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How "No Child Left Behind" Unleashed a Nationwide Epidemic of Cheating | Education | AlterNet
How "No Child Left Behind" Unleashed a Nationwide Epidemic of Cheating | Education | AlterNet: How "No Child Left Behind" Unleashed a Nationwide Epidemic of Cheating On the 10-year anniversary of No Child Left Behind, the school-reform movement is in crisis. On Thursday, Mitt Romney made a visit to a West Philadelphia charter school to tout his education platform, which, as it happens, looks pretty similar to President Obama’s: more privately managed schools and a reliance on high-stakes standardized tests to evaluate teachers. But on the 10-year anniversary of No Child Left Behind... more »
“You Guys Contrived This System” | Scathing Purple Musings
“You Guys Contrived This System” | Scathing Purple Musings: “You Guys Contrived This System” by Bob Sikes Writing in the Orlando Sentinel, its clear that columnist Scott Maxwell has had it with FCAT and the policy-makers who brought it to us: To fully appreciate how deeply flawed Tallahassee’s approach to public education is, you must look beyond the recent news of abysmal FCAT scores — and look at how we got here. You see, FCAT was supposed to be a simple fix for a complicated problem. If we could just get our students to pass this standardized test, supposedly everything would be... more »
Education’s revolving door -- GazetteXtra
Education’s revolving door -- GazetteXtra: Education’s revolving door CHICAGO — When you live in a school district where 64 percent of the students come from low-income homes and budgets have been squeezed to death, every official school communication has the potential to ruin your day. So it went when I read a letter from my youngest son’s school informing us we’re getting a new principal next year. We got the letter a few weeks ago, but only now, in the last days of this academic year, has it becoming gut-wrenchingly real. Our current principal is one of the best I’ve ever had t... more »
A Researcher’s Dilemma: Changes in Teaching Practice–Whose Judgment Matters? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
A Researcher’s Dilemma: Changes in Teaching Practice–Whose Judgment Matters? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: A Researcher’s Dilemma: Changes in Teaching Practice–Whose Judgment Matters? by larrycuban The issue of change as perceived by individual teachers and by a researcher poses a dilemma for the researcher. I was a researcher at Las Montanas high school for two years to study their 1:1 laptop program. I had also been at the school in 1998-1999 when the school had a computer lab program. At Las Montanas between 2008-2011, for example, It was clear to me—and ... more »
Memorial Day. Letter from my dad. Spain. 1937. « Fred Klonsky
Memorial Day. Letter from my dad. Spain. 1937. « Fred Klonsky: Memorial Day. Letter from my dad. Spain. 1937. by Fred Klonsky *March 15, 1938* *Dear Mom, Pop and family,* *This past Friday was my 19th birthday – and was I proud. I’m one of the youngest men up here – that is excluding the Spanish boys themselves. One feels very old when he sees children on 14 and 15 years going to the front lines to fight. And one feels very proud to be part of it all – I can’t really find the words suitable to describe the country. Spain is very rich in natural resources – especially agriculture. ... more »
Keep an Eye on Jindal’s Reforms « Diane Ravitch's blog
Keep an Eye on Jindal’s Reforms « Diane Ravitch's blog: Keep an Eye on Jindal’s Reforms by dianerav I just came across an interesting statistic about Louisiana that puts the Jindal education reform plan into context.* The majority of white children in Louisiana do not go to public school. The majority of white children go to private schools. Black children are the majority in the public schools of Louisiana. According to Census data, 17% of Louisiana children enrolled in grades K-12 attended a private school in 2007. By comparison, 11% of U.S. children enrolled in grades K-12 atten... more »
Diary of a Social Art-tivist Mommy: Stregths-Based School.....brilliant ideas by Author Jenifer Fox
Diary of a Social Art-tivist Mommy: Stregths-Based School.....brilliant ideas by Author Jenifer Fox: Stregths-Based School.....brilliant ideas by Author Jenifer Fox by ART-tivist Mommy Thsi morning I listened to an hour-long live online interview with Jenifer Fox on a Stregths-Based School. http://www.stevehargadon.com/2012/04/live-tuesday-april-9th-jenifer-fox-on.html Very inspiring! *Here what is says online about her:* Jenifer Fox is the author of *Your Child's Strengths*, and now Head of School at The Clariden School of Southlake. We'll be talking about what ... more »
The Innovative Educator: Parents don’t look the other way
The Innovative Educator: Parents don’t look the other way: Parents don’t look the other way by noreply@blogger.com (Lisa Nielsen) *Written by Lisa Nielsen | Edited by Lisa Cooley, The Minds of Kids* * * *“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones Humans come equipped with a primitive defense mechanism aimed at reducing anxiety: "If I ignore it, it'll go away." Very human, very natural, very understandable. We all do it. It may even have some evolutionary advantage. After all, facing away from a problem can lower blood pressure an... more »
Scott Maxwell: FCAT's failures show test-obsessed teaching falls short - Orlando Sentinel
Scott Maxwell: FCAT's failures show test-obsessed teaching falls short - Orlando Sentinel: FCAT failures show test-obsessed teaching falls short Scott Maxwell, TAKING NAMES 3:55 p.m. EST, May 26, 2012 - - - - Comments 57 - - - - Share917 - To fully appreciate how deeply flawed Tallahassee's approach to public education is, you must look beyond the recent news of abysmal FCAT scores — and look at how we got here. You see, FCAT was supposed to be a simple fix for a complicated problem. If we could just get our stude... more »
Philadelphia and the attempted coup of their school district | Seattle Education
Philadelphia and the attempted coup of their school district | Seattle Education: Philadelphia and the attempted coup of their school district by seattleducation2011 By now you hopefully know what is happening in Philadelphia. There is a plan underfoot to privatize as many schools as possible in the district. Here is an excerpt from an article that I posted previously, For Philly public schools, barbarian is Gates : Into the Philadelphia School District’s state of fiscal desperation rides Bill Gates. Who can say “no” to free money when you are so deep in the hole? But the money is ... more »
An Open Letter to the Mainstream English Media, From Montreal | OccupyWallSt.org
An Open Letter to the Mainstream English Media, From Montreal | OccupyWallSt.org: An Open Letter to the Mainstream English Media, From Montreal by OccupyWallSt Popout*Written and published at Translating the printemps érable* Thank you; you are a little late to the party, and you are still missing the mark a lot of the time, but in the past few days, you have published some not entirely terrible articles and op-eds about what’s happening in Quebec right now. Welcome to our movement. Some of you have even started mentioning that when people are rounded up and arrested each night, the... more »
NYC Educator: Thought for the Day
NYC Educator: Thought for the Day: Thought for the Day by NYC Educator
Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky
Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky: Sunday links. by Fred Klonsky *Sweet home. Photo: Leigh Klonsky* *John Dillon’s vocabulary word this week?* Emolument. Who doesn’t know more about *pension sweeteners*then Democratic Chairman Madigan? *Teachers in Philly give Mittens an earful* over his position that class size doesn’t matter. But we only get silence from Obama and Duncan. Are they worried about offending their money-bag friends from *Democrats for Education Reform?* *Meanwhile, Philly schools are being sold* to the highest bidder. *Somehow Rahm can afford to put thousands of cops on the... more »
May’s Best Posts | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
May’s Best Posts | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…: May’s Best Posts by Larry Ferlazzo I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see my previous Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month. These posts are different from the ones I list under the monthly “Most Popular Blog Posts.” Those are the posts the largest numbers of readers “clicked-on” to read. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though. H... more »
Education experts disagree on importance of school class size - The Denver Post
Education experts disagree on importance of school class size - The Denver Post: Education experts disagree on importance of school class size POSTED: 05/27/2012 01:00:00 AM MDT *By Kevin Simpson* *The Denver Post* First-graders at East Elementary School in Littleton study land forms with teacher Gina Maestas in class. Two pupils were absent from the class of 16. Class size is considered most important at younger levels such as the first grade. (*Karl Gehring, The Denver Post*) When Greg Sumlin looks at the incoming kindergarten class at East Elementary School in Littleton, he see... more »
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach Your Children / Southern Cross
Crosby Stills Nash & Young "Teach Your Children" Lyrics album: Deja Vu [1970] genre: - You who are on the road Must have a code that you can live by And so become yourself Because the past is just a good bye. Teach your children well, Their father's hell did slowly go by, And feed them on your dreams The one they picked, the one you'll know by. Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry, So just look at them and sigh and know they love you. And you, of tender years, Can't know the fears that your elders grew by, And so please help them with your youth, They seek th... more »
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Ed.gov set to gut IDEA/IEP Compliance…
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Ed.gov set to gut IDEA/IEP Compliance…: Ed.gov set to gut IDEA/IEP Compliance… by alicemercer From Diane Ravitch: *…DoEd will reform (translation: eliminate) OSEP’s compliance procedures assuring IDEA and special education IEPs are effectively working for children with disabilities. OSEP director Melodie Musgrove told us at the Council for Exceptional Children’s international convention (CEC) in April, 2012 that they will be monitoring “achievement data” (translation: standardized test scores) from Washington and cutting back on state com... more »
Mt. Diablo school board trustee warns that ignoring school problems constitutes 'educational malpractice' - ContraCostaTimes.com
Mt. Diablo school board trustee warns that ignoring school problems constitutes 'educational malpractice' - ContraCostaTimes.com: Mt. Diablo school board trustee warns that ignoring school problems constitutes 'educational malpractice' By Theresa Harrington Contra Costa Times Posted: 05/26/2012 02:45:51 PM PDT Updated: 05/26/2012 06:03:25 PM PDT This is an excerpt of On Assignment, education writer Theresa Harrington's blog on Contra Costa County schools. Read more and post comments at IBABuzz.com/onassignment. Follow her atTwitter.com/tunedtotheresa. May 22 For the past three ye... more »
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