No Capitalist Left Behind in LouisianaThe Louisiana Senate recently voted 22-16 to allow corporations to sponsor charter schools in exchange for half of the enrollment slots and half the governing board seats, according to the *Times Picayune*. The House is expected to approve the bill and ...
Clarence Thomas’s Wife Supported Armed Insurrection, Benefited from Citizens UnitedIn a recent post, “Kids May Not Know Democracy, But They Know a Bum Deal When They See It,” I made the argument that our political system functions quite differently from the idealized system we are taught in school. I specifically argued that it was ...
Numbers that private schools fear Jay Mathews: As they have in the past, spokespersons for the Sidwell Friends School and St. Albans School declined to tell me how many Advanced Placement exams they gave in 2010.
Teach for America and Me Mark Naison (Fordham): Something was really wrong here if an organization who wanted to serve low income communities rejected every applicant who came from those communities.
2,000 STILL FACE POSSIBLE LAYOFFS IN LAUSD: Tough decisions lie ahead for Los Angeles Unified schoolsBy Jason Song, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/iI9VJz Administrators must weigh the value of nearly 2,000 teachers, counselors, social workers, nurses and psychologists who still could lose their jobs. Sally Stevens, an attendance counselor at ...
LOCKE HIGH’S SLOW AND STEADY TURNAROUND +smf’s 2¢LA Times Editorial | http://lat.ms/jS8MfR The takeover by charter operator Green Dot hasn't yielded the quick and dramatic results many had hoped for, but there has been some solid improvement. Tenth-grade English teacher Beth Schmidt works with Locke ...
The entryways of the remodeled Bellevue Hospital come at incoming patients and visitors in layers akin to the human body: the new glass-and-metal facade presents the first layer before encountering a marble and stone arch around the tunnel leading to elevators, an photo gallery, and eventually, the emergency room. The first layer hosts visitors communicating on their cell phones and security guards, with gateways color-coded like the subways we New Yorkers live with daily. As one walks directly into the tunnel and into the emergency room, we are reminded that it’s an established hospital, full of the aches, rumbles, and off-white walls we trust will be there anytime we visit the hospital.
In there, children cry for their mothers, the elderly wheeze in an unsettling tempo, and grown boys brace the responsibilities of manhood.
Where people often mistake manhood is in places like the hospital. We still ask men not to emote, and treat illness as a sign of debilitating (and ignorable) weakness, whether the person injured is a stranger or a loved one. The perception of what men do in those situations and the actions that make a real man in these situations
elc-pa.org - Pennsylvania's Best Investment? Public Education, says new report Investing in public eduation initiatives, from quality pre-kindergarten programs to lowering class size in elementary schools, pa...
sfgate.com - Albany, N.Y. -- From City Hall in Manhattan to rural hamlets upstate, New York officials began to prepare Saturday for a surge in gay couples expected to flood clerks' offices next month seeking to...
lovealocalbusiness.intuit.com - Vote to Help Your Favorite Local Businesses Win Big There’s over $1 Million in grants at stake; your votes help decide who gets them.Voting is easy, and fast. Just share a few brief thoughts about ...
nydailynews.com - Exclusive This school really doesn't want kids to fail.Flushing High School students can score no lower than a 50 in a subject as long as they show up - and students getting a 50 or a 55 can do mak...
washingtonpost.com - Bill Kerlina won a plum assignment when he was hired away from Montgomery County in July 2009 to become a principal in Northwest Washington. Phoebe Hearst Elementary was a small, high-performing sc...
nepc.colorado.edu - When the captain says she’s going down, it should not be surprising to see the ship’s officers checking the davits and taking the lifeboat covers off. So here we are, watching the crew react now th...
nola.com - BATON ROUGE -- Over the objections of some public school advocates, the Louisiana Senate voted 22-16 Monday to allow corporations to sponsor charter schools in exchange for controlling up to half o...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Leaked internal documents shows what Rhee really thinks of some Michigan legislatorsLeaked internal documents shows what Rhee really thinks of some Michigan legislators Here’s what Michelle Rhee re...
preaprez.wordpress.com - As the 9,000 delegates to the NEA RA arrive in Chicago this week, some might want to head over to Whittier School at 23rd and Damen to show support for the parents, teachers and students who are fi...
contracostatimes.com - SACRAMENTO -- In vetoing the Legislature's budget 10 days ago, Gov. Jerry Brown took some sharp jabs from members of his own party, who accused him of betraying their trust, among other things. But...
northjersey.com - TRENTON — Republicans and Democrats will be at it again this week as details on New Jersey's state budget will be hammered out. RECORD FILE PHOTO The Legislature will hammer out New Jersey's budge...
fdlbooksalon.com - Welcome Bill Zimmerman, and Host Richard Flacks. Troublemaker – A Memoir From the Front Lines of the Sixties Host, Richard Flacks: Bill Zimmerman’s memoir of the sixties is a terrific book to read...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - June’s Best Tweets — Part Two | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...June’s Best Tweets — Part Twoby Larry FerlazzoEvery month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I ...
modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/06/today-in-labor-historyjune-26.html"; June 26, 1894 - The American Railway Union launched a boycott of all trains carrying Pullman cars, turning...
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON HE was born this way. Bi. Not bisexual. Not even bipartisan. Just binary. Our president likes to be on both sides at once. In Afghanistan, he ...
sfgate.com - Susana Bates / Special to The Chronicle A pink triangle will remain on Twin Peaks through this evening to mark Gay Pride Weekend. San Francisco -- A huge pink triangle was raised Saturday on Twin P...
womensenews.org - It's been 25 years since Phyllis Chesler wrote "Mothers on Trial" to help women fight their child-custody battles. In this excerpt from her revised book, she reviews what's changed, for better and ...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Educated Guess: FEW STATE RULES FOR TRANSITION K + MESS WITH PROP 98, DO NOT PASS GOEducated Guess: FEW STATE RULES FOR TRANSITION K + MESS WITH PROP 98...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Review: Profit At the Bottom Of The Ladder « MomsRising BlogReview: Profit At the Bottom Of The Ladderby Elisa BatistaSince coming back from Netroots Nation, I have been thinking a lot about worker...
tbogg.firedoglake.com - Someday, long after most of us are dead and gone and then reincarnated and then dead again and then maybe reincarnated once more, someone is going to have to explain to future generations why there...
contracostatimes.com - San Francisco police arrested two teenagers after a Saturday evening shooting near Seventh and Market streets that sent five victims, including four bystanders, to the hospital, a police lieutenant...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge Prosser Grabbed Fellow Justice Ann Walsh Bradley Around The Neck In An Argument In Her Chambers Last Week « Larry Miller's BlogWisconsin Supreme Court Judge Prosser Gr...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Bitter Lessons from Chasing Better TestsBitter Lessons from Chasing Better Testsby P. L. ThomasIn a New York Times Op-Ed (22 March 2009), E. D. Hirsch Jr. argued, "We do not need to...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Do We Respect Seattle Teachers? | Seattle EducationDo We Respect Seattle Teachers?by KristinSeattle’s public schools sure have been through a lot in the 2010-2011 school year. On top of the multimi...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Selling of the World: Privatization Schemes Proliferate | FDL News DeskThe Selling of the World: Privatization Schemes Proliferateby David DayenSelling the family silver (photo: Jenica26)One of...
Why I oppose Common Core standards: Ravitch (click picture)
Education historian Diane Ravitch, the leading voice in the movement opposing corporate-based school reform, has for several years said she has no definitive opinion on the Common Core State Standards. Now she has come out against them, in this post, which appeared today on her blog.
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WE ARE MANY. THERE IS POWER IN OUR NUMBERS. TOGETHER, WE WILL SAVE OUR SCHOOLS. THE NETWORK FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
Stop Closing Schools
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Who Supports democratic, free, Main Stream Public Schools?
A compilation of news articles about charter schools which have been charged with, or are highly suspected of, tampering with admissions, grades, attendance and testing; misuse of funds and embezzlement; engaging in nepotism and conflicts of interest; engaging in complicated and shady real estate deals; and/or have been engaging in other questionable, unethical, borderline-legal, or illegal activities. This is also a record of charter school instability and other unsavory tidbits.
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SOS Save Our Schools
contact your state legislators about school privatization
Top 9 Secret Confessions of a Teacher
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“Not so much secret as they are depressing!” 9. Sometimes during my
planning period I lock the door and sleep on a table in the corner of my
room. 8. I k...
Locally owned: Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates
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Chocolatier Ginger Elizabeth Hahn figured out her career path at a very
young age. Since then, her singular focus, education and training in the
culinary...
Lucy and Ethel at PS 154 in the Bronx
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*"This shit can't be made up"-Maimonides **AD 1167 *
We can't believe what is happening at PS 154. Lucy and Ethel have
completely ruined the possibility of...
Anthony Cody: Who Supports Mayoral Control?
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Anthony Cody describes the campaign to put mayors in charge of school
districts and the reasons behind it. The biggest supporter of mayoral
control is Arne...
DESE Stifling More Debate About Common Core?
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DESE doesn't like answering questions.
That was evident in the May 2 statewide meetings that were designed to be
"informational" only. DESE representative...
NEA to Debate Firing Arne Duncan, Again
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Fact #1: A lot of people in the education establishment don’t like U.S.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Fact #2: The guy who chose Duncan
doesn’t parti...
Memorial Weekend: "Good Job, Teach!"
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I thank those who served and sacrificed so I can love my country, and criticize it, too. A hat tip to all the band teachers and student musicians who help ma...
Friday Open Thread
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Start of the Memorial Day weekend - give a bit of time to remembering our
vets (and tell your children why it's important). I say this every year at
this ...
'I thought these days were behind us' -- Rev. Tyson
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From North Carolina to the streets of Chicago -- they are not behind us
They Canceled Class Today — All The Teachers Got Arrested While Protesting
For Vo...
Keeping Kids Academically Sharp During Summer
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*By Sherri Wilson, Senior Manager, Family and Community Engagement, **National
PTA*
It's impossible to overestimate the role that parents can play in the...
In American Schools, What is Quality Work?
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For years now, I’ve been asking everybody I meet the same question: “When
and where were you when you learned best?” I’ve asked this question because
so ...
Both Sides Keep Losing (IMHO)
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There are basically two things going on in the aftermath of Wednesday's
vote. On one hand, people are starting to think about what happens next --
the law...
Morning Video: First Lady's Tough Love At Bowie State
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"For generations, in many parts of this country, it was illegal for black people to get an education ... Today, instead of walking miles every day to school,...
Two-Day UC Strike Unlikely to Sway Bosses
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A strike by nurses and other patient care workers at University of
California (UC) hospitals and medical centers entered its second and final
day Wedne...
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La mayorÃa de los maestros son "altamente acreditados" pero miles todavÃa
si...
Not quite sure how to describe the day
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Yesterday was my 67th birthday, a fact I acknowledged here. Thanks to
Social media, the day was full of communications from other wishing me well
on the...
Three Dollar People
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Blog:
Confessions of a Community College Dean
*The New York Times* reports that instructional spending at research
universities has risen much more quickl...
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Wisconsin budget panel limits challenges to large wellswww.jsonline.comThe
Legislature is discussing whether state regulators should consider the
effect of...
WTU Ballots Have Been Mailed
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*By Candi Peterson- Vote Davis Slate for WTU *
*Liz Davis/Candi Peterson - "WTU Can Be Better!"*
Washington Teachers' Union (WTU) ballots have been maile...
Bill Thompson Is Unacceptable for Working Teachers
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It's more than a little depressing to read that AFT President Randi
Weingarten has seen fit to endorse Bill Thompson for NYC Mayor. First of
all, she's g...
Your Last Standardized Test Ever
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Are you upset about all the tests—State tests, the new Common Core tests,
the SAT and the ACT and on and on? Well, if you answer every question on
this tes...
Angels Amongst Us
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“Take me instead. They’re just babies.” That was the prayer of those
babies’ teacher, Anna Canaday. When the Oklahoma tornado hit Plaza Towers
Elementary S...
How Are Students Assigned To Teachers?
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A new analysis examines whether some teachers are assigned
higher-performing students than their colleagues in the same school.
Let's Open the Doors Wider
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How do we sustain good schools so that over time there are more and more of them? I think networks of schools are a useful added component.
“getting to do” vs “having to do” what we do…
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I wrote a post for our teachers on my Technically yours, Teamann blog
talking about the opportunities that we still have before the end of the
school year....
Cartoons on Principals
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Some school-site principals have been the subject of films (e.g., Joe
Clark– in “Lean on Me”) and some have been caricatured (e.g., the
fictitious Edward ...
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It is really starting to feel like we need a vacation. This is the time of
year when I do not dare ask students the question, “Have you lost your
minds?” b...
A Consequence of Connectedness
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I think I have always been a connected educator even before “Al Gore
invented the internets”. I received journals in the mail, signed up for
numerous works...
OKLAHOMA HEROES
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The recent tornado tragedy in Oklahoma has produced more stories of
teachers who put their lives at risk to save their students. These
teachers are being ...
The Unlimited Threat of Vouchers and Course Choice
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Update on MFP 5/23/13: At this point, the new MFP is still bottled up in
the Senate Education Committee by a motion passed earlier this week to
defer actio...
Honesty In The Time Of Professionalism
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In this economy, everyone’s scared to lose their jobs. Leaders often say
they want feedback and honesty, but only if it fits their beliefs about the
realit...
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013, genera descontento
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Univisión es la mayor cadena hispana de televisión en los EE.UU. Eso mismo
ha hecho que el reality show Nuestra Belleza Latina tenga tanta sintonÃa y
la ve...
Transform Education? Challenge the Governance Model!
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I recently read Michele McNeil’s piece in Education Week, “Rifts Deepen
Over Direction of Ed. Policy in U.S.”, and was heartened by what I read.
The piece ...
Let’s Build a Lemonade Stand, Kids!
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Students’ Response to School Budget Cuts Notes from the Field Submitted by
Angela Chan When I decided to teach, I believed that the betterment of our
natio...
“Beyond The Bake Sale” Book Club
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Some educators are organizing a “Beyond The Bake Sale” Book Club over the
summer to discuss that well-known and well-written book on parent
involvement and...
Wisconsin Budget Policy and Poverty in Education
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Posted on May 15, 2013 Forward Institute Forward Institute has released its
new study at a press conference in Milwaukee’s City Hall. The following
remarks...
Wisconsin's Private School Vouchers Prove Wasteful
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*John Forester, Director of Government Relations for the School
Administrators Alliance (SAA), shares in this blog posting more sound
reasoning opposing Wi...
UNO Charter Schools
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“More money from clout-heavy Hispanic group UNO went to insider.” Chicago
Sun Times (IL), 4/22/2013
Weeks after Federico “Fred” d’Escoto stepped down fro...
We Have Moved!
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NOTICE: On April 22, 2013, *SM* merged with @the chalkface. Find us at our
new home: atthechalkface.com. All *Schools Matter* previous posts are
archived t...
What’s up in Digital Media class?
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I’ve been teaching English language arts for over 20 years, and as much as
I love it, I have always wanted to add some variety to my work load by
teaching ...
An Open Letter
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Dear Editors:
I am writing in response to your recent article about McKinley Elementary
School, where a teacher was recently accused of giving answers to...
The Big Swindle
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The road to the massive cheating scandal in Atlanta (NY Times 3/30/2013)
runs right through the White House. The former superintendent, Dr. Beverly
L. Hall...
This Isn't Goodbye-Goodbye...
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...but it's goodbye for now.
And so we have come to the end of School TechConnect. It's been a hell of a
ride.
I'm taking a few months off.
I'll still b...
How Do We Retain Excellent Teachers?
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Yesterday, I had the privilege of Skyping with students of Kathleen Nolan
(whose book, *Police in the Hallways*, I reviewed on this blog last
summer). They...
On a road trip to Florida
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It's my spring break and we'll be driving to Florida today with my
husband and 2 kids (age 8 and 5)....well, first to Georgia, then to Florida
the n...
An open letter from a Centennial parent
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Last night’s Board of Education meeting was a wild ride,and there’s so much
to tell you. First, this open invitation from one of the dads of
Centennial, t...
Song of the — Martin Luther King Jr — Day
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Solomon Burke — “Now Is The Time” (click to listen or download) See also
“Quotes of the — Martin Luther King Jr. — Day.” Thomas J. Mertz
Your 2012 Education Political Primer
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[image]As the election plays itself out this coming week, we as educators
continue to work on behalf of children and our communities as a whole.
Whatever t...
Abolition Was A Con...
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I have often said that the oligarchs were very clever in abolishing
slavery...
In business, the biggest cost is labour; with slavery, profits were wei...
My Review of Freshwaterboys by Adam Schuitema
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Well, Litstack went live on Monday and my first review went live today. You
can find my review of Adam Schuitema's wonderful collection of short storiesh...
Bravo, Joel!
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I say, it’s bold of Joel to write this piece, pointing out how billionaires
have managed to influence the politicians to finally represent their point
of v...
May 14th, Standing with Whittier Mothers
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Dear friends,
There is a buzz in Chicago among people striving for a city that works
together. Inspired by Wisconsin and our immigrant youth, Chicagoans ar...
College & Careers, No More Cuts! (Video)
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Governor Cuomo is proposing a $1.5 billion cut to public school funding,
the largest cut in New York State History. In this entry to the Alliance
for Quali...
Overcrowded Schools and Student Learning
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At this time of the year, schools in my district begin planning the
teaching assignments for the following year. As we worked on the teacher
matrix we too...
I used to, but now…?
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Dear friends, My working table is a mess—piles upon piles of clippings and
interesting articles to comment on. I watched a TV show today about
pathological...
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