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Respecting Moms on Mother’s Day « MomsRising Blog
Respecting Moms on Mother’s Day « MomsRising Blog: [image: ACLU] Respecting Moms on Mother’s DayPosted May 13th, 2012 by ACLU *By Tiseme Gabriella Zegeye, ACLU Women’s Rights Project* The current presidential campaign has brought attention to the "war on women" and the "war on moms," with both Republicans and Democrats speaking out on the need to recognize and value the work mothers do in raising their children. Attention to this question is long overdue, and it is critical that we evaluate why our society has devalued the unpaid domestic labor women perform. However, what is missing... more »
School Tech Connect: Wall Street Has Spoken
School Tech Connect: Wall Street Has Spoken: Wall Street Has Spoken by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) This blogging is a full-time commitment, isn't it? Going to try to get back to it today---- I see from the email traffic that they're going to ram a pension bill through the legislature as early as next week. I have no doubt it will succeed. Evidently the state is about to be double downgraded by the gatekeepers of the 1%, and that scenario will make it difficult to keep the doors open across the state. Evidently the thinking is that even an unconstitutional maneuver will buy s... more »
Tim Slekar: Pennsylvania Schools get the Shock Treatment - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Tim Slekar: Pennsylvania Schools get the Shock Treatment - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Tim Slekar: Pennsylvania Schools get the Shock Treatment by Anthony Cody [image: PINEAPPLE REBELLION 2012 (click picture)] *Guest post by Tim Slekar.* About a year ago I published a blog that detailed how Pennsylvania governor, Tom Corbett, was using the shock doctrine to dupe the citizens of Pennsylvania into believing that a $1 Billion dollar cut to public education was necessary to help with the state's budget deficit. I quickly pointed out that these cuts would actually weak... more »
Daily Kos: I Don't Need Standards To Teach, I Need Students
Daily Kos: I Don't Need Standards To Teach, I Need Students: I Don't Need Standards To Teach, I Need Students byplthomasEdDFollow Share2 PERMALINK1 COMMENT Just days ago, I completed my twenty-eighth year as a teacher—eighteen as a high school teacher of English followed by ten years as a professor of education. And I am excited about the coming semesters because, as I have felt every year of my teaching life, I know I failed in some ways this past academic year and I am confident I will be better in my next opportunities to teach. As a teacher, I am far from finished—and I never ... more »
Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky
Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky: Sunday links. by Fred Klonsky *My mom. Helen Klonsky. 1916-1977. Feminist, socialist and peace activist. As a mom she hated racists, toy guns, coloring books (too restrictive), and white bread.* *The word is that the pension killing bill will finally be introduced in the Illinois legislature this week.* For information on the developments and phone numbers, legislative email addresses, background, talking points and actions: We Are One, IEA, IFT, Glen Brown, and me. *Keep track of Kyle Olson and the Education Action Group* at the relaunched EAG Truth... more »
Report: Charters outspend public schools - San Antonio Express-News
Report: Charters outspend public schools - San Antonio Express-News: Report: Charters outspend public schoolsBy Maria Luisa CesarUpdated 09:32 p.m., Saturday, May 12, 2012 [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] 0 inShare Comments (0)Larger | SmallerPrintable VersionEmail This Font Recent Headlines - Funeral set for child who died after alleged abuse - Wreck sends three to hospital - Lubbock Mayor Martin unseated - Bond propositions pass easily - A formal affair at Morgan's Wonderland A recently released report comparing per-student spending found ... more »
Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee continues to push Payola
Sarah Longwell: Want to appreciate teachers? Reward them with merit pay - Press-Telegram: Sarah Longwell: Want to appreciate teachers? Reward them with merit pay By Sarah Longwell Posted: 05/13/2012 12:00:00 AM PDT MANY Americans celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week last week with ceremonies and accolades for our many outstanding educators. In fact, most teachers are great - richly deserving not only of our praise but of compensation commensurate with their skills. Unfortunately, teachers unions are holding them back, paying them according to tenure, not ability, in the name of ... more »
Renowned scholar Diane Ravitch takes on public education 'reformers' | newjerseynewsroom.com
Renowned scholar Diane Ravitch takes on public education 'reformers' | newjerseynewsroom.com: Renowned scholar Diane Ravitch takes on public education 'reformers' SUNDAY, 13 MAY 2012 09:00 Page 1 of 2 [image: ravitchDiane_051212_opt]BY PAT SUMMERSNEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM If the growing groundswell against the country’s so-called “education reformers” has a philosophical leader, it is Dr. Diane Ravitch, a gray-haired, soft-spoken and mightily armed education historian and author. Earlier this week in New Brunswick, Ravitch — now research professor of education at NYU and author most rece... more »
Trayvon's Mom and My Mom on Protecting Their Kids (Video) | MyFDL
Trayvon's Mom and My Mom on Protecting Their Kids (Video) | MyFDL: Trayvon’s Mom and My Mom on Protecting Their Kids (Video) by spocko [image: Sybrina Fulton Trayvon Mom Video screen grab] My mom died this month last year. This will be my first Mother’s Day without her. When I was a little Vulcan going off to school my mother’s last words were always, “Watch out for the cars!” I could see cars and avoid them if I was watching and paying attention. I wonder what the last words Sybrina Fulton said to Travyon? What could she have said? “Watch out for concealed weapons?” Below is a video... more »
Daily Kos: A non-lawyer looks at DOMA
Daily Kos: A non-lawyer looks at DOMA: A non-lawyer looks at DOMA by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) The Defense of Marriage Act was hastily enacted in 1996, and signed by President Bill Clinton. The occasion for its hasty enactment was an opinion by the Supreme Court of Hawai'i that they were not sure one could refuse to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple under the Hawai'i Constitution. While ultimately that court decided such license issuance was not required, by then the Congress had enacted overwhelmingly the legislation introduced by Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia. Here... more »
Of Education, Learning, School and the School of Life « Cooperative Catalyst
Of Education, Learning, School and the School of Life « Cooperative Catalyst: Of Education, Learning, School and the School of Life by Brent Snavely After spending (much too much) time with the written words of such ilk as Plato, William James, C.S. Lewis, Focault, Derrida and others, I decided to attend a one and one-half week seminar at an ‘alternative ed’ school — I went camping with the Indians. They have been running their school for many generations. In a manner that parallels, but is not identical to the education-system-today-in-the-West they are thankful for those who mai... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: More Pushback from Around the Country
Seattle Schools Community Forum: More Pushback from Around the Country: More Pushback from Around the Country by Melissa Westbrook Do you hear that sound echoing across the country? It's the sound of parents saying "Enough." And it is spreading throughout the country and I believe if parents stay strong and united, it will defeat this tide of ed reform and testing craziness that is really the problem with making strong academic outcomes for all students. - In *Missouri*, from the Fired Up! website, a story of Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst group trying to create "grassroots"... more »
The Story of Jamie - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post - A Professional Networking Community for Educators
The Story of Jamie - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post - A Professional Networking Community for Educators: The Story of Jamie As the Information Age continues to unfold, educators at all levels are faced with several competing factors in promoting teacher efficacy and student achievement: brain research, instructional technology and the move towards state and national standards. Because these interests come from very different groups of stakeholders, educators often make the mistake of assuming that competing interests can not also be compatible. After all, if the... more »
The Innovative Educator: Dropping Out was a Great Idea
The Innovative Educator: Dropping Out was a Great Idea: Dropping Out was a Great Idea by noreply@blogger.com (Lisa Nielsen) *Editor's Note: I had the extreme pleasure of joining the author of this post, Nicholas Perez, as a guest on Paul Allison's Teachers Teaching Teachers. In the episode we discussed who drops out and why. I was invited on the show as author of the Teen's Guide to Opting Out of School for Success. Nick was invited because he was a teen who opted out of school to find success. I LOVED what Nick had to say and asked him to please consider sharing his story as I kno... more »
NYC Educator: Exported from NYC to Louisiana
NYC Educator: Exported from NYC to Louisiana: Exported from NYC to Louisiana by NYC
Big Education Ape Nite Cap 5-12-12 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
James Baldwin said it best:
"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."
A Big Education Ape Nite Cap
