Friday, February 8, 2013

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Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Recognizing National School Counseling Week, Feb. 4-8, 2013 | U.S. Department of Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 6 minutes ago
Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Recognizing National School Counseling Week, Feb. 4-8, 2013 | U.S. Department of Education: Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Recognizing National School Counseling Week, Feb. 4-8, 2013 FEBRUARY 8, 2013 *Contact: * Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan issued the following statement today, recognizing National School Counseling Week, Feb. 4-8, 2013. Every day, caring and dedicated professionals across this country engage in the often unrecognized work of schoo... more »

Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee funds right-wingers who push anti-gun-control, anti-LGBT, anti-middle-class agenda - NY-GPS

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 15 minutes ago
Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee funds right-wingers who push anti-gun-control, anti-LGBT, anti-middle-class agenda - NY-GPS: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee funds right-wingers who push anti-gun-control, anti-LGBT, anti-middle-class agenda Posted by New Yorkers for Great Public Schools (Ny Gps) 136pc on February 05, 2013 · Flag (NY, NY)--Today, on the national release of Michelle Rhee's new book, *Radical: Fighting to Put Students First,* New Yorkers for Great Public Schools (NY-GPS) a citywide coalition of thousands of parents, teachers, students, and community leaders, rele... more »

Joy Resmovits: Arne Duncan Defends NCLB Waivers, Texas Testing Reduction? Ed Today

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 24 minutes ago
Joy Resmovits: Arne Duncan Defends NCLB Waivers, Texas Testing Reduction? Ed Today: Arne Duncan Defends NCLB Waivers, Texas Testing Reduction? Ed Today by Joy Resmovits *Arne Takes The Stand* As we reported yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan faced both praise and skepticism yesterday as he testified before a Senate oversight hearing on his No Child Left Behind waivers. In the spirit of non-jargony brevity, and because it's Friday, we give you some choice quotes from the hearing: - "We do have a responsibility to set a high bar to protect the interests of s... more »

NEA President Dennis Van Roekel Sends Letter to President Obama on State of the Union | NEA Today

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 27 minutes ago
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel Sends Letter to President Obama on State of the Union | NEA Today: NEA President Dennis Van Roekel Sends Letter to President Obama on State of the Union by twalker NEA President Dennis Van Roekel today *sent a letter to President Barack Obama about his upcoming State of the Union Address*. The letter outlines three “opportunity” principles that educators believe should guide the president’s second term agenda as well as specific policy priorities that will go a long way towards fulfilling the ambitious and bold agenda president Obama outlined duri... more »

Eduwonky » Disorganization? Why Short Term Unionization Wins In Charters Creates A Long-Term Union Problem

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 38 minutes ago
Eduwonky » Blog Archive » Disorganization? Why Short Term Unionization Wins In Charters Creates A Long-Term Union Problem: Disorganization? Why Short Term Unionization Wins In Charters Creates A Long-Term Union Problem The American Federation of Teachers has successfully organized another charter school, this time in Michigan so some symbolism given everything that’s been happening there. It’s always big news when they win one of these (although the decertifications of unions in charters get less attention for some reason). Anyway, this one is interesting because it highlights ... more »

what is up with red shirting - my sidewalk chalk blog - nyc school help

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 41 minutes ago
what is up with red shirting - my sidewalk chalk blog - nyc school help: what is up with red shirting by joyce Red Shirting is the practice of holding late birthday kids back so that they benefit from being the oldest in the class. There is always heated debate about if it is really a good idea or not. My kids (girls) have late Nov. birthdays and I was clueless -and desperate to get them into free kindergarten. They started K as old fours and never looked back. In general, someone has to be the youngest, no matter what the cutoff date. It is very important that there not be too lar... more »

Modern School: Teachers Murdered in Southern Thai War for Independence

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 42 minutes ago
Modern School: Teachers Murdered in Southern Thai War for Independence: Teachers Murdered in Southern Thai War for Independence Nearly 160 teachers have been killed in Thailand’s deep south in its sectarian battle for independence, often in front of students, the Teacher Solidarity Website reports. In a recent incident, a principal and teacher were killed in front of 75 elementary school students. In December, teachers went on strike to demand better security. The violence is part of a decades-long struggle for independence by the Malay-Muslim population in Thailand’s south. Du... more »

MMAC Calls for a New Orleans-style “Recovery District” for MPS Low-performing Schools « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 45 minutes ago
MMAC Calls for a New Orleans-style “Recovery District” for MPS Low-performing Schools « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: MMAC Calls for a New Orleans-style “Recovery District” for MPS Low-performing Schools by millerlf The MMAC is calling for a New Orleans-style “recovery district” for low performing schools in MPS. This district would not be under the MPS board’s jurisdiction and would have a separate superintendent. Following is the MMAC Legislative Update on WisEye, from January 31,2013. Here MMAC representatives describe the “recovery district”: http://www.wiseye.org... more »

Homeless families in our state « Seattle Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 49 minutes ago
Homeless families in our state « Seattle Education: Homeless families in our state [image: poverty is (2)] According to the Seattle Times: *State had more than 27K homeless students last year* *State education officials say the number of homeless students continues to rise.* *More than 27,000 students were reported as homeless in the 2011-12 school year. That number is up about 5 percent from 2010-11 and up nearly 47 percent from the beginning of the recession.* *Districts blame the still struggling job market, the closing of factories and cuts in funding for programs that prevent ho... more »

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 2-8-13 Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Why We Need Public Schools! by dianerav Why do we have public schools? Would we be better off, as certain reformers now think, if everyone had school choice and went to a charter or used a voucher to go to a private or religious school? Do we need public schools? I asked Carol Burris, principal of South Side High School in Rockville Center, New York, how she would answer these questions. How would you answer? This is what Carol wrote: “When I think of the purpose of public schooling I always think of Dewey’s... more »

New charter school report: Success or failure set by year three | Get Schooled

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
New charter school report: Success or failure set by year three | Get Schooled: New charter school report: Success or failure set by year three by Maureen Downey Interesting study on charter school successes and failures: A new report by Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes found that charter schools, as they age or replicate into networks, are very likely to continue the patterns and performance set by their early years of operation, and that for most charter schools their ultimate success or failure can be predicted by year three of a school’s life. ... more »

No Substitute for a Teacher | toteachornototeach

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
No Substitute for a Teacher | toteachornototeach: No Substitute for a Teacher by aristotlethewise *No Substitute for a Teacher* By June Kronholz My son had a new degree and a nine-month unpaid gap in his training as a Marine Corps lieutenant. Please don’t fill it with a job at a liquor warehouse, I asked. Instead, he became a substitute teacher. In the college town where he was living, an astonishing 47 percent of the school district’s 721 teachers were

Another trophy in the case for Long Beach Unified | EdSource Today

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Another trophy in the case for Long Beach Unified | EdSource Today: Another trophy in the case for Long Beach Unified ** February 7th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By John Fensterwald Share on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailShare on print More Sharing Services Long Beach Unified has grabbed another award for excellence. The state’s third-largest school district and winner of the Broad Prize for Urban Education was named Thursday one of the five top school districts in the world by Battelle for Kids, a Columbus, Ohio-based nonprofit organization that counsels school districts on s... more »

Missouri Education Watchdog: Personal Data Collected and Disseminated via Common Core Standards and P20 Pipelines

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Missouri Education Watchdog: Personal Data Collected and Disseminated via Common Core Standards and P20 Pipelines: Personal Data Collected and Disseminated via Common Core Standards and P20 Pipelines by stlgretchen P-20 initiatives connect educational systems for increased student performance, greater efficiency, improved outcomes, and smoother pathways throughout a student's career. These factors are of critical importance in a competitive global economy. The Missouri Department of Higher Education (MDHE) is working on several fronts to help ensure that connections between early c... more »

A Quick Note on Student Voice [Because You Need To Hear It ... Again] | The Jose Vilson

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
A Quick Note on Student Voice [Because You Need To Hear It ... Again] | The Jose Vilson: A Quick Note on Student Voice [Because You Need To Hear It ... Again] by Jose Vilson [image: Everything Is Coming Up Millhouse] Everything Is Coming Up Millhouse A couple of days back, I saw an incident with one of my student ambassadors and a teacher. Nothing to write the Post about, but tempers flared, and misunderstandings ensued. Yelling and consternation spill over to the hallway. Frankly, a huge misunderstanding only inflated by the fact that other adults who felt like pushing the buttons... more »

Daily Kos: Eugene Robinson on Assassination by Remote Control

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Daily Kos: Eugene Robinson on Assassination by Remote Control: Eugene Robinson on Assassination by Remote Control by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) which is the title of his Friday *Washington Post* column. It begins like this: If George W. Bush had told us that the “war on terror” gave him the right to execute a U.S. citizen overseas with a missile fired from a drone aircraft, without due process or judicial review, I’d have gone ballistic. It makes no difference that the president making this chilling claim is Barack Obama. What’s wrong is wrong. This issue has become ever hotte... more »

The Educated Reporter: Under the Microscope: Examining STEM Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
The Educated Reporter: Under the Microscope: Examining STEM Education: Under the Microscope: Examining STEM Education by Emily Richmond I'm at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County today for EWA's seminar for journalists on STEM education. This is a front-burner issue nationally, as politicians and policymakers contend the nation's global competitiveness depends on steering more students successfully into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. We have a jam-packed agenda, including discussion of the implementation of the new Common Core State Standards an... more »

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Does the Times Want BEX to Fail?

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 3 hours ago
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Does the Times Want BEX to Fail?: Does the Times Want BEX to Fail? by Melissa Westbrook Sure looks like it. I was first aware of this with their tepid endorsement of the levies over "leadership." It was an interesting reason because if that had been the issue, then they should have been troubled over many other levies. Then, last Friday, on the news roundup on KUOW, I noted that they had a quick discussion of the levies (and naturally, got a lot wrong but those pundits aren't always very up-to-date on school district facts). Eli Sanders from Th... more »

Schools Matter: Portland Student Unions Support Seattle's Opt Out

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 3 hours ago
Schools Matter: Portland Student Unions Support Seattle's Opt Out: Portland Student Unions Support Seattle's Opt Out by Judy Rabin Here is the place to sign up and support Portland, Oregon students who support Seattle, WA teachers. Who will be next to stand up to the bullies selling "junk" high stakes standardized tests (HSST's) to school districts? Can they fire all the students?Expel them, suspend them, put them in jail? Why are so many students finally just opting out and do these students have any rights? No one knows the answer because it's not on the test. This is important t... more »

NYC Educator: The Back of the Class Kid

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 3 hours ago
NYC Educator: The Back of the Class Kid: The Back of the Class Kid by NYC Educator * by Recovering ATR * I have a student, let's call him Tom, who from day one of my class mastered the art of taciturnity. He's one of those teens for whom speaking is just too much to ask. Silent, back of the class all the time, barely ever cracks a smile. But he did his work and his home work and I figured I should just let him be. He also scored very high scores on all my tests, when the rest of the class was struggling to kick out 65's or 75's. Not a surprise that even though he's in a remedial c... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: How's all this privatization working for you, Rahm?

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 3 hours ago
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: How's all this privatization working for you, Rahm?: How's all this privatization working for you, Rahm? by Mike Klonsky I don't think so.The Skyway, the parking meters, charter schools, and red-light cameras -- all sold off to politically-connected private companies. The result of these get-rich-quick schemes? Some short-term revenue generated at the expense of long-term debt for the city and lower pay for union-less workers. Pockets lined for a handful of friends of the mayor, Boss *Mike Madigan* or Ald. *Eddie Burke*. Charter and cyber schools, ru... more »

Changing the National Narrative About Public Schools...Next Steps | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 12 hours ago
Changing the National Narrative About Public Schools...Next Steps | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Changing the National Narrative About Public Schools...Next Steps [image: Cheryl S. Williams's picture] By Cheryl S. Williams on February 7, 2013 *By Cheryl Williams, Executive Director at Learning First Alliance* *The following post appeared on January 31, 2013, as the final LFA entry in the Transforming Learning Blog on Education Week. For the past year, LFA members have contributed postings to the EdWeek blog on a regular basis. Those wise commentaries are archi... more »

H.R.428: School Meals Reimbursement Rates Comparison Act of 2013 - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 12 hours ago
H.R.428: School Meals Reimbursement Rates Comparison Act of 2013 - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress: H.R.428 - School Meals Reimbursement Rates Comparison Act of 2013 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to report on the cost differences between providing school meals and supplements in each of the territories of the United States and the 50 States and the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.view all titles (2) - Overview - Actions & Votes - News (0) & Blogs (0) - Comments (0) Bill's Views - Today:2 - Past Seven Days:19 - All-Time:47 Introduced Ho... more »

Outside spending pours into L.A. school board race - latimes.com

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 13 hours ago
Outside spending pours into L.A. school board race - latimes.com: Outside spending pours into L.A. school board race [image: Photo: Los Angeles School Board Member Steven Zimmer appears deep in thought as the LAUSD board meets March 2012. Credit: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times] Outside groups are mounting campaigns to influence the outcome of three races for seats on the Los Angeles Board of Education. The outside donations are helping more than one candidate in District 4, which stretches from the Westside to portions of the west San Fernando Valley. That race pits one-term incum... more »

Solidarity with Seattle Teachers and Students Refusing Pointless Standardized Tests! « Classroom Struggle

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 13 hours ago
Solidarity with Seattle Teachers and Students Refusing Pointless Standardized Tests! « Classroom Struggle: Solidarity with Seattle Teachers and Students Refusing Pointless Standardized Tests! by ClassroomStruggle [image: Students have refused to take the MAP test in solidarity with the teachers.] Many students have refused to take the MAP test in solidarity with the teachers. Solidarity with Seattle Teachers and Students Refusing Pointless Standardized Tests! As Classroom Struggle, we would like to send our deep respect and solidarity to the teachers, parents and students resist... more »

Daily Kos: getting a "quick kill" or a "good, clean kill"

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 14 hours ago
Daily Kos: getting a "quick kill" or a "good, clean kill": getting a "quick kill" or a "good, clean kill" by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) is a justification I have on occasion seen used as a justification for weapons like AR-15s while hunting. Except this idea has been addressed before, in the move "The Magic Christian" as you can see here: Popout

Another crazy conspiracy theory? No – it is a blatant attack on teacher pensions and public education in Illinois, Florida and federally. | Reclaim Reform

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 14 hours ago
Another crazy conspiracy theory? No – it is a blatant attack on teacher pensions and public education in Illinois, Florida and federally. | Reclaim Reform: Another crazy conspiracy theory? No – it is a blatant attack on teacher pensions and public education in Illinois, Florida and federally. by kenpreviti There is no “crazy conspiracy theory” behind teacher pension problems. There is a blatant attack on teacher pensions and public education in state after state and federally by well financed politicians. Democrats in Illinois, Republicans in Florida, and Democrapublicans at the ... more »

Duncan to Congress: War on Public Education is Working | ED.gov Blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 15 hours ago
Duncan to Congress: Giving States Flexibility is Working | ED.gov Blog: Duncan to Congress: Giving States Flexibility is Working Posted on February 7, 2013 by Cameron Brenchley War on Public Education Drones On States and their schools are breaking free from the restrictions of No Child Left Behind and pursuing new and better ways to prepare and protect all students, Education Secretary Arne Duncan told a Senate committee Thursday. In a hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Duncan promoted the value of providing flexibility to states under th... more »

Long Beach Named Among Top World Districts - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education)

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 15 hours ago
Long Beach Named Among Top World Districts - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): Long Beach Unified Named Among Top Districts in the World SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today congratulated Long Beach Unified School District for being named among five of the world’s highest-performing school systems in the *Global Education Study*conducted by the Ohio-based nonprofit organization Battelle for Kids. "Hats off to Superintendent Christopher Steinhauser and the teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and students of Long Beach Unified School Distri... more »

Followed by @abcte on #twitter, so what is this American Board? – @ the chalk face

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
Followed by @abcte on #twitter, so what is this American Board? – @ the chalk face: Special episode of At the Chalk Face tonight, 9PM EST/6PM PST by Chalk Face, PhD We’ve invited a great guest, which is why the special day and time: Alexia Garcia, student organizer of a Portland boycott of the OAKS test. Probably the best test acronym by far. There’s some information here I’ll quote from Education Week, which is in turn from OregonLive: Alexia Garcia, a Lincoln High School senior, said the tests take away valuable class time and are ultimately unfair measures for both students and... more »

Schools Matter: When Will Justice Go After the Education Frauds?

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
Schools Matter: When Will Justice Go After the Education Frauds?: When Will Justice Go After the Education Frauds? by Judy Rabin The U.S. Justice Department has filed charges against Standard and Poors to recover billions of dollars that were lost and destroyed along with jobs, homes, families, and much needed tax dollars. S&P AAA ratings on "junk" otherwise known as Collagerialized Debt Obligations or Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Credit Default SWAPS, whatever, led to the Great Recession, Depression, financial fiasco, whatever. Ok, it's a start. The $5 billion in penalt... more »

Ruben Brosbe Exposes His Incompetency at MS 331.southbronxschool.com

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Ruben Brosbe Exposes His Incompetency at MS 331 by noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher) Back in July we here at SBSB shared how Ruben Brosbe, famed former E4E fool had gotten a gig using his Harvard Graduate School of Education skills with Citizens Schools NY as the leader of whatever at MS 331 in the Bronx. Recently a someone who had worked closely with Ruben at MS 331 contacted The Crack Team here at SBSB and we commissioned this person to to guest blog for us. Please sit back and enjoy. *First off was his relationship with the senior member of the... more »

Seattle Schools Community Forum: TFA Rolls On

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 17 hours ago
Seattle Schools Community Forum: TFA Rolls On: TFA Rolls On by Melissa Westbrook By the numbers:In an interview on the Huffington Post in December 2012, TFA founder and CEO Wendy Kopp said the following: *"On average, our corps members stay in the classroom for eight years."*Anthony Cody of the Living in Dialogue blog at Ed Week asked for substantiation of this claim because the generally previously accepted number was more like only 10-15% of TFAers stay past their third year. Others doing the math found that one study found that about 40% of TFAers leave after two years and anot... more »

Big Education Ape - SPECIAL Mid Day Banana Break 2-7-13 #soschat #edreform

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 18 hours ago
*Big Education Ape - Mid Day Banana Break* Sacramento Current--School Closures:"Too many Questions, too little time." by Kate_Lenox Cosmos Garvin's must read article raises many important questions about the districts push to close "under-enrolled" schools. The future of district bond measures is one issue that hasn't been talked about much in the debate over the closures. Just a few months ago the district sold voters on approving two bond measures to upgrade school facilities. The district had detailed assessments made of each site to give the public some knowledge of where ... more »

Diane in the Evening 2-7-13 Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
Diane Ravitch's blog: Strange Bedfellows Oppose Common Core in Indiana by dianerav Glenda Ritz, the new State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Indiana, thrashed reform idol Tony Bennett last November. She received more votes than anyone else on the ballot except the Attorney General (she ran ahead of the governor). Tony Bennett, who famously supports free-market solutions to education problems, is an advocate for charters and vouchers, for evaluating teachers by test scores, and for for-profit online corporations and charters. Tony Bennett is one of the nation’s loudes... more »

NYC Public School Parents: Coalition of education, parent & privacy groups protest plan to share confidential student data with Gates-funded corporation

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
NYC Public School Parents: Coalition of education, parent & privacy groups protest plan to share confidential student data with Gates-funded corporation: Coalition of education, parent & privacy groups protest plan to share confidential student data with Gates-funded corporation by Leonie Haimson Education, parent and privacy groups, including the Massachusetts ACLU, the MA state PTA, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, and Citizens for Public Schools, sent a letter today to the MA State Board of Education, protesting the state's plan to share confidential student and ... more »

A Compleat Guide to the Corporate Reform Movement « Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
A Compleat Guide to the Corporate Reform Movement « Diane Ravitch's blog: *A Compleat Guide to the Corporate Reform Movement * Leonie Haimson, who leads Class Size Matters in New York City and was a co-founder of Parents Across America, has worked with other parents and with educators to compile a comprehensive list of corporate reform organizations and to identify the lingo of the reformers. She asks your help in reviewing the list and letting her know about errors and omissions. Review the list of organizations and definitions. You can let her know your thoughts at the email she... more »

National Union Announces Friday Press Event & Grant - LA School Report

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
National Union Announces Friday Press Event & Grant - LA School Report: National Union Announces Friday Press Event & Grant by Samantha Oltman AFT President Randi Weingarten American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten is scheduled to hold a Friday, February 8 press conference at Woodland Hills Academy to announce a $150,000 grant to the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA). The grant is aimed at helping teachers create strong school improvement plans and prevent the need for any additional “parent trigger” actions in LAUSD. Weingarten’s appearance signals the impo...more »

Evan Horn – Enjoying School Like I Do - Student Voice

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Student Voice: Evan Horn – Enjoying School Like I Do by admin There is nothing sweeter than waking up at 7:30 AM on a sunny Saturday morning in September to tailgate with the entire city of Madison, Wisconsin for an 11:00 AM football game. The streets are a sea of red and white football jerseys and face paint, flooded by the distinct smell of brats and loud cheers of its patrons. On game day, no matter where you go or whom you see, they are not only your friend but also your comrade in battle, ready to defend the University of Wisconsin’s honor and reputation, hand in hand with ... more »

February Is National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month — Whole Child Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
February Is National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG [image: Kristen Pekarek]February Is National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month February 7, 2013 by Kristen Pekarek This February whole child partner National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC) and communities across the nation will celebrate National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month. School-based health care centers work to redefine health for kids and teens by providing access to mental health services and oral health care, working to prevent obesit... more »

No Child Left Behind: Early Lessons from State Flexibility Waivers | U.S. Department of Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
No Child Left Behind: Early Lessons from State Flexibility Waivers | U.S. Department of Education: No Child Left Behind: Early Lessons from State Flexibility Waivers *Testimony of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions* FEBRUARY 7, 2013 *Contact: * Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov *(As submitted to the Committee. The Secretary deviated from these remarks.) * Chairman Harkin, Ranking Member Alexander, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for inviting me here today to testify on the flexibility ... more »

Compare Public School Districts by Area, Revenue and Expenditure

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Compare Public School Districts by Area, Revenue and Expenditure:

Your mailman and public schools. – @ the chalk face

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Your mailman and public schools. – @ the chalk face: Your mailman and public schools. by Chris Cerrone [image: @TCF on Blog Talk Radio] I am sure most of you have heard about the U.S. Postal Service looking to cut Saturday delivery to help fight billions of dollars in losses. While techonlogical changes in society have contributed to some of the issues facing the Postal Service I believe that the USPS has been set up for failure. The USPS is mandated to contribute billions of dollars each year for future retirees 75 years in advance. These future postal workers have not even be... more »

SI&A Cabinet Report – Budget bill provides details on accountability and energy money

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Budget bill provides details on accountability and energy money School districts would be required to report how they plan to use state money to meet the needs of disadvantaged students under Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to revamp California’s education finance system. Budget bill provides details on accountability and energy money *By Kimberly Beltran* Thursday, February 07, 2013 School districts would be required to report how they plan to use state money to meet the needs of disadvantaged students under Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to revamp Cali... more »

UPDATE: Voting for the Levies Seattle Schools Community Forum: MAP Boycott Support/Action Rolls On

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Seattle Schools Community Forum: MAP Boycott Support/Action Rolls On: Voting for the Levies by Melissa Westbrook Did you? Still pondering? I hear of virtually no one who is against the Operations Levy. The reality of what the state is NOT providing is clear for all to see. Take 25% of our General Fund away and watch the bottom drop out of our district. But BEX. In case you missed it, there are several loose groups against it but interestingly, none of them have joined forces. Depending on your point of view, this could be a good thing because there is not a focus or widesprea... more »

Teachers Don't Suck !: "Your mother wears army boots"

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Teachers Don't Suck !: "Your mother wears army boots": "Your mother wears army boots" by Walt S, "Your mother wears army boots" - that's what we used to say in my school days. Based on the article below I supposed that the school should have been held liable for not punishing us in the severest fashion for our obvious "bullying". Now, before I begin my short rant, let me say that I never appreciated nor condoned anyone being "picked on". I never allowed it in my class or in the teams which I coached. Most often all it took was a stern - "I want you to leave him alone... more »

FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Thursday, February 7, 2013

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Report: K-12 districts take kids' lunch money for other purposes Education Headlines *Thursday, February 7, 2013* K-8 charter plan withdrawn from Orange UnifiedA group hoping to open a charter school that allows students of different ages to learn in the same classrooms has withdrawn its petition to the Orange Unified School District. Rios testimony finishes, final arguments ThursdayGoing from crying to combative, Moreno Valley School Board member Mike Rios denied from the witness stand he was a pimp, procurer and rapist. “I did n... more »

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Next Monday Feb 11th: APPARENTLY THE ONLY CANDIDATE DEBATE FOR BOARD DISTRICT 2 WHERE ALL THE CANDIDATES WILL APPEAR

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Next Monday Feb 11th: APPARENTLY THE ONLY CANDIDATE DEBATE FOR BOARD DISTRICT 2 WHERE ALL THE CANDIDATES WILL APPEAR: Next Monday Feb 11th: APPARENTLY THE ONLY CANDIDATE DEBATE FOR BOARD DISTRICT 2 WHERE ALL THE CANDIDATES WILL APPEAR LA-32 Neighborhood Council Debate in El Sereno [image: image] *Don’t miss the fun!* *Rumor has it that charter school proponents may pack the hall!* View Larger Map

School Tech Connect: I Send Faxes

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
School Tech Connect: I Send Faxes: I Send Faxes by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) and emails.. x

UPDATE: Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch shows what he’s made of - Wait, What?

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch shows what he’s made of - Wait, What?: Windham’s Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy: The problem is even greater than it first appeared by jonpelto As noted in previous Wait, What? posts, Windham, Connecticut’s Board of Education is building the Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy. Seventy percent of the students at the new K-8 STEM magnet school are scheduled to come from Windham and thirty percent from adjoining towns. Over the past few days we’ve been on a mission to track down the source and meaning of a clause in the Magnet School’s Operating Agreemen... more »

Competition vs. Collaboration - Bridging Differences - Education Week

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Competition vs. Collaboration - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Competition vs. Collaboration by Deborah Meier *For the third week, Alfie Kohn joins Deborah Meier on the blog.* Dear Debbie, It goes without saying that we're not going to convince everyone—and, in this culture, we may struggle to convince even a substantial number —of the merit of any of the positions we support. That doesn't mean we don't keep trying, of course. But when you ask, "If [our views are] as sensible as you and I think, how come the world is still plagued by its obsession with punishment?", well, ... more »

Districts must return to 180-day instructional year by 2015-16 | EdSource Today

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Districts must return to 180-day instructional year by 2015-16 | EdSource Today: Districts must return to 180-day instructional year by 2015-16 ** February 7th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By John Fensterwald Share on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailShare on print More Sharing Services Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature agree: The state should again require a minimum 180-day school year, starting in 2015-16. Brown confirmed his view in a section of the 154-page education “trailer bill,” the supplemental legislation accompanying the state budget, that the administration release... more »

Modern School: Corruption at CTC Placed Kids at Risk, Denied Teachers Credentials

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Modern School: Corruption at CTC Placed Kids at Risk, Denied Teachers Credentials: Corruption at CTC Placed Kids at Risk, Denied Teachers Credentials by Michael Dunn A recent lawsuit against the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC), filed in November by former government lawyer and CTC whistleblower Kathleen Carroll, alleges that CTC lawyers and administrators engaged in numerous illegal acts that prevented qualified teachers from obtaining or maintaining their credentials. The charges against the attorneys include tampering with case outcomes, acting outside the... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: CPS privatizes its training of principals as test pushers

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: CPS privatizes its training of principals as test pushers: CPS privatizes its training of principals as test pushers by Mike Klonsky Yesterday, as local parent groups at 37 schools, gathered signatures on petitions calling for more limited assessment tests, CPS announced that new principals are going to trained by private companies, basically as test pushers. The board has handed out lucrative contracts to politically-connected New Leaders for New Schools and Teach

Shanker Blog » A New Twist On The Skills "Blame Game"

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Shanker Blog » A New Twist On The Skills "Blame Game": A New Twist On The Skills “Blame Game” by Randall Garton It is conventional wisdom that the United States is suffering from a severe skills shortage, for which low-performing public schools and inadequate teachers must shoulder part of the blame (see here and here, for example). Employers complain that they cannot fill open slots because there are no Americans skilled enough to fill them, while pundits and policymakers – President Barack Obama and Bill Gates, among them – respond by pushing for unproven school reform proposa... more »

UPDATE: We should all be forced to look at Daily Kos: Hip-Hop Speaks to the Guns

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Daily Kos: Hip-Hop Speaks to the Guns: We should all be forced to look at by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) things like the smashed and brutalized body of Noah Pozner. Newspapers and the media should have shown it too many are detached from the reality of what guns do they watch movies, tv shows, video games it desensitizes it is not real I think back to when electeds on the Hill came out of seeing the Abu Ghraib photos sick to their stomachs we should all have seen them, all of them as Abu Ghraib was an almost inevitable byproduct of our idiotic decisions about Iraq, the violence of 1... more »



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