Yarbrough: Charter schools may be boondoggles | Online Athens
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Yarbrough: Charter schools may be boondoggles | Online Athens: Yarbrough: Charter schools may be boondogglesByDICK YARBROUGHPublishedTuesday, March 13, 20126commentsFollow ArticleSHARETWEETPRINTEMAILVote up!+1Vote down!One more time, let me go over my concerns about the charter school constitutional amendment bill in the state Senate. I don’t have a problem with charter schools. My problem is that nobody seems to be talking about for-profit charter schools.Call me cynical, but you have to wonder at the enthusiasm of legislators for charter schools, even as they ... more »
Chinese minority students spent time last summer...
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Chinese minority students spent time last summer...: A look inside China’s minority schoolsbySarah ButrymowiczChinese minority students spent time last summer at this school in Southern China’s Yunnan province learning their native language. (Photo by Sarah Butrymowicz)At a middle school in a rural area in China’s Yunnan Province devoted to educating the area’s ethnic minorities, many of the students have a fairly simple career goal in mind: they want to get a job performing traditional minority dances, which would almost certainly ... more »
Dan Walters: Cloudiness over California school funding increases - Education - The Sacramento Bee
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Dan Walters: Cloudiness over California school funding increases - Education - The Sacramento Bee: Dan Walters: Cloudiness over California school funding increasesShareByDan WaltersPublished: Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2012 - 12:00 am | Page 3ALast Modified: Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2012 - 8:10 amEducating 6 million kids is not only the largest single piece of the state budget, but its most popular one – which explains why it always drives the Capitol's annual budget ritual.The school finance picture is even cloudier than usual ... more »
UC Davis pepper-spray report puts spotlight on police officers' rights - Education - The Sacramento Bee
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UC Davis pepper-spray report puts spotlight on police officers' rights - Education - The Sacramento Bee: UC Davis pepper-spray report puts spotlight on police officers' rightsShareBySam Stantonsstanton@sacbee.comPublished: Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2012 - 12:00 am | Page 1ALast Modified: Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2012 - 7:27 amDecades of debate over the public's right to know about police actions vs. officers' rights to privacy are coming to a head as a result of the pepper-spraying of students last November on the UC Davis ... more »
Don’t Shoot the Piano; LAUSD’s Assault on Learning | California Father
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Don’t Shoot the Piano; LAUSD’s Assault on Learning | California Father: Don’t Shoot the Piano; LAUSD’s Assault on LearningbyCalifornia FatherFound this pathetic sight between buildings at our school–a piano abandoned and left naked to the elements. Kind of similar to what LAUSD is doing to our schools. Forget the arts and physical education; we’ll be lucky if we can teach anything pretty soon. With looming cuts, the board of ed is spiffing up theschool-to-prison pipelinemaking sure it’s ready to flush.
Announcing the 2012 Labor-Management Collaboration Conference | ED.gov Blog
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Announcing the 2012 Labor-Management Collaboration Conference | ED.gov Blog: Announcing the 2012 Labor-Management Collaboration ConferencePosted onMarch 14, 2012byGuest BloggerThe invitation to this year’s Labor-Management Collaboration Conference is now open. The conference, titledCollaborating to Transform the Teaching Profession,will take place May 23-24 in Cincinnati, and brings together management and labor teams from across the country.For those interested in attending, please complete the RSVP form (including all three required signatures) and submit it by 5:00 p.m. ET on Mar...more »
Shanker Blog » Technology In Education: An Answer In Search Of A Problem?
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Shanker Blog » Technology In Education: An Answer In Search Of A Problem?: Technology In Education: An Answer In Search Of A Problem?byEsther QuinteroIn a recentblog post, Larry Cuban muses about the enthusiasm of some superintendents, school board members, parents, and pundits for expensive, new technologies, such as “iPads, tablets, and 1:1 laptops.”Without any clear evidence, they spend massively on the newest technology, expecting that “these devices will motivate students to work harder, gain more knowledge and skills, and be ... more »
Schools Matter: Solidarity Growing As the War on Teachers Escalates
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Schools Matter: Solidarity Growing As the War on Teachers Escalates: Solidarity Growing As the War on Teachers EscalatesbyJudy RabinMark Naison, professor of African and African American Studies at Fordham University in New York, blogs atWith A Brooklyn Accent.By Mark NaisonAll over the nation, teachers are under attack. Politicians of both parties, in every state, have blamed teachers and their unions for the nation’s low standing on international tests and our nation’s inability to create the educated labor force our economy ... more »
Letter to the Seattle Public School Board about Teach for America, Inc. and the Taylorite agenda | Seattle Education
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Letter to the Seattle Public School Board about Teach for America, Inc. and the Taylorite agenda | Seattle Education: Letter to the Seattle Public School Board about Teach for America, Inc. and the Taylorite agendabyseattleducation2011The letter below to the Seattle Public School Board harkens back to yesterday’s post,Occupy Education Seattle and the “Throw Down” with the Gates Foundation on March1st, when Wayne Au, speaking to a Gates Foundation representative, explains to him about the origin of standardized testing, the Taylorists ... more »
The Segregationist Roots of the Charter School Movement | Education | AlterNet
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The Segregationist Roots of the Charter School Movement | Education | AlterNet: The Segregationist Roots of the Charter School MovementTouted as the cure for what ails public education, charter schools have historical roots that are rarely discussed -- for good reason.1959,As a parent I find it easy to understand the appeal of charter schools, especially for parents and students who feel that traditional public schools have failed them. As a historical sociologist who studies race and politics, however, I am ... more »
NYC Educator: No Fair Hearing for You!
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NYC Educator: No Fair Hearing for You!: No Fair Hearing for You!byNYC EducatorLeo Caseyhas a new columncriticizing the NY Principals who oppose the upcoming evaluation system. He makes some good points.1. Unfettered power of principals can be a disaster, particularly with Bloomberg-indoctrinated Leadership Academy grads. Anyone who doubts that can follow the saga of Peter Lamphere, who appears to have received U ratings for the crime of leading his chapter. Peter had to go to court to have one rating ... more »
Assembly passes ALEC’s special education voucher plan that would divert millions to private schools | Defend Wisconsin
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Assembly passes ALEC’s special education voucher plan that would divert millions to private schools | Defend Wisconsin: Assembly passes ALEC’s special education voucher plan that would divert millions to private schoolsbyItayPrivate school vouchers would be made available to special education students under a bill that has passed the state Assembly on a 55-39 vote Tuesday. It must also pass the Senate this week or it will die for the year.Assembly bill 110would create a statewideSpecial Needs Scholarship Program, which would ... more »
Women are mad as hell in Wisconsin. The war on women is here. |
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Women are mad as hell in Wisconsin. The war on women is here. |: Women are mad as hell in Wisconsin. The war on women is here.bybluecheddarI don’t know if you’ve noticed something different with women in America lately. They seem to be more alarmed and more angry. Part of it is the much-publicized backlash against Rush Limbaugh for his attack against Sara Fluke. * Part of it is a growing alarm over a series of invasive laws against women ... more »
Why Are Many of Our Children’s Teachers Still Students Themselves? | California Progress Report
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Why Are Many of Our Children’s Teachers Still Students Themselves? | California Progress Report: Why Are Many of Our Children’s Teachers Still Students Themselves?bymeganBy Maribel HerediaPlaintiff in Lawsuit Against the Department of EducationFour years ago, my son Joey — who was in first grade at the time — came home from school and said, “Mommy, my teacher wasn’t there today. She went to college.”I figured he had to be mistaken; surely, his teacher had completed college and her professional training. ... more »
The Oakland school district might be finished downsizing - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools
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The Oakland school district might be finished downsizing - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools: The Oakland school district might be finished downsizingTuesday, March 13th, 2012 at 3:55 pm infamilieskindergartenOUSD central officeschool closuresstudentsNo Commentsphoto by Jane Tyska/Bay Area News GroupI meant to postthis storysooner: OUSD’s school closure process — which was supposed to last for two to three years and shrink the district by 20-30 schools — will likely stop after the first round, when the ... more »
Public Education Can’t Take More Cuts, Pink Slips - California Teachers Association
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Public Education Can’t Take More Cuts, Pink Slips - California Teachers Association: Public Education Can’t Take More Cuts, Pink SlipsContact: Mike Myslinski, CTA; 408-921-5769 (cell); mmyslinski@cta.orgUNION CITY – Bay Area public schools are at a darkening crossroads after years of devastating cuts and pink slips and can’t survive without adequate funding, while the governor’s proposed budget could make matters worse, local Education Coalition members warned today at a news conference in one decimated school district in Alameda County.California schools and ... more »
Weighted formula’s heavy load | Thoughts on Public Education
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Weighted formula’s heavy load | Thoughts on Public Education: A win for Transitional Kindergarten - by Kathryn BaronbyKathryn BaronGov. Brown’s latest proposal to eliminate Transitional Kindergarten hit a wall yesterday in the state Assembly. By a 3-to-1 vote along party lines, the budget subcommittee on education finance rejected the governor’s plan. “Eliminating the TK mandate would be a huge step backward for the state and early education,” said subcommittee chair Susan Bonilla, a Contra [...]Weighted formula’s heavy load - by ... more »
Public Good — Or Commodity? | Taking Note
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Public Good — Or Commodity? | Taking Note: Public Good — Or Commodity?byJohn MerrowA quote from Claude Steele -- the new Dean of Education at Stanford -- combine with other discussions John Merrow had in the past week to form an integral question about American education.If you are reading this during daylight hours in March, chances are that millions of our children are now engaged in what’s called ‘test prep.’ Just yesterday someone showed me the March calendar for a ... more »
Dilemmas in Researching Technology in Schools (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
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Dilemmas in Researching Technology in Schools (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Dilemmas in Researching Technology in Schools (Part 2)bylarrycubanIf you are a technology advocate, that is, someone who believes in his or her heart-of-hearts that new devices, new procedures, and new ways of using these devices will deliver better forms of teaching and learning, past and contemporary research findings are, to put it in a word–disappointing. How come?For those champions of high-tech use in ... more »
Jersey Jazzman: War On Women = War On Teachers, Part II
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Jersey Jazzman: War On Women = War On Teachers, Part II: War On Women = War On Teachers, Part IIbyDukeI seem to have struck a nerve with my last post on how theWar On Women runs parallel with the War On Teachers. Let's go a little deeper.My premise is straightforward: because conservatives feel comfortable in fighting against the empowerment of women, they will naturally gravitate toward "reforms" in education that disempower teachers. After all,three-fourths of the teacher workforce are female, ... more »
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Seattle Teachers Union Seeks to Ban Teach For America « Union WatchBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-4 minutes agoSeattle Teachers Union Seeks to Ban Teach For America « Union Watch: Seattle Teachers Union Seeks to Ban Teach For AmericaBY LARRY SAND, ON MARCH 13TH, 2012Teachers unions, known for fighting to keep pedophiles in the classroom, try to get rid of good teachers in Seattle.Last week, I wrote about the particularly egregious case ofa teacher in Rochester, NYwho sent sexually ... more »
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Jose Vilson joins SOS leadership team
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Jose Vilson joins SOS leadership team: Jose Vilson joins SOS leadership teambyMike KlonskyJose Vilson (left) and Pedro Noguera at SOS RallyCongratulations toJose Vilsonon his appointment to the National Steering Committee of Save Our Schools. Jose was a speaker at our national march and rally in D.C. last July. As we build for the next SOS Platform Convention in D.C., August 3-5, Jose will be a great addition to the organization's leadership team. Jose is a teacher/writer/activist ... more »
The Organization That Dare Not Speak Its Name* | Edwize
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The Organization That Dare Not Speak Its Name* | Edwize: The Organization That Dare Not Speak Its Name*byLeo CaseyClick image for a larger version.On Sunday, my wife came home from church with a leaflet and a strange story.Someone who was a tad bit reluctant to provide her name had passed out a leaflet and attempted to recruit members of her congregation to an organization of parents fighting for better schools, PTA Now. But it didn’t really seem like the PTAs ... more »
Modern School: Teacher Morale Lowest in 20 Years
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Modern School: Teacher Morale Lowest in 20 Years: Teacher Morale Lowest in 20 YearsbyMichael DunnIn a recent survey of the nation’s teachers, more than half expressed reservations about their jobs, according to theNew York Times, the highest level of dissatisfaction since 1989. Nearly one-third said they were likely to leave teaching within the next five years (three years ago only 25% expected to leave teaching within five years). Many expressed concerns about job security, increased class sizes, cuts to programs ... more »