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CIRCLE » Education Gap Persists: 66% of youth with any college experience turned out to vote, 35% of youth with no college experience
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CIRCLE » Education Gap Persists: 66% of youth with any college experience turned out to vote, 35% of youth with no college experience: Education Gap Persists: 66% of youth with any college experience turned out to vote, 35% of youth with no college experience Previous research has shown a strong correlation between college experience and political engagement. About40 percent of young eligible voters between the age of 18 to 29 have not attended college. Our recent report,That’s Not Democracy: How Out-of-School Youth Engage in Civic Life and What Stands In Their Way, shows they are ... more »
i was a new school parent - my sidewalk chalk blog - nyc school help
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 11 minutes ago
i was a new school parent - my sidewalk chalk blog - nyc school help: i was a new school parent by joyce I mentioned that I had some experience in a new school in the last blog and I thought it might be interesting for you to know a little more about that experience, lest you think I am just making all this "positive change" stuff up. I am sending this out as a love letter to the families considering the*"new program" in Park Slope, PS 705 and New American Academy *in District 17, *PS 414* in Williamsburg and the myriad of new charter programs that are popping up in many districts,... more »
Fair and Effective Teacher Evaluation — Whole Child Education
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Fair and Effective Teacher Evaluation — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG [image: Podcast][image: Whole Child Podcast]Fair and Effective Teacher Evaluation November 15, 2012 by Whole Child Podcast Download Podcast Now [Right-Click to Save] Teacher quality is the most important in-school factor influencing student learning and achievement. Research shows that students with high-performing teachers can progress three times as fast as students with low-performing teachers and each student deserves access to highly effective teachers in every subject. In turn, all teachers des... more »
National Parental Involvement Day - Project Appleseed
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Project Appleseed began National Parental Involvement Day in 1994 and Public School Volunteer Week in 1997, to provide opportunities in which parents can volunteer in their local public schools. Seven million parents and family members, in 10,000 schools and districts, are involved in this effort.
Is another Connecticut State Employee Early Retirement Incentive coming? - Wait, What?
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 31 minutes ago
Is another Connecticut State Employee Early Retirement Incentive coming? - Wait, What?: Is another Connecticut State Employee Early Retirement Incentive coming? by jonpelto Crew Member: Captain, we’re taking on water. A number of the compartments on the right are filling up and we’re quickly listing to the starboard side. Captain: Tell the crew to go down and punch holes in the left side of the ship! Crew member: But Captain, that means we’ll sink for sure. Captain: True but at least we won’t be listing to the Starboard side when we do. And thus we have the problem facing Gover... more »
Modern School: Downsizing For-Profit Colleges
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Modern School: Downsizing For-Profit Colleges: Downsizing For-Profit Colleges by Michael Dunn For-profit college giant Career Education Corporation (CEC) recently announced that it will close 23 of its 90 campuses, according to the Bay Citizen. The move comes in response to a $33 million decline in revenue and 23% drop in new student enrollment this quarter and will result in the loss of 900 jobs. Other for-profit colleges have also announced downsizing in response to declining revenues, including University of Phoenix and Corinthian. CEC has not yet stated which of its 6 Califor... more »
Chartering a new future for schools through a local focus | Get Schooled
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Chartering a new future for schools through a local focus | Get Schooled: Chartering a new future for schools through a local focus by Maureen Downey Adam Emerson is the Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s school choice czar, directing the Institute’s policy program on parental choice and editing the Choice Words blog. This piece ran on the AJC print education page Monday. It originally appeared in slightly longer form on the Choice Words blog, which you can check out here. By Adam Emerson Charter school supporters can claim victory in two high-profile ballot initiatives, Georgia and W... more »
School Tech Connect: Illinois Has A Huge Problem...
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 49 minutes ago
School Tech Connect: Illinois Has A Huge Problem...: " Civic Committee " Illinois Has A Huge Problem... by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) ...which is that the truth is drowned out almost all the time. I think I should just redirect my feed over to Glen's place, where there has been such lucid writing of late regarding Illinois' fiscal situation. Bob Lyons' piece is a must-read. He says a lot more than what I've clipped below, but it's is important to keep these things in mind because you never hear the Civic Committee people admit to these facts, except when they blurt them out ... more »
We're Ready for the Battle - Bridging Differences - Education Week
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We're Ready for the Battle - Bridging Differences - Education Week: We're Ready for the Battle by Deborah Meier Deborah Meier—visionary teacher and founder of successful small schools in New York City and Boston—and Pedro Noguera—author and director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education—debate issues relevant to schools, teachers, and students. Dear Pedro, I quote from a wise old villain: "You can only win at the negotiating table what you have won on the battlefield." Or something like that. We need first and foremost to pick our battleground—with sufficient troops—even ... more »
Fiscal Cliff: Are We Really Going to Do Surgery With An Ax? Really? | Lily's Blackboard
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Fiscal Cliff: Are We Really Going to Do Surgery With An Ax? Really? | Lily's Blackboard: Are We Really Going to Do Surgery With An Ax? Really? by Lily We’re all in trouble when I start a sentence with, “… and reasonable people in Congress will find a way get this done…” and the room explodes with laughter. Because *we’re in this mess for lack of a sufficient number of reasonable people*. When this soap opera began, there was a standoff between Democrats and Republicans in Congress over how to balance the budget, and with the clock ticking, if they didn’t get agreement it would ... more »
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 11-15-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] How Did David Beat Goliath in Indiana? by dianerav Conservatives can’t believe their hero Tony Bennett lost. Bennett had the support of the national conservative establishment. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute had crowned him the American Education Idol. He had nearly $1.5 million to spend. Republicans loved his attacks on unions. The Obama administration loved his support for the Common Core standards. He is president of Jeb’s group of rightwing superintendents called Chiefs for Change. He is on the board of d... more »
High Schools Teaching The War On Terror | toteachornototeach
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High Schools Teaching The War On Terror | toteachornototeach: High Schools Teaching The War On Terror by aristotlethewise *High Schools Teaching The War On Terror: * *The Atlantic Looks At A History Textbook * What kids learn in school tends to change with the times, and some curricular regulations that are either antiquated or simply embedded in beliefs have raised eyebrows across the country as of late. Yet regulation aside, in a layer of education that reaches students firsthand, is the textbook: the student’s omniscient manual in any given subject. Because these books dictate st... more »
Jeb Bush’s reform summit: Democratic-GOP ‘mind meld?’
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Jeb Bush’s reform summit: Democratic-GOP ‘mind meld?’: Jeb Bush’s reform summit: Democratic-GOP ‘mind meld?’ Posted by Valerie Strauss on November 15, 2012 at 7:00 am - [image: Smaller Text] [image: Larger Text] Text Size - Print - Reprints - Share: - - - More » A Vulcan mind meld If you watched Star Trek, you will remember the Vulcan ‘mind meld,’ which was just what it sounds like: a technique that allows two people to share thoughts, experiences, and everything else one finds in a mind. While this doesn’t qualify for a complete mind meld (some differences ... more »
Analysis shows differences in teacher effectiveness in LAUSD | EdSource Today
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Analysis shows differences in teacher effectiveness in LAUSD | EdSource Today: Analysis shows differences in teacher effectiveness in LAUSD ** November 15th, 2012 | Add a Comment | By John Fensterwald Share on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailShare on google_plusone More Sharing Services In Los Angeles Unified, novice teachers tend to be assigned students who are academically farther behind those assigned to experienced teachers. Before they depart, usually after only two years, Teach for America teachers have a bigger impact on students than that of other new teachers. And ... more »
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Teaching Democracy
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Teaching Democracy: Teaching Democracy by Mike Klonsky There was a good turnout of students and faculty Monday night at Lake Forest College, to hear *Deborah Meier*speak on the topic of "Democracy is more complicated than rocket science: So why don't we teach about it?" Wow! That's a brainfull. Here's my headline of the week. It says a lot. The growth of charter schools NYT reports that between 2010-11 and 2011-12, the number of students in charter schools increased close to 13 percent, to just over two million. *New Orleans, where the city’s schoo... more »
Missouri Education Watchdog: The End of Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium?
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Missouri Education Watchdog: The End of Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium?: The End of Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium? by stlgretchen Color me shocked. A consortia pushing unproven, untested, unfunded, unconstitutional standards doomed to fail? The elite speak. From The Huffington Post and "50 to 75 education insiders" interviewed by Education Whiteboard: *About 44 percent of respondents believe there is a high likelihood of states exiting the consortia (SBAC) and designing their own custom Common Core-aligned tests with the help of third-party vendors, asUtah did ... more »
UPDATE: Ty Fahner. The Paul Ryan of Illinois pension reform. No time for details. « Fred Klonsky
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Ty Fahner. The Paul Ryan of Illinois pension reform. No time for details. « Fred Klonsky: Ty Fahner. The Paul Ryan of Illinois pension reform. No time for details. by Fred Klonsky *The Civic Committee’s Ty Fahner.* Remember the election of of 2012. It was all the talk before the General Petraeus thing. Remember we had this VP candidate who was famous for his bogus budget plan that was so lacking in details that it became a running joke on late night TV. The proposal was big on cuts to the poor and Social Security. But when Congressman Ryan was asked for supporting data or details, ... more »
Schools Matter: Distractions Are Us, Progress Tells Us So!
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Schools Matter: Distractions Are Us, Progress Tells Us So!: Distractions Are Us, Progress Tells Us So! by Storm A friend posted this article from the Nov. 1, NYT to his Facebook page the other day: "Technology Is Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say." I'll note that "a version" of this was published as "For Better and for Worse, Technology Use Alters Learning Styles, Teachers Say" in the print edition. You decide if the web gurus who apply an "SEO" praxis to headlines worked some sticky magic. Of course, both headlines are full of ambiguities and assumptions. Just look at... more »
Kimble's Corner: Courageous GOP Leadership Battles Presidential Overreach
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 12 hours ago
Kimble's Corner: Courageous GOP Leadership Battles Presidential Overreach: Courageous GOP Leadership Battles Presidential Overreach by Representative Kimble Following last week's squeaker of an election night win for President Obama last week, The President has claimed that his victory has given him the right to unprecedented powers to make sweeping changes to this country. Fortunately, the Republican leadership is standing tough fighting President Obama every step of the way. Before, turning this country into a socialist Heaven, it makes more sense for him to clean up the proble... more »
11% of children in California are uninsured, study says - latimes.com
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 13 hours ago
11% of children in California are uninsured, study says - latimes.com: 11% of children in California are uninsured, study says Children in California are more likely to be uninsured than children nationwide, with 1.1 million lacking health coverage in 2011, according to a new study by the Keck School of Medicine of USC. About 11% of children lacked insurance last year -- and they were less likely to seek medical care than those with coverage, the authors reported. The study, released Wednesday by the California HealthCare Foundation, detailed children's insurance trends over a 10-y... more »
Diane in the Evening 11-14-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
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Diane Ravitch's blog: Two Big Legislative Victories in Florida by dianerav Kathleen Oropeza of Fund Education Now is one of the state’s leading education activists. She reports here on two crucial races for the State Legislature. In one contest, public education advocate Mike Clelland narrowly beat the future leader of the House, even though the Republican incumbent had a 12-1 funding advantage. In the other race, elementary school teacher Karen Castor Dentel handily beat her opponent, who ran a disgusting ad comparing her to convicted sexual predator Jerry Sandusky. Kath... more »
Jersey Jazzman: The Merit Pay Fairy Lands in Newark
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 14 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: The Merit Pay Fairy Lands in Newark: The Merit Pay Fairy Lands in Newark by Duke *Hey, doofus: my name ain't Sue!* The Merit Pay Fairy has landed in Newark: The 4,700-member Newark Teachers Union approved the state’s first teacher contract that offers bonuses based on classroom performance. The three-year pact, which will award merit pay to teachers who earn ratings of "highly effective," was approved by a vote of 1767 to 1088 after a day in which educators lined up at union headquarters to cast ballots. The contract would be the first in the state, and one of the f... more »
Fiscal Showdown & Reduced Federal Spending on Education? We Say Kids, Not Cuts | K-12 News Network
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Fiscal Showdown & Reduced Federal Spending on Education? We Say Kids, Not Cuts | K-12 News Network: Fiscal Showdown & Reduced Federal Spending on Education? We Say Kids, Not Cuts from K-12 News Network by cynthia My home state is California, and we just successfully survived our own state version of the “fiscal cliff” when it comes to education. Here, they were called the “trigger cuts.” If Proposition 30 — essentially part of the June 30, 2012 budget passed by the legislature that needed the people’s thumbs up at the ballot box — hadn’t gotten that thumb’s up, K-14 education w... more »
Part 1 : High Stakes Testing and Opting Out: A Short History
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 15 hours ago
high stakes testing: Part 1 : High Stakes Testing and Opting Out: A Short History by DoraTaylor *High Stakes Testing: A Short History* *“…I discovered then, in my early teaching career, that learning is best driven by ideas, challenges, experiences, and activities that engage students. My experience over the past 45 years has confirmed this.* *We have come far from that time in the ’60s. Now the mantra is high expectations and high standards. Yet, with all that zeal to produce measurable learning outcomes we have lost sight of the essential motivations to learn that moved my stude... more »
Ohio’s latest education bill eliminates teacher expertise & bipartisanship
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 15 hours ago
Ohio’s latest education bill eliminates teacher expertise & bipartisanship: *Ohio’s latest education bill eliminates teacher expertise & bipartisanship* *screw bipartisanship* *by Greg on November 14, 2012 · 1 Comment* The Ohio House Education Committee reconvened last evening with the introduction of the latest version (sub bill) of an education reform bill from Governor Kasich’s office, House Bill 555. The bill was introduced by Committee Chair, Gerald Stebelton who, as sponsor and chair, had to step down to the podium and turn his seat over to Mike Dovilla. Sub House Bill 555 ... more »
Fiscal Cliff Ignites Education Activism As Poorest School Districts Stand To Lose The Most
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Fiscal Cliff Ignites Education Activism As Poorest School Districts Stand To Lose The Most: Fiscal Cliff Ignites Education Activism As Poorest School Districts Stand To Lose The Most by Joy Resmovits Juandiego Wade is worried. As vice chair of the Charlottesville City School Board in Virginia, he's responsible for the well-being of its 4,000 students. And if Congress doesn't come up with a solution to upcoming automatic budget cuts soon, his students may feel the loss. "We've already been cut to the bone," Wade said. So with the estimated reduction of $350,000 to his district'... more »
Georgia Cyber Academy responds to state board concerns: DOE not providing assistance or clarity | Get Schooled
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Georgia Cyber Academy responds to state board concerns: DOE not providing assistance or clarity | Get Schooled: Georgia Cyber Academy responds to state board concerns: DOE not providing assistance or clarity by Maureen Downey Con Academy Browse Con Academy library of over 3,100 educational videos... *In light of the state board of education concerns about Georgia Cyber Academy*, I asked the director of the online charter school to make a statement. Here is a response from head of school Matt Arkin: GCA has been committed to working collaboratively with the Department of Educa... more »
NYC Educator: Where Is This Man?
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NYC Educator: Where Is This Man?: Where Is This Man? by NYC Educator Popout This is the President I voted for in 2008, speaking for the power of people to organize. This is the President I've missed for four long years, as he failed to find those comfortable shoes and materialize in Wisconsin, as he failed to support, let alone pass, the Employee Free Choice Act, as he failed to stop the ruinous Bush tax cuts. Now he has another term, and teachers are saying it's time to dump Arne Duncan, who lacks the sensitivity of a number two pencil, who publicly declared that Katrina was th... more »
Millions in CA Prop 30 Tax Revenues Will Be Diverted from Higher Ed to Wall Street, Thanks to UC Board of Regents | The Dissenter
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 17 hours ago
Millions in CA Prop 30 Tax Revenues Will Be Diverted from Higher Ed to Wall Street, Thanks to UC Board of Regents | The Dissenter: Millions in Prop 30 Tax Revenues Will Be Diverted from Higher Ed to Wall Street, Thanks to UC Board of Regents by Leighton Woodhouse [image: UC regents protest]UC regents have cut programs & hiked tuition for years Millions of dollars in new tax revenue earmarked for the University of California system as part of the state’s recently passed Proposition 30 will instead be routed to major financial firms, because of bad bets made by a Wall Street-influenc... more »
Analysis Examines L.A. Teacher Characteristics - Teacher Beat - Education Week
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Analysis Examines L.A. Teacher Characteristics - Teacher Beat - Education Week: Analysis Examines L.A. Teacher Characteristics by Stephen Sawchuk Los Angeles has an unusually wide spread in the relative effectiveness of its teachers, according to an analysis released today by the Strategic Data Project, an initiative housed at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University. The study looks primarily at math teachers in the district who were teaching in grades 3-8 from the 2004-05 to 2010-11 school year, and uses a growth measure to arrive at the calculations. Amon... more »
Engineering School Cultures for Successful Teacher Evaluation — Whole Child Education
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Engineering School Cultures for Successful Teacher Evaluation — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG [image: ASCD Whole Child Bloggers]Engineering School Cultures for Successful Teacher Evaluation November 14, 2012 by ASCD Whole Child Bloggers *Post written by Elle Allison, cofounder and president of Wisdom Out in Danville, Calif. Wisdom Out is a leadership and organizational development company that helps people sustain transformational change and bring their best initiatives to deep implementation. Connect with Allison by e-mail at elle@wisdomout.com. This post was origina... more »
Among biggest cities, Philadelphia has most charter students | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
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Among biggest cities, Philadelphia has most charter students | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Among biggest cities, Philadelphia has most charter studentsby David Limm on Nov 14 2012 Posted in Latest news ="" title="Facebook_like" href="http://thenotebook.org/blog/125329/among-biggest-cities-philadelphia-most-charters#" style="text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(76, 153, 72); cursor: pointer; float: left; padding: 0px 2px;">Share on email COMMENTS (0)EMAILPRINT With nearly one in four city students in publicly-funded schools attending a charter, Philadelphia is among the top... more »
Several NYC teachers on state’s new Teacher Advisory Council | GothamSchools
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Several NYC teachers on state’s new Teacher Advisory Council | GothamSchools: Several NYC teachers on state’s new Teacher Advisory Council by Philissa Cramer Jeff Li, who stepped down at Teach for America to return to the classroom this year, is one of seven city educators on the state's new Teacher Advisory Council. Among the 23 teachers from across the state that Education Commissioner John King has tapped to give him feedback about how policy is playing out in the classroom, seven work in New York City schools. The commissioner’s Teacher Advisory Council, announced today, will me... more »
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Mayor Daley’s brother not in favor of New Orleans-style school privatization
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 18 hours ago
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Mayor Daley’s brother not in favor of New Orleans-style school privatization: Mayor Daley’s brother not in favor of New Orleans-style school privatization by admin The latest “our schools suck” report from Advance Illinois would seem to suggest that the testing and privatization policies this group has been successfully promoting in the state legislature for the past 4-5 years are not helping much. But instead, AI CEO Robin Steans wants to double down on failure: “We’re going to have to hit this with a 2-by-4,” Robin told the... more »
Superman has left the house. Even Idaho. « Fred Klonsky
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Superman has left the house. Even Idaho. « Fred Klonsky: Superman has left the house. Even Idaho. by Fred Klonsky I received an email from my friend Bill Ayers directed me to an article by David Sirota in Salon. Sirota continues to report on last Tuesday’s good news. Phony ed reform got a push back in three states. Colorado: In Colorado, the out-of-state, corporate-funded group Stand for Children, which previously made national headlines bragging about its corrupt legislative deal making, backed a campaign to hand the state Legislature to pro-privatization Republicans, specifically... more »
New York Teacher | Edwize
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New York Teacher | Edwize: New York Teacher by W.J. Levay [image: New York Teacher, Nov. 1, 2012]Highlights from the latest issue of *New York Teacher*: Answering the call *Thousands of UFT members volunteer at evacuation sites to help victims of Hurricane Sandy * While Hurricane Sandy was still swirling around the Caribbean, the UFT was already reaching out to members to tell them how they could volunteer when the storm hit New York. And they volunteered — by the thousands. UFT members spent days and nights in 76 hurricane shelters, most in city public schools, helping however the... more »
Kids, Not Cuts | Mocha Momma
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Kids, Not Cuts | Mocha Momma: *Kids, Not Cuts* by MOCHA MOMMA on NOVEMBER 13, 2012 Speaker of the House, John Boehner, wants to extend George W. Bush’s break to the 1% of America, but that’s exactly what will increase the wealth gap we see in schools. In January of next year there will *$1.2 trillion in across-the-board cuts to reduce the deficit over 10 years*.What do I mean by the wealth gap in schools? Let me explain.. *When Weren’t There Budget Cuts to Teachers? Ever Since I Can Remember…* The first year of teaching for me was a tough one. Illinois had just done a massive early... more »
L.A. school board rejects charter oversight measure - latimes.com
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L.A. school board rejects charter oversight measure - latimes.com: L.A. school board rejects charter oversight measure November 14, 2012 | 10:57 am [image: increase text size][image: decrease text size] 2 0 A majority on the Los Angeles Board of Education wanted no part of a resolution that sought to impose more oversight on charter schools. The proposal, by school board member Steve Zimmer, was voted down 4-2 Tuesday after a brief discussion. Charters are independently operated and exempt from some rules that govern traditional schools. L.A. Unified has more charters than... more »
Educación Sexual Integral : vivirlaeducacion
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Educación Sexual Integral : vivirlaeducacion: Educación Sexual Integral by Maju Hoy más que nunca se observa en varios paÃses, como una cuestión importante y urgente, incorporar en todos los *ámbitos educativos*, formales y no formales, la temática sobre la sexualidad. Muchos educadores, y en especial muchos padres, probablemente se encuentren anonadados, y hasta atemorizados, con la simple idea de tener que hablar de sexo con sus niños pequeños, y se rehúsan a que estos temas sean abordados en el ámbito escolar. En pos de disminuir las ansiedades, los miedos, y en especial, los ta... more »
Shift the Paradigm on Family Engagement for Literacy «
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Shift the Paradigm on Family Engagement for Literacy «: Shift the Paradigm on Family Engagement for Literacy November 14, 2012 by Irene Sege (From left), Karen Mapp, Theresa Lynn, Carolyn Lyons, Maryellen Coffey, Tanisha Harris, Joan Kelley, Francheska Reveron and Kelly Kulsrud. (Photo: Caroline Silber for Strategies for Children) CAMBRIDGE — Tanisha Harris and Francheska Reveron, two mothers who live in the Robinson Gardens public housing complex in Springfield, were the final speakers at our event yesterday on family engagement and literacy. Their stories reinforced the messages d... more »
A Winning Advantage: Cash Contributions for: YES ON 1240 WA COALITION FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS
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contributions: [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] *Cash Contributions for: YES ON 1240 WA COALITION FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS * Contact Information C1PC ReportTotal Raised:$10,928,862.03Total Spent:$10,801,109.53(Cash Contributions(Inkind Contributions(Anonymous(Loans (Miscellaneous(Small Contributions$10,768,540.00$148,169.52$1.00$0.00 $9,279.10$0.00NOTE: Click on a column header to sort by that column, or click on the [image: filter icon] icon to filter your results[image: PDF] [image: PDF] [image: EXCEL] [image: HTML] [image: RSS] [im... more »
MILLIONAIRE BUSINESS OWNERS – WHY THE HOSTILITY TOWARDS TEACHERS ? « Teachers Fight Back
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MILLIONAIRE BUSINESS OWNERS – WHY THE HOSTILITY TOWARDS TEACHERS ? « Teachers Fight Back: MILLIONAIRE BUSINESS OWNERS – WHY THE HOSTILITY TOWARDS TEACHERS ? by alkleen I encourage everyone to expose the Illinois Policy Institute and other such groups for what they really are. These groups run by millionaires and billionaires are out to privatize public schools so they and all their business friends will no longer have to pay taxes to support education. They also want to destroy public teacher unions whose unity have allowed teacher salaries and benefits to grow and thereby cause ...more »
Physical Education Programs Stalled By State Loopholes: 2012 Shape Of The Nation Report
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Physical Education Programs Stalled By State Loopholes: 2012 Shape Of The Nation Report: Physical Education Programs Stalled By State Loopholes: 2012 Shape Of The Nation Report **Posted: 11/14/2012 12:14 pm EST Updated: 11/14/2012 12:14 pm EST [image: Physical Education Loopholes] A report by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education and the American Heart Association has found that while nearly 75 percent of states require physical education in elementary through high school, over half of states permit students to substitute other activities for their required p... more »
SI&A Cabinet Report – Autism growth headlines annual demographic report on special ed
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SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: *Autism growth headlines annual demographic report on special ed* *By Tom Chorneau* Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Perhaps it’s no surprise that the fastest-growing segment of California’s special education population is students with autism. But what is eye-opening is that group’s rate of growth over the past decade – a whopping 512 percent. Indeed, a new overview report on students with disabilities served by California public schools notes that autism represented just 2.2 percent of the special education population in 2000-01 with a total o... more »
Georgia Cyber Academy: Is virtual charter ignoring real problems with special ed services? | Get Schooled
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Georgia Cyber Academy: Is virtual charter ignoring real problems with special ed services? | Get Schooled: Georgia Cyber Academy: Is virtual charter ignoring real problems with special ed services? by Maureen Downey The last time we discussed Georgia Cyber Academy was in response to parent comments about their significant roles as academic coaches under the online school’s instructional model. Now, it is the state board of education discussing the state’s first online school, suggesting it will pull its charter if it does improve services for students with special needs. Georgia ... more »
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Education Headlines *Wednesday, November 14, 2012* San Dieguito, Del Mar school bonds closer to passing in latest ballot countsThe latest round of ballots counted by the Registrar of Voters showed bond propositions in the San Dieguito Union High and Del Mar Union school districts closer to passing, but still falling short. San Dieguito, Del Mar school bonds closer to passing in latest ballot countsThe latest round of ballots counted by the Registrar of Voters showed bond propos... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Legal Issues for I-1240
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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Legal Issues for I-1240: Legal Issues for I-1240 by Melissa Westbrook [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] Interesting article/op-ed from The Sun Break about just some of the legal issues that may arise from I-1240. *Another question is whether charter schools are in fact “common schools” (i.e., public schools), as required by the Washington State constitution if they are to receive public funds:* *The legislature shall provide for a general and uniform system of public schools. The public school system shall include common s... more »
High School Dropouts Blame Lack of Parental Support, Teen Pregnancy - High School Notes (usnews.com)
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High School Dropouts Blame Lack of Parental Support, Teen Pregnancy - High School Notes (usnews.com): High School Dropouts Blame Lack of Parental Support, Teen Pregnancy By KELSEY SHEEHY November 14, 2012 RSS Feed Print [image: Nearly half of high school dropouts surveyed cited disengaged parents and teen pregnancy as reasons they quit.] Nearly half of high school dropouts surveyed cited disengaged parents and teen pregnancy as reasons they quit. A lack of parental support and the challenges of teen pregnancy are among the primary factors driving students to leavehigh school before e... more »
Park Slope rezoning update, and more cents from me - my sidewalk chalk blog - nyc school help
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Park Slope rezoning update, and more cents from me - my sidewalk chalk blog - nyc school help: Park Slope rezoning update, and more cents from me by joyce I attended the meeting at John Jay last night where the new version of zone lines where announced. As DNA info leaked, the *39 zone changes have been taken off the table*. The 107/10 zone lines remained the same. *The 321 zone has been cropped at 5th Ave.* The PS 39 parents pledged to remain active to help the new St. Thomas building program ramp up their new PTA. There will be meetings, yet to be scheduled, so that rezoned famil... more »
UPDATE: CT Taxpayers invest in “Hot App” company, will the Wait, What? Blog be next? - Wait, What?
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
CT Taxpayers invest in “Hot App” company, will the Wait, What? Blog be next? - Wait, What?: CT Taxpayers invest in “Hot App” company, will the Wait, What? Blog be next? by jonpelto An 18-month old company, incorporated in Delaware, with an office in Westport, but its chief financial officer and chief operations officers in California, landed $750,000 in Connecticut taxpayer funding this week, thanks to Connecticut Innovations, a quasi-state agency that works to support the Connecticut economy by investing public funds in private companies. deets, inc., who has had no sales to da... more »
What is a WISE Conference? « My Island View
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
What is a WISE Conference? « My Island View: What is a WISE Conference? by tomwhitby A few weeks ago I received an email invitation to attend an education conference with all expenses paid. This is done to get the conferences noticed in the education community. It is an expense and a necessary element of Public relations. Depending on the quality of the conference, sometimes it pays off, but sometimes it exposes flaws of a conference to the world of connected educators. This is not an uncommon practice, and as a connected educator, I look upon it as an opportunity with each occu... more »
Free Webinar: Critical Strategies for Empowering 21st Century Teachers with Coaching and Capacity Building — Whole Child Education
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Free Webinar: Critical Strategies for Empowering 21st Century Teachers with Coaching and Capacity Building — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG [image: Klea Scharberg]Free Webinar: Critical Strategies for Empowering 21st Century Teachers with Coaching and Capacity Building November 14, 2012 by Klea Scharberg [image: Andrew Miller] Join ASCD Faculty member Andrew Miller for an exciting, free webinar to learn critical strategies for empowering teachers with coaching and capacity building. *Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 3:00 p.m. eastern time* *Register now!* Real change in our... more »
Beaverton parents ask school board to 'please tax me' after seeing the effects of teacher layoffs | OregonLive.com
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Beaverton parents ask school board to 'please tax me' after seeing the effects of teacher layoffs | OregonLive.com: Beaverton parents ask school board to 'please tax me' after seeing the effects of teacher layoffs by Wendy Owen, The Oregonian Beaverton parent Kevin O'Donnell held up his property tax statement and asked the Beaverton School Board to tax him. O'Donnell said things are looking up now compared tolast November when Beaverton voters said no to a local option levy that would have raised about $14 million for this school year, in which the district laid off nearly 100 ... more »
Modern School: Dysfunctional Do-Gooders
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Modern School: Dysfunctional Do-Gooders: Dysfunctional Do-Gooders by Michael Dunn *“The nonprofit sector, which roots for the underdog, supports tax breaks to the wealthy because charitable deductions help us.”* --Jan Masaoka, CEO of the California Association of Nonprofits (quoted in the Bay Citizen) *Corruption or Rational Response to an Irrational Premise* Non-profit organizations are often the strongest advocates for the neediest Americans, yet they also tend to be strong advocates for tax breaks for the nation’s millionaires. From their perspective, this is not a corruption, ... more »
Is Segregation the New Black? | EduShyster
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Is Segregation the New Black? | EduShyster: Is Segregation the New Black? by edushyster2012 Closing the achievement gap requires any means necessary, even segregating minority students into special schools with all white teaching staffs. Once upon a time there was something terrible in our nation’s schools called segregation. Reader: this separation of students into racial groups was viewed as a terrible scourge. In fact ending segregation in the public schools was viewed as so essential that it became *the civil rights issue of our time*. I only bring up this *awkward* little trip ... more »
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