Big Education Ape 2nd Banana
Recap of Last Week's Best Post
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Axelrod's old firm behind 'Infrastructure Trust', Citibank, and attacks on CTU
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Axelrod's old firm behind 'Infrastructure Trust', Citibank, and attacks on CTU: Axelrod's old firm behind 'Infrastructure Trust', Citibank, and attacks on CTU by Mike Klonsky Obama, Emanuel & AxelrodWell, mercy me! Look who's behind those ads blasting the CTU. Why, it's ASGK Public Strategies and AKPD, David Axelrod's old firms. An embarrassed Axelrod is claiming that he no longer has any connection to the firms since he sold them in 2009, when he became Obama's Senior White House Advisor. But he's still very much connected (the A stands for Axelrod)... more »
Big Education Ape - Morning Wink 6-24 AM Posts #soschat #edreform
Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core: More Glimpses into the Consequences of National Common Core Standards and Assessments?
Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core: More Glimpses into the Consequences of National Common Core Standards and Assessments?: Common Core: More Glimpses into the Consequences of National Common Core Standards and Assessments? by stlgretchen Is education about accountability or learning? Reading about the high stakes testing in China for university admission, can we make an educated guess on what might be in store for American schools if Common Core standards are fully implemented? We previously wrote how Chinese teachers marked zeros on college admission essays that criticize... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Want to Talk Education with Obama?
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Want to Talk Education with Obama?: Want to Talk Education with Obama? by Melissa Westbrook From the National PTSA: National PTA®, in partnership with the White House and U.S. Department of Education, announced at its 116th Annual Convention and Exhibition an unprecedented opportunity to recognize extraordinary PTA volunteers. Twelve PTA members working to improve the lives of children through involvement in PTA and education will be honored as White House Champions of Change at a special event and policy briefing with PTA leaders from across the ... more »
Mission accomplished? OUSD’s structural deficit, closure savings and other budget questions - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools
Mission accomplished? OUSD’s structural deficit, closure savings and other budget questions - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools: Mission accomplished? OUSD’s structural deficit, closure savings and other budget questions By Katy Murphy Monday, June 25th, 2012 at 5:06 pm in Uncategorized. This spring, Oakland Superintendent Tony Smith heralded the elimination of a $40 million structural deficit that he had inherited when he came to OUSD in 2009. Soon thereafter, his financial services team discovered a multimillion-dollar shortfall, which was followed by ma... more »
Schools Matter: Making Life Miserable for Every Politician, CEO, Corporate Foundation, and Hedge Funder that Supports Corporate Ed Reform
Schools Matter: Making Life Miserable for Every Politician, CEO, Corporate Foundation, and Hedge Funder that Supports Corporate Ed Reform: [image: Home] Making Life Miserable for Every Politician, CEO, Corporate Foundation, and Hedge Funder that Supports Corporate Ed Reform by Jim Horn Hound them, rebuke them, throw pies in their faces. Scream at them, protest, sit up, sit down, go on strike, opt out, join up, scramble their testing databases, burn their tests, just say no, repudiate every effort to initiate the Common Core, online testing, corporate charters, mayoral takeover, pa... more »
Teach students higher order or critical thinking skills? Not if the Texas Republicans have their way. | Dangerously Irrelevant
Teach students higher order or critical thinking skills? Not if the Texas Republicans have their way. | Dangerously Irrelevant: Teach students higher order or critical thinking skills? Not if the Texas Republicans have their way. by dr.scott.mcleod@gmail.com (Scott McLeod) [image: Republican Party of Texas Logo] The Republican Party of Texas states in its official 2012 political platform : *We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) ... more »
The 29th Edition Of The ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival Is Up! | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
The 29th Edition Of The ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival Is Up! | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…: The 29th Edition Of The ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival Is Up! by Larry Ferlazzo Sharon Turner has just posted the 29th edition of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival! As she writes: *The posts… represent future visions, perspectives and warnings of all kinds pertaining to English Language Education.* Thanks, Sharon! David Deubelbeiss will be hosting the September 1st edition. I’ll post here when he publishes info on if that edition will have a “theme” or if it will be a general one on ESL/EFL te... more »
Not Another "Why I Left the Classroom" Story - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
Not Another "Why I Left the Classroom" Story - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Not Another "Why I Left the Classroom" Story by Nancy Flanagan There's no shortage of blogs on why teachers are leaving the classroom. They're leaving because they're sick of the test-driven instruction and learning. They're leaving because everyone underestimates the complexity and the workload of classroom teaching. They're leaving because they've been on the job for 15 years and still don't make enough to pay the bills. They're fearful of speaking up against practices they know ar... more »
Missouri Education Watchdog: Lean to the Right or Left; Common Core is a Disaster...The Sunday Education Weekly Reader 06.24.12
Missouri Education Watchdog: Lean to the Right or Left; Common Core is a Disaster...The Sunday Education Weekly Reader 06.24.12: Lean to the Right or Left; Common Core is a Disaster...The Sunday Education Weekly Reader 06.24.12 by stlgretchen Common Core is a bipartisan disaster. The Left & Right have sold us out. Welcome to the Sunday Education Weekly Reader for 06.24.12. This week will consist of a reposting of Susan Ohanian's excellent blog entitled *School-Standards Pushback: Conservative Groups Oppose National 'Common Core' as an Intrusion on States.* Susan has corresponde... more »
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Axelrod's old firm behind 'Infrastructure Trust', Citibank, and attacks on CTU
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Axelrod's old firm behind 'Infrastructure Trust', Citibank, and attacks on CTU: Axelrod's old firm behind 'Infrastructure Trust', Citibank, and attacks on CTU by Mike Klonsky Obama, Emanuel & AxelrodWell, mercy me! Look who's behind those ads blasting the CTU. Why, it's ASGK Public Strategies and AKPD, David Axelrod's old firms. An embarrassed Axelrod is claiming that he no longer has any connection to the firms since he sold them in 2009, when he became Obama's Senior White House Advisor. But he's still very much connected (the A stands for Axelrod)... more »
Big Education Ape - Morning Wink 6-24 AM Posts #soschat #edreform
Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core: More Glimpses into the Consequences of National Common Core Standards and Assessments?
Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core: More Glimpses into the Consequences of National Common Core Standards and Assessments?: Common Core: More Glimpses into the Consequences of National Common Core Standards and Assessments? by stlgretchen Is education about accountability or learning? Reading about the high stakes testing in China for university admission, can we make an educated guess on what might be in store for American schools if Common Core standards are fully implemented? We previously wrote how Chinese teachers marked zeros on college admission essays that criticize... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Want to Talk Education with Obama?
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Want to Talk Education with Obama?: Want to Talk Education with Obama? by Melissa Westbrook From the National PTSA: National PTA®, in partnership with the White House and U.S. Department of Education, announced at its 116th Annual Convention and Exhibition an unprecedented opportunity to recognize extraordinary PTA volunteers. Twelve PTA members working to improve the lives of children through involvement in PTA and education will be honored as White House Champions of Change at a special event and policy briefing with PTA leaders from across the ... more »
Mission accomplished? OUSD’s structural deficit, closure savings and other budget questions - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools
Mission accomplished? OUSD’s structural deficit, closure savings and other budget questions - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools: Mission accomplished? OUSD’s structural deficit, closure savings and other budget questions By Katy Murphy Monday, June 25th, 2012 at 5:06 pm in Uncategorized. This spring, Oakland Superintendent Tony Smith heralded the elimination of a $40 million structural deficit that he had inherited when he came to OUSD in 2009. Soon thereafter, his financial services team discovered a multimillion-dollar shortfall, which was followed by ma... more »
Schools Matter: Making Life Miserable for Every Politician, CEO, Corporate Foundation, and Hedge Funder that Supports Corporate Ed Reform
Schools Matter: Making Life Miserable for Every Politician, CEO, Corporate Foundation, and Hedge Funder that Supports Corporate Ed Reform: [image: Home] Making Life Miserable for Every Politician, CEO, Corporate Foundation, and Hedge Funder that Supports Corporate Ed Reform by Jim Horn Hound them, rebuke them, throw pies in their faces. Scream at them, protest, sit up, sit down, go on strike, opt out, join up, scramble their testing databases, burn their tests, just say no, repudiate every effort to initiate the Common Core, online testing, corporate charters, mayoral takeover, pa... more »
Teach students higher order or critical thinking skills? Not if the Texas Republicans have their way. | Dangerously Irrelevant
Teach students higher order or critical thinking skills? Not if the Texas Republicans have their way. | Dangerously Irrelevant: Teach students higher order or critical thinking skills? Not if the Texas Republicans have their way. by dr.scott.mcleod@gmail.com (Scott McLeod) [image: Republican Party of Texas Logo] The Republican Party of Texas states in its official 2012 political platform : *We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) ... more »
The 29th Edition Of The ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival Is Up! | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
The 29th Edition Of The ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival Is Up! | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…: The 29th Edition Of The ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival Is Up! by Larry Ferlazzo Sharon Turner has just posted the 29th edition of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival! As she writes: *The posts… represent future visions, perspectives and warnings of all kinds pertaining to English Language Education.* Thanks, Sharon! David Deubelbeiss will be hosting the September 1st edition. I’ll post here when he publishes info on if that edition will have a “theme” or if it will be a general one on ESL/EFL te... more »
Not Another "Why I Left the Classroom" Story - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
Not Another "Why I Left the Classroom" Story - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Not Another "Why I Left the Classroom" Story by Nancy Flanagan There's no shortage of blogs on why teachers are leaving the classroom. They're leaving because they're sick of the test-driven instruction and learning. They're leaving because everyone underestimates the complexity and the workload of classroom teaching. They're leaving because they've been on the job for 15 years and still don't make enough to pay the bills. They're fearful of speaking up against practices they know ar... more »
Missouri Education Watchdog: Lean to the Right or Left; Common Core is a Disaster...The Sunday Education Weekly Reader 06.24.12
Missouri Education Watchdog: Lean to the Right or Left; Common Core is a Disaster...The Sunday Education Weekly Reader 06.24.12: Lean to the Right or Left; Common Core is a Disaster...The Sunday Education Weekly Reader 06.24.12 by stlgretchen Common Core is a bipartisan disaster. The Left & Right have sold us out. Welcome to the Sunday Education Weekly Reader for 06.24.12. This week will consist of a reposting of Susan Ohanian's excellent blog entitled *School-Standards Pushback: Conservative Groups Oppose National 'Common Core' as an Intrusion on States.* Susan has corresponde... more »
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