Real school reform creates access to educational opportunities for every child Philadelphia Federation of Teachers #edreform #ows
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 14 minutes ago
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers:To: All House MembersFrom: Jerry Jordan, President, Philadelphia Federation of TeachersThe 20,000 teachers, staff and retirees represented by the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers support real and meaningful charter school reforms. We support legislation that emulates Governor Corbett's often repeated goal of "transparency and accountability" in the operation and administration of taxpayer financed public charter schools.Currently, two bills on second consideration in the House, SB 560 and SB 858 contain three proposed amendments dealing with, a...more »
New website ignores progress of English language learners | EdNewsColorado
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 14 minutes ago
New website ignores progress of English language learners | EdNewsColorado:New website ignores progress of English language learnersby Guest ColumnistThis article was submitted by Andrea Mérida, a Denver school board member representing southwest DenverThe ballyhoo over a new school grading website piqued my interest, so I surfed over toColoradoSchoolGrades.com to check it out. After all, the power partners that have coalesced around the website’s development and launch know how to make a splash. And why wouldn’t I be interested in the ... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Does NJ DOE Commish Cerf REALLY Want A Hearing?
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 14 minutes ago
Jersey Jazzman: Does NJ DOE Commish Cerf REALLY Want A Hearing?:Does NJ DOE Commish Cerf REALLY Want A Hearing?by DukeThere's a pissing contest going on right now between Governor Christie and NJ Senator Ron Rice. Christie wants a confirmation hearing for his ACTING Education Commissioner, Chris Cerf, but Rice is holding up the process. So Christie is holding up judicial nominations in Rice's county in retaliation; it's already affecting trials. And now former Governor and current Senator Dick Codey is ... more »
State Allocation Board Projects Approved - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education)
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 14 minutes ago
State Allocation Board Projects Approved - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education):State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Fundingfor School Construction and Modernization ProjectsSACRAMENTO—The State Allocation Board (SAB) today disbursed $923.8 million to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools for the construction and modernization of 377 schools, said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson."Our schools and California's budget are in a state of financial emergency," said Torlakson. "These funds will give districts some of the resources th... more »
Ignoring the hard-won progress of English learners « Parents Across America
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 14 minutes ago
Ignoring the hard-won progress of English learners « Parents Across America:Ignoring the hard-won progress of English learnersby andreameridaThe ballyhoo over a new school grading website piqued my interest, so I surfed over toColoradoSchoolGrades.com to check it out. After all, the power partners that have coalesced around the website’s development and launch know how to make a splash. And why wouldn’t I be interested in the fact that they’ve taken the pains to offer information in Spanish?After just a few searches ... more »
Other schools without space where city gave Moskowitz a home | GothamSchools
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 14 minutes ago
Other schools without space where city gave Moskowitz a home | GothamSchools:Other schools without space where city gave Moskowitz a homeby Geoff DeckerBy the end of tonight’s Panel for Educational Policy meeting, Eva Moskowitz’s new Success Academy charter school is virtually assured of having a home next fall in Brownstone Brooklyn. For another charter school that, unlike Moskowitz’s, had applied to open there, the future is less certain.The charter school that the Department of Education has proposed siting in District ... more »
Test Scores Often Misused In Policy Decisions
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 14 minutes ago
Test Scores Often Misused In Policy Decisions:Joy ResmovitsJoy.resmovits@huffingtonpost.comBecome a fan of this reporterGET UPDATES FROM JOYStudent Performance Measurement Used In Education Policy Flunk -- Paperby The Huffington Post News TeamEducation policies that affect millions of students have long been tied to test scores, but a new paper suggests those scores are regularly misinterpreted.According to the new research out of Mathematica, a statistical research group, the comparisons sometimes used to judge school performance are more indicative of demographic change than actua... more »
What Happens When The Edu-Bubble Bursts? | OurFuture.org
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 14 minutes ago
What Happens When The Edu-Bubble Bursts? | OurFuture.org:What Happens When The Edu-Bubble Bursts?by Jeff BryantHeard the term "edu-bubble" yet? Chances are you will soon.No doubt you've heard of the "dot-com bubble." And if you're like millions of Americans, you may be currently experiencing the ravages of the "housing bubble." But the edu-bubble?During the dot-com bubble, from 1990-2000, speculative capital drove up the wildly inflated prospects of internet-based businesses. The speculation was driven to a great extent by venture capitalists and ... more »
Robert Reich (An Offer to the President Mr. President, we heard...)
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 14 minutes ago
Robert Reich (An Offer to the President Mr. President, we heard...):An Offer to the President Mr. President, we heard what you said...PopoutAn Offer to the President Mr. President, we heard what you said last week in Kansas – about the dangers to our economy and democracy of the increasing concentration of income and wealth at the top. We agree. And many of us are prepared to work our hearts to get you reelected – as long as you commit to ... more »
Looking at the Concept of Adultism | Lefty Parent
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 1 day ago
Looking at the Concept of Adultism | Lefty Parent:Looking at the Concept of Adultismby Cooper Zale[FYI... for those of you who have been reading my blog for a while, you may recognize this piece as the combining of three pieces I wrote previously on this subject.]So you have probably already been “ism’d” within an inch of your life and may be ready to roll your eyes if I attempt to direct your attention to another one! Seems the 20th Century ... more »
L.A. schools chief vows suit to block cuts to bus-service funding - latimes.com
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 1 day ago
L.A. schools chief vows suit to block cuts to bus-service funding - latimes.com:L.A. schools chief vows suit to block cuts to bus-service fundingDecember 13, 2011 | 2:53 pm 50L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy announced Tuesday that the state’s largest school system would file suit to block fresh budget cuts that would end state funding of home-to-school transportation for the rest of the school year.The so-called trigger cuts are set to take effect automatically because the latest projections of state tax ... more »
Tax Reform Victory! What’s next? « EdVox
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 1 day ago
Tax Reform Victory! What’s next? « EdVox:Tax Reform Victory! What’s next?by edvoxnyby Nikki JonesNikki Jones, Communications Director of AQEThis month’s tax reform agreement is a milestone in the fight to ensure that all students are given the opportunity to learn and are prepared for college and careers. Along with grassroots organizations, parents, students, educators, community members, and of course Occupiers, we affected a change to New York State’s tax structure.Without the tax reform, we would have lost a total of ... more »
Mid-Year Cuts Reaction - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education)
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 1 day ago
Mid-Year Cuts Reaction - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education):State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Comments on Mid-Year CutsSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson issued the following statement regarding mid-year spending cuts announced today:"It's a sad day for California. Taking hundreds of millions of dollars from our schools—on top of the $18 billion in cuts they have already suffered—will only make life harder for students in California's chronically underfunded schools."Mothballing school bus fleets across the state will mean many rural, ... more »
Teachbad Watches “Waiting For Superman”, Part I | Mr. Teachbad
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 1 day ago
Teachbad Watches “Waiting For Superman”, Part I | Mr. Teachbad:Teachbad Watches “Waiting For Superman”, Part Iby teachbadI know I’m a little late to this party. Remarkably, I have not seen the blockbuster film Waiting For Superman…until yesterday. I have, of course, been aware of this movie and heard what many people, especially teachers, have had to say about it. It will not surprise you that, generally, people in my circle have not liked this movie. (By the way, I borrowed ...more »
From Differentiated Instruction to Differentiated Assessment « The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child Education
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 1 day ago
From Differentiated Instruction to Differentiated Assessment « The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child Education:From Differentiated Instruction to Differentiated AssessmentDecember 13th, 2011 by ASCD Whole Child BloggersPost written by Douglas B. Reeves, founder of the Leadership and Learning Center in Salem, Mass., and author of ASCD books on educational leadership. Connect with Reeves by e-mail atDReeves@LeadAndLearn.com. This post was originally featured in ASCD Express.For all the ink that has been spilled regarding the issue of differentiated instruction, little has been ... more »
American Enterprise Institute’s Hess is intrigued by the NEA teacher effectiveness report. « Fred Klonsky
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 1 day ago
American Enterprise Institute’s Hess is intrigued by the NEA teacher effectiveness report. « Fred Klonsky:American Enterprise Institute’s Hess is intrigued by the NEA teacher effectiveness report.by Fred KlonskyIf Fred Hess is intrigued, you should be concerned with the NEA’s report.The American Enterprise Institute pretty much defines right-wing think tank.Fred Hess is an AEI “scholar.”He is the definition of an anti-union corporate school reformer.Amazingly, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel invited him to serve as a consultant to the NEA’s commission on
Support PURE! » PSAT for 12-13-11: Stop school closings!
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 1 day ago
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for 12-13-11: Stop school closings!:PSAT for 12-13-11: Stop school closings!by adminTonight beginning at 6 pm, the CTU is sponsoring a vigil and camp out at CPS headquarters, 125 S. Clark Street, prior to the December 14th Chicago Board of Education meeting. Think about joining them, or at least stopping by for a while – after rush hour it gets pretty quiet downtown and you can usually drive by or even ... more »
Teacher Power: The One Percent Solution - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 1 day ago
Teacher Power: The One Percent Solution - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:Teacher Power: The One Percent Solutionby Anthony CodyFollow me on Twitter at @AnthonyCodyNumbering more than four million, teachers represent better than one percent of the population of the United States. Given the fact that only about half the people in our nation actually vote, teachers are potentially even more than one percent of the electorate. And national elections are sometimes decided by margins smaller than this. Beyond ... more »
School Tech Connect: Words of Wisdom
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 3 days ago
School Tech Connect: Words of Wisdom:Words of Wisdomby noreply@blogger.com (Tim)Pass them along.Diane gave a barnburner in DC yesterday. I decided to pass it along to my state representative, my highly reformy state senator, my charter-happy liberal Democratic congresswoman, for whom I campaigned fiercely in 1998--and my senators, one of whom can be seen hiding in a copy room here. After reading Fred's last post, I feel like sending it to the leadership of NEA, which as far as I'm concerned ... more »
Florida Governor Scott is tonight’s Tool Time winner « Continuing Change
Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 3 days ago
Florida Governor Scott is tonight’s Tool Time winner « Continuing Change:Florida Governor Scott is tonight’s Tool Time winnerby gatorbonbc“Come on Scott, your half-ass efforts on Thanksgiving are not going to get Floridians on your side….and nobody who pays attentions to your efforts at dismantling the social safety net in Floridawill be fooled by your little photo op…so stop pretending to help the homeless while you are really just kicking them to the curb.Governor Scott is tonight’s Tool Time winner. “