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When Youth Get Involved « Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 5 minutes ago
When Youth Get Involved « Diane Ravitch's blog: When Youth Get Involved by dianerav A reader in Louisiana points out that the research I cited this morning was prepared by a 19-year-old who is fighting for quality education and real science education, not religious indoctrination. This is an uphill battle in Louisiana today, in light of the state’s decision to give public funding to schools that teach creationism as science. * The young man whose blog you cited, Zach Kopplin – 19, is a shining example of the ability and power that our youth have when they speak out and take act... more »

Testing, Testing, and Testing: More Cartoons | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 33 minutes ago
Testing, Testing, and Testing: More Cartoons | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Testing, Testing, and Testing: More Cartoons by larrycuban The U.S. has tests galore. Driving, alcohol, steroids, DNA, citizenship, blood, pregnancy–and on and on. Most serve a specific purpose and carry personal consequences if one passes or fails. School tests, however, to pass a course, to be promoted to another grade, to graduate and to judge whether the school is satisfactory or on probation have proliferated dramatically in the past three decades. Opinions are split among Amer... more »

NYC Educator: A Strong Union Embraces Diversity

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 46 minutes ago
NYC Educator: A Strong Union Embraces Diversity: A Strong Union Embraces Diversity by NYC Educator UFT has just scored a victory against Mayor4Life, conclusively establishing that even those as rich as Bloomberg need to listen to voices other than those in their heads. CTU has just provided proof that a determined and cohesive union can negotiate a win-win. However, there's work ahead on both fronts. In NY, it's likely an embittered mayor will move toward more traditional school closings, because he needs what he wants, when he wants, how he wants. And Chicago, just like NY, still ... more »

Geaux Teacher!: NEGLIGENCE - BEGINS WITH BESE BUT ENDS IN THE CLASSROOM

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 57 minutes ago
Geaux Teacher!: NEGLIGENCE - BEGINS WITH BESE BUT ENDS IN THE CLASSROOM: NEGLIGENCE - BEGINS WITH BESE BUT ENDS IN THE CLASSROOM by noreply@blogger.com (Lee Barrios, M.Ed., NBCT) Personal experiences are the best way to convey the realities of life stories without the spin. My own personal experience mirrored that of the last teacher quoted in this story. The "reform" movement designed to aid and abet the privatization of public education continues to attack the teaching profession in order to achieve its goals of removing collective bargaining, moving public dollars into the priv... more »

Education Research Report: First-Time Kindergartners in 2010-11

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Education Research Report: First-Time Kindergartners in 2010-11: First-Time Kindergartners in 2010-11 by Jonathan Kantrowitz First-Time Kindergartners in 2010-11: First Findings From the Kindergarten Rounds of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011), provides a snapshot of the 3.5 million kindergartners who were attending kindergarten in the United States for the first time in the 2010-11 school year. The ECLS-K:2011 is a longitudinal study that will follow students from their kindergarten year to the spring of 2016, when most of them ar... more »

The pension cost shift. « Fred Klonsky

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
The pension cost shift. « Fred Klonsky: The pension cost shift. by Fred Klonsky For some strange reason known only to Tribune columnist Eric Zorn, he decided to try and explain how Chicago Public Schools are *overfunded.* Answers to the paralyzing questions about school funding fairness. It’s an argument too stupid to even get started on. But at the end of his blog post, Zorn mentions the pension cost swap in passing. This is a topic worth addressing. The pension cost swap is Mike Madigan’s idea. The state owes the Teacher Retirement System maybe $80 billion dollars. Maybe more. Why... more »

Louisiana’s Worthless Accountability Plan for Voucher Schools « Education Talk New Orleans

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Louisiana’s Worthless Accountability Plan for Voucher Schools « Education Talk New Orleans: *Louisiana’s Worthless Accountability Plan for Voucher Schools*Wednesday, Jul 25 2012 Education Reform and Louisiana's Accountability System and Uncategorized edutalknola7:06 am Louisiana State Superintendent John White After all that fanfare about accountability, John White has crafted a completely worthlessaccountability plan for the voucher schools. It’s a shame that so many people on the BESE can’t read. All but 2 Board members voted to support the plan. Only members Lottie Beebe an... more »

Another Charter School Scandal: Ho-Hum « Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Another Charter School Scandal: Ho-Hum « Diane Ravitch's blog: Another Charter School Scandal: Ho-Hum by dianerav I guess we will have to get used to this sort of thing. Some charter schools in Florida padded the enrollment–er, made a miscalculation–of the number of students in their program. Here is the story: *An audit of Coronado High School found there was no documentation to show 465 students participated in an on-* * * [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS WEBSITE CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS A compilation of news articles about charter s... more »

Update: Michigan For Sale - Progress Michigan

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Michigan For Sale - Progress Michigan: Michigan For Sale Who is Richard McLellan? As a longtime Lansing attorney, McLellan has spent decades helping big corporations cash in on all Michigan’s most precious assets. The Mackinac Center was started in 1987 with funding from the little-known Cornerstone Foundation, created by McLellan, then an attorney with Dykema Gossett. Its initial effort was toprivatize the Michigan Accident Fund, a state agency selling workers’ compensation coverage to businesses. The Accident Fund was privatized in 1994 under Gov. John Engler, and Dykema Gosse... more »

Cut Education Now, Pay Later: ‘What Does This Kind Of Negligence Do To Our Students?'

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Cut Education Now, Pay Later: ‘What Does This Kind Of Negligence Do To Our Students?': Cut Education Now, Pay Later: ‘What Does This Kind Of Negligence Do To Our Students?' Leila Chakravarty, a seventh-grade math teacher in the Los Angeles public school system, measures the cost of austerity cuts to education not in gym size, class size or even pink slips, but in kids. "There are plenty of days when I know someone needs help, and I simply cannot get the time to talk to him or her one-on-one before the bell rings," said Chakravarty, who noted that she has taught as many as 37 child... more »

Carolyn Foote: If It Is About the Students, Why Insult Them?

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Carolyn Foote: If It Is About the Students, Why Insult Them?: If It Is About the Students, Why Insult Them? In her recent ad campaign linking failing education to a flabby American Olympian, Michelle Rhee insults American students everywhere, which is, of course, ironic for an organization known as Students First. The more I watched the ad, the more angry it made me. I'm sick and tired of these broad brush strokes about the state of American education anyway. But her ad was an appalling misstep and an insult to our students (and our Olympians, frankly.) The ad implies that our stud... more »

Top-Ranked High School Slapped With Civil Rights Complaint - High School Notes (usnews.com)

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Top-Ranked High School Slapped With Civil Rights Complaint - High School Notes (usnews.com): Top-Ranked High School Slapped With Civil Rights Complaint By KELSEY SHEEHY July 25, 2012 RSS Feed Print [image: Only 4 percent of the students enrolled at Thomas Jefferson during the 2009-2010 school year identified as black or Latino.] Only 4 percent of the students enrolled at Thomas Jefferson during the 2009-2010 school year identified as black or Latino. Getting into Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technologyis like winning the lottery, Suzanne Rheault, CEO of the test-prep ... more »

Missouri Education Watchdog: The Daily Kos Nails the Common Core Standards. They are Not "For the Children" on Any Level.

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Missouri Education Watchdog: The Daily Kos Nails the Common Core Standards. They are Not "For the Children" on Any Level.: The Daily Kos Nails the Common Core Standards. They are Not "For the Children" on Any Level. by stlgretchen ....and you'll find that it's rotten. Politics does indeed make strange bedfellows. The Daily Kos has published an article entitled *"Common Core State Standards -- Are Dangerous".* I couldn't agree more. Progressives increasingly are understanding Common Core standards will not reform education in a positive manner. Many so-called conservatives ha... more »

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-25-12 Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
[image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Creationists in Louisiana Win State Funding by dianerav The voucher legislation in Louisiana will send millions of dollars to Christian academies that repudiate evolution and teach creationism. Their students will never learn about evolution other than to hear it ridiculed. At least 20 of the religious schools that receive voucher students teach creationism, and as this researcher shows, that may be only the tip of the iceberg. This is a descent into ignorance. But in the eyes of a group of state superintendents called Chiefs for C... more »

California nearly last in children’s well-being | EdSource Today

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
California nearly last in children’s well-being | EdSource Today: California nearly last in children’s well-being ** July 25th, 2012 | Add a Comment | By Kathryn Baron Share on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailShare on google_plusone More Sharing Services California is doing slightly better by its kids but still has a long way to go, ranking 41st out of 50 states in the overall well-being of children. The *2012 Kids Count *report, released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, measures how well children are faring on 16 different indicators in education, economic well-being, ... more »

Were Chicago charter school operators the biggest losers yesterday? « Fred Klonsky

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 3 hours ago
Were Chicago charter school operators the biggest losers yesterday? « Fred Klonsky: Were Chicago charter school operators the biggest losers yesterday? by Fred Klonsky Reading this morning’s newspapers (online, of course. I don’t buy those two rags) and reading the pundits, everyone is talking happy about yesterday’s announcement that the CTU and the CPS have reached a tentative agreement on the longer school day. CTU President Karen Lewis was very clear, however. There is a lot yet to bargain. My in box was loaded with emails this morning asking if we could trade our leaders for... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: No money to pay teachers. Really?

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 3 hours ago
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: No money to pay teachers. Really?: No money to pay teachers. Really? by Mike Klonsky Rahm & Burge But Rahm just settled another police torture case for over $5.375 million bringing the total so far to $53.6 million. That's the price taxpayers have been forced to pay to defend torturer Burge and his Area 2 cohorts, compensate torture victims and pay a special prosecutor to investigate the 110 torture cases we know about. The largest of the two new pay-outs — for $5.37 million — will go to Michael Tillman, who spent 23 1/2 years in the penitentiary base... more »

Too Many Chiefs? | AMPS

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 11 hours ago
Too Many Chiefs? | AMPS: Too Many Chiefs? by Thomas J. Mertz The Wild Magnolias, Mardi Gras Indians. Click image for more information. Professor Longhair – ” Big Chief 1 and 2″ (click to listen or download). Just announced, special Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education meetings on Friday, July 27, Noon (Doyle Blg., rm 103), to create a new, one year Chief of Staff position at a cost of $170,000. This has to be done via a budget amendment, so it will require five votes. No public appearances; in order to weigh in write the Board at board@madison.k12.wi.us. I am a... more »

In the News: TFA pushes into political arena | catalyst-chicago.org

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 12 hours ago
In the News: TFA pushes into political arena | catalyst-chicago.org: In the News: TFA pushes into political arena - Share on windycitizenShare on facebookShare on email *By: *Cassandra West / July 24, 2012 *Tags: *charter schools CPS budget Teach for America — the program that recruits recent college grads to work in underperforming schools — is making a push into the political arena. Former TFA grads, as they're known, have won seats in state houses and on local school boards. (Marketplace.org) The Chicago school board has nixed voting Wednesday on its 2012-13 budget bec... more »

Why Won’t They Let Teachers Teach? « Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 12 hours ago
Why Won’t They Let Teachers Teach? « Diane Ravitch's blog: Why Won’t They Let Teachers Teach? by dianerav *I asked a question about the value of online learning, and this teacher responded somewhat off-topic. But what he says raises an interesting question. Are public officials and their cascade of programs making it impossible for teachers to teach? Are they destroying the last vestiges of professional autonomy? Do they talk “respect” but act top-down? Why won’t they let teachers teach? What do they expect to accomplish by their constant interference?* This teacher wrote: Well, ... more »

How Many Houses Have You Built? [On The Future of Teaching Blog] | The Jose Vilson

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 13 hours ago
How Many Houses Have You Built? [On The Future of Teaching Blog] | The Jose Vilson: How Many Houses Have You Built? [On The Future of Teaching Blog] by Jose Excerpt: However, I can’t help but feel some sort of way about the risk / reward dynamic that’s played itself out when it comes to advocacy. As professionals, how long can teachers wait until our profession gets * completely* stripped away from us? How much will we tolerate policy committees and education panels without so much as a former teacher, much less a current one? How often do we value the opinions of self-proclaimed... more »

The Wall Street Journal Covers Up ALEC Link To Anti-Union School Privatization Law | Blog | Media Matters for America

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 15 hours ago
The Wall Street Journal Covers Up ALEC Link To Anti-Union School Privatization Law | Blog | Media Matters for America: *The Wall Street Journal* Covers Up ALEC Link To Anti-Union School Privatization LawBLOG ››› 5 HOURS AND 3 MINUTES AGO ››› MELODY JOHNSON 54 [image: Print] The *Wall Street Journal* this morning failed to report ties between the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and controversial "parent-trigger" legislation that would allow parents to take over and convert public schools to charter schools. They also failed to report that the *J... more »

School Tech Connect: Things Are Starting To Move In Chicago

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 15 hours ago
School Tech Connect: Things Are Starting To Move In Chicago: Things Are Starting To Move In Chicago by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) Busy morning tomorrow. The CTU rally outside the Appointed Board of Education starts at 9:00. Simultaneously, Communities Organized For Democracy in Education is having a press conference at 9:30 over a City Hall. I'll be at that. I'll post a more specific location inside City Hall when I find out. Lots going on. Meanwhile, last night people were standing in line to sign our petition for an elected, representative school board. I didn't even get... more »

Chicago teachers take a step forward. Rahm does a dance. « Fred Klonsky

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
Chicago teachers take a step forward. Rahm does a dance. « Fred Klonsky: Chicago teachers take a step forward. Rahm does a dance. by Fred Klonsky Rahm does a dance *“It’s certainly a step in the right direction,” *said CTU President Karen Lewis said.* “We have a long way to go before this contract is settled.”* With that, the CTU announced a breakthrough in the historic negotiations with the Mayor on the issue of the longer school day. From the beginning the Mayor had promised he would get a longer day out of the teachers. But he had no plan

QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT % OF NEW CHARTERS WILL BE FEATURED ON CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS WEBSITE?

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] Laboratory Charter School of Communication and Languages by The Perimeter Primate *“Feds charge Philly charter school mogul in massive fraud.”* Philadelphia Inquirer (PA), 7/24/2012 A charter school mogul was charged today in a multimillion-dollar fraud case by the U.S. Attorney's Office. Dorothy June Hairston Brown, who received accolades for students' test scores and gained Theodore Roosevelt Public Community School by The Perimeter Primate *“Thousands in receipts questioned in school firing... more »

Please Explain « Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
Please Explain « Diane Ravitch's blog: Please Explain by dianerav No, I am not a Luddite. No one can use technology as intensively as I do and be fairly accused of being anti-technology. I am just naturally skeptical of the claims made for all miracle cures, whether it is snake oil, video game-playing, or the Land of Oz. I promise you, when I see a guy with a crown who is buck naked, I’ll be the first to say so even if he is an emperor. So I want to know: Can you really learn to be a carpenter at an online college? Can you learn HVAC online? Can you become a Who Is Paying to Priv... more »

If the Public is in the Dark About the Common Core, Just Do Some Poll Manipulation | Truth in American Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
If the Public is in the Dark About the Common Core, Just Do Some Poll Manipulation | Truth in American Education: If the Public is in the Dark About the Common Core, Just Do Some Poll Manipulation by Shane Vander Hart Robert Holland, a senior fellow for education policy with the Heartland Institute, wrote an excellent op/ed in *The Washington Times* highlighting how the general public is in the dark about the Common Core State Standards: Achieve, a band of like-minded corporate moguls that formed in 1996 to push national education standards, had to report rather sheepishly last mo... more »

St.Hope Give Me Strength: Sacramento officials begin to react to credit card scandal

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 18 hours ago
City Beat: Sacramento officials begin to react to credit card scandal: Sacramento officials begin to react to credit card scandal Johnson and Serna-Mayorga have been close for many years. She has served on the board of St. HOPE Public Schools - the non-profit founded by Johnson that operates charter schools in Oak Park - worked on Johnson's 2008 mayoral campaign and was one of the mayor's first hires when he was elected. City officials are beginning to react to the news that a mayoral aide resigned last week after it was revealed she allegedly racked up $9,000 in personal charge... more »

Grades Based on Test Scores Can't Measure a School's Success | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 18 hours ago
Grades Based on Test Scores Can't Measure a School's Success | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education: [image: Home] Grades Based on Test Scores Can't Measure a School's Success by Kate_Lenox Sacramento's Mayor Kevin Johnson has said that the city should have a greater role in Sacramento's schools. State law, as well as the city's Council Manager form of government, prevents him from wresting control of the schools from the elected school board so he has proposed another means to put his stamp on the city's schools. In keeping with the federal emphasis on test sco... more »

Whole Child Network Schools Embark on a New Adventure — Whole Child Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 18 hours ago
Whole Child Network Schools Embark on a New Adventure — Whole Child Education: Whole Child Network Schools Embark on a New Adventure by ASCD Whole Child Bloggers [image: Whole Child Network of Schools] The 10 schools from across the continental United States and Guam chosen to participate in ASCD's Whole Child Network kicked off their efforts last week with ASCD in Alexandria, Va. Teams of administrators and teachers from the participating schools gathered to formulate strategies and learn tactics for implementing a whole child approach to education in their schools. The schools ch... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: CTU and community protests force more Rahm concessions

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 18 hours ago
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: CTU and community protests force more Rahm concessions: CTU and community protests force more Rahm concessions by Mike Klonsky Rahm feeling the pressureWith national elections drawing near and a threatened teachers strike only 30 days away, Rahm is feeling pressure from inside his own camp to reach an agreement with the CTU. The Civic Federation is attacking his proposed school budget from one side while pro-union protests hit it from the other. CEO Brizard can't go anywhere these days without being greeted by community protests, even backing out of ... more »

From Huffington Post: 7/23/12 Bold Leaders for our Public Schools by Martin J. Blank | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 19 hours ago
From Huffington Post: 7/23/12 Bold Leaders for our Public Schools by Martin J. Blank | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education: [image: Home] Bold Leaders for our Public Schools by Martin J. Blank by jasonhonig Strong leaders are key to building strong and innovative schools, and so I want to share some insights about the tremendous people who are leading the community schools movement. I'm talking about people like John Porter, Jan Christensen, and Richard Carranza, all superintendents and, all of whom are working to transform their local schools into community hubs. I h... more »

The cost of the No Child Left Behind Waiver for Washington State | Seattle Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 19 hours ago
The cost of the No Child Left Behind Waiver for Washington State | Seattle Education: The cost of the No Child Left Behind Waiver for Washington State by seattleducation2011 [image: free animations] From a Seattle Times article, Waivers free Washington, Wisconsin from ‘No Child Left Behind’: In order to get a waiver, each state had to promise to show in other ways that its students and schools are improving, and they were required to more closely link teacher evaluations to student test scores, among other requirements. And how much will the cost be to link teacher evaluations t... more »

Irony In Parent Trigger’s California Ruling: A Disempowering of Parents | Scathing Purple Musings

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
Irony In Parent Trigger’s California Ruling: A Disempowering of Parents | Scathing Purple Musings: Irony In Parent Trigger’s California Ruling: A Disempowering of Parents by Bob Sikes Yesterday’s odd ruling by a California judge which paved the way for the nation’s first parent trigger to actually occur is based on one startling reality. Explains *Parents Across America* (PAA) founder Caroline Grannan: The parent trigger, an idea presented by the voices of corporate education “reform” as parent empowerment, won a round in court this week. Ironically, the court came down firmly ... more »

Bain Plan for Public Schools: Astonishing News from Philadelphia « Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
Astonishing News from Philadelphia « Diane Ravitch's blog: Astonishing News from Philadelphia by dianerav As readers of this blog know, the School Reform Commission of Philadelphia has recommended a vast expansion of charter schools. It is acting on the recommendation of the Boston Consulting Group, business management consultants with no deep knowledge of education but a deep love of privatization. The business leaders of Philadelphia are pushing hard for the privatization plan. But today, the U.S. Attorney for Philadelphia charged a major charter school leader in Philadelphia wi... more »

Charter founder June Brown charged with fraud | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
Charter founder June Brown charged with fraud | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Charter founder June Brown charged with fraudby Dale Mezzacappa on Jul 23 2012[image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] - COMMENTS (1)PRINT - EMAIL[image: ""] June Brown, a longtime School District administrator who jumped on the charter bandwagon early by founding three small charters and then co-founding a cyber school,has been charged in a massive fraud case by the U.S. Attorney. The federal investigation was partly the result of dogged reporting over several years b... more »

Surviving in Ones Native Land « Deborah Meier on Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Surviving in Ones Native Land « Deborah Meier on Education: Surviving in Ones Native Land from Deborah Meier Homepage by debmeier I just finished reading Diane Ravitch’s latest blog–and the response from David Berliner. If you haven’t seen it go to Diane Ravitch’s Blog. She gave me the idea of writing very short comments–i my case also as a way of getting rid of some of te clippings that pile up on my desk! Thanks for the idea, Diane. It’s also a take off from Mike Klonsky’s blog. Bu, of course all three are very different! Which is precisely part of the point behind my educationa... more »

Your College's Endowment Is Probably Supporting Shady Businesses - Education - GOOD

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Your College's Endowment Is Probably Supporting Shady Businesses - Education - GOOD: Your College's Endowment Is Probably Supporting Shady Businesses by Liz Dwyer A generation ago American college students successfully pressured their schools to divest their multimillion-dollar endowments from apartheid South Africa, which helped bring an official end to the racist policies and proved to the world that economic sanctions work. However, despite being pioneers in socially responsible investing, a new report from the Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute and the Tellus Ins... more »

Are We Addicted to Our Blinking Screens? « Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Are We Addicted to Our Blinking Screens? « Diane Ravitch's blog: Are We Addicted to Our Blinking Screens? by dianerav Guess who is warning that we have become too addicted to computers, cell phones, and all those other devices? Read here. I may be addicted but I don’t think it is the usual kind of screen-addiction. I love to communicate and exchange ideas. Before I started this blog, I would tweet about 50-80 times daily. It wasn’t for the joy of tweeting. I never tweeted to say “I am now at the corner of Broadway and 30th street,” or “I am sitting down to dinner.” I communicated st... more »

More UTLA and LAUSD Collusion? The De Facto Tenure Scandal by Anonymous - Perdaily.com

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
More UTLA and LAUSD Collusion? The De Facto Tenure Scandal by Anonymous - Perdaily.com: More UTLA and LAUSD Collusion? The De Facto Tenure Scandal by Anonymous by Leonard Isenberg ** [image: Teacher Tenure.jpg] *(Mensaje se repite en Español) (For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)**A few years ago, somebody associated with UTLA filed a PERB charge against LAUSD alleging that LAUSD's Division of Adult and Career Education was out of compliance with State law with respect to tenure.* * It alleged that there were many non-tenured / non-permanent t...more »




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