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Many in Rosemont Consider Waldorf-Style School - Rosemont, CA Patch

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Many in Rosemont Consider Waldorf-Style School - Rosemont, CA Patch:Many in Rosemont Consider Waldorf-Style SchoolMany families from the Rosemont area send their kids to George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science in Rancho Cordova.By Cody KitauraEmail the author11:15 am Email Print Comment PHOTOS (6) Upload Photos and VideosNote: This is the second part in a series about enrollment at Rosemont High School and Albert Einstein Middle School. Click here to read part one.For many parents, one of the main ... more »

Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Afternoon Posts 2-2 #ows #edreform

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How Race to the Top is like ‘Queen for a Day’ - The Answer Sheet - The Washington PostBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-22 minutes agoHow Race to the Top is like ‘Queen for a Day’ - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:How Race to the Top is like ‘Queen for a Day’by Valerie StraussThis was written by James Arnold, superintendent of Pelham City Schools in Pelham, Ga.By James ArnoldHow wonderful it was when we were told that ... more »

Missouri Education Watchdog: The Global Agenda in America and the Players Setting the Educational Agenda for your Human Capital

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Missouri Education Watchdog: The Global Agenda in America and the Players Setting the Educational Agenda for your Human Capital:The Global Agenda in America and the Players Setting the Educational Agenda for your Human Capitalby stlgretchenWhen I turn on my computer every morning, I wonder what information I will find today relating to education or other matters. When we first started the blog a couple of years ago, there wasn't much on the common core standards, longitudinal data system, etc. But ... more »

Noam Chomsky: The Purpose of Education - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

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Noam Chomsky: The Purpose of Education - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.:Noam Chomsky: The Purpose of Educationby CJ Westerberg"Education is really aimed at helping students get to the pointwhere they can learn on their own. . . " - Noam Chomsky Video BelowNoam Chomsky, Institute Professor and Professor Emeritus at MIT, presented "The Purpose of Education" recently at the "Learning without Frontiers" Conference in London.Video runs about 20 minutes and topics include the role of technology and ... more »

Life in Rahm’s Chicago. Thursday edition. « Fred Klonsky

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Life in Rahm’s Chicago. Thursday edition. « Fred Klonsky:Life in Rahm’s Chicago. Thursday edition.by Fred KlonskyBears’ founder George Halas. He went to Crane High School, one of Rahm’s closing targets. The Halas family tell The Mayor to keep Crane open as a neighborhood school.Parents United for Responsible Education reports on their website:It’s refreshing to hear that at least one powerful Chicago family is willing to come out publicly against Mayor Emanuel’s relentless attack on neighborhood schools.According to the Chicago Journal, ... more »

RheeFirst! » Rhee’s expertise on Alabama education and any pay-outs to her challenged

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RheeFirst! » Rhee’s expertise on Alabama education and any pay-outs to her challenged:Rhee’s expertise on Alabama education and any pay-outs to her challengedby adminWritten by AEA for AL.com. Read the entire article here.“Why does Alabama need a so-called expert from Washington D.C. to advise us what to do?” said Dr. Henry Mabry, AEA executive secretary. “Her group sneaks into the state to talk about education reform without even informing our state school superintendent and our state school board members.“Finally, we ... more »

Support PURE! » Parents expose CPS longer day baloney

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Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Parents expose CPS longer day baloney:Parents expose CPS longer day baloneyby adminI’m sharing, with permission, the report from a parent meeting at Mt. Greenwood school last week with CPS representatives pushing the 7.5 hour day. The notes indicate CPS’s position that there will be no extra money to implement the extended day. The parents also expose several CPS statements as pure baloney, including the CEO Chief of Staff’s claim that Mt. ... more »

19th, 20th & 21st, Century Education « My Island View

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19th, 20th 21st, Century Education « My Island View:19th, 20th 21st, Century Educationby tomwhitbyA personal observation: Back when I began my early education, the year was 1952. I don’t believe Pre-K even existed back then, so I started my education in Kindergarten. There is no doubt in my mind that in my early education I was exposed to educators who were students of a 19th Century education. Those teachers were teaching content to kids using methods they had learned in ... more »

Value-added teacher evaluation goes on trial — literally - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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Value-added teacher evaluation goes on trial — literally - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Value-added teacher evaluation goes on trial — literallyBy Valerie StraussThis was written by David B. Cohen, who has been a teacher since 1993 and is in his 13th year of teaching in California public high schools. He is National Board Certified, and is associate director of the Accomplished California Teachers group.This is part of a post that Cohen wrote on the group’s InterACT blogabout value-added ... more »

California Public Schools Need the Millionaires Tax | California Progress Report

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California Public Schools Need the Millionaires Tax | California Progress Report:California Public Schools Need the Millionaires Taxby jeffsonBy Lisa SchiffCalifornia voters will have the opportunity and responsibility this November to take some of the state’s financial matters into their own hands. The Republican no-tax-do-or-die-pledge strangle-hold over the state legislature that makes it literally impossible to raise revenues is being sidestepped by a handful of tax measures presented to the public on the ballot. If ever there were an example of ... more »

Alabama State Senator: Pay Increases for Teachers are Against ‘Biblical Principle’

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Alabama State Senator: Pay Increases for Teachers are Against ‘Biblical Principle’:Alabama State Senator: Pay Increases for Teachers are Against ‘Biblical Principle’by adminCross-posted with permission from Talk2Action. By K12NN contributor Rachel Tabachnick.Rachel TabachnickThis is a new twist on “biblical economics” that I’ve not heard before. According to Alabama State Sen. Shadrack McGill, a 62% pay increase for the state’s legislators in 2007 was necessary, but large increases in teachers’ pay would violate “a biblical principle.” McGill was speaking on January 30 ... more »

Ex-D.C. Superintendent Brings "Big Money" Lobby to Create Alabama Charters Schools | al.com

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Ex-D.C. Superintendent Brings "Big Money" Lobby to Create Alabama Charters Schools | al.com:Ex-D.C. Superintendent Brings "Big Money" Lobby to Create Alabama Charters SchoolsPublished: Thursday, February 02, 2012, 8:57 AM Updated: Thursday, February 02, 2012, 10:28 AM By AEA FollowMichelle Rhee, a highly controversial figure in education is being brought to Alabama to work on charter schools, although there’s been no public disclosure of who is paying her group.Gov. Robert Bentley’s office did not notify the State Board of Education or ... more »

Schooling in the Ownership Society: The turnaround business is booming

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Schooling in the Ownership Society: The turnaround business is booming:The turnaround business is boomingby Mike KlonskyReading WSJ's Market Watch, one can only conclude that the turnaround business is booming.In L.A. Revolution K12, a rapidly growing web-based adaptive software division of Revolution Prep, has joined with the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools to help sixteen of its middle and high schools improve student outcomes in math and English Language Arts. The Partnership is the first school system to implement Revolution K12's ... more »

Shanker Blog » The Perilous Conflation Of Student And School Performance

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Shanker Blog » The Perilous Conflation Of Student And School Performance:The Perilous Conflation Of Student And School Performanceby Matthew Di CarloUnlike many of my colleagues and friends, I personally support the use of standardized testing results in education policy, even, with caution, in high-stakes decisions. That said, I also think that the focus on test scores has gone way too far and their use is being implemented unwisely, in many cases to a degree at which I believe the policies ... more »

Remarks by the President at the National Prayer Breakfast | The White House

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Remarks by the President at the National Prayer Breakfast | The White House:Remarks by the President at the National Prayer Breakfastby The White HouseRelease Time: For Immediate ReleaseWashington HiltonWashington, D.C.9:10 A.M. ESTTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Please, please, everybody have a seat. Well, good morning, everybody. It is good to be with so many friends united in prayer. And I begin by giving all praise and honor to God for bringing us together here today.I want to thank our co-chairs Mark ... more »

On the pension fight from an IEA advocate. « Fred Klonsky

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On the pension fight from an IEA advocate. « Fred Klonsky:On the pension fight from an IEA advocate.by Fred KlonskyI received this email today:Colleagues:Please remember that I write this as a friend, supporter, and IEA advocate.I think it is foolhardy to blindly accept IEA’s negotiating leadership or prowess. The recent IEA notice that I have seen (and recognizing that I am not on the IEA mailing list at all so there may be other communications) is nice but far from ... more »

RheeFirst! » Sacramento protest: Rhee represents all that is bad with the education reform movement

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RheeFirst! » Sacramento protest: Rhee represents all that is bad with the education reform movement:Sacramento protest: Rhee represents all that is bad with the education reform movementby adminPhoto credit: Sacramento News and ReviewWritten by Nick Miller for the Sacramento News and Review. Read the entire article here.“Mayor Kevin Johnson and his wife, Michelle Rhee, played a hometown gig last Wednesday night. But groupies didn’t cheer the couple at the venue. Instead, some 40 silent protesters, wearing masking tape over their ... more »

Bill Gates Alum Seeks to Thwart L.A.’s ‘End of Days’ School Cuts - Bloomberg

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Bill Gates Alum Seeks to Thwart L.A.’s ‘End of Days’ School Cuts - Bloomberg:Bill Gates Alum Seeks to Thwart L.A.’s ‘End of Days’ School CutsQBy Christopher Palmeri - Feb 1, 2012 9:01 PM PTinShareMorePrintEmailEvery Thursday at 7:30 a.m., John Deasy huddles with his top aides in the Los Angeles Unified School District (34902MF) to pore over data tracking everything from English language proficiency to attendance.“We know the exact number of kids in algebra who are passing -- and what we ... more »

How Race to the Top is like ‘Queen for a Day’ - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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How Race to the Top is like ‘Queen for a Day’ - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:How Race to the Top is like ‘Queen for a Day’by Valerie StraussThis was written by James Arnold, superintendent of Pelham City Schools in Pelham, Ga.By James ArnoldHow wonderful it was when we were told that Georgia had won the second round of the Race to the Top sweepstakes. The application -- submitted by then-Gov. Sonny Perdue and his team and amended ... more »

CPS schools’ chief call neighborhood school students “unfortunate.” « Fred Klonsky

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CPS schools’ chief call neighborhood school students “unfortunate.” « Fred Klonsky:CPS schools’ chief call neighborhood school students “unfortunate.”by Fred KlonskyWhat’s up when a top CPS bureaucrat says that students who go to CPS neighborhood schools areunfortunate?New Schools for Chicago Chief Executive Officer Phyllis Lockett told the Chicago Sun-Times, a student who cannot get into magnet or charter school is “unfortunate” and “relegated to a neighborhood school.” Lockett was speaking at the New Schools Expo that CPS puts on to promote ... more »