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On Teachers: Beyond “Good” and “Bad” | Dissident Voice
On Teachers: Beyond “Good” and “Bad” | Dissident Voice: On Teachers: Beyond “Good” and “Bad” by Tolu Olorunda The teacher must have a genuine interest in mental activity on his own account, a love of knowledge that unconsciously animates his teaching. —John Dewey1 [T]eachers cannot follow the medieval tradition of detached withdrawal from the world. … [They] cannot be pedants or dilettantes, they cannot be mere technicians and higher artisans, they have got to be social statesmen and statesmen of high order. —W.E.B. Du Bois2 Social relations in the classroom that glorify the teach... more »
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Thursday, September 20, 2012
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: The space shuttle Endeavour took off atop a modified transport plane from a Houston airport Thursday, continuing its journey to retirement in California, where it will be put on permanent display in a museum. Along the way, Endeavour is due to pass low over several places, including Tucson, Ariz., the home of the last person to fly a shuttle, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, and his wife, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Education Headlines *Thursday, September 20, 2012* Monterey school district reduces suspensions by reward... more »
New Middle Schools, Same Old Challenges | Edwize
New Middle Schools, Same Old Challenges | Edwize: New Middle Schools, Same Old Challenges by Jackie Bennett [image: New schools find themselves more likely to be identified as Focus schools on the state's new Focus list] A lot of middle schools have closed these past ten years in New York City and a whole lot more have opened up. In fact, nearly a third of our middle schools are new, and when we look at the higher need schools, the proportion jumps to 43%. These new schools opened as part of a reform agenda whose ideas are simple and familiar to all of us: empower principals to pic... more »
Modern School: Is Everything We’re Teaching Garbage?
Modern School: Is Everything We’re Teaching Garbage?: Is Everything We’re Teaching Garbage? by Michael Dunn Artificial intelligence theorist and education reformer Roger Schank has argued that virtually everything we currently teach to kids is a waste of time, according to Good Education. This provocative statement should, of course, be taken with a grain of salt. For one, Good is calling him a “reformer” which, to many teachers, is an epithet most commonly applied to people with little or no training in education who have an ulterior motive (often profit-driven). Second, being a... more »
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm and Mitt try damage control
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm and Mitt try damage control: Rahm and Mitt try damage control by Mike Klonsky I turned on the TV this morning to see the new ad with Rahm doing damage control. He's claiming he won the contract battle that led to the 7-day teachers strike by getting his longer school day in place along with evaluating teachers based on student standardized test scores. The ads are being paid for by DFER hedge-funders* and school voucher advocates, **Whitney Tilson* and R*avenel Boykin Curry IV*. Rahm's attempt to clean up his mess parallels and sounds remarkably ... more »
Community Relationships: A Mutual Return on Investment | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
Community Relationships: A Mutual Return on Investment | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Community Relationships: A Mutual Return on Investment by Tarsi Dunlop The purple shaded area in a Venn diagram of two overlapping circles – one blue and one red – is the sometimes uneasy but always necessary connection between traditional public schools and the business community. The extent to which healthy public-private partnerships develop depends entirely on how those partnerships are ultimately managed by those at the local level. It’s not surprising that public schoo... more »
Morning UPDATE: LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-20-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] The Real Story Behind “Won’t Back Down” by dianerav The Center for Media and Democracy keeps a careful watch on the activities of ALEC, the ultra-conservative organization of state legislators. One of ALEC’s model law is a “parent trigger” bill. The new film “Won’t Back Down” pulls together the threads of corporate backing for the privatization of public education. Read about it here. Kevin Lee Is Still Worried by dianerav During the strike, I printed a letter from Kevin Lee, a teacher in Chicago, to explai... more »
Missouri Education Watchdog: Missing the Twain and No Absolutes. The Future for our Children?
Missouri Education Watchdog: Missing the Twain and No Absolutes. The Future for our Children?: Missing the Twain and No Absolutes. The Future for our Children? Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Why do Common Core standards remove a piece of literature teaching absolute truth? Common Core standards mandate more scientific and non-fiction reading in public schools and less emphasis on literature. Huckleberry Finn has been removed from classrooms in Massachusetts as a result of these mandates. From Charles Chieppo and Jamie Gass, *Schoolkids Missing the Twain *fr...more »
Thomas: Chicago teachers’ strike raises issues important to S.C. - Editorial Columns - TheState.com
Thomas: Chicago teachers’ strike raises issues important to S.C. - Editorial Columns - TheState.com: Thomas: Chicago teachers’ strike raises issues important to S.C. By PAUL THOMAS - Guest Columnist [image: Bookmark and Share] [image: email this story to a friend] E-MAIL[image: print story] PRINT REPRINT 0 COMMENTS TEXT SIZE: The Chicago teachers’ strike may seem to be a distant and mostly insignificant event in South Carolina, a right-to-work state, but it matters a great deal for public education in our state. The national discussion of public education and education reform has p... more »
Why You Should Become a Teacher's Fairy Godparent | Education on GOOD
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Why You Should Become a Teacher's Fairy Godparent | Education on GOOD: Why You Should Become a Teacher's Fairy Godparent by Megan Allen *[image: rosemary]* *In our Transforming Schools Together series, teachers affiliated with the Center for Teaching Quality invite us to re-imagine the very concept of school, and suggest small actions we can take to improve existing schools.* Confession: I have a penchant for sticky notes. They are the perfect size for the "sticky-note fairy" (wink, wink...guess who?) to sprinkle kind words of encouragement to surprised students and faculty. One day ... more »
Brown kills bill establishing study committee on school finance | EdSource Today
Brown kills bill establishing study committee on school finance | EdSource Today: Brown kills bill establishing study committee on school finance - by John Fensterwald by John Fensterwald Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have created a task force to explore options for school finance reform, thus ensuring that his own weighted student formula won’t be drowned out in a marketplace of ideas when the Legislature convenes in January. “I agree that California’s complex school finance laws need urgent attention. Creating a task force, however, may actually delay action on.... more »
“I don’t think there should be public unions, period…” Jeb Bush - Wait, What?
“I don’t think there should be public unions, period…” Jeb Bush - Wait, What?: “I don’t think there should be public unions, period…” Jeb Bush by jonpelto Jeb Bush (Photo courtesy of CTNewsjunkie) Jeb Bush, the “other” Bush son, who is also known as the former governor of Florida, made a stop in Connecticut yesterday to speak at the Connecticut Policy Institute, a “think-tank” formed by former gubernatorial Tom Foley. After getting done calling unions a “conflict of interest,” Bush went on to salute Governor Malloy’s “Education Reform” legislation. According to the news coverage in ... more »
NYC Educator: New Visions from Chicago--Farewell, TINA, We’re Glad to See You Go
NYC Educator: New Visions from Chicago--Farewell, TINA, We’re Glad to See You Go: New Visions from Chicago--Farewell, TINA, We’re Glad to See You Go by NYC Educator *By special guest blogger Michael Fiorillo* Though they may not know it by name, public school teachers everywhere have close contact with TINA (There Is No Alternative). TINA is everywhere in the schools, though often changing shape and contradicting itself. The contradictions don’t matter. What matters is that teachers be constantly told There Is No Alternative, and provided object lessons (u-ratings, scapegoating, ... more »
Last Stand for Children First: LS4C1 Interviews Bruce Louder on Chicago Education Reform
Last Stand for Children First: LS4C1 Interviews Bruce Louder on Chicago Education Reform: LS4C1 Interviews Bruce Louder on Chicago Education Reform by Last Stand for Children Back in 2010 when we were just a fledgling operation with a $12,000,000 operating budget and no idea how to spend it, it was Bruce Louder who suggesting we come to Chicago and make a stand for education reform. The rest, as they say is history. Chicago has just been through a very tumultuous week and a half as the greedy Chicago Teachers Union turned its collective back on the children and went on strike. ... more »
As Teacher Use of New Technologies Has Spread, Have Most Teachers Changed How They Teach? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
As Teacher Use of New Technologies Has Spread, Have Most Teachers Changed How They Teach? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: As Teacher Use of New Technologies Has Spread, Have Most Teachers Changed How They Teach? by larrycuban Historians of technology point out that it took a half-century after the introduction of turbine-generated electric power in the U.S to eventually light streets, power trolleys, create industrial assembly lines, and upgrade the home with incandescent lights, refrigerators, telephones, and automatic washers. It took over five decades in ... more »
The inconvenient truth about charter school Initiative 1240 | Seattle Education
The inconvenient truth about charter school Initiative 1240 | Seattle Education: The inconvenient truth about charter school Initiative 1240 by seattleducation2011 [image: No on 1240 (click on picture)] Initiative 1240, which is a resolution to set up charter schools in the state of Washington, circumvents our State Constitution because it would set up an alternative state school system not under the supervision of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Randy Dorn, Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction, July 2012 Bill Gates and the Waltons are waging a campaig... more »
New report says education system 'neglects' nearly half of Black and Latino males | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
New report says education system 'neglects' nearly half of Black and Latino males | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: New report says education system 'neglects' nearly half of Black and Latino malesby Dale Mezzacappa on Sep 19 2012 Posted in Latest news - COMMENTS (0)PRINT - EMAIL[image: ""] Tags: - activism - funding equity - dropouts - students of color - graduation rates - juvenile justice A new foundation report that tracks state-by-state data has concluded that the high school graduation rates of Black and Latino males continue to lag... more »
Welcome to Philadelphia, Dr. Hite « City School Stories
Welcome to Philadelphia, Dr. Hite « City School Stories: Welcome to Philadelphia, Dr. Hite by fmurphy *Notes from the Field* Submitted by Joy of Teaching on September 19, 2012 Dear Dr. Hite, Welcome to Philadelphia, the Cradle of Liberty! We have some amazing historical sites to see during your stay. Do take advantage of them. In the meantime, we the long-time citizens of this wonderful city would like you to know that we do not trust you! We are sorry about this, but we feel this relationship should start out on an honest footing. We have been kicked and beaten down so many tim... more »
Segregation Prominent in Schools, Study Finds - NYTimes.com
Segregation Prominent in Schools, Study Finds - NYTimes.com: Segregation Prominent in Schools, Study Finds Brandon Thibodeaux for The New York Times Students at F. M. Gilbert Elementary School in Irving, Tex. Segregation of Latino students is most pronounced in California, New York and Texas. By MOTOKO RICHPublished: September 19, 2012 - FACEBOOK - TWITTER - GOOGLE+ - E-MAIL - SHARE - PRINT - REPRINTS - The United States is increasingly a multiracial society, with white students accounting for just over half of all students in public schools, down from four-... more »
Teaching Ahead Roundtable at EdWeek « InterACT
Teaching Ahead Roundtable at EdWeek « InterACT: Teaching Ahead Roundtable at EdWeek by David B. Cohen This week I’m one of the guest authors in “Teaching Ahead: A Roundtable” over at EdWeek. The current topic is the public perception of teachers. My post, titled “Four Ways for Teachers to ‘Engage’“, begins: Polls show most Americans have favorable views of their children’s schools and teachers, so how do we explain the amount of negativity in the nation’s broader educational discourse? I think we’re witnessing a collision of factors narrowing the storyline of American public edu... more »
Here's A Great Stock Tip For You All! | K-12 News Network
Here's A Great Stock Tip For You All! | K-12 News Network: Here’s A Great Stock Tip For You All! by Joseph K. If you want to make a lot of money and screw over millions of children, particularly inner-city children, all at the same time (and who doesn’t want to do that?), then join my favorite Governor Paul LePage and invest heavily in on-line learning. Studies have shown on-line learning to be a total sham when it comes to educating children, but hey, when the State will pay someone like K12 Inc. or Rupert Murdoch or Bill Gates seven to ten thousand dollars or more per student an... more »
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: "Fungagement" Is Necessary in Our Classrooms!
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: "Fungagement" Is Necessary in Our Classrooms!: "Fungagement" Is Necessary in Our Classrooms! by Lisa M The video below was shown at our workshop by the presenter, John Kuglin , in May 2012. I think it is so appropriate. What happens when you take the same old thing and make it fun? What happens when educators find another way to engage our students? And just because something is fun, it doesn't mean it is not useful. Let's "fungage" our students, let them enjoy learning. I'm not saying 24 hour party in your room, I'm talking about educational ... more »
Schools Matter: Will TN Dems Be the First to Discover That Segregated Charters May Be a Political Issue?
Schools Matter: Will TN Dems Be the First to Discover That Segregated Charters May Be a Political Issue?: Will TN Dems Be the First to Discover That Segregated Charters May Be a Political Issue? by Jim Horn Since Billionaire Bill Haslam chose one of Jeb Bush's "Chiefs of Change" as his Education Commissioner, Kevin Huffman, or the former Mr. Michelle Rhee, has been working overtime to crush teachers' academic freedom, due process, and job security in Tennessee. He has zealously pursued, too, the expansion of segregated corporate charters, and with the help of Haslam's rubber st... more »
School Tech Connect: Some Very Disturbing News
School Tech Connect: Some Very Disturbing News: Some Very Disturbing News by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) *PLEASE BE ADVISED* The usual light-hearted tone of this blog is suspended immediately due to emergency circumstances. Dear Readers: I have sent a letter to Governor Quinn begging him to consider activating the National Guard at once. I have sent similar letters appealing for intervention from the Justice Department and from Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano. You possibly have not heard, but *I *have heard, through certain chatter intercepts, that there is... more »
UPDATE: Diane in the evening 9-19-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
Diane Ravitch's blog: *DIANE RAVITCH WEBSITE* *http://dianeravitch.com/about-diane/* Salman Rushdie Said: Don’t Be Afraid by dianerav The novelist Salman Rushdie lived under a death threat for many years after the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini ordered his death in 1989. He was interviewed by the New York Times. Something he said struck a chord: *Q. What advice do you have for someone who might find himself under a similar threat?* A. Two bits of advice, really. One has to do with the head and the other is practical. The thing in the head is: Don’t compromise. It’s a question ... more »
Remainders: Ravitch declares teacher win regardless of contract | GothamSchools
Remainders: Ravitch declares teacher win regardless of contract | GothamSchools: [image: save image] Remainders: Ravitch declares teacher win regardless of contractby Philissa Cramer, at 7:22 pm - Diane Ravitch: In Chicago, “regardless of the terms of the contract, the teachers won.” (DR’s Blog) - Throughout the strike, Rahm Emanuel gave the most access to the New York Times. (ChicagoMag) - A look back at 150 years of teachers union activity, from the NEA’s formation to Chicago. (Hechinger) - A 9-year-old rapper whose hit rails against sagging pants goes to ... more »
SCVP Training Schedule - Violence Prevention (CA Dept of Education)
SCVP Training Schedule - Violence Prevention (CA Dept of Education): SCVP Training ScheduleSchool Community Violence Prevention (SCVP) training schedule for bullying, crisis response, and safe school planning, which is funded through the SCVP program. ------------------------------ Contact a Safe Schools Training Regional Coordinator in your area for information on SCVP trainings. Bullying Prevention and Intervention Training sessions assist teachers, administrators, parents, students, certificated staff, risk management, and community members to increase their knowledge of the ... more »
Are Hartford Democrats turning their back on American Labor? - Wait, What?
Are Hartford Democrats turning their back on American Labor? - Wait, What?: Are Hartford Democrats turning their back on American Labor? by jonpelto As Wait, What? readers know, under the guise of the Governor Malloy’s “education reform” law, the City of Hartford has handed the Milner School (including all of its students and the school’s publicly funded budget) over to the Jumoke Academy. A quarter of Milner’s student population is not fluent in English and four in ten go home to households where English is not the primary language. On the other hand, Jumoke Academy, who is now in ... more »
Student Advisory: A Model for the 21st Century — Whole Child Education
Student Advisory: A Model for the 21st Century — Whole Child Education: [image: ASCD Whole Child Bloggers]Student Advisory: A Model for the 21st Century September 19, 2012 by ASCD Whole Child Bloggers [image: William J Tolley] *Post written by William J. Tolley, instructional coach and head of history at the International School of Curitiba in Brazil. A graduate of Teachers College, Columbia University, he is a member of the current cohort in the Johns Hopkins/ISTE Supervision and Administration graduate certificate program. Connect with Tolley by e-mail at idealjetsam@gmail.com. Th... more »
Parents & Teachers Together for Our Kids CTU | Parents Sign Up
CTU | Parents Sign Up: *Parents & Teachers Together for Our Kids* [image: @CTULocal1 members march for "student needs, not corporate greed!] * * Thank you for your support in our fight for quality public education and a fair contract. Parents, students, teachers, PSRPs, and clinicians joined together to demand what our students need and deserve. Chicago Teachers Union members’ determination and your support during the strike forced the Board of Education to agree to: - Hire over 600 additional teachers in Art, Music, Phys Ed and other subjects - Maintain limits on class s... more »
A Look at the Deal that Ended the Chicago Teachers Strike | FDL News Desk
A Look at the Deal that Ended the Chicago Teachers Strike | FDL News Desk: A Look at the Deal that Ended the Chicago Teachers StrikeBy: David Dayen Wednesday September 19, 2012 10:58 am [image: Tweet]Tweet [image: digg] [image: stumbleupon] Dylan Matthews intends to wrap up the Chicago teachers strike with an assessment of what both sides got out of the contract “in one post.” Here’s a list, in one post, of some of the things he left out, culled mostly from what the CTU informed its members was in the contract. • Arts, music and physical education teachers: Over 600 additional t... more »
Hollywood Film Pushes Flawed Corporate Education Agenda | Common Dreams
Hollywood Film Pushes Flawed Corporate Education Agenda | Common Dreams: Hollywood Film Pushes Flawed Corporate Education Agenda "Won't Back Down" pushes so-called "parent trigger" laws espoused by rightwing policy groups and privatization advocates by Mary Bottari and Sarah Jerving Well-funded advocates of privatizing the nation’s education system are employing a new strategy this fall to enlist support for the cause. The emotionally engaging Hollywood film “Won’t Back Down” -- set for release September 28 -- portrays so-called “Parent Trigger” laws as an effective mechanism for tr... more »
Parents Across America on HR2218, the “Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act” | Parents Across America
Parents Across America on HR2218, the “Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act” | Parents Across America: Parents Across America on HR2218, the “Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act” by pureparents Why Public School Parents Oppose H.R. 2218 and Our Recommendations for Improving the Charter School Bill A Parents Across America Position Paper on the “Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act” July 5, 2011 Parents Across America (PAA), a grassroots organization representing public school parents from across the United States, opposes the ... more »
Go Public: Film Project Gives 'Day in the Life' Perspective to Public Schools - Education - GOOD
Go Public: Film Project Gives 'Day in the Life' Perspective to Public Schools - Education - GOOD: Go Public: Film Project Gives 'Day in the Life' Perspective to Public Schools [image: Liz Dwyer]LIZ DWYER Education Editor [image: pusd] Think you know what it's like to learn and work in a public school in the United States? Spend a little time watching Go Public, a film project that followed students, parents, volunteers, teachers, and school district staff in a suburban Los Angeles school district for one day last spring, and you'll see public education with fresh eyes. The projec... more »
HechingerEd Blog | The rise of teacher unions: A look at union impact over the years
HechingerEd Blog | The rise of teacher unions: A look at union impact over the years: The rise of teacher unions: A look at union impact over the years The Chicago teachers strike, which ended Tuesday after more than a week of protests and negotiations, has emphasized the power that teachers’ unions can have. Since the earliest days of unions, teachers have been fighting over some of the same issues in contention in Chicago: salaries, conditions at schools and tenure. A look at the history of unions and strikes shows how unions gained power, and their varying levels of success in ... more »
Van Roekel and Duncan Honor Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education | NEA Today
Van Roekel and Duncan Honor Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education | NEA Today: Van Roekel and Duncan Honor Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education September 19, 2012 by twalker Filed under Featured News, Top Stories Leave a Comment * * *By Amy Buffenbarger* NEA President Dennis Van Roekel joined Secretary of Education Arne Duncan yesterday in Kansas for the*Education Drives America* bus tour. The first stop of the day was the Brown v. Board of Education historic site in Topeka to honor the U.S. Supreme Court case that ended legal segregation in the nation’s public schools. “We are al... more »
PRE-K DATA AVAILABLE IN FIRST-OF-ITS KIND DATABASE Includes Data on Publicly Funded Pre-K Programs at the School District Level
Home: *PRE-K DATA AVAILABLE IN FIRST-OF-ITS KIND DATABASE Includes Data on Publicly Funded Pre-K Programs at the School District Level * * * * * * * * * * * Washington D.C. — The New America Foundation's *Federal Education Budget Project** *(FEBP) and *Early Education Initiative*jointly announce today an expansion of FEBP’s education funding database (*www.edbudgetproject.org*). The database now includes data on funding and enrollment for publicly funded pre-kindergarten programs. The new data include funding and enrollment for fiscal years 2007 through 2011 at the state and schoo... more »
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND HAPPINESS « Teachers Fight Back
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND HAPPINESS « Teachers Fight Back: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND HAPPINESS by alkleen News item : Father – daughter dances and mother-son ballgames have been banned in a Rhode Island school district after a complaint from a single mom who said her daughter was prevented from attending a father-daughter dance in the Cranston Public Schools district. Apparently all my pleading for schools to establish a “Non Offending Hotline ” have been ignored, (see my previous posts on how to avoid offending anyone in a school). When will we ever learn ? What we need is a new governm... more »
Louisiana Educator: Fight Back Against Phony Destructive Reforms
Louisiana Educator: Fight Back Against Phony Destructive Reforms: Fight Back Against Phony Destructive Reforms by Michael Deshotels A couple of months ago I requested that educators, particularly those that had signed up for our “Defenders of Public Education” data base make it a point to meet with the legislators in their home districts to point out why Governor Jindal's reform legislation which was so hastily rammed through the legislature was already revealing its obvious flaws. Our concern was that many of the legislators who voted for this package may not have been fully aw... more »
The test whisperer Parents United for Responsible Education
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » The test whisperer: The test whisperer by admin Can anyone really take this seriously? Guy is a rancher, develops a program to boost test scores based on how he relates to his horses. It has something to do with trust, but apparently a lot more to do with teaching to the lump of sugar. The Tribune reports that “school turnaround guru” Dennis Parker “insists that teachers cover all content in the state tests. Many do not, he said, because they follow textbooks that don’t include everything California students need to know.” U... more »
Democracy Now interviews Karen Lewis about the Chicago Teachers Union strike deal | Seattle Education
Democracy Now interviews Karen Lewis about the Chicago Teachers Union strike deal | Seattle Education: Democracy Now interviews Karen Lewis about the Chicago Teachers Union strike deal by seattleducation2011 Chicago Public School teachers are returning to the classroom today, nine days after launching their first strike in a quarter century. On Tuesday, 800 delegates of the Chicago Teachers Union voted overwhelmingly to suspend the strike to put an agreement with the city before the entire membership. The deal calls for a double-digit salary increase over the next three years, in... more »
Rahm, Edelman and Rauner got played for suckers. « Fred Klonsky
Rahm, Edelman and Rauner got played for suckers. « Fred Klonsky: Rahm, Edelman and Rauner got played for suckers. by Fred Klonsky *Rahm’s big bucks pal, Bruce Rauner. Running for governor but played for a sucker.* CapitalFax’s Rich Miller writes in the Southtown: The Chicago Teachers Union, Edelman bragged last year, “will never be able to muster the 75 percent threshold necessary to strike.” He also claimed that the CTU took the deal without realizing the implications.One can’t help but wonder what Edelman was thinking last week as thousands of Chicago schoolteachers walked picke... more »
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, September 19, 2012
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Mendocino Education Headlines *Wednesday, September 19, 2012* Monterey Peninsula USD to handle its own financial functionsDespite stern warnings from the county's top school official and a new county financial software system, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District's trustees will begin the process of separating most of their fiscal functions from the Monterey County Office of Education. Take-home netbooks open new worlds for Ballico studentsThe cutting edge of education technology booted up in Ballico School as excited six... more »
Rahm Gets Rolled: Chicago's Winners & Losers :: Frederick M. Hess
Rahm Gets Rolled: Chicago's Winners & Losers :: Frederick M. Hess: Rahm Gets Rolled: Chicago's Winners & Losers *by Frederick M. Hess • Sep 19, 2012 at 10:56 am Cross-posted from Education Week* * * * * The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel reached a tentative agreement yesterday, and it wasn't a good day for Rahmbo or for would-be reformers. Today Democratic ed reformers will be cranking up their spin machines to explain why Rahm didn't really get rolled by the CTU. (And, let's be honest, Democrats account for about 90+ percent of both the education blob an... more »
» Health Contributions, Contract Length, Rehiring of Displaced Workers Among the Many CTU Victories in Chicago School Standoff
» Health Contributions, Contract Length, Rehiring of Displaced Workers Among the Many CTU Victories in Chicago School Standoff: Health Contributions, Contract Length, Rehiring of Displaced Workers Among the Many CTU Victories in Chicago School Standoff by Chaz Bolte The seven-and-change days long strike by the Chicago Teachers Union has ended with the CTU deciding to return to work after a majority of their 26,000 members supported a contract offer last night. The compromise agreement will be finalized in the upcoming weeks and will include a 7% increase in base salary over the ... more »
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