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MAGA ATTACKS on Teachers and Schools
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*Show your solidarity with teachers in the face of Republican attacks on
public education!*
This week, the Utah Education Association, the state's larg...
2 hours ago
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Teacher Vinny Corletta's comments on how DOE's class size "plan" is so weak
it cannot be even called "ineffective"
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*Last night's class size hearings were held for the borough of Queens.
There were many passionate cparents and teachers who spoke about the
profound im...
6 hours ago
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Report on the Condition of Education 2024
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Today, NCES released the *Report on the Condition of Education 2024*, which
reports on the state of education in the United States, from
prekindergart...
8 hours ago
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First Staff Meeting for Well-Resourced/Closed Schools Underattended
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I heard from a source that the first of five STAFF meetings on the
well-resourced/closed schools plan was woefully underattended - just 15
people. Sarah...
9 hours ago
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Parents Defending Education Goes Anti-Immigrant
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Parents Defending Education is primo astroturf, a group of seasoned
political communications professionals with the usual connections and deep
pocketed bac...
10 hours ago
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Ohio roll call vote will kill the 'big moment' at the DNC.
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But everyone knew that Biden has a lock on the nomination from the jump.
10 hours ago
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The U.S. is escalating its role in Ukraine war.
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There are nearly 3.7 million internally displaced people in Ukraine (as of
February 2024). Nearly 6.5 million refugees from Ukraine have been recorded
glob...
12 hours ago
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Register Now for NPE’s 2025 National Conference in Columbus, Ohio
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It’s never too soon to reserve a spot at the next annual conference of the
Network for public Education! The conference will bring together champions
of pu...
12 hours ago
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A Semi-Elderly Teacher’s Reflection on the Digital World and Education
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So—I’m a retired teacher, with more than three and a half decades of
classroom practice under my belt. Supposedly, I should be sitting at home,
enjoying su...
14 hours ago
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America's Best Mom
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"The real world consequences of imaginary dangers -- that's what I'm trying
to fight."
Lenore Skenazy, founder of the Free Range Kids movement and Let ...
14 hours ago
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Deinfluencing Reading Policy
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[Header Photo by Diggity Marketing on Unsplash] My partner and I were
discussing this YouTube video by Nick Lewis, who explains in the beginning
how social...
14 hours ago
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Well Funded Public Schools Are Not the Priority of Ohio’s
Super-Gerrymandered, Supermajority Republican Legislature
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On Tuesday, the Ohio Capital Journal‘s Susan Tebben reported: “Ohio House
Democrats have laid out a plethora of bills targeting the education system
in the...
16 hours ago
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New Report on Community Schools, the De Vos War on Public Education and More
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From the East Coast to the West, community schools are forging new bonds
among families, schools, and community-based services to revitalize
neighborhood...
20 hours ago
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President Joe Biden in Contrast to trump
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The defense and the prosecution [yesterday] made their closing statements
in the New York criminal case against Trump for falsifying business records
...
1 day ago
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Cartoons about Blaming Others: An American Tradition
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Republicans and Democrats blame one another for any impasse in the U.S.
Congress or attribute their errors to Presidents. And previous posts have
dealt wit...
1 day ago
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Check out CSM & AQE budget demands!
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Our one-page demands for the city budget, co-signed by AQE, are posted here
and below – to prevent school budget cuts and larger classes next year and
the...
1 day ago
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Reports Show How Phonics Crowds Out Quality Reading Like Picture Books
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In 2023, Science of Reading (SoR) supporters were offended by The Science
of Reading and the Rejection of Picture Books. At that time, I included
reports...
1 day ago
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EPISODE #100
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Episode #100: The Real Dragon with Stanley Howard
1 day ago
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No Lie!
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In reply to:To be clear, are you really claiming that NLT is building a
TopGolf in Rock Creek? Because that’s not just misleading, it’s blatantly
false. I ...
3 days ago
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May’s Parent Engagement Resources
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How These District Leaders Turned Family Engagement on Its Head is from Ed
Week. Why This District Meets Parents at Home is from Ed Week.
DOWNLOADABLE: Bes...
4 days ago
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A Conversation on the Science of Reading
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By Thomas Ultican 5/27/2024 Two eminent professors of instruction and
literacy teamed up to write “Fact-Checking the Science of Reading.” P David
Pearson o...
4 days ago
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A Look Back: We Teachers Are Not Alright & Here Are Some Ideas For Making
Things Better
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(I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one
appeared in 2023. You can see them all here) I sent this tweet a couple
of days a...
4 days ago
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Another School Year in the Books
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“I’d never been one to give up on lost causes, maybe because I was one
myself.” ― Abir Mukherjee, Smoke and Ashes It’s official. As of
yesterday, I am th...
6 days ago
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The Envelope, Please
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The School Board chose Dr. Bernier. No need for a spoiler alert, the news
is all over the city of Jacksonville and dominating everyone’s attention,
includi...
1 week ago
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Evidence That KIPP Is Still Abusing Students
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For the past few years, we have been hearing more rhetoric from KIPP, Inc.
about how KIPP has turned a page from the No Excuses cultural sterilization
er...
1 week ago
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Was the Southern Group/Henry Mack "railroad" of Florida Poly and NWFSC just
too obvious and too thirsty?
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Pro tip: Don't use your public position to openly troll business for a
"major league" lobbying firm's new education business. And don't write it
all down i...
1 week ago
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They’re Still Not Like Us (Math and Our Values)
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In 2015, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal invited me to discuss education reform
and my book, This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, ...
Read Mor...
1 week ago
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SPI Supports Safe, Supportive Learning Environment
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State Superintendent Tony Thurmond joins legislators and LGBTQ+ advocates
to support legislation for safe and supportive learning environments for
all stud...
1 week ago
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Feeding La. Gov Landry’s Universal School Voucher GATOR
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Louisiana governor Jeff Landry wants to expand school vouchers in the
state. On May 16, 2024, Landry attended two town halls (both at private
schools) to p...
1 week ago
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The UFT Retiree Election and “Unusual Activity”
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Gmail stopped updating. Why? "Unusual activity." I sent so many emails
about the UFT Retired Teachers Chapter election, that I triggered some
algorithm.
1 week ago
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¿Qué futuro elegirás tú?
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Esta semana estuve llena de orgullo al unirme a nuestros aliados en el
Caucus Progresista del Congreso (CPC) para presentar su nueva Agenda de
Propuestas P...
1 week ago
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Should The Success Academy SPRINT Program Be Investigated?
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About four months ago I received an unusual DM in my Twitter account.
Though over the years several different Success Academy parents have
reached out to m...
2 weeks ago
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MICHAEL COHEN AND DONALD TRUMP - DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP
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*MICHAEL COHEN AND DONALD TRUMP*
*DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP*
*Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap*
*If you got a lady and you want her gone*
*B...
2 weeks ago
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Appreciating Teachers
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As another ‘Teacher Appreciation Week’ comes to a close, let’s ask whether
classroom teaching is truly a profession. Perhaps it’s a calling. Or maybe
it’s ...
2 weeks ago
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GYO and Matt Damon’s Mom
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I hope this message finds you well. I am thrilled to share some exciting
news about our Western Michigan University Grow Your Own (GYO) program,
which is g...
3 weeks ago
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No more student data sales by College Board/ACT!
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Here is the presentation we gave to parents from many states throughout the
nation, with tips on how to ensure their children’s data is not sold by the
Col...
3 weeks ago
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FINDING AND BUILDING COMMUNITY
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AI Requires Entirely Different Communities (Part 7 of 7) A few years ago, I
created the Facebook site, Education For Their Future Not Our Past. I was
aware...
4 weeks ago
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What Country Has The Longest School Day? A Comprehensive Guide
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In today’s fast-paced world, education plays a crucial role in shaping the
future of individuals and nations...
5 weeks ago
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Bibliography for History Posts on This Blog
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I remember when school reformers insisted the biggest problem
in education was that teachers didn't come from the best colleges.
Bibliography
VER...
1 month ago
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Focused: Understanding, Negotiating, and Maximizing Your Influence as a
School Leader
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INTRODUCTION Focus, focus, and focus! Focus is what this book is about.
Here we aim to help school leaders understand what they should focus on and
why. We...
2 months ago
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March 5, 2024: The time for delay has passed
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It is time to open the ballot sitting on my kitchen counter. Only, the more
I learn of politics, the…
The post March 5, 2024: The time for delay has pass...
2 months ago
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A Change of Plans
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Last September, in a piece titled Where We Expect To Retire, I informed
folks that we were planning to move to Kendal Crosslands Communities, the
Crossla...
3 months ago
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Dr. Kriznar explains why birthday parties and so much more are now on the
chopping block.
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I am kind of grosseed out at her explanation so I am not going to comment
now, but I wanted anyone interested to see it.
This is her responce after I wr...
3 months ago
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Wisdom from the Sage of Mount Vernon
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Words of wisdom appropriate to our time. …from George Washington, America’s
first President, on President’s Day. (Edited and updated from a previous
post) ...
3 months ago
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Book Review: “The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good
Billionaire”
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By Anthony Cody What impact has Bill Gates had on the world since he
launched the most wealthy tax-exempt foundation in the world? We finally
have a book t...
3 months ago
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We are making a CPESS documentary!
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In 2020, I was approached by Deborah Meier and Jane Andrais and I decided
we should document the story of Central Park East Secondary School (CPESS).
This ...
3 months ago
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Radical Eyes for Equity: Media Misreads Reading Science (Again)
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Radical Eyes for Equity: Media Misreads Reading Science (Again)
For more than five years, mainstream media has been obsessed with two false
but compelling...
4 months ago
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From Asa to A. Phillip: Nothing But a ‘Sigma’ Man by Mark Anthony Neal
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Richard Avedon, *A. Philip Randolph, Founder, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters, New York City, April 8, 1976*
*From Asa to A. Phillip: Nothing But a...
4 months ago
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2023 In Review And What’s To Come In 2024
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2023 is almost complete and it was a busy, challenging, rewarding, and fun
year. The news of the world was sometimes too much to watch. Countries were
dest...
4 months ago
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Could This Be Gadfly’s End? Top 12 Articles From 2023 Read By Fewer Than
Ever
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After 9 years of pounding my head against the wall - well, it seems like
the wall is winning.
5 months ago
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Volunteer in 2024
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Be the change, volunteer and make the difference! Let’s face it, the world
is in turmoil, and divisive politics in our country is threatening our
democracy...
5 months ago
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Israel’s War on Gaza Is Also a War on History and Education
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Israel's war on Gaza is also a war on children--and just like the attempts
to ban discussion of race and gender in U.S. classrooms, Israel aims to
censor h...
5 months ago
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The Sky is Falling, or is it?
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Well, this is the first anniversary of the introduction of Generative AI in
the form of ChatGPT to the world of education. Before it was a week old,
over o...
6 months ago
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Redesigning School Governance: Beyond Mayoral Control
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From time to time the legislature passes a bill with a sunset provision,
unless the law is reauthorized by a specific date the law reverts to the
law it re...
7 months ago
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20 Best Mph Programs In New York, NY (2023 Updated)
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20 Best Mph Programs In New York, NY 1. Pace University Rating: (4.2 )
Address: One Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038...
The post 20 Best Mph Programs In...
7 months ago
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POSTPONED: Florida’s Impact on Social Studies
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POSTPONED: discussion with Florida and DC educators and advocates on the
impact of Florida's new laws
Continue reading
8 months ago
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Lying Liars of the NYC DOE
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The APPR travails continue.
When last I blogged I shared how my principal, XXXXXXXX XXXXX of PS XXX did
an end run around me. I was refused to be obser...
10 months ago
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Vote NO on the UFT Contract. Here is Why:
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The best reason to vote no on this contract is this: UFT Unity* lied* to us
in 2018. They misrepresented that contract. It was predicated on deals we
wer...
11 months ago
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Metaphors in ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech
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In this article, we will explore the powerful use of metaphors in Martin
Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” ...
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1 year ago
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All My New Writing is on Substack
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Come check it out . . . samchaltain.substack.com
1 year ago
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What ever happend to John Deasy, the Man From Gates?
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* Here's an update on Deasy from 2020*
By Thomas Ultican 7/29/2020
April 21, the Stockton Unified School District (SUSD) board accepted John
Deasy’s let...
1 year ago
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Testimony to the CPS Truancy Task Force
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I prepared testimony for one of two public hearings held by the Chicago
Public Schools Truancy Task Force, a body mandated by state legislation.
The meetin...
1 year ago
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Skin Deep
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She spends so much time on her outward appearance. There is never a hair
out of place. Her makeup is perfect and her clothes are stylish and match
to ...
1 year ago
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Tennis Memories from a Time When Racism and Anti-Semitism Still Prevailed
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I learned tennis at a public park in Brooklyn- Lincoln Terrace- where the
teaching pro was a mailman named Phil Rubell. Almost all the kids who took
lesson...
1 year ago
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There Is A Teacher Shortage.Not.
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THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. And just to be sure you understand, it’s not
that teachers don’t want to teach. It’s not that there aren’t enough
teachers cer...
1 year ago
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Reason #1 to pick Dr. Grace over Mr. Walters: The future we’ve already seen
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In 2014, Oklahoma voters corrected the mistake we made in 2010. In 2022,
let’s not make the mistake in the first place. Elect Dr. April Grace
instead. She ...
1 year ago
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*Defeating the Purpose of Education*
*Updated: May 2024*
*Most people would agree that the primary purpose of education is to
prepare children for a good a...
1 year ago
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THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. NOT!
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There is a teacher shortage.And just to be sure you understand, it's not
that teachers don't want to teach.It's not that there aren't enough
teachers certi...
1 year ago
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Abortion: Only For Those Who Need It!
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NOTE: This post contains my opinions on Catholicism based on my experiences
as a child in the 1960's and 70's. Take what you like and leave the rest. I
m...
2 years ago
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Want to know the condition of a Philly school building? New map to help.
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[image: Two students walk by a Philadelphia school building.] Aging
infrastructure has been an issue for Philadelphia schools for years. A new
interactive...
2 years ago
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Hello world!
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Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then
start writing!
The post Hello world! first appeared on Just another WordPress site.
2 years ago
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What can we learn by modeling existing variations in school spending and
outcomes? (Reprise)
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There are those in the ed reform world who would tell us that existing
public schools and districts are simply inefficient in their use of
existing funding...
2 years ago
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STREET LIFE
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My mom told me, “You should treat all people equally, but don’t bring a
“colored” into the house.” I believed …
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2 years ago
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Schools Matter: Reflecting on Green Dot’s Disastrous Locke Takeover
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*“Green Dot came and made it into more of a jail.” — Chris*
My history of opposing the Green Dot Charter School Corporation back when I
was an activist i...
2 years ago
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Book Banning Turns to Dick and Jane
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Breaking News: Dateline February 4, 2022 - Parents in Dimwitty, Alabama
have asked the Dimwitty Board of Education to ban the children's primer *Fun
with...
2 years ago
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On the Edge of Silence
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“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.
Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the
fundamen...
2 years ago
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The Howlers of History and How We Must Reclaim the Narrative
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“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is
proof against all judgments and which cannot fail to keep a man in
everlasting ignor...
2 years ago
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Have You Heard Has a New Website
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TweetHave You Heard has a new website. Visit us at
www.haveyouheardpodcast.com to find our latest episodes and our entire
archive. And be sure to check out...
2 years ago
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Follow me at Substack
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I've moved. Follow me at Substack
I'm now posting regularly at Substack. You can subscribe for free to my new
Edu/Pol blog at michaelklonsky.substack.com
...
2 years ago
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I’ve moved.
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I’m on Substack now. Five bucks a month to subscribe.
2 years ago
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On Remote Teaching and Learning In an Ongoing Pandemic
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Some recent stories I've been thinking about (all emphases mine). Tennessee:
Gov. Bill Lee’s administration is getting pushback in Memphis on new
Tenness...
2 years ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights
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The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are
being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined
to win...
2 years ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights
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The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are
being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined
to win...
2 years ago
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Aspiring Teachers Get New Help Paying For College
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[image: colorful classroom pattern]
*; Credit: shuoshu/Getty Images*
Cory Turner | NPR
New rules kick in today that will help aspiring teachers pay for c...
2 years ago
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Major victory over a corporate charter school chain and their trade
association
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Original post at Robert’s page on Medium. On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, I got
my second big win in court against a charter school corporation. It was
also a ...
3 years ago
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Tips Akses Situs Judi Qq Tanpa Perlu Takut Nawala
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Kegiatan berjudi slot melalui situs judi qq online, sekarang sudah
dilakukan oleh banyak penjudi Indonesia. Tentu, Kamu yang sedang membaca
artikel ini a...
3 years ago
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CEJ’s Virtual Mayoral Candidate Forum; Racial Justice in Public Schools
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On Thursday, February 18th, over 1,000 students, parents, educators,
community members, and activists alike, joined CEJ to hear the mayoral
candidates’ vis...
3 years ago
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GA run-offs need your help!
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Extremely important. Volunteer if you can. Thank you if you are already
doing so. Out of state opportunities here: Ralph …
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3 years ago
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Pandemic Teaching – What’s up?
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Responding to the call from Pocketful of Primary to answer questions about
how teaching during the pandemic is going.
3 years ago
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The Threat of Integration
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I have lived in the same house in the Miracle Mile section of Los Angeles
for over 30 years, where up until now I have had little or no interaction
with th...
3 years ago
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New Teacher Evaluation Report Released by the Network for Public Education
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A new report on current teacher evaluation systems throughout the US was
just released by the Network for Public Education. The report is titled,
“Teachers...
3 years ago
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www.job-applications.com
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https://www.job-applications.com/bed-bath-and-beyond-job-application/
3 years ago
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Teacher Creates National Database Tracking COVID-19 Outbreaks in Schools
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Kansas educator Alisha Morris's online coronavirus news-tracker goes viral,
now hosted on a new NEA website.
3 years ago
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School Year 2020-21: We Are Asking the Wrong Questions
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It is perfectly understandable that many in our country want public school
buildings to be open for in person instruction this year. Among the many
hardshi...
3 years ago
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Correction for July 10th Post on School District Audit
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On July 10, 2020 we published a post “School District Caught Manipulating
Attendance Records to Get More Money” which incorrectly cited Valley Park
School ...
3 years ago
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We fight for a democracy worthy of us all!
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The nation stands at a crossroads, said NEA President Lily Eskelsen García
in her final keynote address to the 2020 NEA Representative Assembly and
it’s up...
3 years ago
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Giving Private Schools Federal Emergency Funds Slated for Low-income
Students Will Shortchange At-risk Kids
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Low-income Seattle students began to pick up bagged lunches in March after
their school closed. Karen Ducey/Getty Images Derek W. Black, University of
Sout...
4 years ago
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A Fundamental Redesign of Our Schools
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I climbed the hill leading up to one of my favorite coffee shops in Seattle
this morning to enjoy a coffee while taking in a phenomenal view of the
city o...
4 years ago
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The Passing Of Chaz 1951-2020 Age 69
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I am the son of Chaz and like to inform you that he passed away this
afternoon from the COVID virus. My father passed in peace beside his loved
ones. We ar...
4 years ago
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Thoughts on schooling in the era of COVID-19
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Well, a whole lot has changed since I returned to blogging a month and half
ago. In case you didn't notice, and I'm sure everyone reading this did,
there's...
4 years ago
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What are You Going to Do when Disaster Capitalism Knocks on the
Public-School Door?
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“Schools will be closed until at least April 20, after the upcoming spring
break, but could stay closed for significantly longer, Mr. de Blasio said.”
Whe...
4 years ago
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Let The Next Round Of Anti-Semitic Ads Begin
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All four pro-public education candidates came in first in their LAUSD
school board elections, but two will face run-offs in November.
4 years ago
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NAEP scores and "the science of reading"
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*Sent to US News. They just informed me that they no longer publish
letters to the editor. *
*Re: “National reading emergency” November 12*
*[https://www...
4 years ago
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2019 NAEP Scores: Achievement Gap or …?
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Here you go: A ‘Disturbing’ Assessment: Sagging Reading Scores,
Particularly for Eighth-Graders, Headline 2019’s Disappointing NAEP Results
NAEP 2019: Re...
4 years ago
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Cara Menang Bermain Judi Bola Online
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Bermain judi bola online tentu saja memiliki kesenangannya tersendiri baik
itu mendapatkan keuntungan maupun ketika menantikan hasil skor pada sebuah
perta...
4 years ago
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What Cory Booker isn’t telling us about the Newark water crisis.
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BY GUY STERLING Guy Sterling, a longtime resident of Newark and a member of
the Newark Water Group, spent almost 30 years as reporter with The
Star-Ledger ...
4 years ago
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A Storm is Coming! (…again)
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A new Commissioner will have as much impact on our state ed system as a new
meteorologist will have on …
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4 years ago
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JerseyCAN Can't Hide From Opioids Crisis Billionaire Founder
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[image: Image result for jerseycan]
NJ Spotlight needs to stop giving space to billionaire-backed corporate
reform groups like JerseyCAN. JerseyCAN does n...
4 years ago
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Déjà vu: 2019 ELA Assessment: Dear Board of Regents
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Dear Board of Regents,
I have copied below an email I sent to you almost a year ago, after the
2018 ELA assessment's computer-based testing failures and mo...
5 years ago
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This Week in Education Organizing - February 15, 2019
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Coalition for Education Justice to Release Report on CRE
Eighty-five percent of public school students in New York City are Black,
Latinx, or Asian and y...
5 years ago
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Black Lives Matter at Schools National week of Action: Feb 4 - Feb 8
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Join the National Week of Actions for Black Lives Matter at Schools.
Starting Monday, February 4th educators in cities across the country will
draw closer...
5 years ago
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The World According to Michelle Rhee
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The men behind the curtain fashioning the brave new world of corporate run
education in America! Michelle Rhee is the founder of StudentsFirst, The
New T...
5 years ago
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13 Things I Learned While Blogging for Education Week
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This is the 500th blog I've written as the Teacher in a Strange Land, for
Education Week Teacher. As it turns out, it's also my final blog for
EdWeek. Here...
5 years ago
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Blockchain: Life on the Ledger
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Originally posted on Wrench in the Gears:
I created this video as a follow up to the one I prepared last year on
Social Impact Bonds. It is time to examine...
5 years ago
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New York Times piece on '68 Democratic Convention Protest
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‘The Whole World Is Watching’: The 1968 Democratic Convention, 50 Years
Later
On Aug. 28, 1968, violent clashes in Chicago between demonstrators and the
...
5 years ago
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My Letter to the NYS Board of Regents and Commissioner Elia Regarding ESSA
Opt Out Provisions
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commissioner@nysed.gov Regent.cashin@nysed.gov ESSARegComment@nysed.gov
Regent.Rosa@nysed.gov Regent.Reyes@nysed.gov Regent.Chin@nysed.gov
Regent.Young@n...
5 years ago
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Corruption on Top of Corruption: How Rahm’s Response to Sexual Abuse of
Students Reveals His Core Function
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Rahm Emanuel’s response to the Chicago Tribune investigation that found CPS
failed to protect hundreds of students from sexual abuse is cowardly. It
is co...
5 years ago
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New Local Businesses in Sacramento
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Starting a new local business in Sacramento is a monumental task, but can
be accomplished with footwork, perseverance and knowledge. One must learn
the loc...
6 years ago
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3rd Grade Reading: Who is Failing?
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Education Trust Midwest has just released its study on third grade reading
and, predictably, the results aren’t great. This study uniquely compares
Michiga...
6 years ago
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Why Poetry? Why Now? – a poem from Linda Christensen and an invitation
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My dear friend Dr. James Avington Miller Jr. sent me a phenomenal book on
poetry called Rhythm and Resistance – Teaching Poetry for Social Justice.
Here is...
6 years ago
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Opting out of the Dinosaur (end of year test)
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Today I sent in a second letter to refuse PARCC/CMAS for my son, Luke. The
first email I sent at the beginning of the year was not sufficient as they
requi...
6 years ago
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Resurrection
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I realized it's Lent, but this blog, bless Jesus Christ, can't wait.
Ok, so with that said, I plan to discuss Class Action suits in existence,
as well as w...
6 years ago
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Chicago Collegiate Charter School Must STOP Expansion Plans
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So I did a little digging into Chicago Collegiate Charter Schools, the
tiny school looking to expand into the empty Kohn Elementary School
building. A sch...
6 years ago
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IDEA Is Still The Law Of The Land
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you know the US Department of
Education (USDOE) rescinded 72 Dear Colleague and other letters of
explanation to ...
6 years ago
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Education Is a Civic Question
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In their final post to end Bridging Differences' decade-long run, Deborah
Meier and Harry Boyte urge readers to put the energy, talents, wisdom, and
hard w...
6 years ago
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Education reform should come from within by Wendy Lecker
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In her latest Stamford Advocate commentary piece, education advocate Wendy
Lecker observes, Education reform should come from within. Wendy Lecker
write...
6 years ago
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Site News: New Home for Education News & Commentary
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Quick! Get over there! The daily education news roundup and education
commentaries that you're probably looking for are now being published over
at The Gra...
6 years ago
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An Open Letter to NC Lawmakers
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An Open Letter to NC State Lawmakers and NC State Superintendent Mark
Johnson: I am a NC native, voter, and public school teacher. I am
addressing you all ...
6 years ago
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CANCER IS BACK AND THIS TIME IT HURTS RIGHT OFF THE BAT!
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APRIL IS STILL POETRY MONTH AND LIBRARY MONTH. MANY WONDERFUL THINGS TO
CELEBRATE.
But in the middle of the month I received some bad news about my ca...
7 years ago
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My Next Bestseller)
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My next bestseller) Prologue I just finished
watching a fascinating documentary on Netflix entitled, “The Secret”. The
film p...
7 years ago
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Farewell, Sleep
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Today is the official last day of my spring break. I've done a scientific
survey: My natural bedtime is 2 AM, and my natural wake up time is 9:41
AM. Tom...
7 years ago
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IBO REPORT: NYC Charter School Costs To Grow More Than Budgeted!
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*New York City Charter School Costs To Grow More Than Budgeted!*
Although the preliminary budget forecast of charter school enrollment is
lower than project...
7 years ago
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Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 3/2/2017
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Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 3/1/2017 Education Bloggers Daily
Highlights Courtesy of Big Education Ape A special thank you to education
blogger Mik...
7 years ago
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Attitude Determines Altitude* (*conditions apply)… and the Importance of
Humane District Themes
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It has been a tumultuous few years in the South Brunswick community,
specifically the South Brunswick School District. All you have to do is
google the dis...
7 years ago
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Capturing the Spark
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It’s been a long time since InterACT was an active education blog, though I
remain quite proud of what we did here. Those of us who wrote blog posts
here h...
7 years ago
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Prison Gerrymandering: Incarceration Weakens Vulnerable Voting Communities
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One person equals one vote: seems simple enough. Unfortunately, that hasn’t
worked out for many Americans throughout history, specifically women and
peop...
7 years ago
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Random Musings and Observations. . . .
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I’ve been gone a while from the blogging scene. Some of my more regular
readers no doubt noticed but did not hassle me about it. Thank you for
that. Sinc...
7 years ago
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Tweets by sharonoak
7 years ago
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WTU Peterson Slate: Not a 1 Woman Dictatorship
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Candi Peterson & GeLynn Thompson
Candidates for WTU Prez & GVP 2016By Candi Peterson, WTU Gen. Vice President
*Statements or expressions of opinions herein...
7 years ago
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WHY SCHOOL START TIMES PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN KIDS’ SUCCESS
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Teens are severely sleep-deprived. This needs to change. Rebecca Klein
Editor, HuffPost Education| https://t.co/zInVJoy29W evgenyatamanenko via
Getty Image...
7 years ago
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Feminism-in-Schools Featured at First International Girls’ Studies
Association Conference
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Leaders in the feminism-in-schools movement recently made history at the
inaugural International Girls’ Studies Association (IGSA) conference when
we were ...
8 years ago
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MY NEW BLOG
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My new blog will consist of fictitious headlines, meant to be a blend of
humor and satire. I apologize ahead of time if any other satirical site has
simila...
8 years ago
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Thank you
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Dear Readers,
Thank you for visiting *The Perimeter Primate*. This blog is being retired
for the time being. Although I no longer post here, I do still s...
8 years ago
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GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat
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*GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat*
*SAVE-THE-DATEMarch 8-10, 2019 • Provincetown, MA*
The GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat in Provincetown is a s...
8 years ago
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I am Retiring
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I have some news: I am retiring from the PBS NewsHour and Learning Matters.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other
conte...
8 years ago
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Flaws at the Heart of Current Education Reforms
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Originally posted on Creative by Nature:
“Teaching is an art form rooted in the wise and careful use of educational
research and assessment tools. When gove...
9 years ago
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Joanne Barkan: One of my favorite writers on #EdReform…
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I’ve been going through some of my Twitter “favorites” and retweeting them.
I thought I would pass on to you some information about one of my favorite
writ...
9 years ago
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Pay Teachers Less to Improve School Efficiency - hmmm!
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As I was reading through education news on several of the news sites I
regularly visit, I came...
9 years ago
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Kimberly Olson, Broad Superintendents Academy Class of 2005
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Kimberly D. Olson, Colonel, USAF (retired), is currently the Executive
Director of *Grace After Fire*, an online social support network for women
veteran...
13 years ago
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The MAP Test
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Teachers will be voting this afternoon on the contract that has been
tentatively agreed upon. I am asking all teachers to not allow an
evaluation system th...
13 years ago
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Big Education Ape - Morning Wink 5-14 AM Posts #soschat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS
Recovery School District grapples with discipline policies | NOLA.com: Recovery School District grapples with discipline policiesPublished: Monday, May 14, 2012, 7:30 AM Updated: Monday, May 14, 2012, 8:31 AM [image: Sarah Carr, The Times-Picayune] By Sarah Carr, The Times-Picayune Follow It started to feel like a routine: Every few weeks, the New Orleans schools would suspend Gwendolyn Lawson's niece, who is now in the ninth grade. Sometimes the offenses were serious, including physical fights the teen had instigated. But other times -- such as when the girl stormed out of ... more »
The Remaking of Philadelphia Public Schools: Privatization or Bust - COLORLINES: The Remaking of Philadelphia Public Schools: Privatization or Bust by Julianne HingShareThis | Print | Comment (5) Friday, May 11 2012, 9:19 AM ESTTags: Philadelphia, privatization, school reform 38 174 Philadelphia’s public school system is on the brink of insolvency, and the city has no choice but to dismantle what’s left of its public education system and hand over schools to private operators, according to school district leaders. But it turns out the quickest way to bring the wrath of an outraged ... more »
Hechinger Report | Student surveys to be used to rate teachers in pilot program — even in kindergarten classes: Student surveys to be used to rate teachers in pilot program — even in kindergarten classes by Sarah Butrymowicz Kindergartners in Georgia — many of whom don’t yet read — could soon play an important role in deciding which teachers get raises or get fired. Under a new pilot program, 5-year-olds will be guided through a survey that includes such statements as “My teacher knows a lot about what he or she teaches” and “My teacher gives me help when I need it.” As the youngs... more »
“Education Reform’s” Corporate Advocates spent $2.2 Million and counting to support Malloy’s bill - Wait, What?: “Education Reform’s” Corporate Advocates spent $2.2 Million and counting to support Malloy’s bill * * Over the first 120 days of the 2012 Legislative Session, corporate lobby groups spent over $2.2 million (and counting) in their effort to pass Governor Malloy’s “education reform” bill. These numbers reveal that corporate reformers outspent those supporting district schools by at least two to one. Under Connecticut law, corporations and organizations must report how muc... more »
Modern School: More Cuts for Cali, Even With Tax Increase: More Cuts for Cali, Even With Tax Increase by Michael Dunn Gov. Brown Squeezing Blood From a Turnip In January, Gov. Jerry Brown told Californians that if they didn’t pass his tax increase initiative in November, he would have no choice but to slash over $5 billion from public education. Since then, tax revenue has been much lower ($3.5 billion) than anticipated, prompting Brown to threaten much deeper cuts, even if his tax initiative passes. The tax initiative would impose a regressive sales tax on all Californians, inclu... more »
The Company Owned By Walker’s Billionaire Friend, Whom He Told On Camera That He Would Divide And Conquer Wisconsin’s Unions, Paid No Income Taxes For 2005 Through 2008 « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: The Company Owned By Walker’s Billionaire Friend, Whom He Told On Camera That He Would Divide And Conquer Wisconsin’s Unions, Paid No Income Taxes For 2005 Through 2008 by millerlf *Billionaire Walker donor pays no state corporate income tax**Diane Hendricks gave $500,000; her Beloit firm pays $0 income tax* *Institute for Wisconsin’s Future May 2012* Beloit billionaire... more »
Attempts in Milwaukee to Put Schools in Unsafe Buildings for Profit « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Attempts in Milwaukee to Put Schools in Unsafe Buildings for Profit by millerlf *Bad Players, Shady Business Deals.* By Harriet Callier [hcallier@live.com] 09May2012 Milwaukee Community Journal *Welcome to new (Unsafe, Emotionally Challenging) School where “Gun Safety Will Be Practice **at all times around the children.” Dieter insists on putting a school into this building because **‘it pays!’ He explains that he made some bad choices in other business deals with this b... more »
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Education Headlines *Monday, May 14, 2012* Questions, debts abound as Episcopal school faces closure in Roseville Share Read more here:Parents are angry and Roseville City School District officials have plans to sue after St. John's School trustees announced the small private school is broke and will close at the end of the month. Pink slips loom for nearly 500 LAUSD plumbers, other skilled workersNearly 500 plumbers, electricians and other skilled craftsmen will get pink slips next month from Los Angeles Unified, a cost-cutting mov... more »
Media Fawning a Little Less When It Comes to Edu-Giving :: Frederick M. Hess: Media Fawning a Little Less When It Comes to Edu-Giving A number of years ago, in my 2005 book *With the Best of Intentions: How Philanthropy is Reshaping K-12 Education*, I pointed out that media coverage of education foundations tended to be wide-eyed and sycophantic. At that time, I analyzed the coverage of the five leading edu-foundations by the *New York Times*, *Los Angeles Times*, *Washington Post, Chicago Tribune*, Newsweek, and The Associated Press between 1995 and early 2005. Researchers cod... more »
Zaid Jilani: Charter Schools Association Is Using Taxpayer Money to Support ALEC's Radical Agenda: Charter Schools Association Is Using Taxpayer Money to Support ALEC's Radical Agenda [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a powerful corporate front group that works to pass Big Business-written laws in state legislatures. Following the outcry over the group pushing "Stand Your Ground" laws, at least 15 major corporations, foundations, and other organizations have decided to end their funding commitments to AL... more »
Layoffs by seniority contested | Thoughts on Public Education: Layoffs by seniority contested - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess Administrative law judges have ruled that San Francisco Unified and Sacramento City Unified exceeded their authority to protect teachers at high priority, low-performing schools from districtwide layoffs this year. Both districts have targeted extra resources for teacher training and strategies in hopes of stanching the turnover of teachers and reversing the dismal test scores at some of their most troubled schools. ... more »
Daily Kos: Injustices of Stop and Frisk: Injustices of Stop and Frisk by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) is the title of this lead editorial in today's *New York Times*. Perhaps some statistics are relevant: according the the ACLU the number of stree stops have risen from about 97,000 in 2002, the year Mayor Bloomberg took office, to 685,724 in 2011, and with pace this year of even more. We already know that there more stops made of black men than there are black men in the city. The city has repeatedly argued that the program helps to keep guns off the street. But the N.Y.C.L.U.... more »
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLES by Mike Klonsky Rupert Murdoch (left) with his boy, Joel Klein.Joel Klein's email dump *For me, the other interesting point is that they are so afraid of any criticism. They are especially afraid of Deborah Meier, me and Jonathan Kozol. They refer to columns by Deborah Meier and myself–she an educator with decades of experience, I a historian with a long view–as “moronic” and “idiotic.” They refer to Jonathan Kozol and me as “deranged crackpots.” How can anyone take these mean-spirited, ignorant, arrogant people se... more »
The Innovative Educator: Separate and Unequal: Separate and Unequal by noreply@blogger.com (Lisa Nielsen) Guest post by Nikhil Goyal, A 16 Year Old Out to Put a Dent In the Universe | Cross posted at Nikhil Goyal This Sunday’s New York Times features a hard hitting piece entitled ‘Why Don’t We Have Any White Kids?’ as part of the series “A System Divided.” It delves into the racial schisms of Explore Charter School, a K-8 school in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Of the school’s 502 students from kindergarten through eighth grade this school year, 92.7 percent are black, 5.7 percent are Hispan... more »
Why we’re getting the homework question wrong - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post: Why we’re getting the homework question wrong by Valerie Strauss This *was written by Vicki Abeles, a mother, activist, and filmmaker. She directed the documentary “Race to Nowhere.”* By Vicki Abeles Hayley Eaton was always an academic achiever. Like many American teens, college was uppermost in her mind, as well as that of her parents and guidance counselors. She signed up for all the available AP and honors courses at her high school and performed well. She didn’t flinch when homework meant... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Gulen Criticism Goes Mainstream: Gulen Criticism Goes Mainstream by Duke Last night, 60 Minutes moved the concern about Gulen schools away from tin-foil hat country and into the mainstream: Interesting; unfortunately, once again, CBS News misses the point when it comes to "high-performing" charter schools. Take, for example, Bergen Arts and Sciences here in Jersey. Typically, as Lesley Stahl reports, they try to distance themselves from Gulen, but Bergen A & S is a Turkish school nonetheless. I wrote about the school this past December; is it really that "impr... more »
Waivers for Waivers? What California Wants | California Progress Report: Waivers for Waivers? What California Wants by jeffson *By Peter Schrag* You don’t have to look far to understand why California, like many other states, wants a waiver from key provisions of NCLB, the ten-year-old federal No Child Left Behind law. If we don’t get it, it may start to cost us. But what California wants is unique. We want not only a waiver but also a waiver from the conditions U.S Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has imposed for getting a waiver. Is that reasonable, or is it chutzpah? From the s... more »
Schools Matter: Freedom of Information Request for Pearson Tests: Freedom of Information Request for Pearson Tests by Judy Rabin When the pink slime was discovered in the meat by large corporate processing plants and we realized what was actually in our food, there was outrage and it was banned, 1,2,3. Well, it's time the public demands to know what is being fed to children in those standardized tests. But before we let anyone see the holy, secret documents, we should demand that each and every politician be required to take the high school exit exam in his or her state -- or pe... more »
A Science Teacher's View: The Backward-Engineered Common Core Science Standards - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: A Science Teacher's View: The Backward-Engineered Common Core Science Standards by Anthony Cody *Guest post by Chemtchr.* Last Friday afternoon, Achieve's "Next Generation Science Standards", as they're calling their Common Core, finally became available. Their "public comment" interval ends June first. I'm going to argue this Common Core was specifically designed to narrow the scope of education to skills that can be (relatively) easily tested. I describe... more »
Failure to Launch Learning « InterACT: Failure to Launch Learning by David B. Cohen Photos courtesy of Tom Collett. [image: rocket]*“Last week, our class launched a rocket.” * **Sounds fun, doesn’t it? I wish my class launched a rocket. When I was a kid, we did have some great experiential and project-based learning experiences – but no rockets. Unfortunately, that sentence about rocket-launching isn’t quoted from an actual student or teacher, nor did it orginate from an actual classroom. It’s simply a random, isolated sentence on a worksheet, used by third-graders to prepare ... more »
*UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE* *BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS* *BEFORE NOON HONEST!* What Do NAEP Scores Mean? by dianerav [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Every once in a while, a new set of test scores is released by the National Assessment Governing Board, the federal agency that supervises the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Just a few days ago, the NAEP scores for science were released for 4th and 8th grades, and once again there was woe and gnashing of teeth in the land ( http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/05/10/31naep_ep...more »