funds | SignOnSanDiego.com

2011-Nov-29

Unified to grapple with anti-poverty funds | SignOnSanDiego.com:Unified to grapple with anti-poverty fundsSAN DIEGO — The San Diego school board is set to decide how to distribute federal anti-poverty funds on Tuesday, continuing a heated debate that has divided teachers, parents and their elected representatives.The board appears poised to reverse a decision made last year to raise the school poverty threshold for distributing federal Title I funds. Trustees all but decided to rescind that vote on Nov. 8.Under a proposal ...

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

2011-Nov-29

Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts #ows #edreformBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-3 minutes agoStriking for the future of the profession! - The Educator's PLN #owsBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-16 minutes agoStriking for the future of the profession! - The Educator's PLN:Striking for the future of the profession!Posted by andy mellor on November 28, 2011 at 6:30pmView BlogOn Wednesday there will be many an educational professional wrestling with their conscience. Do I strike ...

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Koch brothers in Michigan. Dirty little secrets. « Fred Klonsky

2011-Nov-29

Koch brothers in Michigan. Dirty little secrets. « Fred Klonsky:Koch brothers in Michigan. Dirty little secrets.by Fred KlonskyWhen it comes to the anti-union right-wingers in Michigan, there is no such thing as transparency.There are lots of dirty little secrets. There are hidden funders. And there are outright lies.Neither the Mackinac Center nor their little brother, the Education Action Group will release the names of their funders.The Mackinac Center filed as a 501(c)3 non-profit with the IRS swearing that it does ...

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Big Education Ape: 11-28-11 PM Jefferson charter school budget has $87,500 per student EDition #OCCUPYLA #CORPREFORM #ows

2011-Nov-28

Big Education Ape: Ed News Now:Published by Coopmike48 – 7 news spotters todayNext update in about 11 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYPOLITICSWORLDSTORIESENVIRONMENT#OCCUPYLA#CORPREFORMWhy are we following the US into a schools policy disaster? | Educationguardian.co.uk - President Barack Obama at the Capital City public charter school in Washington, DC. What is the impact of these schools on the system as a whole, asks Melissa Benn. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty...DianeRavitchPeabody lecture on educational change in Finland | Newsnews.vanderbilt.edu - by Jennifer Wetzel | Posted on ...

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Florida School Board Association Supports FCAT Changes; Stakes Out Position Against Bush’s Foundation and Chamber of Commerce | Scathing Purple Musings

2011-Nov-28

Florida School Board Association Supports FCAT Changes; Stakes Out Position Against Bush’s Foundation and Chamber of Commerce | Scathing Purple Musings:Florida School Board Association Supports FCAT Changes; Stakes Out Position Against Bush’s Foundation and Chamber of Commerceby Bob SikesReports Leslie Postal in the Orlando Sentinel:The Florida School Boards Association has joined the fray over the proposed new system for scoring FCAT exams.The association president, Lee Swift, sent a letter to the State Board of Education last week urging it to ...

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On charter schools and “choice” « Parents Across America #OWS #EDreform

2011-Nov-28

On charter schools and “choice” « Parents Across America:On charter schools and “choice”by adminNov 28, 2011 No Comments ›› adminWhy we got involvedby adminFounding members of PAA share why they got involved.Why Do We Need PAA?by adminPAA Founding Members on why we need a national organization to put the parent voice back into public education.

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Thoughts On Kevin Carey's Profile of Diane Ravitch, History, and Ideology - Dana Goldstein #EDreform

2011-Nov-28

Thoughts On Kevin Carey's Profile of Diane Ravitch, History, and Ideology - Dana Goldstein:Thoughts On Kevin Carey's Profile of Diane Ravitch, History, and Ideologyby Dana GoldsteinThe New Republic has published a provocative profile of Diane Ravitch by my friend Kevin Carey, and it serves as a useful companion to the profile of Ravitch I wrote in June. Kevin, who works for the standards and accountability think tank Education Sector, is unsurprisingly more harshly critical of Ravitch than I was. He ...

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An "American" Approach to K-12 School Reform :: Frederick M. Hess

2011-Nov-28

An "American" Approach to K-12 School Reform :: Frederick M. Hess:An "American" Approach to K-12 School Reformby Frederick M. Hess • Nov 28, 2011 at 8:26 amCross-posted from Education Week Print Send RSS ShareA recent series in The Atlantic has explored the "secrets of innovation" and asked which nations the U.S. ought to emulate in seeking to regain our competitive edge. As part of it, I was asked to offer my take on the K-12 question. Despite all the preaching ...

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

2011-Nov-28

Students lose individual attention as class sizes swell across the metro area | OregonLive.comBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-3 hours agoStudents lose individual attention as class sizes swell across the metro area | OregonLive.com:Students lose individual attention as class sizes swell across the metro areaby Nicole Dungca, The OregonianHAPPY VALLEY -- After walking into Carl Sander's algebra class with a late pass in hand, Alex Gonzales, 13, found himself alone at a side table. It wasn't punishment. The Happy ...

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THE LAUSD BOARD GAME: KIND OF LIKE MONOPOLY...ONLY DIFFERENT - Perdaily.com

2011-Nov-28

THE LAUSD BOARD GAME: KIND OF LIKE MONOPOLY...ONLY DIFFERENT (EL LAUSD tablero de juego: algo así como MONOPOLY ... sólo diferente) - Perdaily.com:THE LAUSD BOARD GAME: KIND OF LIKE MONOPOLY...ONLY DIFFERENT (EL LAUSD tablero de juego: algo así como MONOPOLY ... sólo diferente)by Leonard Isenberg(Mensaje se repite en Español)(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)New for the holiday season for those of you who are looking for the gift that keeps on ...

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The Best Reflective Posts I’ve Written About My Teaching Practice In 2011 | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

2011-Nov-28

The Best Reflective Posts I’ve Written About My Teaching Practice In 2011 | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…:The Best Reflective Posts I’ve Written About My Teaching Practice In 2011by Larry FerlazzoThe end-of-year lists continue….Most of the titles are self-explanatory.You might also be interested in:The Best Reflective Posts I’ve Written About My Teaching Practice — 2010The Best Reflective Posts I’ve Written About My Teaching Practice — 2009Research Studies Of The Weekby Larry FerlazzoI often write about research studies from various ...

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Kansas HS Student Won't Apologize to Governor for Tweet | MyFDL

2011-Nov-27

Kansas HS Student Won't Apologize to Governor for Tweet | MyFDL:Kansas HS Student Won’t Apologize to Governor for Tweetby Teddy PartridgeHigh school tweeter Emma SullivanHigh school tweeter Emma Sullivan, citing free speech and Gandhi, will defy her high school principal and not apologize to Governor Sam Brownback for the supposedly hurtful things she twittered to her (then-60) Twitter followers, implying she spoke back harshly to the governor, called him out publicly for his views, and suggested he blows — a ...

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On school reform, concensus grows around three principles | NJ.com

2011-Nov-27

On school reform, concensus grows around three principles | NJ.com:On school reform, concensus grows around three principlesPublished: Sunday, November 27, 2011, 12:04 PM By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist By Mike Lilley and Tim MeltonFrom President Obama to Gov. Chris Christie to the New Jersey Education Association to Michelle Rhee, a national consensus is emerging that significant changes must come to public education.It would have been unthinkable as recently as a year ago, but today the issue isn’t whether the political will ...