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FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Friday, March 1, 2013

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FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Education Headlines *Friday, March 1, 2013* Gun class approved for Galt teachersGalt teachers and other employees will have the opportunity to use and recognize different types of guns in a class sponsored by the Galt Police Department. The voluntary course was unanimously approved by the Galt Joint Union Elementary School District board on Wednesday. Desert Sands Unified School District welcomes Gary Rutherford as new superintendentGary Rutherford has become DSUSD’s new superintendent. His four-year contract began Feb. 4. He ... more »

Where isn’t @plthomasedd these days? Talking top down crisis @dailykos – @ the chalk face

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Where isn’t @plthomasedd these days? Talking top down crisis @dailykos – @ the chalk face: Where isn’t @plthomasedd these days? Talking top down crisis @dailykos by Chalk Face, PhD I had this entry bookmarked, didn’t see at first it comes from our own Dr. Paul Thomas. Now the neoliberals are lamenting the neglect of our high achieving students. They are now in crisis. Do our moments of crisis ever end? Although, I will say this, from my anecdotal experiences. There’s a definite middle that schools are after. Basically, it’s a numbers game for a lot of teachers. How can we devote ... more »

Schools Matter: . . . and miles to go before 4th grade

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Schools Matter: . . . and miles to go before 4th grade: . . . and miles to go before 4th grade by Jim Horn For those bigots with low expectations who have been whining about the eradication of imaginative literature from the Common Core National Standards and National Testing Delivery System (CCNS/NTDS), you may be interested to know that I have uncovered a trove of literary gems among the Standards. Just go to Appendix B of the national standards, the same ones that the New York Times reports today will cost the City of New York $56,000,000 for new textbooks this coming year. ... more »

Kindergarten kids are pulling down our test scores. | Fred Klonsky

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Kindergarten kids are pulling down our test scores. | Fred Klonsky: Kindergarten kids are pulling down our test scores. by Fred Klonsky [image: Blond Boy Crying] SB 1307 was voted out of the Senate Education Committee on an 8 to 5 vote. It is ready for a vote by the entire Illinois Senate. The bill would require lowering the mandatory school attendance age from 7 to 5. This is Rahm’s universal kindergarten proposal, but for the entire state. The Illinois Education Association is one of the few

Best of the Ed Blogs | National Education Policy Center

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Best of the Ed Blogs | National Education Policy Center: Best of the Ed Blogs *Best of the Ed Blogs* features a frequently updated selection of interesting and insightful blog posts on education policy. The views expressed by the bloggers on our blog roll are thoughtful, original, and entirely their own. We hope you make *Best of the Ed Blogs* your first stop for concise takes on today's most important education topics. Closing Schools 4 Choice (and Excellence) Best of the Ed Blogs EduShyster March 1, 2013 This Week’s Round-Up of Useful Education Policy Posts & Articles Best of th... more »

Yo Congress: Sequester This!

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The Case for Rereading the High School Classics - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire

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The Case for Rereading the High School Classics - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire: The Case for Rereading the High School Classics by Jen Doll If the act of rereading a book is partly about remembering the you who paged through it the first time, and comparing that version of yourself to the one dipping into that book again, the classics that we read in high school offer endless possibilities for rediscovery, for looking at ourselves then and now. That's part of what makes Kevin Smokler's new book, *Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched Since High... more »

Modern School: L.A. Administrators Challenge Deasy and School Board on A-G

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Modern School: L.A. Administrators Challenge Deasy and School Board on A-G: L.A. Administrators Challenge Deasy and School Board on A-G by Michael Dunn Last year, the Los Angeles School Board mandated that all students pass several A-G courses with a C or better. A-G courses are those that are accepted by the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) systems as prerequisites for their courses and are seen by many reformers as the minimum we should be expecting from our students under the misguided expectation that all students can and should go to college... more »

In remote Alaskan villages, teachers struggle to make school meaningful | Hechinger Report

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In remote Alaskan villages, teachers struggle to make school meaningful | Hechinger Report: In remote Alaskan villages, teachers struggle to make school meaningful by Sarah Garland [image: In remote Alaskan villages, teachers struggle to make school meaningful] Wagner Iworrigan, a 17-year-old high school senior on St. Lawrence Island in Alaska, knows a lot about biology, meteorology, and math. He’s an expert at telling whether a walrus is too sick to eat, if the weather is likely to turn dangerous, and the best angle for throwing a harpoon at a surfacing bowhead whale. On a recent ... more »

The Non-reformy Lessons of KIPP | School Finance 101

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The Non-reformy Lessons of KIPP | School Finance 101: The Non-reformy Lessons of KIPP by schoolfinance101 [image: Slide10] We’ve all now had a few days to digest the findings of the most recent KIPP middle school mega-study. I actually do have some quibbles with the analyses themselves and the presentation of them, one of which I’ll address below, but others I’ll set aside for now. It is the big picture lessons that are perhaps most interesting. I begin this post with a general acceptance that this study, like previous KIPP studies, and like studies of charter effectiveness in m... more »

Geoffrey Canada joins chiefs of high finance to do what, exactly? #sequester? – @ the chalk face

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Geoffrey Canada joins chiefs of high finance to do what, exactly? #sequester? – @ the chalk face: Geoffrey Canada joins chiefs of high finance to do what, exactly? #sequester? by Chalk Face, PhD This isn’t getting much coverage, I don’t think. But Geoffrey Canada, vaunted head of Harlem Children’s Zone, joined a couple of members of high finance to write an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal on the looming sequester. What on earth would this man have to say about it? Well, some interesting stuff, actually. Let’s see. One of us is a Democrat; one, an independent; another, a Republ... more »

The Educated Reporter: Clock Ticks Down to Sequestration Deadline

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The Educated Reporter: Clock Ticks Down to Sequestration Deadline: Clock Ticks Down to Sequestration Deadline by Emily Richmond If you’re thinking that sequestration -- across-the-board budget cuts set to take effect today at every federal agency -- doesn’t seem like the most thoughtful course of action for Congress to try and balance its books, you have plenty of company. “I’ve been at this for 35 years, and this is the most insane thing ever,” said Joel Packer, executive director of theCommittee for Education Funding, a nonpartisan lobbying group representing a diverse range of... more »

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-1-13 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] PTA Mom Explains Why She Marched to Save Public Schools by dianerav Kim Burkett went to Austin with her children to speak out for public schools and her community. She noticed there were two different rallies. On one side of the building was a school choice rally, advocating for vouchers, attended by 30 people, including lobbyists. On the other side were thousands of parents, students, grandparents, and educators. Read her account. It gives a good portrait of th... more »

Kelli Stargel’s Top-Shelf Hypocricy in Labeling Opponents to Her Parent Trigger Bill | Scathing Purple Musings

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Kelli Stargel’s Top-Shelf Hypocricy in Labeling Opponents to Her Parent Trigger Bill | Scathing Purple Musings: Kelli Stargel’s Top-Shelf Hypocricy in Labeling Opponents to Her Parent Trigger Bill by Bob Sikes Sen. Kelli Stargel (R-Lakeland) took exception to he hometown newspaper’s thumbs down on the parent trigger bill she’s sponsoring. As most observers say that passage of this year’s bill in the senate is a slam dunk, it’s puzzling why Stargel would want to draw attention to herself and her controversial bill. She wrote this in a letter to the editor of the *Lakeland Ledger*... more »

School Employee Accidentally Shot During District-Sponsored Gun Class | toteachornototeach

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School Employee Accidentally Shot During District-Sponsored Gun Class | toteachornototeach: School Employee Accidentally Shot During District-Sponsored Gun Class by aristotlethewise *Glenn Geddie, Texas School Employee, * *Accidentally Shot During District-Sponsored Gun Training* By Alana Horowitz An employee at a Texas public school was accidentally shot on Wednesday during a district-sponsored handgun safety class, KLTV reports. According to KLTV, Glenn Geddie was a maintenance worker for the Van Independent School District. The school district voted last month to arm some teacher...more »

Jersey Jazzman: Why Is NJ BOE Targeting Special Ed Case Workers?

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Jersey Jazzman: Why Is NJ BOE Targeting Special Ed Case Workers?: Why Is NJ BOE Targeting Special Ed Case Workers? by Duke *Coming soon to your school...* As I reported earlier, the NJ State Board of Education, acting on recommendations from the Education Transformation Task Force, is *proposing a change in state code that would allow teachers and other staff to become case managers for students with special needs.* * *I've received a white paper dated February 22, 2013, from a coalition of stakeholders opposed to this change (I don't yet have a link to get my readers a copy, but ... more »

Pursuit of college financial aid varies widely among high schools | EdSource Today

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Pursuit of college financial aid varies widely among high schools | EdSource Today: Pursuit of college financial aid varies widely among high schools - by John Fensterwald by John Fensterwald California high school seniors are losing out on potentially hundreds of millions of dollars each year in financial aid – and forgoing the opportunity to attend college they assume they cannot afford – because only half of them fill out the forms for financial aid, according to a new report from Education Trust-West. But some high schools and some districts do a far better job in [image: The ... more »

Update: Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now Inc. fails to amend Ethics Reports - Wait, What?

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Update: Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now Inc. fails to amend Ethics Reports - Wait, What?: Update: Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now Inc. fails to amend Ethics Reports by jonpelto Maybe when you are ConnCAN – The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now Inc. – you don’t need to abide by Connecticut’s ethics laws. Maybe the law only applies to the little people. Wait, What? readers know the story of how ConnCAN, the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now Inc., paid Global Strategies Group, a political consulting and public strategies company, tens of thousands ... more »

Closing Schools 4 Choice (and Excellence) | EduShyster

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Closing Schools 4 Choice (and Excellence) | EduShyster: Closing Schools 4 Choice (and Excellence) by edushyster2012 The best way to enhance the excellence of our public schools is by closing them. It is a well-known true fact that the fastest way to improve schools in order to launch students on a path to 21st century prosperity is to close them. In fact, nine out of ten advocates of closing schools in order to promote enhanced choice and excellence have found that choice and excellence are enhanced when schools are closed. Unfortunately, closing a school while the students are sti... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: 'We test for what we desire..."

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: 'We test for what we desire...": 'We test for what we desire..." by Mike Klonsky Howard Gardner Harvard Prof. *Howard Gardner* makes a great point in his letter to the NYT in response to the D.O.E.'s announcement that Pearson was changing its admissions exam for the gifted and talented programs. *What we test for signals what we ultimately desire. The use of tests for which 4-year-olds can be prepped signals that we want to find those youngsters who can do well on future tests. In that way, the process works perfectly — whether in China or in New York... more »

Hooked on Reading | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights

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Hooked on Reading | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Hooked on Reading by NEA's Read Across America *By Dennis Van Roekel, President of the National Education Association* It starts early. When we are maybe age three or four or five. When we are young and impressionable. Someone close to us opens a book and reads to us about animals that talk, ghosts that live in haunted castles or pirates in search of buried treasure. And we are hooked. We can't wait for someone to read us another story that causes our imaginations to run wild. If you've ever shared a book with a... more »

Is Lucy Calkins Legally Insane? southbronxschool.com

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http://www.southbronxschool.com: Is Lucy Calkins Legally Insane? by noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher) We have called for the arrest and prosecution of Lucy Calkins. We have sampled the child abuse of Lucy Calkins methods. We have called for all administrators that buy into Lucy Calkins to be terminated post haste. And we have pulled back the sheath of the Cult of Lucy Calkins. The sign of insanity is doing what results in failure over and over again and hoping for a different outcome. Apparently if any administrator that relies on anything from Lucy Calkins to improve the reading... more »

Ed groups still want Brown funding formula debated outside budget SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources

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SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Ed groups still want Brown funding formula debated outside budget *By Kimberly Beltran* Friday, March 01, 2013 While broad consensus from the K-12 community for Gov. Jerry Brown’s new school financing proposal emerged Thursday during a Senate panel hearing, district administrators and lawmakers said they still want to see it developed through legislative education policy debate – not carried as part of the governor’s budget bill. Brown’s refusal to budge on that point last year led to the plan going nowhere but, as promised then, the governor... more »

A. Phillip Randolph and Who Really Controls Teacher Voice | The Jose Vilson

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A. Phillip Randolph and Who Really Controls Teacher Voice | The Jose Vilson: A. Phillip Randolph and Who Really Controls Teacher Voice by Jose Vilson [image: A Phillip Randolph] A Phillip Randolph This week, I had the distinct please of listening to Norman Hill speak as part of a panel of activists and organizers that worked on and around the Civil Rights Movement, specifically with Bayard Rustin. In one of my favorite moments, Hill quoted A. Phillip Randolph: “At the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take, and you keep what you can hold. I... more »

TNValleyNow - Alabama school flex bill with tax credits passes

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TNValleyNow - Latest News for Huntsville, Decatur, Florence, Tuscumbia, Muscle Shoals and the TNValley: By PHILLIP RAWLS, Associated Press [image: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STATEMENT OF NEWS VALUES AND PRINCIPLES] *REALLY?* MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republican legislators on Thursday expanded a routine education bill to include tax credits for parents who move their children from failing public schools to private schools, prompting the state school superintendent to withdraw his support and a teachers' group to assail it as "totally anti-public education." The revised version cleared... more »

Modern School: Fox Guarding Hen House: Mexican Govt Busts Teachers’ Union for Corruption

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Modern School: Fox Guarding Hen House: Mexican Govt Busts Teachers’ Union for Corruption: Fox Guarding Hen House: Mexican Govt Busts Teachers’ Union for Corruption by Michael Dunn *Malos maestros - escuelas deficientes estilo mexicano?* The head of the Mexican teachers' union (SNTE), Elba Esther Gordillo, has been arrested for embezzling over $156 million from union funds, according to a recent BBC report. Gordillo allegedly used the funds to purchase private property, private planes and plastic surgery. If the allegations are true (and there is considerable evidence that they ... more »

Voting and Learning Denied. Education and Entitlement

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Voting and Learning Denied. Education and Entitlement: Voting and Learning Denied. Education and Entitlement by Server *©copyright 2013. Betsy L. Angert * Is it fear of the darkness that dims our mind or is it the dim of our mind that is dark and damning? No one can be sure; however we can see what occurs and ask why. Why might Americans systematically deny rights to people of color? Why might the young, the most vulnerable among us, be victims of prey? Indeed, why do we prejudge people at all and why is it that even the elderly cannot escape our diabolical doings? The theories ... more »

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Gov. Snyder's privatization mess in Muskegon Hts.

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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Gov. Snyder's privatization mess in Muskegon Hts.: Gov. Snyder's privatization mess in Muskegon Hts. by Mike Klonsky What's left of Muskegon Heights Public Schools. Remember last year when Michigan's wing-nut Gov. Rick Snyder used his fascist powers to privatize the town and schools of Muskegon Heights? First he replaced the elected city government with a hand-picked business czar, Don Weatherspoon. Then, Czar Weatherspoon decided to turn the entire public school system over to a

NYC Educator: Spare the Cane, and Enable

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NYC Educator: Spare the Cane, and Enable: Spare the Cane, and Enable by NYC Educator About five years ago, I was asked to cover the class of an AP. It was a wondrous thing coming in from the trailers to a classroom full of computers, something I'd rarely seen. The kids were mostly doing something or other on them, and I mostly let them do it. One boy kept listening to music on his iPod. I asked him to put it away, and he did. I carried on, doing whatever I was doing, while the kids carried on doing whatever they were doing. But a few minutes later, there was the same boy, listenin... more »

Georgia among states with more non-teaching personnel than teachers. But does it matter? | Get Schooled

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Georgia among states with more non-teaching personnel than teachers. But does it matter? | Get Schooled: Georgia among states with more non-teaching personnel than teachers. But does it matter? by Maureen Downey *The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice released a report toda*y on which states have more non-teaching personnel than teachers, and Georgia is among the them. The study was done by Ben Scafidi, a one-time education adviser to Gov. Sonny Perdue and now an economics professor at Georgia College & State University. I am not sure what to make of the findings as the ... more »

L.A. Unified, other school districts seek new measures of success - latimes.com

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L.A. Unified, other school districts seek new measures of success - latimes.com: L.A. Unified, other school districts seek new measures of success Nine California school districts, including Los Angeles Unified, will apply to the U.S. Department of Education for relief from rules that, over time, have labeled most schools that receive federal funds as failing, officials announced Thursday. In exchange, the districts pledged to adopt a broader system of measures that officials said would lead to better outcomes for students. “We are not seeking this waiver in any way, shape or form... more »

Please Don’t Call Me Coach | Taking Note

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Please Don’t Call Me Coach | Taking Note: Please Don’t Call Me Coach by John Merrow If I were still teaching, I don’t think I would want people calling me “Coach.” Referring to teachers as Coaches has been in vogue for the last dozen years or so. Instead of being “Sages on the Stage,” teachers became “Guides on the Side.” Better yet, they were “Coaches” who brought out the best in their students. “Coach” was understood to be a high compliment, a term of great respect. It carried the message that this particular teacher understood individual differences among his or her students a... more »

UPDATE: If they get a pension bill, will the courts find it legal. Not for current retirees. | Fred Klonsky

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If they get a pension bill, will the courts find it legal. Not for current retirees. | Fred Klonsky: For a graduated tax and for a pension killer too. That won’t work. by Fred Klonsky Is it that I’m never satisfied. Or is it that my mother didn’t raise a fool? At a recent pension town hall in Wilmette I challenged Senator Dan Biss to sign on as co- sponsor of HJRCA2. The bill would place a constitutional amendment on the 2014 ballot creating a progressive income tax. Representative Robyn Gabel was challenged to do the same thing. They said they would. And they have. So why isn’t this ... more »

Welfare for the rich? Private school tax credit programs expanding

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Welfare for the rich? Private school tax credit programs expanding: Welfare for the rich? Private school tax credit programs expanding Posted by Valerie Strauss on February 28, 2013 at 4:14 pm [image: (By Daniel Acker - BLOOMBERG)] (By Daniel Acker – BLOOMBERG) At a time when government budgets at all levels are under enormous strain, families and businesses are struggling and federal agencies are facing dramatic across-the-board spending cuts, you would think lawmakers would be careful about spending public money. So it may surprise you to learn that in a growing number of states, l... more »

Trustees try to save Oakland's embattled American Indian Model Schools from losing charter - Inside Bay Area

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Trustees try to save Oakland's embattled American Indian Model Schools from losing charter - Inside Bay Area: Trustees try to save Oakland's embattled American Indian Model Schools from losing charter By Angela Woodall Oakland Tribune Posted: 02/27/2013 08:56:38 PM PST Updated: 02/28/2013 07:57:54 AM PST OAKLAND -- Oakland's embattled American Indian Model Schools may have pulled back from the brink of closure by cutting ties with the controversial founder Ben Chavis, who was accused of improperly channeling millions of dollars to himself and his wife. The AIM Schools board gav... more »

Parent Voices – Weekly Legislative Fax 2-27-13 | Parents Across America

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Parent Voices – Weekly Legislative Fax 2-27-13 | Parents Across America: Parent Voices – Weekly Legislative Fax 2-27-13 by pureparents Here’s the fax update PAA sent to the Congressional education committee members this week. Please share it with your Congressmen and Senators! *No sequestration cuts to effective education programs!* *The story:* Looming cuts to education** Congress needs no reminder of the major story of the week concerning education ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/25/education-budget-cuts_n_1703442.html) and other vital programs that keep our nation strong.... more »

LAUSD- IF CHARTERS DON'T WORK, JUST LIE AND SAY THEY DO - Perdaily.com

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LAUSD- IF CHARTERS DON'T WORK, JUST LIE AND SAY THEY DO - Perdaily.com: LAUSD- IF CHARTERS DON'T WORK, JUST LIE AND SAY THEY DO by Leonard Isenberg [image: Joseph Goebbels.jpeg] *(Mensaje se repite en Español)* * * *Professor Diane Ravitch calls it "the dominant narrative." The incessant litany in the media that says the only things wrong with public education are bad teachers and not enough charge schools. Nazi Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels called this same kind of dominant narrative the big lie :* * * *"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will ... more »

Diane in the Evening 2-28-13 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: Democrats Outraged in Alabama as GOP Passes Tax Credit Bill by dianerav Democrats were in a state of fury in Alabama as the legislature swiftly passed a bill to give tax credits to corporations and individuals so that students in “failing schools” can attend private schools with public money. *“Republicans heralded it as a historic day for education and life-altering for children stuck in poorly performing schools. But tempers boiled over as Democrats called the maneuver “sleaziness” and a “bait and switch.”"* On... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: They're whistling Dixie again

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: They're whistling Dixie again: They're whistling Dixie again by Mike Klonsky Have they really put Jim Crow behind them? Now the segregationists and Dixie T-Party types believe they have enough backing in the Supreme Court to roll back all or many of the gains made during the Civil Right Movement. They're probably right. Even as a new statue of Rosa Parks is unveiled in the Capitol rotunda in D.C., the foul aroma of Alabama's Jim Crow laws is wafting through the same building. There's a new move afoot to overturn important provisions in the 1965 Voting... more »

UPDATE: Mathematica Study Reveals KIPP Cures Cancer! – @ the chalk face

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Mathematica Study Reveals KIPP Cures Cancer! – @ the chalk face: Article I authored available #openaccess in the journal Workplace #highered by Chalk Face, PhD workplace You can access the article here from the journal’s website. It’s going to be one of a few others in an upcoming print edition. Basically, it recalls my first year or so as someone who has increased efforts in direct advocacy for public schools. It has been challenging in many ways and the article flushes out some realities to a lot of fictions. I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to share. Mathematica Study Reveals KI... more »

Unlimited outside money - Spreadsheets - Los Angeles Times

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Unlimited outside money - Spreadsheets - Los Angeles Times: SPREADSHEET Unlimited outside money [image: Stop Closing Schools] [image: Mayor Bloomberg Your Money Sucks! (Learn More click picture)] RELATED ITEMS - Story: Labor pours millions into L.A. races Nearly $4.1 million has been spent by outside groups on the Los Angeles mayoral, city attorney, City Council and city controller races. Unlike donations given directly to candidates, there are no limits on how much these groups can spend. Here’s a look at the independent expenditures to date, in suppo... more »

Hispanic Education: Intervention Closes Achievement Gap for Latino | HispanicallySpeakingNews.com

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Hispanic Education: Intervention Closes Achievement Gap for Latino | HispanicallySpeakingNews.com: Hispanic Education: Simple Intervention Closes Achievement Gap for Latino Students [image: Hispanic Education: Simple Intervention Closes Achievement Gap for Latino Students]It’s a troubling fact that Latino Americans and African Americans earn lower grades on average than their white peers and are much more likely to drop out of high school. In an article published online Feb. 11 by the *Journal of Personality and Social Psychology*, Geoffrey Cohen, David Sherman (professors of educa... more »

Peter Dreier: Why Are Walmart Billionaries Bankrolling Phony School 'Reform' in LA?

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Peter Dreier: Why Are Walmart Billionaries Bankrolling Phony School 'Reform' in LA?: Why Are Walmart Billionaries Bankrolling Phony School 'Reform' in LA? [image: Mayor Bloomberg Your Money Sucks! (Learn More click picture)] For years, Los Angeles has been ground zero in an intense debate about how to improve our nation's education system. What's less known is who is shaping that debate. Many of the biggest contributors to the so-called "school choice" movement -- code words for privatizing our public education system -- are billionaires who don't live in Southern California, but ... more »

Schools Matter: Growing Resistance to Money-Draining and Miseducative Charter Schools

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Schools Matter: Growing Resistance to Money-Draining and Miseducative Charter Schools: Growing Resistance to Money-Draining and Miseducative Charter Schools by Jim Horn [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] Wilson School Board rejects business *charter school* Allentown Morning Call Joe Lewis, former Bethlehem Area *School* District superintendent and a consultant for the *charter's* founders, said he wanted to read the resolution before responding to the board's reasons for denying the application. He said he wasn't surprised with *...* See all stories on thi... more »

UPDATE: FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Thursday, February 28, 2013

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FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: *EdSource: Nine districts submit waiver for relief from NCLB* Education Headlines *Thursday, February 28, 2013* Jury decides liability of district in molestationThe Lodi Unified School District is 90 percent liable for the molestation of an 8-year-old girl on a school bus in November 2010, a San Joaquin County Superior Court jury decided Wednesday. Layoff notices given at Bret HarteBret Harte Union High School District is sending layoff notices to several staffers this spring, a move approved by its Board of Education Monday. Ele... more »

‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Threatens Trusting Relationship Between Educators and Students | NEA Today

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‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Threatens Trusting Relationship Between Educators and Students | NEA Today: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Threatens Trusting Relationship Between Educators and Students February 28, 2013 by twalker Filed under Featured News, Top Stories Leave a Comment [image: Email][image: Share] *By Edward Graham* Last year, Tennessee lawmakers considered passing a controversial bill that would have restricted state elementary and middle school educators and administrators from offering “…any instruction and or material that discusses sexual orientation other than heterosexuality.” ... more »

It’s time for Teach For America to fold — former TFAer

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It’s time for Teach For America to fold — former TFAer: It’s time for Teach For America to fold — former TFAer Posted by Valerie Strauss on February 28, 2013 at 11:00 am [image: TFA founder Wendy Kopp] TFA founder Wendy Kopp Teach For America is one of the most controversial school reform organizations operating today. TFA recruits new college graduates, gives them five weeks of summer training and then places them in some of America’s neediest classrooms, presuming that just a little over a month of training is sufficient to do the job. Critics point out that high-needs students, w... more »

School Safety: Ideas for PBL Projects — Whole Child Education

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School Safety: Ideas for PBL Projects — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG [image: Andrew Miller]School Safety: Ideas for PBL Projects February 28, 2013 by Andrew Miller Creating a safe and supportive learning environment is a critical to a whole child approach to education. Usually when we reflect and work on implementing the Whole Child Tenets in our schools, we forgot one critical component in making them manifest: the students. Students are as important as actors in creating a safe school as teachers. They can be actors in helping to create a safe learning environment, ... more »

John Thompson: The Head vs the Heart: Which Should Rule in Our Schools? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

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John Thompson: The Head vs the Heart: Which Should Rule in Our Schools? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: John Thompson: The Head vs the Heart: Which Should Rule in Our Schools? by Anthony Cody *Guest post by John Thompson.* Bellwhether's Andrew Rotherham, in "The Head - Heart Issue," nailed the essence of data-driven "reform." As the consultant explains, education has always been a battleground between "the Head" and "the Heart." When I attended public school, teachers were free to choose which side of the "head/heart clash" they were on. The contemporary "reform" mo... more »

Analysis: The Politics of Teacher Testing | NBC New York

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Analysis: The Politics of Teacher Testing | NBC New York: Analysis: The Politics of Teacher Testing By Gabe Pressman| Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 | Updated 5:44 PM EST View Comments ( 0 ) | Email | Print [image: Analysis: The Politics of Teacher Testing] New York City children are becoming “pawns” in a political struggle over teacher evaluation, warns a prominent advocate for children and parents. Leonie Haimson of Class Size Matters says the battle over teacher evaluation in Albany could harm the city’s 1.1 million school children. Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to withhold $260 million in ... more »

Jersey Jazzman: URGENT: The Assault On NJ's Special Needs Kids

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Jersey Jazzman: URGENT: The Assault On NJ's Special Needs Kids: URGENT: The Assault On NJ's Special Needs Kids by Duke There are times when the people who run our education system do something so awful that I can hardly believe it: *URGENT:* State Board of Education is fast-tracking changes in the special education regulations that would, if enacted, allow teachers and other certified staff to be designated as case managers of students with disabilities. Unless we intervene, these changes will be acted on at the Board’s *MARCH 6* meeting. Please write to the Board *IMMEDIATELY... more »

This Week In Education: Thompson: Edu-Philanthropy's Unintended Threat to Public Education

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This Week In Education: Thompson: Edu-Philanthropy's Unintended Threat to Public Education: Thompson: Edu-Philanthropy's Unintended Threat to Public Education by john thompson Sarah Reckhow's recent TWIE post, Philanthropy Critique Can Obscure Key Differences reviews her research findings on the growing "convergence" of edu-philanthropy and her concerns about the consequences of the coordination of their efforts. [image: Citizensunited] Among other things, Reckhow worries that "policy priorities of major philanthropists are not well supported by research." But she also warns agains... more »

State Education Reforms (SER) - Welcome to the Website on State Education Reforms

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State Education Reforms (SER) - Welcome to the Website on State Education Reforms: *Welcome to the Website on State Education Reforms*This site, which draws primarily on data collected by organizations other than NCES, compiles and disseminates data on state-level elementary and secondary education reform efforts in the five areas indicated below. School finance is also an important area of educational reform. A few tables on this topic are included in the Accountability section. Additional state-level information on school finance is available in "Revenues and Expenditures for P... more »

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