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Studies Suggest Economic Inequity Is Built Into, and Worsened by, School Systems
Studies Suggest Economic Inequity Is Built Into, and Worsened by, School Systems: Studies Suggest Economic Inequity Is Built Into, and Worsened by, School SystemsTuesday, 15 May 2012 10:02By Paul Thomas, Truthout | Report - - font size [image: decrease font size] [image: increase font size] - Print - Email [image: Students in classroom](Photo: trustypics)*So why do self-styled education "reformers" keep ignoring class issues?* *Ignoring Poverty as Education Reform* As Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan represents both the discourse and policy currently driving educa... more »
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Tuesday, May 15, 2012
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: [image: Lake Tahoe] Education Headlines *Tuesday, May 15, 2012* School bosses get taste of rank and fileSonora Union High School District administrators spent a day in the life of bus drivers, cafeteria workers and other support staff on Tuesday as an early celebration for Classified School Employee Week. Salinas area officials underwhelmed by May revised state budgetOfficials in Salinas-area public schools and agencies were not cutting Gov. Jerry Brown much slack on Monday after he unveiled the May revise of his state budget. Mar...more »
National Alzheimer's Plan: A Personal Perspective | Maria Shriver | The Open Field Network
National Alzheimer's Plan: A Personal Perspective | Maria Shriver | The Open Field Network: National Alzheimer's Plan: A Personal Perspective By Dr. Stephen Hume *Today, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services released our country's first National Alzheimer's Plan, which sets sets a deadline of 2025 for stopping Alzheimer's Disease. In this piece, Dr. Stephen Hume offers a personal perspective on the plan -- as an advocate and as someone with the disease.* It isn’t every day that I am asked to sit in a room and listen to twenty-four highly educated and dedicated professiona...more »
Chronic Absence and Kindergarten | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
Chronic Absence and Kindergarten | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Chronic Absence and Kindergarten by obriena Chronic absenteeism is often thought of as a middle and high school issue. As children become responsible for getting themselves to school, those who are disengaged stop showing up. But did you know that nationally, one in ten kindergarten and first grade students miss the equivalent of a month of school each year? In some districts, it is more than one in four. Why don’t we talk more about these shocking statistics? Perhaps because we don’t know them.... more »
U.S. Department of Education Issues Resource Document that Discourages Restraint and Seclusion | U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Education Issues Resource Document that Discourages Restraint and Seclusion | U.S. Department of Education: U.S. Department of Education Issues Resource Document that Discourages Restraint and Seclusion MAY 15, 2012 *Contact: * Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov Today, the U.S. Department of Education issued a publication that outlines principles for educators, parents and other stakeholders to consider when developing or refining policies and procedures to support positive behavioral interventions and avoid the use of restraint and seclusion. The goa... more »
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Charter authorizers group slips quietly out ALEC's back door
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Charter authorizers group slips quietly out ALEC's back door: Charter authorizers group slips quietly out ALEC's back door by Mike Klonsky No sooner had I posted about the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) relationship with ALEC, then I received this NACSA press announcement via Business Wire. Our work with ALEC has been focused entirely on promoting excellent charter schools. As part of our annual review processes, however, we determined that alternative strategies would be more effective in achieving these policy obj... more »
Privatizing Public Education in Philadelphia? - Bridging Differences - Education Week
Privatizing Public Education in Philadelphia? - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Privatizing Public Education in Philadelphia? by Diane Ravitch Dear Deborah, Philadelphia is about to take a fateful step. Thomas Knudsen, the recently retired chief executive officer of the Philadelphia Gas Works and now temporary CEO of the school system, has released a plan that will lead to the dismantling of public education in Philadelphia. The plan, or "blueprint," was written by a business strategy organization called Boston Consulting; it recommends the closing of 40 of the city's 249 ... more »
U.S. Charter Schools tied to Islamic movement? - KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock
U.S. Charter Schools tied to Islamic movement? - KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock: U.S. Charter Schools tied to Islamic movement? Harmony Public Schools say no LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - 60 Minutes aired a story Sunday night, centered on possible ties bet ween American charter schools and the Gulen movement. The Gülen movement is inspired by the teachings of Turkish Islamic theologian Fethullah Gülen. According to the CBS report, the Imam taught his followers to build schools instead of mosques, to teach math, science and values instead of religion, and to embrace certain western tradition... more »
A radical idea to transform what kids learn in school - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
A radical idea to transform what kids learn in school - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post: A radical idea to transform what kids learn in school by Valerie Strauss This *was written by Marion Brady, veteran teacher, administrator, curriculum designer and author.* By Marion Brady Exxon-Mobil is airing education-reform television ads. In the one I’ve seen most often, implicit and explicit messages are simple and clear: (a) We live in a dangerous, technologically complex world. (b) Our lives, liberties, and happiness hinge on our ability to cope with that world. (c) Coping req... more »
K-12 schools spared, for now | Thoughts on Public Education
K-12 schools spared, for now | Thoughts on Public Education: K-12 schools spared, for now Share But automatic $5.5 b cuts if tax initiative fails Posted on 5/15/12 • Categorized as 2012 election, Student spending By *John Fensterwald - Educated Guess* The state budget for next year has deteriorated by $6 billion since January, but Gov. Jerry Brown is not proposing to cut money for K-12 schools – immediately. But if voters in November reject Brown’s proposed $8.5 billion tax increase, schools will be a $5.5 billion piece of what the governor has called “a day of reckoning.” In his re... more »
ILLINOIS RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION – YOU ARE PATHETIC « Teachers Fight Back
ILLINOIS RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION – YOU ARE PATHETIC « Teachers Fight Back: ILLINOIS RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION – YOU ARE PATHETIC by alkleen Just received an urgent e.mail from the Illinois Retired Teachers Association. It was entitled, “It Is Time To Act”. The e.mail went on to say that the General Assembly may soon be considering legislation that changes the promise for active and retired teachers. The Assembly was expected to vote on the bill the same day that it’s proposed. According to news reports, the Assembly could be acting as soon as tomorrow. “It is time to act... more »
Schools Matter: The NAEP Science Results: Inconsistent with American success in science: Are the Achievement Levels too high? And why ELLs scores are low.
Schools Matter: The NAEP Science Results: Inconsistent with American success in science: Are the Achievement Levels too high? And why ELLs scores are low.: The NAEP Science Results: Inconsistent with American success in science: Are the Achievement Levels too high? And why ELLs scores are low. by skrashen *State* *African American* *Hispanic* *White* *Overall* *Texas* 4th 6th 8th 29th *California* 30th 42nd 43rd 49th *Florida* 23rd 9th 34th 39th *Illinois* 36th 32nd 33rd 43rd *New York* 15th 41st 29th 38th The NAEP Science Results: Inconsistent with American success in science: Are... more »
NYC Educator: Where Do Troubled Kids Go in the Summer?
NYC Educator: Where Do Troubled Kids Go in the Summer?: Where Do Troubled Kids Go in the Summer? by Miss Eyre As the school year starts to wind down, I'm getting worried about what will become of one of my students who's struggled with depression. Because of the sensitive nature of this subject, I hesitate to say anything much about him, except that he seems isolated from his family and his (former) friends, and so I'm concerned about him being on his own for most of the summer. There are summer programs for kids who need academic help, and jobs programs for kids who need money o... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Christie: Against TEACHNJ?
Jersey Jazzman: Christie: Against TEACHNJ?: Christie: Against TEACHNJ? by Duke I came across this trying to find something else from the blog. Chris Christie from April of 2011: Popout 0:41: *First thing is that I think we have to have some form of tenure. Because we don't want folks to be fired for political purposes, retaliatory purposes. Teachers should not have to worry about what they say in a classroom and that they'll be fired because the principal doesn't believe in their political point of view or *
Missouri Education Watchdog: Who are the "Elves" behind Common Core Standards, Longitudinal Data Systems and Workforce Development? ALEC, Bill Gates and Others Revealed.
Missouri Education Watchdog: Who are the "Elves" behind Common Core Standards, Longitudinal Data Systems and Workforce Development? ALEC, Bill Gates and Others Revealed.: Who are the "Elves" behind Common Core Standards, Longitudinal Data Systems and Workforce Development? ALEC, Bill Gates and Others Revealed. by stlgretchen Shh! We're not REALLY lobbyists. The following is from an email (reprinted with permission) I received from Kris Alman, a physician in Oregon, who has been following the educational reform that includes Common Core, charter schools, longitudinal data systems,... more »
Big Education Ape Nite Cap UPDATE 5-14-12 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
*UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE* *BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS* *BEFORE NOON HONEST!* * * Privilege and My First and Only Meeting with Bobby Seale by Jose Not a year goes by without me hearing “These kids have no idea what a privilege it is to …” Usually because I’ve been the one saying it until the last year or so. The problem with having a privilege when you’re so unaccustomed to it is that you outwardly act like it doesn’t matter because you’re inwardly incapable of understanding how to show gratitude without looking subservient. Let me expound. College might have ... more »