Culturally Responsive Teaching Model to Expand in Chicago&Suburbs - Hispanically Speaking News
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Culturally Responsive Teaching Model to Expand in ChicagoSuburbs - Hispanically Speaking News:Culturally Responsive Teaching Model to Expand in Chicago SuburbsStudents’ academic achievement and social development grew from a curriculum that uses culture as the foundation for literacy and fine arts instruction—according to a three-year independent study conducted by nonprofit Changing Worlds and its research partner, Loyola University’s Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL).The study, “Unlocking Pathways to Learning” will be released Tues. Feb. 28 at an 8:30 a.m. breakfast ... more »
A Classroom’s Simple Pleasures! Smiling/Laughing Allowed! « Diary of a Public School Teacher!
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A Classroom’s Simple Pleasures! Smiling/Laughing Allowed! « Diary of a Public School Teacher!:A Classroom’s Simple Pleasures! Smiling/Laughing Allowed!Posted February 25, 2012 by Oldschoolteach in Blogging about Education, Classroom Management, Education Blog,Education Issues, Elementary Education Blog, Student Issues, Teacher Resources. Tagged: a happy classroom,Classroom, Education, elementary education, engaged and happy student, fun in the classroom, fun learning environment, the happy student. 1 CommentAfter reading Angela Maier’s 12 Things Kids Want from Their Teachers, I thou...more »
Unconscionability And The UFT Collective Bargaining Agreement - ParentAdvocates.org
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Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org:Unconscionability And The UFT Collective Bargaining AgreementUnconscionability And The UFT Collective Bargaining AgreementGovernment Lies, Corruption and Mismanagement | Posted 2/25/2012 at 6:07 PM"If the court as a matter of law finds the contract or any clause of the contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made the court may refuse to enforce the contract, or it may enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause, or it may so limit the application ... more »
This spring, dozens of Oakland teachers will have to apply for their jobs - ContraCostaTimes.com
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This spring, dozens of Oakland teachers will have to apply for their jobs - ContraCostaTimes.com:This spring, dozens of Oakland teachers will have to apply for their jobsBy Katy MurphyOakland TribunePosted: 02/25/2012 03:10:31 PM PSTUpdated: 02/25/2012 09:28:35 PM PSTTeachers who wish to remain on Oakland's Castlemont, Fremont or McClymonds high school campuses next year will have to reapply for their jobs -- or, more precisely, for a different position with more responsibilities, a shorter summer and more money for the additional ... more »
An Urban Teacher's Education: New York City: The Ultimate PD
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An Urban Teacher's Education: New York City: The Ultimate PD:New York City: The Ultimate PDby James BoutinNobody would accuse Scott of being an ineffective teacher. He has a clean-shaven head and well-pressed dress shirt and tie that make it seem like he effortlessly expands the minds of every student in his class on a daily basis. It was my great pleasure to meet this particular teacher and his particularly high-functioning classroom on a visit to Brooklyn International High School in ... more »
NYC Educator: The Annual Shaming of the Teachers
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NYC Educator: The Annual Shaming of the Teachers:The Annual Shaming of the Teachersby NYC EducatorAFT and NYSUT Presidents are on Twitter declaring that evaluation data from upcoming NY state and city evaluations is not subject to FOIA. In one respect, they are correct, and that's why your S or U ratings have not made it to the pages of fine publications like our highly respected NY Post, not to mention the Times--with "all the news that's fit to print" displaying ... more »
Cartoons: The Age-graded School | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
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Cartoons: The Age-graded School | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:Cartoons: The Age-graded Schoolby larrycubanIn my restless search for humor about school reforms as they affect students, teachers, parents, and the nation, I have posted cartoons on testing, technology and children, charters, accountability, and the inescapable blame that accompanies reform over the past five months. I have discovered the following:*Humor is in the head of the beholder.*Cartoonists’ portrayal of schools relies heavily upon traditional ideas of what schools ... more »
Washington State Democratic Party Chairman Dwight Pelz speaks up on ed reform | Seattle Education
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Washington State Democratic Party Chairman Dwight Pelz speaks up on ed reform | Seattle Education:Washington State Democratic Party Chairman Dwight Pelz speaks up on ed reformby seattleducation2011To follow is an open letter from Washington State’s Democratic Party Chairman Dwight Pelz:A Democrat For EducationCount me as a Democrat opposed to the most strident elements of so-called Education Reform. Let me be clear that I am not opposed to high standards, high achievement, or accountability. What I reject is the culture of ... more »
The Human Potential Business - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post - A Professional Networking Community for Educators
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The Human Potential Business - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post - A Professional Networking Community for Educators:Looking AheadThe Human Potential BusinessWe are in education. We aren’t in the happiness business or the customer service business or the product development business. We’re in the human potential business. We are so NOT one-size-fits-all, standardized assembly-line, profit-driven bottom line, nine-to-five clock punchers. We are people-centric, in-the-moment, altruistic, roll-up-our-sleeves, touch-the-future, idealists who support children as they lear... more »
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top 2-26 AM Posts #soschat #edreform
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 2-25 #soschat #ReclaimingReformBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-3 hours agoSaturday coffee. « Fred KlonskyBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-1 hour agoSaturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky:Saturday coffee.by Fred KlonskyCartoon: Paul SchicklerThe coffee just seemed extra good this morning. Maybe because it is so cold out.Everyone seems to be blaming themselves for the wet sloppy three to four inches of snow that came through the north side of the city ... more »
The Youth Data Archive links data across schools, public agencies, and community based organizations
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John W Gardner Center for Youth:The Youth Data ArchiveYDA ProjectsAlternative Education TransitionsEducational Outcomes of Dependent YouthEnglish Learner After School Program Participation in Redwood CityPhysical Fitness and Academic Achievement in Redwood CityPreschool for All Redwood City Community Schools EvaluationSalud AmericaSan Francisco Bridge to SuccessSan Francisco Research ConsortiumSequoia High School Teen Resource CenterTruancy and Early Chronic Absenteeism in Redwood CityYouth Development and MotivationActive YDA PartnersSan Francisco City and County City College of Sa... more »
Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts 2-25 #soschat #ReclaimingReform
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Saturday coffee. « Fred KlonskyBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-1 hour agoSaturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky:Saturday coffee.by Fred KlonskyCartoon: Paul SchicklerThe coffee just seemed extra good this morning. Maybe because it is so cold out.Everyone seems to be blaming themselves for the wet sloppy three to four inches of snow that came through the north side of the city on Thursday. They blame themselves because everyone has been talking about how there has been no snow this winter. It ... more »
Schools Matter: What the U.S. Can Learn from Education in Venezuela
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Schools Matter: What the U.S. Can Learn from Education in Venezuela:What the U.S. Can Learn from Education in Venezuelaby Judy RabinThe PBS NewsHour this Friday evening featured a music program that brings music lessons to a few lucky students in low-income neighborhoods in New York City. Modeled on a program in Venezuela, Harmony, supported by private philanthropy, is helping to raise test scores, improving reading and math skills and keeping kids in school. There are "no excuses" for wasting billions ... more »
NYC Public School Parents: A principal at a high performing school explains why she is "absolutely sick" about the public release of the TDRs"
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NYC Public School Parents: A principal at a high performing school explains why she is "absolutely sick" about the public release of the TDRs":A principal at a high performing school explains why she is "absolutely sick" about the public release of the TDRs"by Leonie HaimsonHere is a message from Elizabeth Phillips, Principal of P.S. 321 in Brooklyn, who writes: “ I am absolutely sick about the public release of the TDRs. See below for some details in terms of what ... more »
Occupying Parents Win an Audience, but Chicago Schools Still Privatize | Labor Notes
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Occupying Parents Win an Audience, but Chicago Schools Still Privatize | Labor Notes:Occupying Parents Win an Audience, but Chicago Schools Still Privatizeby Howard Ryan | Sat, 02/25/2012 - 11:26amHoward Ryan's blogLogin or register to post commentsPrint thisSend to friend Share this story RSS Make text larger orsmallerAfter parents occupied Chicago’s Brian Piccolo Elementary School February 17, they won a commitment from the school board to meet and discuss the “turnarounds” at Piccolo and a neighboring school—measures that would mean firing ... more »
“Mitchell 20″ Model Would Make a Difference for Students « InterACT
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“Mitchell 20″ Model Would Make a Difference for Students « InterACT:“Mitchell 20″ Model Would Make a Difference for Studentsby ACT Guest Blog PostsToday’s guest post comes to us from Patrick Guggino, a National Board Certified Teacher in Charter Oak Unified School District. Patrick also serves as a support provider for National Board candidates, and has a Ph.D. in Education from U.C. Riverside, where he focused on Curriculum and Instruction.A couple of Saturdays ago, Cal State Fullerton’s Center for Maximizing Teacher ... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Accountability For Thee, Not For Me?
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Jersey Jazzman: Accountability For Thee, Not For Me?:Accountability For Thee, Not For Me?by DukeSo now that it's hitting the fan in NYC, no one wants to stand up and be... oh, what's that word again... oh, yeah...Accountable:Facing a flood of criticism from teachers and principals, the city’s Education Department is trying to distance itself from the release of 18,000 teachers’ individual performance rankings to the press. That has not always been so.In a guide sent to public school principals on ... more »
SHOULD ARNE DUNCAN REMAIN SECRETARY OF EDUCATION?
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Antonio S. Caruso's Education Blog:SHOULD ARNE DUNCAN REMAIN SECRETARY OF EDUCATION?There is a growing frustration among teachers that Arne Duncan is failing in his role as Secretary of Education. As a result, I have put together an informal poll to guage the level of frustration. Please look to the right of this post and vote in the poll.Antonio S. Caruso's Education Blog:
Buffett: Unemployment linked to housing - Omaha.com
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Buffett: Unemployment linked to housing - Omaha.com:Buffett: Unemployment linked to housingBy Steve JordonWORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER« MoneyShareRelated NewsBuffett ‘wrong' on housingWarren Buffet's annual letter to...Related LinksBerkshire Hathaway 2011 annual reportPremium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.The nation's housing market remains in a "depression," Warren Buffett said Saturday, keeping the nation's unemployment rate too high.Buffett, the chairman and CEO of Omaha investment company Berkshire Hathaway Inc, said he was "dead wro...more »
Jersey Jazzman: Public Employees Are Not Slaves
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Jersey Jazzman: Public Employees Are Not Slaves:Public Employees Are Not Slavesby DukeLet me explain a few things to those of you who think that public employees should lose their rights as workers because you think you "pay their salaries":1) You and I, as taxpayers, do not have unlimited rights over public workers. I don't care if we "pay their salaries" or not; all workers have certain rights, even though we seem to have forgotten that these days.One of those rights ... more »
Why are strong readers being labeled remedial? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
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Why are strong readers being labeled remedial? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Why are strong readers being labeled remedial?by Valerie StraussThis was written by Marion Brady, veteran teacher, administrator, curriculum designer and author.By Marion BradyI began teaching history at the high school level in the fall of 1952. It wasn’t by choice. I hadn’t majored in the subject in college. It had always been just another required hoop to jump through.Read full article NYC releases teachers’ value-added scores ... more »
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day - The Educator's PLN
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Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day - The Educator's PLN:Introduce a Girl to Engineering Dayby Brad CurrieThis past Tuesday a group of aspiring 8th grade students participated in Exxon Mobil's Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. Exxon Mobil graciously provided volunteers to assist some of our 8th grade girls in exploring possibilities of choosing research and engineering as exciting and fulfulling career choices. Lab experiments were conducted during this event in one of our state of the art science labs. ... more »
“It’s time to march again.” « Fred Klonsky
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“It’s time to march again.” « Fred Klonsky:“It’s time to march again.”by Fred KlonskyPopoutAt the Saturday morning meeting of Operation Push, the Reverend Jesse Jackson said that in response to the decision of the Chicago school board this week to close or turn around more than a dozen schools, “It is time to march again.”Sun-Times:The participants in a panel discussion, which included Jackson, his son Jonathan Jackson, who is Rainbow/PUSH spokesman, Chicago Teachers Union
Stupidity in Florida – Transformative Education by any means necessary. The 2012 FL budget funds failing charter schools. « Continuing Change
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Stupidity in Florida – Transformative Education by any means necessary. The 2012 FL budget funds failing charter schools. « Continuing Change:Stupidity in Florida – Transformative Education by any means necessary. The 2012 FL budget funds failing charter schools.by gatorbonbcRemember when we looked at the school data here in Florida and nearly all the counties we looked at, the onlyF in the county was a charter school… ?? Well, it looks like our leaders in Tally figure failing must be a ... more »
School Tech Connect: A Mess!
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School Tech Connect: A Mess!:A Mess!by noreply@blogger.com (Tim)Nice local catch by Susan Ohanian. It's a letter-to-the-editor by Susan Schmidt. Go read the whole thing.This notion that "the schools are a mess" and that "we can all agree" on that is pure bullshit, spouted by people
Florida Ed Commissioner Gerard Robinson’s Transparent Rhetoric | Scathing Purple Musings
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Florida Ed Commissioner Gerard Robinson’s Transparent Rhetoric | Scathing Purple Musings:Florida Ed Commissioner Gerard Robinson’s Transparent Rhetoricby Bob SikesOver a period of 48 hours, Gerard Robinson has twice attempted to deflect criticism for his plan to turn Florida’s school grade formula upside down. Here part of his Thursday statement:The proposed changes to our school grading system are not only necessary to continue on the path of intelligent reform, but they will help ensure that Florida is prepared to compete on ... more »
Student Enrollments & State School Finance Policies « School Finance 101
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Student Enrollments State School Finance Policies « School Finance 101:Student Enrollments State School Finance Policiesby schoolfinance101Most readers of the NJDOE report on reforming the state’s school finance formula likely glided right past the seemingly innocuous recommendation to shift the enrollment count method for funding from a fall enrollment count to an average daily attendance figure. After all, on its face, the argument provided seems to make sense. Let’s fund on this basis so that we can incentivize increased attendance in ... more »