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Independent Learning | Cooperative Catalyst

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Independent Learning | Cooperative Catalyst: Independent Learning by Tara S (Cross Posted from Life’s About the Journey) I saw this video on “The Independent Project” thanks to a shout out from my old principal Mr. Adams. Within minutes of checking out the premise of the project, their website and this video, I was fascinated and frankly, hooked. I think the idea behind a self motivated school situated inside a public school (a form that lends itself to more open learning if utilized to its full extent) is brilliant. That a bunch of interested students took focused time to work on... more »

Editorial: Florida needs no advice from Jeb Bush on education... | www.palmbeachpost.com

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Editorial: Florida needs no advice from Jeb Bush on education... | www.palmbeachpost.com: Editorial: Florida needs no advice from Jeb Bush on education policy By Jac Versteeg Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Former Gov. Jeb Bush has an undeserved reputation as an education reformer. Florida’s recent education progress has come not from implementing Mr. Bush’s policies but from cleaning up after them. Mr. Bush has been visiting legislators in Tallahassee to talk about education policy. Get out the mops and buckets. Taxpayers also should reach for their wallets, since the former governo... more »

Ed Notes Online: Feb. 27, 4PM - MORE Pres. Cand Cavanagh at Murry Bergtraum HS

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Ed Notes Online: Feb. 27, 4PM - MORE Pres. Cand Cavanagh at Murry Bergtraum HS: Feb. 27, 4PM - MORE Pres. Cand Cavanagh at Murry Bergtraum HS from Ed Notes Online by ed notes online *Julie Cavanagh, candidate for President of the UFT, @ Murry Bergtraum High School this Weds, 3:30 - 5:30 PM.* * * See her on MSNBC fighting for teacher rights and public education. [image: Inline image 1] Orginally booked as a debate between Cavanagh and Mulgrew (who ignored requests to participate).

Misleading media and public, Malloy Administration’s legislation to “Reform SERC” exempts agency from bidding laws - Wait, What?

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Misleading media and public, Malloy Administration’s legislation to “Reform SERC” exempts agency from bidding laws - Wait, What?: Misleading media and public, Malloy Administration’s legislation to “Reform SERC” exempts agency from bidding laws by jonpelto It is a move that George Orwell would be proud of; Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor, the State Board of Education and the Malloy Administration recently explained that they were proposing a new law to ensure transparency and force the State Education Resource Center (SERC) to follow the state’s bidding laws. However, the pro... more »

“….Already Lawmakers are Climbing Back in the Sack with Charter School Business Interests” | Scathing Purple Musings

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“….Already Lawmakers are Climbing Back in the Sack with Charter School Business Interests” | Scathing Purple Musings: “….Already Lawmakers are Climbing Back in the Sack with Charter School Business Interests” by Bob Sikes Here’s a bit from this morning’s column by the *Tampa Bay Times *John Romano: Theoretically, the role of a state legislator is simple. You are in Tallahassee to look out for the people back home. Special interest groups, lobbyists, political parties? In a perfect world, that’s just drama and noise. And yet here we are, just about a week before the Legislature is... more »

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 2-24-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

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Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] How Pearson’s Connections Academy Cheated a Blind Student by dianerav Online charter schools are, with few exceptions a sham. They waste taxpayer dollars and, worse, they waste students’ lives. Here is an especially egregious example. Pearson’s Connections Academy graduated a blind student who could Are Your Students Tested to Despair? by dianerav If you answered yes, click on this website that is fighting the testing madness in the schools. Share your stories... more »

Ungrateful Bastards – @ the chalk face

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Ungrateful Bastards – @ the chalk face: Ungrateful Bastards by wendihmhee There has been a lot of unnecessary hand-wringing surrounding the results of the MetLife Survey of the American Teacher which found that teacher job satisfaction has reached an all-time low. Let’s look at the data from a different perspective. Nearly forty percent of teachers LOVE their work. To which I say, “And why shouldn’t they?” Thanks to me and other education reformers, working conditions for teachers have steadily been improving for more than a decade. For example, teachers have the honor and pleas... more »

Does school reform perpetuate inequity?

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Does school reform perpetuate inequity?: Does school reform perpetuate inequity? Posted by Valerie Strauss on February 24, 2013 at 5:00 am - [image: Smaller Text] [image: Larger Text] Text Size - Print - Reprints - Share: - - - More » [image: unequal-shares]Many critics of modern school reform say that while reform efforts are intended to close achievement gaps and provide equitable educational experiences for all students, they are having the opposite effect. Here’s that argument by Paul Thomas, an associate professor of education at Furman University in S... more »

Ed Notes Online: Video: CTU chief of staff and founder of CORE, Jackson Potter, speaks on "Lessons of the Chicago Teachers Strike"

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Ed Notes Online: Video: CTU chief of staff and founder of CORE, Jackson Potter, speaks on "Lessons of the Chicago Teachers Strike": Video: CTU chief of staff and founder of CORE, Jackson Potter, speaks on "Lessons of the Chicago Teachers Strike" by ed notes online In an incisive video, Jackson Potter covers many of the issues we face here in NYC. The old union leadership in Chicago, much as Unity here in NYC, had the attitude that the members don't care and act accordingly. Top-down, lack of democracy, a sense of helplessness -- listen to Jackson as he describes the visit of a uni... more »

District Reforms Past and Present: An Interpretation (Part 3) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

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District Reforms Past and Present: An Interpretation (Part 3) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: District Reforms Past and Present: An Interpretation (Part 3) by larrycuban There is no Google map for reformers to follow in turning around low-performing classrooms, schools, and districts. Nor have researchers been better than MapQuest. They have plotted out multiple (and conflicting) routes to the what and how of school reform. As I have pointed out in Parts 1 and 2, reform-minded policymakers, past and present, have jumped around searching for the best unit of... more »

Troubled area loses its heart in closing - Education - The Sacramento Bee

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Troubled area loses its heart in closing - Education - The Sacramento Bee: Troubled area loses its heart in closing By Phillip Reese preese@sacbee.com Published: Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 - 12:00 am | Page 1A Fruit Ridge Elementary outlasted the Great Depression, two World Wars, the encroachment of urban Sacramento, dozens of principals and hundreds of teachers. But it couldn't overcome the deep, systematic problems reshaping the entire Sacramento City Unified School District. The south Sacramento school, opened in 1911, will close at the end of this school year, along with six other n... more »

NYC Educator: The Coolest Thing About Being Reformy

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NYC Educator: The Coolest Thing About Being Reformy: The Coolest Thing About Being Reformy by NYC Educator When Joel Klein left his job as NYC Schools Chancellor, he landed in a big old pile of cash, working for none other than extreme right-wing Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch. This certainly beats working for a living, and even beats being Bloomberg's mouthpiece while pretending to put "Children First. Always." As head of Amplify, Klein can devote his attention to selling crap we don't need to schools, and raking in a tidy profit for Rupey, who simply cannot amass enough money. An... more »

First World Education Problems in Detroit (Part II, Catherine Ferguson Academy) - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

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First World Education Problems in Detroit (Part II, Catherine Ferguson Academy) - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: First World Education Problems in Detroit (Part II, Catherine Ferguson Academy) by Nancy Flanagan School closing protests--a first-world ed-problem, if there ever was one--are everywhere these days. In crumbling rust-belt urban centers and leafy suburbs, we're closing, consolidating, belt-tightening. It's hard to argue with population migration--Detroit lost a quarter of its citizens in the last decade--or for keeping every beloved neighborhood schoo... more »

State must take serious look at school funding (according to Wendy Lecker) - Wait, What?

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State must take serious look at school funding (according to Wendy Lecker) - Wait, What?: State must take serious look at school funding (according to Wendy Lecker) by jonpelto It is time for a real, serious and honest look at Connecticut’s school funding crisis, not the cop-out version that has been recently proposed as part of Connecticut’s budget plan. Fellow pro-public education blogger and commentator, Wendy Lecker, has another “MUST READ” column this week in the Stamford Advocate, CT Post and the other newspapers that are part of the Hearst Connecticut Media Group. You can ... more »

Northwest Philly community fights to keep three 'anchor institutions' open in Germantown | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

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Northwest Philly community fights to keep three 'anchor institutions' open in Germantown | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Northwest Philly community fights to keep three 'anchor institutions' open in Germantownby thenotebook on Feb 23 2013 Posted in Latest news ="" style="color: rgb(76, 153, 72); cursor: pointer; float: left; padding: 0px 2px;">Share on email COMMENTS (0)PRINT Photo: Nat Hamilton/NewsWorks School Reform Commission Chair Pedro Ramos listens to testimony on day two of the school-closing hearings. *by Aaron Moselle* The Philadelphia School District's plan to close... more »

State Assessment Results: “It Just Doesn’t Matter” – @ the chalk face

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State Assessment Results: “It Just Doesn’t Matter” – @ the chalk face: State Assessment Results: “It Just Doesn’t Matter” by Chris Cerrone Even though we opted our oldest out of the third grade state assessments last year, an error occurred and her blank math test answer form was scanned and sent on to the New York State Education Department. As a result, we received a Parent Report from NYSED via our school. I am glad this occurred because it helped me to see the actual report for the first time. We informed the school and my child’s score will not count towards the school’s rat... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Greedy, Overpaid NJ Teachers

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Jersey Jazzman: Greedy, Overpaid NJ Teachers: Greedy, Overpaid NJ Teachers by Duke *And it's pretty damn ugly right now.* Remember when Chris Christie used to run up and down New Jersey complaining about "*... the teachers union demanding raises at 4 to 5 times the rate of inflation...*"? Remember when I was one of the few places you couldgo to regularly find out this was absolutely ridiculous? Remember when I repeatedly wrote that the notion of "overpaid teachers" with "gold-plated benefits" was transparently idiotic? Good times... So, how is the allegedly greedy, overpaid teac... more »

Diane in the Evening 2-23-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

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Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Goliath Collects Millions in Los Angeles Race by garyrubinstein Monica Garcia is president of the Los Angeles school board and Superintendent John Deasy ‘s strong supporter in Los Angeles. He supports charter schools and evaluating teacgers by test scores. Los Angeles has more charters than any other city in the nation. They have little supervision. They get public money to do as they please (in reformer-speak, that is called “innovation”). Garcia’s friends do not want to take any chances. Here are the latest ... more »

Teachbad’s Secret Project | Mr. Teachbad

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Teachbad’s Secret Project | Mr. Teachbad: Teachbad’s Secret Project by teachbad For all the right reasons, I am trying to write a book about teaching in the modern era. I’ve been working on it for a long time and now it’s getting a little more serious. I don’t have anything to post because I’ve been working on that, so I’m going to give you a little taste of the book proposal. This is the first page; where I must grab a publisher’s attention so completely that she is compelled to read the second page. See what you think. (Maybe add a comment about what a great ide... more »

The Weekly Update: NPEC gives out the Bunkum Awards for bad studies, Duncan gets an “F” on education equity, Edushyter’s Eduttantes and much, much more | Seattle Education

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The Weekly Update: NPEC gives out the Bunkum Awards for bad studies, Duncan gets an “F” on education equity, Edushyter’s Eduttantes and much, much more | Seattle Education: The Weekly Update: NPEC gives out the Bunkum Awards for bad studies, Duncan gets an “F” on education equity, Edushyter’s Eduttantes and much, much more by seattleducation2011 [image: A protester at the Rhee event in Seattle.] A protester at the Rhee event in Seattle. We definitely had a better time outside than the audience did inside on Tuesday evening at the Rhee event. In fact, some members of the audience, a... more »

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Voucher Expansion: “Walker’s voucher plan goes too far, too fast” | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Voucher Expansion: “Walker’s voucher plan goes too far, too fast” | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Voucher Expansion: “Walker’s voucher plan goes too far, too fast” by millerlf http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/walkers-voucher-plan-goes-too-far-too-fast-ee8rbqm-191911461.html We urge the Legislature to substantially modify the governor’s plan or kill it outright. Feb. 19, 2013 MJS Editorial We have long supported choice in public education. We still believe that, despite its flaws, the Milwaukee Parental Ch... more »

Engaging Parents In School… » My Best Posts On Parent “Academies” & “Universities”

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Engaging Parents In School… » My Best Posts On Parent “Academies” & “Universities”: My Best Posts On Parent “Academies” & “Universities” by Larry Ferlazzo Parent “universities” or “academies” seem to be all the rage these days, with school districts organizing these trainings typically to help parents understand how the school works. I’ve written plenty of posts about these types of programs, and have been critical of many of them. They tend to fall on the parent “involvement” side of things instead of the “engagement” side. Parents usually don’t participate in determining their ... more »

Blue Jersey:: NJ Education Round-Up for 2/23/13

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Blue Jersey:: NJ Education Round-Up for 2/23/13: NJ Education Round-Up for 2/23/13 by Jersey Jazzman *Here's the plan: each Saturday, I'll have a round-up of the week's education news in New Jersey. I'm hoping this is the place all you non-eduwonky "dirty hippies" go to get your Garden State education news in one easily digestible post.Of course, I will be shamelessly linking to my own blog, Jersey Jazzman. But I'll also be relying heavily onMother Crusader's Darcie Cimarusti, NJ Farmer Blog's Bob Grundfest, the Education Law Center's News Page,NJ Spotlight, Rutgers professor Br... more »

Tested to Despair (and mad as @#$%) | EduShyster

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Tested to Despair (and mad as @#$%) | EduShyster: Tested to Despair (and mad as @#$%) by edushyster2012 The best thing about writing an anonymous snarky edu-blog is that you hear from so many interesting people. Just yesterday, for example, I was complimented on my excellent writing style, “just like JD Sallinger,” by someone named Shanghai Escort. Thank you sir (madame?), or should I say 謝謝? Every once in a while I hear from someone who is not offering a product to enhance my organs. Such was the case with the public school teacher whom I’ll call Mr. Mell. EduShyster premium reade... more »

Lame Duck Schools | Cooperative Catalyst

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Lame Duck Schools | Cooperative Catalyst: Lame Duck Schools by Brooksy Boy * * There’s a regular occurrence in politics where elected officials have neared the end of their tenure either by reaching the limit of their allowed term/s or being defeated in re-election bids. Their successors have already been chosen, but before the looming takeover the old guard continues to serve in office. This awkward transition period can lead to a focus on the future that disempowers those operating in the present. George W. Bush experienced this “lame duck” phenomenon acutely before vaca... more »

Saturday coffee. | Fred Klonsky

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Saturday coffee. | Fred Klonsky: Saturday coffee. by Fred Klonsky Popout. Ten days ago I was having a catheter shoved through my major artery to check on the condition of my heart. The results showed that I have a good heart and clear arteries. Yesterday I had my annual physical and thanks to *Mike the trainer*, my new-found love of the gym and no access to the sweets that were always available in the teacher’s lounge, I am down twelve pounds from a year ago. *Mike the doctor *said I could stop taking two of my drugs. Anne and I celebrated by having dinner at Crosby’s Kitchen on Sou... more »

Should cursive writing be required? A N.C. bill would mandate it

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Should cursive writing be required? A N.C. bill would mandate it: Should cursive writing be required? A N.C. bill would mandate it Posted by Valerie Strauss on February 23, 2013 at 10:14 am - [image: Smaller Text] [image: Larger Text] Text Size - Print - Reprints - Share: - - - More » [image: (By Darwin Weigel/The Calvert…)] (By Darwin Weigel/The Calvert Recorder) Are we headed to a “back to basics” movement? A bill actually called “Back to Basics” in the North Carolina House of Representatives would make cursive writing part of the curriculum for elementary... more »

I’m going to critique the #stuvoice, so bear with me here – @ the chalk face

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I’m going to critique the #stuvoice, so bear with me here – @ the chalk face: I’m going to critique the #stuvoice, so bear with me here by Chalk Face, PhD [image: @TCF on Blog Talk Radio] There’s something I need to get off my chest, and that’s what a blog is for, correct? In recent months, a particular student has been thrust into the spotlight as a passionate advocate for progressive values in education. This young person, who is of high school age, wrote a book about it. Upon completing high school early, this individual is now touring the country, giving speeches, and writing... more »

MORNING UPDATE: LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 2-23-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

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Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Duncan Press Secretary Working for Rupert Murdoch by dianerav Justin Hamilton, who recently stepped down as Arne Duncan’s press secretary, has accepted an executive position at Rupert Murdoch’s Amplify. This division, headed by Joel Klein, sells technology to the schools. This is funny, because last May I had a Twitter debate with Justin about the role of entrepreneurs in education. I didn’t see much good coming from injecting the profit motive into schooling, ... more »

This is Your Brain on Test Scores

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This is Your Brain on Test Scores: This is Your Brain on Test Scores by Sam There are two seemingly unrelated columns in today’s Opinion page of the *New York Times* that provide a crisp summary of where we stand in our current thinking about school reform — and where we need to go. The first is a piece about charter schools in New York City, in which the editors reference “a national studyfinding that only 17 percent of charter schools offered students a better education, as measured by test scores, and that an astounding 37 percent offered a worse one.” This is not the first tim... more »

Overheard at KIPP | Gary Rubinstein's Blog

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Overheard at KIPP | Gary Rubinstein's Blog: Overheard at KIPP by Gary Rubinstein In November I visited the KIPP high school in New York City and wrote about it. Trying to be diplomatic and maybe even be invited to come back some time, I left out some things that I wanted to write about. More recently, I reached out to the two founders of KIPP in one of my open letters and was kind of disappointed that they did not respond to it. I also had tried to make that letter pretty tame and easy to respond to, and both Dave and Mike did write back to me that they got the letter, but it ... more »

Dangerous Talk – @ the chalk face

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Dangerous Talk – @ the chalk face: Dangerous Talk by Barbara Madeloni Talking is dangerous. Jesse Hagopian, a teacher leader from Garfield High School, says that their boycott, “began with a conversation in the teacher’s lounge.” In the fall of 2011 I found myself in many conversations with people I had never before met. Conversations about economic justice, about the possibilities for and nature of change, about racism, about schooling and about democracy. I had these conversations in Zuccotti Park, at Occupy Springfield Massachusetts, at Pulaski Park in my hometown of Northampt... more »

Does the state law being used against DeKalb board cede too much power to SACS? | Get Schooled

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Does the state law being used against DeKalb board cede too much power to SACS? | Get Schooled: Does the state law being used against DeKalb board cede too much power to SACS? by Maureen Downey In his passionate closing statement before the state Board of Education on Thursday, attorney Bob Wilson hearkened to fallen soldiers, the flag and the Constitution in an effort to save the jobs of his clients, veteran DeKalb County school board members “I look at that flag back there and I think about the young men and now the young women who lost their lives defending it. For what? Freed... more »

Ed Notes Online: MS 80 - Bronx Parents Need Your Help - 2/28 Rally

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Ed Notes Online: MS 80 - Bronx Parents Need Your Help - 2/28 Rally: MS 80 - Bronx Parents Need Your Help - 2/28 Rally by ed notes online Hi brothers and sisters This goes out on behalf of one of our Bronx parents. We could really use your support in this. Bronx community groups and parents will be holding a rally in support of MS 80 parents. MS 80 really suffering under this new principal Emmanuel Polanco. MS 80 was one of the schools slated to close last year, however the community at large fought to keep the school open. The DOE assigned a new principal to the school, a pri... more »

Nueva y simple herramienta da calificaciones a universidades de EEUU - Univision Vida y Familia

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Nueva y simple herramienta da calificaciones a universidades de EEUU - Univision Vida y Familia: Nueva y simple herramienta da calificaciones a universidades de EEUU Univision.com | Fecha: 02/13/2013 - Imprimir - A+ A- - - - - - Enviar [image: College Scorecard] El Gobierno lanzó una nueva "tarjeta de calificaciones" para orientar a los estudiantes sobre dónde pueden obtener mejor educación por su dinero. *- GobiernoUSA.gov* Enlaces Relacionados Consejos para solicitar FAFSA Ayuda financiera para estudiar Opciones para pagar la universidad para estudiantes ... more »

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 2-23-13

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*4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:* *4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT* Election 2013/The best democracy money can buy: COULD A SINGLE SCHOOL BOARD RACE DETERMINE LAUSD'S FUTURE? + DONATIONS FROM INDEPENDENT GROUPS SHAPING CITY, LAUSD ELECTIONS smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 7 hours ago Could a single school board race determine LAUSD's future? Vanessa Romo | Take Two | 89.3 KPCC | http://bit.ly/ZyKQE2 Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC - L.A. Unified School District board member Steve Zimmer outside the home of a high school dropout. He and other edu... more »

This Week's Education Research Report 2-23-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

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Education Research Report: *THIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORT* * * Not mixing genders in high-school classes = long-run gains Jonathan Kantrowitz at Education Research Report - 11 minutes ago In most European and North American countries women have overtaken men in college graduation rates. Nevertheless, a striking gender gap persists in the salaries of men and women, even when they are highly educated – and even if the overall gap has, in fact, narrowed in some nations (Black and Spitz-Oener 2007). One important reason for that gap is that men and women choose different college... more »

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… 2-23-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF

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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL *LARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAY* *LOOK FOR MY UPCOMING BOOK IN MARCH, 2013*[image: Ferlazzo200(1)] "Self-Driven Learning: Teaching Strategies for Student Motivation" will be a sequel to"Helping Students Motivate Themselves" “Quandary” Is A Cool Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Game Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 8 hours ago Quandary is a neat online game/choose your own adventure story that is can work well as a tool for English language development (see Digital Play for an ELL lesson pla... more »

Daily Kos: Saturday morning reflection - encouraging risk taking by students

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Daily Kos: Saturday morning reflection - encouraging risk taking by students: Saturday morning reflection - encouraging risk taking by students by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) I am offering this reflection at the strong suggestion of my beloved spouse, Leaves on the Current, who says it is one of the most important principles underlying my own teaching. To me the greatest failure of our current approach to educational reform is by and large we discourage students from taking intellectual risks. We condition them to fear being wrong. In one sense this is not surprising - look a... more »

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