THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: The Michelle Rhee Connection map
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THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: The Michelle Rhee Connection map:The Michelle Rhee Connection mapby The Perimeter PrimateHow to view this image:Click on it to enlarge, orOpen new Word doc Right click on webpage image Select Copy Image Go to Word doc and paste enlarge.Write to me @ perimeterprimate@yahoo.com and request the pdf.Stay tuned for map #2, “Oligarchs, the Tea Party, Corporate Education Reform: Michelle Rhee the StudentsFirst Connection”
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Money, our Schools and PTSAs
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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Money, our Schools and PTSAs:Money, our Schools and PTSAsby Melissa WestbrookAnother fine article by Brian Rosenthal in the Sunday Seattle Times, this time about PTA fundraising and our schools. He certainly did his homework and here's some interesting information:McGilvra Elementary raised over $390K last year. They have about 240 students. You do the math.So far this school year, four of the district's nearly 100 schools make up more than one-third of the expenditures. They are all ... more »
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 1-28 #edreform #ows
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Why California Students Do Not Know Chicano History - Institute for Democracy and EducationBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-30 minutes agoWhy California Students Do Not Know Chicano History - Institute for Democracy and Education:Why California Students Do Not Know Chicano HistoryWhy California students do not understand Chicano/Latino history. 1987- 2011. By Duane CampbellTextbooks for California schools are selected by the State Board of Education based upon recommendations of their Curriculum Committees and the state frameworks and standards. It is ... more »
School Tech Connect: Trust, But Verify
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School Tech Connect: Trust, But Verify:Trust, But Verifyby noreply@blogger.com (Tim)Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to ask your superintendent what the exact policy and practice vis a vis record destruction is at the place where you work. Report back in an hour.
Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN
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Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN:Top Content Rank1Latest News In Education: Preschool Funding Cuts While The Definition of “Special Needs” Expands On The Federal LevelPosted by Child's Work on January 23, 20122Still Out There?Posted by Courtney L Belolan Roy on January 23, 20123Progressive Education in the 1940sAdded by Thomas Whitby on December 31, 20114I Teach, Therefore you Learn...Or do you?Added by Thomas Whitby on May 3, 20105Josh Stumpenhorst, 2012 Teacher of the YearAdded by Thomas Whitby on January ... more »
Viva Tirado - El Chicano (in HD)
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El Chicano, originally formed under the name VIP, arose during a period of increasing Chicano consciousness in America. Their initial hit, the jazzy "Viva Tirado", was a rendition of Gerald Wilson's original song about a bullfighter. The song did very well in Los Angeles and remained number one there for thirteen weeks. With their newfound success they created their first album and toured extensively, becoming the first Chicano band to play at the famous Apollo Theatre. Other popular songs include ... more »
Wendy Lecker: CT should slow down on NCLB waiver « Parents Across America
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Wendy Lecker: CT should slow down on NCLB waiver « Parents Across America:Wendy Lecker: CT should slow down on NCLB waiverby leoniehaimsonSee also NYC Parents for more on these damaging waivers; find out if your state is applying and if so, how you can provide comment. This column is cross posted from the Stamford Advocate.Last March, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan addressed Congress about the flaws in the No Child Left Behind Law. He called NCLB “fundamentally broken,” and said ... more »
Schools Matter: Teachers Tired of Being Bullied to Death
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Schools Matter: Teachers Tired of Being Bullied to Death:Teachers Tired of Being Bullied to Deathby Judy RabinWe're not going to take it!The CPS Grind on Teachers by Katie OsgoodRecently, in Chicagoland, a story hit the papers about a teacher committing suicide. She wrote in her suicide note that the major reason for this drastic act was work-related. According to her colleagues, this woman took her own life because of the bullying and fear she experienced at her school.As I discussed ... more »
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top 1-27 Early Evening Posts #ows #edreform
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Virginia may stop requiring some 3rd grade SOLs - The Answer Sheet - The Washington PostBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-1 hour agoVirginia may stop requiring some 3rd grade SOLs - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Virginia may stop requiring some 3rd grade SOLsBy Valerie StraussThe Virginia Senate has approved a bill that would require that third graders take the Standards of Learning exams only in math and English, meaning they would no longer have to to take ... more »
Thinking Outside the Schooling Box? | Lefty Parent
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Thinking Outside the Schooling Box? | Lefty Parent:Thinking Outside the Schooling Box?by Cooper ZaleI am becoming more and more uncomfortable with the whole concept of “school” and “education”, seeing both as formalized and standardized bureaucratic mechanisms that awkwardly attempt to both facilitate and direct human development. I think that is at the heart of the issue and my discomfort, because facilitating people and directing people are two very different approaches to human social interaction, often incompatible with each other.A recent ... more »
Missouri Education Watchdog: Do Facebook Posts Illustrate the State of American Education?
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Missouri Education Watchdog: Do Facebook Posts Illustrate the State of American Education?:Do Facebook Posts Illustrate the State of American Education?by stlgretchenIt's been an interesting few days in education in St. Louis. We listened to a School Choice Week panel discussion about closing traditional public schools in favor of opening alternative public schools (charters) with just a passing mention of the federal takeover of education by Arne Duncan. We listened to a legislative panel presentation about a court decision or legislative ...more »
For-Profit Colleges: Separate but not equal and the New Jim Crow | Dailycensored.com
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For-Profit Colleges: Separate but not equal and the New Jim Crow | Dailycensored.com:For-Profit Colleges: Separate but not equal and the New Jim CrowWritten by Danny WeilDaily Journal (Opinion)Jan 28, 20120diggShareSchool segregation and the doctrine of separate but equal were the law of the land until 1954 when the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v Board of Education: We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of “separate but equal” has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently ... more »
Kindergarten? Transitional class? More preschool? Shifting state law and budget has parents confused - Inside Bay Area
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Kindergarten? Transitional class? More preschool? Shifting state law and budget has parents confused - Inside Bay Area:Kindergarten? Transitional class? More preschool? Shifting state law and budget has parents confusedBy Sharon Noguchi snoguchi@mercurynews.comPosted: 01/26/2012 09:29:39 PM PSTUpdated: 01/26/2012 10:17:30 PM PSTFor decades, California parents with kids nearing their fifth birthday knew that right about now, they needed to start thinking about registering for kindergarten.But a new law, a funding crisis and California's Byzantine budgeting ways have turned that certai... more »
Why California Students Do Not Know Chicano History - Institute for Democracy and Education
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Why California Students Do Not Know Chicano History - Institute for Democracy and Education:Why California Students Do Not Know Chicano HistoryWhy California students do not understand Chicano/Latino history. 1987- 2011. By Duane CampbellTextbooks for California schools are selected by the State Board of Education based upon recommendations of their Curriculum Committees and the state frameworks and standards. It is urgent that the History-Social Science Framework be revised to provide an accurate history of the contributions of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, Latinos ... more »
#EDreform - In the Ghetto
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As the snow fliesOn a cold and gray Chicago mornin'A poor little baby child is bornIn the ghettoAnd his mama criesCause if there's one thing that she don't needIt's another hungry mouth to feedIn the ghettoPeople, don't you understandThe child needs a helping handOr he'll grow to be an angry young man some dayTake a look at you and me,Are we too blind to see,Do we simply turn our headsAnd look the other wayWell the world turnsAnd a hungry little ... more »
Saturday coffee + Old school « Fred Klonsky
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Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky:Saturday coffee.by Fred KlonskyA slight dusting of snow fell overnight.This morning it is sunny, windy and crisp.Matthew and Harley are running a half marathon along the Lakefront.I think that’s crazy for a whole bunch of reasons. But Matthew and Harley love running and are in great shape. Beating the unions with the unions’ help. ALEC calls teachers Nazis.by Fred KlonskyALEC calls teacher unions Nazis.Anthony Cody in EdWeek:As state after state rewrites their education laws in line ... more »
Orlando Sentinel: Parent Trigger Bills Are Half-Cocked Ideas | Scathing Purple Musings
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Orlando Sentinel: Parent Trigger Bills Are Half-Cocked Ideas | Scathing Purple Musings:Orlando Sentinel: Parent Trigger Bills Are Half-Cocked Ideasby Bob SikesFlorida’s corporate financed parent trigger advocates staged a touchy-feely presser last week between the committee hearings which railroaded the bill onward. While the editors of the Orlando Sentinel stays away from directly criticizing the proponents HB 1191 and SB 1718, they effectively go after the wisdom of parent trigger that opponents habe been trying to let Floridians know about.It’s understandable ... more »
Who's Developing Whom? - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
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Who's Developing Whom? - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher:Who's Developing Whom?by Nancy FlanaganWhy don't schools routinely tap their best teachers to organize and deliver custom-tailored professional development to their peers?Interesting question.It seems like a no-brainer, actually. It's standard operating procedure for most professions--the master litigator advising and modeling for researchers just out of law school, the CPA counseling junior partners about weathering tax season--or bright newbies offering training on technical tools veteran haven't yet utili...more »
Virginia may stop requiring some 3rd grade SOLs - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
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Virginia may stop requiring some 3rd grade SOLs - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Virginia may stop requiring some 3rd grade SOLsBy Valerie StraussThe Virginia Senate has approved a bill that would require that third graders take the Standards of Learning exams only in math and English, meaning they would no longer have to to take history and science SOLs.Is that a good idea or a bad one?The bill, SB 185, would scale back the standardized testing regime for ...more »
A List Serv Conversation | Seattle Education
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A List Serv Conversation | Seattle Education:A List Serv Conversationby seattleducation2011I am very fortunate to be a part of several list servs with people participating from all walks of life, with different viewpoints and much to offer.This week someone posted to the our Parents Across America statewide list serv that we all appreciated. I asked John if I could share what he wrote on this blog and he gave his consent.John Cummings is a parent, a teacher and a member ... more »