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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: CORONA-NORCO USD IN INLAND EMPIRE GIVES TEACHERS THE FREEDOM TO EXPERIMENT INSTEAD OF PRESCRIBED LESSON PLANS, boosting scores and graduation rates in the heavily Latino, low-income district.
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: CORONA-NORCO USD IN INLAND EMPIRE GIVES TEACHERS THE FREEDOM TO EXPERIMENT INSTEAD OF PRESCRIBED LESSON PLANS, boosting scores and graduation rates in the heavily Latino, low-income district.: CORONA-NORCO USD IN INLAND EMPIRE GIVES TEACHERS THE FREEDOM TO EXPERIMENT INSTEAD OF PRESCRIBED LESSON PLANS, boosting scores and graduation rates in the heavily Latino, low-income district.BY STEPHEN CEASAR, LOS ANGELES TIMES|HTTP://LAT.MS/HY6CGRAlejandra Zamora, left, and Saraiyah Hatter at Santiago High. As head of the ... more »
Jersey Jazzman: A Tale of Two Videos
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Jersey Jazzman: A Tale of Two Videos: A Tale of Two VideosbyDukeFirst, watch this (h/tBrian Page):PopoutThen, watch this (finally found a work-safe version):PopoutThey spend billions of dollars every year lobbying -- lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want -- they want MORE for themselves and less for everybody else. But I'll tell you what they don't want.They
Don’t sit under the banana tree with anyone else but Rhee: Michele Rhee invited to speak to for-profit college “union” for $50K | Dailycensored.com
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Don’t sit under the banana tree with anyone else but Rhee: Michele Rhee invited to speak to for-profit college “union” for $50K | Dailycensored.com: Don’t sit under the banana tree with anyone else but Rhee: Michele Rhee invited to speak to for-profit college “union” for $50KWritten byDanny WeilBusiness,Education,MediaApr 21, 2012 On January 23 the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU), the trade “union” group for for-profit colleges in the United States, announced that former president George W. Bush ...more »
Jersey Jazzman: Some Of the Evaluation; All Of the Decision
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Jersey Jazzman: Some Of the Evaluation; All Of the Decision: Some Of the Evaluation; All Of the DecisionbyDuke There is a recurring theme in reformy teacher evaluation schemes: "We're not encouraging teaching to the test, because we're usingmultiple measures. The test scores will only be x% of the teachers evaluation. Stop worrying!"This theme is important to selling the plan, because even the reformyists acknowledge that teaching to the test will stifle children's learning. They also inherently acknowledge that taking a ... more »
School Tech Connect: You Know It's A Bad Idea When...
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School Tech Connect: You Know It's A Bad Idea When...: You Know It's A Bad Idea When...bynoreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman)I just now noticed thatDavid Brooks just made an argumentfor something like value-added assessments at college, which illustrates the adage, "If there's a really, really bad idea, then David Brooks will be in favor of it and will in fact become this instant expert on it because as a person who is essentially a blogger with a column in a newspaper, that ... more »
Educator and Parent Opts Out in New Jersey | United Opt Out National
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Educator and Parent Opts Out in New Jersey | United Opt Out National: Educator and Parent Opts Out in New Jerseybyadmin Good afternoon.Please be advised that I do not permit my childrento participate in the NJ ASK or any other standardized testing for state report cards and NCLB/RTTT accountability. I believe that this kind of testing is, at best, counter-productive and perhaps even harmful to my children’s education and development. My position is based on my conscientious objection to the ... more »
Inside FCAT 2.0: What Changes Mean for Teachers, Students « Tangerine, Florida
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Inside FCAT 2.0: What Changes Mean for Teachers, Students « Tangerine, Florida: Inside FCAT 2.0: What Changes Mean for Teachers, Studentsby5redherrings April 20, 2012 | 2:41 PMBy Sarah GonzalezDanna Contreras doesn’t like the new FCAT.The sophomore at Booker T. Washington High School in Miami emigrated from Columbia three years ago.She wears thick, pink-rimmed glasses and she squints a lot. She says the new computerized version is harder to take.“I think I am better with paper, not on the computer because ... more »
Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky
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Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky: Sunday links.byFred KlonskyJohn Dillon explains the meaning ofschadnfreude.“Glad it’s you and not me, pal.” If you are a retired Illinois teacher and think that Quinn’s pension plan keeps you and yours safe,think again.The New York Timesfinallydiscoversthe dirty deeds of ALEC.Why the US is destroying it education system. ”A nation that destroys its systems of education, degrades its public information, guts its public libraries and turns its airwaves into vehicles for cheap, mindless amusement becomes deaf, ... more »
Meanwhile, Rick Scott Vetoed Funding for a Grad School Which Actually Generates STEM Professionals | Scathing Purple Musings
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Meanwhile, Rick Scott Vetoed Funding for a Grad School Which Actually Generates STEM Professionals | Scathing Purple Musings: 'Meanwhile, Rick Scott Vetoed Funding for a Grad School Which Actually Generates STEM ProfessionalsbyBob SikesLost in all theoutcry of opponentsand the sanctimonious hyperventilation of supporters over the creation of Florida Polytech, was a story which received only local coverage. On Tuesday, Rick Scott vetoed funding which would have gone towardFAMU’s new pharmacy schoollocated in Crestview.A $1.5 million gubernatorial veto of funding for ... more »
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President Obama Calls on Congress to Prevent Student Loan Interest Rates from Doubling | ED.gov BlogBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-4 minutes agoPresident Obama Calls on Congress to Prevent Student Loan Interest Rates from Doubling | ED.gov Blog: President Obama Calls on Congress to Prevent Student Loan Interest Rates from DoublingbyCameron Brenchley“In America, higher education cannot be a luxury,” President Obama said in his weekly address. “It’s an economic imperative that every family must be able to afford.” At ... more »
Illinois Democrat’s plan to blow up the public school system. « Fred Klonsky
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Illinois Democrat’s plan to blow up the public school system. « Fred Klonsky: Illinois Democrat’s plan to blow up the public school system.byFred KlonskyIllinois is a blue state.We’re not talking about Walker’s Wisconsin or Kasich’s Ohio.We talking Democrats. Chicago’s Mayor Emanuel. Governor Quinn. Party Chairman and Speaker Madigan. Senate President Cullerton.Governor Pat Quinn’s pension proposal, which he claims he was “put on this earth” to create, will blow up the state’s public schools just as sure as I’m writing this.And ... more »
Wal-Mart: Quite The Model Corporate Citizen | Edwize
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Wal-Mart: Quite The Model Corporate Citizen | Edwize: Wal-Mart: Quite The Model Corporate CitizenbyLeo CaseyIn a major expose, theNew York Timeshas revealeda trail of corruption, bribery and cover-up at the highest levels of Wal-Mart, a leading corporate funder of anti-union and anti-public education projects and initiatives.Thelist of 2011 granteesof the Walton Family Foundation, the Wal-Mart’s corporate foundation, reads like a veritable who’s who of corporate education reform efforts. Among the more prominent beneficiaries of Wal-Mart money are:Michelle Rhee’s and Joel ... more »
COMMENT WOW: Charter schools a dividing issue in Sacramento County OR Thank You Gloria you Charter Queen
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Charter schools a dividing issue in Sacramento County education board races - Elections - The Sacramento Bee: In response to questions regarding the financial viability of Fortune (and Kevin Johnson's St. Hope), Greg Geeting sent me a 'study' of African American performance differentials in Sacramento and the state that had been the basis for the SCOE board's majority decision to fund Fortune, which wasn't a 'study' at all, but rather a mere fifteen or so page series of bars and ... more »
Action for the Week of April 22nd, 2012: Blast the Media with THIS STORY | United Opt Out National
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Action for the Week of April 22nd, 2012: Blast the Media with THIS STORY | United Opt Out National: Action for the Week of April 22nd, 2012: Blast the Media with THIS STORYHere at United Opt Out National we focus on opting out of corporate education reform. One way to “opt out” is to refuse the state test. By refusing to take the state test we deny them the data they need to profit and punish. This is no ordinary ... more »
CM Barron Blast’s Co-location Proposals at Council Hearing [Video] « New York City Parents Union
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CM Barron Blast’s Co-location Proposals at Council Hearing [Video] « New York City Parents Union: CM Barron Blast’s Co-location Proposals at Council Hearing [Video]The issue of co-locating charter and public schools in the same building is a contentious one, and at an education hearing discussing the topic yesterday afternoon, the first two Council Members to speak thoroughly attacked the proposals in their districts.“Co-location has been nothing but chaos,” East New York Councilman Charles Barron declared while criticizing the poor graduation ... more »
How Democrats Are Abandoning the Most Vulnerable in Our Public Schools | Scathing Purple Musings
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How Democrats Are Abandoning the Most Vulnerable in Our Public Schools | Scathing Purple Musings: How Democrats Are Abandoning the Most Vulnerable in Our Public SchoolsbyBob SikesOne wonders what lateSenatorTed Kennedywould make of the current school reform movement. The senate icon, who is widely seen as the father and champion of special education in the nation’s public schools, died in 2009 before folks like Michelle Rhee and the rich guys of Democrats for Education Reform took to the national stage. ... more »
Parents Across America members meet with USDE, saying: “Listen to parents, change your policy direction.” | Seattle Education
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Parents Across America members meet with USDE, saying: “Listen to parents, change your policy direction.” | Seattle Education: Parents Across America members meet with USDE, saying: “Listen to parents, change your policydirection.”Posted onApril 21, 2012byseattleducation2011|Leave a commentPress Release:WASHINGTON, D. C. – Several members ofParents Across America (PAA), a national network of activist parents, participated in a Parent Leaders meeting today hosted by the U. S. Department of Education’s Office of Communications and Outreach. Attending the USDE meeting were PAA members ... more »
Missouri Education Watchdog: Why do we Need a State Board of Education in Missouri?
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Missouri Education Watchdog: Why do we Need a State Board of Education in Missouri?: Why do we Need a State Board of Education in Missouri?bystlgretchenThe Teacher Evaluation System is Changing in Missouri according to KCEducation Enterprise.DESE and the State Board of Education is being led around the nose by the Federal Government again. Why do we need a State Board of Education or DESE when all the decisions are being made by the Department of Education? As practically all educational ... more »
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR REVEALS PENSION REFORM PLAN « Teachers Fight Back
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ILLINOIS GOVERNOR REVEALS PENSION REFORM PLAN « Teachers Fight Back: ILLINOIS GOVERNOR REVEALS PENSION REFORM PLANbyalkleenI won’t go into details about the “Reform Plan”, I’m sure you have heard and read about it in the news. Idoubt it will beacted uponby the legislature until afterthe November election. The legislators don’t have the intestinal fortitude to consider anything until the election is over.I do want to comment on the message that it sends to the teachers of Illinois. I believe the ... more »
Saturday coffee + Old school. « Fred Klonsky
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Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky: Saturday coffee.byFred KlonskyPopoutI was president of our local for ten years and I hated the last two months of the school year.That is when administrators made decisionsThat is never a good thing.Yesterday we got a memo from our Type 75 (who will not be back next year). She hasn’t done the required fireOld school.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGgafB0RmE8feature=related
Cory Booker on Newark creating 'village' for teachers: 'This is how we reinvent a great American city' - NorthJersey.com
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Cory Booker on Newark creating 'village' for teachers: 'This is how we reinvent a great American city' - NorthJersey.com: SATURDAY APRIL 21, 2012, 12:06 PMCory Booker on Newark creating 'village' for teachers: 'This is how we reinvent a great American city'ASSOCIATED PRESSTHE RECORDPAGES:12DISPLAY ON ONE PAGE|PRINT|E-MAILNEWARK — They are two of the most persistent challenges in trying to rebuild long-struggling cities like Newark: improving the schools and growing a middle class.Here, officials are hoping that a novel concept — reserving ... more »