The Colorado Preschool Program is underfunded, sets low qualifications for teachers and doesn’t reach enough children, Rutgers University Professor Steven Barnett testified during the Lobato v. State school funding trial Tuesday.
Barnett, co-director of the National Institute for Early Education Research, testified as an expert witness for the two groups of plaintiffs who are suing the state,
It's not hard to find checklists that are supposed to make it easy to improve schools and classroom instruction. What's difficult is locating checklists that you can remember and that are actually useful, as I've written about before.
My own list—while not necessarily easy to implement—is easy to remember. And it has served my students and me well. Maybe that's because my list focuses on questions rather than tips.
"Will what I am about to do or say bring me closer to the person with whom I am communicating—or will it push me further away?"
I've borrowed this question from Marvin Marshall, a well-known
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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
Say NO to Privatization!
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.
Couldn't Find Your Own Special Charter School Scandal
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SOS Save Our Schools
SOS Save Our Schools
contact your state legislators about school privatization
Why So Serious? [On Demeanors In The Classroom]
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“Why are you so serious all the time, Mr. Vilson?” The students just
finished giving me my student evaluations, something I thought I’d try this
year, bu...
The New Lemonade Stand
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cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Steve Gasser Recently, our
government in Alberta came out with the Framework For Student Learning and
the subtitl...
Michael Feuer: The Flaws of the NCTQ Report
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Some in the mainstream media have given credence to the report of the
Nationsl Council on Teacher Education about teacher preparation. They
should have tal...
HUMILIATION WILL GET YOU NOWHERE
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The Chicago Tribune continues to browbeat and humiliate any and all
Illinois legislators who dared to vote against the pension reform proposal
that the Tri...
The Best Science Sites Of 2013 – So Far
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I’m continuing my mid-year “The Best…” lists …. You might also be
interested in: The Best Science Sites Of 2012 — Part Two The Best Science
Sites Of 2012 —...
Children and hedge fund profits.
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Diane Ravitch wisely chose to feature Ken Previti’s blog post on turning
children into profit centers. Ken, Illinois retiree now living in Florida,
is a me...
The Board Evaluation
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The evaluation was requested by the Board itself. It was done by the Mercer
Island Group and they apparently did interviews with the Board and Cabinet
(wi...
Success!! At least temporarily!
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There are only two things my beloved Leaves on the Current has regularly
enjoyed drinking while on chemotherapy.
Unsweetened iced black tea lemonade with...
Reflecting on Technology
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Taking time to recharge our social, emotional, and physical "batteries"
just may make us better at our jobs. Principal Chuck Bloch reflects on how
technolo...
Education Department listens to (some) reason
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan bowed to (some) reason Tuesday and
announced that he was giving states some flexibility in regard to when they
had to use s...
The 1% Rules Through Corporations
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NSA’s PRISM The 1% Rules Through
Corporations Edward [...]
The post The 1% Rules Through Corporations appeared first o...
Afternoon Video: Classrooms Of The Future (Again!)
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Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The TODAY show scans the "future" of education, featuring Knewtown, Kahn Academy,...
Halo in the Sky
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I was told that there was a bright halo-like rim around the sun around
noon today. I got my point-and-shoot camera and made sure I set my aperture
at th...
Don’t just test … Don’t just teach #BeABadAss
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Back in 67, the year I was born, there were some bad ass young folks
speaking up all around the streets of America – this song represented the
resistance. ...
UFT on Evaluation System
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On Sunday I posted about the new evaluation system, and about how effective
ratings started at 9 according to NYS statute, but started at 15 in Reformy
J...
Another attack aimed at colleges of education
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That great "revolutionary" thinker Arne Duncan, set the stage back in '09,
when he discredited all colleges of education, labeling them as "mediocre"
and c...
Foster Youth Face Significant Academic Hurdles
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A new study, Foster Youth Transitions, released by the Institute for
Evidence-Based Change (IEBC), in conjunction with the University of
California, Berke...
Many Local Ed Schools Are Weak
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The Gates-funded nonprofit NCTQ has finally released its report rating the
nation's ed schools, predictably slamming most of them for being mediocre
if not...
The Cabin in the Woods
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Here’s a unique real estate opportunity: The listing boasts, “Seclusion &
privacy like no other parcel on the lake! 820 feet of Canandaigua lake
frontage. ...
Debunking the ‘Reform’ Agenda
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*By Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards
Association (NSBA)*
No human enterprise is perfect, and we all are capable of improving...
"Avalanche" of Lawsuits Hit DSC Over Bay Delta Plan
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*[image: Dan Bacher]By Dan Bacher*
The North Coast Rivers Alliance, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's
Associations, San Francisco Crab Boat Owners ...
There Are Good Schools Out There
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"The only innovative thing left to do in education reform is to stop innovating and find the experienced educators already succeeding."
The Common Core Loses This Teacher's Support
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By attaching them to government initiatives such as high-stakes testing and teacher evaluation, the standards are being used as an instrument to standardize ...
Riding Lessons
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Eh? What's that, sonny...?
Funny thing happened in first day of summer session. My students went
around the table and introduced themselves and said the u...
On Teaching (Elliot Eisner)
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Too few policymakers have ever taught in public schools. Even fewer can
articulate what it is about teaching young children, youth, and adults that
binds t...
Another Breakthrough! Hurrah!
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Surprise surprise. Sunday’s NY Times had two very good editorials. More
surprising however is that one is about education! “There are many reasons
to im...
Newark's Charters: Perception Is NOT Reality
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Apparently, the hue and cry in Newark against state control of the schools
(coming from the *elected* school advisory board, the *elected* city council,
th...
TP for CPS
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As an organization, Last Stand for Children First, is thrilled to stand
behind the TP for CPS campaign. If you have extra toilet paper sitting
around t...
A New framework for Working and Learning
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For many of us the rules of engagement at work are changing, from the
traditional approach of being told what to do by “bosses”, to a new more
egalitarian ...
Do Not Shake Hands with #commoncore
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Some days it is terribly overwhelming to read the comments of despair and
desperation from parents who are trying to figure out how to help their
children ...
Career Diploma Promoted
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Superintendent White has just launched a major effort to breathe life into
the Career Diploma. Why is this necessary when Louisiana is in the middle
of imp...
The Common Core and the End of the World
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In case you haven’t been paying attention, the arrival of the Common Core
apparently means the end of the world as we know it. In fact, the Common
Core--do...
Teaching Career Pathways: Leadership Certification
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Note: In 2012, Accomplished California Teachers published Quality Teaching
in Every Classroom: New Approaches to Compensation and Career Pathways. Our
team...
(Extra)Ordinary People
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There’s an anecdote the Calhoun School’s Steve Nelson likes to share when
he speaks to teachers and parents about the purpose of education. “We
should th...
Poor Bastard on a Plane
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Like a lamb to the slaughter… Last night I was with my family in the
Minneapolis airport, waiting for a flight back home to Washington, DC. Of
the many peo...
Angry Moms are Rising Up Against Common Core
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Anne Gassel, co-editor of Missouri Education Watchdog was quoted in USA
Today about her opposition to Common Core. From* Include parents in
standards deba...
Voucher Schools: Inherently Unequal
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*State Senator Tim Cullen is one of Wisconsin's finest. He consistently
provides reasoned, historical perspective on state matters. This is Sen.
Cullen'...
THE 99 CENTS STORE EDUCATION FOR THE 99%
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In the old world from which most of our ancestors came, America served as a beacon, because unlike this stratified world of our origin, America was a place w...
What’s An Education Thought Leader?
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The position of education thought leader is not a job that someone applies
for. There is no “thought leader certification”, nor is there a license
required...
Week 36: The end is, well you know…
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Not much time is left now, and I thought I’d share pictures from Open
House, which technically happened in Week 35, but, oh well enjoy! Photo
Credit: The E...
We need you to speak up for our little DREAMers
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Call this number: 1-866-632-6057 Just call it. Really. Just do it. You
call, and something amazing happens. You call, and the National Education
Associatio...
Massive Spending Plan Approved for UConn
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The Connecticut General Assembly has given final approval to a plan to two
major spending initiatives for the University of Connecticut. One part
would p...
Moral Education
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This is my fiction writing, and not related to student loans. However, the
sentiment, my deep care for my fellow human being most certainly influences
my w...
Baby-faced Blackmailers
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NYC's youngest criminals
major in reading, writing
and extortion*New York -* Sometime on Thursday several elementary school
students, who thought they wer...
Principal removal and REAL parent empowerment
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Last week, a Parent Revolution-backed petition drive collected enough
signatures to force out the well-respected principal of Weigand Avenue
Elementary Sch...
Test Teaching
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On a recent road trip, I listened to the audiobook *Moneyball. *It made me
wonder if anyone has written on the clear connection between ideas
presented in ...
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 sintonía y
la ve...
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...
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...
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...
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
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Your 2012 Education Political Primer
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[image]As the election plays itself out this coming week, we as educators
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Whatever t...
Abolition Was A Con...
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I have often said that the oligarchs were very clever in abolishing
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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
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Bravo, Joel!
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I say, it’s bold of Joel to write this piece, pointing out how billionaires
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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
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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
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Overcrowded Schools and Student Learning
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At this time of the year, schools in my district begin planning the
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matrix we too...
Barnett, co-director of the National Institute for Early Education Research, testified as an expert witness for the two groups of plaintiffs who are suing the state, 
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