Big Education Ape 2nd Banana Recap of Last Week's Best Post
Rheecent Rheevolting Revelation about Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee RheeFirst!
RheeFirst!: DC’s NCLB waiver bid stalled by Ed Dept. concerns admin at RheeFirst! - 2 minutes ago *The problems raised by the USDOE precedes Rhee's tenure. But she and her corporate reform agenda did nothing to fix them.* "It turns out that the U.S. Department of Education has quite a few issues with the District’s application for relief from No Child Left Behind. The problems start with two chronic concerns: The city’s poor record of handling and accounting for federal grants, and its difficulties staying in compliance with special education laws." DC students ranked last in the na... more »
WHY DIDN'T LAUSD'S EX-SUPERINTENDENT CORTINES SEXUALLY HARASS ME? - Perdaily.com
(Mensaje se repite en Español)
(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)
As I patiently wait for my court date before the Office of Administrative Hearings that is presently set for September 10, 2012, two years and seven months after I was removed from my class on bogus charges, I lament the fact that ex-Los Angeles Unified School District
LAUSD document: Ex-LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines admits affair but denies allegation of sexual harassment - LA Daily News
LAUSD document: Ex-LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines admits affair but denies allegation of sexual harassment - LA Daily News: LAUSD document: Ex-LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines admits affair but denies allegation of sexual harassment Daily News Posted: 05/24/2012 09:35:51 AM PDT Updated: 05/24/2012 10:07:52 AM PDT LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines, seen in a file photo, admits to an affair but denies allegations of sexual harassment made in a lawsuit that the district settled for $200,000. (Dean Musgrove/Staff Photographer) In this official statement from the Los Angele... more »
Tyler Clementi left Facebook status 'Jumping off gw bridge sorry' after Rutgers dorm sex hidden video | NJ.com
View full sizeTyler Clementi apparently posted a Facebook status saying "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry," after his roommate Dharun Ravi and his friend Molly Wei allegedly broadcast a sexual encounter between Clementi and another man. A Facebook tribute page to Clementi, pictured above, h
PISCATAWAY -- Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers University freshman who was allegedly had a sex encounter broadcast via a hidden video by his roommate Dharun Ravi and his friend Molly Wei, changed his Facebook status to "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry" on Sept. 22.
Clementi's car, cell phone and computer were found near the George Washington Bridge and his wallet was found on a bridge walkway, police have said. His body has not been found, but
SES IS A MESS: Scientology Tutoring Service Approved By Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee
By MELANIE ALNWICK @ FoxNews WASHINGTON - Federal law says that failing public schools have to provide free tutoring service to students. It is called Supplemental Educational Services (SES). Concerned parents contacted FOX 5 about one of the groups approved for tutoring by D.C.'s Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) - a group that has connections to the founder of the Church of Scientology. Applied Scholastics International is one of 29 tutoring services listed in the Title I Supplemental Educational Services Guide. Parents of students in failing D.C. public s... more »
Mitt Romney’s education plan Infographic
Another scandal – charter propaganda on the test « Parents Across America
Another scandal – charter propaganda on the test « Parents Across America: Another scandal – charter propaganda on the test by pureparents Today, with some help from me, Chicago Sun-Times education reporter Rosalind Rossiexposes yet another standardized testing scandal, this one on a Scantron test that was used several times in the Chicago Public Schools as part of an interim, or benchmark, reading assessment. Scantron is a national standardized test that CPS has been using for a couple of years as a computerized replacement for the quarterly Learning First and Benchmark Assessment... more »
Florida’s Standardized Testing Disaster – “Education Reform” At Its Worst - Wait, What?
Florida’s Standardized Testing Disaster – “Education Reform” At Its Worst - Wait, What?: Florida’s Standardized Testing Disaster – “Education Reform” At Its Worst from Wait, What? by jonpelto Like the car accident that you can’t take your eyes off of, the incredible standardized test debacle that is playing itself out in Florida is a stunning lesson about how out of control the “education reformers” have become. Their mantra there, as it is here in Connecticut, is that standardized testing is the only way to force teachers to teach and children to learn. Most importantly, they cl... more »
Charter Schools Exacerbate ethnic, racial and class divisions while feeding into a politics of public metldown,deracination and alienation | Dailycensored.com
Charter Schools Exacerbate ethnic, racial and class divisions while feeding into a politics of public metldown,deracination and alienation | Dailycensored.com: Charter Schools Exacerbate ethnic, racial and class divisions while feeding into a politics of public metldown,deracination and alienation by Danny Weil [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] In 2009 I posted this article understanding that charter schools would have the pernicious effect of using identity, religious tribalism, race, class and gender to cement the popularity of the publicly subsidized an... more »
What Is Campbell’s Law? « Diane Ravitch's blog
What Is Campbell’s Law? « Diane Ravitch's blog: What Is Campbell’s Law? from Diane Ravitch's blog by dianerav Everyone interested in understanding how the ceaseless pressure to raise test scores can corrupt the tests should be familiar with Campbell’s Law. This is an adage written by social scientist Donald T. Campbell in a 1976 paper. It says: “The more any quantitative social indicator is used for social decision-making, the more subject it will be to corruption pressures and the more apt it will be to distort and corrupt the social processes it is intended to monitor.” (You can ... more »
The Charlie Rose Show: Reflections « Diane Ravitch's blog
The Charlie Rose Show: Reflections « Diane Ravitch's blog: The Charlie Rose Show: Reflections by dianerav [image: The Charlie Rose Show tv show photo] I was on the Charlie Rose show last night. I was very excited to be there. Over the past two years, as the debate about education has gotten more and more heated, I have had many opportunities to express my views on the radio, especially on NPR, but not so many opportunities on television. I represent “the other side” in a very one-sided debate. I support public education; I respect the education profession; I oppose privatization an... more »
"NYSUT activists call for privacy for teachers evaluations." May 21, 2012. NYSUT: A Union of Professionals. www.nysut.org
"NYSUT activists call for privacy for teachers evaluations." May 21, 2012. NYSUT: A Union of Professionals. www.nysut.org: NYSUT activists call for privacy for teachers evaluations NYSUT Media Relations - May 21, 2012 [image: Cartoon by John Jonik] ALBANY, N.Y. May 21, 2012 - Hundreds of grassroots lobbyists from New York State United Teachers will vigorously press lawmakers Tuesday to enact legislation protecting the privacy rights of teachers by shielding their evaluations from exploitation by the public and news media. "This is an opportunity for legislators and the Governor... more »
Is the Seattle School Board dysfunctional? U.S. Chamber of Commerce thinks so | Local News | The Seattle Times
Is the Seattle School Board dysfunctional? U.S. Chamber of Commerce thinks so | Local News | The Seattle Times: Is the Seattle School Board dysfunctional? U.S. Chamber of Commerce thinks so *Top Corporations Aid U.S. Chamber of Commerce Campaign - NYTimes.com * According to a report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Seattle School Board suffers from churn and conflict, a poor relationship with the superintendent and what one unnamed observer called "micromanagement on steroids." Officials here dispute the findings. By Brian M. Rosenthal Seattle Times education reporter RELATE... more »
Scholar critical of value added method speaking to LA teachers | 89.3 KPCC
Scholar critical of value added method speaking to LA teachers | 89.3 KPCC: Scholar critical of value added method speaking to LA teachers 9:13 a.m. | By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez 1 [image: scantron standardized test] timlewisnm/Flickr Creative Commons State education officials are worried about the hundreds of photos of standardized tests – sometimes with answers – that have begun to appear on social networking sites. A talk on whether to factor student test scores into teachers’ performance evaluations is taking place on Monday afternoon. L.A. Unified’s teachers union is sponsoring a t... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Using the "Negative" Trick
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Using the "Negative" Trick: Using the "Negative" Trick by Melissa Westbrook I wanted to follow-up on Charlie's thread about negativism(so skip this if you are not interested but please don't bother to comment that...you're not interested). I've heard this rap before about me or Charlie or the blog. As you can see, we are not likely to change much. We are guided by our own experiences, both as parents in the district and as activists. We are just a lot more clear-eyed and maybe jaded than most of you. That's important to understand. We've bee... more »
An Urban Teacher's Education: GO WATCH THIS IMMEDIATELY!!!!
An Urban Teacher's Education: GO WATCH THIS IMMEDIATELY!!!!: GO WATCH THIS IMMEDIATELY!!!! Last July, I had the privilege to attend a session led by Curtis Acosta (one of the teachers of the ethnic studies program recently banned by the Tucson Unified School District) at the SOS conference in DC. I noted it as the highlight of my conference experience. In the session, participants had the opportunity to view a documentary on the ethnic studies program called Precious Knowledge. I am ecstatic that everyone can now go watch the documentary for free until June 7. I've embedded it belo... more »
Yuck: US DOE Supports For-profit Entrepreneurs « Diane Ravitch's blog
Yuck: US DOE Supports For-profit Entrepreneurs « Diane Ravitch's blog: Yuck: US DOE Supports For-profit Entrepreneurs by dianerav Yesterday I engaged in an unexpected exchange on Twitter with Justin Hamilton, who is press secretary to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. It started after I retweeted a blog by master-teacher Nancy Flanagan. Nancy’s blog took issue with a listing of the up-and-coming stars of American education, which focused heavily on the entrepreneurial sector and forgot teachers. Nancy listed some of the outspoken teachers who are emerging stars in the profession... more »
Enter the New Dallas Superintendent « Diane Ravitch's blog
Enter the New Dallas Superintendent « Diane Ravitch's blog: Enter the New Dallas Superintendent by dianerav "Road to Broad" Explore Superintendent Mike Miles' 'Destination 2020,' his ambitious plan to Jack Public Education The new superintendent of the Dallas public schools, Mike Miles, is off to a rousing start. He is a military man, and he thinks in terms of organizational goals, the mission, the beliefs. The story about Miles’ plan appears in the Dallas Morning News behind a paywall, so I can’t link to it. But here are the essentials: Like his predecessors, Miles has a long list... more »
Superheros, Superegos, and Student Discipline | Connected Principals
Superheros, Superegos, and Student Discipline | Connected Principals: Superheros, Superegos, and Student Discipline by jdelp cc flickr photo by brettjordan How we treat our best students shows our aspirations; how we treat our most challenging students shows our values. ~ Mendler and Curwin This past Friday, an incident occurred at school that had me seeing red. While supervising in the cafeteria during the lunch period, I was asked by our one of our cafeteria staff members to address a group of boys who had been leaving trash on their table, and arguing with one of our lunchroom... more »
Louisiana Educator: Efforts to Produce Rational Education Reform
Louisiana Educator: Efforts to Produce Rational Education Reform: Efforts to Produce Rational Education Reform by Michael Deshotels Senator Ben Nevers, a long time supporter of public schools and teacher rights attempted last week to restore sanity to one component of education reform in Louisiana. Unfortunately his efforts were overwhelmed by the big business lobby. Senate Bill 650 by Nevers was supported by the Louisiana Association of Educators and would have substituted multiple measures of student achievement (instead of the scores on one standardized test) for the quantitat... more »
MAY REVISE LAO’s Office: THE 2012-13 BUDGET: OVERVIEW OF THE MAY REVISION 4LAKids
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: LAO’s Office: THE 2012-13 BUDGET: OVERVIEW OF THE MAY REVISION: LAO’s Office: THE 2012-13 BUDGET: OVERVIEW OF THE MAY REVISION [image: image] CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE HTTP://1.USA.GOV/KKZIUCMay 18, 2012 :: In the May Revision of his 2012-13 budget proposal, the Governor identified a larger budget problem of $15.7 billion for state leaders to address in the coming weeks. While we find that the administration's economic and revenue forecasts are reasonable, we are concerned that the amount of property tax revenues from f... more »
How the Conservative Worldview Quashes Critical Thinking -- and What That Means For Our Kids' Future | | AlterNet
How the Conservative Worldview Quashes Critical Thinking -- and What That Means For Our Kids' Future | | AlterNet: How the Conservative Worldview Quashes Critical Thinking -- and What That Means For Our Kids' Future The education of our children is a core cultural and political choice that reflects the deepest differences between liberals and conservatives. The Conservative War On Education continues apace, with charters blooming everywhere, high-stakes testing cementing its grip on classrooms, and legislators and pundits wondering what we need those stupid liberal arts colleges fo... more »
ACLU questions Poway school's iPad program | UTSanDiego.com
ACLU questions Poway school's iPad program | UTSanDiego.com: ACLU questions Poway school's iPad program Con Academy Browse Con Academy library of over 3,100 educational videos... [image: U.S. Department of Education and Federal Student Aid logo (Start Here. Go Further.)] A Poway elementary school’s drive to equip fourth and fifth graders with iPads — mostly at their expense — is being called into question by the American Civil Liberties Union. The state Constitution guarantees a free public education, and the ACLU says in a letter to the district that the effort at Tierra Bonita... more »
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: I'm Larry Ferlazzo and here you will catch me talking about websites that will help you teach ELL, ESL and EFL! Mayor Bloomberg Insults Parents — Again Larry Ferlazzo at Engaging Parents In School... - 21 hours ago New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is in the news for once again insulting parents (you can read about his multiple previous efforts at New York City Mayor Insults Parents — Again). I learned about Boomberg’s newest comments from blogger Walt Gardner, with whom I usually agree. Not this time, tho... more »
Big Education Ape 2nd Banana 5-19-12 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #soschat #p2 #1u
*Big Education Ape 2nd Banana Recap of Last Week's Best Post * SES IS A MESS: Scientology Tutoring Service Approved By Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 9 hours ago By MELANIE ALNWICK @ FoxNews WASHINGTON - Federal law says that failing public schools have to provide free tutoring service to students. It is called Supplemental Educational Services (SES). Concerned parents contacted FOX 5 about one of the groups approved for tutoring by D.C.'s Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) - a group that has connections to the founder of ... more »
Big Education Ape Nite Cap UPDATE 5-23-12 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
*UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE* If I have to take one more of these frigging standardized test, I think my head will explode! *GO TO * *National Resolution on High-Stakes Testing* "Hey hey. Ho ho. Rahm Emanuel has got to go! by Mike Klonsky Thousands of CTU members march up Michigan Avenue to CPS Headquarters after a rally at the Auditorium Theatre. | Scott Stewart~Chicago Sun-Times.That was the thunderous sound of 5,000 red-clad Chicago union teachers marching past CPS headquarters at Adams & Clark. Just when Rahm thought is was safe to come out of his office after last weekend's N... more »
Big Education Ape Nite Cap UPDATE 5-22-12 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
*UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE* If I have to take one more of these frigging standardized test, I think my head will explode! *GO TO * *National Resolution on High-Stakes Testing* College Is No Guarantee of Success by Duke Professional blind squirrel Campbell Brown finds a nut: Hardly reassuring words when you look at the reality. According to the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, about 53.6 percent of men and women under the age of 25 who hold bachelor’s degrees were jobless or underemployed last year, the most in at least 11 years. According to the Pew... more »
Rheecent Rheevolting Revelation about Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee RheeFirst!
RheeFirst!: DC’s NCLB waiver bid stalled by Ed Dept. concerns admin at RheeFirst! - 2 minutes ago *The problems raised by the USDOE precedes Rhee's tenure. But she and her corporate reform agenda did nothing to fix them.* "It turns out that the U.S. Department of Education has quite a few issues with the District’s application for relief from No Child Left Behind. The problems start with two chronic concerns: The city’s poor record of handling and accounting for federal grants, and its difficulties staying in compliance with special education laws." DC students ranked last in the na... more »
WHY DIDN'T LAUSD'S EX-SUPERINTENDENT CORTINES SEXUALLY HARASS ME? - Perdaily.com
(Mensaje se repite en Español)
(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)
As I patiently wait for my court date before the Office of Administrative Hearings that is presently set for September 10, 2012, two years and seven months after I was removed from my class on bogus charges, I lament the fact that ex-Los Angeles Unified School District
(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)
As I patiently wait for my court date before the Office of Administrative Hearings that is presently set for September 10, 2012, two years and seven months after I was removed from my class on bogus charges, I lament the fact that ex-Los Angeles Unified School District
LAUSD document: Ex-LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines admits affair but denies allegation of sexual harassment - LA Daily News
LAUSD document: Ex-LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines admits affair but denies allegation of sexual harassment - LA Daily News: LAUSD document: Ex-LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines admits affair but denies allegation of sexual harassment Daily News Posted: 05/24/2012 09:35:51 AM PDT Updated: 05/24/2012 10:07:52 AM PDT LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines, seen in a file photo, admits to an affair but denies allegations of sexual harassment made in a lawsuit that the district settled for $200,000. (Dean Musgrove/Staff Photographer) In this official statement from the Los Angele... more »
Tyler Clementi left Facebook status 'Jumping off gw bridge sorry' after Rutgers dorm sex hidden video | NJ.com
View full sizeTyler Clementi apparently posted a Facebook status saying "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry," after his roommate Dharun Ravi and his friend Molly Wei allegedly broadcast a sexual encounter between Clementi and another man. A Facebook tribute page to Clementi, pictured above, h
PISCATAWAY -- Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers University freshman who was allegedly had a sex encounter broadcast via a hidden video by his roommate Dharun Ravi and his friend Molly Wei, changed his Facebook status to "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry" on Sept. 22.
Clementi's car, cell phone and computer were found near the George Washington Bridge and his wallet was found on a bridge walkway, police have said. His body has not been found, but
SES IS A MESS: Scientology Tutoring Service Approved By Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee
By MELANIE ALNWICK @ FoxNews WASHINGTON - Federal law says that failing public schools have to provide free tutoring service to students. It is called Supplemental Educational Services (SES). Concerned parents contacted FOX 5 about one of the groups approved for tutoring by D.C.'s Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) - a group that has connections to the founder of the Church of Scientology. Applied Scholastics International is one of 29 tutoring services listed in the Title I Supplemental Educational Services Guide. Parents of students in failing D.C. public s... more »
Mitt Romney’s education plan Infographic
Another scandal – charter propaganda on the test « Parents Across America
Another scandal – charter propaganda on the test « Parents Across America: Another scandal – charter propaganda on the test by pureparents Today, with some help from me, Chicago Sun-Times education reporter Rosalind Rossiexposes yet another standardized testing scandal, this one on a Scantron test that was used several times in the Chicago Public Schools as part of an interim, or benchmark, reading assessment. Scantron is a national standardized test that CPS has been using for a couple of years as a computerized replacement for the quarterly Learning First and Benchmark Assessment... more »
Florida’s Standardized Testing Disaster – “Education Reform” At Its Worst - Wait, What?
Florida’s Standardized Testing Disaster – “Education Reform” At Its Worst - Wait, What?: Florida’s Standardized Testing Disaster – “Education Reform” At Its Worst from Wait, What? by jonpelto Like the car accident that you can’t take your eyes off of, the incredible standardized test debacle that is playing itself out in Florida is a stunning lesson about how out of control the “education reformers” have become. Their mantra there, as it is here in Connecticut, is that standardized testing is the only way to force teachers to teach and children to learn. Most importantly, they cl... more »
Charter Schools Exacerbate ethnic, racial and class divisions while feeding into a politics of public metldown,deracination and alienation | Dailycensored.com
Charter Schools Exacerbate ethnic, racial and class divisions while feeding into a politics of public metldown,deracination and alienation | Dailycensored.com: Charter Schools Exacerbate ethnic, racial and class divisions while feeding into a politics of public metldown,deracination and alienation by Danny Weil [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] In 2009 I posted this article understanding that charter schools would have the pernicious effect of using identity, religious tribalism, race, class and gender to cement the popularity of the publicly subsidized an... more »
What Is Campbell’s Law? « Diane Ravitch's blog
The Charlie Rose Show: Reflections « Diane Ravitch's blog
The Charlie Rose Show: Reflections « Diane Ravitch's blog: The Charlie Rose Show: Reflections by dianerav [image: The Charlie Rose Show tv show photo] I was on the Charlie Rose show last night. I was very excited to be there. Over the past two years, as the debate about education has gotten more and more heated, I have had many opportunities to express my views on the radio, especially on NPR, but not so many opportunities on television. I represent “the other side” in a very one-sided debate. I support public education; I respect the education profession; I oppose privatization an... more »
"NYSUT activists call for privacy for teachers evaluations." May 21, 2012. NYSUT: A Union of Professionals. www.nysut.org
"NYSUT activists call for privacy for teachers evaluations." May 21, 2012. NYSUT: A Union of Professionals. www.nysut.org: NYSUT activists call for privacy for teachers evaluations NYSUT Media Relations - May 21, 2012 [image: Cartoon by John Jonik] ALBANY, N.Y. May 21, 2012 - Hundreds of grassroots lobbyists from New York State United Teachers will vigorously press lawmakers Tuesday to enact legislation protecting the privacy rights of teachers by shielding their evaluations from exploitation by the public and news media. "This is an opportunity for legislators and the Governor... more »
Is the Seattle School Board dysfunctional? U.S. Chamber of Commerce thinks so | Local News | The Seattle Times
Is the Seattle School Board dysfunctional? U.S. Chamber of Commerce thinks so | Local News | The Seattle Times: Is the Seattle School Board dysfunctional? U.S. Chamber of Commerce thinks so *Top Corporations Aid U.S. Chamber of Commerce Campaign - NYTimes.com * According to a report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Seattle School Board suffers from churn and conflict, a poor relationship with the superintendent and what one unnamed observer called "micromanagement on steroids." Officials here dispute the findings. By Brian M. Rosenthal Seattle Times education reporter RELATE... more »
Scholar critical of value added method speaking to LA teachers | 89.3 KPCC
Scholar critical of value added method speaking to LA teachers | 89.3 KPCC: Scholar critical of value added method speaking to LA teachers 9:13 a.m. | By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez 1 [image: scantron standardized test] timlewisnm/Flickr Creative Commons State education officials are worried about the hundreds of photos of standardized tests – sometimes with answers – that have begun to appear on social networking sites. A talk on whether to factor student test scores into teachers’ performance evaluations is taking place on Monday afternoon. L.A. Unified’s teachers union is sponsoring a t... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Using the "Negative" Trick
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Using the "Negative" Trick: Using the "Negative" Trick by Melissa Westbrook I wanted to follow-up on Charlie's thread about negativism(so skip this if you are not interested but please don't bother to comment that...you're not interested). I've heard this rap before about me or Charlie or the blog. As you can see, we are not likely to change much. We are guided by our own experiences, both as parents in the district and as activists. We are just a lot more clear-eyed and maybe jaded than most of you. That's important to understand. We've bee... more »
An Urban Teacher's Education: GO WATCH THIS IMMEDIATELY!!!!
An Urban Teacher's Education: GO WATCH THIS IMMEDIATELY!!!!: GO WATCH THIS IMMEDIATELY!!!! Last July, I had the privilege to attend a session led by Curtis Acosta (one of the teachers of the ethnic studies program recently banned by the Tucson Unified School District) at the SOS conference in DC. I noted it as the highlight of my conference experience. In the session, participants had the opportunity to view a documentary on the ethnic studies program called Precious Knowledge. I am ecstatic that everyone can now go watch the documentary for free until June 7. I've embedded it belo... more »
Yuck: US DOE Supports For-profit Entrepreneurs « Diane Ravitch's blog
Yuck: US DOE Supports For-profit Entrepreneurs « Diane Ravitch's blog: Yuck: US DOE Supports For-profit Entrepreneurs by dianerav Yesterday I engaged in an unexpected exchange on Twitter with Justin Hamilton, who is press secretary to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. It started after I retweeted a blog by master-teacher Nancy Flanagan. Nancy’s blog took issue with a listing of the up-and-coming stars of American education, which focused heavily on the entrepreneurial sector and forgot teachers. Nancy listed some of the outspoken teachers who are emerging stars in the profession... more »
Enter the New Dallas Superintendent « Diane Ravitch's blog
Enter the New Dallas Superintendent « Diane Ravitch's blog: Enter the New Dallas Superintendent by dianerav "Road to Broad" Explore Superintendent Mike Miles' 'Destination 2020,' his ambitious plan to Jack Public Education The new superintendent of the Dallas public schools, Mike Miles, is off to a rousing start. He is a military man, and he thinks in terms of organizational goals, the mission, the beliefs. The story about Miles’ plan appears in the Dallas Morning News behind a paywall, so I can’t link to it. But here are the essentials: Like his predecessors, Miles has a long list... more »
Superheros, Superegos, and Student Discipline | Connected Principals
Superheros, Superegos, and Student Discipline | Connected Principals: Superheros, Superegos, and Student Discipline by jdelp cc flickr photo by brettjordan How we treat our best students shows our aspirations; how we treat our most challenging students shows our values. ~ Mendler and Curwin This past Friday, an incident occurred at school that had me seeing red. While supervising in the cafeteria during the lunch period, I was asked by our one of our cafeteria staff members to address a group of boys who had been leaving trash on their table, and arguing with one of our lunchroom... more »
Louisiana Educator: Efforts to Produce Rational Education Reform
Louisiana Educator: Efforts to Produce Rational Education Reform: Efforts to Produce Rational Education Reform by Michael Deshotels Senator Ben Nevers, a long time supporter of public schools and teacher rights attempted last week to restore sanity to one component of education reform in Louisiana. Unfortunately his efforts were overwhelmed by the big business lobby. Senate Bill 650 by Nevers was supported by the Louisiana Association of Educators and would have substituted multiple measures of student achievement (instead of the scores on one standardized test) for the quantitat... more »
MAY REVISE LAO’s Office: THE 2012-13 BUDGET: OVERVIEW OF THE MAY REVISION 4LAKids
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: LAO’s Office: THE 2012-13 BUDGET: OVERVIEW OF THE MAY REVISION: LAO’s Office: THE 2012-13 BUDGET: OVERVIEW OF THE MAY REVISION [image: image] CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE HTTP://1.USA.GOV/KKZIUCMay 18, 2012 :: In the May Revision of his 2012-13 budget proposal, the Governor identified a larger budget problem of $15.7 billion for state leaders to address in the coming weeks. While we find that the administration's economic and revenue forecasts are reasonable, we are concerned that the amount of property tax revenues from f... more »
How the Conservative Worldview Quashes Critical Thinking -- and What That Means For Our Kids' Future | | AlterNet
How the Conservative Worldview Quashes Critical Thinking -- and What That Means For Our Kids' Future | | AlterNet: How the Conservative Worldview Quashes Critical Thinking -- and What That Means For Our Kids' Future The education of our children is a core cultural and political choice that reflects the deepest differences between liberals and conservatives. The Conservative War On Education continues apace, with charters blooming everywhere, high-stakes testing cementing its grip on classrooms, and legislators and pundits wondering what we need those stupid liberal arts colleges fo... more »
ACLU questions Poway school's iPad program | UTSanDiego.com
ACLU questions Poway school's iPad program | UTSanDiego.com: ACLU questions Poway school's iPad program Con Academy Browse Con Academy library of over 3,100 educational videos... [image: U.S. Department of Education and Federal Student Aid logo (Start Here. Go Further.)] A Poway elementary school’s drive to equip fourth and fifth graders with iPads — mostly at their expense — is being called into question by the American Civil Liberties Union. The state Constitution guarantees a free public education, and the ACLU says in a letter to the district that the effort at Tierra Bonita... more »
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: I'm Larry Ferlazzo and here you will catch me talking about websites that will help you teach ELL, ESL and EFL! Mayor Bloomberg Insults Parents — Again Larry Ferlazzo at Engaging Parents In School... - 21 hours ago New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is in the news for once again insulting parents (you can read about his multiple previous efforts at New York City Mayor Insults Parents — Again). I learned about Boomberg’s newest comments from blogger Walt Gardner, with whom I usually agree. Not this time, tho... more »
Big Education Ape 2nd Banana 5-19-12 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #soschat #p2 #1u
*Big Education Ape 2nd Banana Recap of Last Week's Best Post * SES IS A MESS: Scientology Tutoring Service Approved By Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 9 hours ago By MELANIE ALNWICK @ FoxNews WASHINGTON - Federal law says that failing public schools have to provide free tutoring service to students. It is called Supplemental Educational Services (SES). Concerned parents contacted FOX 5 about one of the groups approved for tutoring by D.C.'s Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) - a group that has connections to the founder of ... more »
Big Education Ape Nite Cap UPDATE 5-23-12 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
*UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE* If I have to take one more of these frigging standardized test, I think my head will explode! *GO TO * *National Resolution on High-Stakes Testing* "Hey hey. Ho ho. Rahm Emanuel has got to go! by Mike Klonsky Thousands of CTU members march up Michigan Avenue to CPS Headquarters after a rally at the Auditorium Theatre. | Scott Stewart~Chicago Sun-Times.That was the thunderous sound of 5,000 red-clad Chicago union teachers marching past CPS headquarters at Adams & Clark. Just when Rahm thought is was safe to come out of his office after last weekend's N... more »
Big Education Ape Nite Cap UPDATE 5-22-12 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
*UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE* If I have to take one more of these frigging standardized test, I think my head will explode! *GO TO * *National Resolution on High-Stakes Testing* College Is No Guarantee of Success by Duke Professional blind squirrel Campbell Brown finds a nut: Hardly reassuring words when you look at the reality. According to the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, about 53.6 percent of men and women under the age of 25 who hold bachelor’s degrees were jobless or underemployed last year, the most in at least 11 years. According to the Pew... more »