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2011′s TOP TEN MEDIA FALLACIES ABOUT TEACHERS « Teachers Fight Back
2011-Dec-23
2011′s TOP TEN MEDIA FALLACIES ABOUT TEACHERS « Teachers Fight Back:2011′s TOP TEN MEDIA FALLACIES ABOUT TEACHERSby alkleen10. Charter schools are the answer to what ails our public school system.9. Teacher salaries are as high or higher than they should be.8. Teacher unions are preventing education reforms.7. Tenure prevents teacher firings and protects incompetent teachers.6. Test scores should be way more important than
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It's Time for a Debt Jubilee - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
2011-Dec-23
It's Time for a Debt Jubilee - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com:It's Time for a Debt JubileeCryn Johannsen, Yahoo! Contributor NetworkDec 22, 2011 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here."tweetPrintFlagPost a commentThere has been a lot of discussion about student loan forgiveness in the past few months. With millions of people drowning in student loan debt, many of them embrace the idea. However, those who espouse this language actually serve to hurt the measure and the people who are hurting ...
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Tom King's Blog of De-Fog!: Common Core Needs a New Learning Corps!
2011-Dec-22
Tom King's Blog of De-Fog!: Common Core Needs a New Learning Corps!:Common Core Needs a New Learning Corps!by Dr. Tom"There may not be any curriculum that every learner needs to know, but there surely are many curriculums that most need learners to know."There's lots of talk out there in Web 2+ land these days about learning standards, standardized testing, common core curriculums, even having teachers read scripts to students to assure that all learners are hearing the same thing. Madness ...
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Big Education Ape: 12-22-11 AM Day of resistance to school closings EDition #ows #edreform
2011-Dec-22
Big Education Ape: Ed News Now: Big Education Ape: Ed News NowPublished by Coopmike48 – 8 news spotters todayNext update in about 8 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYPOLITICSENVIRONMENTHEALTHBUSINESS#EDU#TAKETHETESTSupport PURE! » Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22:Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22by adminFrom the CTU and Save Our ...coopmike48NEA Teachers Step Up | ED.gov Blogbigeducationape.blogspot.com - NEA Teachers Step Up | ...
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Digital Bootstraps for Analog Problems — A Reply to Forbes Columnist Gene Marks’
2011-Dec-22
Digital Bootstraps for Analog Problems — A Reply to Forbes Columnist Gene Marks’:Digital Bootstraps for Analog Problems — A Reply to Forbes Columnist Gene Marks’ “If I Were A Poor Black Kid”by CYNTHIA on DECEMBER 22, 2011A truly clueless if well-intentioned column by Gene Marks titled “If I Were A Poor Black Kid” in Forbes magazine is getting righteously ripped fromjournalists all around the web. They’re correctly pointing out how bereft Marks’ column is of history, research, practical awareness, racial ...
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Jersey Jazzman: Poverty, Shmoverty - Part III
2011-Dec-22
Jersey Jazzman: Poverty, Shmoverty - Part III:Poverty, Shmoverty - Part IIIby DukeGonna get wonky here...I have to admit it: Amanda Ripley really got under my skin. Twice. So much so that I went back to her blog to look at her two recent posts - here and here - about how much American schools suck and how people who tell you that poverty is the overriding cause are selling you magic beans.Lucky for you, Ripley has "...been to Finland, Korea ...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts #ows #edreform
2011-Dec-22
Stanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in education | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.comBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-6 hours agoStanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in education | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com: Stanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in educationLinda Darling-HammondWritten byChris Otts | The Courier-JournalFILED UNDERNewsLocal NewsSchool districts across the country often spend less on instruction for low-income and minority students, and it’s one of the main reasons the ...
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The Educated Reporter: As Guiding Lights, Charter Schools Struggle to Shine
2011-Dec-22
The Educated Reporter: As Guiding Lights, Charter Schools Struggle to Shine:As Guiding Lights, Charter Schools Struggle to Shineby Emily RichmondI’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about charter schools, particularly in light of what’s happening in the Windy City. A recent study of Chicago Public Schools found that its charter school students were not doing any better than their peers at traditional neighborhood campuses, and, in some cases, were actually performing significantly worse. (Click here for the Chicago Tribune ...
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Tom King's Blog of De-Fog!: Common Core Needs a New Learning Corps!
2011-Dec-22
Tom King's Blog of De-Fog!: Common Core Needs a New Learning Corps!:Common Core Needs a New Learning Corps!by Dr. Tom"There may not be any curriculum that every learner needs to know, but there surely are many curriculums that most need learners to know."There's lots of talk out there in Web 2+ land these days about learning standards, standardized testing, common core curriculums, even having teachers read scripts to students to assure that all learners are hearing the same thing. Madness ...
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Big Education Ape: 12-22-11 AM Day of resistance to school closings EDition #ows #edreform
2011-Dec-22
Big Education Ape: Ed News Now: Big Education Ape: Ed News NowPublished by Coopmike48 – 8 news spotters todayNext update in about 8 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYPOLITICSENVIRONMENTHEALTHBUSINESS#EDU#TAKETHETESTSupport PURE! » Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22:Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22by adminFrom the CTU and Save Our ...coopmike48NEA Teachers Step Up | ED.gov Blogbigeducationape.blogspot.com - NEA Teachers Step Up | ...
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Digital Bootstraps for Analog Problems — A Reply to Forbes Columnist Gene Marks’
2011-Dec-22
Digital Bootstraps for Analog Problems — A Reply to Forbes Columnist Gene Marks’:Digital Bootstraps for Analog Problems — A Reply to Forbes Columnist Gene Marks’ “If I Were A Poor Black Kid”by CYNTHIA on DECEMBER 22, 2011A truly clueless if well-intentioned column by Gene Marks titled “If I Were A Poor Black Kid” in Forbes magazine is getting righteously ripped fromjournalists all around the web. They’re correctly pointing out how bereft Marks’ column is of history, research, practical awareness, racial ...
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Jersey Jazzman: Poverty, Shmoverty - Part III
2011-Dec-22
Jersey Jazzman: Poverty, Shmoverty - Part III:Poverty, Shmoverty - Part IIIby DukeGonna get wonky here...I have to admit it: Amanda Ripley really got under my skin. Twice. So much so that I went back to her blog to look at her two recent posts - here and here - about how much American schools suck and how people who tell you that poverty is the overriding cause are selling you magic beans.Lucky for you, Ripley has "...been to Finland, Korea ...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts #ows #edreform
2011-Dec-22
Stanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in education | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.comBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-6 hours agoStanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in education | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com: Stanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in educationLinda Darling-HammondWritten byChris Otts | The Courier-JournalFILED UNDERNewsLocal NewsSchool districts across the country often spend less on instruction for low-income and minority students, and it’s one of the main reasons the ...
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New English-Learner Director Named - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education)
2011-Dec-21
New English-Learner Director Named - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Chooses RespectedScholar and Author to Head English Learner EffortsSACRAMENTO—Karen Cadiero-Kaplan, a leading scholar, published author and longtime advocate for students, will lead the California Department of Education's (CDE) efforts to help school districts across the state teach English learners effectively, California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today.Cadiero-Kaplan is a professor at San Diego State University, where she chairs the Department of Policy ...
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Not All Charter Schools Suck but Closure Rate Tops 15 Percent
2011-Dec-21
Charter Schools Closure Rate Tops 15 Percent: • Of the approximately 6,700 charter schools that have ever opened across the United States, 1,036 have closed since 1992. There are 500 additional charter schools that have been consolidated back into the district or received a charter but were unable to open.• There are five primary reasons for charter closures – financial (41.7 percent), mismanagement (24 percent), academic (18.6 percent), district obstacles (6.3 percent) and facilities (4.6 percent).PROUDLYSPONSOREDBY
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What are you thankful for in education? | Taking Note
2011-Dec-21
What are you thankful for in education? | Taking Note:What are you thankful for in education?byJohn MerrowJohn Merrow's last blog post of 2011 looks at what we should be thankful for -- and what we still have to worry about.In a recent tweet,I wondered aloud about what we should be thankful for in education (a similar discussion happened before Thanksgivingon the Learning Matters website). I got a variety of responses, including:Students who are hungry to learn;Parents and other family members ...
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List of Active Occupy Encampments Across the Country – Now at 61 | FDL Action
2011-Dec-20
List of Active Occupy Encampments Across the Country – Now at 61 | FDL Action: List of Active Occupy Encampments Across the Country – Now at 61byJane HamsherStaying warm at Occupy RochesterHelp Occupy Supply Buy Union/American Winter Gear for the Occupy ProtestersAlthough the media has grown bored with the Occupy movement and are declaring it over,OccupySupplyhas verified the existence of 61 encampments across the country. We are listing them below, along with links to photos and videos that demonstrate what ...
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26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System
2011-Dec-20
26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education SystemAdam Taylor |Dec. 14, 2011, 9:00 PM|254,339|59AAAinShare111Image:flickr: wstryderSince it implemented huge education reforms 40 years ago, Finland's school systemhas consistently come at the top for the international rankings for education systems.So how do they do it?It's simple — by going against the evaluation-driven, centralized model that much of the Western world uses.Click on to take a tour of one of the most successful education systems in ...
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Last Stand for Children First: In Kim Jung Il Education Reform Has Lost a Friend
2011-Dec-19
Last Stand for Children First: In Kim Jung Il Education Reform Has Lost a Friend: In Kim Jung Il Education Reform Has Lost a FriendbyLast Stand for ChildrenIn our country, we pride ourselves on our meager attempts to bring common core standards to the American education system. In North Korea, 10,000 school girls will cry for 48 hours in tribute to their fallen leader. North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il was a despot, but the education reform movement owes a ...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Mid Day Posts #ows #edreform
2011-Dec-19
New York City Student Testing Over the Past Decade - NYTimes.com #edreformBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-3 minutes agoNew York City Student Testing Over the Past Decade - NYTimes.com: 10 Years of State Exams With Results That Never Need QuestioningByMICHAEL WINERIPPublished: December 18, 2011RECOMMENDTWITTERLINKEDINCOMMENTSE-MAILPRINTREPRINTSSHAREIn the last decade, we have emerged from the Education Stone Age. No longer must we rely on primitive tools like teachers and principals to assess children’s academic progress. Thanks to the best education minds in ...
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The New Stupid :: Frederick M. Hess
2011-Dec-19
The New Stupid :: Frederick M. Hess: The New Stupidby Frederick M. Hess • Dec 19, 2011 at 7:59 amCross-posted fromEducation WeekPrintSendRSSShareA little while back, I published a piece titled "The New Stupid" inEducational Leadership. It's a piece that's perhaps more relevant today than when I wrote it, and one that folks continue to ask about. Anyway, given that things have slowed down for the pre-holiday week, I thought I'd share it over the next few days. So, here we ...
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Big Education Ape: 12-19-11 AM Law turns kids into commodities EDition #edreform
2011-Dec-19
Big Education Ape: Ed News Now:Published byCoopmike48– 5 news spotters todayNext update in about 10 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYSTORIESPOLITICSTECHNOLOGYHEALTH#EDU#CORPREFORMFighting over the fundamentals of philanthropyhumanosphere.kplu.org- There appears to be a deep-seated intellectual boil festering at the base of our discussions around philanthropy, foreign aid and development. Those three words? I’m not sure anyone really knows w...mikeklonskyOld school, new school | SILive.comsilive.com- Even though the city Department of Education’s plan to close PS 14 in Stapleton is proceeding, students, parents, teachers and other ...
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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Can Chicago schools afford K12 Inc. exec salaries?
2011-Dec-19
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Can Chicago schools afford K12 Inc. exec salaries?: Can Chicago schools afford K12 Inc. exec salaries?byMike KlonskyReader J.C. (not Brizard)makes a good point.If Chicago mayor and school boss, Rahm Emanuel moves ahead with his plan to throw another largeno-bid contract K12 Inc.'s way, a big chunk of that money will go towards covering bossRon Packard's $5 million annual compensation package.Not to mention other K12 exec salaries, including:Chief financial officer Harry T. Hawks earned about $544,000 ...
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OSPI Class Action Complaint for IDEA Part B for African- American Students with Disabilities
2011-Dec-18
OSPI Class Action Complaint for IDEA Part B for African- American Students with DisabilitiesSuperintendent Dorn, Dr. Ryans, and Ms WhiteThis class action IDEA complaintaddresses discrimination against Washington’s African-American students with disabilities that contributes to overrepresentation and punitive and exclusionary school discipline policies, practices and procedures that exact a significant disproportionate burden on African- American childrenwith IEP.Since the OSPI started measuring IDEA Part B Indicators in 2009, Black students have been overrepresented and over disciplined in special education programs, particularly under ...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts #ows #edreform
2011-Dec-18
Scholastic News: Tool of OWS. « Fred KlonskyBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-1 hour agoScholastic News: Tool of OWS. « Fred Klonsky: Scholastic News: Tool of OWS.byFred KlonskyFirst Pat Robertson claimed the Teletubbies promoted the Gay lifestyle. Whatever.Then Kyle Olson toured the country promoting is book which claims that Click Clack Moo. Cows that Type is pro-union propaganda. Which it is. And I’m glad.NowWorldNetDaily, an outlet for the goofiest of the right-wing goofballs, is upset that Scholastic News is ...
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2011′s TOP TEN MEDIA FALLACIES ABOUT TEACHERS « Teachers Fight Back
2011-Dec-23
2011′s TOP TEN MEDIA FALLACIES ABOUT TEACHERS « Teachers Fight Back:2011′s TOP TEN MEDIA FALLACIES ABOUT TEACHERSby alkleen10. Charter schools are the answer to what ails our public school system.9. Teacher salaries are as high or higher than they should be.8. Teacher unions are preventing education reforms.7. Tenure prevents teacher firings and protects incompetent teachers.6. Test scores should be way more important than
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It's Time for a Debt Jubilee - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
2011-Dec-23
It's Time for a Debt Jubilee - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com:It's Time for a Debt JubileeCryn Johannsen, Yahoo! Contributor NetworkDec 22, 2011 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here."tweetPrintFlagPost a commentThere has been a lot of discussion about student loan forgiveness in the past few months. With millions of people drowning in student loan debt, many of them embrace the idea. However, those who espouse this language actually serve to hurt the measure and the people who are hurting ...
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Tom King's Blog of De-Fog!: Common Core Needs a New Learning Corps!
2011-Dec-22
Tom King's Blog of De-Fog!: Common Core Needs a New Learning Corps!:Common Core Needs a New Learning Corps!by Dr. Tom"There may not be any curriculum that every learner needs to know, but there surely are many curriculums that most need learners to know."There's lots of talk out there in Web 2+ land these days about learning standards, standardized testing, common core curriculums, even having teachers read scripts to students to assure that all learners are hearing the same thing. Madness ...
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Big Education Ape: 12-22-11 AM Day of resistance to school closings EDition #ows #edreform
2011-Dec-22
Big Education Ape: Ed News Now: Big Education Ape: Ed News NowPublished by Coopmike48 – 8 news spotters todayNext update in about 8 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYPOLITICSENVIRONMENTHEALTHBUSINESS#EDU#TAKETHETESTSupport PURE! » Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22:Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22by adminFrom the CTU and Save Our ...coopmike48NEA Teachers Step Up | ED.gov Blogbigeducationape.blogspot.com - NEA Teachers Step Up | ...
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Digital Bootstraps for Analog Problems — A Reply to Forbes Columnist Gene Marks’
2011-Dec-22
Digital Bootstraps for Analog Problems — A Reply to Forbes Columnist Gene Marks’:Digital Bootstraps for Analog Problems — A Reply to Forbes Columnist Gene Marks’ “If I Were A Poor Black Kid”by CYNTHIA on DECEMBER 22, 2011A truly clueless if well-intentioned column by Gene Marks titled “If I Were A Poor Black Kid” in Forbes magazine is getting righteously ripped fromjournalists all around the web. They’re correctly pointing out how bereft Marks’ column is of history, research, practical awareness, racial ...
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Jersey Jazzman: Poverty, Shmoverty - Part III
2011-Dec-22
Jersey Jazzman: Poverty, Shmoverty - Part III:Poverty, Shmoverty - Part IIIby DukeGonna get wonky here...I have to admit it: Amanda Ripley really got under my skin. Twice. So much so that I went back to her blog to look at her two recent posts - here and here - about how much American schools suck and how people who tell you that poverty is the overriding cause are selling you magic beans.Lucky for you, Ripley has "...been to Finland, Korea ...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts #ows #edreform
2011-Dec-22
Stanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in education | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.comBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-6 hours agoStanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in education | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com: Stanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in educationLinda Darling-HammondWritten byChris Otts | The Courier-JournalFILED UNDERNewsLocal NewsSchool districts across the country often spend less on instruction for low-income and minority students, and it’s one of the main reasons the ...
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The Educated Reporter: As Guiding Lights, Charter Schools Struggle to Shine
2011-Dec-22
The Educated Reporter: As Guiding Lights, Charter Schools Struggle to Shine:As Guiding Lights, Charter Schools Struggle to Shineby Emily RichmondI’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about charter schools, particularly in light of what’s happening in the Windy City. A recent study of Chicago Public Schools found that its charter school students were not doing any better than their peers at traditional neighborhood campuses, and, in some cases, were actually performing significantly worse. (Click here for the Chicago Tribune ...
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Tom King's Blog of De-Fog!: Common Core Needs a New Learning Corps!
2011-Dec-22
Tom King's Blog of De-Fog!: Common Core Needs a New Learning Corps!:Common Core Needs a New Learning Corps!by Dr. Tom"There may not be any curriculum that every learner needs to know, but there surely are many curriculums that most need learners to know."There's lots of talk out there in Web 2+ land these days about learning standards, standardized testing, common core curriculums, even having teachers read scripts to students to assure that all learners are hearing the same thing. Madness ...
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Big Education Ape: 12-22-11 AM Day of resistance to school closings EDition #ows #edreform
2011-Dec-22
Big Education Ape: Ed News Now: Big Education Ape: Ed News NowPublished by Coopmike48 – 8 news spotters todayNext update in about 8 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYPOLITICSENVIRONMENTHEALTHBUSINESS#EDU#TAKETHETESTSupport PURE! » Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22:Day of resistance to school closings tomorrow, 12/22by adminFrom the CTU and Save Our ...coopmike48NEA Teachers Step Up | ED.gov Blogbigeducationape.blogspot.com - NEA Teachers Step Up | ...
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Digital Bootstraps for Analog Problems — A Reply to Forbes Columnist Gene Marks’
2011-Dec-22
Digital Bootstraps for Analog Problems — A Reply to Forbes Columnist Gene Marks’:Digital Bootstraps for Analog Problems — A Reply to Forbes Columnist Gene Marks’ “If I Were A Poor Black Kid”by CYNTHIA on DECEMBER 22, 2011A truly clueless if well-intentioned column by Gene Marks titled “If I Were A Poor Black Kid” in Forbes magazine is getting righteously ripped fromjournalists all around the web. They’re correctly pointing out how bereft Marks’ column is of history, research, practical awareness, racial ...
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Jersey Jazzman: Poverty, Shmoverty - Part III
2011-Dec-22
Jersey Jazzman: Poverty, Shmoverty - Part III:Poverty, Shmoverty - Part IIIby DukeGonna get wonky here...I have to admit it: Amanda Ripley really got under my skin. Twice. So much so that I went back to her blog to look at her two recent posts - here and here - about how much American schools suck and how people who tell you that poverty is the overriding cause are selling you magic beans.Lucky for you, Ripley has "...been to Finland, Korea ...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts #ows #edreform
2011-Dec-22
Stanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in education | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.comBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-6 hours agoStanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in education | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com: Stanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in educationLinda Darling-HammondWritten byChris Otts | The Courier-JournalFILED UNDERNewsLocal NewsSchool districts across the country often spend less on instruction for low-income and minority students, and it’s one of the main reasons the ...
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New English-Learner Director Named - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education)
2011-Dec-21
New English-Learner Director Named - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Chooses RespectedScholar and Author to Head English Learner EffortsSACRAMENTO—Karen Cadiero-Kaplan, a leading scholar, published author and longtime advocate for students, will lead the California Department of Education's (CDE) efforts to help school districts across the state teach English learners effectively, California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today.Cadiero-Kaplan is a professor at San Diego State University, where she chairs the Department of Policy ...
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Not All Charter Schools Suck but Closure Rate Tops 15 Percent
2011-Dec-21
Charter Schools Closure Rate Tops 15 Percent: • Of the approximately 6,700 charter schools that have ever opened across the United States, 1,036 have closed since 1992. There are 500 additional charter schools that have been consolidated back into the district or received a charter but were unable to open.• There are five primary reasons for charter closures – financial (41.7 percent), mismanagement (24 percent), academic (18.6 percent), district obstacles (6.3 percent) and facilities (4.6 percent).PROUDLYSPONSOREDBY
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What are you thankful for in education? | Taking Note
2011-Dec-21
What are you thankful for in education? | Taking Note:What are you thankful for in education?byJohn MerrowJohn Merrow's last blog post of 2011 looks at what we should be thankful for -- and what we still have to worry about.In a recent tweet,I wondered aloud about what we should be thankful for in education (a similar discussion happened before Thanksgivingon the Learning Matters website). I got a variety of responses, including:Students who are hungry to learn;Parents and other family members ...
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List of Active Occupy Encampments Across the Country – Now at 61 | FDL Action
2011-Dec-20
List of Active Occupy Encampments Across the Country – Now at 61 | FDL Action: List of Active Occupy Encampments Across the Country – Now at 61byJane HamsherStaying warm at Occupy RochesterHelp Occupy Supply Buy Union/American Winter Gear for the Occupy ProtestersAlthough the media has grown bored with the Occupy movement and are declaring it over,OccupySupplyhas verified the existence of 61 encampments across the country. We are listing them below, along with links to photos and videos that demonstrate what ...
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26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System
2011-Dec-20
26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education SystemAdam Taylor |Dec. 14, 2011, 9:00 PM|254,339|59AAAinShare111Image:flickr: wstryderSince it implemented huge education reforms 40 years ago, Finland's school systemhas consistently come at the top for the international rankings for education systems.So how do they do it?It's simple — by going against the evaluation-driven, centralized model that much of the Western world uses.Click on to take a tour of one of the most successful education systems in ...
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Last Stand for Children First: In Kim Jung Il Education Reform Has Lost a Friend
2011-Dec-19
Last Stand for Children First: In Kim Jung Il Education Reform Has Lost a Friend: In Kim Jung Il Education Reform Has Lost a FriendbyLast Stand for ChildrenIn our country, we pride ourselves on our meager attempts to bring common core standards to the American education system. In North Korea, 10,000 school girls will cry for 48 hours in tribute to their fallen leader. North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il was a despot, but the education reform movement owes a ...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Mid Day Posts #ows #edreform
2011-Dec-19
New York City Student Testing Over the Past Decade - NYTimes.com #edreformBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-3 minutes agoNew York City Student Testing Over the Past Decade - NYTimes.com: 10 Years of State Exams With Results That Never Need QuestioningByMICHAEL WINERIPPublished: December 18, 2011RECOMMENDTWITTERLINKEDINCOMMENTSE-MAILPRINTREPRINTSSHAREIn the last decade, we have emerged from the Education Stone Age. No longer must we rely on primitive tools like teachers and principals to assess children’s academic progress. Thanks to the best education minds in ...
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The New Stupid :: Frederick M. Hess
2011-Dec-19
The New Stupid :: Frederick M. Hess: The New Stupidby Frederick M. Hess • Dec 19, 2011 at 7:59 amCross-posted fromEducation WeekPrintSendRSSShareA little while back, I published a piece titled "The New Stupid" inEducational Leadership. It's a piece that's perhaps more relevant today than when I wrote it, and one that folks continue to ask about. Anyway, given that things have slowed down for the pre-holiday week, I thought I'd share it over the next few days. So, here we ...
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Big Education Ape: 12-19-11 AM Law turns kids into commodities EDition #edreform
2011-Dec-19
Big Education Ape: Ed News Now:Published byCoopmike48– 5 news spotters todayNext update in about 10 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSOCIETYSTORIESPOLITICSTECHNOLOGYHEALTH#EDU#CORPREFORMFighting over the fundamentals of philanthropyhumanosphere.kplu.org- There appears to be a deep-seated intellectual boil festering at the base of our discussions around philanthropy, foreign aid and development. Those three words? I’m not sure anyone really knows w...mikeklonskyOld school, new school | SILive.comsilive.com- Even though the city Department of Education’s plan to close PS 14 in Stapleton is proceeding, students, parents, teachers and other ...
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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Can Chicago schools afford K12 Inc. exec salaries?
2011-Dec-19
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Can Chicago schools afford K12 Inc. exec salaries?: Can Chicago schools afford K12 Inc. exec salaries?byMike KlonskyReader J.C. (not Brizard)makes a good point.If Chicago mayor and school boss, Rahm Emanuel moves ahead with his plan to throw another largeno-bid contract K12 Inc.'s way, a big chunk of that money will go towards covering bossRon Packard's $5 million annual compensation package.Not to mention other K12 exec salaries, including:Chief financial officer Harry T. Hawks earned about $544,000 ...
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OSPI Class Action Complaint for IDEA Part B for African- American Students with Disabilities
2011-Dec-18
OSPI Class Action Complaint for IDEA Part B for African- American Students with DisabilitiesSuperintendent Dorn, Dr. Ryans, and Ms WhiteThis class action IDEA complaintaddresses discrimination against Washington’s African-American students with disabilities that contributes to overrepresentation and punitive and exclusionary school discipline policies, practices and procedures that exact a significant disproportionate burden on African- American childrenwith IEP.Since the OSPI started measuring IDEA Part B Indicators in 2009, Black students have been overrepresented and over disciplined in special education programs, particularly under ...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts #ows #edreform
2011-Dec-18
Scholastic News: Tool of OWS. « Fred KlonskyBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-1 hour agoScholastic News: Tool of OWS. « Fred Klonsky: Scholastic News: Tool of OWS.byFred KlonskyFirst Pat Robertson claimed the Teletubbies promoted the Gay lifestyle. Whatever.Then Kyle Olson toured the country promoting is book which claims that Click Clack Moo. Cows that Type is pro-union propaganda. Which it is. And I’m glad.NowWorldNetDaily, an outlet for the goofiest of the right-wing goofballs, is upset that Scholastic News is ...