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Ayers Slams TFA | District 299: The Inside Scoop on CPS

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Ayers Slams TFA | District 299: The Inside Scoop on CPS: Ayers Slams TFA by Alexander Russo Here's some video of John Ayers going off on TFA that some folks on the right find objectionable but seems unsurprising and not all that problematic to me. At a December conference in New York City, Ayers apparently said "the left must utilize its “absolute access” to America’s schools to further its “movement.” New video to emerge from the meeting seems to reveal one crucial gap in that “absolute access” — Teach for America." Is this news? Is this inflammatory? Video inside, via EAG. Po... more »

Modern School: Teachers are Terrorists and Corporate Shills

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Modern School: Teachers are Terrorists and Corporate Shills: Teachers are Terrorists and Corporate Shills by Michael Dunn Politicians are notorious for saying stupid, embarrassing and downright insulting and hurtful things in the quest to promote their political agendas. Michael Bloomberg’s recent comparison of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) to the National Rifle Association (NRA) ranks right up there with some of the stupidest—but here are a few other ditties (just in case you missed them): *Teachers Unions are Terrorist Organizations* In 2004, Education Secretary Rod P... more »

Schools Matter: Cornerstone Academy Embroiled in Child Abuse Charges in Memphis

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Schools Matter: Cornerstone Academy Embroiled in Child Abuse Charges in Memphis: Cornerstone Academy Embroiled in Child Abuse Charges in Memphis by Jim Horn In order to encourage charter schools to "innovate," almost all oversight and regulations have been removed, so that now these corporate reform schools operate with impunity, free to pay school CEOs hundreds of thousands of tax dollars each year to run total compliance chain gangs for children, where teachers are more prison guard than educator. The only innovation we see from these one-size fits all behavioral neutering fa... more »

Ed Notes Online: Fred Smith Tribute: Leonie Haimson Matters

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Ed Notes Online: Fred Smith Tribute: Leonie Haimson Matters: Fred Smith Tribute: Leonie Haimson Matters by ed notes online Class size matters, and so does Leonie. Posted to the Change the Stakes listserve: Dear Leonie, Hail to you, the People's Queen (not to be confused with Leona, the Queen of Mean). You deserve accolades and bouquets--but we know you'll never stop to take a bow. You prove that *less* is more--as in tireless, fearless, relentless--in your fight for quality public school education for all children. You are a compass seeking the truth and courageously speaki... more »

Quality Counts 2013 Press Release Education Week: January 10, 2013

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Education Week: January 10, 2013: [image: Quality Counts 2013: Code of Conduct - Safety, Discipline and School Climate] JANUARY 10, 2013 STATE DATA State Highlights Reports All the data you need to assess your state’s performance in key areas.*Don't miss out on your state’s data!* [image: Get Your Quality Counts 2013 State Highlights Reports] GET EXTRA COPIES OF*QUALITY COUNTS 2013* Order extra copies in print or as an interactive PDF so you will always have this benchmarking report at your fingertips. SPECIAL OFFER Save Big With the Winter Price Break Get *Quality Counts* and so much ... more »

President Obama: Second-Term Education Agenda

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President Obama: Second-Term Education Agenda: How Will Obama Tackle Education Reform? As we count down to a second term, a look at his approach to the achievement gap. President Obama speaks at a Washington, D.C., high school as Education Secretary Arne Duncan listens. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) (*The Root*) -- Between now and the inauguration on Jan. 21, *The Root* will be taking a daily look at the president's record on a number of policy issues, including his first-term accomplishments and what many Americans hope to see him accomplish in a second term. Today: *the educational ... more »

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 1-10-13 Diane Ravitch's blog

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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] The Ordeal of the D.C. Whistleblower by dianerav If you have followed the story of the D.C. Cheating scandal, you know that suspicious test scores were flagged at a large number of schools in the district during Michelle Rhee’s tenure. Rhee met with every single principal and got a commitment to raise test scores or be fired. This pressure was effective in perverse ways. Jay Mathews here explains what happened in stark and alarming detail. The epicenter of the cheating scandal was Noyes campus, where the gain... more »

EdWatch 2013: School safety issues emerge | EdSource Today

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EdWatch 2013: School safety issues emerge | EdSource Today: EdWatch 2013: School safety issues emerge ** January 10th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By Susan Frey Share on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailShare on google_plusone More Sharing Services [image: Screen Shot 2013-01-10 at 12.28.35 AM]California legislators have responded to the Connecticut shooting of school children by proposing three new gun or ammunition control laws, but so far only one bill that specifically deals with school safety. Ted Lieu, a Democrat from Torrance, is reintroducing Senate Bill 49, hoping it will g... more »

Daily Kos: This time things are different.

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Daily Kos: This time things are different.: This time things are different. by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) That is the first line of Reframing the Gun Debate, a *New York Times* column by Charles M. Blow that I highly recommend. He follows with this paragraph: This time, nearly a month after the horrible mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., the public attention hasn’t ricocheted to the next story. On the contrary, sorrow has hardened into resolve. Blow reviews the apparent approach of the White House, including the Vice President's frank statement that the President may take execut... more »

What English classes should look like in Common Core era

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What English classes should look like in Common Core era: What English classes should look like in Common Core era Posted by Valerie Strauss on January 10, 2013 at 4:00 am - [image: Smaller Text] [image: Larger Text] Text Size - Print - Reprints - Share: - - - More » [image: lit]The recent controversy over how much fiction and non-fiction high school students are supposed to read under the Common Core State Standards begged the question of where the 70 percent non-fiction 30 percent fiction for seniors actually came from and how English classes should look.... more »

2013 RHSU Edu-Scholar Top 10 Lists :: Frederick M. Hess

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2013 RHSU Edu-Scholar Top 10 Lists :: Frederick M. Hess: 2013 RHSU Edu-Scholar Top 10 Lists *by Frederick M. Hess • Jan 10, 2013 at 5:53 am Cross-posted from Education Week* Print Send RSS [image: Share] Share Yesterday, we unveiled the 2013 RHSU Edu-Scholar rankings. For a lot of readers, the natural question is not how did scholars fare overall, but how are folks faring by field or discipline. After all, the nature of the work is different for the field of psychology versus the field of economics. Today, we will break out the top 10 lists for five disciplinary categories, as we... more »

Confusing Teachers With Teaching: Looking for the Magic Bullet | toteachornototeach

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Confusing Teachers With Teaching: Looking for the Magic Bullet | toteachornototeach: Confusing Teachers With Teaching: Looking for the Magic Bullet by aristotlethewise *Confusing Teachers With Teaching: Looking for the Magic Bullet* *[image: Magic-Bullet]* by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek Why does the United States do so poorly compared to our international competitors on achievement tests? And why is it that the public — even veteran educators — keep looking for magic bullets that can fix this problem overnight? We’ve tried the magic bullet route for at least 100 ... more »

TEACHED: Provocation and Distortion « InterACT

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TEACHED: Provocation and Distortion « InterACT: TEACHED: Provocation and Distortion by David B. Cohen A few months ago I wrote about a trio of short films I’d seen, directed by Kelly Amis as part of a project calledTEACHED; two of those films in particular led me to include the description “glossy propaganda” in my blog post title. To her credit, Amis responded to my critique (and linked to it) in her own blog post, with the clever title*Thanks for calling me glossy. * However, she isn’t pleased with the “animosity” in my post – and I’ll admit that my tone conveyed animosity, t... more »

Schools Matter: Make sure the common core doesn’t get credit for test score inflation

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Schools Matter: Make sure the common core doesn’t get credit for test score inflation: Make sure the common core doesn’t get credit for test score inflation by skrashen Make sure the common core doesn’t get credit for test score inflation S Krashen Please don’t get too excited when initial common core tests appear to produce low scores. New tests typically result in low scores, and then scores rise for the next few years as teachers and students get used to the test format and content, and teachers learn how to teach to the test (Linn, Gaue and Sanders, 1990). I predict that the C... more »

Prickly Bush Foundation CEO Responds to Mississippi Parent Advocate | Scathing Purple Musings

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Prickly Bush Foundation CEO Responds to Mississippi Parent Advocate | Scathing Purple Musings: Prickly Bush Foundation CEO Responds to Mississippi Parent Advocate by Bob Sikes Nancy Loome, the executive director of The Parents’ Campaign, sure got underneath Patricia Levesque’s skin. The CEO of Bush’s foundation wrote this in response to Loome’s December 31 editorial in the* Jackson Clarion-Ledger*: As executive director of The Parents’ Campaign, Nancy Loome has a responsibility to provide accurate information to the public. She failed to do that in her editorial, http://www.cla... more »

NYC Educator: Bloomberg's Successors

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NYC Educator: Bloomberg's Successors: Bloomberg's Successors by NYC Educator *Recently. the New York Times ran a story about whom Mayor Bloomberg may have been grooming as a successor. The story mentioned such names as Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton, and all of us reading it knew they were as far as could be from real consideration. For one thing, neither of them really share the goals of this particular mayor. For another, it's doubtful the mayor's ego could fit in another room with either of these individuals; just witness the rocky relationship he's had with Governor Andre... more »

Jersey Jazzman: The Great Stuff In Public Schools That Tests Can't Measure

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Jersey Jazzman: The Great Stuff In Public Schools That Tests Can't Measure: The Great Stuff In Public Schools That Tests Can't Measure by Duke There will never be a standardized test that captures the truly great things that happen in our public schools: Hewett had been given the medals to present to the Gov.Livingston foil squad which had already boarded their bus, by the New Jersey Interscholastic Fencing Association, the coaches' governing body that ran the tournament, on what appeared to be a technicality. As I stood by Hewett at the conclusion of the event she gave a knowing ... more »

Ed Notes Online: UFT/Unity District Rep Spills Beans to Chapter Leaders: Just Shut Up and Shove Our Policies Down Their Throats

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Ed Notes Online: UFT/Unity District Rep Spills Beans to Chapter Leaders: Just Shut Up and Shove Our Policies Down Their Throats: UFT/Unity District Rep Spills Beans to Chapter Leaders: Just Shut Up and Shove Our Policies Down Their Throats by ed notes online *My monthly Chapter Leader meetings are for me to give you important information....**It is not the place nor the time to get on a soap box and speak about what you want to speak about. The information that I present ..is information passed down from our leadership to you so that you can act as the conduit of information to t... more »

Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 1-9-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

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*Nite Cap UPDATE**UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE* Brian Jones in Portland Friday evening by seattleducation2011 This will be an opportunity to meet Brian Jones, co-narrator of The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman and meet other concerned and active parents, teachers and students. Friday, January 11th, 5-6:30PM Public Forum with Brian Jones: Real VS. Phony … Continue reading → Another Day – Another Charter School Closure in Florida by Bob Sikes From the *Lehigh Acres Citizen*: Most of the 149 students at the Lee Alternative Charter School, off of Taylor Lane in Lehigh Ac... more »

Tom Torlakson Appoints New EDMD DIrector - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education)

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Tom Torlakson Appoints New EDMD DIrector - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Appoints New Director of the Educational Data Management Division SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced the appointment of Cindy Kazanis as the new director of the California Department of Education's (CDE) Educational Data Management Division. "Over her years with the Department of Education, Cindy has exhibited a much appreciated level of expertise and dedication to our work serving the students of California," Torlakson sa... more »

Big Education Ape - Mid Day Banana Break 1-9-13 #soschat #edreform

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*Big Education Ape - Mid Day Banana Break* Maryland's Race To The Top Problems, Rhee In Tennessee: Ed Tonight by Joy Resmovits *Race to the Top: Is Maryland in trouble?* Maryland won $250 million from the federal government's Race to the Top competition -- but according to the feds, Maryland isn't holding its end of the bargain. According to a December 6 letter from the U.S. Education Department (noted by Politics K12 today), the government is adding new conditions on $37.9 million of the winnings -- a solid chunk! E.D. is concerned about the school districts' ability to impleme... more »

A School Voucher by Any Other Name

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 17 hours ago

A School Voucher by Any Other Name: A School Voucher by Any Other Name By Heather L. Weaver, ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief at 11:25am Thirty million. That’s the amount of tax dollars that could be diverted annually from New Hampshire’s coffers to private schools by the year 2022 if the state is allowed to implement its new Education Tax Credit Program. Under the tax credit program, in exchange for donations to “scholarship organizations,” New Hampshire businesses will receive tax credits equal to 85 percent of the amount they donate. The scholarship organizations... more »

Education reform as a business

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 19 hours ago

Education reform as a business: Education reform as a business Posted by Valerie Strauss on January 9, 2013 at 11:59 am - [image: Smaller Text] [image: Larger Text] Text Size - Print - Reprints - Share: - - - More » [image: money in ed]Did you know that the education sector now represents nearly 9 percent of the country’s gross domestic product? That for-profit education is valued at $1.3 trillion, and is one of the largest U.S. investment markets? These facts were part of an advertisement for a conference for investors in for-profit education ventures, jus... more »

The Time Is Now: Make the Case for Educating the Whole Child — Whole Child Education

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The Time Is Now: Make the Case for Educating the Whole Child — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG [image: Klea Scharberg]The Time Is Now: Make the Case for Educating the Whole Child January 9, 2013 by Klea Scharberg Whether you are a parent, educator, or community member, you can help turn political rhetoric about "investing in the future of our children" into reality. Join ASCD in helping your school, district, and community move from a vision for educating the whole child to sustainable, collaborative action. States and school districts across the country are adopting p... more »

School Tech Connect: Data Driven-- Data Quality Be Damned!

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School Tech Connect: Data Driven-- Data Quality Be Damned!: Data Driven-- Data Quality Be Damned! by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) The most helpful map I've ever seen. All-around intelligent person Josh Kalov has taken the Apples to Apples school utilization data and turned it into a visually awesome side-by-side comparison. Basically, you're looking at what CPS says about building utilization and comparing it what the open-source data gatherers working with Apples to Apples say, and you can see where these buildings are around the city. I would explain how to create these k... more »

Immigrant Students in Our Classrooms: "Always Scared" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

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Immigrant Students in Our Classrooms: "Always Scared" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Immigrant Students in Our Classrooms: "Always Scared" by Anthony Cody A recent report, Legal Violence in the Lives of Immigrants, from the Center from American Progress, written by Cecilia Menjivar and Leisy Abrego, documents the impact of law enforcement directed at our nation's eleven million undocumented immigrants. First, the brutal facts. Nearly 400,000 people a year have been deported since 2009. States like Arizona and Alabama have passed harsh laws that require local law e... more »

Diane in the Evening 1-9-13 Diane Ravitch's blog

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Diane Ravitch's blog: Will Massachusetts Open a Charter to Skim $$ from a Great Public School? by dianerav Brockton High School has been hailed as one of the best high schools in the nation, celebrated for its excellent programs and high test scores. What makes its success especially impressive is that the school has 4,100 students and a large immigrant population. Now enters the SABIS for-profit charter chain, seeking to compete with Brockton High School. In this report, Bruce Baker on Rheeformy Logic & Goofball Rating Schemes by dianerav Bruce Baker has prepared what may b... more »

Frontline Rhee-view « InterACT

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Frontline Rhee-view « InterACT: Frontline Rhee-view by David B. Cohen I watched the Frontline report on Michelle Rhee last night, and there will be no shortage of more detailed critiques, so I’m going to offer just a couple of observations before moving on to the broader issue. (You can also see Frontline’s webpage for many critiques, and strongly negative reactions to both the reporting in the program and the subject herself). First, I found it striking how much Rhee’s tone and affect shift depending on the topic. When the question is about how she wields power and holds t... more »

Zak Malamed: Q & A With Suli Breaks Student Voice

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Student Voice: Zak Malamed: Q & A With Suli Breaks by admin *Student Voice founding organizer Zak Malamed sits down with Suli Breaks for a Q and A:* Popout *Q: In your video, you provided us with a deeper understanding of the different perspectives students hear when pursuing a degree. How did these perspectives influence your education?*** *A:* They opened my eyes up to what TRUE education is, something I think I failed to acknowledge as a student. That was one of the primary reasons of me doing the poem. To highlight things that I neglected as a student, to other students, and... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight: The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight by Mike Klonsky "We don't need no stinkin' vote!" Pension robbers Quinn and Nekritz agree. (Sun-Times)O.K., the great pension robbery has failed -- at least for now. The Quinn-Nekritz gang that couldn't shoot straight, ended up shooting each other and their plot to violate the State Constitution and raid the pension fund of struggling retirees fizzled out with barely a whimper. But the culprits are still at large, parading around disguised as "progressives." Quinn is already... more »

The Education of Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee | FRONTLINE | PBS

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The Education of Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee| FRONTLINE | PBS: FRONTLINE examines the legacy of one of America’s most admired & reviled school reformers. The Education of Michelle RheeFRONTLINE examines the legacy of one of America's most controversial school reformers. (53:37) loading [image: Email this]E-MAIL THIS FEATURED FROM THIS REPORT - January 8, 2013, 9:34 pmAfter Michelle Rhee: What Happened Next in D.C.’s Schools - January 8, 2013, 9:34 pmHow Do You Measure Success in School Reform? - January 8, 2013, 9:33 pmEducation Department Finds No Evidence Of... more »

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

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National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: Celebrating 25 YearsOur Mission The mission of the National Board is to advance student learning and achievement by establishing the definitive standards and systems for certifying accomplished educators, providing programs and advocating policies that support excellence in teaching and leading, and engaging National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) and leaders in that process. The National Board seeks to elevate the status, voice, and role of accomplished teachers in shaping a... more »

Best of the Ed Blogs | National Education Policy Center

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Best of the Ed Blogs | National Education Policy Center: Best of the Ed Blogs *Best of the Ed Blogs* features a frequently updated selection of interesting and insightful blog posts on education policy. The views expressed by the bloggers on our blog roll are thoughtful, original, and entirely their own. We hope you make *Best of the Ed Blogs* your first stop for concise takes on today's most important education topics. Self-Serving v. Service: Teaching in a Celebrity Culture Best of the Ed Blogs P.L. Thomas January 9, 2013 Urban Schools and Rural Poverty: A Review of Two New Books... more »

Joy Resmovits: Gates Teacher Study, California Test Pushback: Ed Today

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Joy Resmovits: Gates Teacher Study, California Test Pushback: Ed Today: Gates Teacher Study, California Test Pushback: Ed Today by Joy Resmovits *How Are Teachers Measured?* As we reported yesterday, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation finished its three-year, $50 million study on measuring teacher effectiveness. The researchers found that neither test scores nor observations alone will do the trick. Click here for WSJ's take, and here for another look in the Washington Post. *What Does Nate Silver think?*Just as the Gates Foundation released its report, the famous New York Times... more »

Shanker Blog » A Simple Choice Of Words Can Help Avoid Confusion About New Test Results

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Shanker Blog » A Simple Choice Of Words Can Help Avoid Confusion About New Test Results: A Simple Choice Of Words Can Help Avoid Confusion About New Test Results by Matthew Di Carlo In 1998, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) lowered the threshold at which people are classified as “overweight.” Literally overnight, about 25 million Americans previously considered as having a healthy weight were now overweight. If, the next day, you saw a newspaper headline that said “number of overweight Americans increases,” you would probably find that more than a little misleading. Americ... more »

FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, January 9, 2013

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FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: *State schools chief urges cut in number of tests next year* Education Headlines *Wednesday, January 9, 2013* Long Beach school board votes to slash AVID college prep programA popular Long Beach Unified college prep program will enroll 260 fewer high school students next year and will cease to exist at middle and K-8 schools under the latest budget cuts. Petition error delays push for special election of Fresno Unified trusteeAn error by the Fresno County Office of Education has complicated plans to force a special election in th... more »

Good work. Now put your boots back on. « Fred Klonsky

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Good work. Now put your boots back on. « Fred Klonsky: Good work. Now put your boots back on. by Fred Klonsky [image: separated at birth] *Representative Elaine Nekritz and Senator Dan Biss. Separated at birth. With apologies to Harpo.* Last night and this morning the news reports were all about the failed opportunity to fix the Illinois pension system. They still don’t get it. Fixing the pension system was* never* on the legislative agenda. There is only one problem with the state public employee pension systems in Illinois: The political leaders refuse to raise enough tax money from... more »

Diane Ravitch's Warnings Ignored: Our Next National Shame? | California Progress Report

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Diane Ravitch's Warnings Ignored: Our Next National Shame? | California Progress Report: Diane Ravitch's Warnings Ignored: Our Next National Shame? by callen *By Mark Naison* Is Diane Ravitch the George Ball of our generation and education reform our Vietnam? In the spring and summer of 1965, as US policy makers debated whether to send large numbers of US ground troops to Vietnam to insure that the South Vietnamese government not collapse, a longtime Washington insider named George Ball issued a fierce warning that the policy being recommended would be disastrous. Declaring that th... more »

UPDATE: Texas Student Loses Lawsuit Against RFID School IDs « Student Activism

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Texas Student Loses Lawsuit Against RFID School IDs « Student Activism: Texas Student Loses Lawsuit Against RFID School IDs by Angus Johnston A student who sued her school district over a requirement that she wear an ID tag equipped with an RFID chip that allowed the school to track her movements lost her court case yesterday. The case filed in a Texas federal court, was a strange one. San Antonio sophomore Andrea Hernandez objected to the RFID chip on the basis of theology, not privacy — she believes that the tracking tag is the Mark of the Beast warned of in the biblical book of... more »

The Queen of Smarts: Off with their Heads

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*The Queen of Smarts: Off with their Heads*

If He’s So Important, Why Haven’t We Heard of Him? « The Core Knowledge Blog

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If He’s So Important, Why Haven’t We Heard of Him? « The Core Knowledge Blog: If He’s So Important, Why Haven’t We Heard of Him?by E. D. Hirsch, Jr. *January 9th, 2013* Tags: Common Core State Standards, Samuel Messick, standardized tests Posted in Assessment and Testing, Education Practice, Education Theory, Educational Policy, Research and Reports | No Comments » *In Praise of Samuel Messick 1931–1998* Everyone who is anyone in the field of testing actually *has* heard of Samuel Messick. The American Psychological Association has instituted a prestigious annual scientific awardin ... more »

Bill Gates, it's time to start being ethical

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Teamster Nation: Bill Gates, it's time to start being ethical: Bill Gates, it's time to start being ethical by Teamster Power Protesting unethical behavior.The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has 15 'Guiding Principles.' Here's No. 12: We demand ethical behavior of ourselves. We have a news flash for Bill, who's the primary owner of Republic Services, the second largest waste company in North America: It isn't ethical to take back the retirement benefits from employees who earned them over a lifetime of hard work. Here's another news flash: It isn't ethical to throw your employe... more »

Confidence Through Connectedness « My Island View

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Confidence Through Connectedness « My Island View: Confidence Through Connectedness by tomwhitby Confidence, as an educator, is something that is not a skill to be taught. It is not a method to be memorized. It is an attitude. It is a state of mind. It is also elusive to many educators. How do we foster confidence? How do we enable educators to be confident in their profession? To answer the question of confidence, I rely on my understanding of what I know of my own struggles with confidence. I am only confident in areas that I have a proven knowledge of the subject. I think most ... more »

Modern School: Gates Buying Candidates for Teachers Unions

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Modern School: Gates Buying Candidates for Teachers Unions: Gates Buying Candidates for Teachers Unions by Michael Dunn United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) just had one of its most contested elections ever for its decision-making body, the House of Representatives. 396 candidates fought for 209 positions, with 100 seats taken by rookie representatives, according to the LA Times. Many of these new delegates were sponsored by outside groups, like Educators 4 Excellence and Teach Plus. Another sponsoring organization, Teachers for a New Unionism, is headed byMike Stryer, former a... more »

Big Data, Algorithms, and Professional Judgment in Reforming Schools (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

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Big Data, Algorithms, and Professional Judgment in Reforming Schools (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Big Data, Algorithms, and Professional Judgment in Reforming Schools (Part 1) by larrycuban The crusade among reformers for data-driven decision-making in classrooms, schools, and districts didn’t just begin in the past decade. Its roots go back to Frederick Winslow Taylor‘s “scientific management” movement a century ago. In the decade before World War I and through the 1930s, borrowing from the business sector where Taylorism reigned, school boards... more »

Gates Still Doesn’t Get It! Trapped in a World of Circular Reasoning & Flawed Frameworks « School Finance 101

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Gates Still Doesn’t Get It! Trapped in a World of Circular Reasoning & Flawed Frameworks « School Finance 101: Gates Still Doesn’t Get It! Trapped in a World of Circular Reasoning & Flawed Frameworks by schoolfinance101 Not much time for a thorough review of the most recent release of the Gates MET project, but here are my first cut comments on the major problems with the report. The take home argument of the report seems to be that their proposed teacher evaluation models are sufficiently reliable for prime time use and that the preferred model should include about 33 to 50% tes... more »

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Big Education Ape - Morning Wink 1-10-13 AM Posts #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

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