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How Occupy Wall Street is Also an Education Justice Movement « Parents Across America #OWS

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How Occupy Wall Street is Also an Education Justice Movement « Parents Across America:How Occupy Wall Street is Also an Education Justice Movementby leoniehaimsonBy Jason Langberg and Lewis PittsThe Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement has taken the country by storm. Tens of thousands of Americans are taking to the streets to protest corporate greed and government corruption. The People are sick and tired of capitalism destroying what’s left (after Citizens United) of our environment, our social safety nets, and our ... more »

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

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More student unrest likely, California college officials tell legislative panel - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento BeeBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-20 minutes agoMore student unrest likely, California college officials tell legislative panel - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee:More student unrest likely, California college officials tell legislative panelby sstanton@sacbee.com (Sam Stanton)One month after the pepper-spraying of student protesters at the University of California, Davis, officials are ... more »

Investing in Education in Every State and District | ED.gov Blog

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Investing in Education in Every State and District | ED.gov Blog:Investing in Education in Every State and DistrictPosted on December 15, 2011 by Cameron BrenchleyIn September, President Obama introduced the American Jobs Act, which among other key investments to create jobs would invest $30 billion to repair and modernize public schools and community colleges and $30 billion to keep hundreds of thousands of teachers from facing layoffs.But how would that really affect you? Earlier today the Department of Education released ... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Teachers Iz Stoopider!

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Jersey Jazzman: Teachers Iz Stoopider!:Teachers Iz Stoopider!by DukeThe last I spoke of Laura Waters, she was playing a particularly ugly game of innuendo. I guess that's the sort of stuff B4K likes, because she recently left a guest post on their blog:In a related article today, Matthew Di Carlo in The Shanker Blog notes that the “cognitive ability” among female students who choose teaching as a career has declined over time:An important 2004 longitudinal analysis of the trend in teachers’ ... more »

State Board of Education Call for Applications - Letters (CA Dept of Education)

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State Board of Education Call for Applications - Letters (CA Dept of Education):Dear County and District Superintendents and Charter School Administrators:CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION 2012 CALL FOR APPLICATIONSINSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY COMMISSIONI am requesting your assistance in recruiting individuals to apply for membership on the Instructional Quality Commission (Commission), formerly known as the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission. The Commission is an advisory body to the State Board of Education (SBE) and consists of 16 public members, 13 of whom ... more »

NYC Public School Parents: Last night's PEP meeting approving a further expansion of the DOE (Department of Eva) and Walcott's falling poll numbers

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NYC Public School Parents: Last night's PEP meeting approving a further expansion of the DOE (Department of Eva) and Walcott's falling poll numbers:Last night's PEP meeting approving a further expansion of the DOE (Department of Eva) and Walcott's falling poll numbersby Leonie HaimsonAs expected, the Panel for Educational Policy (otherwise known as the Panel of Eight Puppets) rubberstamped two new , very controversial charter co-locations of Eva Moskowitz’s expanding chain of Success Academy last night, despite huge community opposition, and ... more »

An International Diane Ravitch Moment? - Lily's Blackboard – Lily's Blackboard

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An International Diane Ravitch Moment? - Lily's Blackboard – Lily's Blackboard:An International Diane Ravitch Moment?Dec 15th, 2011 by Lily.There is hope on the horizon, my dears.For more than ten long, empty, intellectually dry and dishonest years, we’ve lived under the insanity of No Child Left Untested. (Someone told me not to be so negative. Trust me. I’m holding back.) Children, especially poor children, have been subjected to a corporate “reform” mentality of pass/fail by making their quota of test score ... more »

Check it OUT! Chromebook Classroom

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Chromebook Classroom:Chromebook ClassroomSet up a Chromebook Classroom today with a special offer and new pricing planChromebooks for Education give students, teachers, and administrators a simple solution for fast, intuitive, and easy-to-manage computing.At home in the classroom• Power through the school day with 8.5 hours of battery life 1• Boot up in just 8 seconds and resume instantly from standby• Connect to the web via WiFi or optional built-in 3G 2(100MB of mobile broadband included each month for 2 years)Easy to ... more »

RheeFirst! » Michelle Rhee’s 5-City California infomercial- coming to an auditorium near you!

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RheeFirst! » Michelle Rhee’s 5-City California infomercial- coming to an auditorium near you!:Michelle Rhee’s 5-City California infomercial- coming to an auditorium near you!admin at RheeFirst! - 11 minutes ago"Last night, I drove over to the Shiley Auditorium on the beautiful campus of USD to hear Michelle Rhee talk about education reform, or as it should more aptly be called when it comes to Rhee, “reform.” San Diego was the first of five stops she is making in California as part ...more »

DAC gives LAUSD A Wack - District Advisory Committees

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Central and Local District Advisory Committees: Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Parent Group Files Lawsuit Charging LAUSD With Misuse of $2.5 Billion in Federal Title I FundsP_R_E_S_S_____R_E_L_E_A_S_Evar docstoc_docid="108630898";var docstoc_title="P_R_E_S_S_____R_E_L_E_A_S_E";var docstoc_urltitle="P_R_E_S_S_____R_E_L_E_A_S_E";Summary of DAC et. al. vs. LAUSD et. al. L.A.S.C. Case No. BC474879var docstoc_docid="108630994";var docstoc_title="Summary of DAC et. al. vs. LAUSD et. al. L.A.S.C. Case No. BC474879";var docstoc_urltitle="Summary of DAC et. al. vs. LAUSD et. al.... more »

More student unrest likely, California college officials tell legislative panel - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

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More student unrest likely, California college officials tell legislative panel - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee:More student unrest likely, California college officials tell legislative panelby sstanton@sacbee.com (Sam Stanton)One month after the pepper-spraying of student protesters at the University of California, Davis, officials are struggling with how to move forward, even as they prepare for the possibility of new protests and building takeovers when students return next month.UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi speaks at ... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: An "astonishing number..."

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: An "astonishing number...":An "astonishing number..."by Mike KlonskyRemember last spring when Arne Duncan was pushing for reauthorization of NCLB, heclaimed that 82 percent of public schools were "failing"? Three days later, President Obama repeated Duncan's foolish claim in a speech at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, Va. “Four out of five schools will be labeled as failing,” Obama said , in March. “That’s an astonishing number.”Astonishing indeed. The only thing "failing" was NCLB itself.As Duncan himself admitted ... more »

NYC Educator: Digging in His Heels

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NYC Educator: Digging in His Heels:Digging in His Heelsby Miss Eyre"Ronny" is a senior at my school. Ronny is universally regarded as, on one hand, bright and capable; on the other, as stubborn, strong-willed, and difficult to get to know. As you can imagine, working with Ronny is not an easy task as the seniors wrap up their college applications.Ronny does not want to go to college. Period. No ifs, ands, or buts. Four years at an ostensibly college-prep school ... more »

Jerry Brown’s cagily worded initiative | Thoughts on Public Education

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Jerry Brown’s cagily worded initiative | Thoughts on Public Education:Jerry Brown’s cagily worded initiative - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guessby John Fensterwald - Educated GuessCalifornians like the shorthand explanation of the tax increase that Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing for November. Seventy percent in a recent poll said they’d favor the initiative if the money would go to K-12 schools. But this would be true only in a narrow, technical sense. Schools will likely get billions of dollars less. ... more »

Why strong afterschool programs matter - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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Why strong afterschool programs matter - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Why strong afterschool programs matterby Valerie StraussThis was written by Jodi Grant, executive director of the nonprofit Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit organization that works to ensure that all children have access to affordable, quality afterschool programs.By Jodi GrantThe National School Boards Association recently released a report comparing the time U.S. students spend in school to the time spent in school in other countries — questioning the trendy notion ... more »

Daily Kos: Some thoughts on teaching (redux)

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Daily Kos: Some thoughts on teaching (redux):Some thoughts on teaching (redux)by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)which were occasioned by a recent conversation where i was asked if I thought teaching more of an art rather than a science. I responded that the question was a false frame, and was asked to explain.My explanation comes in part from my background and formal education in music.I think what we are seeing in education is neither art nor science, but the attempt to turn education into ... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Hypocrisy One

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Jersey Jazzman: Hypocrisy One:Hypocrisy Oneby DukeChris Christie, 12/14/11:Gov. Chris Christie deflected a question today on whether he used his power this week to extract revenge on State Sen. Richard Codey — but not before taking another jab at the former governor.“What I’ve learned about legislators over time, and particularly about Sen. Codey, is that they seem to be much more worried about the perks of the job than they are about actually getting the job done,” Christie said today at ... more »

School Tech Connect: Krashen Reviews The Evidence, Again

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School Tech Connect: Krashen Reviews The Evidence, Again:Krashen Reviews The Evidence, Againby noreply@blogger.com (Tim)TFT has posted a CTU video of Stephen Krashen. Go watch it.I'm making it my goal to get this information before the eyes of my elected people. All of us in the resistance know these things already, but our lawmakers get their information from Arne Duncan, who is where he is basically because he plays basketball with the President.I love this: "International tests are reliable. They're good ... more »

$$$ CONTRIBUTE TO PERDAILY ADVOCACY ON YOUR BEHALF $$$ ($ $ $ CONTRIBUIR A LA DEFENSA EN SU NOMBRE PERDAILY $ $ $) - Perdaily.com

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$$$ CONTRIBUTE TO PERDAILY ADVOCACY ON YOUR BEHALF $$$ ($ $ $ CONTRIBUIR A LA DEFENSA EN SU NOMBRE PERDAILY $ $ $) - Perdaily.com:$$$ CONTRIBUTE TO PERDAILY ADVOCACY ON YOUR BEHALF $$$ ($ $ $ CONTRIBUIR A LA DEFENSA EN SU NOMBRE PERDAILY $ $ $)by Leonard Isenberg(Mensaje se repite en Español)As the number of teachers still working for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) continues to plummet precipitously to approximately 35,000 - down close to 8,000 in ... more »

A Teacher’s Christmas Wish « City School Stories

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A Teacher’s Christmas Wish « City School Stories:A Teacher’s Christmas Wishby fmurphyTeacher StoriesSubmitted by: Joy of Teaching on December 15,2011The holiday season is upon us. I know because the local radio station jolted me into it with the round-the-clock Christmas music a week before Thanksgiving. The other day, I heard a song by Amy Grant titled “My Grown Up Christmas List”. The lyrics express an adult’s wish for a peaceful world, long lasting friendships and healing. This song has me ... more »