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5 Reasons You Should Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) | ED.gov Blog

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5 Reasons You Should Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) | ED.gov Blog: 5 Reasons You Should Complete the *Free Application for Federal Student Aid* (FAFSA) Posted on January 2, 2013 by Nicole Callahan [image: FAFSA January Free Logo] The new FAFSA for the 2013-14 school year is now available. *1. It’s the only way to gain access to the more than $150 billion available in federal student aid.* Completing the FAFSA is the first step toward getting federal aid for college, career school, or graduate school. Federal Student Aid provides more than $150 billion ... more »

This Week In Education: Morning Video: Matt Damon's School Reform Movie

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This Week In Education: Morning Video: Matt Damon's School Reform Movie: Morning Video: Matt Damon's School Reform Movie by Alexander Russo The new movie "Promised Land" looks like it has lots to offer education types, especially those who are critical of the current school reform movement: Popout Celebrity school reform critic Matt Damon plays a leading role. The actress from "My Sister's Sister" who's not Emily Blunt plays a teacher who is the moral center of the film. And the topic -- whether it's better to "save" small rural towns with natural gas leases (aka, fracking) or to t... more »

Community College Spotlight | College textbook bubble will burst

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Community College Spotlight | College textbook bubble will burst: College textbook bubble will burst by Joanne Jacobs The college textbook bubble will burst when the “open educational resources” movement breaks the textbook cartel, writes Mark Perry on AEIdeas. Since 1978, the cost of education books and supplies (mostly college textbooks) has increased by 812 percent, his chart shows. That’s much more than the very high inflation rate for medical services or new homes and way more than the 250 percent rise in the Consumer Price Index. It’s “unsustainable,” Perry writes. Never Pay ... more »

EDjango Unchained: The Coming Revolt against ‘No Excuses’ Schools | EduShyster

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EDjango Unchained: The Coming Revolt against ‘No Excuses’ Schools | EduShyster: EdJango Unchained: The Coming Revolt against ‘No Excuses’ Schools by edushyster2012 An elementary student at a ‘no excuses’ school in Memphis. For tens of thousands of black and brown students who attend what are billed as “college-prep” academies, today’s return to school begins as always: in straight, silent lines. For these students, more and more of them in our cities every day, school is now synonymous with discipline. While the specific systems of rewards and punishments vary from one urban charte... more »

Hot Times in the Kelly Center Tonight! « PWC Education Reform Blog

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Hot Times in the Kelly Center Tonight! « PWC Education Reform Blog: Hot Times in the Kelly Center Tonight! by pwceducationreform There is a school board meeting tonight, January 2, 2013, and it should be interesting. There will be a Work Session on the CIP following the regular meeting. Both the meeting and work session are open to the public. *ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING* First is the organizational meeting where the interim appointee to the Woodbridge seat will be announced. I assume the school board / division will also announce the date of the election to fill the seat, which will... more »

Something to be thankful for: Public education - The Item: Opinion

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Something to be thankful for: Public education - The Item: Opinion: Something to be thankful for: Public education - - ShareShare PrintCreate a hardcopy of this pageFont Size:Default font sizeLarger font size [image: Something to be thankful for: Public education]Something to be thankful for: Public education IVEY Posted: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 6:00 am | *Updated: 5:44 pm, Tue Jan 1, 2013.* BY TREVOR IVEY With the season of giving upon us, it is time to sit down and reflect on all of the things for which we are thankful. For many, it's family and good friends. For o... more »

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 1-2-13 Diane Ravitch's blog

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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Jersey Jazzman Deconstructs Joel Klein’s Record by dianerav Joel Klein served as Chancellor of the New York City public schools for eight years. He had no previous experience as an educator. But he came to the job with a determination to reinvent the system and wipe out whatever he found. He has often boasted of the dramatic gains that occurred under his leadership, at the same time that he claims that public education is in terrible shape due to teachers’ unions and tenure laws that protect incompetent... more »

Federal cuts to education left unresolved | EdSource Today

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Federal cuts to education left unresolved | EdSource Today: Federal cuts to education left unresolved - by John Fensterwald by John Fensterwald [image: FiscalCliffSign010113]Congress’ New Year’s Day drama, ending a stalemate over extending tax cuts for all but the wealthy, delays rather than resolves an across-the-board 8.2 percent decrease in federal education spending. That’s the spending piece of the “fiscal cliff” that Congress decided to put off deciding until early March. For California districts, that means a two-month reprieve from facing potentially hundreds of millions o... more »

Congress Pushing College Students Over Fiscal Cliff | toteachornototeach

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Congress Pushing College Students Over Fiscal Cliff | toteachornototeach: Congress Pushing College Students Over Fiscal Cliff by aristotlethewise *Congress Pushing College Students Over Fiscal Cliff * [image: 121119035415_fiscal-cliff,-money] by Sheila SimonThe clock is ticking as we approach the “fiscal cliff,” and it is important to understand how falling over the cliff will hurt college students — and Illinois’ future job prospects. If Congress fails to act in the coming hours on President Obama’s plan, student aid experts predict middle- and low-income students will pay about $5,... more »

Engaging Parents In School… » This week’s #PTchat On Twitter

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Engaging Parents In School… » This week’s #PTchat On Twitter: This week’s #PTchat On Twitter by Larry Ferlazzo Guest post by Joe Mazza On Wednesday, January 2, 2013, weekly #ptchat returns with a goal setting conversation. We’ll discuss short and long term family engagement goals from the classroom, administrative and parent leadership lens. How can we best involve student voice to maximize our engagement goals? Join us at 9PM EDT for our first conversation of 2013. Happy New Year! *New to Twitterchats?* After logging on to Twitter, visit Tweetchat and simply enter “ptchat” in the ... more »

Daily Kos: Loyalty Oaths

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Daily Kos: Loyalty Oaths: Loyalty Oaths by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) To some younger readers of this blog, the title of this post may seem strange. They do not realize how many lives and careers were wrecked because people refused to sign loyalty oaths. Today seems an appropriate time to revisit this topic, to offer some history as a cautionary. Why? On this date in 1962 the Weavers, a popular folk-singing quartet which included others the great Pete Seeger, Lee Hayes, Fred Hellerman, and Ronnie Gilbert, were barred from appearing on the Jack Paar Show because they refuse... more »

Newtown shooting demands we consider our “call of duty” as parents | Get Schooled

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Newtown shooting demands we consider our “call of duty” as parents | Get Schooled: Newtown shooting demands we consider our “call of duty” as parents by Maureen Downey [image: Snow-covered stuffed animals with photos attached sit at a memorial in Newtown, Conn. Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. People continue to visit memorials after gunman Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Friday, Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)]Snow-covered stuffed animals with photos attached sit at a memorial in Ne... more »

Robbed

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Robbed: Robbed by Valerie Strauss To start off the new year, here’s a personal look at the problems that face public education from Brock Cohen, a teacher and student advocate in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Cohen believes that school reform begins with social justice and that school reformers everywhere have to stop trivializing the role that poverty plays in student achievement. His students were featured in this NPR piece. **By Brock Cohen I stared into the now unlocked and vacant steel filing cabinet drawer that formerly contained three valuable tools of my trade... more »

Ten Edu-Stories We'll Be Reading in 2013 :: Frederick M. Hess

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Ten Edu-Stories We'll Be Reading in 2013 :: Frederick M. Hess: Ten Edu-Stories We'll Be Reading in 2013 Last year, I took a shot at predicting some of the key edu-headlines we'd be reading in 2012. You can check 'em here to score my accuracy for yourself. Meanwhile, here's a guess at some of the key edu-headlines we'll be reading in 2013: 10] "The Common Core fight turns increasingly nasty, as embattled Tea Party conservatives lash out at Republicans who they see as apologizing for Obama administration overreach. A few additional states opt out of the standards, while many more e... more »

Happy New Year! Suggestions for a Successful School Year! « Diary of a Public School Teacher!

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Happy New Year! Suggestions for a Successful School Year! « Diary of a Public School Teacher!: Happy New Year! Suggestions for a Successful School Year! by Oldschoolteach *Have a wonderful 2013!* *I share these ideas twice a year. At the beginning of the school year, and the beginning of the year. I’ve made some changes to my list.* * * Some suggestions for the new year: 1. treat all students fairly, regardless of race, gender, age, behavior, a parent’s nasty attitude, the comments from last year’s teachers, or a seemingly lack of interest in learning 2. to realize ... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Break's over...

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Break's over...: Break's over... by Mike Klonsky As I head out the door this cold Chicago morning, free from fear of the *fiscal cliff*, why does that old "Break's over -- Everyone back on their heads" joke keep popping into my head? Obama was the big winner over the T-Party *fiscal-cliff * ferrets. It's a tiny taste of what happens when the message is framed as the 99% vs. the 1%. Thanks Occupy! But we the people remained largely as spectators to the grand deal and as a result, the deal falls short on making up for the revenue lost due to the Bush t... more »

Malloy affiliated Political Action Committee cashes in on education reform bill: - Wait, What?

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Malloy affiliated Political Action Committee cashes in on education reform bill: - Wait, What?: Malloy affiliated Political Action Committee cashes in on education reform bill: by jonpelto In the financial world, I think they call it Return on Investment, or, in the parlance of Wall Street ROI. On May 29, 2012, Governor Malloy’s education reform bill became Public Act 12-116. Twenty-four hours later, Malloy was ensconced at the 10,000 square foot, $8.5 million, Greenwich, Connecticut home of corporate education reform financier Jonathan Sackler for a fundraiser that netted the Mal... more »

Schools Matter: Bloodless Abstractionism

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Schools Matter: Bloodless Abstractionism: Bloodless Abstractionism by Storm A dedicated advocate for putting the reality of a living being, a child, back into the actuarial equations of our political considerations, Peg With Pen posts this on the first day of 2013: Teachers, as you plan how to resist corporate education reform and rebuild public schools on National Opt Out Day (Jan.7th) - or any day for that matter - here is one way to do it - do not allow others to refer to children based on their test scores. Children cannot be called "UnSats" or "Partials" or any other labe... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Millionaires' Spawn to Teachers & Cops: Suck It!

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Jersey Jazzman: Millionaires' Spawn to Teachers & Cops: Suck It!: Millionaires' Spawn to Teachers & Cops: Suck It! by Duke *America speaks! Inflation adjustments for her...* I just saw this about the latest fiscal cliff deal. And you people have got to be freakin' kidding me: As for estate taxes, the rates will rise from 35 percent to 40 percent for estates valued at over $5 million dollars, however *the Republicans did succeed in building in a provision which allows the amount of the exemption (currently five million dollars) to be indexed to the rate of inflation*. [emphasis mi... more »

NYC Educator: Geniuses at Work

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NYC Educator: Geniuses at Work: Geniuses at Work by NYC Educator One of the reasons I voted for President Obama in 2008 was his promise to end the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. At first, he ignored that promise. Later he made a deal and extended them. He's finally changed that, to an extent, and has protected people who've made up to 450K per year. Apparently, they cannot pay any more or they will move to Australia. However, President Obama neglected to extend cuts to the payroll tax, and that effectively cuts the income of working people by 2%, immediately. For me, not having ha... more »

Your Student’s Privacy | Seattle Education

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Your Student’s Privacy | Seattle Education: Your Student’s Privacy by seattleducation2011 *This article, without the sidebars provided at the end of this post, was originally published on August 27, 2012 at EducationNews.com and is republished here with permission from the author.* [image: internet-privacy] *Parents Need to Know About Student Data Privacy* *Trusting Parents* When enrolling or filling out forms during the school year, parents give schools personal information about themselves and their child. A school employee

CTA'S PRESIDENT KAREN LEWIS & THE RELENTLESS ATTACK ON PUBLIC EDUCATION - Perdaily.com

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CTA'S PRESIDENT KAREN LEWIS & THE RELENTLESS ATTACK ON PUBLIC EDUCATION - Perdaily.com: CTA'S PRESIDENT KAREN LEWIS & THE RELENTLESS ATTACK ON PUBLIC EDUCATION by Leonard Isenberg [image: Karen Lewis.jpg] Take a moment and listen to Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Karen Lewis talk about "the class war between rich and poor in Chicago, Los Angeles, and the rest of the country" that is being carried out in our public schools that has made the "American dream a scary nightmare." It is hard to be one nation under g-d or under anything that even remotely resembles an equitable de... more »

Group Files Department of Education Complaint on UVa’s ‘Warning’ - Higher Education

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Group Files Department of Education Complaint on UVa’s ‘Warning’ - Higher Education: Group Files Department of Education Complaint on UVa’s ‘Warning’ by cmaadmin [image: Teresa Sullivan]Teresa Sullivan overcame the University of Virginia’s attempt to fire her as president. RICHMOND, Va. — A nonprofit group representing trustees and alumni from colleges around the country is seeking an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education into an accreditation agency’s decision to put the University of Virginia on warning for its failed attempt to fire its president last summer. The Ame... more »

School Tech Connect: Get To Aurora. Then Get To Springfield

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School Tech Connect: Get To Aurora. Then Get To Springfield: Get To Aurora. Then Get To Springfield by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) It's going to be a busy couple of days... These are things you should be attending, if you live in Illinois and you're a teacher: Jobs For Justice Town Hall (Pension Discussion) *Town Hall Pension Forum When: Wednesday January 2nd, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Where: East Aurora High School (Auditorium) 500 Tomcat Ln., Aurora, IL 60505 Ample parking–enter through Door 5* * *This event will feature the long-awaited reunion of pension-buster Elaine Nekritz and l... more »

Peg with Pen: Children are NOT Numbers: National Opt Out Day, January 7th

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Peg with Pen: Children are NOT Numbers: National Opt Out Day, January 7th: Children are NOT Numbers: National Opt Out Day, January 7th by Peggy Teachers, as you plan how to resist corporate education reform and rebuild public schools on National Opt Out Day (Jan.7th) - or any day for that matter - here is one way to do it - *do not allow others to refer to children based on their test scores*. Children cannot be called "UnSats" or "Partials" or any other label attached to a number. It is beyond disrespectful and allows teachers to become removed from the actions they are taking, t... more »

2012 ten minute drawing sample. « Fred Klonsky

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2012 ten minute drawing sample. « Fred Klonsky: 2012 ten minute drawing sample. by Fred Klonsky [image: bipartisanship] [image: boehner] [image: brizard] [image: cartoon1] [image: columbus] [image: dan-biss] [image: debate3] [image: ella-baker] *More Fred 2012 ten minute drawing sample. « Fred Klonsky:*

Twelve lessons we learned from New York City’s schools in 2012 | GothamSchools

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Twelve lessons we learned from New York City’s schools in 2012 | GothamSchools: Twelve lessons we learned from New York City’s schools in 2012 by Philissa Cramer 2-12 Jan. 1, 2012, dawned just as 2013 will tomorrow: with the city at odds with the UFT over teacher evaluations, under the threat of a bus strike, and in the process of closing down dozens of schools. But just because the city’s education news sometimes seems like it’s on a loop doesn’t mean we can’t learn from it. Here are a dozen of the lessons we took away from the city’s schools this year:** *1. The Department of E... more »

Ed Notes Online: Back to Brooklyn College with Julie and Jack

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Ed Notes Online: Back to Brooklyn College with Julie and Jack: Back to Brooklyn College with Julie and Jack by ed notes online Recently Julie Cavanagh (and Jack) and I were invited by professor Charisa Kiyô Smith as GEMers to speak to a class at Brooklyn College that had watched our movie in class the week before. She wanted us to talk about activism. She described the class, Children and The Law, this way: 90% of my students are either already paras or teacher's aides, or seek to go into teaching full time. They would like to learn about becoming more involved in combating som... more »

A Model T Education: Public Schooling on the Assembly Line - DailyCensored.com - Breaking Censored News, World, Independent, Liberal News

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A Model T Education: Public Schooling on the Assembly Line - DailyCensored.com - Breaking Censored News, World, Independent, Liberal News: A Model T Education: Public Schooling on the Assembly Line by Adam Bessie [image: Ford-model-a-assembly-line] “Mass production is a problem the auto industry solved over 100 years ago,” veteran education reporter Jonn Merrow narrates over grainy images of Model Ts being rolled out of a factory in his most recent PBS NewsHour report. He observes that with the Model T, Henry Ford’s innovation was not in creating a quality car, but in constructin... more »

Parent Trigger Brings Division Among the Same Parents Who Won in California | Scathing Purple Musings

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Parent Trigger Brings Division Among the Same Parents Who Won in California | Scathing Purple Musings: Parent Trigger Brings Division Among the Same Parents Who Won in California by Bob Sikes Several Florida republican lawmakers went to the mat for Parent Trigger last March and it’s widely predicted it will be back this year. Jeb Bush has vowed that it will. Existing in only a handful of states, Parent Trigger has been successfully used just once. After ripping a community apart, it appears that there’s division among the parents who won their Parent Trigger effort in Adelanto, C... more »

Opt Out in ’13! | California Father

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Opt Out in ’13! | California Father: [image: California Father] Opt Out in ’13! *by California Father on January 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment*

NYC Educator: Happy New Year to All!

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NYC Educator: Happy New Year to All!: Happy New Year to All! by NYC Educator Yes, I know there's school tomorrow. But it's a new year, and things could get better at any moment!

“Elections shouldn’t exist”: The new war on school boards - Salon.com

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“Elections shouldn’t exist”: The new war on school boards - Salon.com: “Elections shouldn’t exist”: The new war on school boardsThe new education "reform" fight is over who chooses school boards: the mayor or the people. One city fought backBY JOSH EIDELSON On Election Day 2012, as voters around the country chose between two presidential candidates who both touted policies that would make it easier to fire teachers, voters in Bridgeport, Conn., rebuffed a referendum backed by* *Michelle Rhee,* *Michael Bloomberg* *and the local Democratic Party. By a seven-point margin,* *Bridgep... more »

My 2012 @tomwhitby « My Island View

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My 2012 @tomwhitby « My Island View: My 2012 @tomwhitby by tomwhitby It has come to that time of year that we all sit back and reflect on what went on in our lives over the last 365 days. For some of us older folk this yearly indulgence has become more of a legacy measurement than just a checklist of what was done last year. At this stage of my life I find myself in a unique position to help connect and engage educators in huge numbers and using methods that were not imagined a few years ago. I might say that this is an assessment of my digital footprint. I guess that this post... more »

UPDATE: Top posts of 2012 + They said what? @ the chalk face internet radio. « @ the chalk face

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They said what? @ the chalk face internet radio. « @ the chalk face: They said what? @ the chalk face internet radio.Leave a comment January 1, 2013 by Timothy D. Slekar [image: at-the-chalk-face] *@ the chalk face internet radio 12/30/12. * *Educated Educators talking Education!* Interview with Ms. Katie Osgood. http://mskatiesramblings.blogspot.com/2012/12/make-no-mistake-corporate-ed-reform-is.html We discuss EduShyster’s miracle: Twin Cities’ Venture Academy. http://edushyster.com/?p=1653 And Utah teaches teachers to “lock and load” for free! http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/... more »

UPDATE: Jersey Jazzman: Joel Klein: As Excellent As He Says He Is? Part I

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Jersey Jazzman: Joel Klein: As Excellent As He Says He Is? Part I: Joel Klein: As Excellent As He Says He Is? Part I by Duke I and many others spent a good deal of time last year documenting the real legacy of Michelle Rhee. This is important work: Rhee occupies an outsized place in the current debate about education "reform," largely based on claims of her own success, both as a teacher and as Chancellor of Washington, D.C.'s schools. Thanks to the close scrutiny of Gary Brandenburg, Bob Somerby, Matt DiCarlo , Dana Goldstein, Diane Ravitch,*USA Today*, and others, we now know th... more »

What Will Happen to FLDOE Investigation of K12 Inc When Tony Bennett Arrives? | Scathing Purple Musings

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What Will Happen to FLDOE Investigation of K12 Inc When Tony Bennett Arrives? | Scathing Purple Musings: What Will Happen to FLDOE Investigation of K12 Inc When Tony Bennett Arrives? by Bob Sikes A glimpse at John O’Connor’s *StateImpact* review of 2012′s top stories reminds readers of the ongoing investigation of online education giant K12 Inc by the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) for irregularities in Seminole County. State investigating K12 — In September we told you the Florida Department of Education was investigating K12, Inc., the nation’s largest online educati... more »

PREDICTIONS FOR A CRAZY 2013 « Teachers Fight Back

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PREDICTIONS FOR A CRAZY 2013 « Teachers Fight Back: PREDICTIONS FOR A CRAZY 2013 by alkleen I predict : More teachers will be armed as a measure to prevent school shootings, and at least one of the teachers will accidentally shoot themselves in the foot. More security personnel will be in our schools and at least one of them will make headlines for having an affair with a married teacher and or having a liaison with an underage student. A court will order at least one high school to have 3 separate proms. One prom for gay, lesbian and transgender students, one for students with m... more »

Ed Notes Online: E4E at Dec PEP Exposes Ties to Eva and Success

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Ed Notes Online: E4E at Dec PEP Exposes Ties to Eva and Success: E4E at Dec PEP Exposes Ties to Eva and Success by ed notes online When I got on the speakers' line at the Dec. 20 PEP at 5PM, low and behold there were a bunch of E4E staffers and other E4E slugs already on line in front of me. Was E4E going to use the occasion to push their anti-UFT agenda calling for giving up the fight for a fair evaluation agreement? Not at all. In fact they were there as placeholders so Eva's crew could get to speak. These are the people calling on the UFT to give up the rights of teachers by sig... more »

2012 in pictures. « Fred Klonsky

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2012 in pictures. « Fred Klonsky: 2012 in pictures. by Fred Klonsky [image: 73932_10151403670227067_848723833_n] [image: 76550_10151458096132067_1957449200_n] [image: 223754_10151469563307067_821552006_n] *More 2012 in pictures. « Fred Klonsky:*

The 2013 Wait, What? Content Survey - Wait, What?

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The 2013 Wait, What? Content Survey - Wait, What?: The 2013 Wait, What? Content Survey by jonpelto Wait, What? needs your feedback; Please take a moment to respond to the attached survey by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page. Not only will I publish the results, but they will help guide the research, writing and topics covered in Wait, What? over the coming year. Feel free add topics, as appropriate, and please – please – continue to send ideas and background on issues you think need some light shined on them. Of course, a huge thank you for taking the time to read Wa... more »

Editorial: Real hurdle to education reform is poverty - Chicago Sun-Times

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Editorial: Real hurdle to education reform is poverty - Chicago Sun-Times: Editorial: Real hurdle to education reform is poverty Editorials December 31, 2012 9:54AM 0 0 Share 41 1 [image: Chicago Teachers UniPresident Karen Lewis addresses City Club Chicago during luncheMaggiano's Banquets Chicago Ill. Tuesday November 20 2012. | Andrew] Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis addresses the City Club of Chicago during a luncheon at Maggiano's Banquets in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media There is nothing easy about trying to boost a... more »

School Reform Network Shutters National Office - District Dossier - Education Week

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School Reform Network Shutters National Office - District Dossier - Education Week: School Reform Network Shutters National Office By Gina Cairney on December 31, 2012 12:00 PM [image: District Dossier] *From guest blogger Gina Cairney* The Public Education Network has announced plans to close its national office in Washington, D.C., today, after 21 years of working to help all children—especially minority and disadvantaged children—have access to quality education. The announcement did not give a reason for the national office's closing. But PEN's network of independent, communit... more »

Daily Kos: Please read Eugene Robinson: Stop the gun madness

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Daily Kos: Please read Eugene Robinson: Stop the gun madness: Please read Eugene Robinson: Stop the gun madness from Daily Kos by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) Georgia has featured Robinson's *Washington Post* column in the pundit round- up, which is good. It is not enough. Everyone should read it. Consider: In 2010, guns took the lives of 31,076 Americans. Most of the deaths were suicides; a few were accidental. About a third of them — 11,078 — were homicides. That’s almost twice the number of Americans who have been killed in a decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.In Britain... more »

Modern School: Labor History Timeline--The Colonial and Revolutionary Eras

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Modern School: Labor History Timeline--The Colonial and Revolutionary Eras: Labor History Timeline--The Colonial and Revolutionary Eras by Michael Dunn *The Colonial and Revolutionary Eras* Popout *1619 First slaves brought to American colonies: *They were brought to Jamestown by Dutch traders who had stolen them from a Spanish ship. Because the Spanish usually baptized captured Africans and the English exempted baptized people from chattel slavery, these first African Americans joined

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

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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] My News for 2013 by dianerav Faithful readers of the blog may recall that I started a new book last June. I am pleased to announce that it will be published next fall by Knopf, the finest publishing house in the United States. The title is under wraps for now. If you have been reading the blog, you know what it’s about. EduShyster’s Predictions for 2013 by dianerav EduShyster, that merry prankster of edu-reform offers her predictions for the New Year. She says 2013 will be the year of the edupreneur. This is... more »

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