#edreform - Cream - White Room
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Cream - White Room---In the white room with black curtains near the station.Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings.Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes.Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment.Ill wait in this place where the sun never shines;Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves.You said no strings could secure you at the station.Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows.I walked into such a sad time at the station.As I walked out, felt my own ... more »
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GOP House Leader Tom Cross: Give tax money to Sears and CME. Freeze employee wages. « Fred KlonskyBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-8 minutes agoGOP House Leader Tom Cross: Give tax money to Sears and CME. Freeze employee wages. « Fred Klonsky:GOP House Leader Tom Cross: Give tax money to Sears and CME. Freeze employee wages.by Fred KlonskyGOP House Leader Tom Cross, who along with Mike Madigan, Governor Quinn and Rahm Emanuel got the massive tax breaks for Sears ... more »
Sac City Unified Faces Dire 2012-13 Budget - Rosemont, CA Patch
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Sac City Unified Faces Dire 2012-13 Budget - Rosemont, CA Patch:Sac City Unified Faces Dire 2012-13 BudgetSchool district officials discussed next year's budget this week.By Cody KitauraEmail the author4:25 pm Email Print Comment PHOTOS (1)PDFS (1) Upload Photos and VideosCalifornia's mid-year budget cuts weren't as bad for K-12 education as many expected, but the Sacramento City Unified School District is again facing a grim outlook for the next school year.At Thursday's board meeting, district officials discussed laying off all middle ... more »
Modern School: Wisconsin Worker Sent Home For Wearing Union Shirt to Work
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Modern School: Wisconsin Worker Sent Home For Wearing Union Shirt to Work:Wisconsin Worker Sent Home For Wearing Union Shirt to Workby Michael Dunn(Image from Flickr, by Buschap)An employee of the Lincoln Hills School in Irma, Wisconsin, was sent home without pay last week for wearing a union t-shirt on the job, according to the Waussau Daily Herald. The employee was Ron McAllister, a youth counselor, who was wearing a t-shirt and jacket with an American Federation of State, County and ... more »
NYC Public School Parents: The Williamsburg Latino community fights back against Success charter expansion
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NYC Public School Parents: The Williamsburg Latino community fights back against Success charter expansion:The Williamsburg Latino community fights back against Success charter expansionby Leonie HaimsonIn yesterday's State of the City, Mayor Bloomberg said he would encourage Eva Moskowitz' Success Academy charter chain and KIPP to accelerate their expansion. He may have a fight on his hands. First, see the stickers being pasted all over the glossy recruiting ads in the Williamsburg subways and bus stops for her new charter, to ... more »
Modern School: Jerry Brown Wants to Kill Transitional Kindergarten
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Modern School: Jerry Brown Wants to Kill Transitional Kindergarten:Jerry Brown Wants to Kill Transitional Kindergartenby Michael DunnCalifornia is moving toward an earlier cutoff age for kindergarten, requiring them to be 5 by Nov. 2 for the 2012-13 school year and they must be 5 by Oct. 2 for the 2013-14 school year. Many of the children affected could enroll in a transitional program to help prepare them academically and socially for kindergarten. However, with the California state budget still in ... more »
Teacher pensions under attack? IEA leadership cancels May Lobby Day. « Fred Klonsky
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Teacher pensions under attack? IEA leadership cancels May Lobby Day. « Fred Klonsky:Teacher pensions under attack? IEA leadership cancels May Lobby Day.by Fred KlonskyIEA President Cinda Klickna addresses PREA members at last year’s Lobby Day. This year she is telling us to stay home. Lobby Day has been cancelled this year by the IEA “no fight” leadership.Shocking news from an IEA Region meeting last night.The annual Lobby Day, where IEA rank-and-file members head for Springfield to meet with their state ... more »
A Letter from Michael Mulgrew to UFT Members in PLA Schools | Edwize
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A Letter from Michael Mulgrew to UFT Members in PLA Schools | Edwize:A Letter from Michael Mulgrew to UFT Members in PLA Schoolsby Michael MulgrewToday, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) filed legal papers with the NYS Public Employee Board (PERB) to declare impasse in the negotiations between the UFT and the NYC Department of Education (DOE) over a teacher evaluation system for schools that had been placed in the Transformation and Restart models of school improvement. We have charged ... more »
GOP House Leader Tom Cross: Give tax money to Sears and CME. Freeze employee wages. « Fred Klonsky
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GOP House Leader Tom Cross: Give tax money to Sears and CME. Freeze employee wages. « Fred Klonsky:GOP House Leader Tom Cross: Give tax money to Sears and CME. Freeze employee wages.by Fred KlonskyGOP House Leader Tom Cross, who along with Mike Madigan, Governor Quinn and Rahm Emanuel got the massive tax breaks for Sears and the CME, demanded wage freezes for state employees.The State Journal Register:Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration should push for a wage freeze in upcoming
RheeFirst! » The art of talking simplistically: Rhee talks ed reform and poverty
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RheeFirst! » The art of talking simplistically: Rhee talks ed reform and poverty:The art of talking simplistically: Rhee talks ed reform and povertyby adminNote: Rhee has perfected the art of simplistic thinking, shorn of nuances and packaged in bumper sticker prose. See below, for example.And watch this video by D.C. parents and teachers that contradict her simplisms.From this interview by Ida Lieszkovszky for State Impact Ohio.“Q: One of our listeners wants to know what impact on a student’s success or ... more »
DIVERSE Education Headlines
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Higher Education Headlines:Policy Study Touts the Expertise, Experience of Minority-Serving SchoolsLatest articles - 3 minutes agoA new policy brief issued this week by the Institute for Higher Education Policy says Minority Serving Institutions should be seen as “experts in the education of low-income, first generation and under-represented students.” in NewsCommentary: CollegeFish.org Helps Net Students for Senior CollegeLatest articles - 3 minutes agoPhi Theta Kappa Honor Society has for the past three years spent over $2 million to design an interactive ... more »
Jersey Jazzman: "Pay Teachers More, But Until We Do..."
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Jersey Jazzman: "Pay Teachers More, But Until We Do...":"Pay Teachers More, But Until We Do..."by DukeWe need a name for a certain species of education "reformer." The characteristics of this particular animal are:He believes we really need to pay teachers more.He has no plan for how to raise the revenues to pay teachers more.Until he figures out how to pay teachers more, he thinks we need to fire bad teachers immediately. And replace them with good teachers, who will be ... more »
Money From Donors, iPads for Free: How Is it That Teach For America's Struggling Corps Are Broke? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
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Money From Donors, iPads for Free: How Is it That Teach For America's Struggling Corps Are Broke? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:Money From Donors, iPads for Free: How Is it That Teach For America's Struggling Corps Are Broke?By Anthony Cody on January 13, 2012 11:18 AMGuest post by Barbara Torre Veltri, Ed. D.The season of giving might be behind us, but non-profits continue to target donors. Teach For America, Inc., attracts major contributions, but TFA teachers (often ... more »
Schools As Collateral Damage: The Price We Pay For A Decade Of Tweed’s Failed Policies | Edwize
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Schools As Collateral Damage: The Price We Pay For A Decade Of Tweed’s Failed Policies | Edwize:Schools As Collateral Damage: The Price We Pay For A Decade Of Tweed’s Failed Policiesby Leo CaseyMuch like the brief torrential rain which drenched New Yorkers on Thursday morning, Mayor Bloomberg’s Thursday afternoon State of the City Address received a deluge of media attention. Today, the print and electronic media feature talk of his jeremiad against the UFT, of his attempted resurrection of ‘market ... more »
Seeking the Essence of Unitarian-Universalism | Lefty Parent
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Seeking the Essence of Unitarian-Universalism | Lefty Parent:Seeking the Essence of Unitarian-Universalismby Cooper ZaleIn her blog piece “Love is More Important than Freedom”, Unitarian-Universalist minister Victoria Weinstein writes…It has come time for Unitarian Universalists to admit that we have honored free thought over love as an institutional commitment, and to consider the possibility that our obsession with personal freedom of belief has caused our organizations spiritual harm. We have developed a congregational culture that honors intellectual dominance over love and ... more »
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 1-12 #edreform #owsBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-3 minutes agoNYC’s Largest Parent Group Responds to Mayor’s State of the City Address « EdVoxBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-42 minutes agoNYC’s Largest Parent Group Responds to Mayor’s State of the City Address « EdVox:NYC’s Largest Parent Group Responds to Mayor’s State of the City Addressby edvoxnyPopout(New York, NY – January 12, 2012) – Mayor Bloomberg delivered his State of ... more »
NH Legislation Votes to Give Parents Control Over their Child’s Education « PWC Education Reform Blog
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NH Legislation Votes to Give Parents Control Over their Child’s Education « PWC Education Reform Blog:NH Legislation Votes to Give Parents Control Over their Child’s Educationby pwceducationreformIn overriding the Governor’s veto, Legislators in New Hampshire voted to give parents control over what their children are taught.The bill, HB 542, says “Require school districts to adopt a policy allowing an exception to specific course material based on a parent’s or legal guardian’s determination that the material is objectionable. Such policy shall ... more »
Mother Crusader: Pants on Fire
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Mother Crusader: Pants on Fire:Pants on Fireby darciecimaTikun Olam lead applicant Sharon Akman responded to a reporter yesterday for the first time in months. Walt Kane from News Channel 12 did a Kane in Your Corner segment last night as a follow up to Michael Winerip's NY Times Column which detailed the misrepresentations in the application. I guess a guy at your door with a camera and a microphone is more intimidating than a disembodied print journalist sending emails or ... more »
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NYC’s Largest Parent Group Responds to Mayor’s State of the City Address « EdVoxBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-42 minutes agoNYC’s Largest Parent Group Responds to Mayor’s State of the City Address « EdVox:NYC’s Largest Parent Group Responds to Mayor’s State of the City Addressby edvoxnyPopout(New York, NY – January 12, 2012) – Mayor Bloomberg delivered his State of the City address at Morris High School in the Bronx today, including several thousand words on education. Parent leader Zakiyah ...more »