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Updates to School Nutrition Program Standards - This MB provides Child Nutrition Programs (CNPs) Operators information and policy guidance regarding updates to federal CNP meal pattern requirements relea...4 hours ago
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"Two of the world’s leading pathological narcissists" - Narcissism is a personality trait characterized by an excessive preoccupation with oneself, a sense of entitlement, and a need for admiration. It inv...4 hours ago
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Critical Studies of Education & Technology: Teachers’ Perceptions of GenAI – Some Recurring Observations - Critical Studies of Education & Technology: Teachers’ Perceptions of GenAI – Some Recurring Observations Over the past six months, our research fieldwork ...6 hours ago
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Ted Cruz Slashed NOAA Funding for Weather Forecasting in Trump Budget - Since the disaster in Texas, where more than 100 lives were lost to a flash flood in the middle of the night, Senator Ted Cruz has been readily available t...6 hours ago
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Does grading students at earlier ages increase the risk of mental disorders in adolescents? - Research in *Health Economics* indicates that introducing school grades—with A as the highest grade and F as a failing grade—at younger ages may negative...6 hours ago
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The ADL is not what it appears. (Reposted from the Guardian) - I am on vacation with the family until July 20th.7 hours ago
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Really Crappy Vocational Training - *Twenty years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift* ~ Bob Dylan The most common answer to a child who doesn't care for school is that they must...9 hours ago
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With Little Public Notice, the Omnibus Tax and Reconciliation Bill Established Federal Private School Tuition Vouchers - One of the problems with an omnibus bill like the huge “one big, beautiful” tax and reconciliation bill Congress passed last week or the budget bills legis...10 hours ago
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Courage Should Be in the Job Description - 🚨 NEW in Diverse Issues in Higher Education 🚨 “Knowledge is on trial. Faculty are under attack. And too many leaders are playing it safe.” In my latest p...11 hours ago
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Yesterday’s Gems, Today’s Insights A Roundup of the Web’s Finest Blog Posts! 7-10-25 - *Yesterday’s Gems, Today’s Insights* *A Roundup of the Web’s Finest Blog Posts!**7-10-25* Michael Tomasky: What Will ICE Do with Its Enormous New B...14 hours ago
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Oak View Venue Development CEO - part of the Memorial Stadium Remodel - Name in Fed Lawsuit - Seattle Public Schools is working together with One Roof Stadium Partnership (ORSP) - a group including the Seattle Karken, Climate Pledge Arena, and One R...20 hours ago
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La. Teachers: State Raise Funding Is on the 2026 Ballot - In June 2025, Louisiana governor Jeff Landry signed into law two bills aimed at giving Louisiana teachers a permanent pay raise (as opposed to the string o...23 hours ago
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PA: How Badly Are Districts Hurt By Feds Holding Back Funds - On Juily 1, the federal government was scheduled to distribute federal education grants. Instead, the Department of Education sent an unsigned e-mail say...1 day ago
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Our detailed critique of DOE draft class size plan for 2025-2026 school year - July 9, 2025 Below and here is our detailed critique of the DOE’s draft Class Size Reduction Plan for the 2025-2026 school year, along with a list of signe...1 day ago
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Get TIX on July 11 - https://www.goodmantheatre.org/show/revolutions-2/?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MMAFY26RevolutionsGroup&utm_content=version_A1 day ago
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Socialism 2025: A Movement Gathers - At the largest socialism conference yet, thousands came together to study, strategize, and build a fighting left2 days ago
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Poem: summer tomatoes (this is how we live, this is how we die) - my partner is having a flingthis summerwith tomatoes a red heirloomwe are sharingis gradually disappearingslice by sliceon the cutting board this morning i...2 days ago
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Poem: summer tomatoes (this is how we live, this is how we die) - my partner is having a flingthis summerwith tomatoes a red heirloomwe are sharingis gradually disappearingslice by sliceon the cutting board this morning i...2 days ago
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H.R. 1 Will Make America’s Kids Hungrier, Less Healthy, and Deeper in Poverty - A Moral Gut-Check2 days ago
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They Were Legal... - A six-year-old boy whose family was following established procedures to seek asylum has been detained as part of Trump’s War On Immigration, causing him ...3 days ago
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The resistance to “School choice” isn’t psychological—it’s principled. - Voters aren’t rejecting options. They’re choosing community. As a public education advocate in Florida, I can’t recall a...3 days ago
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Teachers Author a U.S. History Textbook: Being in the Right Place at the Right Time - In achieving success, talent is frequently overrated while persistence and luck are often underrated. That is the takeaway from the story I will tell of ho...3 days ago
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“Creating The Conditions For Self-Motivated Students” - I’ve written quite a few posts for the British Council over the years. Unfortunately, most of them are no longer on their website. So, I’ll be republishing...3 days ago
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Soldiers Organizing to Defend Democracy - Soldiers Organize for Democracy. *On the Fourth of July, members of the military are calling on Congress to protect service members who disobey the pres...3 days ago
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Organizándonos para afrontar la crueldad - Pronto, cada uno de nosotros tendrá su propia historia que contar sobre un hospital que cerró o un ser querido que falleció, se enfermó, pasó hambre o se v...4 days ago
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The Marines Invade Florida - From the halls of Sarasota to the shores of West Palm Beach...5 days ago
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The Felonious Trump Legacy - [image or embed] — darren32359.bsky.social (@darren32359.bsky.social) July 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM5 days ago
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This July 4th: What Children See - ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters you did it to me.’ ~Matthew 25:40 (English Standard Version) If ...6 days ago
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Judge Rules EdChoice’s Voucher Program Unconstitutional - The Supreme Court heard the arguments in St. Isadore of Seville Catholic Virtual School vs Drummond, which seeks to establish a religious charter school....1 week ago
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Making Sense of Trump's K-12 Budget Slashing - Behind the decision to withhold $6.8 billion in funds to K-12 schools lurks an ugly worldview1 week ago
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ICE IS GIVING US THE CREEPS - THE NEW ICE AGE: How Immigration Enforcement Got a Makeover and Why It's Giving Us the Creeps1 week ago
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House Bill 82 Passes! Awaiting Governor’s Signature! - Tonight, the Delaware House of Representatives unanimously passed Hiuse Bill 82 with Senate Amendment 1. If you’ve been living in a hole, this legislation ...1 week ago
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Billionaires Support Corrupted Science of Reading - By Thomas Ultican 7/1/2025 Science of Reading (SoR) was always a fraud; it is not based on sound science. In 1997, the National Reading Panel was establish...1 week ago
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Eyes Cast Backwards - “all these are but dreams and shadows; the shadows that hide the real world from our eyes.” ― Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan Much of this month has bee...1 week ago
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June’s Parent Engagement Resources - #DYK summer learning opportunities can be as close as your backyard? @SmithsonianEdu has tips for parents & educators on nature play, a type of hands-on le...1 week ago
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Come On People Now, Smile on your Brother - So—I am a Democrat. Not a surprise to anyone who regularly reads this blog. I think Democratic thoughts—Health care is a right! Fully support public educat...1 week ago
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Analyzing UFT election results – from 2022 - JD2718 blog posts from May and June 2022. Post-UFT election for the last two decades I have done some analysis of the numbers. I am getting ready to start ...2 weeks ago
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Honoring Commissioner Betty Rosa at our Skinny Award Dinner - Our Skinny Award Dinner honoring Commissioner Betty Rosa on June 18 was a tremendous success! So many of her admirers attended to enjoy the company of o...2 weeks ago
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Alert: Urge your Senators to eliminate the ban on regulating AI from the budget bill! - There are many damaging aspects of the budget bill , but one that has received inadequate attention is a provision passed by the House that would impose a ...4 weeks ago
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New “Teach Truth” Website & Study Guide: Launching TeachTruthBook.com on 5th Annual #TeachTruth National Day of Action! - I’m excited to announce the launch of a new website — TeachTruthBook.com — where you can now access the free study guide for my book, Teach Truth: The Stru...4 weeks ago
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McGrath and Kaminsky: Key Names in the School Policy Debate - The landscape of American school policy is no longer shaped only behind closed doors. It’s debated in town halls, on social media, and through public prote...5 weeks ago
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What Lessons Are We Learning from Our Students? - “Mr. Vilson, I’m in a doctoral program, just like you.” One of my former students posted a picture of a quad at an established university. ... Read More ...5 weeks ago
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What Lessons Are We Learning from Our Students? - “Mr. Vilson, I’m in a doctoral program, just like you.” One of my former students posted a picture of a quad at an established university. ... Read More ...5 weeks ago
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Smut Street: Fancy Peen and Mariah Ankenman - Excuse me, sir? If you don't have a piercing or a clit sucking tentacle, I'm not interested.1 month ago
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"Didn't do *that*," part 1: new Schofield case developments reveal crucial 10th Circuit/Ledger lie - The record is clear. Jeremy Scott confessed at least 40 times in a 2017 hearing. He never recanted. The Ledger must retract its lie to force Judge Kevin Ab...1 month ago
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Preserving an Educated Future for America (Short Term Plan) - Draft excerpt from forthcoming work: The short-term plans presented here are focused primarily on mitigating damages inflicted by the current federal admin...2 months ago
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Preserving an Educated Future for America (Short Term Plan) - Draft excerpt from forthcoming work: The short-term plans presented here are focused primarily on mitigating damages inflicted by the current federal admin...2 months ago
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Achieve 3000 Answers Key (Updated 2023) - Are you on the hunt for the most recent Achieve 3000 answers for the year 2023? Your search is over! ... Read more2 months ago
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Il Papa è Morto - Francis brought a distinct pastoral outlook to his papacy. A simple man, he lived in a small apartment in the guesthouse. He sought to make the church acce...2 months ago
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Kemenangan Member Birutoto Main PG Soft Speed Winner - Kemenangan Member Birutoto Main PG Soft Speed Winner Birutoto – Situs Slot Gacor Terpercaya The post Kemenangan Member Birutoto Main PG Soft Speed Winner...2 months ago
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Trump plays Putin’s Playbook - Recently Aleksander Dugin was interviewed on CNN, last week, and he stated that he believes Trump is closer ideologically to President Putin than to Washin...3 months ago
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Mike Shulman the ARISE UFT Judenrat - I was surprised to learn that Mike Shulman has aligned himself with ARISE. I previously supported him, advocating that the Castle Doctrine could have bee...3 months ago
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How Do We Fight Trump? - Dear Friends, I don’t know when and why it hit me. But I suddenly realized how serious Trump is about changing the country into something that horrifies. I...3 months ago
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Can Students Expect a Relevant Education to be Delivered by Irrelevant Educators? - As a veteran teacher of forty years in the classroom, let me be clear, teachers are not completely at fault for becoming irrelevant in their profession. It...3 months ago
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Are we all on the same team? - Copied from Quora; I didn’t write any of this… As an American I ask my fellow Americans, why can’t you realize at the end of the day we are all on the same...4 months ago
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The US Department of Education Should not be Eliminated. Still, it must be reformed. - If you don’t have an attention span that lasts long enough to learn what I’m teaching in this post, start with the conclusion first. Then if you want to re...5 months ago
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Who is the new CEO of Teach For America? - From 1990 until 2013, the CEO of TFA was the founder, Wendy Kopp. Under her leadership the program grew from a small organization that struggled to make pa...5 months ago
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Site Index - Updated December 31, 2024 - When I was teaching, I got tired of hearing how bad American educators were. *My Promise * WHEN I STARTED BLOGGING IN 2011, I said I planned to speak ...6 months ago
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Malcolm & John David Washington Talk NFL, Christopher Nolan & ‘The Piano Lesson’ - 'The Washington brothers built their careers apart—until an irresistible project drew them together. In The *Piano Lesson*, they tackle a father’s thorny...7 months ago
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“I’m Done With Him; He’s A Douchebag” …And Other Tales From Distant Doors And Stoops - The Democratic Party has been joining with thousands of allied groups working feverishly to hold off TFG’s fever-dream. I’ve long… The post “I’m Done Wit...8 months ago
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Number 18 — A barely-hanging-on Blogoversary - Blogoversary #18 SEPTEMBER 14, 2006 I started this blog while I was still teaching, in 2006. I had just begun my 31st year as an educator. Just like in pre...9 months ago
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Student "Growth" Measures Are STILL Biased - This caught my attention: New Jersey school districts may soon be evaluated differently, *with a greater emphasis on student growth* as compared to stud...10 months ago
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AIN’T IT AWFUL - As the terrible feelings of dread and angst spread across the world the great majority of the American people feel powerless before the onslaught of those ...11 months ago
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Did Darryl Willie lie or interfere in the whistleblower investgation? Why not both? - Willie said below to Action News Jax [image: image.png] It's troubling for quite a few reasons. First he is saying the board knew about the complaint an...1 year ago
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What Country Has The Longest School Day? A Comprehensive Guide - In today’s fast-paced world, education plays a crucial role in shaping the future of individuals and nations...1 year ago
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Could This Be Gadfly’s End? Top 12 Articles From 2023 Read By Fewer Than Ever - After 9 years of pounding my head against the wall - well, it seems like the wall is winning.1 year ago
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Redesigning School Governance: Beyond Mayoral Control - From time to time the legislature passes a bill with a sunset provision, unless the law is reauthorized by a specific date the law reverts to the law it re...1 year ago
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20 Best Mph Programs In New York, NY (2024 Updated) - 20 Best Mph Programs In New York, NY 1. Pace University Rating: (4.2 ) Address: One Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038... The post 20 Best Mph Programs In...1 year ago
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POSTPONED: Florida’s Impact on Social Studies - POSTPONED: discussion with Florida and DC educators and advocates on the impact of Florida's new laws Continue reading1 year ago
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Vote NO on the UFT Contract. Here is Why: - The best reason to vote no on this contract is this: UFT Unity* lied* to us in 2018. They misrepresented that contract. It was predicated on deals we wer...2 years ago
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Testimony to the CPS Truancy Task Force - I prepared testimony for one of two public hearings held by the Chicago Public Schools Truancy Task Force, a body mandated by state legislation. The meetin...2 years ago
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Tennis Memories from a Time When Racism and Anti-Semitism Still Prevailed - I learned tennis at a public park in Brooklyn- Lincoln Terrace- where the teaching pro was a mailman named Phil Rubell. Almost all the kids who took lesson...2 years ago
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There Is A Teacher Shortage.Not. - THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. And just to be sure you understand, it’s not that teachers don’t want to teach. It’s not that there aren’t enough teachers cer...2 years ago
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Reason #1 to pick Dr. Grace over Mr. Walters: The future we’ve already seen - In 2014, Oklahoma voters corrected the mistake we made in 2010. In 2022, let’s not make the mistake in the first place. Elect Dr. April Grace instead. She ...2 years ago
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Want to know the condition of a Philly school building? New map to help. - [image: Two students walk by a Philadelphia school building.] Aging infrastructure has been an issue for Philadelphia schools for years. A new interactive...3 years ago
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STREET LIFE - My mom told me, “You should treat all people equally, but don’t bring a “colored” into the house.” I believed … Continue reading →3 years ago
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Schools Matter: Reflecting on Green Dot’s Disastrous Locke Takeover - *“Green Dot came and made it into more of a jail.” — Chris* My history of opposing the Green Dot Charter School Corporation back when I was an activist i...3 years ago
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Book Banning Turns to Dick and Jane - Breaking News: Dateline February 4, 2022 - Parents in Dimwitty, Alabama have asked the Dimwitty Board of Education to ban the children's primer *Fun with...3 years ago
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Have You Heard Has a New Website - TweetHave You Heard has a new website. Visit us at www.haveyouheardpodcast.com to find our latest episodes and our entire archive. And be sure to check out...3 years ago
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Follow me at Substack - I've moved. Follow me at Substack I'm now posting regularly at Substack. You can subscribe for free to my new Edu/Pol blog at michaelklonsky.substack.com ...3 years ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights - The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined to win...3 years ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights - The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined to win...3 years ago
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Aspiring Teachers Get New Help Paying For College - [image: colorful classroom pattern] *; Credit: shuoshu/Getty Images* Cory Turner | NPR New rules kick in today that will help aspiring teachers pay for c...4 years ago
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Major victory over a corporate charter school chain and their trade association - Original post at Robert’s page on Medium. On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, I got my second big win in court against a charter school corporation. It was also a ...4 years ago
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Tips Akses Situs Judi Qq Tanpa Perlu Takut Nawala - Kegiatan berjudi slot melalui situs judi qq online, sekarang sudah dilakukan oleh banyak penjudi Indonesia. Tentu, Kamu yang sedang membaca artikel ini a...4 years ago
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The Threat of Integration - I have lived in the same house in the Miracle Mile section of Los Angeles for over 30 years, where up until now I have had little or no interaction with th...4 years ago
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New Teacher Evaluation Report Released by the Network for Public Education - A new report on current teacher evaluation systems throughout the US was just released by the Network for Public Education. The report is titled, “Teachers...4 years ago
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www.job-applications.com - https://www.job-applications.com/bed-bath-and-beyond-job-application/4 years ago
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Teacher Creates National Database Tracking COVID-19 Outbreaks in Schools - Kansas educator Alisha Morris's online coronavirus news-tracker goes viral, now hosted on a new NEA website.4 years ago
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Correction for July 10th Post on School District Audit - On July 10, 2020 we published a post “School District Caught Manipulating Attendance Records to Get More Money” which incorrectly cited Valley Park School ...4 years ago
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We fight for a democracy worthy of us all! - The nation stands at a crossroads, said NEA President Lily Eskelsen García in her final keynote address to the 2020 NEA Representative Assembly and it’s up...5 years ago
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Giving Private Schools Federal Emergency Funds Slated for Low-income Students Will Shortchange At-risk Kids - Low-income Seattle students began to pick up bagged lunches in March after their school closed. Karen Ducey/Getty Images Derek W. Black, University of Sout...5 years ago
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The Passing Of Chaz 1951-2020 Age 69 - I am the son of Chaz and like to inform you that he passed away this afternoon from the COVID virus. My father passed in peace beside his loved ones. We ar...5 years ago
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Let The Next Round Of Anti-Semitic Ads Begin - All four pro-public education candidates came in first in their LAUSD school board elections, but two will face run-offs in November.5 years ago
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The Fight For Our Children - *The number of suicides among people ages 10 to 24 nationally increased by 56 percent between 2007 and 2017, according to a new federal report showing the ...5 years ago
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Love Grow Your Own (but not without the actual growth part) - The Governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, recently announced a grow-your-own type of program for teachers. According to this piece: On Monday, Governor Ral...5 years ago
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Another attempted cash grab by the corporate ed crowd in Washington State: House Bill 2788 - The League of Women Voters has opposed charter schools because they don’t have boards elected by the voters but instead the corporation running the schools...5 years ago
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Some of Our Graduates Don't Even Know How to Tighten a Nut - Are schools neglecting practical knowledge and skills? Many of our students are graduating from high school with extremely limited practical knowledge essen...5 years ago
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Read to Self: Just a Kid and a Book. - Date: Monday, January 5, 2020 Place: My classroom Student: Mrs.Mims, could we start doing Read to Self again because I got this great book for Christmas an...5 years ago
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Reminiscences - I just finished dumping the rest of my lesson plans. I guess I held on to the calculus ones for so long because I spent so much time working on them an...5 years ago
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Just Asking for some Teachers I know. - Recently Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers stated, We must … recognize that part of supporting our kids in the classroom means supporting the educators who t...5 years ago
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Charging a terrified 10-year-old girl as a criminal is a very bad look for state attorney Dennis Ward - What the hell is going on? As a parent, I feel very comfortable using this exact wording to ask this … Continue reading →5 years ago
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Cara Menang Bermain Judi Bola Online - Bermain judi bola online tentu saja memiliki kesenangannya tersendiri baik itu mendapatkan keuntungan maupun ketika menantikan hasil skor pada sebuah perta...5 years ago
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Blaming Schools for Student Absences is Like Denouncing Doctors for Disease by Steven Singer - Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.com/2019/08/25/blaming-schools-for-student-absences-is-like-denouncing-doctors-for-disease/?fbclid=IwAR1LV...5 years ago
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Jersey journalist roughed up at session sponsored by charter school groups - The sponsors of an event that doesn’t like journalists An independent New Jersey journalist was roughed up, his video camera was seized, and he was ejected...5 years ago
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K12 Inc. Data Breach Puts thousands of students at risk - It's hard to believe school districts are still contracting with this horrible company. K12 Inc. is the largest for-profit online alternative to actual pub...5 years ago
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A Critique of Standards-Based Grading - It first happened to me about ten years ago. I was beginning my third year of teaching in a new school in Washington, DC. Social studies teachers were si...6 years ago
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My First and Last Visit to Hudson Yards - Figuring I did not need to invite any more darkness and vulgarity into my head than that provided on a daily basis from Trump’s White House, and after read...6 years ago
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Reduced time for testing? Not so fast. - NYSED and Commish Elia continue to say that the NYS Assessments are of reasonable length, I completely disagree. Here is what NYSED states are average expe...6 years ago
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A Response to NorthJersey.com's Explosive "Cashing in on Charter Schools" Series - From NorthJersey.com's Cashing in on Charter Schools series Please note: THIS is what journalism looks like. For the better part of a *DECADE* I have wa...6 years ago
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This Week in Education Organizing - February 15, 2019 - Coalition for Education Justice to Release Report on CRE Eighty-five percent of public school students in New York City are Black, Latinx, or Asian and y...6 years ago
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The World According to Michelle Rhee - The men behind the curtain fashioning the brave new world of corporate run education in America! Michelle Rhee is the founder of StudentsFirst, The New T...6 years ago
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Libraries, books and overcoming the effect of poverty - *Published in the New York Times, September 20, 2018* *To the Editor:* *Re “Why libraries still matter.” [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/opinion/sund...6 years ago
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TSJ's 17th Annual Curriculum Fair - *TSJ's 17th Annual Curriculum Fair* *** REGISTER HERE *** *From Puerto Rico to Chicago:* *Reclaiming and Reimagining Our Communities* Saturday, November 1...6 years ago
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Whose Opinions Matter in Education World? - It's hard to identify education heroes and sheroes. And perhaps even harder to pinpoint just whose work is slanted, paid-for and dishonest.6 years ago
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Blockchain: Life on the Ledger - Originally posted on Wrench in the Gears: I created this video as a follow up to the one I prepared last year on Social Impact Bonds. It is time to examine...6 years ago
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Book Review: The History of Institutional Racism in U.S. Public Schools (2018, Garn Press) by Susan DuFresne - I recently had the privilege of reading Dufresne’s powerful illustrated history of educational and institutional racism in the United States. Dufresne blen...7 years ago
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Corruption on Top of Corruption: How Rahm’s Response to Sexual Abuse of Students Reveals His Core Function - Rahm Emanuel’s response to the Chicago Tribune investigation that found CPS failed to protect hundreds of students from sexual abuse is cowardly. It is co...7 years ago
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New Local Businesses in Sacramento - Starting a new local business in Sacramento is a monumental task, but can be accomplished with footwork, perseverance and knowledge. One must learn the loc...7 years ago
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Lesson Plan: Rhyme and Rhythm in Poetry - I’ve started a recent unit on poetry with my class. I’m not a poet, and I’m not a poetry fan (I don’t hate it, but I’m a prose gal), so this makes it harde...7 years ago
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The Apotheosis of Betsy DeVos - Betsy Devos has drawn few headlines in recent months, and that is a good thing for the Secretary of Education. Her tenure began with Vice President Mike P...7 years ago
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A Teacher’s Tale in the Midst of the Terror in our Schools - Students’ active-shooter plan for teacher in wheelchair: ‘We will carry you’ Reprinted from Allison Slater Tate Feb. 21, 2018 at 4:58 PM Like teachers all ...7 years ago
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Social Emotional Data. The new Cash Cow in the Corporate Assessment Industry - Recently I was asked to allow my son to participate in a survey at school. The "opt in" survey form specifically stated, "the questions on the survey rela...7 years ago
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Education Is a Civic Question - In their final post to end Bridging Differences' decade-long run, Deborah Meier and Harry Boyte urge readers to put the energy, talents, wisdom, and hard w...7 years ago
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Site News: New Home for Education News & Commentary - Quick! Get over there! The daily education news roundup and education commentaries that you're probably looking for are now being published over at The Gra...8 years ago
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Should We Be Grateful? - In an odd turn of events, and with little explanation, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has decided to return the state’s School Reform Office back to the Dep...8 years ago
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Parents Deserve to Know Who Is Being Appointed to State Board of Ed - I spent a rather surreal day at NJ Senate's Judiciary Committee meeting yesterday. This Committee, headed by Democrat Nick Scaturi, is responsible for a...8 years ago
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An Open Letter to NC Lawmakers - An Open Letter to NC State Lawmakers and NC State Superintendent Mark Johnson: I am a NC native, voter, and public school teacher. I am addressing you all ...8 years ago
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My Next Bestseller) - The Secret to Fixing Schools (My next bestseller) Prologue I just finished watching a fascinating documentary on Netflix entitled, “The Secret”. The film p...8 years ago
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CPS Targets Special Education Teacher Sarah Chambers - Here are the remarks from an action we did today at River Point Plaza, a new development that used over $30 million in TIF funds. CPS claims we are broke...8 years ago
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Farewell, Sleep - Today is the official last day of my spring break. I've done a scientific survey: My natural bedtime is 2 AM, and my natural wake up time is 9:41 AM. Tom...8 years ago
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March is nearly over and I didn't do anything for WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH - I was inspired when I saw this meme I guess it can be called of WOMEN IN STEM and "IT'S OKAY TO BE SMART" And I began thinking about how the only subjec...8 years ago
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REPORT: States With the Best and Worst Schools - States With the Best (and Worst)Schools By *Evan Comen, Michael B. Sauter, Samuel Stebbins and Thomas C. Frohlich* January 20, 2017- http://247wallst.com ...8 years ago
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Test Refusal = People Power - In recent months, social media has been ablaze with talk of regular folk taking action to resist the Trump agenda. Protests are a daily occurrence, and ev...8 years ago
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Attitude Determines Altitude* (*conditions apply)… and the Importance of Humane District Themes - It has been a tumultuous few years in the South Brunswick community, specifically the South Brunswick School District. All you have to do is google the dis...8 years ago
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[video]Perils or Promises: Education in the Age of Smart Machines: Presentation at the City Club of Cleveland - On December 14th, 2016, I made a presentation at the City Club of Cleveland. Watch the presentation The Club’s website or Youtube. Title: Perils or Promise...8 years ago
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What Is To Be Done? Trump, the Election, and the Student Loan Crises - President-elect Donald Trump delivering acceptance speech in New York, NY on November 9 (Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Ever since now Presi...8 years ago
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Prison Gerrymandering: Incarceration Weakens Vulnerable Voting Communities - One person equals one vote: seems simple enough. Unfortunately, that hasn’t worked out for many Americans throughout history, specifically women and peop...8 years ago
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Random Musings and Observations. . . . - I’ve been gone a while from the blogging scene. Some of my more regular readers no doubt noticed but did not hassle me about it. Thank you for that. Sinc...8 years ago
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WTU Headquarters On The Auction Block: Union Prez Liz Davis Doesn't Pay Property Tax! - *June 30th is the last official day of WTU Prez Davis' constitutional term. Malcolm Barnes explores this unfortunate scandal in the article below. What r...9 years ago
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AB 934: A LEGISLATIVE FIX FOR VERGARA? - By Michael Stratford | in the Politco Morning Education Report | via email 05/24/2016 10:00 AM EDT :: Two national education groups are backing a Califor...9 years ago
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To simply say you have a growth mindset does not mean you actually have one - By definition, you cannot have a growth mindset when learning is anchored to standardized tests. Standardized tests are a one … Continue reading →9 years ago
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MY NEW BLOG - My new blog will consist of fictitious headlines, meant to be a blend of humor and satire. I apologize ahead of time if any other satirical site has simila...9 years ago
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50 Years Since Integration At The University Of Georgia | The Defenders Online | A Civil Rights Blog
50 Years Since Integration At The University Of Georgia
Posted By The Editors | January 8th, 2011 | Category: Education | No Comments »
By The Editors
On January 6, 1961, Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes became the first African Americans to enroll at the University of Georgia, one of the significant milestones on the road to the climactic civil rights victories of the mid-1960s. One member of the brilliant legal team that had secured the judicial rulings desegregating the university was a newly-minted graduate of Howard University Law School, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Like Hunter and Holmes, Jordan had grown up and gone to high school in Atlanta. One of his duties during the legal wrangling that preceded their admission was to escort Hunter through the hostile, often howling mobs of students who tracked their movements on campus. Hamilton E. Holmes went on to become a highly-respected orthopedic surgeon in Atlanta and member of the faculty at Emory University. He died of
Some second thoughts on the Ackerman contracting controversy | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Some second thoughts on the Ackerman contracting controversy
When I read the front page article in The Inquirer in late November charging Arlene Ackerman with questionable and possibly illegal behavior in relation to the awarding of contracts for installing cameras at city high schools, I wanted to jump up from my morning coffee and high-five my wife. As may be clear by my posts on this website, I'm not a big fan of the superintendent, so public exposure of her apparent missteps was like an early Christmas present.
Moving Beyond “Us and Them” to only “Us” | Lefty Parent
Moving Beyond “Us and Them” to only “Us”
In response to the Arizona shootings, congressperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz said on the PBS News Hour Thursday that we’ve got to “stop treating our opponents as enemies”. President Obama eulogizing nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green said, “I want our democracy to be as good as she imagined it. All of us – we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children’s expectations”. The issue of civility in political and legislative discourse, which I attempted to address in my last two blog pieces, is now front and center in public discussion in the media.
Ron Brownstein in his piece “Apocalypse Always” for the National Journal does a good job calling out the
Schools Matter: Will Segregationist Gang of Five Cause Wake County High Schools to Lose Accreditation?
Will Segregationist Gang of Five Cause Wake County High Schools to Lose Accreditation?
Or on the other hand, the Research Triangle could return to the piney woods of the 1950s, when black children went to apartheid schools and white racists controlled the political economy. From the NewsObserver:
RALEIGH A national accrediting agency that is investigating Wake County's school system rejected a series of hardball demands made by school officials, who have been trying to limit the scope of the probe.
The denial on Thursday forces a showdown that could result in the loss of accreditation for Wake's
America’s “Vaporeducation” « Teacher Reality
America’s “Vaporeducation”
When I think about all of the hype going on in education, I often connect it to the time I worked in sales and marketing in the business software-systems industry. To compete in that industry, I quickly learned that the name of the game was about how a business portrayed itself in the marketplace. So, often times, the company who had the slickest marketing, sales and PR machines in place were able to position themselves as the “biggest gun” worthy of the millions of dollars in contracts. My job was to help my clients reach the decision makers who controlled the million-dollar budgets and who had a problem that they needed to solve. All I had to do was find out who the decision makers were, what the problem was, how much budget was available, and then turn the potential client over to the sales rep for a meeting. This process is one that happens in business, everyday. Problems are defined, meetings are set up, and business deals are made.
In the industry that I worked in, sometimes the business deals that were set up were not made with the most honest or truthful intentions. In fact, it was well known in those “circles” that many heavy-hitter sales pros landed
The Answer Sheet - Education 'Inception' and Michelle Rhee's wrong idea
Education 'Inception' and Michelle Rhee's wrong idea
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Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky's blog
Saturday coffee.
Monday is the official Martin Luther King holiday. But today is his birthday. Honor him. We could use a man like him now.
We’ve gotten into the heart of Chicago winter. It’s just Gray and chilly with snow flurries every other day.
On the other hand, it’s kind of perfect for a three-day weekend and the NFL playoffs. I have a bet with my Brooklyn brother-in-law. He’s a Jets fan which are doomed to play the Patriots. And, of course, the Bears and Seahawks tomorrow at noon.
The couch awaits.
Cathie Blacks solution to classroom overcrowding: Sophie’s Choice.
In the novel by William Styron and in the film with Meryl Streep, the character of Sophie is a holocaust survivor
Old School.
Yong Zhao » Blog Archive » You must be joking, Professor Chua: An open letter to the Chinese Tiger Mom
You must be joking, Professor Chua: An open letter to the Chinese Tiger Mom
You must be joking, Professor Chua: An open letter to the Chinese Tiger Mom
Dear Professor Chua,
By now, your Wall Street Journal article Why Chinese Mothers are Superior has circled around the globe and you have appeared on many media outlets. Undoubtedly you are aware of the firestorm the article has created everywhere. Frankly I was at first appalled by your article because I have read your book Days of Empire, in which you suggest that tolerance is the force that helped build great empires. But in this article, you seem to suggest otherwise—that a totalitarian, authoritarian, and dictatorial approach will produce a successful person. This contradiction helped to realize that you must be joking, just like this YouTube video by Eric Liang that makes fun of how “crazy Asian moms” react when their children get a B.
I am sure, as a well-educated Professor of Yale, you must know that even in China only “garbage parents” call their children garbage. And those who call their children garbage or similar things are generally looked
4LAKids - Opinion: JOHN DEASY IS A DISAPPOINTING CHOICE FOR LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT
Opinion: JOHN DEASY IS A DISAPPOINTING CHOICE FOR LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT
BY DAVID LYELL (LEFT), LAUSD SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, OPED IN THE SOUTH LOS ANGELES REPORT | HTTP://BIT.LY/HG49YG
1-13-2011 | I'm disappointed by the appointment of John Deasy as the superintendent to the LAUSD School Board. The school board didn't even bother to consider any other candidates, which is very strange. The public needs to remember that the mayor, who celebrated this appointment, after recently attacking UTLA, was also handed a vote of "no confidence" by teachers at eight of the 10 schools he takes credit for operating.
The reality is that the teachers at those school sites operate those schools. The mayor, who rarely shows up, only operates them on paper, and dismally at that. We need to remember that this is the same mayor who, in 2009, spent 15 times as much as his nearest opponent on his campaign, then refused to debate him.
Deasy embraces Value-Added. Value-added testing is yet another example a punitive, ineffective, dictatorial management style. A July 2010 report by the Institute of Education Sciences concluded that, "more than 90 percent of the variation in student gain scores is due to the variation in student-level factors that are not under the control of the teacher." An August 2010 report by the Economic Policy Institute warned in a report that it would be "unwise" to give substantial weight to
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