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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Big Education Ape - Morning Wink 1-12-13 AM Posts #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 1-12-12 Diane Ravitch's blog

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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Kudos to the Teachers of Hamburg Central School District! by dianerav When teachers stand together and refuse to be bullied by the powerful, they deserve our commendation. The teachers in the Hamburg Central School District in New York voted overwhelmingly to reject a bad deal on teacher evaluation. In the plan at issue, the school superintendent would have been the sole arbiter on any appeals of a teacher’s rating. The teachers held out for an independent arbiter. They voted 217-82 not to accept EduSh... more »

Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky

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Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky: Saturday coffee. by Fred Klonsky [image: django-unchained-jackson-REELZ] Coffee at home. Anne cooked up a couple of bowls of Bob’s 10 Grain hot cereal. It’s what my mom used to call *binding. *The truth is that I like it. Better than oatmeal. Along with fighting for our promised pension, this is what happens when you retire at 64. No more bagels for breakfast. *Bob’s 10 Grain hot cereal.* Stop. I’m having a hard time keyboarding this morning. Lavert’s Casanova is on Pandora’s *R and B and Oldies station* and I keep bopping up and down. I have some o... more »

30 Myths About eLearning that Need to Die in 2013 - The Educator's PLN

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30 Myths About eLearning that Need to Die in 2013 - The Educator's PLN: 30 Myths About eLearning that Need to Die in 2013 by Tess Pajaron [image: Sad lady] For as long as eLearning has been around, it has been haunted by the voices of those who aim to criticize its authenticity, viability, and quality. But is it true? Do students of traditional institutions boast more success than those who’ve chosen distance learning? It’s time for some of these myths to die. 1. The technology is unreliableEvery other arena in society- financial institutions, businesses, and government- do not avoid... more »

Taft classroom shooting: Bullying seen as motive for attack - latimes.com

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Taft classroom shooting: Bullying seen as motive for attack - latimes.com: Taft classroom shooting: Bullying seen as motive for attack [image: Taft Union High School] Police said the boy accused of opening fire inside a Taft, Calif., high school Thursday, critically injuring a classmate, felt he was being bullied and that appears to be a motive for the incident. Law enforcement officials said the suspect would be charged with attempted murder. They did not give his name because he is a minor. They said they were investigating what role bullying may have had in motivating him to alleg... more »

Arab Fifth Column Al Jabr Attacks U.S. Schools | MyFDL

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Arab Fifth Column Al Jabr Attacks U.S. Schools | MyFDL: Arab Fifth Column Al Jabr Attacks U.S. Schools by EdwardTeller Thank God for *FOX* News! They’ve uncovered another scary plot in our schools. That this one involves an ancient Islamist cult, started byMuhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, when he wrote the revolutionary screed, *The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing*, sometime in the early ninth Century. In the succeeding 1,200 years, al-Khwārizmī’s terrorist ideas have infiltrated math, higher math, abstract thinking, logic and concepts of artificial inte... more »

Armed Janitors Approved To Stop School Shootings | toteachornototeach

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Armed Janitors Approved To Stop School Shootings | toteachornototeach: Armed Janitors Approved To Stop School Shootings by aristotlethewise *Armed Janitors Approved By Montpelier, Ohio, School Board To Stop School Shootings* by Jason Linkins [image: groundskeeper-willie]One of the big questions we’ve been asking ourselves in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is what group of warm bodies are going to be flung into the path of the armed-to-the-teeth gunmen of tomorrow. Will it have to be the children themselves? It’s been suggested! (The huskier, the better, appare... more »

The wrong remedies

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The wrong remedies: The wrong remedies Posted by Valerie Strauss on January 12, 2013 at 10:00 am - [image: Smaller Text] [image: Larger Text] Text Size - Print - Reprints - Share: - - - More » This past week No Child Left Behind turned 11 years old and Michelle Rhee made big news with a “report card” that judged states on how well they implemented policy of which she approves. Here is a look at what connects them, by Jeff Bryant, a marketing and communications consultant for nonprofits. He is a marketing and creative strategist with nearly 30 years of expe... more »

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 1-12-13

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*4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:* *4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT* “YOU DON’T FIX EDUCATION BY LOWERING THE BAR. YOU DO IT BY LIFTING THE KIDS.” smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 1 day ago Florida and Virginia have adopted new academic standards for students based on race and ability. These states used their federally-granted NCLB waivers to create separate and unequal performance standards for their black, white, Hispanic, Asian and disabled children. In Virginia, in order to pass the standardized math exam, an Asian student has to get an...more »

This Week's Education Research Report 1-12-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

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Education Research Report: *THIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORT* * * Some of the most popular study strategies -- such as highlighting and even rereading -- don't show much promise for improving student learning Jonathan Kantrowitz at Education Research Report - 1 day ago Students everywhere, put down those highlighters and pick up some flashcards! Some of the most popular study strategies -- such as highlighting and even rereading -- don't show much promise for improving student learning, according to a new report published in *Psychological Science in the Public Interest,* a jou... more »

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… 1-12-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF

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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL *LARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAY* [image: Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Problems.] “Community School Model Seen as Valuable to Rural Areas” Larry Ferlazzo at Engaging Parents In School... - 1 week ago Community School Model Seen as Valuable to Rural Areas is an interesting article over at Education Week. I’ve written very positively about community schools in the past, as well as expressing my concerns about them. Making Parents Pay A School Anytime Their Child Is Given De...more »

Ed Notes Online: Chicago TU: Social Justice Unionism IS Trade Unionism

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Ed Notes Online: Chicago TU: Social Justice Unionism IS Trade Unionism: Chicago TU: Social Justice Unionism IS Trade Unionism by ed notes online *A lot of times if you talk to other members about a teacher who is being targeted by the administration, they’ll say, “Oh, that’s one of the crazies.” We tried to have our members embrace disaffected teachers rather than isolate them. ---* *While parents liked the longer day, they also thought we should be compensated for it. They didn’t like the idea of forcing people to work longer without being paid for it. Parents are very clear ab... more »

Daily Kos: It is another Saturday morning

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Daily Kos: It is another Saturday morning: It is another Saturday morning by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) As has been my practice for several years, I pause to reflect, but this time is different. I'm tired, bone tired. I am worried for my beloved spouse. I am worried for my country. I am worried for the students I teach. Not necessarily in that order. This week's Saturday morning reflection may not be coherent or cogent, although I will attempt to keep it from devolving into stream of consciousness. If you decide it is not for you, I will understand. But perhaps what I share can ... more »

A Call for a Moratorium on Cyber Charter Charter Schools in PA | Scathing Purple Musings

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A Call for a Moratorium on Cyber Charter Charter Schools in PA | Scathing Purple Musings: A Call for a Moratorium on Cyber Charter Charter Schools in PA by Bob Sikes From a story last month from* Public News Service of Pennsylvania*: HARRISBURG, Pa. – Some Pennsylvania groups say cyber charter schools in the state aren’t making the grade, and they’re urging state education officials to impose a moratorium on any new ones. Rhonda Brownstein, the executive director of the Education Law Center, says only one of the cyber charters operating in Pennsylvania in 2011 made adequate yearl... more »

NYC Educator: UFT Sponsors Blockbuster Film

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NYC Educator: UFT Sponsors Blockbuster Film: UFT Sponsors Blockbuster Film by NYC Educator After the astroturf folks brought out two propaganda films, neither of which exactly hit box office gold, the United Federation of Teachers has decided to sponsor its own film, to bring the true story of education "reform" to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sixpack. It's clearly been difficult for the astroturfers to get their message across, as their ideas are supported neither by research, practice, or any objective semblance of reality. The UFT film will focus on bold leadership willing to tackle tough i... more »

Policy by Algorithm (Jeff Henig), Part 2 | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

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Policy by Algorithm (Jeff Henig), Part 2 | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Policy by Algorithm (Jeff Henig), Part 2 by larrycuban * Jeff Henig is a professor of political science and education at Teachers College, Columbia University. This post appeared July 27, 2011 on Rick Hess’s blog in Education Week.* There is a satisfying solidity to the term “data-based” decision-making. But basing decisions on data is not the same thing as basing them on knowledge. Data are collections of nuggets of information. Compared with “soft” rationales for action–opinion, intu... more »

Enough is enough! What Can Education Workers, Students & Parents Do To Defend

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Enough is enough! What Can Education Workers, Students & Parents Do To Defend: Enough is enough! What Can Education Workers, Students & Parents Do To Defend Public Education?Public Education, Privatization and strenghten the role of the NEA/CTA and AFT/CFT By Danny Weil on January 12, 2013 4:31 am / no comments Please tell all those you know in the Bay Area of California and beyond about the meeting that we must have on privatization, financialization, and corporatization of education. We need to build statewide and nationwide movements to confront these well-heeled reactionarie... more »

Aaron Swartz «

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Aaron Swartz «: Aaron Swartz by Angus Johnston Internet activist Aaron Swartz killed himself yesterday in New York. He was 26. Aaron had long suffered from depression and other medical issues, but at the time of his death he was facing a more tangible challenge as well — a thirteen count federal felony indictment arising from a 2011 incident in which he snuck into MIT and downloaded a huge number of academic journal articles from the website JSTOR. JSTOR declined to press charges, as did MIT, but the government went after him anyway, and went after him very very hard. He pled not ... more »

Astroturf Activism: Who is Behind Students for Education Reform? | The Nation

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Astroturf Activism: Who is Behind Students for Education Reform? | The Nation: Astroturf Activism: Who is Behind Students for Education Reform? George Joseph and Extra Credit on January 11, 2013 - 4:47 PM ET * * * * *ATEACHERS FOR EDUCATION REFORM PART OF THE GROWING AL-ALEC PRIVATIZATION NETWORK* *الشركات استيلاء التعليم العام* * * * * * * * * In late November, a small crowd of Columbia University and New York University students organized byStudents For Education Reform (SFER) marched from the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) building in downtown Manhattan to the steps of the... more »

Seattle Ballard High School teachers have followed suit: No MAP test! | Seattle Education

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Seattle Ballard High School teachers have followed suit: No MAP test! | Seattle Education: Seattle Ballard High School teachers have followed suit: No MAP test! by seattleducation2011 *This just in:* *25 teachers at nearby Ballard High School signed a letter today against continuing to use the MAP test, and in support of our Garfield colleagues.* Whereas The MAP test is a resource expensive and cash expensive program in a district with very finite financial resources, The MAP test is not used in practice to inform student instruction, The MAP test is not connected to our curricula... more »

Tony Bennett: Partisan Republican | Scathing Purple Musings

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Tony Bennett: Partisan Republican | Scathing Purple Musings: Tony Bennett: Partisan Republican by Bob Sikes *StateImpact Indiana *reporter Elle Moxley provides this quote from outgoing state schools superintendent Tony Bennett: Bennett starts his new job as Florida Commissioner of Education Monday. But he says he’s not worried about state lawmakers dismantling the education system he built with Gov. Mitch Daniels. “I think we have a huge amount of political will in [Gov. Mike Pence's] office around education reform,” says Bennett. “I think the fact *we have a supermajority* in th... more »

School Tech Connect: This Ought To Be Interesting...

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School Tech Connect: This Ought To Be Interesting...: This Ought To Be Interesting... by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) ...but I suspect that it will just be sad. My lakefront liberals are having a meeting to defend the flat tax. God love 'em. Before I forget to make the point, it occurred to me that gay marriage in Illinois seemed like such a martian concept only ten years ago. And yet gay marriage advocates know how to do things. You keep pushing and rallying and organizing, and talking talking talking about gay marriage until one day you find yourself at the altar with som... more »

2013 Golden Globe Nominations Announcement: BEST MOTION PICTURE – CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS

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CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: *2013 Golden Globe Nominations Announcement:* * BEST MOTION PICTURE – CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS* 1 *http://peopleforourpublicschools.org/* 2 EdVantages Academics by The Perimeter Primate *“Charter schools pay off for CEO’s family.”* Dayton Daily News (OH), 12/15/2012 A Dayton Daily News investigation found that a company managing several taxpayer-funded charter schools in the area is a lucrative family business whose husband-and-wife management team makes more than $400,000 a year. The nonprofit, EdVantages, manages seven charter schools in Ohio, incl... more »

Ohio superintendent, community support portrait of Jesus hanging in public school | Pam's House Blend

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Ohio superintendent, community support portrait of Jesus hanging in public school | Pam's House Blend: Ohio Superintendent, Community Support Portrait of Jesus Hanging in Public School by Pam Spaulding *Jackson City School District Superintendent Phil Howard finds support at school board meeting where hundreds boo those expressing that the portrait’s presence violates the U.S. Constitution*. Yes, it’s time again for an episode of “Might Makes Right” and “Majority Rules.” The trouble began when the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent Superintendent Phil Howard a letter p... more »

Schools Matter: Support Seattle Teachers in Their Campaign of Conscience

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Schools Matter: Support Seattle Teachers in Their Campaign of Conscience: Support Seattle Teachers in Their Campaign of Conscience by Jim Horn From Monty Neill at FairTest: *Support Seattle Teachers’ Boycott* Show your support for the teachers’ boycott of the MAP tests. The teachers have set up a petition, which you can sign at https://www.change.org/petitions/seattle-public-schools-support-garfield-high-school-teachers-refusing-to-administer-the-map?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=url_share&utm_campaign=url_share_before_sign Please circulate it widely! The teachers wrote... more »

Pass / Fail : Feedback: Here's what you think about the state's changes to standardized tests | 89.3 KPCC

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Pass / Fail : Feedback: Here's what you think about the state's changes to standardized tests | 89.3 KPCC: Feedback: Here's what you think about the state's changes to standardized tests by Vanessa Romo [image: An empty classroom]*Credit: BES Photos/Flickr (cc by-nc-nd)* State school officials say standardized tests as we know them — the multiple choice kind that require Scantron forms and No. 2 pencils — are not working for teachers or students. What we need, California Schools Superintendent Tom Torlakson said last week, is to move away from memorization-driven tests. He's prop... more »

CEO Patricia Levesque’s Misleading Defense of Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education | Scathing Purple Musings

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CEO Patricia Levesque’s Misleading Defense of Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education | Scathing Purple Musings: CEO Patricia Levesque’s Misleading Defense of Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education by Bob Sikes Within her response to Mississippi parent advocate, Nancy Loome, Foundation for Excellence in Education CEO, Patricia Levesque included this: Loome notes that we take funding from for-profit providers. In fact, *more than 90 percent of the Foundation’s budget comes from family foundations or philanthropic organizations*dedicated to improving students’ ... more »

Diane in the Evening 1-11-13 Diane Ravitch's blog

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Diane Ravitch's blog: A Letter About Gun Appreciation Day by dianerav Tonight, I watched a lovely tribute to Joan Baez on PBS. Joan is a pacifist, a wonderful human being, and a great singer. She is also very courageous. She put herself in mortal danger as a fighter for human right. Minutes after turning off the television, I received this email. It upset me. I thought I would share it with you. My reply is at the end of he letter. On Jan 11, 2013, at 10:03 PM, “Dick Brauer, Colonel, USAF (Ret.)” wrote: We’re calling for Adell Cothorne Contacted Me by dianerav I received an em... more »

No Teachers With Guns, No Police In Schools | K-12 News Network

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No Teachers With Guns, No Police In Schools | K-12 News Network: No Teachers With Guns, No Police In Schools by admin On December 30, 2012, President Obama said he doubted arming school police with guns will prevent future school shootings, but then January 11, 2013′s EdWeek hints that he may yield to local law enforcement officers and communities if it has “bipartisan” support. While President Barack Obama said recently that he would be skeptical that more guns would be an answer to school safety, his administration is considering paying to add police officers to secure public s... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Newark Parents Fight School Closings

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Jersey Jazzman: Newark Parents Fight School Closings: Newark Parents Fight School Closings by Duke I've just received a copy of a remarkable letter from a parent group in Newark: Parents Unified for Local School Education (PULSE). The letter is reprinted below; here's the story: Newark, like so many other urban districts, just went through a round of neighborhood school closings. The pattern seems to be the same in every city: an autocratic mayor or a conservative governor comes in and disenfranchises the local citizens (see New York City, Detroit, New Orleans, Chicago, etc.). ... more »

Connected Educators: 122 Awesome Twitter Accounts | My Town Tutors

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Connected Educators: 122 Awesome Twitter Accounts | My Town Tutors: Connected Educators: 122 Awesome Twitter Accounts Posted on January 10, 2013 by mmolloy ***If you are a teacher who tutors, for a limited time, you can register for FREE using promo code:usteachers. “Teachers are great tutors!” Teachers keep 100% of the profits! If you are a teacher PLEASE join! We need great teachers who tutor to be the #1 resource in America for parents looking for tutors!* The feedback from teachers has been incredible to our top 10 twitter accounts for teachers. We would like to continue to prov...more »

Common Core State Standards: A New Foundation for Student Success — Whole Child Education

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Common Core State Standards: A New Foundation for Student Success — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG [image: Klea Scharberg]Common Core State Standards: A New Foundation for Student Success January 11, 2013 by Klea Scharberg This Hunt Institute video discusses the rationale behind the development of the Common Core State Standards. "These standards now being implemented by more than 44 states across the nation were built upon strengths and lessons learned in states. They were informed by other top performing countries and grounded in research and evidence," says the Hunt... more »

Hopes for the New Year: Begone Ghosts of Reform Past! - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

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Hopes for the New Year: Begone Ghosts of Reform Past! - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Hopes for the New Year: Begone Ghosts of Reform Past! by Anthony Cody The first few weeks of 2013 have greeted us like a trip with old Marley revisiting school reforms of the past. In the very first weeks, we have Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst lobby announce letter grades for states based on their adherence to her favorite pillars of reform policies. John Merrow provided us with a reprise of her greatest hits as the head of DC schools, along with some news regarding the cheating t... more »

Seattle Schools Community Forum: GET in Danger in the Legislature

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Seattle Schools Community Forum: GET in Danger in the Legislature: GET in Danger in the Legislature by Melissa Westbrook David Goldstein over at The Stranger Slog lays out the case for the GET (Guaranteed Education Tuition) program. The legislators who are talking it down are - no surprise - some of very legislators who have turned on their own party, Rodney Tom and Steve Litzow along with Ross Hunter. (And, as Goldy points out, some live in some of the most expensive areas of Washington State.) *GET is Washington's prepaid tuition program, a variant of the federally sanction... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Kahlenberg on so-called 'High-flying, high-poverty schools'

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Kahlenberg on so-called 'High-flying, high-poverty schools': Kahlenberg on so-called 'High-flying, high-poverty schools' by Mike Klonsky Don't miss *Richard Kahlenberg's* provacative piece in American Educator (Winter 2012-2013) which examines the roles of poverty and racial segregation and their impact of student learning. Kahlenberg takes on those who exaggerate the effect of "high-flying, high-poverty schools" or those [like Michelle Rhee--m.k.], who consider poverty to be mainly an "excuse" made by bad teachers who fail to produce high standard... more »

Show us the money: “Master Class” for private equity investors in public education | Parents Across America

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Show us the money: “Master Class” for private equity investors in public education | Parents Across America: Show us the money: “Master Class” for private equity investors in public education by pureparents Even when people recognize how hard corporations are working to take over public education, they still wonder – is there really that much money to be made in education? Maybe the hedge funders are really doing all this just to help children. It’s a natural question given the fact that teachers are modestly paid and schools are mostly underfunded, hardly one’s idea of a lucrativ... more »

The letter from the teachers at Garfield High School regarding the MAP test | Seattle Education

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The letter from the teachers at Garfield High School regarding the MAP test | Seattle Education: The letter from the teachers at Garfield High School regarding the MAP test by seattleducation2011 December 21, 2012 To Whom It May Concern: We, the Garfield teachers, respectfully decline to give the MAP test to any of our students. We have had different levels of experiences with MAP in our varied careers, have read about it, and discussed it with our colleagues. After this thorough review, we have all come to the conclusion that we cannot in good conscience subject our students to... more »

Friday Ratings Madness: Quality Counts, Students First & Funding Fairness « School Finance 101

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Friday Ratings Madness: Quality Counts, Students First & Funding Fairness « School Finance 101: Friday Ratings Madness: Quality Counts, Students First & Funding Fairness by schoolfinance101 [image: Slide1] It’s been a fun week for grading the states. First we had the wacky ratings from Students First which graded states largely on the extent to which they had adopted the preferred policies of that organization. Then we had the old-standard Education Week Quality Counts. When it comes to their finance rating system, little has changed in recent years. These two reports, of course,... more »

Blue Jersey:: QoTD: 19-year-old Socialist School Board Member Talks Some Sense

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Blue Jersey:: QoTD: 19-year-old Socialist School Board Member Talks Some Sense: QoTD: 19-year-old Socialist School Board Member Talks Some Sense by Rosi Efthim [image: SOCIALIST NOBLE] A 19-year-old pharmacy clerk named Pat Noble defeated an incumbent to win a seat on the Red Bank Regional High School Board of Education, and was seated this month. He is the founder of the Socialist Party of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, ran as a socialist for his seat and plans to bring a progressive, socialist set of ideals to the schools board.And he sounds like a breath of fresh air: "You rea... more »

Slam-Dunk! Touch-down! Goal!!!! Taxpayers come through for American’s highest paid CEO - Wait, What?

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Slam-Dunk! Touch-down! Goal!!!! Taxpayers come through for American’s highest paid CEO - Wait, What?: Slam-Dunk! Touch-down! Goal!!!! Taxpayers come through for American’s highest paid CEO by jonpelto Don’t let the *residue* of the Great Recession get you down. While it is true that America’s middle-class is on the ropes, unemployment remains high, sending a kid to college costs more than most people save in their entire lives, child poverty in Connecticut has gone up 50% in the last decade and the state is facing a $1 billion dollar budget deficit next year, Connecticut’s taxpay... more »

The Common Core and Gingerbread Curriculum | Truth in American Education

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The Common Core and Gingerbread Curriculum | Truth in American Education: The Common Core and Gingerbread Curriculum by Shane Vander Hart [image: gingerbread-man]I like gingerbread. I think it is delicious. So this post is by no means to be critical of gingerbread lovers. This is a gingerbread friendly zone. I just learned that their is a Common Core gingerbread curriculum. I had a friend email me this story from the *DeerPark-North Babylon Patch*about a second grade class at William E. DeLuca Elementary School in North Babylon, NY partaking of these lessons. Working in small g... more »

Louisiana Educator: Miracle Results of School Takeovers . . . .Not in Louisiana!

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Louisiana Educator: Miracle Results of School Takeovers . . . .Not in Louisiana!: Miracle Results of School Takeovers . . . .Not in Louisiana! by Michael Deshotels The education reformers in Michigan and Ohio were told that Louisiana had achieved almost a miracle in student achievement by taking over low achieving schools using a State Recovery School District (RSD) and converting these schools into semi-autonomous charter schools. The news out of Louisiana was so good according to reform activists, that other states should hurry to copy this plan and also produce stunning resul... more »

Jake Frackson – RE-SENSITIZING SCHOOLS Student Voice

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Student Voice: Jake Frackson – RE-SENSITIZING SCHOOLS by admin Originally posted: http://jakefrackson.wordpress.com/ Raising a child has become a whole new adventure with the advent of the internet. Because of the inundation of information that came with it, teachers, parents, and all others involved in the up-bringing of children have been given an increasingly stressful job. Not only is there an influx of information, there is also a whole new on-slot of inappropriate subject matter to try to negotiate. With so much content, and so few ways to censor it, raising a child really ... more »

Garfield High School teachers say “NO!” to high stakes testing | Seattle Education

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Garfield High School teachers say “NO!” to high stakes testing | Seattle Education: Garfield High School teachers say “NO!” to high stakes testing by seattleducation2011 *In an unprecedented move, and hopefully the first of many around the country, Garfield High School teachers have taken a stand against high stakes testing which in Seattle is the MAP test.* *Here is a portion of the press release:* “Our teachers have come together and agree that the MAP test is not good for our students, nor is it an appropriate or useful tool in measuring progress,” says Kris McBrid... more »

ATeachers for Education Reform - Part of AL-ALEC Privatization Network

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Teachers for Education Reform: BREAKING NEWS *ATEACHERS FOR EDUCATION REFORM PART OF THE GROWING AL-ALEC PRIVATIZATION NETWORK* *الشركات استيلاء التعليم العام* TFER BLOG | WHAT'S THE TEACHER PIPELINE?*JANUARY 10, 2013* From the moment a person decides to be a teacher to when they retire, there are a number of points along the journey that can help or hinder their likelihood of success and the success of their students. At Teachers for Education Reform, we're focusing on four points along that journey that make up what is called the "Teacher Pipeline." Read More... *Beware of As... more »

Journal of Educational Controversy Blog: Testimony at U.S. Senate Hearing Links High-Stakes Testing to the School-to-Prison Pipeline

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Journal of Educational Controversy Blog: Testimony at U.S. Senate Hearing Links High-Stakes Testing to the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Testimony at U.S. Senate Hearing Links High-Stakes Testing to the School-to-Prison Pipeline *Editor: In a post below we announced that the U.S. Senate had planned to hold hearings on the school-to-prison pipeline problem. Monty Neill, Executive Director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest), argued at the hearing that high-stakes testing has been a contributing factor leading to the school-to-prison pipeline. Below is his test... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Commission report on school closings means uphill battle for Rahm

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Commission report on school closings means uphill battle for Rahm: Commission report on school closings means uphill battle for Rahm by Mike Klonsky *"Closing high schools highly correlates to drop out rates and spikes of violence. Hopefully they learned their lesson about that." *-- Karen Lewis Parent and community voices from Chicago's targeted neighborhoods are ringing out so loudly against school closings, that the mayor's "reform" strategy -- replacing public schools with privately-run charters, has now

UPDATE: FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Friday, January 11, 2013

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FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: *California sheriff: Youth who shot classmate felt he'd been bullied* Education Headlines *Friday, January 11, 2013* Taft student in critical condition following campus shooting; teen suspect heldThe suspected shooter, a 16-year-old boy who law enforcement has not named, is in custody. The victim, who authorities also declined to identify, was in critical but stable condition Thursday afternoon after being airlifted to Kern Medical Center and undergoing surgery. Taft teacher and campus supervisor hailed as heroesSheriff Donny Youn... more »

Modern School: The Right to an Education or The Obligation to Be Sorted for Capital

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago

Modern School: The Right to an Education or The Obligation to Be Sorted for Capital: The Right to an Education or The Obligation to Be Sorted for Capital by Michael Dunn The Left is fond of extolling the virtues of a free public education system, particularly the delusion that it increases social mobility and promotes liberty. Aside from the fact that few people move up in social class, regardless of their success in school, the system is not truly free. It is a taxpayer subsidy to business that ensures there are sufficiently educated workers to do the jobs employers want done an... more »

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