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Modern School: Former Porn Actress Appealing Her Firing as a Teacher
Modern School: Former Porn Actress Appealing Her Firing as a Teacher: Former Porn Actress Appealing Her Firing as a Teacher by Michael Dunn Stacie Halas was a science teacher at Richard B. Haydock Intermediate School, in Oxnard, California, until she was fired for having once been a porn actress. Her school board argued that her past was disruptive to the teaching environment. Halas is now appealing her dismissal. Halas acted in pornographic films for 8 months from 2005 to 2006 because of financial duress, her attorney told a panel of judges last week, but she never acted in any... more »
LAUSD, Future Is Now Schools announce partnership for 2013-14 - LA Daily News
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LAUSD, Future Is Now Schools announce partnership for 2013-14 - LA Daily News: LAUSD, Future Is Now Schools announce partnership for 2013-14 by Barbara Jones, Staff Writer Los Angeles Unified and Future Is Now, a reform organization led by charter pioneer Steve Barr, today announced a partnership to create "hybrid learning" middle and high schools in Silver Lake, Fairfax and Venice in time for the 2013-14 school year. Dubbed the Campaign for Great Los Angeles Public Schools, the effort will create will allow for more autonomy at the designated campuses, with teacher-led programs a... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools Week of December 10-15
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools Week of December 10-15: Seattle Schools Week of December 10-15 by Melissa Westbrook Very busy week. *Monday, December 10th* Curriculum & Instruction Policy Committee Meeting from 4-6 p.m. Agenda Some interesting issues but there is not enough detail to know what they are specifically going to cover. Work Session on Weighted Staffing Standards from 6-7:30 p.m. Agenda *Tuesday, December 11th * Work Session on Creative Approach Schools from 5-6:30 p.m. Agenda Special Ed Advocacy & Advisory Council Meeting from 6:30-9:00 p.m., R...more »
If We Don't Have Time to Do the Standards Right, When Will We Have Time to Do Them Over? — Whole Child Education
If We Don't Have Time to Do the Standards Right, When Will We Have Time to Do Them Over? — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG [image: Bryan Goodwin]If We Don’t Have Time to Do the Standards Right, When Will We Have Time to Do Them Over? January 14, 2013 by Bryan Goodwin As 46 states move to adopt Common Core State Standards, the opportunity may never be better to rethink not only standards themselves, but also how we get students interested in learning. Let's face it. We haven't always done a good job getting kids interested in learning. Studies suggest that the longer stud... more »
Rethinking Schools: Chicago points the way for a new teacher unionism. « Fred Klonsky
Rethinking Schools: Chicago points the way for a new teacher unionism. « Fred Klonsky: Rethinking Schools: Chicago points the way for a new teacher unionism. by Fred Klonsky [image: edit272] The editors of Rethinking Schools draw lessons for the teacher union movement from the recent events in Chicago. Some people describe this new unionism as an organizing model. Others call it “social justice unionism” or “social movement unionism.” Regardless, the Chicago teachers demonstrated its main features: - Unapologetically defend wages and working conditions of public school ed... more »
Principal, Under Fire For Showing Students ‘Terminator’ Parody | toteachornototeach
Principal, Under Fire For Showing Students ‘Terminator’ Parody | toteachornototeach: Principal, Under Fire For Showing Students ‘Terminator’ Parody by aristotlethewise *Erik Naumann, Everett High School Principal, * *Under Fire For Showing Students Violent ‘Terminator’ Video* [image: terminator_2] Erik Naumann, Everett High School Principal’s attempt to get tough on students by creating a parody of the film “Terminator 2 – Judgment Day” is under fire by parents and public school officials. Apparently, his attempt at being creative is being seen as poor judgment on his part. Consideri... more »
11 Sacramento schools are slated to close next school year as part of a plan to balance SCUSD's budget | news10.net
11 Sacramento schools are slated to close next school year as part of a plan to balance SCUSD's budget | news10.net: 11 Sacramento schools are slated to close next school year as part of a plan to balance SCUSD's budget SACRAMENTO, CA - A $10 million to $12 million budget deficit in the Sacramento City Unified School District is leaving some school board members questioning if closing schools is the right decision and parents wondering what will happen next. Thursday's overflow crowd at a district board meeting pleaded with district officials to reconsider the plan to close 11 s... more »
WINNER 2013 Golden Globe BEST MOTION PICTURE in the CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS CATEGORY
*WINNER 2013 GOLDEN GLOBE* *for the* *BEST MOTION PICTURE * *in the * *CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS CATEGORY * is *http://peopleforourpublicschools.org/* *Brought to you with the EXTRA$$$ EXTRA$$$ * *Generous **Support from the* * * * * *AND THE WINNER IS ... NOT YOU!!!* *CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS WEBSITE* * * CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS *A compilation of news articles about charter schools which have been charged with, or are highly suspected of, tampering with admissions, grades, attendance and testing; misuse of funds and embezzlement; engaging in nepotism and conflicts of interest;...more »
Parents Across America Seattle supports Garfield High School teachers’ principled opposition to the costly and inaccurate MAP® test | Seattle Education
Parents Across America Seattle supports Garfield High School teachers’ principled opposition to the costly and inaccurate MAP® test | Seattle Education: Parents Across America Seattle supports Garfield High School teachers’ principled opposition to the costly and inaccurate MAP® test by seattleducation2011 Posted on January 13, 2013 by seattleducation2011 | Leave a comment [image: paa4] Parents Across America, Seattle, fully support and applaud the Garfield High School teaching staff in their refusal to administer the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP®) test to their students. T... more »
Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee Names Kahlil Byrd as StudentsFirst New President - LA Sentinel
Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee Names Kahlil Byrd as StudentsFirst New President - LA Sentinel: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee Names Kahlil Byrd as StudentsFirst New President ** *Kahlil Byrd* StudentsFirst, a bipartisan grassroots education reform movement, announced key new hires as the organization transitions into its next phase of development. The new hires include individuals with a breadth of knowledge and experience in politics and nonprofit management. They will all work of out the StudentsFirst headquarters located in Sacramento, California. “I am thrilled to wel... more »
11 Sacramento schools are slated to close next school year as part of a plan to balance SCUSD's budget | news10.net
11 Sacramento schools are slated to close next school year as part of a plan to balance SCUSD's budget | news10.net: 11 Sacramento schools are slated to close next school year as part of a plan to balance SCUSD's budget SACRAMENTO, CA - A $10 million to $12 million budget deficit in the Sacramento City Unified School District is leaving some school board members questioning if closing schools is the right decision and parents wondering what will happen next. Thursday's overflow crowd at a district board meeting pleaded with district officials to reconsider the plan to close 11 s... more »
Common Core State Standards: 2014 is a Year Away | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
Common Core State Standards: 2014 is a Year Away | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Common Core State Standards: 2014 is a Year Away by Tarsi Dunlop The arrival of 2013 brings us one year closer to the rollout ofCommon Core State Standard (CCSS) assessments, scheduled for 2014-15. As the deadline approaches, the complexities surrounding implementation of the standards and their accompanying assessments come into sharper focus. The issues listed below are hardly exhaustive, but they begin to convey the challenges of implementation facing our nation’s schools and ... more »
solidaridad: Associated Administrators of Los Angeles (AALA) endorse Robert D. Skeels for LAUSD School Board
solidaridad: Associated Administrators of Los Angeles (AALA) endorse Robert D. Skeels for LAUSD School Board: Associated Administrators of Los Angeles (AALA) endorse Robert D. Skeels for LAUSD School Board Precinct Walking January 19 and 26 by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene Boyle Heights Precinct Walking Robert D. Skeels for LAUSD School Board by Robert D. Skeels Koreatown Precinct Walking Robert D. Skeels for LAUSD School Board by Robert D. Skeels Associated Administrators of Los Angeles (AALA) endorse Robert D. Skeels for LAUSD School Board by Robert D. Skeels About AALAThe Associ... more »
Diane in the Evening 1-18-13 Diane Ravitch's blog
Diane Ravitch's blog: Indiana Debates Dropping Out of Common Core by dianerav Friends and foes of the Common Core standards packed a meeting room in Indiana to discuss its future. This issue creates strange alliances. The new state superintendent Glenda Ritz opposes them. So does the Tea Party. But other hard-right conservatives like former superintendent Tony Bennett and Jeb Bush are strong advocates for CC. Mike Petrilli of the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute urged the legislators to stay the course because A Rhee Puzzle by dianerav With PBS preparing a documentar... more »
Aspire Charter Schools: Behind the Reversal - LA School Report
Aspire Charter Schools: Behind the Reversal - LA School Report: Aspire Charter Schools: Behind the Reversal by Hillel Aron Changed votes by two Board members over the approval of two Aspire charter schools at this week’s Board meeting gave the public a glimpse at a much larger debate over whether charter schools based in Los Angeles should be allowed to operate their special education programs through a partnership with a far-off district that costs them less. Initially, the Board deadlocked 3-3 over the proposed approval of Aspire, a highly rated charter operator founded by Don Sha... more »
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Friday, January 18, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991]*Charter schools see largest boom since their inception 20 years ago* Education Headlines *Friday, January 18, 2013* Schools wage battle against bullyingTwo major conferences are coming to town to address bullying on school campuses, and Compton Jr. High School is looking to partner with other schools to bring in singer Keenan West next month. Paso Robles school district's budget situation improving, official saysOnce on the brink of a state takeover due to its financial d... more »
Modern School: Teacher Fired For Being Poor Role Model
Modern School: Teacher Fired For Being Poor Role Model: Teacher Fired For Being Poor Role Model by Michael Dunn Madonna in Sorrow or The Perfect Teacher? In another stunning defeat for free speech and privacy, the California Commission on Professional Competence (CPC) has upheld the dismissal of Stacie Halas, finding her “unfit” to teach 8th-grade science because she had acted in pornographic films in the past, the Los Angeles Times recently reported. (An East Coast appellate court just ruled that a school could fire a teacher for a Facebook posting) The CPC argued that her pornogr... more »
UPDATE: NY teacher evaluation blows up + Seattle’s Garfield High teacher: “Why we boycotted the MAP test.” « Fred Klonsky
Seattle’s Garfield High teacher: “Why we boycotted the MAP test.” « Fred Klonsky: Watching from a distance. NY teacher evaluation blows up. by Fred Klonsky *New York’s bully-boy Mayor.* [image: 18.1N004.Teacherevals1.C--300x300]Watching from a distance, I responded with a smile when I heard that the negotiations over teacher evaluations between the UFT and New York’s Mayor Bloomberg blew up yesterday. Governor Cuomo had put a deadline for an agreement to evaluate teachers based on student test scores, a stupid idea to be sure. We’ve covered that territory before. Cuomo threatened ... more »
No, Sidwell Friends School has no armed guards
No, Sidwell Friends School has no armed guards: No, Sidwell Friends School has no armed guards Posted by Valerie Strauss on January 18, 2013 at 5:00 am - [image: Smaller Text] [image: Larger Text] Text Size - Print - Reprints - Share: - - - More » [image: Sidwell Friends School. (Gerald Martineau/The Washington Post)] Sidwell Friends School. (Gerald Martineau/The Washington Post) The National Rifle Association is airing a television ad (and has on its website thisfour-minute video) that says the private school that President Obama’s daughters attend, Sidwell ... more »
Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 1-17-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
*Nite Cap UPDATE**UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE* Organized Parents, Organized Teachers: A Video by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform by Edit Barry This is what parent empowerment looks like. Popout Organized Parents, Organized Teachers – Working together for effective reform in America’s public schoolsFrom the Annenberg Institute on Vimeo. To get related resources on parent-teacher collaboration, visit www.realparentpower.com When the teacher is ready, the student will appear by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) Wait, you say. Can it be that teacherken is confused about the ancien... more »
Big Education Ape - Early Eveving Banana Break 1-17-13 #soschat #edreform
*Big Education Ape - Early Eveving Banana Break* Parents Across America Are Opting Out by Judy Rabin Looks like parents have finally had enough testing too. The Superintendent of Montgomery County Maryland called for a three year moratorium on high stakes standardized testing. The budget squeeze is making it impossible to ignore all the money for testing. The perfect storm. * * *On **January 27 at 1:00 PM PST, 3:00 PM Central and 4:00 PM EST,** Parents Across America will be hosting an online seminar on high stakes testing and opting out of such tests.* Our guests will be: ... more »
Rethinking Schools: Chicago points the way for a new teacher unionism. « Fred Klonsky
Rethinking Schools: Chicago points the way for a new teacher unionism. « Fred Klonsky: Rethinking Schools: Chicago points the way for a new teacher unionism. by Fred Klonsky [image: edit272] The editors of Rethinking Schools draw lessons for the teacher union movement from the recent events in Chicago. Some people describe this new unionism as an organizing model. Others call it “social justice unionism” or “social movement unionism.” Regardless, the Chicago teachers demonstrated its main features: - Unapologetically defend wages and working conditions of public school ed... more »
SCUSD School Closure List Makes Some Students Winners or Losers | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education
SCUSD School Closure List Makes Some Students Winners or Losers | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education: SCUSD School Closure List Makes Some Students Winners or Losers by Kate_Lenox [image: Home] The SCUSD school closure list is out and some of the criteria behind the selection of the schools on it has been revealed. Three of the Superintendent's Priority Schools get a pass, despite the fact they are under enrolled. Oak Ridge was on a closure list two years ago because of low enrollment and the poor shape of its facility. Now it will be a receiving school for... more »
Diane in the Evening 1-17-13 Diane Ravitch's blog
Diane Ravitch's blog: Charter School Math in Connecticut by dianerav Connecticut has the misfortune to have a bad combination: a significant group of very rich hedge fund managers devoted to charter schools and a state commissioner of education who wants to open more charter schools. The charter schools in the state serve disproportionately small numbers of English language learners. So is it a good idea to open more of them? Here’s a Corporate Reformers Waste over Half Million in Bridgeport Election by dianerav A reader in Connecticut links to Jonathan Pelto’s report of spendin... more »
The Quick and the Ed » Common Core: What’s Educational Justice Got to Do With It?
The Quick and the Ed » Common Core: What’s Educational Justice Got to Do With It?: Common Core: What’s Educational Justice Got to Do With It? by Peter Cookson Jr. Last spring I completed a study of American high schools; I looked at five schools serving very different economic and social communities. Here is the headline: If a student is not lucky enough to attend a high school located in an upper-middle or middle-class neighborhood, he or she is likely to get a watered down, uninspiring and inadequate set of academic choices — often taught in a hit-or-miss manner. If a student ... more »
Great Expectations: Transforming Practice Through Common Core Implementation — Whole Child Education
Great Expectations: Transforming Practice Through Common Core Implementation — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG [image: Podcast][image: Whole Child Podcast]Great Expectations: Transforming Practice Through Common Core Implementation January 17, 2013 by Whole Child Podcast Download Podcast Now [Right-Click to Save] We as educators have a unique opportunity to reset the playing field and make the Common Core State Standards work for us. We can implement the standards, align them to a whole child approach to education, and ensure that both support and enhance each other to p... more »
UPDATE: The inbox. From the Teacher Retirement System. « Fred Klonsky
The inbox. From the Teacher Retirement System. « Fred Klonsky: Ten minute drawing. Making the CPS board more accessible. by Fred Klonsky [image: robyn ziegler] Click on image to enlarge. The inbox. From the Teacher Retirement System. by Fred Klonsky TRS members received this yesterday: *Dear Frederick Klonsky:* *The new 98th Illinois General Assembly convened on January 8, 2013, but will not return to Springfield and begin work on legislative proposals until the end of the month. * *All legislation introduced and debated during the 97th General Assembly, but not enacted, is no... more »
Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » More Questions about the Common Core: Response to Marc Tucker
Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » More Questions about the Common Core: Response to Marc Tucker: More Questions about the Common Core: Response to Marc Tucker by YongZhao I have been waiting for a serious conversation about the sensibility of the Common Core State Standards Initiative with its staunch supporters. I am thus very pleased to read Marc Tucker’s response to my five questions about the Common Core. I am honored that Tucker considers my questions worth responding to. His response, while thoughtful and more nuanced than the usual slogan-shouting, emo...more »
Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 1-16-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
*Nite Cap UPDATE**UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE* Quick action contemplated on new assessments, API rewrite The state commission charged with overhauling the Academic Performance Index may have recommendations ready as soon as May, officials said Thursday. Why The Rich Need To Scapegoat Teachers by Duke Every once in a while, the corporate media goes too far and gives away the game: So this is apparently a real thing from the Wall Street Journal. *The Onion* couldn't top this. Whether it's the sad faces of all these put-upon dejected rich people, or the elderly minority couple who is... more »
Florida Chamber of Commerce Legislative Goals: Merit Pay, Union Busting and Protecting High-Stakes Testing | Scathing Purple Musings
Florida Chamber of Commerce Legislative Goals: Merit Pay, Union Busting and Protecting High-Stakes Testing | Scathing Purple Musings: Florida Chamber of Commerce Legislative Goals: Merit Pay, Union Busting and Protecting High-Stakes Testing by Bob Sikes After cutting through lofty platitudes in their legislative agenda the FCOC include these talking points about education. First in their letter to “Letter to Florida Business Leaders” *Education reform is hurting because union leaders make it about the adults when it should be all about kids. Union dues enable them to have thousand... more »
Report: Savings marginal after D.C. Public Schools closes schools | WashingtonExaminer.com
Report: Savings marginal after D.C. Public Schools closes schools | WashingtonExaminer.com Report: Savings marginal after D.C. Public Schools closes schools *January 15, 2013 | 8:00 pm * Rachel BayeStaff writer - Montgomery County Closing 20 DC Public Schools will save the school system barely more money than it will cost to close them, according to a report released Tuesday by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, or DCFPI. While closing the proposed schools could save DC Public Schools $10.4 million in the 2013-2014 school year, consolidating them could cost $10.2 million, signifi... more »
21st Century Skills and the Common Core — Whole Child Education
21st Century Skills and the Common Core — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG [image: Andrew Miller]21st Century Skills and the Common Core January 16, 2013 by Andrew Miller 21st century skills are quickly becoming taught and assessed in schools across the nation. Whether through explicit instruction or models like project-based learning, educators are quickly realizing that lower level content comprehension is not enough. The Whole Child Initiative calls for tenets that rely on these skills. We create a safe environment through collaboration. Critical thinking creates rigor... more »
UPDATE: California Adopts Modified Math Standards and Sweeping Updates to Career Technical Education Standards - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education)
California Adopts Modified Math Standards - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): California Adopts Modified Math Standards to Restore Local Decision Making *Required by Legislation, Move Allows Progress Toward Common Core* SACRAMENTO—The State Board of Education today voted to modify the California Additions to the adopted Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM). The Board's action will help the state continue its progress toward implementing the Common Core State Standards, and provides options for accelerating to higher mathematics in middle school while maintaining the... more »
Teacher Takes on StudentsFirst Machine in Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's Back Yard - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Teacher Takes on StudentsFirst Machine in Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's Back Yard - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Teacher Takes on StudentsFirst Machine in Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's Back Yard by Anthony Cody Michelle Rhee has made her home in Sacramento, ever since she married the city's mayor, former basketball player Kevin Johnson. Since landing here, she has been working to expand the influence of her lobbying group, StudentsFirst. Last fall, a school board member resigned in nearby West Sacramento, too late to be replaced in the fall election... more »
Sen. Scott Schneider reintroduces bill to withdraw state from Common Core standards | Indianapolis Star | indystar.com
Sen. Scott Schneider reintroduces bill to withdraw state from Common Core standards | Indianapolis Star | indystar.com: Sen. Scott Schneider reintroduces bill to withdraw state from Common Core standards [image: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, Jamie Gass, director, Center for School Reform, Boston, Mass. (foreground) along with Indiana State Senator, Scott Schneider (R-Indianapolis), and Williamson Evers, held a news conference in support of Senator Schneider,s new proposal to withdraw Indiana schools from Common Core State Standards. (The news conference was held within Statehouse Se...more »
UPDATE: Seattle Schools Community Forum: In The News
Seattle Schools Community Forum: In The News: Seattle Student Senate Supports MAP Opposition by Melissa Westbrook From Dexter Tang, President of the Seattle Schools Student Senate from their meeting at Ingraham High School: *The Seattle Student Senate, the main student advocacy organization of Seattle Public Schools, supports the opposition to the MAP test. * *The MAP test inefficiently uses district resources and consumes valuable instruction time. We support alternative methods of student evaluation. We encourage the district o explore alternative methods of assessing student... more »
Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 1-15-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
*Nite Cap UPDATE**UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE* LAUSD's Crenshaw High to become three magnet schools Vanessa Romo | January 15th, 2013, 8:14pm [image: Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy sp] AFP/AFP/Getty Images Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy, seen here in a file photo, told Crenshaw parents "the quality of instruction is not what it needs to be.” LA Unified voted Tuesday to revamp Crenshaw High School – one of the worst performing schools in the district. But the plan has some parents and teachers up in arms. Crenshaw’s 1,500 students will be split into three separate magnet ... more »
H.R.209: To authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom... OpenCongress
H.R.209: To authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom... OpenCongress: Bill Introduced: H.R.209 To authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children. To authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children. Bill Introduced: H.R.86 Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2013 To autho... more »
Diane in the Evening 1-15-13 Diane Ravitch's blog
Diane Ravitch's blog: Philly Youth Do Zombie Flash Dance to Protest Closings by dianerav Members of the Philadelphia Student Union performed a Zombie flash dance in front of school district headquarters to protest school closings. The district leadership insists it needs to save money by closing Matt Damon and Nancy Carlsson-Paige to Garfield Teachers! by dianerav This is a personal message from actor Matt Damon and early childhood educator Nancy Carlsson-Paige, addressed to the teachers of Garfield High: *We are writing to support all of the teachers at Garfield High School. ... more »
Remembering Dr. King on his birthday. « Fred Klonsky
Remembering Dr. King on his birthday. « Fred Klonsky: Remembering Dr. King on his birthday. by Fred Klonsky My latest retirement project is volunteer teaching ukulele to a mixed kindergarten and first grade class at a public school in Chicago’s Little Village. Once a week on a Monday for about an hour. More fun than anything else. I’m an art teacher, not a music teacher. But I know kindergarten and first grade. I taught those kids for nearly three decades. We take small steps: Which direction the neck of the uke goes. Strumming in a pattern together. I bought a pack of little color... more »
Deellan Kashani – Standardized Tests vs. Deellan Student Voice
Student Voice: Deellan Kashani – Standardized Tests vs. Deellan by admin The key to doing well on tests is knowing what you’re being asked. This was the mantra of my middle school humanities teacher. “Know what you are being asked.” What the fuck is so special about that? Shouldn’t everyone taking the test know what they’re being asked when they read the question? If that were true, we wouldn’t see such variation in test scores between students with the same GPA. Aside from the racial and socio-economic ways that standardized testing stratifies students, it also divides them by in... more »
UPDATE: Joy Resmovits: Iowa Education Reform Plan, Texas Budget Fight: Ed Today
Joy Resmovits: Iowa Education Reform Plan, Texas Budget Fight: Ed Today: Teachers Union Donations: Who Gets NEA Cash? by Joy Resmovits Mike Antonucci went through the National Education Association's financial disclosure report so you don't have to. The NEA is the nation's largest teachers union. He found that the union spent $15 million on advocacy -- $3.8 less than the previous year. Some interesting (but mostly predictable) grantees include Center for American Progress, American Bridge, Committee for Education Funding, Economic Policy Institute, Education Writers Association, Ma... more »
Bruce Lesley: 'Our First Task, Caring for Our Children'
Bruce Lesley: 'Our First Task, Caring for Our Children': Our First Task, Caring for Our Children' *"This is our first task, caring for our children. It's our first job. If we don't get that right, we don't get anything right. That's how, as a society, we will be judged."* - President Obama at the prayer vigil in Newtown, December 16, 2012 As our nation grieves for the children, the families, the teachers, and the first responders in the tragedy that has befallen Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., many feel utterly helpless or overwhelmed by the complexity of what sho... more »
UPDATE: Paul Vallas: Grow up or get out… - Wait, What?
Paul Vallas: Grow up or get out… - Wait, What?: CABE: Why the silence as Pryor undermines the role of local Boards of Education? by jonpelto Where is the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education? Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor instructed towns that if they had a local school that they wanted to become part of the new Commissioner’s Network, ”Expression of Interest Forms” needed to be submitted by January 4, 2013. On its face, the commissioner’s action seemed simple enough. [...]*(Read more...)* Paul Vallas: Grow up or get out… by jonpelto For the second meeting ... more »
NYC School Bus Strike: The Impact | Sailling Autistic Seas
NYC School Bus Strike: The Impact | Sailling Autistic Seas: NYC School Bus Strike: The ImpactPosted by Miz Kp on Jan 15, 2013 in Blog | 4 comments Every afternoon, Angel’s school bus matron calls to let me know that he will be home in two minutes. She takes the initiative to do this because she knows that his arrival time can vary. I really appreciate this. After Hurricane Sandy, our school bus driver called us the night before schools were scheduled to open to confirm whether Angel would be going to school. I appreciated this also. We have a special relationship with Angel’s schoo... more »
MORNING UPDATE: LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 1-15-13 Diane Ravitch's blog
Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Denver: So Much Reform. So Little Success. by garyrubinstein Jeannie Kaplan is an elected member of the Denver Board of Education. She has been critical of corporate-style reform and of the heavily-funded effort to persuade the public that it is successful. When she heard that Jonah Edelman of Stand for Children told an audience in Tulsa recently that Denver was a national model of success, she decided to review the score card for the district. (Stand for Children boasts of its civil rights credentials bu... more »
Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 1-14-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
*Nite Cap UPDATE**UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE* One benefit of my musical training by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) just became apparent in a conversation with my brilliant spouse, who told me she could only handle two channels of information at a time. I know I can handle at least four. But then, I grew up playing in string quartets. I have listened to orchestral recordings with a full score since before I was ten. I have conducted *a cappella* choruses. In short, I am used to handling multiple streams of information simultaneously. I can listen to multiple conversations at one tim... more »
SI&A Cabinet Report – Governor’s top school aid named to state board
SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: *Governor’s top school aid named to state board* *By Kimberly Beltran* Less than a month after she retired as executive director of the State Board of Education, Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday tapped his former top education advisor Sue Burr to fill a vacant seat on the panel that sets state-wide K-12 education policy. It was also expected that Brown would name Burr’s replacement sometime today. Burr retired at the end of December, and just last week, the state board appointed its chief counsel, Judy Cias, to serve as Acting Executive Direc... more »
Principal, Under Fire For Showing Students ‘Terminator’ Parody | toteachornototeach
Principal, Under Fire For Showing Students ‘Terminator’ Parody | toteachornototeach: Principal, Under Fire For Showing Students ‘Terminator’ Parody by aristotlethewise *Erik Naumann, Everett High School Principal, * *Under Fire For Showing Students Violent ‘Terminator’ Video* [image: terminator_2] Erik Naumann, Everett High School Principal’s attempt to get tough on students by creating a parody of the film “Terminator 2 – Judgment Day” is under fire by parents and public school officials. Apparently, his attempt at being creative is being seen as poor judgment on his part. Consideri... more »
Four More Years? | The Forum for Education and Democracy
Four More Years? | The Forum for Education and Democracy: Four More Years? January 14, 2013 - George Wood About this time four years ago I was on my way to Washington to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama. I was looking forward to his administration, hoping that having Linda Darling-Hammond as the leader of his education transition team meant good things for public schools. I have to say I have been disappointed. While there have been some good things, there has been much to puzzle over. I wonder why there has been so much support for Teach for America and so little support ... more »
If We Don't Have Time to Do the Standards Right, When Will We Have Time to Do Them Over? — Whole Child Education
If We Don't Have Time to Do the Standards Right, When Will We Have Time to Do Them Over? — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG [image: Bryan Goodwin]If We Don’t Have Time to Do the Standards Right, When Will We Have Time to Do Them Over? January 14, 2013 by Bryan Goodwin As 46 states move to adopt Common Core State Standards, the opportunity may never be better to rethink not only standards themselves, but also how we get students interested in learning. Let's face it. We haven't always done a good job getting kids interested in learning. Studies suggest that the longer stud... more »
Teachers For Social Justice: Upcoming TSJ Events
Teachers For Social Justice: Upcoming TSJ Events: Upcoming TSJ Events JANUARY 14, 2013 LEAVE A COMMENT Teachers for Social Justice and CORE will be having two joint events in the coming month, both related to the work of Lois Weiner. The first will be a discussion of Weiner's new book, The Future of Our Schools: Teachers Unions and Social Justice. This is an important, short, very readable book. You can buy it from Haymarket Books, (they'll send right out), or email here. We will be discussing Part 1, pp. 3-81, and Chapter 12. Here are details and a link to RSVP: TSJ/CORE Book Di... more »
Time for Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee to probe test tampering - Class Struggle - The Washington Post
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WINNER 2013 Golden Globe BEST MOTION PICTURE in the CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS CATEGORY
*WINNER 2013 GOLDEN GLOBE* *for the* *BEST MOTION PICTURE * *in the * *CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS CATEGORY * is *http://peopleforourpublicschools.org/* *Brought to you with the EXTRA$$$ EXTRA$$$ * *Generous **Support from the* * * * * *AND THE WINNER IS ... NOT YOU!!!* *CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS WEBSITE* * * CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS *A compilation of news articles about charter schools which have been charged with, or are highly suspected of, tampering with admissions, grades, attendance and testing; misuse of funds and embezzlement; engaging in nepotism and conflicts of interest;...more »
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I DID NOT use the word “Failed” in the headline. You inserted that in an absolutely unethical and outrageous bit of editing. (Failed DC Chancellor edit in question) Michelle Rhee: Reformer, Zealot, Both or Something Else?
PBS | Ombudsman | Michelle Rhee: Reformer, Zealot, Both or Something Else?:
Dear Mr Getler:
Yes I do edit headlines for effect, if the main stream media can use the phrase "failed schools and bad teachers" then stating the same about the icon of the reform movement seems to be fair (to me).
I have noted your objection.
Thanks
Mike Simpson
Big Education Ape
Content Removed at the request of Mr. Getler
I am the ombudsman at PBS. The headline on my column of Jan. 11 was: “Michelle Rhee: Reformer, Zealot, Both or Something Else?” I DID NOT use the word “Failed” in the headline. You inserted that in an absolutely unethical and outrageous bit of editing. Please take it down immediately and issue a correction. For an “education” website to do this is truly remarkable.
Dear Mr Getler:
Yes I do edit headlines for effect, if the main stream media can use the phrase "failed schools and bad teachers" then stating the same about the icon of the reform movement seems to be fair (to me).
I have noted your objection.
Thanks
Mike Simpson
Big Education Ape
PBS | Ombudsman | Michelle Rhee: Reformer, Zealot, Both or Something Else?
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