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FCMAT » CALI Education Headlines Friday, August 17, 2012

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 minutes ago
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Anthony Cody Anthony Cody spent 24 years working in Oakland schools, 18 of them as a science teacher at a high needs middle school. He is National Board certified, and now leads workshops with teachers focused on Project Based Learning. With education at a crossroads, he invites you to join him in a dialogue on education reform and teaching for change and deep learning. For additional information on Cody's work, visit his Web site, Teachers Lead. Or follow him on Twitter. Education Headlines *Friday, August 17, 2012* Baron: Ch... more »

Nashville school board to revisit charter decision | The Tennessean | tennessean.com

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Nashville school board to revisit charter decision | The Tennessean | tennessean.com: Nashville school board to revisit charter decision [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] Nashville school officials will reconsider a controversial charter school application in September when a new group of board members takes office. Outgoing school board Chairwoman Gracie Porter, who continues in her role until the end of August, and system Director Jesse Register jointly decided to add the application from Great Hearts Academies to the September agenda, said Meredith Lib... more »

DPS school board plans to sue the state, reinstate teachers | City of Detroit | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

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DPS school board plans to sue the state, reinstate teachers | City of Detroit | Detroit Free Press | freep.com: DPS school board plans to sue the state, reinstate teachers [image: Image 1 of 2,] In its first meeting since regaining some authority, the Detroit Board of Education voted Thursday evening to sue the state, shake up the district's organizational chart and ensure that teachers get school assignments soon. The suit seeks to replace more than $200 million in deficits that accrued during the first five years of state takeover of the school district, from 1999 to 2005. The... more »

Guess what Arne’s lying about now Parents United for Responsible Education

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Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Guess what Arne’s lying about now: Guess what Arne’s lying about now by admin We’ve caught him lying about turnaround schools and charter schools, and his overall track record. But apparently this bad habit has former Chicago Public Schools CEO and current Education Secretary Arne Duncan mythologizing himself, too. A friend alerted me to this recent New Jersey Star-Ledger interview where Duncan makes this claim: When I was in high school in the South Side of Chicago, my friends could drop out and get a

What’s Wrong with Privatization? « Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 35 minutes ago
What’s Wrong with Privatization? « Diane Ravitch's blog: What’s Wrong with Privatization? by dianerav Someone tweeted me a few days ago and asked “what’s wrong with privatization?” I didn’t have time or space to respond in 140 characters, but fortunately someone else has done it for me. See this article. Let me be clear. I believe in the value and strength of the private sector. Long ago, I traveled in the Soviet Union and in China, and I developed a deep respect for the efficiency of the private sector in supplying goods to markets for consumers. But I believe that a healthy and ... more »

New Assessment for Teacher Candidates Launching Nationwide | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 38 minutes ago
New Assessment for Teacher Candidates Launching Nationwide | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: New Assessment for Teacher Candidates Launching Nationwide by obriena A couple months ago, I wrote about a new assessment designed to address one of the ever-present challenges in teacher preparation: How do you ensure that those entering the classroom can teach effectively starting their first day as the teacher of record? Now called the edTPA (formerly the Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA)), the assessment was developed by Stanford University in collaboration with ... more »

NYC Educator: This Is School, and There Will Be No Enjoyment

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 57 minutes ago
NYC Educator: This Is School, and There Will Be No Enjoyment: This Is School, and There Will Be No Enjoyment by NYC Educator It's incredible to read that even 4-year-olds are now taking tests, due to the brilliance of common core. No more of this play nonsense, no more discovery, and no more fun for children. Unless, of course, they go to schools like Sidwell Friends, where the president's kids, and the VP's grandchildren go. For the rest of us, it's get ready for a life of sheer drudgery as a Walmart associate, and no wonder the Walmart folks put their big bucks behind this. My d... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Students sit-in at SoJo

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Students sit-in at SoJo: Students sit-in at SoJo by Mike Klonsky Little Village hunger strikers and community members started the school.Teachers for Social Justice posted a summary of the issues behind yesterday's student sit-in at Social Justice High School. This small school within Little Village High School, was born out of community struggle -- a 19-day hunger strike by parents in 2001. *Sojo's very existence as a neighborhood public school serving low-income African American and Latina/o students with the vision of community self-determination-... more »

Ask an Expert: Helping your child’s teacher | EdNewsColorado

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Ask an Expert: Helping your child’s teacher | EdNewsColorado: Ask an Expert: Helping your child’s teacher from EdNewsColorado by Amy Turino *The back-to-school calendar is in full swing. Educator Amy Turino offers some tips on getting to know, and work with, your child’s teacher at this very busy time of year.* The start to any school year is hectic for everyone – including your child’s teacher. As you are trying to get to know a new teacher, a new classroom and new grade-level expectations, your teacher is trying to get to know 30 new students and their families. This can be overwh... more »

Parent Power & Education Advocacy :: Frederick M. Hess

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Parent Power & Education Advocacy :: Frederick M. Hess: Parent Power & Education Advocacy *by Frederick M. Hess • Aug 17, 2012 at 8:12 am Cross-posted from Education Week* Print Send RSS [image: Share] Share I recently moderated a fascinating discussion about parent engagement -- and not the kind that has to do with supervising field trips and providing extra classroom supplies. The focus was on how new organizations like DFER and 50CAN are seeking to mobilize parents when it comes to policy debates over school reform. This "parent power" trend is provoking some real questions a...more »

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-17-12 Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] The Common Core for 4-Year-Olds by dianerav A reader writes: *As an early childhood teacher I saw first hand last year the effects of the Common Core on my pre-k students. The ELA was not so dreadful. It was more or less consistent with what I had been doing. The math was another story. Asking 4 year olds to master addition and subtraction while they were just trying to grasp basic math concepts such as one to one correspondence was stressful; not just for my students, but for me as well. How to make ... more »

The big business of charter schools - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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The big business of charter schools - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post: The big business of charter schools By Valerie Strauss If you are wondering why you should add charter schools to your investment portfolios, here’s David Brain, head of a major investment concern called Entertainment Properties Trust, to tell you. This isn’t a joke. You may think charter schools are just one option for parents looking for an alternative to traditional public schools for their children, but they are big business in some quarters. What is Entertainment Properties Trust? According to its w... more »

Charters and state at odds over Transitional Kindergarten | EdSource Today

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Charters and state at odds over Transitional Kindergarten | EdSource Today: Charters and state at odds over Transitional Kindergarten - by Kathryn Baron by Kathryn Baron [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] The first lesson that the state’s youngest students may learn is about the meaning of words – specifically, words in the state education code that may or may not give these children access to Transitional Kindergarten in charter schools. The California Department of Education maintains that any charter school offering kindergarten must provide Transitional ... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Joel Klein Comes Clean

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: Joel Klein Comes Clean: Joel Klein Comes Clean by Duke Nice to see Joel Klein finally confess to what the Common Core has really been about: The good news is that the *Common Core Standards, now adopted in 46 states, are creating incentives for innovation* at the heart of the system. At last there's a common definition of what "good" looks like for students and teachers, at least in core subjects like math and English. This helps explain why *venture capital is now flowing in record sums to startups seeking to serve K-12 schools*—and why larger firms (likethe one ... more »

This week, some guidance and support for new OUSD teachers - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools

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This week, some guidance and support for new OUSD teachers - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools: This week, some guidance and support for new OUSD teachers Thursday, August 16th, 2012 at 4:54 pm in No Comments *New Oakland fourth-grade teachers take a break from lesson planning under the guidance of Piedmont Avenue Elementary School teacher Dana Graham during this week’s New Hire Induction Institute. (Photo courtesy of Margaret Dunlap/Oakland Unified School District)* Each year, on the first day of school, more than 100 teachers are experiencing their firs... more »

Troubled Oakland school padded enrollment, district finds | California Watch

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Troubled Oakland school padded enrollment, district finds | California Watch: Troubled Oakland school padded enrollment, district finds Will Evans Michael Short/California Watch St. Andrew pastor Robert Lacy and son Robert Lacy Jr. declined to speak with reporters outside a June school board meeting A controversial West Oakland private school, now reportedly drawing FBI scrutiny, has padded its roster sheets with public school students, according to an Oakland Unified School District investigation. The district's inquiry aims to determine whether leaders at St. Andrew Missionary B... more »

Central Valley district to alter program for students learning English - latimes.com

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 15 hours ago
Central Valley district to alter program for students learning English - latimes.com: Central Valley district to alter program for students learning English [image: Mark Rosenbaum, chief counsel for the ACLU of Southern California] A Central Valley school district will replace a program that was criticized as ineffective for students learning English, officials announced Thursday. Dinuba Unified School District, near Fresno, had become the target of litigation filed in May on behalf of two unidentified students, their parents and five teachers. The program, called Second Language Ac... more »

New evidence: Philadelphia test cheating is likely far worse than previously revealed | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 15 hours ago
New evidence: Philadelphia test cheating is likely far worse than previously revealed | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: New evidence: Philadelphia test cheating is likely far worse than previously revealed by Paul Socolar *By Benjamin Herold and Dale Mezzacappa for WHYY/NewsWorks and the Notebook* The scope of the Philadelphia School District’s problem with suspicious erasures on state standardized tests is far more widespread than officials have publicly revealed. But so far state and District investigators have launched deeper probes into suspected cheating at only a third ... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Who's More Unpopular: Rhee or Romney?

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 15 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: Who's More Unpopular: Rhee or Romney?: Who's More Unpopular: Rhee or Romney? by Duke This is interesting: Hoping that New Yorkers will think of “Romney” as a dirty word, a coalition of labor unions and liberal advocacy groups is beginning a campaign on Thursday to tie the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to defenders of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s education policies. The coalition, New Yorkers for Great Public Schools, said it planned to highlight donors who supported both Mitt Romney and StudentsFirstNY, a political group formed as a counterweight ... more »

Ten Reasons Young People Should Come Forward For Deferred Action « MomsRising Blog

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Ten Reasons Young People Should Come Forward For Deferred Action « MomsRising Blog: Ten Reasons Young People Should Come Forward For Deferred Action by Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez On August 15, the first of perhaps a million or more people who qualify for the DREAM Act began stepping forward to apply and pay fees for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a form of temporary deportation relief for undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria. Each case will be evaluated individually, but I am encouraging those who meet the basic criteria to consider applying for DAC... more »

Meet the PAA founders: Leonie Haimson « Parents Across America

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Meet the PAA founders: Leonie Haimson « Parents Across America: Meet the PAA founders: Leonie Haimson by pureparents *This profile is part of an ongoing series of portraits of key PAA members.* In the beginning, there was Leonie Haimson. Leonie was a key force in the creation of Parents Across America, and remains at the heart of our activities. From her computer in her Greenwich Village office, she writes, researches, and stays in touch with activists and reporters across the country. After more than a decade of educational work, she has become an expert in the ins and outs of po... more »

Where My Fatherhood Comes From [It Turned Into a Poem] | The Jose Vilson

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
Where My Fatherhood Comes From [It Turned Into a Poem] | The Jose Vilson: Where My Fatherhood Comes From [It Turned Into a Poem] by Jose My fatherhood is born of a desire to change everything that happened before me. Or before me. My fatherhood was born from not having a father figure present, and constantly seeking them in the form of priests, popular athletes, and men who only had time for a yearly visit. My fatherhood wasn’t prescribed, and, for all the reading I did, I knew I’d have to write this one out on my own. My fatherhood is an amalgamation of everything that went wrong with... more »

Chicago Teachers Union Vs. Astroturf Billionaires

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 17 hours ago
The Chicago Teachers Union is currently on the front lines of a fight to defend public education. On one side the 30,000 members of the CTU have called for a contract that includes fair compensation, meaningful job security for qualified teachers, smaller class sizes and a better school day with Art, Music, World Language and appropriate staffing levels to help our neediest students. On the other side, the Chicago Board of Education—which is managed by out of town reformers and Broad Foundation hires with little or no Chicago public school experience—has pushed to add two weeks to... more »

Cosmo Garvin's Parting Shot at Kevin Johnson | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 18 hours ago
Cosmo Garvin's Parting Shot at Kevin Johnson | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education: Cosmo Garvin's Parting Shot at Kevin Johnson by Kate_Lenox [image: Home] *KJ, Inc.* http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/k-j-inc/content?oid=7177019 Cosmo Garvin's last article for the Sacramento News and Review is an excellent piece of investigative journalism on how Kevin Johnson is funneling private dollars into quasi-public endeavors including his astro-turf education group Stand Up Sacramento. Along with that he is also using public dollars and city office space in a self-agrand... more »

UPDATE: Jersey Jazzman: What Eduction "Reform" Is Really About: $$$

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 18 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: What Eduction "Reform" Is Really About: $$$: It's Good To Be Chris Cerf's Friend! by Duke When we last visited Jersey City, mayoral candidate Steve Fulop was setting up secret meetings with members of the JCBOE and Education Commissioner Chris Cerf, even though Cerf denies he had anything to do with the appointment of the new superintendent. Remember: Marcia Lyles and Cerf are both graduates of the Broad Superintendents "Academy," the unaccredited program that brings corporate values to public schools (the last thing they need). A lot of people in Jersey City are f... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Pension-grabber Quinn is now toast

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 19 hours ago
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Pension-grabber Quinn is now toast: Pension-grabber Quinn is now toast by Mike Klonsky Popout *Afterward, union leader and lifelong Democrat Ruby Robinson, of Aurora, was furious. “Not one other vote will I cast for a Democrat who is posing as a Democrat but who’s actually acting out as a Republican, as a Tea Partier, and that’s exactly what Gov. Quinn and his group is doing today,” said Robinson, a longtime Department of Employment Security employee and head of an AFSCME local. “They’re carrying out the same kind of activities as Gov. [Scott] Walker... more »

Has Teach for America betrayed its mission? - US news - Life - Education - NBCNews.com

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
Has Teach for America betrayed its mission? - US news - Life - Education - NBCNews.com: Has Teach for America betrayed its mission?Third of recruits go to privately run charter schools; classroom efficacy in question By Stephanie Simon updated 8/16/2012 11:10:21 AM ET - Print - Font: - - When Wendy Kopp, just out of Princeton, founded Teach for America in 1989, she dreamed of recruiting 500 elite college graduates to teach the nation's neediest children. "My dear Miss Kopp," a college advisor told her, "you are quite evidently deranged." Kopp pressed on, and this f... more »

Schools Matter: Chicago Teachers Union Versus Astroturf Billionaires

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
Schools Matter: Chicago Teachers Union Versus Astroturf Billionaires: Chicago Teachers Union Versus Astroturf Billionaires by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene PopoutBillionaires like the Koch Brothers, Betsy DeVos, and Bill Gates fund astroturf tools like Jonah Edelman, Rebecca Nieves Huffman, and Kyle Olson. Working with anti-working class politicians like Rahm Emanuel, these groups and individuals strive to privatize public education, union bust, and profit off the sufferings of the poor. Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is on the front lines of the battle to save public education, but th... more »

Community, Parent and Labor Organizations Call for NYC Candidates to Reject StudentsFirstNY Support

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
New Yorkers for Great Public Schools: [image: studentsfirst_romneyfirst_cover_small.jpg] *New Report Exposes StudentsFirst Romney Money that Could Poison NYC Schools and Elections* * **Community, Parent and Labor Organizations Call for NYC Candidates to Reject StudentsFirstNY Support* * * New York, NY—On the heels of a new report, outraged parents called on elected officials and candidates for state and local office to reject any financial support, either directly or via independent expenditures, from StudentsFirstNY and their various affiliate entities. The report, titled *Stude... more »

Ed Tech Task Force Recommendations - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education)

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Ed Tech Task Force Recommendations - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education): Modern Technology a Major Tool in Preparing Students for the Future, Educators and Other Experts Say *"Education Technology Task Force" Submits Recommendations to State Schools Chief* **SACRAMENTO—Rather than seeing smart phones and other electronic devices as barriers to learning, educators should be using them as central tools in preparing students for the careers of the 21st century economy, according to a new report that teachers and other education experts prepared for State Superintendent of Public Instru... more »

Daily Kos: A simple question for Mitt and Ann Romney

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Daily Kos: A simple question for Mitt and Ann Romney: A simple question for Mitt and Ann Romney by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) In 2009 the Internal Revenue Service had a one-time amnesty for those who had failed to pay taxes on overseas accounts. To quote from the frequently asked questions document on the program, issued in May of 2009, the objective of the amnesty program was to bring taxpayers that have used undisclosed foreign accounts and undisclosed foreign entities to avoid or evade tax into compliance with United States tax laws. Additionally, the information gathered f... more »

Legislators Challenge NEA and AFT to Merge - John Wilson Unleashed - Education Week

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Legislators Challenge NEA and AFT to Merge - John Wilson Unleashed - Education Week: Legislators Challenge NEA and AFT to Merge By John Wilson on August 16, 2012 7:00 AM Can you imagine being a pro-public school and pro-union state legislator and have to deal with competing teacher unions as you move legislation that will help all teachers and education support professionals? Louisiana and West Virginia come to my mind as two prime examples. I am sure there are state legislators who feel they walk on eggshells when trying to work with the local and state affiliates of the National... more »

LA School Report | Everything You Need to Know About What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
LA School Report | Everything You Need to Know About What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD: Welcome to LA School Report Posted on August 16, 2012 by Jamie Alter Lynton Today I am pleased to announce the official launch of LA School Report. My goal is to provide meaningful coverage on issues related to the Los Angeles public schools and to shine a light on a system that receives little attention despite its enormous importance. As the second largest school system in the country and one that commands an annual budget of over $6 billion dollars, the Los Angeles Unified School District ... more »

ASCD SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TOOL

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
*ASCD SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TOOL Home Page: * * * Fast, Free, Online: Because You Can’t Wait to Get Better by Molly McCloskey [image: ASCD School Improvement Tool] All educators want to improve what they do for kids, but need help doing so. On a daily basis, we’re thinking, planning, and taking steps to improve school climate and culture, provide high-quality curriculum and instruction, be leaders, assess meaningfully, engage our families and communities, support our own professional development, build staff capacity, and more. How do we balance these multiple school improvement priorit... more »

That Dog Won’t Hunt « The Core Knowledge Blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
That Dog Won’t Hunt « The Core Knowledge Blog: That Dog Won’t Huntby Robert Pondiscio *August 16th, 2012* Tags: CCSS, Fordham, Kathleen Porter-Magee, Literacy, Lucy Calkins, publishing Posted in Education Practice, Literacy | No Comments » “How many legs does a dog have if you call its tail a leg?” Abraham Lincoln is famously reported to have asked. Four, said Abe. “Because calling it a leg doesn’t make it one.” And calling your ELA curriculum Common Core aligned doesn’t mean it really is. At Fordham’s Common Core Watch blog last week, Kathleen Porter-Magee posted a piece that ... more »

The power of positive technology « Teaching Between the Lines

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
The power of positive technology « Teaching Between the Lines: The power of positive technology by Laura Convincing my students to work with new technology is a snap — if the laptops are on their desks, they are usually happy and productive. But recently I presented the wonders of technology to a tougher audience: older folks in a retirement community. Although they came willingly to my presentation, which was part of a series on keeping their brains active, I heard a bit of grumbling along the lines of, “This is about technology? I’m not staying,” “I don’t even have a computer... more »

Missouri Education Watchdog: Did Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee or one of her TFAers Write These Rambling Letters?

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Missouri Education Watchdog: Did Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee or one of her TFAers Write These Rambling Letters?: Did Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rheeor one of her TFAers Write These Rambling Letters? by stlgretchen Her words are empty and vague. So are her educational reform ideas. See if you can discern what they are and what she wants...other than your money. Michelle Rhee and her organization StudentsFirst just won't leave Missourians alone with her talking points on educational reform sent via email. She's about as vague on her reform plans as Arne Duncan saying we... more »

A running theme that the only thing that matters is test scores | Dangerously Irrelevant

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
A running theme that the only thing that matters is test scores | Dangerously Irrelevant: A running theme that the only thing that matters is test scores by dr.scott.mcleod@gmail.com (Scott McLeod) *Pray to the gods of TEST * according to the American Psychological Association, a study of Texas middle school studentsfound that healthy lungs and hearts could “predict” better scores on reading and math tests. Here’s another — from the UK but in the same vein — touting the conclusion that “daily exercise significantly improves pupils test scores.” And another finding that integrating a... more »

FCMAT » CALI Education Headlines Thursday, August 16, 2012

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Education Headlines *Thursday, August 16, 2012* Tamien residents object to plans for Rocketship schoolRocketship, the darling of the national charter movement, hit a speed bump Tuesday in its quest to open more schools that serve low-income, disadvantaged children. The Santa Clara County Board of Education unanimously postponed a decision affecting a parcel where Rocketship wants to open another school. Moreno Valley trustee cases cost district thousandsThe Moreno Valley Unified School District has spent more than $9,000 in legal...more »

On demonizing our opponents « Deborah Meier on Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
On demonizing our opponents « On demonizing our opponents Posted on August 16, 2012 by debmeier In the “final” showdown one must take sides–for or against– and anyone not on my side is my enemy. I suppose. But in the meantime, it can be fascinating to “see” the world through other perspectives. I had lunch yesterday with two good friends, Carol and Joe Reich. They started a public school in Brooklyn many year go–after being dicouraged with their work in I Had A Dream (mostly focused on after school enrichment and promised support for college). I visited the school–Beginning With... more »





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