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Democracy is Nourished in Our Nation’s Public Schools | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
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Democracy is Nourished in Our Nation’s Public Schools | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Democracy is Nourished in Our Nation’s Public Schools by Tarsi Dunlop The civic mission of schools has a tendency to get lost in the din of other debates surrounding our nation’s education system. Beyond the uproar over teacher evaluations, standardized testing and the role of government, we must keep in mind the fundamental purposes of public education, the heart and soul of a public system. This civic purpose of public education seeks to empower our nation’s children, and ... more »
Karen Lewis and Randi Weingarten on the Chicago teachers strike | Seattle Education
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Karen Lewis and Randi Weingarten on the Chicago teachers strike | Seattle Education: Karen Lewis and Randi Weingarten on the Chicago teachers strike by seattleducation2011 This article was originally published in the Wall Street Journal. It was written by Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), and Randi Weingarten, president of the CTU’s national union, the American Federation of Teachers. *After more than a decade of top-down dictates, disruptive school closures, disregard of teachers’ and parents’ input, testing that squeezes out teaching, and cuts to the ... more »
Bringing German-Style Apprenticeships to the U.S. - Dana Goldstein
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Bringing German-Style Apprenticeships to the U.S. - Dana Goldstein: Bringing German-Style Apprenticeships to the U.S. by Dana Goldstein My new piece at Slate explains why it's a good idea to replace the concept of an "internship" with that of an "apprenticeship" -- and how community colleges and employers are working together in Tennessee, Maine, and North Carolina to do just that. This model could be applied to many industries, but here I report on training workers to manage the computer-programmed, robotic assembly lines that manufacture cars, turbines, generators, and other hu... more »
Modern School: CSU Considering Large Fee Hikes Regardless of November Tax Initiative
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Modern School: CSU Considering Large Fee Hikes Regardless of November Tax Initiative: CSU Considering Large Fee Hikes Regardless of November Tax Initiative by Michael Dunn California voters will have a chance in November to vote for Proposition 30, which is predicted to bring in more than $7 billion to temporarily bail the state out of its now perennial budget deficits. Governor Jerry Brown has threatened extreme austerity measures should the bill fail in November, including large across the board cuts to K-12 and higher education. This would trigger an automatic $250-million cut... more »
Schools Matter: Charter Advocacy Misses Point, Misleads
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Schools Matter: Charter Advocacy Misses Point, Misleads: Charter Advocacy Misses Point, Misleads by P. L. Thomas [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] In an Op-Ed focusing on how the Chicago teachers' strike is relevant to SC education concerns, I offered one point that included a caution about committing to charter schools in our state: If we want to hold our schools and teachers accountable for the best education we can offer to all children regardless of their backgrounds, we must reject top-down education policy created by political leaders with no exper... more »
Hechinger Report | Education Nation: Mentoring becomes as much about parents as it is about kids
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Hechinger Report | Education Nation: Mentoring becomes as much about parents as it is about kids: Education Nation: Mentoring becomes as much about parents as it is about kids by Sarah Butrymowicz CHICAGO — Carolina Hernando was a senior in high school in 1999 when her guidance counselor delivered a devastating blow: She needed a Social Security number to go to college. An illegal immigrant from Mexico, Hernando had no idea what a Social Security number was, let alone that it would prevent her from becoming a teacher. Parent mentor coordinators with the Logan Square program prepar... more »
Shanker Blog » That's Not Teacher-Like
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Shanker Blog » That's Not Teacher-Like: That’s Not Teacher-Like by Esther Quintero I’ve been reading Albert Shanker’s “The Power of Ideas: Al In His Own Words,” the *American Educator*’scompendium of Al’s speeches and columns, published posthumously in 1997. What an enjoyable, witty and informative collection of essays. Two columns especially caught my attention: “That’s Very Unprofessional Mr. Shanker!” and “Does Pavarotti Need to File an Aria Plan” – where Al discusses expectations for (and treatment of) teachers. They made me reflect, yet again, on whether perceptions of teache... more »
Eduwonk » Blog Archive » Why Chicago Matters
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Eduwonk » Blog Archive » Why Chicago Matters: Why Chicago Matters by arotherham There’s some buzz about how what happened in Chicago with the strike really doesn’t matter that much. ‘Nothing to see here, please move along’ say some folks in management and in labor. Union watcher Mike Antonucci is right that Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis isn’t poised to seize the reins of the American Federation of Teachers. But no matter what different people may hope (for different reasons), what happened this month will have implications for the education labor-management convers... more »
Missouri Education Watchdog: In Common Core Math, the Answer isn't that Important. The Collaboration and Communication and Argument is Paramount.
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Missouri Education Watchdog: In Common Core Math, the Answer isn't that Important. The Collaboration and Communication and Argument is Paramount.: In Common Core Math, the Answer isn't that Important. The Collaboration and Communication and Argument is Paramount. by stlgretchen It's all about process. The student must explain the method in solving the problem. Now the student will talk about the problem with the other students. It's the standards requirement. SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortia) weekly update #65 includes information on Illustrative Mathematics Project,... more »
Pulling the 'Parent Trigger' on School Reform - High School Notes (usnews.com)
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Pulling the 'Parent Trigger' on School Reform - High School Notes (usnews.com): Pulling the 'Parent Trigger' on School Reform By KELSEY SHEEHY September 24, 2012 RSS Feed Print [image: "Parent trigger" laws in seven states allow parents to take control of failing public schools.] "Parent trigger" laws in seven states allow parents to take control of failing public schools. School reform is getting the Hollywood treatment this week with the premiere of *Won't Back Down*, which tells the story of a parent and teacher who join forces to take over a failing public school. While the scen... more »
Morning UPDATE: LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-24-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Secrets of Charter Success (cont.) by dianerav Some Washington, D.C., charter schools expel or suspend large numbers of students. This teaches them a lesson. If they misbehave, if they break school rules, they are out, perhaps permanently. If they are expelled, they go back to the public schools. If they have low test scores and they are expelled, the charter school gets higher test scores, and the public school gets lower scores. If they are troublemakers, the public school gets the troublemakers. The char... more »
Brown signs bill spelling out evaluations (for principals) | EdSource Today
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Brown signs bill spelling out evaluations (for principals) | EdSource Today: Brown signs bill spelling out evaluations (for principals) - by John Fensterwald by John Fensterwald [image: Sen. Carol Liu, author of SB 1292 (click to enlarge).] Sen. Carol Liu, author of SB 1292 (click to enlarge). Without the acrimony and fanfare that doomed a teacher evaluation bill last month, the Legislature with near unanimity passed and Gov. Brown has now signed a milestone principal and teacher evaluation bill. Key differences between SB 1292 for administrators and the ill-fated AB 5 for teachers ... more »
Daily Kos: A modest proposal for Obama
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Daily Kos: A modest proposal for Obama: A modest proposal for Obama by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) from Matt Miller of the Center for American Progress in this *Washington Post* op ed>: Take all of the undecided voters that matter, 4% each in the six states that Paul Begala say are still in conflict, VA, FL, IA, NM & Co (Begala says it is 916,643 people.. Miller says to simplify the arithmetic assume it is an even million voters. Pay them each $100 for <2 br="br" hours="hours" of="of" their="their" time.="time."> The Obama campaign should pay (yes, pay) undecided voters to watc... more »
Superintendents fight Ohio’s ‘Third Grade Guarantee’ - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
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Superintendents fight Ohio’s ‘Third Grade Guarantee’ - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post: [image: Answer Sheet] Superintendents fight Ohio’s ‘Third Grade Guarantee’ By Valerie Strauss The Chicago teachers strike was the biggest action that we’ve seen against aspects of modern school reform, but people in other places are fighting too. Here’s a report from Ohio, by George Wood, superintendent and secondary school principal at the Federal Hocking Local School District in Stewart, Ohio. He is also the executive director of the Forum for Education and Democracy — on whose blog t... more »
Oct 6 Anti-Colonial, Anti-Captalist March « occupy california
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Oct 6 Anti-Colonial, Anti-Captalist March « occupy california: Oct 6 Anti-Colonial, Anti-Captalist March by * from Indybay: Columbus Day 2012 marks the 520 year anniversary of the genocidal and ecocidal project of Empire building and colonial expansion that began with the conquistador invasion of this continent and continues to this day through the daily violence and exploitation of global capitalism. It also marks the 20 year anniversary of the first American Black Bloc which disrupted the 1992 Columbus Day Parade in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood. This year during Colum... more »
OCCUPY EDUCATION - Parent Protest outside of Won’t Back Down...
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OCCUPY EDUCATION - Parent Protest outside of Won’t Back Down...: Parent Protest outside of Won’t Back Down Premiere! Parent Protest outside of Won’t Back Down Premiere! http://changethestakes.wordpress.com/ Standardized test scores are worst way to evaluate teachers As a university professor and educational researcher, I sometimes feel like I’m in that old ’50s horror movie, “The Blob.” Remember that one, where an invader from outer space grows with everything it eats, until it is a giant monster that threatens the entire town? Testing has done the same to education, harming s... more »
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. « Fred Klonsky
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. « Fred Klonsky: Ten minute drawing. Bruce Rauner. SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 Click on drawing to enlarge. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. by Fred Klonsky A couple of years into my teaching I was approached by one of the two music teachers in my building about a field trip she wanted to take the sixth graders on. That was back before they had moved the sixth grade to the middle school. A move I still think was a mistake. Anyway, her idea was to take the students to the Art Institute in the morning and then go across Michigan
NYC Educator: Yes, I'm Happy to Help. Until They Dump Me in Two Weeks.
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NYC Educator: Yes, I'm Happy to Help. Until They Dump Me in Two Weeks.: Yes, I'm Happy to Help. Until They Dump Me in Two Weeks. by NYC Educator * by special guest blogger Suddenly ATR* The usual routine of office duties came to a brief halt today. See, the school I work at tries to recruit the best and the brightest of NYC. The best and brightest students usually have very concerned, involved parents. The problem is not all of these concerned, involved parents speak English. So today I was asked to call one interested parent in his native language (which I happen to speak) to tell... more »
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLES by Mike Klonsky Rauner's revolution *In any case, Rauner sees the strike as the start of "a multi-year revolution." His reactionary "revolution" imposed from above, however, now faces a revolution from below.* -- David Moberg, In These Times Poverty's death sentence *“We’re used to looking at groups and complaining that their mortality rates haven’t improved fast enough, but to actually go backward is deeply troubling,” said John G. Haaga, head of the Population and Social Processes Branch of the National Institu... more »
Thoughts on the late MMSD budget recommendations | AMPS
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Thoughts on the late MMSD budget recommendations | AMPS: Thoughts on the late MMSD budget recommendations by Thomas J. Mertz The Dolly Mixture — “Spend Your Wishes” (click to listen or download). With all the appropriate attention given this weekend to the opportunity to re-engage in collective bargaining (if you haven’t weighed in the Board, there is still time: board@madison.k12.wi.us) another and very important items on the Madison Metropolitan Board of Education’s agendas for Monday, September 24 2012 has slipped somewhat under the radar. I’m talking about the Administrative ... more »
Liberator Call to Action: Time to Canvas the Neighborhoods | United Opt Out National
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Liberator Call to Action: Time to Canvas the Neighborhoods | United Opt Out National: Liberator Call to Action: Time to Canvas the Neighborhoods by admin It is time to educate and push harder. I would ask that each of you place the following message below on your Facebook page and something similar in the signature of your email (adapt or create a new message to fit your situation). We have many handouts that can be left on doorsteps and we can also help you create your own. *Teachers in Colorado, if you are silenced and unable to spread the word of opt out but would like assistan... more »
UTLA: WHAT KIND OF A TEACHER DO YOU THINK I AM? - Perdaily.com
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UTLA: WHAT KIND OF A TEACHER DO YOU THINK I AM? - Perdaily.com: UTLA: WHAT KIND OF A TEACHER DO YOU THINK I AM? by Leonard Isenberg [image: teacher.jpg] *(Mensaje se repite en Español) (For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post) **A guy goes out with a girl and at some point toward the end of the evening he asks her, "Would you go to bed with me for a million dollar?" Without hesitation the girl says, "Sure." So the guy, reflecting on her response and his limited financial assets says, "How *
Last Stand for Children First: Parents Protest Against Chicago Teachers Union
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 12 hours ago
Last Stand for Children First: Parents Protest Against Chicago Teachers Union: Parents Protest Against Chicago Teachers Union by Last Stand for Children Some people would say that 5 days after the end of a teacher strike is a lousy time to hold a protest against striking teachers, but with the kick off of education nation, we just could resist. While it is hard to have an exact number of participants in events like this, it's safe to say that several half dozens were in attendance for our First Annual Parents Against Teachers Protest and Box Lunch. Will Dehring of Chicago report... more »
Albert Einstein, Lewis Hyde, and The Gifts of Teaching « Cooperative Catalyst
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Albert Einstein, Lewis Hyde, and The Gifts of Teaching « Cooperative Catalyst: Albert Einstein, Lewis Hyde, and The Gifts of Teaching by garreth12 “Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as hard duty. Never regard study as duty but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later work belongs.” –Albert Einstein On the second day of teacher preparation this August, my building held a discussion rega... more »
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Week Three 2012
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Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Week Three 2012: Week Three 2012 by alicemercer [image: Green Canister Buoy Number 3 in the Morro Bay, CA Harbor Channel adjacent to Morro Rock, inside the breakwater.] Beware the shoals was this week’s theme. It was the third week, but the first week of our grade-level mathematics swap. It was like starting the school-year all over again. It’s in the middle of the school day, after recess, but before lunch — a conspicuous time in the schedule of the day, which had some repercussions in both the end of the morning period before recess (prepa... more »
Diane in the Evening 9-23-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
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Diane Ravitch's blog: Karen Lewis and Randi Weingarten Write an Article about the Strike in the Wall Street Journal by dianerav This is a good article. Unspoken, or only hinted at, in this very conservative newspaper, is that strikes are effective. When employers treat workers shabbily, a strike is justified. When working conditions are intolerable, a strike is justified. When management engages in harmful practices–like closing schools and handing the kids over to private A Tale of Two Farmers by dianerav I received this from a parent in Indiana. She said it is being circulated ... more »
Daily Kos: Krugman's Monday column: "The Optimism Cure"
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Daily Kos: Krugman's Monday column: "The Optimism Cure": Krugman's Monday column: "The Optimism Cure" by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) begins with these words: Mitt Romney is optimistic about optimism. In fact, it’s pretty much all he’s got. And that fact should make you very pessimistic about his chances of leading an economic recovery. Krugman, in this column, says that in what Romney said in the video with his donors in Boca Raton, makes it clear that his economic plan relies on "magic" - “My own view is,” he declared, “if we win on November 6, there will be a great deal of ... more »
SI&A Cabinet Report – Brown vetoes bill aimed at TK teaching standards
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 13 hours ago
SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: *Brown vetoes bill aimed at TK teaching standards* *By Tom Chorneau* Monday, September 24, 2012 Despite the concerns that teachers have not been properly prepared to handle the new transitional kindergarten program, Gov. Jerry Brown late last week rejected a bill that would have taken the first steps in creating new teaching standards in early education. Brown, who earlier this year cast doubt over the transitional kindergarten program by failing to provide any funding for it as part of his January budget, said in a veto message that AB 1853 ... more »
School Tech Connect: The CTU Strike in Context
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School Tech Connect: The CTU Strike in Context: The CTU Strike in Context by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) I'm just going to go ahead and post my home recording of Mike Klonsky at the Heartland Cafe before I forget to. If Heartland Media posts a video, I'll switch over. Mike appeared at Heartland yesterday to talk about the whole context of the recent triumphant CTU strike. It was a free-ranging conversation---- and well worth a listen. Apologies for the noise from my kitchen. It's weird: this is a radio show taped in a restaurant, being recorded by a guy in his own kitchen, ... more »
Won’t Back Down LIES & Real Community Empowerment: Action for the Week of 9/23/2012 | United Opt Out National
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Won’t Back Down LIES & Real Community Empowerment: Action for the Week of 9/23/2012 | United Opt Out National: Won’t Back Down LIES & Real Community Empowerment: Action for the Week of 9/23/2012 by admin It’s time to make this go viral. Send it to all of your neighbors and friends. Post it on Facebook. The movie *Won’t Back Down* is a big slice of corporate propaganda created to encourage parents to use Parent Trigger, a law which promotes the privatization of public schools. *Parent Trigger has never worked successfully in a single school in this country.* *Parent Trigger will t... more »
Urge MMSD to Collectively Bargain, Now! | AMPS
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Urge MMSD to Collectively Bargain, Now! | AMPS: Urge MMSD to Collectively Bargain, Now! by Thomas J. Mertz Booker T. & the MGs – “Time is Tight” (click to listen or download) The Dane County Board approved new union contracts last week (YEAH and thanks to the Sups!); other local government units can do the same, including MMSD. The Board of Education will be considering ” Negotiations strategy concerning successor Collective Bargaining Agreements for MMSD Bargaining Units, pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§19.82(1) and 19.85(1)(e)” at a closed meeting 5:00 Monday. If you support Collectiv... more »
First the teachers. Now the Chicago Symphony. Wealthy patrons of the CSO are furious. They forget. This is a union town. « Fred Klonsky
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First the teachers. Now the Chicago Symphony. Wealthy patrons of the CSO are furious. They forget. This is a union town. « Fred Klonsky: First the teachers. Now the Chicago Symphony. Wealthy patrons of the CSO are furious. They forget. This is a union town. by Fred Klonsky Chicago Sun-Times: More than 100 Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians went on strike Saturday, infuriating patrons who came to Orchestra Hall expecting a show and upsetting world-renowned conductor Riccardo Muti. The CSO canceled the 8 p.m. concert less than two hours before the scheduled start. It was the fir... more »
Tests for kindergartners on their first days in school: Oregon piloting a system to screen every pupil's readiness | OregonLive.com #EdNatTTH #EducationNation:
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Tests for kindergartners on their first days in school: Oregon piloting a system to screen every pupil's readiness | OregonLive.com: Tests for kindergartners on their first days in school: Oregon piloting a system to screen every pupil's readiness by Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian [image: kinderglow.jpg] Five-year-old Lolo DeLeon didn't hang back on his first day of kindergarten atGilbert Park Elementary in Southeast Portland. After watching his teacher summon a few other students one by one to answer a series of questions, Lolo stepped forward and asked to go next. His teacher,... more »
Short Notes: Teacher Expectations Influence Student Performance [It's True] | The Jose Vilson
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Short Notes: Teacher Expectations Influence Student Performance [It's True] | The Jose Vilson: Short Notes: Teacher Expectations Influence Student Performance [It's True] by Jose The Jetsons A few notes: - When we believe kids can do something, they do better than when we think they can’t. Just a reminder. [NPR] - EduShyster cracks me up with this satirical look at the new “crack for billionaires”: education reform. [EduShyster] - Josh Eidelson thinks Chicago is just the beginning. I tend to agree. [Salon] - The way Chicago won had lots to do with social media.... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Education Nation & Charter School Myths #EdNatTTH #EducationNation
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 18 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: Education Nation & Charter School Myths: Education Nation & Charter School Myths by Duke The Education Nation conflagration is in full swing at MSNBC, and what a difference a year makes! Brian Williams looked a little stunned at times at the reactions of the teachers in the audience. I don't know if it's the Chicago strike, the election, or that we've simply had enough reformy nonsense, but it's clear teachers are not just going to sit quietly and take it anymore. Which means that those who are used to getting automatic applause for bashing teachers and unions ha... more »
Remarks by the First Lady at the Congressional Black Caucus Gala | The White House
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Remarks by the First Lady at the Congressional Black Caucus Gala | The White House: Remarks by the First Lady at the Congressional Black Caucus Gala Washington Convention Center Washington, D.C 7:33 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you. It is truly a pleasure and an honor to be here with all of you tonight. Thank you so much for having me. I want to start by thanking Congressman Cleaver and Shuanise Washington for their outstanding work and for their introduction. I also want to recognize your terrific CBC Foundation President and CEO, Elsie Scot... more »
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: #Why I Don't Use Technology: Anti-Tech Teachers Lament Has No Standing!
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DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: #Why I Don't Use Technology: Anti-Tech Teachers Lament Has No Standing!: #Why I Don't Use Technology: Anti-Tech Teachers Lament Has No Standing! by Lisa M The conversation went something like this: *Teacher:* Do you know he suggested using Tagxedo at Reading Night? *Me*: What a wonderful idea! *Teacher:* I don't see why they want to use technology. (said with disdain) *Me*: Why not? The kids and parents would have a good time. *Teacher*: What if it doesn't work? What if it doesn't print? Then what are we supposed to do? *Me:* What do you mean doesn't... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Education News
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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Education News: Education News by Melissa Westbrook On Saturday, September 22nd, at their Fall meeting in Yakima, *the Washington State Democratic Party unanimously passed a resolution OPPOSING Initiative 1240. * Out of nearly 500 delegates voting, not a single delegate from any county in our State voted to support 1240. The vote was 500 to ZERO to oppose Initiative 1240. From the NY Times, an important story about the use of *epi pens* at schools. B*ut school nurses in many districts face an agonizing choice if a child without a prescription... more »
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Honor Hispanic-Serving Institutions - Hispanically Speaking News
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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Honor Hispanic-Serving Institutions - Hispanically Speaking News: Senators Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Honor Hispanic-Serving Institutions September 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff [image: Senators Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Honor Hispanic-Serving Institutions] Photo: Honoring Hispanic-Serving Institutions Click Here to Enlarge Photo U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced a bipartisan resolution designating the week of September 16-22 as “National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week” t... more »
Unschooling in the Art of Writing | Lefty Parent
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Unschooling in the Art of Writing | Lefty Parent: Unschooling in the Art of Writing by Cooper Zale This is another chapter in my series of looks back at my own development and how I learned most of the skills that are critical to my life today outside of any school or other formal education environment. Based on the sum total of this reassessment, I have become a strong advocate for informal learning, what 1970s radical educator John Holt coined as “unschooling”. Wikipedia defines “unschooling” as representing… A range of educational philosophies and practices centered on allowing ... more »
Talk Budget Cuts With Tony Evers This Wednesday at MPS Central Office « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
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Talk Budget Cuts With Tony Evers This Wednesday at MPS Central Office « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Talk Budget Cuts With Tony Evers This Wednesday at MPS Central Office by millerlf *“What to Expect When You’re Expecting More Budget Cuts” previews education budget and policy reform* *State Superintendent Tony Evers to preview his proposed 2013-15 state education budget to MPS parents* *EVENT: What to Expect When You’re Expecting More Budget Cuts* *WHEN:* Wednesday, September 26, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. *WHERE*: MPS Central Office, 5225 W. Vliet Stre... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Do Charters Serve ALL Children?
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Jersey Jazzman: Do Charters Serve ALL Children?: Do Charters Serve ALL Children? by Duke [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] I was just watching the Education Nation conflagration on MSNBC. A teacher from the Flint International Academy got up and claimed that his school is a "public charter school" and that their door is open to everyone. Well... I went to the Michigan Department of Education and looked up some numbers. The website says: *The Michigan Merit Examination (MME) assesses students in grade 11 and eligible students in grade 12 based on Michig... more »
10 great tweets from Education Nation - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post #EdNatTTH #ParentsEdNat
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10 great tweets from Education Nation - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post: [image: Answer Sheet] 10 great tweets from Education Nation By Valerie Strauss Thanks for joining today’s conversation. Taking a break, then we’re back on @msnbc at 6PM w/ @alexwagner talking w/ parents #ParentsEdNat NCB launched its third Education Nation summit today in New York City. Here are 10 great tweets about a range of issues that appeared on Twitter during a town hall with teachers moderated by anchor Brian Williams. *Education Nation @educationnation* MT @webster 1 in 5 students in the US... more »
Common Core State Standards Initiative | The Standards @educationnation #ednatTTH
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Common Core State Standards Initiative | The Standards: *The Standards* Building on the excellent foundation of standards states have laid, the Common Core State Standards are the first step in providing our young people with a high-quality education. It should be clear to every student, parent, and teacher what the standards of success are in every school. Teachers, parents and community leaders have all weighed in to help create the Common Core State Standards. The standards clearly communicate what is expected of students at each grade level. This will allow our teachers to b... more »
Facts for Features — Back to School: 2011-2012 - Facts for Features & Special Editions - Newsroom - U.S. Census Bureau
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Facts for Features — Back to School: 2011-2012 - Facts for Features & Special Editions - Newsroom - U.S. Census Bureau: [image: Facts for Features] CB11-FF.15 June 27, 2011 Back to School: 2011-2012 By August, summertime will be winding down and vacations will be coming to an end, signaling that back-to-school time is near. It's a time that many children eagerly anticipate — catching up with old friends and making new ones, and settling into a new daily routine. Parents and children alike scan the newspapers and websites looking for sales to shop for a multitude of school supp... more »
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: CHICAGO SCHOOLS: DEMOCRACY DENIED \ LAS ESCUELAS DE CHICAGO: UNA DEMOCRACIA DENEGADA
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: CHICAGO SCHOOLS: DEMOCRACY DENIED \ LAS ESCUELAS DE CHICAGO: UNA DEMOCRACIA DENEGADA: CHICAGO SCHOOLS: DEMOCRACY DENIED \ LAS ESCUELAS DE CHICAGO: UNA DEMOCRACIA DENEGADA BY WILLIAM H. WATKINS PH.D. | TRUBUNO DEL PUEBLO (CHICAGO) | HTTP://BIT.LY/URXLOV September | October 2012 :: Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is a vast network of pre-school, elementary, secondary, military, charter and disability schools. 92% of its students are of color. Beyond education, it feeds, nurses and counsels children. It is the second largest employer in Chic... more »
EduShyster: Stuff White People Like: Education Reform | Seattle Education
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
EduShyster: Stuff White People Like: Education Reform | Seattle Education: EduShyster: Stuff White People Like: Education Reform by seattleducation2011 Here’s an excerpt. *One lesson made abundantly clear by the recent Chicago teachers’ strike was that our nation suffers from a dearth of African-American hedge fund managers and venture capitalists. What can we do about this shameful scourge? I have no idea, but what I do know is that the strike revealed a fascinating split along race and class lines over what white hedge fund managers like to call priming the edu-pump for future pr... more »
Teachers unions to fight 'top-down' school reform | www.palmbeachpost.com
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Teachers unions to fight 'top-down' school reform | www.palmbeachpost.com: Teachers unions to fight 'top-down' school reform - SHARE - FAVORITE - VOTE (0) The Associated Press CHICAGO — Seeking to capitalize on the momentum of the Chicago teachers strike, unions and allied parent and community groups promised Friday to launch a nationwide fight against government-led school reform efforts that they say are only making public education worse. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten announced at a news conference in Washington that they plan works... more »
UPDATE: The Great Connecticut State Employee Pension Fix of 2012 ---- A Bust! - Wait, What?
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
The Great Connecticut State Employee Pension Fix of 2012 ---- A Bust! - Wait, What?: Hartford’s Milner School debacle gets attention across Connecticut by jonpelto Categories: Charter Schools, Corporate Viewpoint, Hartford, Malloy, Stefan Pryor, Steven Adamowski,Wendy Lecker Tags: Jumoke Academy, Malloy, Milner Sch, Stefan Pryor “Connecticut’s May 2012 education reform law provides for state intervention to implement “turnaround plans” in the neediest schools. Hartford’s Milner School was among the state’s first targets. The reformers’ solution was to help Milner School by simply ha... more »
School Tech Connect: Will Someone Go Say Something?
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
School Tech Connect: Will Someone Go Say Something?: Will Someone Go Say Something? by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) Man, I hate Facebook commenting. It's the sign of lazy management at a newspaper. Anyway, will someone with a Facebook account go over to this Indiana-based Gannett paper and let Michael Hicks know that his column probably makes sense to an economics professor, but that in the reality of the classroom, he's wrong? I'd do it, but I'm not in the walled garden known as Facebook. He's wrong because of the sheer numbers, too. Numbers of minutes, I mean. The coming i... more »
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