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A Father. « Student Activism

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A Father. « Student Activism:A Father.by Angus JohnstonImagine a father gives his teenaged daughter a lovely carved wooden box. Imagine she puts her diary in it, and letters she’s written to her friends, and letters they’ve written to her. Imagine she puts photos in it, and keepsakes, and mementoes. Imagine it’s where she keeps her camera, and her iPod.Imagine he overhears her once with her friends, looking at stuff from the box, giggling. Reading diary entries aloud, sharing photos. Private ... more »

School Tech Connect: "Shills and Cruel Jokes"

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School Tech Connect: "Shills and Cruel Jokes":"Shills and Cruel Jokes"by noreply@blogger.com (Tim)Feeling kind of wobbly here but on the mend. I'll be flopping around in no time. Meanwhile, here's Labor Beat's review of the CPS show trials. I'll only say this--- I work in the suburbs with people who mostly live in the suburbs. One of my colleagues was recently reading in the Trib about the NCLB waivers and he told me that it sounded like a good idea.I guess ... more »

NYC Public School Parents: The Joke’s on Us

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NYC Public School Parents: The Joke’s on Us:The Joke’s on UsFebruary 11, 2012 (GBN News): In a stunning development, GBN News has learned that Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s signature “Race to the Top” program was originally conceived as a practical joke on President Obama. According to a source in the Education Department, the Secretary was merely looking to embarrass the President after a particularly humiliating loss on the basketball court.Apparently, Mr. Duncan never really expected to carry the hoax quite ...more »

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Facebook Emails « DFER WatchBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-14 minutes agoFacebook Emails « DFER Watch:FACEBOOK EMAILSPosted by ken libby on February 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment From a January 27, 2012 ACLU-NJ blog post:NEWARK - A Superior Court judge today ordered a lawsuit to proceed against the City of Newark (151k PDF) over documents related to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million donation for the city’s schools, and ordered the city to produce a list of the ... more »

NYC Public School Parents: Dmytro Fedkowskyj on why he voted "No" on the 23 school closings

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NYC Public School Parents: Dmytro Fedkowskyj on why he voted "No" on the 23 school closings:Dmytro Fedkowskyj on why he voted "No" on the 23 school closingsby Leonie HaimsonHere is the statement made by Dmytro Fedkowskyj, Queens representative on the Panel for Educational Policy, before voting against the 23 school closings and numerous co-locations. The vote was 9-4, with the 8 mayoral appointees plus the Staten Island rep Diane Perrugia, voting lockstep in favor of each proposal by the DOE, ... more »

Mother Crusader: No Transparency At NJDOE Or For-Profit White Hat. What Are They Hiding?

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Mother Crusader: No Transparency At NJDOE Or For-Profit White Hat. What Are They Hiding?:NJDOE Released Charter Application Reviewer's Names, But What We Need Are The Reviewer's Scores And Commentsby darciecimaTen charter schools in Ohio that contract with White Hat Management, aren't too happy. The saga is beingcovered extensively by StateImpact Ohio.White Hat has been sued by the governing boards of some of the schools it manages. According to the lawsuit, White Hat collects at least 95 percent of the schools’ ... more »

Blue Jersey:: The New Teacher Evaluation Policy

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Blue Jersey:: The New Teacher Evaluation Policy:The New Teacher Evaluation Policyby newschoolboardmemberpromoted by RosiI attended a meeting last night and learned a few things about the new teacher evaluation policy set to roll out for all districts in the 2013-2014 school year.Our district will join the pilot program for one of our schools next year (2012-13). We will apply for a grant, but the cost of implementing this plan will cost upwards of $50,000. Other districts will have different costs, ... more »

Outsourcing Gym Class - The Bay Citizen

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Outsourcing Gym Class - The Bay Citizen:Outsourcing Gym ClassWith budgets tight, schools look for new ways to pay for physical educationTEXT SIZE A A ABy KATHARINE MIESZKOWSKI on February 11, 2012 - 11:57 a.m. PSTstart discussionThor Swift for The Bay CitizenJessica Mazeau (center in blue sweater), a physical education teacher, works with fourth grade students at Clifford Elementary in Redwood CityREDWOOD CITY — On the blacktop at Clifford School recently, a fourth-grade class played two-on-two keep-away with basketballs. Jessica Mazeau, ... more »

Facebook Emails « DFER Watch

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Facebook Emails « DFER Watch:FACEBOOK EMAILSPosted by ken libby on February 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment From a January 27, 2012 ACLU-NJ blog post:NEWARK - A Superior Court judge today ordered a lawsuit to proceed against the City of Newark (151k PDF) over documents related to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million donation for the city’s schools, and ordered the city to produce a list of the documents in its possession. Judge Rachel N. Davidson denied a motion by ... more »

Jersey Jazzman: What Is "Teachers Village"?

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Jersey Jazzman: What Is "Teachers Village"?:What Is "Teachers Village"?by DukeRemember the name: Teachers Village. It's a $150 million, mixed-use development that just broke ground with great fanfare in Newark. The idea is that teachers will live in the complex and teach at one of the three charter schools that will occupy the site.As you might imagine, your taxpayers dollars are funding this experiment:The project was awarded nearly $40 million in Urban Transit Hub tax credits from the state Economic Development ... more »

“Giving Parents the Runaround on School Turnarounds” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

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“Giving Parents the Runaround on School Turnarounds” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…:“Giving Parents the Runaround on School Turnarounds”by Larry FerlazzoGiving Parents the Runaround on School Turnarounds is the title of the press release from the respected Great Lakes Center announcing a review of a recent report on marketing unwise “school turnaround strategies.”Here’s an excerpt from the press release:Federal school “turnaround” strategies that call for firing teachers, replacing managers, or closing or converting public schools into charters are often ... more »

When A Cult Takes Over Your Profession | United Opt Out National

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Action for the Week of February 12, 2012 – Dump Duncan | United Opt Out National:ACTION FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 12, 2012 – DUMP DUNCANWhen A Cult Takes Over Your ProfessionImagine that you work in a profession where every important institution that controls your destiny has been seized by leaders of a cult which seek to reduce the accumulated wisdom of a lifetime to a few simple principles that can be incorporated into tests and tracked by mathematical formulas. ... more »

Kelly Flynn Tackles the Learning Problem that Dare Not Speak its Name - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

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Kelly Flynn Tackles the Learning Problem that Dare Not Speak its Name - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:Kelly Flynn Tackles the Learning Problem that Dare Not Speak its Nameby Anthony CodyGuest post by Kelly Flynn.Teachers and corporate reformers both refuse to acknowledge the real roadblock to teaching and learning. It's an unspoken pact: teachers will not talk about the biggest roadblock to teaching and learning. They'll talk about all sorts of other things, things you've heard a million ... more »

Saturday coffee + Mea Culpa + Old school. « Fred Klonsky

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Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky:Saturday coffee.by Fred KlonskyIt was just me and the baristas at Peet’s this morning.Anne is with the kids and grand kids in Brooklyn for the weekend.It’s a guy’s weekend at home. Just me and Ulysses.The temperature is hovering around 12 degrees with a wind chill below zero. I’ll bundle up and take Uly out for a Hope College. Mea Culpa.by Fred KlonskyBen Velderman of AEG does not represent the students of Hope College.Back last March when ... more »

Nearly 700 teachers in the Elk Grove Unified School District called in sick Friday - KTXL

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Nearly 700 teachers in the Elk Grove Unified School District called in sick Friday, leading many to ask if a "sick out" was happening. - KTXL:Nearly 700 Elk Grove Teachers Call out SickComments0Share0TopicsTeaching and LearningTeachersSean Bennett and Ian McDonaldFOX40 News5:08 p.m. PST, February 10, 2012ELK GROVE—Nearly 700 teachers in the Elk Grove Unified School District called in sick Friday, leading many to ask if a "sick out" was happening."We heard rumors last week that there may be a sick out,” ... more »

Dump Duncan cuz he is flunkin’ : The Petition | Seattle Education

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Dump Duncan cuz he is flunkin’ : The Petition | Seattle Education:Dump Duncan cuz he is flunkin’ : The Petitionby seattleducation2011With Arne Duncan came the privatizers like a slimy trail from his time in Chicago as CEO of the Chicago Public School system creating charter schools for the big boys to Washington D.C as Secretary of Education which has since been populated by Gates trainees.See Arne Duncan’s Renaissance 2010 for links to a full analysis of his actions as CEO ... more »

Arne Duncan is Wrong. The Pressing Issue in Civil Rights is not Education, it's the Right to Protect Your Information from Arne Duncan.

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Missouri Education Watchdog: Arne Duncan is Wrong. The Pressing Issue in Civil Rights is not Education, it's the Right to Protect Your Information from Arne Duncan.:Arne Duncan is Wrong. The Pressing Issue in Civil Rights is not Education, it's the Right to Protect Your Information from Arne Duncan.by stlgretchenMissouri received $890,000 from the Federal government in 2010 to expand its data capturing and reporting ability for school children in public education. Everything's coming up data...teacher evaluations are to be made ... more »

Daily Kos: What if this is my last year in the classroom?

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Daily Kos: What if this is my last year in the classroom?:What if this is my last year in the classroom?by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)Sometime within next two weeks I will find out if I made it to the interview stage for a free doctorate at Harvard. In early April I will find out if I will be offered a fellowship at Columbia that would enable me to write a book. Both of these are quite unlikely, but the fact I applied ... more »

This Week's The Answer Sheet - A School Survival Guide for parents (and everyone else). - The Washington Post

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The Answer Sheet - A School Survival Guide for parents (and everyone else). - The Washington Post:Academic ‘walkthrough’ teams: Surreally realValerie Strauss at The Answer Sheet - 1 hour agoThis *was written by Andrew Ganim, a Philadelphia resident who shared a version of this story as testimony to the School Reform Commission last month. This first appeared on the * * The Philadelphia Public School Notebook blog. * * * Read full article [image: Add to Facebook] [image: Add to ... more »