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You Paid For It! | An Antique Teacher

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You Paid For It! | An Antique Teacher: You Paid For It! Thanks to WGRZ TV in Buffalo for this piece about the cost to taxpayers of NY’s APPR. If the use of NY’s RTTT money doesn’t make you furious, just think about the budget shortfalls in your district. Think about what’s already been cut and what’s on the chopping block for this year Remember, it’s this same mandate (RTTT) that has been the driving force behind the APPR mess. It’s the same mandate that has your child tested and tested and tested – losing precious instructional and play time! Is it really a good use of OUR MO... more »

ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN? A Test Cheater :) - SFGate

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NY sets up website for problems with student exams - SFGate: *NY sets up website for problems with student exams* ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN? A Test Cheater ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York education officials say they've set up a website for reporting tips about cheating or other problems with the state's school testing program. Education Department Commissioner John King Jr. says more than five million students take exams every year and the results are critical to improving the performance of schools. He says his department must handle any complaints of fraud or impropriety ... more »

Teachers For Social Justice: School Closings: People Say NO!

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Teachers For Social Justice: School Closings: People Say NO!: School Closings: People Say NO! by sarah-ji On February 13th, CPS released its list of potential school closings, which contains 129 schools, 124 of which are north of North Ave. Thousands of parents, teachers, students and community members have been showing up at CPS's school closings commission hearings to denounce CPS's plan to balance the budget on the backs of Black and Brown students and outsource neighborhood schools. We are building a city-wide coalition, the Grassroots Education Movement, made up of teachers, ... more »

The Bush Foundation’s “Air Cover” Hack and Flack | Scathing Purple Musings

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The Bush Foundation’s “Air Cover” Hack and Flack | Scathing Purple Musings: The Bush Foundation’s “Air Cover” Hack and Flack by Bob Sikes Reporters across the nation are sifting through the emails which *In the Public Interest *released two weeks ago. It’s that drip, drip, drip you hear. Now this *Associated Press *story about contacts Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education (FEE) made with Oklahoma state education commissioner Janet Barresi, one of FEE’s Chiefs for Change: An email from December 2011 indicates that the Bush foundation was heavily involved with the Okl... more »

The Truth Behind The Project School Closing: The Indiana Corporate School Complex

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The Truth Behind The Project School Closing: The Indiana Corporate School Complex: The Truth Behind The Project School Closing: The Indiana Corporate School Complex [image: Our Daily Expedience] Our Daily Expedience Our Daily Expedience *(Below is Doug Martin’s in-depth look into the corporate forces in Indianapolis working to keep true community-led charter schools from operating. Please sign the petition to “Save The Project School.”)* On July 17, Indianapolis mayor Greg Ballard announced he was closing The Project School, one of the few community-led charter schools in Indiana a... more »

The problem with our ‘first in the world’ education obsession

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The problem with our ‘first in the world’ education obsession: The problem with our ‘first in the world’ education obsession Posted by Valerie Strauss on February 17, 2013 at 11:00 am - [image: Smaller Text] [image: Larger Text] Text Size - Print - Reprints - Share: - - - More » [image: State_Of_Union_0d03b]Though it is well known that the social, emotional and academic health of children are linked, education policy gives short shrift to the first two. Here’s a look at this issue from Arthur H. Camins, director of the Center for Innovation in Engineerin... more »

Rick Meyer: Why I am Coming to Occupy DOE 2.0 – The Battle for Public Schools | United Opt Out National

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Rick Meyer: Why I am Coming to Occupy DOE 2.0 – The Battle for Public Schools | United Opt Out National: Rick Meyer: Why I am Coming to Occupy DOE 2.0 – The Battle for Public Schools by admin Imagine this! Thousands of teachers, children, and other supporters of public education are at the plaza in front of the Department of Education in Washington DC. In the center of the crowd is a table. It is our table. It is the table around which we sit in order to make policy decisions about the futures of our teachers, students, schools, and communities. Silence spreads throughout the la... more »

A City Education: Telling the Truth About Modern School Segregation | Education on GOOD

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A City Education: Telling the Truth About Modern School Segregation | Education on GOOD: A City Education: Telling the Truth About Modern School Segregation [image: final.circle] *In our A City Education series, City Year corps members share their experiences working as tutors and mentors in schools in hopes of closing the achievement gap and ending the dropout crisis.* By all accounts, the walk down Auburn Avenue in downtown Atlanta is very different today than it was 50 years ago. What was once a truly vibrant black community is now divided by Interstate 75 and Interstate 85. Th... more »

NYC Educator: Hopeless Addictions

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NYC Educator: Hopeless Addictions: Hopeless Addictions by NYC Educator A few weeks ago I got a pretty substantial check from FEMA paying off my flood insurance. I decided, as a loyal American, that I needed to do my bit to support the economy. Therefore, I ran out and bought an iPhone. This is a really cool little thing. You can talk to it. You just say, "Call Recovering ATR," or anyone, and there, on the other side of the phone, is the voice you seek. It also plays well with my school's wifi. This is good because T-Mobile, if you ask, will not charge minutes for wifi calls. And y... more »

Schools Matter: A Cereal Box Prize of Hatred

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Schools Matter: A Cereal Box Prize of Hatred: A Cereal Box Prize of Hatred by Storm I wonder at the necessity of asserting that reading and writing foster reading and writing. But beyond that there is the familiar disconnect, in the "What's the Matter with Kansas" sort of way, where the idea of testing and drill and vocabulary lists or word recognition lists being used *ad nauseum* in the lower grades--exactly the time when doing this induces and abject hatred for and distrust of WORDS as they are offered in the context of judgement--that this method of "education" is extraordi... more »

Missouri Education Watchdog: Is Lack of Universal Preschool the Reason For Poverty?

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Missouri Education Watchdog: Is Lack of Universal Preschool the Reason For Poverty?: Is Lack of Universal Preschool the Reason For Poverty? by stlgretchen Or is it that children need fathers? The call for universal preschool programming has created an avalanche of comments from academics, politicians and the citizens paying for these programs. Gail Collins in the NY Times supports increased spending. From *The State of the 4-Year-Olds:* One of the big moments of the State of the Union address was President Obama’s call for “high-quality preschool” for 4-year-olds. Nobody was h... more »

Walk In Our Shoes « City School Stories

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Walk In Our Shoes « City School Stories: Walk In Our Shoes by fmurphy [image: meade rally and walk] Evaluating the success of America’s public schools has become a national focus. Elected officials, business leaders, wealthy philanthropists, and a host of educational entrepreneurs are typically the individuals who have been most active in characterizing the performance of public schools for the American media. These non-educators generally do not speak well of the effectiveness of our public schools and systems. The purpose of City School Stories.com is to tell the story of urban p... more »

Louisiana Educator: 10 Education Forum Questions for Legislators

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Louisiana Educator: 10 Education Forum Questions for Legislators: 10 Education Forum Questions for Legislators by Michael Deshotels The 10 questions below reveal serious problems with our education system that should be discussed at the upcoming education forums. These problems are the responsibility of our state legislators to correct. If they are not corrected, thousands of children will continue to receive a substandard education at the hands of incompetent amateur educators at our State Department of Education and in the Recovery School District. Also, if they fail to correc... more »

MORNING UPDATE: LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 2-17-13 Diane Ravitch's blog

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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Support Glenda Ritz by dianerav Glenda Ritz walloped uber-reformer Tony Bennett in the race for State Superintendent of Indiana schools. Now the Indiana state board of education is trying to strip her of all powers, thus nullifying her election and the will of the voters. The board wants to protect Bennett’s efforts to privatize public education and to lower standards for teachers and principals. Please sign this petition to support Glenda. Always be careful on change.org website. Do not sign other petitio... more »

Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Global Education Leadership: A Graduate Program for Educators and Education Leaders in the Age of Globalization

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Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Global Education Leadership: A Graduate Program for Educators and Education Leaders in the Age of Globalization: Global Education Leadership: A Graduate Program for Educators and Education Leaders in the Age of Globalization by YongZhao In my latest book *World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students*, I list a globalized campus as the context for cultivating globally competent creator and entrepreneurs. The idea is to use technology to bring global education resources to schools to personalize educat... more »

Daily Kos: Thinking about schools - something to share

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Daily Kos: Thinking about schools - something to share: Thinking about schools - something to share by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) that I encountered because Diane Ravitch wrote about it. Jere Hochman is the Superintendent of Schools for the Bedford Central School District in Westchester County, just north of New York City. He has recent piece on his personal blog, Thinking About Schools, titled 10 Executive Actions "To our posterity" that is in the form of a letter to President Obama about things he can do to make a difference, a real difference, in the lives of our young peo... more »

Schools Matter: Nineteen NY Legislators Protest Unproven and Damaging Teacher Evaluation Scheme

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Schools Matter: Nineteen NY Legislators Protest Unproven and Damaging Teacher Evaluation Scheme: Nineteen NY Legislators Protest Unproven and Damaging Teacher Evaluation Scheme by Jim Horn A clip from a post at *Ed in the Apple*: . . . The testing system is deeply flawed. *“Testing and education experts have expressed serious concerns about the validity of the model, pointing to the inability of this methodology to identify the most effective teachers. As an Economic Policy Institute briefing paper mentions, one study found that across five large urban districts, among teachers... more »

H.R.455: High School Data Transparency Act of 2013 - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress

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H.R.455: High School Data Transparency Act of 2013 - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress: R.455 - High School Data Transparency Act of 2013 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make available information on equality in school athletic programs, and for other purposes. view all titles (2) - Overview - Actions & Votes - News (0) & Blogs (0) - Comments (0) Bill's Views - Today:5 - Past Seven Days:25 - All-Time:53 IntroducedHouse PassesSenate PassesPresident Signs *02/03/13*... more »

Schools Matter: Mark Your Calendars--Occupy the U. S. Department of Education 2.0

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Schools Matter: Mark Your Calendars--Occupy the U. S. Department of Education 2.0: Mark Your Calendars--Occupy the U. S. Department of Education 2.0 by Jim Horn From Peggy Robertson, with this note: "First. . . please let students know that we have free sleeping available should they need it - it would be most helpful if they would let me know personally so that I have a head count. Second - please let everyone know this is a LEGAL occupation. We have permits for everything and the Dept. of Ed. knows we are coming :)." Contact: United Opt Out National FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Em... more »

Blue Jersey:: Paterson Collegiate Charter School Approved. What Now?

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Blue Jersey:: Paterson Collegiate Charter School Approved. What Now?: Paterson Collegiate Charter School Approved. What Now?by: Mother Crusader*Sat Feb 16, 2013 at 06:36:49 PM EST* *promoted by Rosi* Yesterday Education Commissioner Cerf approved two new charters for New Jersey. Both will be located in Paterson, where as Jersey Jazzman has reported, some serious reformyness seems to be underway. One of the applications approved, Paterson Collegiate Charter School, is founded by Boston native Steven Wilson who is also the president and founder of a Charter Management Organization (CM... more »

Good to highlight this perspective from a #TFA un-supporter… – @ the chalk face

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Good to highlight this perspective from a #TFA un-supporter… – @ the chalk face: [image: @TCF on Blog Talk Radio] *Sundays at 6PM on Blog Talk Radio* Good to highlight this perspective from a #TFA un-supporter… by Chalk Face, PhD But, I have to say, one can now be a hero for both JOINING TFA and for REJECTING it? Amazing. Us educators don’t have a chance. Bravo [slow clap] Jumping on the #whatido meme, if that’s what it is, the #education #reformer by Chalk Face, PhD [image: Jumping on the #whatido meme, if that's what it is, the #education #reformer] I think it speaks for itsel... more »

Back to the Future: High School Graduation Rates | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

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Back to the Future: High School Graduation Rates | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Back to the Future: High School Graduation Rates by larrycuban [image: images]Yes, the rate for U.S. students graduating high school reached 78 percent in 2010, the highest since 1970. And furthermore, dropout rates has fallen to three percent, its lowest since that year. Have you heard any bells chiming the good news? Any upbeat news flashes interrupting CNN anchors? Where are the bloggers posts of U.S. schools finally turning around and on the upswing refuting those school ref... more »

All Education Matters: Interview with Jerry Ashton

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 19 hours ago

All Education Matters: Interview with Jerry Ashton: Interview with Jerry Ashton by Cryn Johannsen I now consider Jerry a long-time friend. He's interviewed me on several occasions, and I had the pleasure of meeting him when I went to Occupy in NYC last year. In fact, Jerry took me on a tour of the camp, just a week before it was demolished. I am grateful to know Jerry and appreciate his support of my work. Here's my latest interview with him - http://wgrnradio.com/blog/2013/02/15/from-graduating-class-to-indentured-class-will-america-continue-to-eat-its-young/ Check it out. It's... more »

Why Educators’ Wages Must Be Revamped Now | toteachornototeach

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Why Educators’ Wages Must Be Revamped Now | toteachornototeach: Why Educators’ Wages Must Be Revamped Now by aristotlethewise Why Educators’ Wages Must Be Revamped Now By Eric A. Hanushek It is no secret that some school districts spend their money better than others. One can easily find groups of districts with the same student demographics and with the same expenditure levels producing very different levels of student achievement. Put another way, some (many?) districts are spending more than they need to spend, based on what other districts show is possible. Economists would su... more »

Decadent fBillionaires: They walk amongst us

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Decadent fBillionaires: They walk amongst us: Decadent billionaire Zombies: They walk amongst us By Danny Weil on February 16, 2013 8:19 pm / no comments [image: Mayor Bloomberg Your Money Sucks! (Learn More click picture)] How much more pain will the working class allow the decadent billionaire zombies to inflict on the working class in America? The answer is ssimple: as much as an unorganized working class will allow them. These disaster capitalist zombies are in the captain’s seat, that is for sure. What this spells for Amerrica is a crisis of proportions not even imagin... more »

Is "Scalable" a Code Word for Top-Down Reform? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

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Is "Scalable" a Code Word for Top-Down Reform? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Is "Scalable" a Code Word for Top-Down Reform? by Anthony Cody About a week ago, John Thompson posted a note in which he conceded that "Educators who oppose the testing mania must admit that our preferred strategies would require high-quality implementation, and neither do we know how to scale them up." *I want to explore this idea of "scalability," because I think we may have a problem here*. As I wrote in a comment to his post, we have been told that the only way schools can improve is... more »

The Weekly Update Part 1 + Part 2 : More school closings, tests for tots and Seattle still scraps the MAP + More school closings, the Common Core blasted by one who would know, hedge fund Whiteousness and much, much more « Seattle Education

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The Weekly Update Part 1: More school closings, the Common Core blasted by one who would know, hedge fund Whiteousness and much, much more « Seattle Education: The Weekly Update Part 1: More school closings, the Common Core blasted by one who would know, hedge fund Whiteousness and much, much more by seattleducation2011 The Weekly Update Part 1: More school closings, the Common Core blasted by one who would know, hedge fund Whiteousness and much, much more *The Weekly Update for all the news and views you might have missed.* There is so much going on in the world of education that t...more »

Even #progressive media can’t report #education in helpful ways, @maddow – @ the chalk face

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Even #progressive media can’t report #education in helpful ways, @maddow – @ the chalk face: Even #progressive media can’t report #education in helpful ways, @maddow by Chalk Face, PhD [image: Corporate Media = Corporate Lies] I listened to this segment on satellite radio the other night. Rachel Maddow was talking the President’s pre-K plan. Here’s more about it from the Maddow Blog. At this point, I can’t even discern who the guest was on the show, some dude. He was clearly an economist. He did some study on the benefits of Pre-K as a worthwhile “investment.” I don’t necessarily ... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Can't Deny the Truth About Segregating Charters Anymore

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Jersey Jazzman: Can't Deny the Truth About Segregating Charters Anymore: Can't Deny the Truth About Segregating Charters Anymore The charter cheerleaders have been telling us, over and over again, that charters are "public schools" that "must take everyone." Too bad for them that the truth keeps getting in the way: Students may be asked to submit a 15-page typed research paper, an original short story, or a handwritten essay on the historical figure they would most like to meet. There are interviews. Exams. And pages of questions for parents to answer, including: How do you inten... more »

From Portfolios to Parasites: The Unfortunate Path of U.S. Charter School Policy « School Finance 101

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From Portfolios to Parasites: The Unfortunate Path of U.S. Charter School Policy « School Finance 101: From Portfolios to Parasites: The Unfortunate Path of U.S. Charter School Policy by schoolfinance101 [image: Slide1] I recall several years ago attending an initial organizing meeting for a special interest group on Charter Schools at the American Educational Research Association. Note to outsiders – AERA has several special interest groups, some research oriented, some advocacy oriented… many somewhere in between. These are member organized groups and many are very small. If I ... more »

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Rainier Beach High School Flyer

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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Rainier Beach High School Flyer: Rainier Beach High School Flyer by Charlie Mas I got a promotional flyer from Rainier Beach High School. It came on an email from the Rainier Beach family support worker/marketing coordinator Virginia Owens. Here is the flyer: While I support the efforts of Rainier Beach High School to notify families about their programs and to promote them. I support the assignment of "marketing coordinator" duties to someone at Rainier Beach (though I think Director DeBell would be uncomfortable with it). That said, I'm not cra... more »

Diane in the Evening 2-16-13 Diane Ravitch's blog

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Diane Ravitch's blog: If You Watch Oprah’s Show About New Orleans….. by dianerav A teacher in New Orleans writes: Oprah’s documentary series about John McDonogh High School in New Orleans was moved to tonight @ 8p Central Time, in order to follow Beyonce’s show. Please comment on Oprah’s page, if you find that her show does not accurately tell the whole story, and if your perspective on the history of the school is different. I personally find the preview to be highly stereotypical about New Orleans, it’s mostly black unionized teachers (pre-charter), black students, the need for ... more »

Corporations Advise School Closings, While Private Charters Suck Public Schools Away | Alternet

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Corporations Advise School Closings, While Private Charters Suck Public Schools Away | Alternet: Corporations Advise School Closings, While Private Charters Suck Public Schools Away As charter proponents aim to cash in on major investment returns, Philly braces for a massive schools shakeup. Photo Credit: Flickr.com *February 15, 2013* | *This article has been updated.* On Dec. 13, 2012, Philadelphia became the latest major American city to recommend sweeping school closures for the next academic year. Under this new proposal, a total of 37, or about 16 percent, of the distric... more »

Jersey Jazzman: As Catholic Schools Fall, Charters Rise

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Jersey Jazzman: As Catholic Schools Fall, Charters Rise: As Catholic Schools Fall, Charters Rise by Duke Across the country, *Catholic schools are dying*. And I'm not talking about the elite, country club-ish schools to which people like Chris Christie send their kids; no, I'm talking about inner-city and small suburban parish Catholic schools. As is the case in many businesses on their last legs, the purveyors of Catholic schools are attempting to convince themselves that their biggest problem is marketing. Here in Jersey, the Newark Diocese just hired a layperson to rebrand... more »

Mother Crusader: Paterson Collegiate Charter School Approved. What Now?

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Mother Crusader: Paterson Collegiate Charter School Approved. What Now?: Paterson Collegiate Charter School Approved. What Now? by darciecima Yesterday Education Commissioner Cerf approved two new charters for New Jersey. Both will be located in Paterson, where as Jersey Jazzman has reported, some serious reformyness seems to be underway. One of the applications approved, Paterson Collegiate Charter School, is founded by Boston native Steven Wilson who is also the president and founder of a Charter Management Organization (CMO) called Ascend, based in Brooklyn. Ascend licenses...more »

Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee Allies With Corporate Pals To March On LA Schools | Crooks and Liars

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Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee Allies With Corporate Pals To March On LA Schools | Crooks and Liars: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee Allies With Corporate Pals To March On LA Schools 13 comments By karoli ENLARGE [image: Screen Shot 2013-02-15 at 5.02.52 PM.png] As you read this, Michelle Rhee is marshaling the troops to march on for Los Angeles Unified School District students. Because we all know Rhee puts "Students First," right? Here are her public reasons for the march: - To drive voter registration and turnout for school board and mayoral elections - To ... more »

UPDATE: WPRI Surveys Private Schools, Concludes “Wisconsin is Failing to Help Students with Disabilities” The Weekly Cheddar : blue cheddar

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The Weekly Cheddar : blue cheddar: WPRI Surveys Private Schools, Concludes “Wisconsin is Failing to Help Students with Disabilities” by AnnieJo The conservative think-tank Wisconsin Public Research Institute (WPRI) has issued a report on the failings of education in Wisconsin, just days before Governor Walker is slated to release his 2013/2015 state budget proposal. You might expect, given that the governor has been talking for months about using the budget to expand Milwaukee-like voucher programs into communities that don’t want them, that WPRI’s priority immediately before the ... more »

Parents Say Possible School Closure About More than Under Enrollment | KTXL FOX40

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Parents Say Possible School Closure About More than Under Enrollment | KTXL FOX40: Parents Say Possible School Closure About More than Under Enrollment - [image: See bio, contact info, and more articles from Luana Munoz] 2 days ago by Luana Munoz Reporter - *Sacramento Unified Considers Closing 11 Elementary Schools* Comments - - Share This Update - ** ** ** SACRAMENTO- Maple Elementary, a school where Latino children are the majority is one of the 11 schools slated to close. During a meeting with the Sacramento City Unified School District, p... more »

Schools Matter: How To Know When Your Charter School Sucks

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Schools Matter: How To Know When Your Charter School Sucks: How To Know When Your Charter School Sucks by Jim Horn Wisdom by Mark Naison: 1. It's leader calls himself/herself a CEO. 2. The CEO's salary is more than three times the salary of the highest paid teacher in the school. 3. The board of the school is full of hedge fund executives [or corporate directors]. 4. Teachers in the school are terrorized and students treated as though they were in prison or on the verge of being sent to prison. 5. The construction company who built the school is owned by a ... more »

Morning UPDATE: LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 2-16-13 Diane Ravitch's blog

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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] This Columbia Student Will Not Join TFA by dianerav This is an interesting article by a Columbia student, explaining why he will not join TFA. It is especially interesting because he is a former president of his campus Students for Educational Reform, the nicely-funded baby brother (or sister) of the Wall Street guys’ DFER. Whenever he gets a letter pleading with him to apply for a “transformational” experience, he sends it to his spam folder.* Why, because he went to a public school in Texas and he can stil... more »

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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Big Education Ape - Morning Wink 2-17-13 AM Posts #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2