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Did Rick Scott’s Chief of Staff Intervene and Prompt School Grade Changes? | Scathing Purple Musings
Did Rick Scott’s Chief of Staff Intervene and Prompt School Grade Changes? | Scathing Purple Musings: Did Rick Scott’s Chief of Staff Intervene and Prompt School Grade Changes? by Bob Sikes Two of Florida’s top political reporters, Mary Ellen Klas and Steve Bousquet have a Sunday story highlighting some critical interventions of Rick Scott’s new chief of staff, Adam Hollingsworth. According to the two reporters, Hollingsworth had a hand in the DOE’s positive change in 213 school grades. A week after Hollingsworth started his new job, school districts raised doubts about a new gra... more »
Ed Notes Online: @SOS Karran Harper Royal: How [Some] African Americans and Civil Rights Leaders Got on the Wrong Side of the Ed Reform Movement
Ed Notes Online: @SOS Karran Harper Royal: How [Some] African Americans and Civil Rights Leaders Got on the Wrong Side of the Ed Reform Movement: @SOS Karran Harper Royal: How [Some] African Americans and Civil Rights Leaders Got on the Wrong Side of the Ed Reform Movement Karran is the best there is at exposing the ed deform New Orleans "miracle." And a founder with Leonie Haimson and others of Parents Across America. She opposed the status quo back in the 90's so she can't be accused of defending the SQ. She could have been on the ed deform side given her history of activi... more »
Rahm and Other People’s Children « Diane Ravitch's blog
Rahm and Other People’s Children « Diane Ravitch's blog: Rahm and Other People’s Children by dianerav One of the themes of the corporate reform movement is this: “We know what’s best for other people’s children but it is not what’s best for mine.” Many of the leading corporate reformers went to elite prep schools and/or send their children to them. Schools like Exeter, Andover, Deerfield Academy, Sidwell Friends, the University of Chicago Lab School, Lakeside Academy (Seattle), Maumee Country Day School (Toledo). At these schools there are beautiful facilities, small classes, exper... more »
Open the Flood Gates - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post - A Professional Networking Community for Educators
Open the Flood Gates - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post - A Professional Networking Community for Educators: Open the Flood Gates One of the legacies of the Industrial Age is the ideal of standardization: creating products of consistent quality that can be mass-produced. Coming out of the Agricultural Age, this was a huge step forward; without standardization much of what was accomplished in the twentieth century could not have been attained. Along with standardization came specialization, as specific standards of quality had to be met by specific experts. On any ... more »
Global Education Strike: Oct. 18 & Nov. 14-21 | OccupyWallSt.org
Global Education Strike: Oct. 18 & Nov. 14-21 | OccupyWallSt.org: Global Education Strike: Oct. 18 & Nov. 14-21 Posted 15 minutes ago on Aug. 5, 2012, 11:31 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt [image: Global Education Strike!] *via the International Student Movement:* We are calling for a Global Education Strike. It is the first time that an education strike is being coordinated worldwide. We will UNITE in solidarity, because no matter where we live, we face the same struggle against national state and profit driven interests, and their hold on education. Increasing tuition fees, budget cuts, ... more »
What Albert Shanker Said About Merit Pay « Diane Ravitch's blog
What Albert Shanker Said About Merit Pay « Diane Ravitch's blog: What Albert Shanker Said About Merit Pay by dianerav In the early 1990s, I attended a meeting where the issues of education were debated. One of the attendees was Albert Shanker. I don’t remember where or when this meeting occurred. I can’t document it. But I remember what Al Shanker said that day about merit pay. After another member of the group predicted the great improvements that would occur if teachers could compete for merit pay, Shanker said the following: *“Let me get this straight,” he said. “The kids will work... more »
Schools Matter: Texas Orders Up a New Test to Solve Problems Created by 32 Years of Testing
Schools Matter: Texas Orders Up a New Test to Solve Problems Created by 32 Years of Testing: Texas Orders Up a New Test to Solve Problems Created by 32 Years of Testing by Jim Horn Texas has been been doing more of the same standardized testing and expecting different results (see Einstein's definition of insanity) for 32 years now, and the children of the Lone Star state are as poor, malnourished, and miseducated as ever. One in four lives in poverty, just as one in four Texans has no health insurance. Poverty rates jumped by 9 percent in the last U. S. Census, while the nationa... more »
Do Cities Need Virtual Schools? « Diane Ravitch's blog
Do Cities Need Virtual Schools? « Diane Ravitch's blog: Do Cities Need Virtual Schools? by dianerav Carly Berwick writes about K12′s plan to establish a virtual charter school in New Jersey. It was turned down, but only temporarily, to provide a year of “planning” time. The poor academic results of K12 cyber charters are well known. They were written about in the New York Times and the Washington Post. They were reviewed negatively by the National Education Policy Center. The most startling statistic –of many–is that K12′s Colorado Virtual Academy had a graduation rate of 12 perce... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Dialog and Words
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Dialog and Words: Dialog and Words by Melissa Westbrook I always say - words matter. Dialog matters (although Charlie rightly points out the fallacy of "finding common ground" when it means "you come over to our side but we won't move an inch OR admit we aren't being fully truthful in our claims.") I concur because this has happened to me as well. To that end, Trish Millines Dziko has set up a thoughtful Facebook page about "*I-1240 Discourse*." If you use Facebook, please "like" this page to encourage this kind of dialog. Also, over at the ... more »
A College Football Parody that Explains Florida’s Education Follies | Scathing Purple Musings
A College Football Parody that Explains Florida’s Education Follies | Scathing Purple Musings: A College Football Parody that Explains Florida’s Education Follies by Bob Sikes Randy Schultz ripped Rick Scott and the hand-picked lackeys on the Florida Board of Education in this morning’s *Palm Beach Post*. Well, Schultz actually ripped just about everyone who’s responsible for Florida’s education follies. Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson, whom the board selected just a year ago, resigned last week. Gov. Scott said in a statement that Mr. Robinson “has been a tireless advoca... more »
Daily Kos: Romney's tax situation is a telling exemplar
Daily Kos: Romney's tax situation is a telling exemplar: Romney's tax situation is a telling exemplar by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) of what is is wrong in America. What I post below was drafted - and posted - as a comment on another diary. I place it here, entirely above the fold, as its own entry so that perhaps a few more may see it, and offer their responses. Here it is: I am going to posit for sake of discussion that for any year in question Romney paid at least $1,000,000 in federal taxes. He can legitimately be characterized as a "substantial" amount. Yet given what we kn... more »
Commentary: Louisiana using school vouchers to skirt responsibility to public | The Town Talk | thetowntalk.com
Commentary: Louisiana using school vouchers to skirt responsibility to public | The Town Talk | thetowntalk.com: Commentary: Louisiana using school vouchers to skirt responsibility to public As Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal traversed our great nation, giving speeches in support of Gov. Mitt Romney and being a general tool of the GOP, he left behind a state still divided on the fairness of the new statewide voucher program. The arguments I've heard for the program are simply this: Parents deserve a choice in their child's education. This makes perfect sense. We all get a choice in w... more »
Ohio education head Heffner resigns in wake of Inspector General report - Columbus Government | Examiner.com
Ohio education head Heffner resigns in wake of Inspector General report - Columbus Government | Examiner.com: Ohio education head Heffner resigns in wake of Inspector General report - STAN HEFFNER - AUGUST 4, 2012 [image: Gov. Kasich, who pushed out Ohio's former education head to make way for Heffner, didn't stand in his way of resigning Saturday.] RELATED TOPICS - Ohio education - Race to the Top - standardized testing - ohio politics Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction Stan W. Heffner submitted his letter of resignation Saturday, following a report re... more »
UPDATED: Education agency suspends Birmingham schools' district accreditation request | al.com
UPDATED: Education agency suspends Birmingham schools' district accreditation request | al.com: UPDATED: Education agency suspends Birmingham schools' district accreditation requestPublished: Saturday, August 04, 2012, 1:10 PM Updated: Saturday, August 04, 2012, 3:39 PM BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- An education agency has suspended theBirmingham city school's district accreditation request because of concern over the Board of Education's micromanagement. Birmingham is in the early stages of a two-year process to earn districtwide accreditation instead of having to go through the ardu... more »
Arne Duncan: Better education starts with best educators | NJ.com
Arne Duncan: Better education starts with best educators | NJ.com: Arne Duncan: Better education starts with best educatorsPublished: Sunday, August 05, 2012, 6:05 AM [image: arne-duncan.JPG]Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesEducation Secretary Arne Duncan is pictured in this file photo. He spoke with Star-Ledger editorial page editor Tom Moran about school reform. Education is the one policy area in which Democrats and Republicans are finding an abundance of common ground, where President Obama and Gov. Chris Christie agree on most issues. Both favor tenure reform that allows schools t... more »
Can schools fix our economy? - Salon.com
Can schools fix our economy? - Salon.com: Can schools fix our economy?Education is certainly important, but it must go hand-in-hand with the creation of good jobsBY RICHARD KIRSCH, NEXT NEW DEAL - - 33 - 17 - - more - TOPICS: EDUCATION, JOBS, NEXT NEW DEAL, SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, U.S. ECONOMY, UNEMPLOYMENT [image: Can schools fix our economy?] (Credit: iStockphoto/samxmeg) This originally appeared on Next New Deal. We all know that the key to our economic future is a more educated workforce, right? Here, for example, are the “Guiding Principles” of Pr... more »
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-5-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] The Elusive Quest for Merit Pay by dianerav I have often noted that merit pay has been tried again and again for nearly a century. It never works and it never dies. There is a materialist strain in American culture that is certain that everyone will respond to a cash reward. Advocates claim that the chance to win extra money will make teachers work harder and produce higher test scores and even make the teaching profession more attractive. Rahm Emanuel’s Financial Illogic by dianerav Chicago Public Schools... more »
Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s teacher evaluation system is revised — but is it improved? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
Rhee’s teacher evaluation system is revised — but is it improved? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s teacher evaluation system is revised — but is it improved? By Valerie Strauss For three years, 50 percent of the evaluations of many D.C. public school teachers were based on students standardized test scores, a key part of the ground-breaking IMPACT assessment system introduced by Michelle Rhee. Now, Rhee's successor as schools chancellor, Kaya Henderson, and her leadership team have decided that 50 percent is too much and that the Kaya H... more »
The Education Report: In the Oakland Unified's latest analysis of school closure savings, something is missing - Inside Bay Area
The Education Report: In the Oakland Unified's latest analysis of school closure savings, something is missing - Inside Bay Area: The Education Report: In the Oakland Unified's latest analysis of school closure savings, something is missing By Katy Murphy Oakland Tribune Posted: 08/05/2012 12:00:00 AM PDT This is a sampling of The Education Report, Katy Murphy's Oakland schools blog. Read more atwww.IBAbuzz.com/education. Follow her at Twitter.com/KatyMurphy. Aug. 3: Financial savings -- roughly $2 million a year -- were at the heart of the Oakland school district's case for closi... more »
Arnold Schwarzenegger Wants to Teach College Students Post-Partisanship - Education - GOOD
Arnold Schwarzenegger Wants to Teach College Students Post-Partisanship - Education - GOOD: Arnold Schwarzenegger Wants to Teach College Students Post-Partisanship by Liz Dwyer [image: arnie] Almost 30 years ago when Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator cyborg delivered his most famous line, "I'll be back," no one would've predicted that the actor and former California governor's third act would be as a university professor. But now Schwarzenegger is launching the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policywith the goal of "promoting a new era of post-partisanship." The... more »
Middle-Class Fear and the Rise of the Police State in Some Children’s Schools | Dailycensored.com
Middle-Class Fear and the Rise of the Police State in Some Children’s Schools | Dailycensored.com: Middle-Class Fear and the Rise of the Police State in Some Children’s Schools | Dailycensored.com On August 2, 2012, I wore my James Baldwin t-shirt to celebrate his birthday. The back of this black shirt is emblazoned with Baldwin’s face in gold print and this saying: “The law is meant to be my servant and not my master, still less my torturer and my murderer.” — James Baldwin. The Nation. July 11, 1966. This small act on my part to recognize a brilliant and marginalized rad... more »
Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky
Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky: Sunday links. by Fred Klonsky *John Dillon’s Pension Vocabulary for August 4th is **A.L.E.C./ Rep. Patti Bellock. Illinois holds the distinction of having the ALEC State Representative of the year: Representative Patricia “Patti” Bellock of the 47th district (Westmont Office). A recent letter of congratulations from Republican House Leader Tom Cross – also a member of ALEC - glowed with the kind of Orwellian political doublespeak that sanitizes the actual undercutting of the medically needy or marginalized with positive parsing. * *Wal-Mart i... more »
Schools Matter: Test Scores and Teacher Evaluation/ Pay: A Primer
Schools Matter: Test Scores and Teacher Evaluation/ Pay: A Primer: Test Scores and Teacher Evaluation/ Pay: A Primer by P. L. Thomas Reporting on the revisions to teacher evaluations in DC public schools, Valerie Strauss makes a key observation: "When Rhee set the percentage at 50 percent back in 2009, after spending millions of dollars to create the assessment system, she based it on absolutely nothing grounded in research. The 35 percent? Also based on no research." I have recently argued that test-based teacher evaluations and pay are without credibility (HERE and HERE). Tea... more »
An Urban Teacher's Education: SOS Conference 2012, Day Two Afternoon
An Urban Teacher's Education: SOS Conference 2012, Day Two Afternoon: SOS Conference 2012, Day Two Afternoon by James Boutin Sherick speaks; James looks on After lunch I today attended a session by Karran Harper Royal called “How [Some] African Americans Got on the Wrong Side of the Education Debate. Karran is a parent turned activist who was inspired to speak out after having difficulties twenty years ago with one of her children in kindergarten. She kept worrying that if he didn’t get help, he would get put on a wrong track that he might not be able to get off of. Karran’s mess... more »
Third Anniversary of My Blog | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Third Anniversary of My Blog | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Third Anniversary of My Blog by larrycuban Dear Readers, This post marks my third anniversary as a blogger. I want to thank those readers who regularly read my twice-weekly posts, those who have dipped into them occasionally, those who have subscribed to the post, and finally those who have taken the time to write thoughtful comments. Nearly 325,000 readers from around the world (35 percent outside of the U.S.) have clicked on to the blog since August 2009. Not exactly viral but, for me, most gra... more »
Mónica García champions the Gülenist Charter Movement in LAUSD | Dailycensored.com
Mónica García champions the Gülenist Charter Movement in LAUSD | Dailycensored.com: Mónica García champions the Gülenist Charter Movement in LAUSD by Robert D. Skeels *This increasingly well-rooted network provides the Gulen Movement with daily access to the minds of over 45,000 students, and yearly access to hundreds of millions of hard-earned tax dollars. — Sharon Higgins* [image: Corporate Education Reformer Mónica García, President LAUSD] Mónica García, LAUSD’s Gülenist Champion Charter schools are privately managed entities with negligible oversight, but funded with public mon... more »
An Open Letter to Barck Obama About Education Rational Mathematics Education
Rational Mathematics Education: An Open Letter to Barck Obama About Education Dear Mr. President: I wish you a happy birthday. But I must also wish that you would truly listen to and heed the voices of real teachers, scholars, children, and parents when it comes turning away from the disaster your policies have been for democratic, free, public education. As long as Arne Duncan is US Sec. of Education, you will be promoting an undemocratic approach, heretofore unprecedented in our history, to imposing federal will on state and local educational practices. Were the policies ... more »
What it means when test scores plummet - Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee Was There
What it means when test scores plummet - Class Struggle - The Washington Post: What it means when test scores plummet By Jay Mathews *Was There* Last Thursday, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and officials from D.C. public schools and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) held a news conference to crow about results on tests administered in April. Proficiency rates on both reading and math sections of the D.C. Comprehensive Assessment System exams were up slightly for many grades in schools across the district, the mayor said. He took credit for those improvements – ... more »
Inside Colocation
Inside Colocation: [image: save image] 3RD AUG 2012 [image: One of the perks of my new room is the nice view of this lovely tree. However, what you’re seeing is not a romantic haze. It’s a very dirty window. Success Academy, still plowing through construction of the basement, issued several permits for our hardworking custodial staff to work 24 hours, an extremely difficult rope to pull. Of course, once Success’ need for the extra staff was fulfilled, the permits all ran out and could not be renewed for custodial to do the necessary repairs and deep cleaning on the upper three fl... more »
Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s StudentsFirst Has Made Campaign Contributions to 12 Florida Legislators and One Curious 527 | Scathing Purple Musings
Michelle Rhee’s StudentsFirst Has Made Campaign Contributions to 12 Florida Legislators and One Curious 527 | Scathing Purple Musings: Michelle Rhee’s StudentsFirst Has Made Campaign Contributions to 12 Florida Legislators and One Curious 527 by Bob Sikes The kerfuffle caused by Michelle Rhee’s Florida reps call for Astroturf commenting in blogs isn’t the only activity by her empire. Rhee’s StudentsFirst made 12 different $500 contributions to Florida legislators during a period which began 11/18/2011 an ended on 1/12/2012 before the last legislative session. Save democrat senato... more »
Schools Matter: Taxpayer money to be paid to College Board
Schools Matter: Taxpayer money to be paid to College Board: Taxpayer money to be paid to College Board Arne Duncan has announced that the US Department of Education will provide $21.5 million to high poverty students to pay fees for taking AP tests. In other words, $21.5 million of taxpayer money will be handed over to the College Board (new president, David Coleman, a major architect of the Common Core, a huge boondoggle for testing and computer companies). Duncan clearly thinks this is a better investment than expanding free/reduced meal programs, improved health care for childr... more »
LAUSD to begin phasing in Common Core curriculum standards - LA Daily News
LAUSD to begin phasing in Common Core curriculum standards - LA Daily News: LAUSD to begin phasing in Common Core curriculum standards By Barbara Jones Staff Writer Posted: 08/04/2012 01:44:53 PM PDT Updated: 08/04/2012 02:37:42 PM PDT If you are having trouble, download the Flash® player. The way that teachers teach and students learn is about to undergo a radical transformation at school districts nationwide. Students will start learning basic algebra and geometry skills in kindergarten. Multiple-choice tests will be replaced with complex essays, taken and scored by computer. A... more »
At the SOS conference: Talking about reform. « Fred Klonsky
At the SOS conference: Talking about reform. « Fred Klonsky: At the SOS conference: Talking about reform. by Fred Klonsky *The following is part of my presentation on the panel on union voice at the Save Our School conference this weekend in DC:* In 2009, to qualify for Race to the Top, Illinois Governor Quinn established a committee to create the state’s application. In charge of that committee was the newly hired Executive Director of the IEA, Audrey Soglin. Soglin had been hired as IEA Executive Director to replace her mentor Jo Anderson, who had gone to Washington as Arne Dunca... more »
Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky
Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky Saturday coffee. by Fred Klonsky I’m in DC this Saturday morning. Coffee at the Wardman Park Hotel. A plaque by my hotel elevator says that one day in 1925 the poet Vachel Lindsay was dining in the hotel restaurant. A African American working as a bus boy handed him some copies of his poems. Lindsay, impressed with the quality of the work, passed the work on. The African American working as a bus boy was Langston Hughes. I’m attending and speaking on a panel for Save Our Schools, an organization of teachers, educators, parents and education activists.... more »
Law schools revenues soar as they take in millions from tuition and fees, as supply exceeds demand | OregonLive.com
Law schools revenues soar as they take in millions from tuition and fees, as supply exceeds demand | OregonLive.com: Law schools revenues soar as they take in millions from tuition and fees, as supply exceeds demand by Jeff Manning, The Oregonian [image: tom9.JPG]View full sizeTom Borton followed his father into the law. His dad came out with little if any debt. Borton owes $136,000. He feels lucky to be practicing law. The Metropolitan Public Defender's Office attorney intends to stay in public service, despite the modest salary, in order to get some of his debt forgiven. America... more »
Chilean students have taken over schools and city streets in the largest protests the country has seen in decades for free education | Dailycensored.com
Chilean students have taken over schools and city streets in the largest protests the country has seen in decades for free education | Dailycensored.com: Chilean students have taken over schools and city streets in the largest protests the country has seen in decades for free education by Danny Weil In a lesson that should be learned here in the US, Chilean students have taken over schools and city streets in the largest protests the country has seen in decades. Chile suffered under the neo-liberal economics of Milton Friedman carried out by the brutal Chilean dictator Augustus ... more »
Right-Wing Alert: “American Federation for Children” Funding Democrats for Education Privatization « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Right-Wing Alert: “American Federation for Children” Funding Democrats for Education Privatization « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Right-Wing Alert: “American Federation for Children” Funding Democrats for Education Privatization by millerlf The American Federation for Children (AFC), led by Betty DeVos, is spending money on Milwaukee’s present legislative races. The American Federation for Children spent $1.5 million helping Republicans during this year’s recall elections. That includes some $900,000 that it spent to help Scott Walker fend off Tom Barrett’s challenge... more »
Happy original long form American birthday President Obama! : blue cheddar
Happy original long form American birthday President Obama! : blue cheddar: Happy original long form American birthday President Obama! August 4, 2012 By bluecheddar [image: Share] Upon the anniversary of the President’s birth, I would like to share an archived video of that occasion: Whenever I see the latest outrageous birther claim I feel glee because 1) those morons ain’t on my side and 2) I feel not one pang of guilt in calling them morons. So it is that today I wish President Barack Obama a
Application for Deferred Action for DREAM-Eligible Immigrants Will Cost $465 | FDL News Desk
Application for Deferred Action for DREAM-Eligible Immigrants Will Cost $465 | FDL News Desk: Application for Deferred Action for DREAM-Eligible Immigrants Will Cost $465 by David Dayen (photo: xomiele / flickr) Despite all the fanfare over the Obama Administration’s announcement of deferred action status for DREAM-eligible youth, it hasn’t actually begun. Eligible applicants must fill out a form to get the deferred action status for themselves, and that process will commence on August 15. And US Citizenship and Immigration Servicesannounced yesterday that the immigrants will have ... more »
The Weekly Update: So much money, so little time, creationism in voucher schools and who’s holding Arne Duncan accountable? | Seattle Education
The Weekly Update: So much money, so little time, creationism in voucher schools and who’s holding Arne Duncan accountable? | Seattle Education: The Weekly Update: So much money, so little time, creationism in voucher schools and who’s holding Arne Duncan accountable? by seattleducation2011 *The Weekly Update for the news you might have missed* President Obama and his Secretary of Education Arne Race-to-the-Top Duncan. Obama has become the darling of a whole new world of financiers and entrepreneurs in education who are making riches off of our educational system with his Secretary o... more »
Under new law, state will send 3.3 times more funds per child to state charter schools than local systems | Get Schooled
Under new law, state will send 3.3 times more funds per child to state charter schools than local systems | Get Schooled: Under new law, state will send 3.3 times more funds per child to state charter schools than local systems by Maureen Downey A rural school chief sent me this note late Friday: I am forwarding to you an email from Herb Garrett at the Georgia School Superintendent’s Association that was sent out today to all Georgia superintendents. Herb explains the financial impact of laws already passed regarding charter schools and the differences in funding between those stu... more »
Jersey Jazzman: NJDOE Is Run Like the CIA
Jersey Jazzman: NJDOE Is Run Like the CIA: NJDOE Is Run Like the CIA by Duke Remember when the NJDOE got caught making secret plans to overturn local control throughout the state? They must be nervous about getting found out again, because they are shutting down access to information any way they can : The plan was for the city’s [Camden's] board of education to begin weighing three proposals for Hope Act schools Wednesday night. But the process was halted when legal and procedural questions were raised. Meeting without their lawyer present, the board balked at going into the f... more »
Bobby Jindal as Director of National Science Foundation? « Diane Ravitch's blog
Bobby Jindal as Director of National Science Foundation? « Diane Ravitch's blog: Bobby Jindal as Director of National Science Foundation? by dianerav A science teacher read the post about the textbooks used in some of Louisiana’s voucher schools. As we know, Governor Jindal is eager to pay public money to send children in Louisiana to religious schools that teach creationism as fact. So is Republican candidate Mitt Romney, who looks to Jindal as an education expert and who praises vouchers for religious schools. The teacher writes: *Hopeful Monster Theory!!!!! Since when is there... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Charters: No Consequences For Failure
Jersey Jazzman: Charters: No Consequences For Failure: Charters: No Consequences For Failure by Duke The justification for closing down public schools and replacing them with charters is that the public schools have tried and failed to serve poor, urban kids, and we have a moral imperative to try something different. The publics had their chance, and they blew it; let's try something new. But what if what we're really doing is trying something old? Three proposals for a Hope Act charter school here were submitted on time Friday. The applications came from KIPP Norcross Cooper Ac... more »
An Urban Teacher's Education: SOS Conference 2012, Day Two Morning
An Urban Teacher's Education: SOS Conference 2012, Day Two Morning: SOS Conference 2012, Day Two Morning by James Boutin Driver takes a question during the opening sessionThis morning began with an address by Shanta Driver, the national director for the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equity *B*y *A*ny *M*eans *N*ecessary - more commonly known as BAMN. Driver talked a lot about her experiences as an attorney and organizer in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan. She said that only one-third schools seven years ago are still opera... more »
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-4-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Another Strong Contender in Teacher Survivor by dianerav Who do you think should be required to teach? We are watching the entries in the teacher survivor contest, and here is another strong contender: *Im a fourth grade teacher in Texas.**My contestants would be George W. Bush, Rick Perry, my micro managing principal, Bill Gates, President Obama, M. Rhee, and Duncan. They would be assigned a fourth grade class in a so called low performing school. Living in the community on a teacher salary would be a must.... more »
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