The Ghost of Christmas Presents - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher #edreform
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The Ghost of Christmas Presents - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: The Ghost of Christmas PresentsbyNancy FlanaganIn a holiday-themed archetype of legislative overreach,Alabama passed an ethics law earlier this year forbidding K-12 school teachers from accepting expensive presents.Previous legislation set a $100 limit on individual gifts to public workers, but the new law specifies that gifts to teachers be limited to those of nominal value. The stated purpose: to reinforce ethical practices by state employees.This was ... more »
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts #edreform
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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Moving On After Enfield's AnnouncementBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-3 minutes agoSeattle Schools Community Forum: Moving On After Enfield's Announcement: Moving On After Enfield's AnnouncementbyMelissa WestbrookI saw aninterviewthat Dr. Enfield did with KING-5 news yesterday. She was quite cheerful and said:-Might she leave the door open, if the board were to make her a good offer? “This work is too important and I have too much respect for this community to play games like that, ... more »
Daily Kos: I'm not sure how to title this
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Daily Kos: I'm not sure how to title this: I'm not sure how to title thisbyrss@dailykos.com (teacherken)I am sitting in the waiting area at Penn Station in NYC, waiting for an 11:05 train home, after having boarded one in Union Station at 3:15 this morning for my day trip to Netroots New York, where I was on a panel about education.I am thinking about New York, a city from which I moved 40 years ago, to which I return perhaps ... more »
Achievement Gap in AISD and IDEA Charter Schools « A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues
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Achievement Gap in AISD and IDEA Charter Schools « A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues: Achievement Gap in AISD and IDEA Charter SchoolsbyDr. Ed FullerThe achievement gap is generally considered to refer to the gap in achievement between two groups of students as measured by test scores. Other measures of the achievement gap include dropout rates, high school completion rates, and college-going rates. Generally, however, the phrase refers to test scores.One rationale for expanding charter schools is that such schools ... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Accountability For Thee, But Not For Me
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Jersey Jazzman: Accountability For Thee, But Not For Me: Accountability For Thee, But Not For MebyDukeWhitney Tilson- Wall Street maven and part-time corporate education reformer - says it's imperative to fire bad teachers, even if good teachers are fired in an inaccurate process:I don't know this teacher of course – maybe the Impact system did evaluate her unfairly, which raises an important question: no system is perfect – this is why I oppose the death penalty, because I'm not willing ... more »
Scholastic News: Tool of OWS. « Fred Klonsky
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Scholastic 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 pro-
Stephen Krashen speaks to Chicago Teachers Union on Standards and High-Stakes Testing | The Classroom Sooth
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Stephen Krashen speaks to Chicago Teachers Union on Standards and High-Stakes Testing | The Classroom Sooth: Stephen Krashen speaks to Chicago Teachers Union on Standards and High-Stakes TestingbyclassroomsoothThe ever-succint teacher-educator Stephen Krashen @skrashen spoke to the a group of teachers at he Chicago Teachers Union recently.“Everyone thinks our schools are broken and that’s why we have standards and tests.”Popout
Carroll: Impossible judgment on schools - The Denver Post
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Carroll: Impossible judgment on schools - The Denver Post: Carroll: Impossible judgment on schoolsPOSTED:12/17/2011 01:00:00 AM MSTBy Vincent CarrollDenver Post ColumnistIf you want to understand the stunning implications of Judge Sheila Rappaport's ruling on Colorado school finance, first wrap your mind around a simple comparison.One month ago, state voters rejected by nearly two to one a tax package that would have raised $3 billion for education over five years. Yet in her ruling last week declaring school funding in this ... more »
D17 Re-Occupy 3-Month Celebration (Livestream Videos) | OWSnews.org #ows
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D17 Re-Occupy 3-Month Celebration (Livestream Videos) | OWSnews.org: D17 Re-Occupy 3-Month Celebration (Livestream Videos)December 17, 2011inLiberty Park,OccupyTogetherOccupy the Dream Statement of Solidarity on Three Month Anniversary of Occupy Wall StreetbyadminDear Sisters and Brothers of Occupy Wall Street, On behalf of Occupy the Dream, we resolutely and respectfully salute all of you in acknowledgment and appreciation of the tremendous progress that you have made on this the important occasion of the Three Month Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. More than anything ... more »
Not a `poverty lottery'? - SCHOOLS LAMENT TITLE #edreform #nclb ONE FUNDING LOSS
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Not a `poverty lottery'? - SCHOOLS LAMENT TITLE ONE FUNDING LOSS: Not a `poverty lottery'? - SCHOOLS LAMENT TITLE ONE FUNDING LOSSBY BARBARA JONES, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER | HTTP://BIT.LY/SCLEDO12/17/2011 :: Six students.Had just a half-dozen more students at the Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies applied for free or discounted lunches, the magnet school would have qualified to continue receiving federal money for campuses with high numbers of poor youngsters.Instead, ... more »
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Mid Day Posts #ows #edreform
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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, amp; EFLBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-33 minutes agoLarry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, EFL: New Year CelebrationsLarry FerlazzoatLarry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...-4 minutes agoI recently updated The Best Sites For Learning About New Year Celebrations. Additional suggestions are always welcome…..The Best “Fun” Sites You Can Use For Learning, Too — 2011Larry FerlazzoatLarry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...-23 hours agoThe websites on ... more »
Reconnecting McDowell: New Hope for a Struggling Community | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
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Reconnecting McDowell: New Hope for a Struggling Community | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Reconnecting McDowell: New Hope for a Struggling CommunitybyobrienaYesterday Iwroteabout Mark Schneider’s belief that to significantly raise student achievement in this nation, we need to “shock” the system. Today, I learned about apartnershipaiming to do just that in a rural West Virginia district.West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, State Board of Education Vice President Gayle Manchin and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) have ... more »
NAACP, VOCES AND 12 INDIVIDUALS FILE LAWSUIT UNDER STATE CONSTITUTION TO OVERTURN PHOTO ID LAW « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
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NAACP, VOCES AND 12 INDIVIDUALS FILE LAWSUIT UNDER STATE CONSTITUTION TO OVERTURN PHOTO ID LAW « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: NAACP, VOCES AND 12 INDIVIDUALS FILE LAWSUIT UNDER STATE CONSTITUTION TO OVERTURN PHOTO ID LAWbymillerlfThe Milwaukee Branch of the NAACP and Voces de la Frontera today filed a lawsuit in Dane County Wisconsin Circuit Court challenging Wisconsin’s Photo ID Law. The lawsuit, which is attached, asks the court to declare the law unconstitutional because it violates the right ... more »