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Jersey Jazzman: Our Nation's Goofy Education Debate

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Jersey Jazzman: Our Nation's Goofy Education Debate: Our Nation's Goofy Education Debate by Duke So here's how it seems to work now: 1) A well-heeled think-tank puts out a report - like, say, the Gates Foundation's Measures of Effective Teaching- that confirms the previously articulated predilections of its funding source. 2) Since the report is published by a think tank funded by a wealthy celebrity, its conclusions are widely disseminated throughout the press. 3) But the report is not subject to peer review, *which means it isn't vetted by experts in the field before its conc... more »

PBS | Ombudsman | Michelle Rhee: Reformer, Zealot, Both or Something Else?

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PBS | Ombudsman | r Michelle Rhee: Reformer, Zealot, Both or Something Else?:Michelle Rhee: Reformer, Zealot, Both or Something Else?By Michael Getler JANUARY 11, 2013 This past Tuesday evening, Jan. 8, PBS's top-rated documentary series Frontline, focused its cameras and its veteran education correspondent, John Merrow, on a now 43-year-old Korean-American woman named Michelle Rhee. She was the chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public school system for three years, from 2007 to 2010. She was not at all well-known before then, but during t... more »

Will longer school year help or hurt US students? - NorthJersey.com

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Will longer school year help or hurt US students? - NorthJersey.com: Will longer school year help or hurt US students? SUNDAY JANUARY 13, 2013, 11:45 AM BY JULIE CARR SMYTH ASSOCIATED PRESS PAGES: 1 2 3 4 > DISPLAY ON ONE PAGE | PRINT | E-MAIL Did your kids moan that winter break was way too short as you got them ready for the first day back in school? They might get their wish of more holiday time off under proposals catching on around the country to lengthen the school year. But there's a catch: a much shorter summer vacation. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, a chief proponent of th... more »

The Sunday Mail. « Fred Klonsky

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The Sunday Mail. « Fred Klonsky: The Sunday Mail. by Fred Klonsky [image: The writers] *Springfield, Illinois. January 3, 2013. Photo: John Laesch.* *Matt Damon and his mom, teacher Nancy Carlsson-Paige, won’t be in Hotlanta this July for the NEA RA.* They are unhappy with the NEA’s collaboration with Teach for America’s Wendy Kopp. They turned down the NEA’s nomination for their Friend of Education Award. Good for them. *Larry Lessig remembers Aaron Swartz. *Swartz committed suicide Friday. Aaron was a target of the feds for his insistence on freedom of access to public informatio... more »

The Diverse Schools Dilemma - my sidewalk chalk blog - nyc school help

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The Diverse Schools Dilemma - my sidewalk chalk blog - nyc school help: The Diverse Schools Dilemma by joyce I am reading *"The Diverse Schools Dilemma: A Parent's Guide to Socioeconomically Mixed Public Schools" by Michael J. Petrilli *and I am riveted. He is the executive vice president of the Thomas B.Fordam Institute a think tank focused on K-12 education policy, and excecutive editor of the journal "Education Next". He is also a father living just outside Washington DC in Tacoma Park, MD (self described as Berkeley East... I thought Park Slope was Berkeley East!). Looking for ... more »

Judge upholds firing of Paterson teacher who called students 'future criminals' - NorthJersey.com

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Judge upholds firing of Paterson teacher who called students 'future criminals' - NorthJersey.com: Judge upholds firing of Paterson teacher who called students 'future criminals' FRIDAY JANUARY 11, 2013, 11:41 AM BY ANTHONY CAMPISI STATE HOUSE BUREAU THE RECORD PRINT | E-MAIL An appellate panel upheld the firing of a Paterson first grade teacher who called her first-grade students “future criminals” in a Facebook post. The two-judge panel ruled Friday that Jennifer O’Brien’s conduct wasn’t protected by the First Amendment and that her “right to express those comments was outweigh... more »

D-day for DeKalb: State board considers fate of school board Thursday | Get Schooled

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D-day for DeKalb: State board considers fate of school board Thursday | Get Schooled: D-day for DeKalb: State board considers fate of school board Thursday by Maureen Downey The state Board of Education will hold a hearing Thursday on the fate of the fractious DeKalb school board, which was the subject of a devastating critique by the district’s accreditation agency. Last month, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accused DeKalb* * officials of engaging in bickering and nepotism while letting district finances collapse. SACS placed the district on probation. The probat... more »

“Expect Nothing, Get Nothing”: Common v. Standard | the becoming radical

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“Expect Nothing, Get Nothing”: Common v. Standard | the becoming radical: “Expect Nothing, Get Nothing”: Common v. Standard Posted on January 13, 2013 by plthomasedd In Chapter 7 (a “hard-boiled wonderland” section) of Haruki Murakami‘sHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, the narrator details: “I wound up my purchases and pulled into my convenient neighborhood fast-food restaurant. I ordered shrimp salad, onion rings, and a beer. The shrimp was straight out of the freezer, the onion rings soggy. Looking around the place, though, I failed to spot a single customer bangin... more »

Engaging with Godzilla « Cooperative Catalyst

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Engaging with Godzilla « Cooperative Catalyst: Engaging with Godzilla by Paul Freedman I am Godzilla! Hear me roar! [image: I am Godzilla! Hear me roar!]“We are *bad* Godzillas!” I heard the familiar husky little voice of a 4-year-old student at my school while I was out working in the recess yard of my school. This boy, Vlad often exhibits a somewhat negative influence on the world around him, and is the source of many student complaints and staff hand-wringing. The verbal warning here was clear: Vlad, and his little three-year-old protégé, Thomas, were bent on destruction. Th... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Segregation By Behavior: Chartery Secret Sauce

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Jersey Jazzman: Segregation By Behavior: Chartery Secret Sauce: Segregation By Behavior: Chartery Secret Sauce by Duke Diane Ravitch points us to this piece by Michael Petrilli, where wonk-in-chief wonk of the reformy movemenet finally comes clean: But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. *In my view, we should be proud of the charter schools that are identifying and serving high-potential low-income students*—kids who are committed to using education to escape poverty and are often supported in that effort by education-minded parents. The reason to celebrate these schools and the ... more »

Open Letter to President Obama

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Open Letter to President Obama: [image: save image] Act Now to Save Our Public Schools Recent federal initiatives like *No Child Left Behind* and*Race to the Top* have mandated or incentivized so-called reforms that have little or no research support and are, in effect, experiments on the children and teachers of our public schools. Private interests, aided by the Federal Government, are attempting to supplant local control, inhibit parental involvement, and to *transfer public funding to the hands of corporate interests*. Public schools, locally controlled, are a cornerstone of o... more »

Invest in MPS, not voucher and charter

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Invest in MPS, not voucher and charter: Invest in MPS, not voucher and charter By Diane Ravitch Jan. 10, 2013 - - - - EMAIL - PRINT - (21) COMMENTS In his Jan. 6 column, Alan J. Borsuk says that a new vision for education in Milwaukee is needed to get beyond the stale and failed answers of the past. He is right. Milwaukee has had voucher schools since 1990, longer than any school district in the nation. Students in the voucher schools perform no better than those in the public schools. Milwaukee has had charter schools for about 20 years. Students in t... more »

Op-ed: Create a state Department of Education that reports to the governor | Opinion | The Seattle Times

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Op-ed: Create a state Department of Education that reports to the governor | Opinion | The Seattle Times: Op-ed: Create a state Department of Education that reports to the governor We must fund education and create a seamless, accountable system, writes guest columnist Chris Gregoire. By Chris Gregoire WASHINGTON’S education agencies are too often focused on the adults, not the children. Among my biggest goals as governor has been to change that, to return the focus to students in a seamless education system from early learning through college, and to provide accountability for tha... more »

Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee, the education celebrity who rocketed from obscurity to Oprah - The Washington Post

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Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee, the education celebrity who rocketed from obscurity to Oprah - The Washington Post: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee, the education celebrity who rocketed from obscurity to Oprah By Lyndsey Layton, Published: January 12 In camera-ready red, Michelle Rhee started the week on the set of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” The next night, she was the subject of an hour-long documentary on “Frontline.” In several weeks, she’ll tour the country to promote her new memoir, “Radical.” In the two years since her short and stormy tenure as chancellor of the Distr... more »

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

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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] How Can Parents Fight School Closings? by dianerav Jersey Jazzman explains what is now obvious: School closings have a disparate impact on children and communities of color. Community schools are closed, destabilizing the neighborhood. Charter schools open, which choose and reject those they want or don’t want. Most charters don’t want the kids with the greatest needs. A new parent group has formed in Newark, which has been a playground for the rich and famous, who move Kasich Pulls a Fast One by dianerav... more »

Daily Kos: "Breaking Away" from Inequity?

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Daily Kos: "Breaking Away" from Inequity?: "Breaking Away" from Inequity? by rss@dailykos.com (plthomasEdD) [image: Cycle race --- Image by © Royalty-Free/Corbis] I have been a serious cyclist now for almost as long as I have been an educator, about thirty years. One of my favorite films, which I showed each year I taught high school English, is *Breaking Away*, a 1979 fim based on the real-life mania for cycling by the main character, Dave Stoller (Dave Blase) and the Little 500 bicycle race held at Indiana University. Along with the focus on the love of cycling, the engaging and ... more »

Garfield High has the GUTS « @ the chalk face

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Garfield High has the GUTS « @ the chalk face: Garfield High has the GUTS by Chalk Face [image: Garfield High has the GUTS] @thechalkface and @slekar, At the Chalk Face, 5PM EDT today, talking test data and #optout by Chalk Face @thechalkface and @slekar, At the Chalk Face, 5PM EDT today, talking test data and #optout Join us at 5PM EDT ... Continue reading The cold-hearted scam of academic publishing RIP Aaron Schwartz #highered by Chalk Face I don’t know much about Aaron Schwartz or hacking or any of that. At the Chalk Face is a mild ... Continue reading

$50 million. 3 years. No clue. | Gary Rubinstein's Blog

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$50 million. 3 years. No clue. | Gary Rubinstein's Blog: $50 million. 3 years. No clue. by Gary Rubinstein In my last post, I showed how in the final report from the Gates Foundation MET project they produced a very misleading graph. Though the implication of this graph — namely, that value-added measures are consistent from one year to the next — was not the only point of this study, I called it THE $50 million lie because it is the thing that will be used by ‘reformers’ for years to come as ‘proof’ that test scores should be a significant factor in teacher evaluations. Here is t... more »

Daily Kos: The Great Stuff In Public Schools That Tests Can't Measure

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Daily Kos: The Great Stuff In Public Schools That Tests Can't Measure: The Great Stuff In Public Schools That Tests Can't Measure by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) For me one of the goals of my teaching is character education - to help my students learn how to behave with respect towards themselves and each other. I want to prepare them to be participating citizens in our liberal democracy - and those two words are technical political science terms that describe our system, regardless of how they may offend conservative Republicans. Thanks to my friend Diane Ravitch and her blog, ... more »

Pass / Fail : California State University launches online degree program | 89.3 KPCC

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Pass / Fail : California State University launches online degree program | 89.3 KPCC: California State University launches online degree program by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez [image: Post CSUF -1] *Cal State Fullerton will be among those offering online degrees Credit: Anibal Ortiz* On Monday the 23-campus Cal State University system becomes the largest public university to roll out online degree programs. It’s offering six degrees at both the bachelor and masters level in business administration, applied studies, public administration, and management information technology-- a bit of a sl... more »

The Innovative Educator: Finally! Union supports standardized tests boycott

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The Innovative Educator: Finally! Union supports standardized tests boycott: Finally! Union supports standardized tests boycott by noreply@blogger.com (Lisa Nielsen) Seems like someone finally has the balls to stand up for kids and teachers. The Seattle Times reports the teachers union shares concerns the faculty at Garfield High has raised about district-required standardized tests. As a result, the Garfield teachers announced that no teachers at the school would be giving the tests this winter, even though the district requires them to do so. Nearly all the faculty signed a let... more »

Florida Charter Schools “being approved at a pace that outruns accountability” | Scathing Purple Musings

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Florida Charter Schools “being approved at a pace that outruns accountability” | Scathing Purple Musings: Florida Charter Schools “being approved at a pace that outruns accountability” by Bob Sikes So believes former charter school principal and current Palm Beach School Board Chairman Chuck Shaw. From yesterday’s column by the *Palm Beach Post’s *Jac Versteeg Parents and students might be more willing to make (the) switch because of the charter school fad. “Magnet”used to be the faddish school label. Then “A-rated.” Now, it’s “charter.” In fact, charter schools run the gamut in... more »

UPDATE: Schools Matter: Segregated Schools, Upper West Side Style

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Schools Matter: Segregated Schools, Upper West Side Style: Segregated Schools, Upper West Side Style by Jim Horn U. S. schools have been using standardized tests now for a hundred years to sort and segregate by race and class. How long can it continue? Big story from the New York Times. Chart below from NYTimes: Published: January 12, 2013A Major Gap in Gifted Programs The city started using tests as the main determinant of entry to gifted programs in 2008. Since 2009, the number of schools offering such classes has fallen, especially in minority areas of the city like central ... more »

JSTOR Statement On Aaron Swartz’s Death «

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JSTOR Statement On Aaron Swartz’s Death «: JSTOR Statement On Aaron Swartz’s Death January 12, 2013 in Students The academic journal repository JSTOR, whose archives Aaron Swartz was under federal indictment for allegedly breaching when he committed suicide yesterday, released a supportive and laudatory statement on his death this evening. In a strange and somehow beautiful irony, the traffic to that statement crashed their servers. Here it is, via Hacker News. *We are deeply saddened to hear the news about Aaron Swartz. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Aaron’s family, frien... more »

Indiana State Legislator Touts Guns on Campus As Rape Prevention Measure «

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Indiana State Legislator Touts Guns on Campus As Rape Prevention Measure «: Indiana State Legislator Touts Guns on Campus As Rape Prevention Measure by Angus Johnston Jim Banks, a Republican state senator from Indiana, wants to legalize concealed carry on the state’s public college campuses. And he’s got a novel argument in favor of the proposition. Rape prevention. “That’s what’s compelling about this issue,” he told an Associated Press reporter. “how many female students there are around the state, who have very specific and real reasons to be afraid for their own safety on their... more »

The Weekly Update: What can I say…Seattle teachers rock!!!! | Seattle Education

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The Weekly Update: What can I say…Seattle teachers rock!!!! | Seattle Education: The Weekly Update: What can I say…Seattle teachers rock!!!! by seattleducation2011 [image: united] As you might know by now, teachers at Garfield High School in Seattle held a press conference on Friday and announced that they were not going to give theMeasurement of Academic Progress (MAP) test to their students for a number of reasons. For the details, see the letter that was issued by the teachers of Garfield High School. Within hours, teachers at Ballard High School followed suit. The Garfield High... more »

School Tech Connect: Notes From Rogers Park

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School Tech Connect: Notes From Rogers Park: Notes From Rogers Park by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) Swamped. Lew Rosenbaum (Occupy Rogers Park) and William WatkinsBut I managed to sneak in some free learning courtesy of Occupy Rogers Park, which held its first-in-a-series teach-in today at the Rogers Park branch library. The great William Watkins gave a talk in which he put the now-status-quo ed reform movement into the larger context of neo-liberalism. It was highly informative, and totally free. Thank you, Occupy Rogers Park. With free programming like this, you almost have... more »

A Dress Code for Teachers? Or Anything Goes? | toteachornototeach

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A Dress Code for Teachers? Or Anything Goes? | toteachornototeach: A Dress Code for Teachers? Or Anything Goes? by aristotlethewise A Dress Code for Teachers? Or Anything Goes?by Rae Pica Who could have imagined that the issue of teacher attire would be such a hot-button topic? But, then, who could have imagined that the day would come when teachers sported too-tight clothes and showed too much skin? And, no, I’m not talking about just the female teachers. This is *not *an issue merely because it’s a female-dominated profession, as one tweeter suggested to me. As far as I’m c... more »

PAA Mass affiliate writes letter of support for Seattle teachers | Parents Across America

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PAA Mass affiliate writes letter of support for Seattle teachers | Parents Across America: PAA Mass affiliate writes letter of support for Seattle teachers by pureparents CPS supports Seattle’s Garfield High Teachers: Test Boycott is Courageous Stand for Students, Against Test Abuse Citizens for Public Schools Issues Statement Supporting Seattle’s Garfield High Teachers: “Test Boycott is Courageous Stand for Students, Against Test Abuse” We, the members of Citizens for Public Schools, stand with the teachers at Garfield High School in Seattle for their courageous move to boycott ... more »

The Evaluation: schooling at the end of teaching, unions, & care « Cooperative Catalyst

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The Evaluation: schooling at the end of teaching, unions, & care « Cooperative Catalyst: The Evaluation: schooling at the end of teaching, unions, & care by Chad Sansing [image: The Evaluation]Nearly sixth months ago, I posted “The Evaluation,” a near-future science fiction short story imagining public school teaching as day-labor inside a techno-bureaucratic panopticon. Since then, I’ve tried to hold myself accountable for posting about the work that my kids and I do together, which I love and in which I believe. I want to take the energy I’ve put into criticizing “what is” and cha... more »

Racism in America Today « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

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Racism in America Today « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Racism in America Today by millerlf I recently read Michelle Alexander’s book, *The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness*. It takes head-on the “elephant in the room” concerning race in America. I feel it is a must read for anyone interested in equality and social justice. According to Alexander, more black men are behind bars or under the watch of the criminal justice system in the US than there were enslaved in 1850…and more *African-American men* are disenfranchised now because of fe... more »

Scarcity at the Table of Abundance | Connected Principals

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Scarcity at the Table of Abundance | Connected Principals: Scarcity at the Table of Abundance by Johnny Bevacqua [image: scarcity abundance]This was originally posted at Figuring It Out by J. Bevacqua @jvbevacqua *Thanks to the Internet and the technologies we use to access it, we’ve move from a world where all of these (information, knowledge, teachers, le**arning, getting an education)** were relatively scarce to one where they’re absolutely abundant…* *if we have an Internet connection, we have fingertip, on-demand access to an amazing library that holds close to the sum of hu... more »

Hunger Strike Saves PS 154 in the Bronx!!!.southbronxschool.com

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http://www.southbronxschool.com: Hunger Strike Saves PS 154 in the Bronx!!! by noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher) The first post of the New Year and the first post since a hunger strike had been announced. Lots to tell, lots to explain. The hunger strike was in support of PS 154 to keep it from closing and The Crack Team here at SBSB won.PS 154 is not closing thanks to the hunger strike, even an abbreviated one at that. I have learned that when one announces a hunger strike, one should notify one's spouse, or at least talk it over with said spouse. Last Wednesday, the 2nd, when I... more »

Seattle Education Association backs Garfield teachers in opposition to MAP testing. « Fred Klonsky

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Seattle Education Association backs Garfield teachers in opposition to MAP testing. « Fred Klonsky: Seattle Education Association backs Garfield teachers in opposition to MAP testing. by Fred Klonsky Popout*November, 2011. Garfield High School students occupy Seattle city hall demanding an end to budget cuts.* *Seattle Times:* In the statement, SEA President Jonathan Knapp said he wants the district to set a date to stop using the MAP exams. He also said that concerns over those tests are part of larger questions about the costs of testing, and how much time schools devote to it....more »

Diane in the Evening 1-12-13 Diane Ravitch's blog

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Diane Ravitch's blog: *You Are the Leaders* Washington Post Reviews Rhee by dianerav Lyndsey Layton of the *Washington Post* has written a comprehensive review of Michelle Rhee’s moment on the national stage, presenting a balanced portrait. Rhee is still pretending to be a liberal Democrat, even though–as Layton points out–she has allied herself with the nation’s most rightwing governors and advocates for the privatization of public education. The only thing I read that I had not seen before is that StudentsFirst has raised only $7.6 million, despite the Seattle Writer Challeng... more »

Ray Glass, Student Governments, and Student Unionism «

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Ray Glass, Student Governments, and Student Unionism «: Ray Glass, Student Governments, and Student Unionism by Angus Johnston “Are Student Governments Obsolete?”, an early-70s essay by New York student activist Ray Glass, has enjoyed a boomlet of attention in recent months. A couple of people put the text up online, and it’s been getting passed around quite a bit — I keep seeing it pop up on Facebook and Twitter and various blogs. Ray Glass was one of the founders of SASU, the statewide student association for SUNY, New York’s upstate university system. He was the engine behind ...more »

Grumpy Educators: The Garfield Stand and the Common Core: Will They Both Come to a School Near You?

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Grumpy Educators: The Garfield Stand and the Common Core: Will They Both Come to a School Near You?: The Garfield Stand and the Common Core: Will They Both Come to a School Near You? --> The “Garfield Stand” may eventually come to a school near you following the roll out of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and related assessment implementation across the country. What is the Garfield Stand? It is what the teachers at Seattle’s Garfield High School are doing---they are taking a stand on important issues related to student assessment. You can

The Garfield Stand and the Common Core: Will They Both Come to a School Near You? | Truth in American Education

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The Garfield Stand and the Common Core: Will They Both Come to a School Near You? | Truth in American Education: The Garfield Stand and the Common Core: Will They Both Come to a School Near You? by chascherrie The “Garfield Stand” may eventually come to a school near you following the roll out of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and related assessment implementation across the country. What is the Garfield Stand? It is what the teachers at Seattle’s Garfield High School are doing—they are taking a stand on important issues related to student assessment. You can read abo... more »

Common Core’s David Coleman on How We Think and Feel | California Father

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Common Core’s David Coleman on How We Think and Feel | California Father: [image: California Father] Common Core’s David Coleman on How We Think and Feel by California Father Popout This past week, I learned more about what’s in store for public schools. I was dismayed to find out, at our Tuesday faculty meeting, that Common Core, a new set of learning standards mandated in 46 states, deemphasizes the importance of fiction as well as the experiences in a child’s life that make stories (fables,

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 Posted on January 11, 2013 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 ... more »

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Guns for our Teachers

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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Guns for our Teachers: Guns for our Teachers by Melissa Westbrook There are few people in the Legislature who do not seem to represent the best thinking. To whit: - Newly-elected Rep Liz Pike, R-Camas wants "trained" teachers to carry guns in their classrooms. From the *Times*: *GOP state Rep. Liz Pike helped to kick off the state gun-laws conversation last month with a widely read Facebook post that floated the idea of allowing teachers to carry guns in the classroom if they undergo training and pass a psychological evaluation. The progr... more »

ChoppEd: The Artistry of Teaching « Cooperative Catalyst

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ChoppEd: The Artistry of Teaching « Cooperative Catalyst: ChoppEd: The Artistry of Teaching by Stephen Hurley For most of my friends, it’s the high-energy music that gets them through their regular gym workouts. For me, its the podcasts and, specifically, the podcasts about education. Lately, I’ve been filling my iPod with the recordings that having been coming out Stanford University over the past couple of years. I find them to be engaging, relevant and even entertaining. Today, I was listening to a talk given by Lee Schulman to teachers gathered at the 2011 Stanford Summer Teac... more »

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’s convinced his uncle’s assassination wasn’t work of 1 person - The Washington Post

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’s convinced his uncle’s assassination wasn’t work of 1 person - The Washington Post: *Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’s convinced his uncle’s assassination wasn’t work of 1 person* (Tony Gutierrez/ Associated Press ) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, makes comments during the opening minutes of a interview with journalist Charlie Rose in front of a full audience at the AT&T Performing Arts Center Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, in Dallas, Texas. The Kennedys are in Dallas as a year of observances begins for the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assass... more »

Children before politics: Madison, Connecticut: Standing up to the Corporate Education Reform Movement - Wait, What?

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Children before politics: Madison, Connecticut: Standing up to the Corporate Education Reform Movement - Wait, What?: Children before politics: Madison, Connecticut: Standing up to the Corporate Education Reform Movement by jonpelto This weekend, Hearst newspaper columnist and fellow public education advocate, Wendy Lecker, has published a “must read” commentary piece that reveals that in at least one Connecticut community local elected officials, school administrators, teachers and parents are have the courage and conviction to stand up for the needs of their children – even if i... more »

Schools Matter: Carl, Get Your Gun

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Schools Matter: Carl, Get Your Gun: Carl, Get Your Gun by Storm Just as I was about to start writing this an image that springs out of my "cultural" heritage popped into my head. In the movie *The Breakfast Club*, the man of superior conscience turns out to be Carl, the janitor. Do you remember? I'm pretty sure none of the teens in the movie will turn out to be of superior conscience or character, which is interesting too. I sometimes marvel at the actual complexity in our filmed representations of institutional roles and human responses. We know the assistant principal is a... more »

DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Bill Gates:Experienced Educator!($50 Million Dollars Doesn't Lie)

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DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Bill Gates:Experienced Educator!($50 Million Dollars Doesn't Lie): Bill Gates:Experienced Educator!($50 Million Dollars Doesn't Lie) by Lisa M Oh, wait a minute. He doesn't hold a degree in education? My bad. Well, then, he must have taken a few education courses? No? Not that either? He has traveled all over the world and visited different types of schools? Talked to educators all over the country? No? I know! He had a teacher relative, when he was young, who would regal him with quirky stories of what it was like to be an educator. Strike! Give... more »

Parents and students arrested after street brawls near Pittsburgh - Crimesider - CBS News

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Parents and students arrested after street brawls near Pittsburgh - Crimesider - CBS News: Parents and students arrested after street brawls near Pittsburgh - comments 1 - - - - inShare - More ByCrimesider StaffTopicsDaily Blotter (CBS) SWISSVALE, Pa. - Swissvale police are increasing patrols near a school bus stop where two major brawls happened earlier this week, and they say they've been told to expect more violence,CBS Pittsburgh reports.. Cell phone videos shot by students show a crowd of as many as 60 students and parents fighting in the streets of Swi... more »

Building a professional learning network on Twitter « My Island View

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Building a professional learning network on Twitter « My Island View: Building a professional learning network on Twitter by tomwhitby For those who do not know, here are two basic Twitter principles: 1. If you only follow 10 people you will only see the general tweets of those 10 people. 2. If only 10 people follow you, only those 10 people will see your general tweets. Although some might argue that the right ten people might be enough, I would argue that ten educators is a very limited Professional Learning Network. The never-ending task of building a PLN is to continually fol... more »

The Efficiency Smokescreen, “Cuts Cause no Harm” Argument & The 3 Kansas Judges who Saw Right Through It! « School Finance 101

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The Efficiency Smokescreen, “Cuts Cause no Harm” Argument & The 3 Kansas Judges who Saw Right Through It! « School Finance 101: The Efficiency Smokescreen, “Cuts Cause no Harm” Argument & The 3 Kansas Judges who Saw Right Through It! by schoolfinance101 State school finance litigation is a tedious – often annoying –politically charged process. Often, school finance litigation involves extensive debate over tedious statistical and other details underlying estimates of how much is should cost for states to meet their constitutional obligations. Too often, it seems, these debates o... more »

Solidarity with Garfield. by Kipp Dawson « @ the chalk face

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Solidarity with Garfield. by Kipp Dawson « @ the chalk face: Solidarity with Garfield. by Kipp Dawson by Timothy D. Slekar [image: Seattle Public Schools: Support Garfield High School teachers refusing to administer the MAP!] As parents working to end the horrifying excesses of standardized testing in our children’s schools, we express our strongest possible solidarity with the teachers of Garfield High School in Seattle. Your resistance is an inspiration and a tremendous validation of our work. As parents, we will defend any teacher’s right to protect students from these harmful t... more »

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] Who Attends The Schools That the Mayor Will Close? by dianerav Mayor Bloomberg wants to close as many public schools as possible in this, his last year in office. So his Department of Education has announced that another 26 schools will close as soon as they can go through the formalities. All of these schools have 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 Ha... 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 »

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