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RheeFirst! » Federal Department of Education is looking for information on NCLB cheating

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RheeFirst! » Federal Department of Education is looking for information on NCLB cheating:Government seeks help to stop teacher-led cheatingfromRheeFirst!byadminWritten by Greg Toppo for The Washington Post. Read theentire article here.“The Obama administration is creating a manual showing how schools can fight teacher-led cheating on standardized tests, asking educators to help stomp out “testing irregularities.”Bob Schaffer of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, an advocacy group, says he wonders why the department is ‘wasting time and money collecting information ...more »

Modern School: Jindal’s Louisiana Privatization Orgy

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Modern School: Jindal’s Louisiana Privatization Orgy:Jindal’s Louisiana Privatization Orgyby Michael DunnHuck/Konopacki Labor CartoonsUnder Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s new privatization plan, virtually every student in the Monroe City School System and those in almost 50% of Ouachita Parish Schools would be eligible for vouchers to attend private schools, the News Star reported this week. Experts warn that the number of eligible students could far exceed the available spaces in existing private schools.Jindal's plan provides “scholarships” for low income students currently attendi... more »

Missouri Education Watchdog: GLSEN releases its Curriculum for Elementary Students Aligning with Common Core Standards for English Language Arts

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Missouri Education Watchdog: GLSEN releases its Curriculum for Elementary Students Aligning with Common Core Standards for English Language Arts:GLSEN releases its Curriculum for Elementary Students Aligning with Common Core Standards for English Language Artsby stlgretchenLong time readers of this blog know we have been calling for the legislators to provide relief from the implementation of the Common Core standards. If you, as a parent, appreciate your elementary student being taught about LGBT issues through Common Core standards via English Language ... more »

National Sexuality Standards for K -12 for all Public Schools « PWC Education Reform Blog

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National Sexuality Standards for K -12 for all Public Schools « PWC Education Reform Blog:National Sexuality Standards for K -12 for all Public SchoolsJanuary 20, 2012 — pwceducationreformYes, you read that correctly. The National Sexuality Standards for K – 12 have been released. Under Race To The Top, (RttT), all states which have signed onto RttT will have to implement instructional materials and programs that meet these Sexuality standards in all of their public schools.Virginia schools will not have to ... more »

Evaluating Our Values - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

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Evaluating Our Values - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher:Evaluating Our Valuesby Nancy FlanaganGuest blogger Corey Gaber is a first-year resident in a new teacher training and certification program called Urban Teacher Center, teaching middle school Humanities at Baltimore Freedom Academy, a social justice-themed Baltimore City Public School. He has an M.Ed in Mind, Brain and Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and is a Community Organizer forIDEA (Institute for Democratic Education in America)."What percentage ... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Sound the alarm! The "activists" are coming

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Sound the alarm! The "activists" are coming:Sound the alarm! The "activists" are comingby Mike KlonskyThe “democratic engagement” faction within civics education has recently re-energized and is pressing hard on schools to push kids into activism. -- Chester FinnFinn (right) and his Fordham crewThe Occupy Movement, the Wisconsin recall initiative, and other signs of increased youth and student activism have education conservatives jittery. Chief among them is think-tanker Chester Finn, head of the right-wing Fordham Institue. His ... more »

Jersey Jazzman: What Are We Ranking?

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Jersey Jazzman: What Are We Ranking?:What Are We Ranking?by DukeA while ago, I complained that New Jersey's reformiest lobbying outfit, B4K, was so invested in a narrative of "failing schools" that they ignored our high student achievement and instead focused on measures that had nothing to do with the quality of instruction NJ's kids receive.Much of their assessment came from Education Week's "Quality Counts" report. The 2012 version was just released; naturally, B4K ate it all up once again.They've made ... more »

Charter schools are failing the York community - The York Daily Record

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Charter schools are failing the York community - The York Daily Record:Charter schools are failing the York communityJEFF KIRKLANDUpdated: 01/19/2012 11:02:12 AM ESTAs we move from Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday towards Black History Month, the state of public education and its impact on our children's futures should be at the forefront of our discussions and actions.The School District of the City of York has been inundated with requests by various groups to allow them to set up, run or ... more »

All Things Education: Opportunity to Evaluate Teachers

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All Things Education: Opportunity to Evaluate Teachers:Opportunity to Evaluate Teachersby Rachel LevyWelcome to Part IV of my response to Governor McDonnell's "Opportunity to Learn" education agenda--we're almost to Friday, folks! On Monday, you read about advancing literacy. On Tuesday, you read about extending the school day/ year. Yesterday, you read my thoughts on expanding school choice in Virginia. Today, I'll share my thoughts about McDonnell's ideas for evaluating, retaining, and recruiting teachers.The "Enhancing Teacher Quality, Strengthening Teacher and Administrator Cont... more »

Modern School: Publicly Funded Schools Becoming Things of the Past

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Modern School: Publicly Funded Schools Becoming Things of the Past:Publicly Funded Schools Becoming Things of the Pastby Michael DunnHuck/Konopacki Labor CartoonsPublic education implies that all children will be educated without additional costs to the parents. Of course for this to work, everyone must contribute a little through their taxes, whether or not they have kids.Prior to the anti-tax revolt of the late 70s and 80s and the budget crises of the past several years, the overwhelming bulk of public education ... more »

Grumpy Educators: U.S. House of Representatives Consider Education Bills

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Grumpy Educators: U.S. House of Representatives Consider Education Bills:U.S. House of Representatives Consider Education Billsby SandraU.S. House of Representatives Consider Education BillsParents, community members, and taxpayers are researching, analyzing, discussing, and sharing information. Interest and understanding of the issues are increasing daily.Below is one such analysis of three pieces of education legislation in the U.S. House.Read the information, share it, discuss it, and form an opinion, and let your U.S. Congressman know what you think.H.R. 2218 Empowering Parents ... more »

NOLA charter schools: favoritism with community & parents shut out « Parents Across America

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NOLA charter schools: favoritism with community parents shut out « Parents Across America:NOLA charter schools: favoritism with community parents shut outby leoniehaimsonKarran Harper Royal, long time parent advocate and one of the founding members of Parents Across America – New Orleans, reports from the front lines of school privatization, where already 75 percent of the public schools have been converted to charters, and possibly all the remaining public schools run by the Recovery School District will be charters within two ... more »

solidaridad: The struggle to save LAUSD's adult education program

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solidaridad: The struggle to save LAUSD's adult education program:The struggle to save LAUSD's adult education programby Robert D. Skeels * rdsatheneAnyone interested in the struggle to save the program, can contact me. We are holding a strategy meeting Friday, January 20, 2012.First published on Schools Matter"I'm an adult ed teacher, and I just want to say thanks to those of you outside of adult ed who understand the importance of what we do, and are willing to stand with us ... more »

National Teacher of the Year Nominee - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education)

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National Teacher of the Year Nominee - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education):California Teacher of the Year Chosen as Finalistfor National Teacher of the Year Title SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today said he is extremely pleased that Rebecca Mieliwocki, a 2012 California Teacher of the Year from Los Angeles County, has been selected as one of four finalists nationwide for the 2012 National Teacher of the Year award."I am elated that Rebecca, who is remarkably gifted and ... more »

Schools Matter: It's the Socioeconomic Segregation, Stupid

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Schools Matter: It's the Socioeconomic Segregation, Stupid:It's the Socioeconomic Segregation, Stupidby Jim HornIn a piece for The Nation a few days ago, Linda Darling-Hammond demolishes most of the remaining chunks of any size within the crumbling structure of corporate education’s most ironically-titled reform ever — No Child Left Behind. NCLB is rubble, even though many unseen victims continue to be buried beneath its mammoth pile.Darling-Hammond, who was recruited to get Team Obama up to speed on education issues following the ... more »

Jersey Jazzman: The Outsiders

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Jersey Jazzman: The Outsiders:The Outsidersby DukeJames Osborne at the Philadelphia Inky had a great piece on the secretive, unaccountable charter application process in New Jersey. I want to add a few things to his report:New Jersey education officials had a dilemma last summer: Following the approval of a record number of charter schools, questions were flying about how closely the applications had been screened.It's worth noting that the only reason we know who screened the charter applicants is because the ... more »

Portland Mayor Sam Adams shops a new urban renewal district dubbed the 'education' zone: Portland City Hall roundup | OregonLive.com

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Portland Mayor Sam Adams shops a new urban renewal district dubbed the 'education' zone: Portland City Hall roundup | OregonLive.com:Portland Mayor Sam Adams shops a new urban renewal district dubbed the 'education' zone: Portland City Hall roundupPublished: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 9:49 AM Updated: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 2:37 PM By Beth Slovic, The Oregonian FollowA new proposal for a downtown Portland urban renewal district includes Lincoln High School, the Portland State University campus and Oregon Health and Science University's ... more »

Northrop Grumman Foundation and Conservation International Launch ECO Classroom

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Northrop Grumman Foundation:Northrop Grumman Foundation and Conservation International Launch ECO Classroom Innovative Development Program Takes Teachers out of Classrooms and into the FieldWASHINGTON – Jan. 19, 2012 -- Wes Bush, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Northrop Grumman, and Peter A. Seligmann, co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Conservation International, today announced the launch of ECO Classroom, a unique and innovative nationwide professional development program for public middle and high school science teachers. The Northrop Grumman ... more »

Review of MAKING THE GRADES by Todd Farley | Mr. Teachbad

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Review of MAKING THE GRADES by Todd Farley | Mr. Teachbad:Review of MAKING THE GRADES by Todd Farleyby teachbadTodd Farley, author of Making the Grades: My Misadventures in the Standardized Testing Industry (PoliPoint Press, 2009) leads us through a world that is at once outside of teaching and its very lifeblood. Our Dark Lord. In Making the Grades, Farley chronicles his 15-year rise through the standardized testing industry (STI); from lowly day-scorer to muckity-muck with a big expense account to ... more »

A Call to Action! « The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child Education

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A Call to Action! « The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child Education:A Call to Action!by ASCD Whole Child BloggersThe We the People initiative is the Obama administration’s effort to provide citizens with a new way to petition the administration to take action on a range of important issues facing the United States. If a petition garners 25,000 signatures within 30 days, White House staff reviews it, sends it to the appropriate policy experts, and issues an official response.Today ASCD ... more »