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How the Waltons could contribute to real improvements in kids’ educations
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How the Waltons could contribute to real improvements in kids’ educations: How the Waltons could contribute to real improvements in kids’ educations February 15, 2013 By Cathy In Tuesday’s State of the Union speech, President Obama proposed making universal preschool available to all American children. Implementation of early childhood education programs doesn’t come without some upfront costs, of course, but research demonstrates that it’s a great investment that leads to positive long-term outcomes in children’s lives. In particular, it benefits poor children, helping narrow achi... more »
How Trying to Get Rid of Bad Teachers Has Demoralized Our Best | California Progress Report
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How Trying to Get Rid of Bad Teachers Has Demoralized Our Best | California Progress Report: How Trying to Get Rid of Bad Teachers Has Demoralized Our Best by callen *By Mark Naison* Every time I have a discussion with someone who claims to be passionately committed to improving schools, they bring up the subject of the "bad teacher." They see public schools as zones of cultural and economic stagnation in an otherwise dynamic society, saddled with a smug and incompetent teaching force that prevents schools from playing their assigned roles of creating a competitive global workforce... more »
Illinois SB 2404 provides for guaranteed pension funding. Plus 2%. « Fred Klonsky
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 26 minutes ago
Illinois SB 2404 provides for guaranteed pension funding. Plus 2%. « Fred Klonsky: Illinois SB 2404 provides for guaranteed pension funding. Plus 2%. by Fred Klonsky *IFT President Dan Montgomery.* [image: images]Imagine your boss came up to you and said, “I have good news and bad news. The good news is that you have a guaranteed job for the rest of your life.” You would probably say, “Great! But what’s the bad news?” “Oh. The bad news is that I’m not going to pay you.” That is the problem with Illinois’ constitutional pension protection clause. The Illinois constitution guarantees t... more »
Violence Against Teachers – An Overlooked Crisis? | NEA Today
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Violence Against Teachers – An Overlooked Crisis? | NEA Today: Violence Against Teachers – An Overlooked Crisis? by twalker *By Tim Walker* According to* a recent article *published by the American Psychological Association (APA), 80 percent of the teachers surveyed reported being victimized at school at least once in the current school year or prior year. Teacher victimization is a “national crisis,” says Dorothy Espelage, PhD, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who served as chair of the APA task force on Classroom Violence Directed at Teachers. And yet, the iss... more »
Modern School: NRA Says Arm Them, California Says Arrest Them
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Modern School: NRA Says Arm Them, California Says Arrest Them: NRA Says Arm Them, California Says Arrest Them by Michael Dunn Huck/Konopacki Labor Cartoons A middle school teacher in San Diego was arrested last week for bringing a gun and a lock-blade knife to school, the Los Angeles Times recently reported. The teacher, Ned Carter Walker, was arrested in the parking lot as he arrived at Farb Middle School and booked into San Diego County jail on two felony counts of possessing lethal weapons at school. So much for the NRA’s proposal to arm teachers to defend against the imminent ... more »
This Week In Education: Media: HuffPost Education Page, 2010-2013?
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 46 minutes ago
This Week In Education: Media: HuffPost Education Page, 2010-2013?: Media: HuffPost Education Page, 2010-2013? *Attention Bootlicker ALERT!* Don't worry, all of you who like to have your education commentary appear on Huffington Post. In that regard, at least, the Huffington Post Education page seems unchanged. The HuffPost's education reporter, Joy Resmovits, is still pumping out stories. Her blog, Ed Today, is here. When it comes to other features, however, Huffington Post Education seems subtly but substantially different. The color scheme has changed to blue. The sub-... more »
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Obama's Chicago speech
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Obama's Chicago speech: Obama's Chicago speech by Mike Klonsky I was glad, if skeptical, heading into President Obama's appearance in Chicago last Friday. But was once again left with that old post-speech, empty feeling as I sat in traffic coming back from the south side, waiting for the president's motorcade to clear out. It seems I wasn't the only one. Here's *Dr. Brittany Cooper,* writing in Ebony. *Almost as soon as he began to talk, I found myself deeply incensed at President Obama’s address in Chicago this past Friday. I hoped, along with t... more »
Joy Resmovits: Scott Walker's Voucher Fight; School Safety Questions: Ed Today
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Joy Resmovits: Scott Walker's Voucher Fight; School Safety Questions: Ed Today: Scott Walker's Voucher Fight; School Safety Questions: Ed Today by Joy Resmovits *Walker-Style Voucher Fight?* Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker first tangled with his state's teachers union when he signed a bill that upended collective bargaining. Now he's at it again, and this time, the fight is over school vouchers. "The debate over Walker's public education funding proposal and desire to grow alternatives such as private school vouchers is likely to be one of the fiercest in the Statehouse this year, ev... more »
MAP test manufacturer (NWEA, Inc.) memo: MAP test should not be used to evaluate teachers « Seattle Education
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MAP test manufacturer (NWEA, Inc.) memo: MAP test should not be used to evaluate teachers « Seattle Education: MAP test manufacturer (NWEA, Inc.) memo: MAP test should not be used to evaluate teachers by seattleducation2011 [image: Race to the Top] According to a recent KUOW FM report, John Cronin of NWEA, Inc. apparently laughed about the Garfield MAP test protest, saying, “(…) I really can’t say that I know what’s motivating them.” See/hear: Seattle Superintendent And Testing Company Defend Standardized Test. But this same fellow wrote a* letter to the Charleston School District ... more »
Shanker Blog » Teacher Leadership As A School Improvement Strategy
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Shanker Blog » Teacher Leadership As A School Improvement Strategy: Teacher Leadership As A School Improvement Strategy by David B. Cohen *Our guest author today is David B. Cohen, a National Board Certified high school English teacher in Palo Alto, CA, and the associate director of Accomplished California Teachers (ACT). His blog is at InterACT.* As we settle into 2013, I find myself increasingly optimistic about the future of the teaching profession. There are battles ahead, debates to be had and elections to be contested, but, as Sam Cooke sang, “A change is gonna come.” The ch... more »
Ed Notes Online: MORE's Julie Cavanagh Exposes Eva Charter Schools
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Ed Notes Online: MORE's Julie Cavanagh Exposes Eva Charter Schools: MORE's Julie Cavanagh Exposes Eva Charter Schools by ed notes online On May 21, 2011 (2 days after the premiere of the GEM film response to the ed deform film Waiting for Superman, The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman that Julie co-narrated, co-produced and co-wrote), Community Board 12 in upper Manhattan convened a panel to discuss charter schools. Dennis Walcott was supposed to be on that panel but never showed up [he was as scared of Julie as Mike Mulgrew is]. Also Pedro Noguera, [former] chairma... more »
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 2-19-13 Diane Ravitch's blog
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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Los Angeles School Board Race: Follow the Money by dianerav This just arrived in my email box: LAUSD: Follow The Money by Joseph K *Mensaje se repite en Español)* *I have to do this my way. You tell me what you know, and I’ll confirm. I’ll keep you in the right direction if I can, but that’s all. Just… follow the money.* * * *-Deep Throat, “All the President’s Men” (1976)* *If you want to know the direction LAUSD School Board President Monica Garcia and new candidate Kate Anderson want to take the Los Angel... more »
Human intelligence is declining according to Stanford geneticist | toteachornototeach
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Human intelligence is declining according to Stanford geneticist | toteachornototeach: Human intelligence is declining according to Stanford geneticist by aristotlethewise *Human intelligence is declining according to Stanford geneticist* Ever can’t help but think you’re surrounded by idiots? A leading scientist at Stanford University thinks he has the answer, and the bad news is things aren’t likely to get any better. Dr. Gerald Crabtree, a geneticist at Stanford, has published a study that he conducted to try and identify the progression of modern man’s intelligence. As it turns ... more »
Et tu, Rube? | Gary Rubinstein's Blog
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Et tu, Rube? | Gary Rubinstein's Blog: Et tu, Rube? by Gary Rubinstein On a post I wrote last week called ‘The Status Quo Miracle District,” I got a bunch of angry comments from people who seemed to feel betrayed by my ‘debunking’ of the media inflated claims of a ‘public’ school district. This is the first comment: *Very unhelpful. With friends like you, public education needs no enemies. You help the reformer deformers with this.* *And what do you know of Union City? I expect extremely little. You’re so busy venting a blogger’s ATTITUDE, that you’ve lost all thoughtfulness.* Mo... more »
Parent trigger and charters: As we offer more school choice, what happens to children left behind? | Get Schooled
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Parent trigger and charters: As we offer more school choice, what happens to children left behind? | Get Schooled: Parent trigger and charters: As we offer more school choice, what happens to children left behind? by Maureen Downey [image: grabarart0920]Shanna Miles is an educator and a parent working in the metro Atlanta area. An avid literacy advocate, she lobbies to ensure that every child has access to a free and public library in a community. She wrote this piece for the Monday print AJC education op-ed page. By Shanna Miles In the 1840s, Irish Catholic parents lobbied for loca... more »
How many ineffective teachers are actually out there?
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How many ineffective teachers are actually out there?: How many ineffective teachers are actually out there? Posted by Valerie Strauss on February 19, 2013 at 4:00 am - [image: Smaller Text] [image: Larger Text] Text Size - Print - Reprints - Share: - - - More » [image: question mark]Getting rid of ineffective teachers is pretty much the focus of school reform these days but pinpointing who really should go isn’t as easy as it seems. Aaron Pallas, professor of sociology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University, looks at the issue here. He write... more »
WHO CAN POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND A TEACHER’S FRUSTRATION ? « Teachers Fight Back
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WHO CAN POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND A TEACHER’S FRUSTRATION ? « Teachers Fight Back: WHO CAN POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND A TEACHER’S FRUSTRATION ? by alkleen I’ve been thinking of people who could possibly sympathize with teachers and understand why teachers are extremely frustrated in their jobs. The following are people who I’m sure understand the plight of teachers. They probably understand the frustration of teachers who are expected to achieve certain results with their students despite dozens of obstacles that make that impossible. A heart surgeon who is directed by their superior to perfo... more »
Phil Hartman Alive and Well at PS 154 in the Bronx.southbronxschool.com
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http://www.southbronxschool.com: Phil Hartman Alive and Well at PS 154 in the Bronx Yeah, life imitates art. Though PS 154 is not a cooking school, this video succinctly characterizes the shit we go through day in and day out, hour upon hour, seconds forever taking their time turning into minutes. While mayhem is going about, having those tape dispenser cozies are invaluable. As Stu Schmelz once said, "You won't believe the shit that I have seen." Cooking is an allegory for education.
Jersey Jazzman: Gulen Charters Expand in New Jersey
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Jersey Jazzman: Gulen Charters Expand in New Jersey: Gulen Charters Expand in New Jersey by Duke In New Jersey's latest round of charter school approvals, two new charters were approved for Paterson: Paterson Arts and Sciences and Paterson Collegiate Charter School. Darcie Cimarusti over at Mother Crusader has been letting us know about the man behind PCCS, Steve Wilson, and his rather checkered past. But what about Paterson A&S? According to the state's records, Paterson A&S's contact is Mr. Nihat Guvercin; he is currently the CEO of anetwork of three charters in Garfield, Hacken...more »
Leonard Cooper’s Genius And What He Represents [Future of Teaching] | The Jose Vilson
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Leonard Cooper’s Genius And What He Represents [Future of Teaching] | The Jose Vilson: Leonard Cooper’s Genius And What He Represents [Future of Teaching] by Jose Vilson This is an excerpt from my latest offering at the Future of Teaching blog: Is it because so many either sympathize or empathize with a story about a kid who, already perceived as unintelligent due to his mannerisms, actually beats the competition? Is it because some of us have a very limited understanding of “knowledge” or what an educated person looks like? Do we still perceive intelligent as natural to some an... more »
The Educated Reporter: Students, Teachers Push Back Against High-Stakes Testing
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The Educated Reporter: Students, Teachers Push Back Against High-Stakes Testing: Students, Teachers Push Back Against High-Stakes Testing by Emily Richmond While it's become a common refrain for students, teachers and parents to complain that too much time is spent preparing for – and administering – standardized tests in public schools, the level of dissatisfaction is arguably reaching previously unheard decibels. In what’s believed to be the first such example of a campus-wide testing boycott, teachers at Garfield High School in Seattle are refused to administer a state-mandat... more »
Daily Kos: apropos of nothing of importance
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Daily Kos: apropos of nothing of importance: apropos of nothing of importance by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) I have in the past 24 hours had a myriad of thoughts running through my mind. They do not on the surface seem to fit together, but in my warped way of thinking they do. So bear with me while I explore some seemingly unrelated topics, beginning at home. This afternoon Leaves on the Current begins chemo and resumes radiation. She has in the past few days had a positive mindset, as we allowed friends to come and visit - several who came were themselves survivors of medical... more »
CPS school closings and the homeless. « Fred Klonsky
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CPS school closings and the homeless. « Fred Klonsky: CPS school closings and the homeless. by Fred Klonsky [image: 62103_10151384576637900_1247756188_n]
WHY THE PLAS EXPERIMENT MUST END AT ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, Part II: THE NEW EAST LA CLASSIC: ROOSEVELT (PLAS) vs. GARFIELD (NON PLAS) by John Fernandez - Perdaily.com
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WHY THE PLAS EXPERIMENT MUST END AT ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, Part II: THE NEW EAST LA CLASSIC: ROOSEVELT (PLAS) vs. GARFIELD (NON PLAS) by John Fernandez - Perdaily.com: WHY THE PLAS EXPERIMENT MUST END AT ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, Part II: THE NEW EAST LA CLASSIC: ROOSEVELT (PLAS) vs. GARFIELD (NON PLAS) by John Fernandez by Leonard Isenberg [image: John Fernandez.jpg] ** *Mensaje se repite en Español)* * * *The Rivals* The NEW EAST LA CLASSIC is about academics--not about football. It pits Roosevelt High School against Garfield High School. Roosevelt High School is under the Mayor's ... more »
Ed Notes Online: Susan Ohanian Update
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Ed Notes Online: Susan Ohanian Update: Susan Ohanian Update by ed notes online *Confiscated Plan Books Languish in Death Valley Repository* NOTE: The product below is gluten-free; contains no peanuts, pesticides, or growth-enhancing hormones. However, exposure to sensitive content may cause rapid heartbeat, dizziness, blurred vision, rash, seizure, or temper tantrum. *by Susan Ohanian* Death Valley--At 282 feet (86 m) below sea level in the Mohave Desert, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation maintains the Substation for Confiscated Lesson Plans. It is a secure site that bears a... more »
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Van Jones to Obama: "This is it!"
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 13 hours ago
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Van Jones to Obama: "This is it!": Van Jones to Obama: "This is it.!" by Mike Klonsky (Reuters pic) *Van Jones*, President Obama’s former Green Jobs Advisor, spoke directly to tens of thousands of people who rallied on the National Mall Sunday to protest the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. It is being called the largest climate protest ever. Jones aimed his remarks directly at the president: *Well, this is it. This is the last minute in the last quarter of the biggest most important game humanity has ever played. This is it. One thing I know... more »
SI&A Cabinet Report – Senate plan would give schools more time to prepare for common core testing
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SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Senate plan would give schools more time to prepare for common core testing A leading member of the state Senate has proposed legislation that could give schools significantly more time to prepare students and teachers for assessments based on the new common core curriculum standards. As proposed, SB 247 by Sen. Carol Liu, D-Pasadena, would delay the suspension of California’s existing Standardized Testing and Reporting system until July, 2016 – two years later than existing law. The bill is silent as to when exactly statewide testing on the ... more »
The Rising Cost of Teachers’ Health Care | toteachornototeach
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The Rising Cost of Teachers’ Health Care | toteachornototeach: The Rising Cost of Teachers’ Health Care by aristotlethewise *The Rising Cost of Teachers’ Health Care* *Private-sector employers pay much less* By Robert M. Costrell and Jeffery Dean The high-profile battle in Wisconsin over collective bargaining on public-sector benefits, as well as lower-profile battles in Ohio and Massachusetts, was to a great extent about health insurance costs for teachers. Wisconsin governor Scott Walker anticipated health care savings of $68 million for schools from his legislative proposal; actua... 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 This week on #PTchat (Wed., 2/20 9PM EDT) we’ll be working on our school websites and mobile app offerings. Today, most schools have a website. Whether the website is useful to the specific family needs at the school is the real question. Does the site serve as simply an information storage bank or does it offer two-way communication and an opportunity to build a relationship with the school? How do you know? Have parents been part of the team creat... more »
Children of the Core
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Children of the Core on Striking.ly: [image: @TCF on Blog Talk Radio] Children of the Core: A Shameless Plug FEBRUARY 18, 2013 BY KRIS NIELSEN LEAVE A COMMENT In about two weeks, I will self-publish the product of my obsession. I will release a roughly 200-page book, geared toward informing parents and teachers about how the education policies built by reformers and their politician puppets are effectively damaging two important things: 1. The economic and geopolitical security of our country, and (way more importantly) 2. The future of our children That is followed by t... more »
One Teacher's Perspective: School Choice, A Free Market Fantasy
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One Teacher's Perspective: School Choice, A Free Market Fantasy: School Choice, A Free Market Fantasy by Imagine Wisconsin *I worry Act 10 and the subsequent recall attempts have muddied the Wisconsin waters to a point many cannot see clearly what is best for our kids and schools. Clearly, the expansion of Wisconsin’s voucher program is a bad choice for Wisconsin public schools. Certainly, some anecdotal success stories exist among voucher-using students, but (as Diane Ravitch explains) two decades of comprehensive educational research distinctly shows that, overall, voucher schoo... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Charter School "Chef" Makes More Than Teachers!
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: Charter School "Chef" Makes More Than Teachers!: Charter School "Chef" Makes More Than Teachers! by Duke Want to make money at a charter school? Don't become a teacher; be a chef! A March 2012 menu feature at Camden's LEAP Academy University Charter School was grilled cheese, tomato soup, peas, and fresh fruit. This month, the menu features grilled cheese, tomato soup, and strawberry applesauce. A more striking change than in the menu is what executive chef Michele Pastorello is getting for his work now - a $24,000 raise from last year. *He will make $95,000 thi... more »
Educational Eugenics » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 18 hours ago
Educational Eugenics » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names: The Corporate Reform of Public Schools Educational Eugenics by MARK GRAHAM Teachers and students are having a rough time in the United States—and not just because they are in danger of being murdered in their classrooms. Public education itself is under attack, fueled by foundation dollars, government policies and media hype. The problem isn’t international rankings, teacher pensions, or outdated theories. These are smokescreens. The enemies of American education hate it because it is public-powered, union... more »
Scott Walker Wants You To Think He Is Increasing Money to Public Schools by $129 Million « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
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Scott Walker Wants You To Think He Is Increasing Money to Public Schools by $129 Million « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Scott Walker Wants You To Think He Is Increasing Money to Public Schools by $129 Million by millerlf Funding for Wisconsin public schools is restricted by a revenue limit (cap). If that cap is not raised, any increase in State funding ($129 million) means there is a decrease in contribution from property tax by $129 million.*Revenue for school districts remains the same*. Example: If the revenue limit (cap) were $10,000 per student, $5000 from the... more »
UPDATE: Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This Week
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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This Week: Seattle Schools This Week by Melissa Westbrook *Monday, Feb. 18th* No school for the Presidents' Day holiday. Reminder: Seattle Testing Tele Town Hall: *What’s Next After the MAP boycott?* Mon. Feb 18, 7pm PST. Toll-free dial in (866) 476-7782. A discussion of standardized testing in K-12 public education. Also, you DO call in today (even if a holiday) to get on the speakers list for the Board meeting on Wednesday. It's 252-0040 or boardagenda@seattleschools.org *Tuesday, Feb. 19th* Protest of Michelle Rhee before her... more »
Schools Matter: Robert D. Skeels: a community candidate for LAUSD School Board
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Schools Matter: Robert D. Skeels: a community candidate for LAUSD School Board: Robert D. Skeels: a community candidate for LAUSD School Board by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene *"Alongside this began a sharp rise in the costs of elections, which drove the political parties even deeper into the pockets of the corporate sector." — Professor Noam Chomsky* [image: Robert D. Skeels for LAUSD School Board]Readers have probably already seen the news of how the morning after I trounced the incumbent at a local candidate forum, that NYC Mayor Bloomberg increased my opponent's already obscene ... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Joel Klein: As Excellent As He Says He Is? Part VI
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 19 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: Joel Klein: As Excellent As He Says He Is? Part VI: Joel Klein: As Excellent As He Says He Is? Part VI by Duke *Joel Klein is one of America's foremost proponents of corporate education "reform." He asserts that public education is in such a crisis that it constitutes a national security threat - a threat that can be dealt with by buying technology from the firm he runs for Rupert Murdoch, Amplify. He also believes that the "reforms" he and Mayor Michael Bloomberg instituted in New York City - including mayoral control, school closings, charter expansion, and test... more »
"Hipsturbia:" Actually Becoming Browner, Poorer, and Older - Dana Goldstein
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 19 hours ago
"Hipsturbia:" Actually Becoming Browner, Poorer, and Older - Dana Goldstein: "Hipsturbia:" Actually Becoming Browner, Poorer, and Older by Dana Goldstein Like a lot of other folks, I was amused by yesterday's *Times* style section piece proclaiming the birth of "Hipsturbia": a supposedly new cluster of affluent, creative-industry white people who have moved from Brooklyn to the lower Hudson River Valley after procreating, mostly to the suburbs of Irvington, Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, and Tarrytown. As Jess Grose (Irvington's finest) notes at Slate, upscale white families have been mo... more »
Diane in the Evening 2-18-13 Diane Ravitch's blog
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Diane Ravitch's blog: Parent Leaders in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Oppose Gulen Charter School by dianerav Two parent leaders in Lancaster, Pennsylvania–John MGrann and Dennis Deslippe–are organizing opposition to a Gulen charter in their community. The Gulen charters are the largest charter chain in the nation. They are associated with a reclusive Turkish imam who lives in the Poconos but has a powerful political movement in Turkey. This is their petition: The application for a new charter school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has generated a strong public response in Activists i... more »
School Tech Connect: Screenshots Of The Democratic Process
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School Tech Connect: Screenshots Of The Democratic Process: Screenshots Of The Democratic Process by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) I hate to keep harping on a local Chicago alderman on my internationally famous blog, so let this be the last one for a bit..... For those of you reading in Iraq, or any other country where we have inserted freedom, here's how it works. On August 6, the press learns that a charter school is coming to a neighborhood that never had a public meeting about the topic. On August 9th, the alderman gets a check from a construction company that builds, amon... more »
Official Poster for Occupy DOE in DC Now Available | United Opt Out National
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Official Poster for Occupy DOE in DC Now Available | United Opt Out National: Official Poster for Occupy DOE in DC Now Available by admin Please feel free to go to this link and download the file to create a poster and/or t-shirt! There are several options – the first two downloads are for posters and the third one is specifically created to be used on a t-shirt. Enjoy! A big thank you goes to Jay Rivett who designed our poster. Jay can be reached at jayrivett81@gmail.com should you need support creating the right artwork for your message! Interested in attending our event? C... more »
Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education Releases Statement Opposing Closure of 11 Sacramento City Unified Elementary Schools; Calls 'Process' District Is Using 'Flawed,' Urges Board to Reject Plan | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education
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Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education Releases Statement Opposing Closure of 11 Sacramento City Unified Elementary Schools; Calls 'Process' District Is Using 'Flawed,' Urges Board to Reject Plan | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education: [image: Home] Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education Releases Statement Opposing Closure of 11 Sacramento City Unified Elementary Schools; Calls 'Process' District Is Using 'Flawed,' Urges Board to Reject Plan by Kate_Lenox SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education joins the Sacramento Council of PTAs,... more »
MAKERS Moment with Cherríe Moraga, Chicana feminist « Feminist Teacher
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MAKERS Moment with Cherríe Moraga, Chicana feminist « Feminist Teacher: MAKERS Moment with Cherríe Moraga, Chicana feminist by feministteacher [image: Chicana feminist Cherríe Moraga and I at the MAKERS: Women Who Make America premiere in New York (photo credit, Ileana Jiménez).] Chicana feminist Cherríe Moraga and I at the MAKERS: Women Who Make America premiere in New York (photo credit, Ileana Jiménez). In the spring of 1994 during my first year in college, Cherríe Moraga changed my life forever. Her essay “A Long Line of Vendidas” from *Loving in the War Years* gave me the langua... more »
Ed Notes Online: youth justice event, Saturday February 23rd
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Ed Notes Online: youth justice event, Saturday February 23rd: youth justice event, Saturday February 23rd by ed notes online *We are having a large event this upcoming Saturday 2/23 to promote our work to raise the age of criminal responsibility in New York- currently we are one of only two states in the whole nation where all 16 and 17 year olds in the justice system are treated as adults. --- Gabrielle Prisco* Gabrielle is the daughter of our pals Gene and Loretta Prisco who have been part of the teacher union political movement since I met them c. 1971. Amongst the founders of... more »
Schools Matter: Corporate Welfare King, Reed Hastings, Offers Up Another Hollywood Propaganda Film Promoting Corporate Ed Deform
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Schools Matter: Corporate Welfare King, Reed Hastings, Offers Up Another Hollywood Propaganda Film Promoting Corporate Ed Deform: Corporate Welfare King, Reed Hastings, Offers Up Another Hollywood Propaganda Film Promoting Corporate Ed Deform by Jim Horn It's fronted by Reed Hastings and called House of Cards, which would a perfect title if it were about the underpinnings of corporate education reform, but, alas, it is not. Clips fromMinnPost: . . . According to Ed Week, the fictional version is a cudgel with which Francis “Frank” Underwood pummels those who get in his way: “De... more »
Will The Speaker step down if Lisa is elected governor? « Fred Klonsky
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Will The Speaker step down if Lisa is elected governor? « Fred Klonsky: Will The Speaker step down if Lisa is elected governor? by Fred Klonsky [image: Illinois%20House%20of%20Representatives%20Speaker%20Michael%20Madigan%20and%20daughter%20Attorney%20General%20Lisa%20Madigan%20in%202009.%20%28Alex%20Garcia%2C%20Chicago%20Tribune%29] Illinois House of Representatives Speaker Michael Madigan and daughter Attorney General Lisa Madigan in 2009. (Alex Garcia, Chicago Tribune) Will Madigan step down if his step-daughter is elected governor? A long-time veteran of pension wars told me this... more »
Mark Naison: Why I am Coming to Occupy DOE 2.0: The Battle for Public Schools | United Opt Out National
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Mark Naison: Why I am Coming to Occupy DOE 2.0: The Battle for Public Schools | United Opt Out National: Mark Naison: Why I am Coming to Occupy DOE 2.0: The Battle for Public Schools by admin I am coming to Washington because our public education system is being systematically dismantled by people whose power derives solely from the unprecedented concentration of wealth in a small number of hands. Without the Gates, the Broads, the Waltons, the Bloombergs and the hedge fund executives, the three bulwarks of current Education Reform policy- privatization, universal testing and sch... more »
Call for tolerance training in Minneapolis schools after spat becomes 300-person brawl | The Raw Story
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Call for tolerance training in Minneapolis schools after spat becomes 300-person brawl | The Raw Story: Call for tolerance training in Minneapolis schools after spat becomes 300-person brawl By Stephen C. Webster Monday, February 18, 2013 13:12 EST [image: Print Friendly] Share on facebookShare on redditShare on diggShare on twitterShare on farkShare on stumbleupon1 [image: Police on the campus of South High School in Minneapolis. Photo: Screenshot via The Star Ledger.] Topics: Minneapolis high school ♦ Minneapolis South High School ♦ William Palmer A Minnesota-based Muslim grou... more »
The Parasites known as Charter Schools - Wait, What?
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
The Parasites known as Charter Schools - Wait, What?: The Parasites known as Charter Schools by jonpelto Bruce Baker is a Professor at Rutgers’ Graduate School of Education at Rutgers. He is considered one of the nation’s foremost experts on school financing. He has written extensively on the subject, including serving as a lead author of the definitive graduate text book called Financing Education Systems. He is also the author of a blog called School Finance 101. A couple of days ago Baker posted a “MUST READ” article on his blog that drives home one of the most important po... more »
ePortfolio Templates for Teachers & Leaders | Connected Principals
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
ePortfolio Templates for Teachers & Leaders | Connected Principals: ePortfolio Templates for Teachers & Leaders by Joe Mazza Image credit: danblackleadership.info Here in Pennsylvania, we’re transitioning to a new evaluation system for educators. The “Educator Effectiveness Project” was designed for teachers, educational specialists, and principals. The system includes a method to assess teaching and leadership practice as well as multiple measures aimed assess that educators, through best practice, have demonstrated a positive impact on student achievement. *The following two ePor... more »
Jersey Jazzman: More Paterson School Chicanery
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: More Paterson School Chicanery: More Paterson School Chicanery by Duke *Lou Costello, yes! State control, no!* The City of Paterson, New Jersey, is very lucky to have a journalist keeping an eye on the nonsense being imposed on its school system by the reformy NJDOE. Joe Malinconico's posts for *The Alternative Press*, an independent hyper-local, are invaluable for unlocking the secrets of the "reforms" that are being implemented by Commissioner Chris Cerf and his merry band of Broad Foundation-backed interns and consultants. Here are another couple of pearls Mali... more »
A New Direction for NY Schools! - NY-GPS
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
A New Direction for NY Schools! - NY-GPS: #EduElection Weekly news, analysis and insight on what has failed in NYC public schools under Mayor Bloomberg and what success under the next Mayor should look like.*Quote of the week*: “School means accepting any and all students and figuring out the situation that works best for them, but the system we currently work under presumes guilt, error, fault. Let’s fix this, not simply with a reform that shifts chairs, but shifts attitudes.” - *Jose Vilson, Teacher * *Upcoming events:* 1) TWU Mayoral Forum on T... more »
The future of NYC public schools is a battleground for the 2013 mayoral election. Is anyone paying attention to what actually works in schools? Policy Hub | A+ NYC
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Policy Hub | A+ NYC: The future of NYC public schools is a battleground for the 2013 mayoral election. Is anyone paying attention to what actually works in schools? In recent years, public education has become a flashpoint of civic debate in New York City and nationally. Battles about standardized testing, charter schools, school closings and the role of teachers’ unions have dominated the policy arena and the media. But unfortunately, the extensive body of research documenting successful educational strategies in this country and internationally is often invisible. The A+ NYC Pol... more »
Professor: Why Teach For America can’t recruit in my classroom
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Professor: Why Teach For America can’t recruit in my classroom: Professor: Why Teach For America can’t recruit in my classroom Posted by Valerie Strauss on February 18, 2013 at 11:15 am - [image: Smaller Text] [image: Larger Text] Text Size - Print - Reprints - Share: - - - More » [image: Wendy Kopp] TFA founder Wendy Kopp **Teach For America is an organization that recruits new college graduates, gives them five weeks of training in a summer institute and then places them in some of America’s neediest schools, with only a two-year commitment. When it started... more »
UPDATE: Modern School: Bay Area Air Sickening and Killing Kids
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Modern School: Bay Area Air Sickening and Killing Kids: Bay Area Air Sickening and Killing Kids by Michael Dunn Richmond, CA (image from Flickr, by bionicteaching)The wonderfully clear and sunny days the San Francisco Bay Area experienced during January and early February were also “spare the air” days because of the high levels of smog—also typical of Bay Area winters (at least lately). This is because the Bay Area is home to several oil refineries in Richmond and West Contra Costa County, as well as numerous other polluting chemical and industrial facilities along the waterfron... more »
Not What They Signed Up For? International students complain about the quality of education at an unaccredited California institution | Inside Higher Ed
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
International students complain about the quality of education at an unaccredited California institution | Inside Higher Ed: Not What They Signed Up For? February 18, 2013 - 3:00am By Elizabeth Redden When Albert Anarwat applied to the for-profit Aristotle University, in California, the Ghanaian student said he asked the university if the institution was accredited. Not only was he told yes, he said, but he also was told that if the university was not accredited, “How could they get a SEVIS number” – SEVIS being the federal Student and Exchange Visitor Information System. In othe... more »
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: No 'even playing field' for FL charters
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: No 'even playing field' for FL charters: No 'even playing field' for FL charters by Mike Klonsky Florida parent activist Rita Solnet did this interesting little research project. *Out of curiosity, I googled "successful charter schools" and "failing charter schools." About 20,200 results (0.22 seconds) related to "successful charter schools". About 76,600 results (0.23 seconds) related to "failing charter schools."* Rita posts on FB: * In 8 yrs, PBC *[Palm Beach County]* opened up 57 charters. In 8 yrs, 23 of those charters closed. That money that w... more »
The Official Schedule for Occupy DOE 2.0: The Battle for Public Schools Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: *To Help Save & Improve Public Education... Join Us In Washington, DC April 4 to 7, 2013!!* Contact: INFO@UNITEDOPTOUT.COM The Official Schedule for Occupy DOE 2.0: The Battle for Public Schools ** *Today, January 21st, 2013, is a remarkable day in history – a day that pays tribute to leadership, civil rights, and the power found in the voice of each individual. * *In his second inaugural address, President Obama declared, “You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time – not only ... more »
Another Bush Chief For Change, Another Misinformation Campaign | Scathing Purple Musings
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Another Bush Chief For Change, Another Misinformation Campaign | Scathing Purple Musings: Another Bush Chief For Change, Another Misinformation Campaign by Bob Sikes It appears that another one of Bush’s Chiefs for Change, Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barresi, is on a similar state-wide tour to advance another Bush policy. And like Robinson in Florida last year, Barresi is spinning to protect his agenda. From the editors of *Tulsa World*: You need a scorecard to keep track of the outrages coming out of state Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barre... more »
There should be federal money to study how the brain of Representative Robyn Gabel works. « Fred Klonsky
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There should be federal money to study how the brain of Representative Robyn Gabel works. « Fred Klonsky: There should be federal money to study how the brain of Representative Robyn Gabel works. by Fred Klonsky [image: gray1197_custom-ff1c0fc05916713c53df19f3ec1871f244aa86c1-s6-c10] A story in the NY Times this morning reports that the Obama administration is proposing a decade-long study of the human brain costing $3 billion dollars. Composed of roughly 100 billion neurons that each electrically “spike” in response to outside stimuli, as well as in vast ensembles based on consci... more
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