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Schools Matter: Ethnic Studies and Culturally-Relevant Pedagogy Under Attack

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Schools Matter: Ethnic Studies and Culturally-Relevant Pedagogy Under Attack:'Ethnic Studies and Culturally-Relevant Pedagogy Under Attackby Jim HornPlease take a few minutes to view this film clip from Democracy Now:Text from Democracy Now:An Arizona administrator has ruled that the public school district in Tucson must end its acclaimed Mexican American Studies program for grades K-12, saying it violates a new state law that bans the teaching of any class designed for a particular ethnic group or that "promote[s] resentment toward a ... more »

Last Stand for Children First: Elevating the Teaching Profession with STRIPES

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Last Stand for Children First: Elevating the Teaching Profession with STRIPES:Elevating the Teaching Profession with STRIPESby Last Stand for ChildrenOne of the biggest problems that we face in education today is the seemingly endless quest to elevate the teaching profession. Back in 1989, Wendy Kopp had a vision of taking gifted college students who weren't education majors, but wanted to teach and sending them out to learn how to teach on our country's neediest children. The result has been Teach ... more »

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

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Rally Against Bronx Science Principal, This Time By Students and Alumni – SchoolBookBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-46 minutes agoRally Against Bronx Science Principal, This Time By Students and Alumni – SchoolBook:Rally Against Bronx Science Principal, This Time By Students and Alumniby Anna M. Phillips“BS Deserves Better,” said a sign at a rally outside of the Bronx High School of Science, one of the city’s most storied high schools that has been at war with itself for years over ... more »

CIP Updates Underway for PWCS « PWC Education Reform Blog

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CIP Updates Underway for PWCS « PWC Education Reform Blog:CIP Updates Underway for PWCSJanuary 5, 2012 — pwceducationreformPWCS has announced that they will begin updating the CIP shortly and citizen comments are welcomed. Here’s the announcement and link:Capital Improvement Planning Begins; Community Input Opportunities to ComeJanuary 5, 2012Preliminary work is underway on the ever-evolving Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) Capital Improvements Program (CIP). School Board Members last night (January 4) discussed staff recommendations for updating the program in the ... more »

NEA Stance on Teach For America Continues to Raise Questions - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

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NEA Stance on Teach For America Continues to Raise Questions - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:NEA Stance on Teach For America Continues to Raise Questionsby Anthony CodyThe decision by Dennis Van Roekel to co-author a column with Teach For America director Wendy Kopp continues to generate negative reaction among educators, the latest being the decision by Nancy Carlsson-Paige and her son Matt Damon to reject the union's Friend of Education award. The response by the union has been ... more »

NYC Public School Parents: Richard Barr on the glorious Snyder school buildings, too many lost, sold or sitting empty

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NYC Public School Parents: Richard Barr on the glorious Snyder school buildings, too many lost, sold or sitting empty:Richard Barr on the glorious Snyder school buildings, too many lost, sold or sitting emptyby Leonie HaimsonMorris High School in the BronxMayor Bloomberg’s invitation to his State of the City speechfeatures a photo of the glorious Morris High School building in the Bronx where his address will be given. Morris High School was designed by the NYC Superintendent of schools, Charles B.J. ... more »

Rally Against Bronx Science Principal, This Time By Students and Alumni – SchoolBook

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Rally Against Bronx Science Principal, This Time By Students and Alumni – SchoolBook:Rally Against Bronx Science Principal, This Time By Students and Alumniby Anna M. Phillips“BS Deserves Better,” said a sign at a rally outside of the Bronx High School of Science, one of the city’s most storied high schools that has been at war with itself for years over the pedagogical policies of its principal, Valerie J. Reidy.On Thursday, roughly two dozen current students and recent alumni gathered on ... more »

Modern School: Online Ed: Trojan Horse for Destroying Teachers Unions

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Modern School: Online Ed: Trojan Horse for Destroying Teachers Unions:Online Ed: Trojan Horse for Destroying Teachers Unionsby Michael DunnBeware of Capitalist Bearing Gifts of Cheap Canned Curricula (Image from Flickr, by Perfecto Insecto)Idaho teachers and parents are pissed off: Last year, their state Legislature passed a law requiring all high school students to take some online classes to graduate, according to theSan Francisco Chronicle. They also mandated that students and teachers be given laptops or tablets to take and manage ... more »

Final HQT “Highly Qualified Teacher” Workshop for 2011-12 - Letters (CA Dept of Education)

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Final HQT Workshop for 2011-12 - Letters (CA Dept of Education):Final HQT Workshop for 2011-12The California Department of Education is hosting the finalElementary and Secondary Education Act“Highly Qualified Teacher” Workshop for 2011–12Presented byLynda NicholsEducation Programs ConsultantMonday, April 2, 2012East End Complex1500 Capitol Avenue, Room ABCSacramento, CA 9581410:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.This workshop will focus on the “Highly Qualified Teacher” requirements related to theElementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Topics will include an overview ofthe ESEA teacher comp... more »

Jersey Jazzman: REPOST: OK, Smart Guy - What Would YOU Do?

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Jersey Jazzman: REPOST: OK, Smart Guy - What Would YOU Do?:REPOST: OK, Smart Guy - What Would YOU Do?by DukeFor all of my new, trollish freinds: here's the Jazzman Reform Plan from September, 2011. I may change a few things now, but I still think most of it is solid.Over at Blue Jersey, I recently spent a week demolishing the corporate "reform" argument. Well, no, that's not quite right; I'd spent the last week bringing together a bunch of research ... more »

Would I announce my bargaining position before bargaining? No. But that’s me. « Fred Klonsky

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Would I announce my bargaining position before bargaining? No. But that’s me. « Fred Klonsky:Would I announce my bargaining position before bargaining? No. But that’s me.by Fred KlonskyThere was some concern about the way I reported Senate President John Cullerton’s statement yesterday.On the video I posted, Cullerton said plainly that the state employee unions, our leadership included, had expressed a willingness to negotiate adjustments in the pension benefits of union members.I wan’t shocked by Cullerton’s statement because our union leadership ... more »

Concerned African American Mothers (CAAM) Call for End to Racial Profiling by the Milwaukee Police Department « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

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Concerned African American Mothers (CAAM) Call for End to Racial Profiling by the Milwaukee Police Department « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!:Concerned African American Mothers (CAAM) Call for End to Racial Profiling by the Milwaukee Police Departmentby millerlfConcerned African-American Mothers (CAAM)African-American Racial Profiling Complaint Against the City of Milwaukee Police Department Under the direction of Police Chief Edward Flynn, the City of Milwaukee Police Department from approximately July 2008 to the present has engaged in practice of racial profiling ...more »

Jersey Jazzman: The Reformy Incompetence of Duncan, Kopp, and Rhee

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Jersey Jazzman: The Reformy Incompetence of Duncan, Kopp, and Rhee:The Reformy Incompetence of Duncan, Kopp, and Rheeby DukeValerie Strauss reports on a tiff with Matt Damon and his mom, education professor Nancy Carlson-Paige, on one side and NEA President Dennis Van Roekel on another. Personally, I think the NEA is not well-served bysidling up with the likes of Teach For America's Wendy Kopp, but I do see the point that she is well-funded and not going away any time soon.What ... more »

GenEd and California Department of Education Working Together | Asbarez Armenian News

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GenEd and California Department of Education Working Together | Asbarez Armenian News:GenEd and California Department of Education Working TogetherMurad Minasian (Left) and Raffi Momjian, GenEd Executive Director (Right), at meeting with Superintendent Tom TorlaksonTeacher survey and joint projects initiatedSAN FRANCISCO–The Genocide Education Project (GenEd) and the California Department of Education have initiated a working relationship aimed at expanding instruction of the Armenian Genocide to more schools across California. Through the efforts of Murad Minasian, the Armenian-Ame... more »

Moving Beyond Political Rhetoric in International Comparisons | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights

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Moving Beyond Political Rhetoric in International Comparisons | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights:Moving Beyond Political Rhetoric in International Comparisonsby obrienaMaking international comparisons about education systems was all the rage in 2011. Rhetoric suggested that America’s education system is performing so poorly that we as a nation have lost our competitive edge, and that the world’s emerging economies are out-educating us, which will result in the further decline of our nation.I’m not sure if that rhetoric will stop ... more »

Ravitch to speak in California - California Teachers Association

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Ravitch to speak in California - California Teachers Association:Ravitch to speak in CaliforniaBy Dina MartinOnce an educational conservative and an early supporter of President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind policy, Diane Ravitch has shaken up the education world by doing a complete about-face on testing, accountability, and the merits of charter schools.In the process, she has become a champion of educators who show up every day to teach their students.Through her speeches, her appearances on popular shows such ... more »

SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Rally Against Bronxdale Principal John Chase Jr 1/10/2012

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SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Rally Against Bronxdale Principal John Chase Jr 1/10/2012:Rally Against Bronxdale Principal John Chase Jr 1/10/2012by noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher)We here at SBSB have been right on top of the the"Objects My Penis Loves" scandal at Bronxdale High School in the Bronx. We also provided commentary when the DOE gave Bronxdale High principal John Chase Jr, a slap on his pen..., er we meant hand when it found that yes, he was guilty of guilty of violating Chancellor's Regulations ... more »

Adjust pension benefits? Cullerton says the unions have “indicated a willingness to do so.” « Fred Klonsky

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Adjust pension benefits? Cullerton says the unions have “indicated a willingness to do so.” « Fred Klonsky:Adjust pension benefits? Cullerton says the unions have “indicated a willingness to do so.”by Fred KlonskyAs I discussed earlier, Senate President John Cullerton has chosen a different path in going after state employee pension benefits than his cohorts in the House leadership.Cullerton believes that a frontal assault will only waste time and money in years of court battles.Following the old notion that you catch ... more »

The Photographs of Your Junk (will be publicized!)

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My View: Time for the status quo to make room for meaningful school reform – Schools of Thought - CNN.com Blogs

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My View: Time for the status quo to make room for meaningful school reform – Schools of Thought - CNN.com Blogs:My View: Time for the status quo to make room for meaningful school reformby Anthony Cody, Special to CNNEditor’s note: Anthony Cody worked in high-poverty schools in Oakland, California, for 24 years. For 18 of them, he taught middle school science. He now lives in Mendocino County and leads workshops for teachers. He writes the Living in Dialogueblog and you ... more »