NYC Educator: Governor Cuomo, Pedagogical Expert?
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NYC Educator: Governor Cuomo, Pedagogical Expert?:Governor Cuomo, Pedagogical Expert?by Miss EyreWell, happy New Year, in which we learn, on the second day of this New Year, that the new(ish) boss is the same as not only the old boss, but all of the bosses. You see, Governor Cuomo now fancies himself an expert on--wait for it!--not only pedagogy, but the "student perspective" on pedagogy,whatever that means.Look, I get that the Governor is disappointed about the loss of funding, but the ... more »
Kimble's Corner: Iowa, It's Up to You Now
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Kimble's Corner: Iowa, It's Up to You Now:Iowa, It's Up to You Nowby Representative KimbleIowa, it's up to you now. I've done my best job of crisscrossing your state and letting you know about why I'm the right choice for the job of President. Now, it's up to you not to blow it. Iowa's caucuses strike me as uniquely Iowan - the idea that you can spend several hours advocating for a candidate only to switch to a second choice
CLUELESS ABOUT EDUCATION ? PICK A GOLDEN APPLE « Teachers Fight Back
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CLUELESS ABOUT EDUCATION ? PICK A GOLDEN APPLE « Teachers Fight Back:CLUELESS ABOUT EDUCATION ? PICK A GOLDEN APPLEby alkleenThe Golden Apple Foundation in my city is looking for volunteers to observe teachers and help select the 2012 Golden Apple Award winners. The foundation said that the volunteers don’t need to have a background in education. The volunteers must attend a 90-minute training session on observing and evaluating the teaching process. Volunteers will observe three or four finalists for one ... more »
U.S. Department of Education Amends its FERPA Regulations to Allow for Certain Additional Student Disclosures | The National Law Review
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U.S. Department of Education Amends its FERPA Regulations to Allow for Certain Additional Student Disclosures | The National Law Review:U.S. Department of Education Amends its FERPA Regulations to Allow for Certain Additional Student DisclosuresArticle By:Stephen A. MendelsohnGreenberg Traurig, LLPposted on: Monday, January 2, 2012Administrative Regulatory / Public Education ServicesAll FederalThe United States Department of Education (DOE) has completed its administrative procedures and has enacted new regulations that amend current regulations enforcing the Family Educational Righ... more »
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Portland schools' defense in lawsuit: Incompetence, not discrimination, got Diana Fernandez fired | OregonLive.comBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-25 minutes agoPortland schools' defense in lawsuit: Incompetence, not discrimination, got Diana Fernandez fired | OregonLive.com:Portland schools' defense in lawsuit: Incompetence, not discrimination, got Diana Fernandez firedPublished: Monday, January 02, 2012, 12:01 PM By Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian FollowView full sizeJoel Davis / The OregonianStudents speaking more than 90 different languages count on Portland Public Scho... more »
Daily Kos: Tomorrow we return to school
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Daily Kos: Tomorrow we return to school:Tomorrow we return to schoolby rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)after 12 days off. I figure it will take a couple of days to get the students back into focus. Given that tomorrow is the Iowa Caucuses, at least part of tomorrow will be, in my AP classes, a brief discussion of what it going on, etc. We also have some work turned in just before break that we will have to go over.Wednesday at least part of ... more »
Why the press promotes the powerful, marginalizes dissent « Parents Across America
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Why the press promotes the powerful, marginalizes dissent « Parents Across America:Why the press promotes the powerful, marginalizes dissentby CarolineSFBy Caroline GrannanParents Across America founding member, San FranciscoThe press attitude toward corporate education “reform” has baffled me for more than a decade – since the national mainstream media was championing the education fad of that era, for-profit, New York-based Edison Schools – and beating up on the school board here in San Francisco for attempting to hold one Edison charter ... more »
A Short Note on Victor Cruz and Catching Opportunity | The Jose Vilson
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A Short Note on Victor Cruz and Catching Opportunity | The Jose Vilson:A Short Note on Victor Cruz and Catching Opportunityby JoseVictor Cruz, GiantsI gotta be honest: I don’t get excited about football very often. My sports identity came at just the right time, too: I’ve been alive for all three New York Giants championships, and the Super Bowl usually came around my birthday until a few years ago. Yet, I never really caught onto it the way I had ... more »
School Tech Connect: Occupy @AskBrizard
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School Tech Connect: Occupy @AskBrizard:Occupy @AskBrizardby noreply@blogger.com (Tim)Not sure if this is going to be a regular event or not, but JC will be taking our calls Thursday night. Responding to Crainsby noreply@blogger.com (Tim)Crain's recently did a sky is falling piece on TRS investment practices, which naturally got the idiot Cross intomicromanaging mode down in Springfield. It's all part of the long term, destroy-it-with-noise campaign that's been
SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Governor Cuomo Announces A New Education Committee
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SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Governor Cuomo Announces A New Education Committee:Governor Cuomo Announces A New Education Committeeby noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher)We here at SBSB wish to take the time and congratulate Governor Cuomo on his call in tomorrow's state of the state address tomorrow night in calling for an education committee to look at education across the state. This is an idea we here at SBSB have mulled over in the past.Wait, hang on here. A member of the crack team is ... more »
Portland schools' defense in lawsuit: Incompetence, not discrimination, got Diana Fernandez fired | OregonLive.com
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Portland schools' defense in lawsuit: Incompetence, not discrimination, got Diana Fernandez fired | OregonLive.com:Portland schools' defense in lawsuit: Incompetence, not discrimination, got Diana Fernandez firedPublished: Monday, January 02, 2012, 12:01 PM By Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian FollowView full sizeJoel Davis / The OregonianStudents speaking more than 90 different languages count on Portland Public Schools to help them learn English and master grade-level academic content. Portland's English as a second language program has chronically failed to meet minimum state standard... more »
Schools Matter: Buy This Book on January 9
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Schools Matter: Buy This Book on January 9:Buy This Book on January 9by Jim HornThis new book, Corporations Are Not People, by Jeff Clements has a foreword by Bill Moyers and has been praised in the highest terms by some of our nation's best activists and organizers. No one can read it and not understand the pressing need to put an end to corporate personhood.By making this book a bestseller on Amazon, we will get it in front of many ...more »
Results of online polls reflect dissatisfaction with GOP initiatives on K-12 education | MLive.com
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Results of online polls reflect dissatisfaction with GOP initiatives on K-12 education | MLive.com:Results of online polls reflect dissatisfaction with GOP initiatives on K-12 educationPublished: Monday, January 02, 2012, 1:10 PM Updated: Monday, January 02, 2012, 1:11 PM By Julie Mack | Kalamazoo Gazette FollowYes, online polls are highly unscientific.Still, the results of two online polls posted this past week on mlive.com provide further evidence of Michigan residents' dissatisfaction with the changes in K-12 year implemented over the past year ... more »
No still means no, Boss Johnson - Cut&Paste - Opinions - December 29, 2011 - Sacramento News & Review
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No still means no, Boss Johnson - CutPaste - Opinions - December 29, 2011 - Sacramento News Review:No still means no, Boss JohnsonThis article was published on 12.29.11.What is it about no, no, no, no, no, no and no that Mayor Kevin Johnson doesn’t understand? Is it the part where he doesn’t get what he wants?The city council has repeatedly rejected the mayor’s requests to put one strong-mayor scheme or another on the ballot. A citizen charter review committee found ... more »
Modern School: Less Than 25% of California Schools Have Librarians
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Modern School: Less Than 25% of California Schools Have Librarians:Less Than 25% of California Schools Have Librariansby Michael Dunn(Image from Flickr, by library_mistress)Less than 1 out of 4 California schools have full-time credentialed librarians, according to the state Department of Education (See San Francisco Chronicle, 1/2/12). There are only about 900 school librarians in the state, down roughly 20% from two years ago. Many schools have cut librarians entirely, while others have hired them part-time or are sharing them with ... more »
Yes we can. « Fred Klonsky
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Yes we can. « Fred Klonsky:Yes we can.by Fred KlonskyI want to talk about Obama voting this morning.It sort of started back last July at the NEA convention. IEA President Dennis Van Roekel, in his infinite wisdom, decided we should endorse the guy two years ahead of his election.No discussion on the convention floor. Two speakers for and against at thee Illinois IEA caucus. Done. Obama endorsed.I thought Obama hadn’t done anything to deserve our endorsement. I still don’t. Plus,
Stories that resonated in 2011 — and will matter in 2012 - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
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Stories that resonated in 2011 — and will matter in 2012 - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Stories that resonated in 2011 — and will matter in 2012by Valerie StraussLists of most-read stories or blog posts are popular on the Internet, but I doubt they tell us all that much about what really matters to readers.The fact that more people read a story about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt than about the U.S. debt ceiling doesn’t make the former ... more »
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Mid Day Posts #ows #edreform
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SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Whitney Tilson Thinks He's In The ArmyBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-10 minutes agoSOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Whitney Tilson Thinks He's In The Army:Whitney Tilson Thinks He's In The Armyby noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher)Imagine much to my surprise as I am eating breakfast this morning at Denny's on Wolf Rd in Albany this morning as I open up my email and come across the depraved and confused mind of Whitney Tilson's ramblings. What a way to start off ... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Back to Work - First Up, Charter Legislation
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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Back to Work - First Up, Charter Legislation:Back to Work - First Up, Charter Legislationby Melissa WestbrookOkay, Happy NewYear and best wishes for everyone's health, safety and happinessBUTThere's work to be done. First up, charter schools. I am so unhappy to be having to waste my time on this issue but if not, well then we get to see one more layer of bureaucracy at the state level and more dollars exiting our own district. (As ... more »
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: NAACP resolution on charter schools
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: NAACP resolution on charter schools:NAACP resolution on charter schoolsby Mike KlonskyIn a process established by the NAACP Constitution, this resolution was adopted by the delegates to the 101st Annual Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, during the legislative session in July, 2010. It was subsequently ratified by the NAACP National Board of Directors at its meeting on October 15, 2010. This resolution is now the policy of the Association, and is “binding on the Board of Directors, ... more »