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Jersey Jazzman: Poverty, Shmoverty - Part III

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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 ... more »

Raqnel James – Not Guilty! « JD2718

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Raqnel James – Not Guilty! « JD2718:Raqnel James – Not Guilty!by jd2718Raqnel James won a just verdict, but when will real justice come?Three years ago Fordham HS for the Arts principal Iris Blige had Raqnel arrested, paraded of out school in handcuffs, for threatening the principal. But the threatening letter, no one ever saw anyone aside from Blige with the letter in their possession. And today a judge, in finding Raqnel not guilty, agreed with her supporters and did not ... more »

'Where Do You Call Home?' For These Kids, It's the Library - Education - GOOD

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'Where Do You Call Home?' For These Kids, It's the Library - Education - GOOD:'Where Do You Call Home?' For These Kids, It's the Libraryby Liz DwyerPopoutThanks to the economic downturn, it's been a rough few years for public libraries. Budgets have been slashed—cuts in California just eliminated funding for the rest of the fiscal year for the state's public libraries—staff have been laid off, and hours of operation have been scaled back. But despite the tough times, libraries remain ... more »

The Emotional Life of Middle School Students « City School Stories

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The Emotional Life of Middle School Students « City School Stories:The Emotional Life of Middle School Studentsby fmurphyTeacher StoriesSubmitted by Teacher Man on December 22, 2011The more that I progress as a classroom teacher, the better I am at making new and important levels of observation about my students. Having to spend less time focused on new teacher issues like pacing of lessons and classroom management, I am able to spend more time getting to know my students as individuals. ... more »

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

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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 re... more »

The Educated Reporter: As Guiding Lights, Charter Schools Struggle to Shine

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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 ... more »

LAUSD'S ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT HEALTHY SCHOOL LUNCHES IS A PREDICTABLE FAILURE - Perdaily.com

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LAUSD'S ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT HEALTHY SCHOOL LUNCHES IS A PREDICTABLE FAILURE (INTENTO LAUSD para implementar ALMUERZOS SALUDABLES DE LA ESCUELA ES UN FRACASO PREVISIBLE) - Perdaily.com:LAUSD'S ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT HEALTHY SCHOOL LUNCHES IS A PREDICTABLE FAILURE (INTENTO LAUSD para implementar ALMUERZOS SALUDABLES DE LA ESCUELA ES UN FRACASO PREVISIBLE)by Leonard Isenberg(Mensaje se repite en Español)(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)LAUSD reports that its change of menu for its students has not ... more »

2011 Unpublished GQ Interview [Mr. Vilson vs. Jose Part 3] | The Jose Vilson

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2011 Unpublished GQ Interview [Mr. Vilson vs. Jose Part 3] | The Jose Vilson:2011 Unpublished GQ Interview [Mr. Vilson vs. Jose Part 3]by JoseMr. Vilson (left) vs. Jose (right)For some reason, GQ Magazine (Yes, Gentlemen’s Quarterly) decided not to publish their interview with me for Man of the Year 2011. Those of us who’ve been occupying and marching on Washington, DC, got a little shine via Time Magazine’s Person of the Year issue as “The Protestor.” Obviously, we can do ... more »

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Reflections on my Schools

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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Reflections on my Schools:Reflections on my Schoolsby Michael RiceI have not really contributed much to this blog so far this school year. Since we are almost finished with first semester, I would like to share some thoughts and observations about Ingraham and Rainier Beach.I can see why there was such outrage at Ingraham last year over the termination of Mr. Floe. He is a very good principal (and in case Mr. Floe reads this, I’m not ... more »

Modern School: Schools and Communities Lose By Outsourcing Lunch Services

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Modern School: Schools and Communities Lose By Outsourcing Lunch Services:Schools and Communities Lose By Outsourcing Lunch Servicesby Michael DunnHuck/Konopacki Labor CartoonsPublic schools get about $1 billion worth of free surplus fruits, vegetables, meat and cheese from the USDA each year which, instead of preparing into healthy fresh meals, they outsource to large corporate food processors like Aramark and Sodexo. The “logic” of this system is that it is supposed to save schools money on labor costs and economies of scale. ... more »

Charter Schools Rarely Closed For Academic Performance: Report

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Charter Schools Rarely Closed For Academic Performance: Report:Joy ResmovitsJoy.resmovits@huffingtonpost.comBecome a fan of this reporterGET UPDATES FROM JOY Like717Charter Schools Rarely Closed For Academic Performance: ReportPosted: 12/21/11 08:18 PM ETIn nearly two decades, only 3 percent of charter schools have ever been closed for underperforming, according to a new report released Tuesday.The Center for Education Reform, a pro-charter advocacy group, traced charter-school closures since 1992 in what it called the "first-ever national analysis" of its kind. It found that 15 per...more »

#EDreform Only the strongest will survive

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Sacramento Press / The Occupy movement struggles to resonate within the black community #ows

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Sacramento Press / The Occupy movement struggles to resonate within the black community:The Occupy movement struggles to resonate within the black communityby Rashad Baadqir, published on December 21, 2011 at 4:33 PMFor the past few months cities across America have seen crowds of protestors taking to the streets angered by the state of the U.S. economy in the wake of noticeable corporate greed, Wall Street failures, and home lending corruption scandals to name a few gripes. In what has become ... more »

ACCS Webcast Meeting Archive - Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (CA Dept of Education)

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ACCS Webcast Meeting Archive - Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (CA Dept of Education):ACCS Webcast Meeting ArchivePast meeting webcasts of the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS).The video files contain file markers that allow viewers to skip to a certain portion or section of the meeting. To access the file markers while viewing the videos in Window Media Player (Outside Source) versions 11 or 12:Swich the player to Skin Mode by selecting Ctrl+2.On the menu bar, select View File Markers. ... more »

When Lessons From Education 'Reform' Go Unlearned | OurFuture.org

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When Lessons From Education 'Reform' Go Unlearned | OurFuture.org:When Lessons From Education 'Reform' Go Unlearnedby Jeff BryantOne good thing you can say about 2011 is that it is a year in which lots of wrong-headed undertakings finally came to their ignominious conclusions -- including, among others, the Iraq War, the Gadhafi regime, the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump, and "The Oprah Winfrey Show".Also among the train-wrecks is undoubtedly our failed national education policy, No Child Left Behind.Maybe our country has ... more »

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

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Questions about Common Core and Youngest Learners «Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-45 minutes agoQuestions about Common Core and Youngest Learners «: Questions about Common Core and YoungestLearnersDecember 21, 2011 byIrene SegePhoto: Alessandra Hartkopf for Strategies for ChildrenSamuel J. Meisels, president of the Chicago-basedErikson Institute, a graduate school in child development, has raised some provocative questions about theCommon Core State Standards. By working backward from college and career readiness, he argues, the K-12 standards in English and math give ...more »

Stanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in education | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com

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Stanford 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 United States no longer leads the world in education, as it did 40 years ago.So says Stanford University professor Linda Darling-Hammond, who has ... more »

NEA Teachers Step Up | ED.gov Blog

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NEA Teachers Step Up | ED.gov Blog: NEA Teachers Step UpPosted onDecember 21, 2011byArne DuncanLast year the National Education Association (NEA) took a courageous step by creating a Council on Effective Teachers and Teaching’s (CETT) and giving them independence and power to make recommendations to transform the teaching profession. On December 8, they moved forward by releasing the commission’s report. In doing so, NEA leaders showed themselves to be serious partners in reform and strong advocates for students and teachers.The ... more »

New English-Learner Director Named - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education)

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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 Departmen... more »

How school reform gets hijacked by the Billionaire Boys Club: A cautionary tale for the Left | New Politics

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How school reform gets hijacked by the Billionaire Boys Club: A cautionary tale for the Left | New Politics: How school reform gets hijacked by the Billionaire Boys Club: A cautionary tale for the LeftShareLois WeinerDecember 20, 2011A powerful new video,"The truth behind Stand for Children,"tells a cautionary tale for the Left. Even if you already understand how charter schools have become a vehicle for destruction of public education, take five minutes to watch this concise analysis of how "Stand ... more »