Jersey Jazzman: B4K Ad Gets Tenure Wrong
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Jersey Jazzman: B4K Ad Gets Tenure Wrong: B4K Ad Gets Tenure WrongbyDukeYou may have seen this ad on my blog:Which is pretty funny when youremember this:I don't control which ads come up, so maybe they can't control where their ads are placed. It's still pretty funny to me that they can place an ad on a blog Derrell Bradford has banned evenmentioningon his Facebook page. Whatever...Let's talk about the ad. "Make tenure a reward, not a guaranteed job for life."
SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Non-Answers From Gideon Stein The Answer Man
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SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Non-Answers From Gideon Stein The Answer Man: Non-Answers From Gideon Stein The Answer Manbynoreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher)I met someone online a week or so ago. My Jewish parents would have been proud. He is a very wealthy man that fights for the rights of little boys and girls of color. Who is this man? He isGideon Stein,board member of Success Charter Whatevers (click to see Gideon listed under "Our Leaders" and el presidente deFuture Is Now Schools.Thanks to ... more »
Clear Creek TX school board resolution vs. high-stakes testing « Parents Across America
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Clear Creek TX school board resolution vs. high-stakes testing « Parents Across America: Clear Creek TX school board resolution vs. high-stakes testingbyleoniehaimsonHere is an excellent resolution that has been passed by Clear Creek School District, a large district near NASA, as well as several other school boards in Texas. It has been called“The shot heard around the county.”Why not around the country? If Texas school boards can pass this resolution, why shouldn’t all school boards in the nation adopt similar ... more »
K-12 Parents and the Public - Education Week
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K-12 Parents and the Public - Education Week: Publication Gives Schools 'How To' Ideas for Involving Parents in School HealthMalia and Sasha Obama certainly know where their mom stands on the matter of healthy living. When it comes to the first lady,so does most of America.A new government publication aims to help schools enlist parents in promoting and sustaining health in their children.Published by the CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH),Parent Engagement: Strategies for Involving Parents in School ... more »
Blue Jersey:: The Chris Christie Connection in HBO's 'Game Change' about Sarah Palin's VP adventures
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Blue Jersey:: The Chris Christie Connection in HBO's 'Game Change' about Sarah Palin's VP adventures: The Chris Christie Connection in HBO's 'Game Change' about Sarah Palin's VP adventuresbyRosi EfthimMaria ComellaThere's a New Jersey connection in the hotly-anticipated HBO movieGame Change. In the 2 hour account of Sarah Palin's spectacular deterioration from instant celebrity to bewildering laughing stock, it's but a brief moment - you might miss it - but it's important. And what happened may be the reason Sarah Palin ... more »
School-To-Prison Pipeline Targeted By Judges, Education Officials
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School-To-Prison Pipeline Targeted By Judges, Education Officials: Joy ResmovitsJoy.resmovits@huffingtonpost.comBecome a fan of this reporterGET UPDATES FROM JOYLike832School-To-Prison Pipeline Targeted By Judges, Education OfficialsPosted: 03/12/2012 8:25 pmJakayla Ivory, a St. Louis high-school student convicted of second-degree assault, likely would have gotten two years in jail. Instead, she went to school at Jimmie Edwards' Innovative Concept Academy.Edwards, a St. Louis Juvenile Court judge, started the public school in 2009 with the purpose of serving students who might other... more »
Berkeley police union 'gravely concerned' with chief's move to alter story #ows Mercury News
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Berkeley police union 'gravely concerned' with chief's move to alter story - San Jose Mercury News: Berkeley police union 'gravely concerned' with chief's move to alter storyByKristin J. BenderOakland TribunePosted: 03/11/2012 09:14:27 PM PDTUpdated: 03/12/2012 09:29:14 AM PDTClick photo to enlargeBerkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan, middle, speaks to residents at Northbrae Community Church...Related StoriesMar 9:Berkeley police chief sends sergeant to reporter's home to request story changes; First Amendment experts call move 'despicable'Berkeley police chief apologizes for 'fear i... more »
CHICAGO LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS – APATHY REIGNS « Teachers Fight Back
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CHICAGO LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS – APATHY REIGNS « Teachers Fight Back: CHICAGO LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS – APATHY REIGNSbyalkleenChicago schools need 4,740 parents and community members to step up and fill vacant seats on many of its local school councils. Created by the Illinois General Assembly in 1988, local school councils have the power to decide how school funds are allocated and also can hire and fire principals. CPS leaders have extended the deadline for applicants because only 2,060 people had ... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Public Testimony at the Board Meeting
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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Public Testimony at the Board Meeting: Public Testimony at the Board MeetingbyCharlie MasYou can watch the Public Testimony portion of the School Board meetinghere.Director DeBell respects the courage it took NOVA students to talk about trans youth and gender identification. What a shame that it takes courage.Chris Jackins did a good job of shaming the Board for how their minds get foggy when members of the public speak for three minutes but can hold up as ... more »
RheeFirst! » Interview: Rhee-placement claims ATL kid’s scores went up despite the cheating proves that they were learning
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RheeFirst! » Interview: Rhee-placement claims ATL kid’s scores went up despite the cheating proves that they were learning: Interview: Rhee-placemt claims ATL kid’s scores went up despite the cheating proves that they were learningbyadminRhee’s replacement, Kaya Henderson, states that no federal or DC investigator has contacted her about the suspicious scores. In the below Q A, she tells Turque that the scores in Atlanta went up despite the cheating, because it showed that the ATL kids were learning.Written by Bill ... more »
4LAKids - UTLA PREZ WEIGHS IN ON LAUSD BOARD MEASARES TO BEEF UP DISCIPLINE
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: UTLA PREZ WEIGHS IN ON LAUSD BOARD MEASARES TO BEEF UP DISCIPLINE: UTLA PREZ WEIGHS IN ON LAUSD BOARD MEASARES TO BEEF UP DISCIPLINEBYTAMI ABDOLLAH, KPCC PASS/FAIL BLOG |HTTP://BIT.LY/AZZCU2Grant Slater/KPCC: UTLA President Warren Fletcher12:44 p.m. :: The head of the teacher's union weighed in today ontwo L.A. Unified board resolutionsto beef up the district's employee discipline procedures that will be voted on at the board's Tuesday meeting.In a statement, UTLA President ... more »
PURE » LSC Rally still on – school closings lawsuit to be refiled
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Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » LSC Rally still on – school closings lawsuit to be refiled: LSC Rally still on – school closings lawsuit to be refiledbyadminNews came out Friday afternoon that the Local School Council member lawsuit against Chicago Public Schools’ school closings actions was dismissed by Cook County Judge Michael Hyman, According tothis story in the Tribune, the judge sounded generally pretty sympathetic to the case, which was headed by KOCO’s Jitu Brown:In the ... more »
Blue Jersey:: Q. Are We Not Teachers? The Devolution of Education
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Blue Jersey:: Q. Are We Not Teachers? The Devolution of Education: Q. Are We Not Teachers? The Devolution of EducationbyA New Jersey Farmerpromoted by RosiCross-posted atA New Jersey FarmerWe seem to have come to a critical point in the education deform movement. No, that's not a typo: I don't mean reform, I mean deform, because the people who want to use unreliable and faulty data to evaluate teachers and deny educators their negotiated due process rights are not reformers and ... more »
Yong Zhao » Blog Archive » Pass the book, but which one?
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Yong Zhao » Blog Archive » Pass the book, but which one?: Pass the book, but which one?byYongZhaoPass the book, but which one?To be globally competitive, we should all begin to use chopsticks because chopsticks produce better education outcomes as measured by the international gold standard of education the OECD’s PISA, which tests 15 year olds in math, reading, and sciences, and TIMSS, which assess 9-10 and 13-14 year olds math and science abilities. The top five performers in the ... more »
The Frustrated Teacher: @Jillsmo: I Am A Feminist (TFT Is Too!)
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The Frustrated Teacher: @Jillsmo: I Am A Feminist (TFT Is Too!): @Jillsmo: I Am A Feminist (TFT Is Too!)I am a feministI am a woman, but I am not a victim.Society may think that I need its protection, but society is wrong. I don't need your lawsprotecting my vanity; protecting my womanhood. I can protect myself.Your well crafted, media tested talking points do not speak for me; I can speak for myself.I am responsible for the choices that I make ... more »
Free Webinar: Creating Communities of Support for Implementing the Common Core State Standards — Whole Child Education
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Free Webinar: Creating Communities of Support for Implementing the Common Core State Standards — Whole Child Education: Free Webinar: Creating Communities of Support for Implementing the Common Core State StandardsbyKlea ScharbergYou don't have to implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) alone! District, school, and classroom personnel can collaborate and create communities of support toward successful implementation. JoinASCD Author Judy Carras she discusses how to create the communities and shares specific protocols and processes that attendees can use immediately.Tuesday,...more »
A Dinner « Bill Ayers
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A Dinner « Bill Ayers: A DinnerbybillayersIn December, 2011 a tiny but wondrous Chicago program of the Illinois Humanities Council (IHC) launched an on-line auction to raise needed cash for its public programming. The Public Square was celebrating its Tenth Anniversary, and Bernardine and I had been on its Advisory Board from the start. We kicked in what money we could, and we donated two items to the auction: choice seats at a Cubs game and an afternoon at beautiful ...more »
Democurmudgeon: Just as Republicans are expanding charter schools nationwide, charters are cutting costs just to survive.
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Democurmudgeon: Just as Republicans are expanding charter schools nationwide, charters are cutting costs just to survive.: Just as Republicans are expanding charter schools nationwide, charters are cutting costs just to survive.byDemocurmudgeonCuts to education not only affect public schools, but charterand voucher schools. With tighter state budgets, and continued ideologicalslashing of education budgets, schools will have no choice but seek out thecheapest route to survive as a business, no matter how it fails our children.If this sounds absolutely outrageous, and not ... more »
Teachers’ lounge: Chicago techs get their jobs back and back pay. « Fred Klonsky
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Teachers’ lounge: Chicago techs get their jobs back and back pay. « Fred Klonsky: Teachers’ lounge: Chicago techs get their jobs back and back pay.byFred Klonsky(Pictured abovefrom left) CTU PRSP Field Specialist Anthony Lopez, Technicians Shelia Lott, Technician Darnitia Ciscero, CTU Vice President Jesse Sharkey, Technician Tangela Burton, Technician Gloria Prince, Technician Robert Faulkner, Technician Edna Johnson, PRSP Field Specialist Anita Burks, CTU President Karen GJ Lewis, CTU Financial Secretary Kristine Mayle, Technician Cheryl Jolly-Hansford, CTU PRSP Field Staff Coordin... more »
Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset
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teacher/poet/musician glen brown: Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension OffsetThe Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) “was enacted as part of the 1983 Social Security Refinancing Act, designed to shore up the financing of the Social Security Trust Fund. That Act was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan” (Mass Retirees).“The Windfall Elimination Provision primarily affects [a public employee who has] earned a pension in any job where [he or she] did not pay Social Security taxes and also worked in other ... more »