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Nothing to Worry About? 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. Nothing to Worry About? Best of the Ed Blogs Jason Endacott March 7, 2013 A Tale of Two Schools Best of the Ed Blogs Sam Chaltain March 7, 2013 Hitting the Target,... more »
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Behind the Chicago's school closings: Rahm's gentrification
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 27 minutes ago
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Behind the Chicago's school closings: Rahm's gentrification: Behind the Chicago's school closings: Rahm's gentrification by Mike Klonsky Greg Hinz at Crain's unintentionally gives us some clues about the real reasons for Rahm's mass closures of neighborhood schools and their replacement with privately-run charters and selective-enrollment schools. It has much more to do with reshaping the city's demography, pushing out the poor and people of color from the inner city and replacing them with a new class of young, tech and finance professionals. ... more »
NYC Public School Parents: NYC parents sue DOE for failure to comply with public feedback required aw
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 27 minutes ago
NYC Public School Parents: NYC parents sue DOE for failure to comply with public feedback required aw: NYC parents sue DOE for failure to comply with public feedback required aw by Leonie Haimson The Campaign for Fiscal Equity and the Education Law Center have filed a lawsuit on behalf of New York City parents against the NYC Department of Education for failing to hold the Contracts for Excellence borough hearings required by law, and for scheduling the Community Education Council presentations late in the year after much of the C4E funding has been spent. Here’s an article in th... more »
School Finance Illiteracy Reaches New Low! (But it was the NY Post?) | School Finance 101
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 40 minutes ago
School Finance Illiteracy Reaches New Low! (But it was the NY Post?) | School Finance 101: School Finance Illiteracy Reaches New Low! (But it was the NY Post?) by schoolfinance101 [image: Slide1] Okay, it’s not entirely surprising to find mind-boggling ignorance conveyed in the editorial pages of the New York Post. Today’s example comes to us in an Op-Ed written in response to a report released by the Alliance for Quality Education. Usually, I’d just let it pass. It’s the Post after all. But, for two important reasons I just had to address this one. First, the editorial was writ... more »
Teachers Make Handy Scapegoats, But Spiraling Inequality Is Really What Ails Our Education System | Alternet
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Teachers Make Handy Scapegoats, But Spiraling Inequality Is Really What Ails Our Education System | Alternet: Teachers Make Handy Scapegoats, But Spiraling Inequality Is Really What Ails Our Education System Stanford University scholar Linda Darling-Hammond explains the connection. Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com *March 4, 2013* | No shortage of ink had been put to paper pondering what it is that ails America's education system. We know that, on average, our kids' educational outcomes lag behind those of other wealthy countries, but why is that? But one of the core problems, i... more »
Daniel Shoer Roth: Deadly trigger for public schools - Daniel Shoer Roth - MiamiHerald.com
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Daniel Shoer Roth: Deadly trigger for public schools - Daniel Shoer Roth - MiamiHerald.com: Daniel Shoer Roth: Deadly trigger for public schools BY DANIEL SHOER ROTHDSHOER@MIAMIHERALD.COM Florida legislators plan to exploit once again the good intentions of parents and their desire for a fine education for their children to advance lawmakers’ privatization crusade. In their effort to manipulate the public, legislators are promoting converting traditional public schools to charter schools as a way to empower parents. The Parent Empowerment in Education bills would allow parents ... more »
The Algebra of the Market: “Equality” Does Not Equal “Equity” – @ the chalk face
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 48 minutes ago
The Algebra of the Market: “Equality” Does Not Equal “Equity” – @ the chalk face: The Algebra of the Market: “Equality” Does Not Equal “Equity” by plthomasedd Let’s start with a graphic and Question 1: Do Student X and Student Y below have EQUAL opportunities to move the boulder? [image: The Algebra of the Market3 copy] The answer is obvious, “Yes.” Now, let’s go one step further and consider this: In the free market (both the U.S. economy and the “free market” of ideas within schools), capital (economic, social, linguistic, connectedness, etc.) moves that market. Question 2: Are the... more »
Schools Matter: KIPPster Jay Mathews, Practiced in the Art of Deception
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 49 minutes ago
Schools Matter: KIPPster Jay Mathews, Practiced in the Art of Deception: KIPPster Jay Mathews, Practiced in the Art of Deception by Jim Horn Leader FeinbergThat's a line from the Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want," of course. If Jay could get what he wants, it would be a KIPP in every black or brown community of America, where Alpha male CEO "school leaders," with shaved heads, white shirts, and bad attitudes ride herd on a clueless group of white female TFA "corp members," who were successfully brainwashed during the 6 weeks of basic teacher training to run themselves ... more »
More Than One Way to Judge Education - Bridging Differences - Education Week
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 54 minutes ago
More Than One Way to Judge Education - Bridging Differences - Education Week: More Than One Way to Judge Education by Deborah Meier Dear Eric, I appreciate the clarity of our differences! I hope I can be as clear. In education—like many other subjects—it's hard, if not impossible, to separate ends from means. What I think it means to be well-educated will influence the means I use, of course. So turning ends over to the president, Department of Education, and/or Congress is a far more critical act than I think you view it, Eric. Even if I had a far higher opinion of all three bod... more »
What is a “Rigorous” Preschool Curriculum? |
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 58 minutes ago
What is a “Rigorous” Preschool Curriculum? |: What is a “Rigorous” Preschool Curriculum? March 7, 2013 by Irene Sege [image: Photo: Micaela Bedell for Strategies for Children] Photo: Micaela Bedell for Strategies for Children There have been some questions raised about the “rigorous curriculum” called for in PresidentObama’s proposal for universal access to preschool, starting with children from low- and moderate-income families. My own daughters went to a wonderful preschool with a “rigorous” curriculum that playfully and intentionally focused on children’s cognitive, social-emotio... more »
Louisiana Educator: A Teacher Town Hall Meeting with Diane Ravitch
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Louisiana Educator: A Teacher Town Hall Meeting with Diane Ravitch: A Teacher Town Hall Meeting with Diane Ravitch by Michael Deshotels *This should be mandatory attendance for all teachers! If you believe in a good public education system for all; if you believe that teaching should remain an honored profession; you should definitely attend this town hall meeting with Diane Ravitch.* ** *When? March 14* ** *Where? BREC Administrative Bld., (Ballroom) 6201 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge * ** *What time? Doors open at 5:30 P. M. **Program starts at 6:00 P. M.* ** *Teachers with a current... more »
In era of high costs, humanities come under attack | Hechinger Report
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In era of high costs, humanities come under attack | Hechinger Report: In era of high costs, humanities come under attack by Jon Marcus [image: In era of high costs, humanities come under attack] Oregon State University President Ed Ray flinched when a stranger confronted him to say his daughter had just graduated from the school with a degree in philosophy. “I thought, ‘Oh my God,’” says Ray, who expected he would have to fend off yet another diatribe about the questionable value, in a weak employment market, of majoring in philosophy and other humanities subjects. In fact, the man... more »
Joy Resmovits: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee Group Opens South Carolina Outfit; Common Core Supporters Strike Back: Ed Today
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Joy Resmovits: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee Group Opens South Carolina Outfit; Common Core Supporters Strike Back: Ed Today: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee Group Opens South Carolina Outfit; Common Core Supporters Strike Back: Ed Today by Joy Resmovits *Michelle Rhee Sets Up Shop In SC* StudentsFirst, the former D.C. chancellor's national lobbying group, is branching out into South Carolina, reports the Post and Courier. The paper notes that SC received a "D" grade on SF's recent policy report card -- not exactly stellar. On the group's SC agenda: turnarounds, teacher... more »
Breaking News: New Group to Oppose Corporate Reforms LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-7-13 Diane Ravitch's blog
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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] Breaking News: New Group to Oppose Corporate Reforms by dianerav Dear Friends, It is time to organize to support our children, our schools, and our educators against the well-funded attacks on them. Please join me and a group of education leaders from across the country in building a movement for improving and strengthening our schools with research-based reforms, not fads and sanctions. Today we announce the creation of the Network for Public Education. We invi... more »
Daily Kos: What about the most vulnerable?
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Daily Kos: What about the most vulnerable?: What about the most vulnerable? by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) The pain of the sequester is that kind that lurks: a slow, creeping disaster mainly affecting those Americans on the fringes who are barely inching their way back into a still-bleak job market — or hopelessly locked out of it — and poor Americans too old or too young to participate in it.That is how the effects should always have been framed: not as a danger to air travelers and contractors, but as a prowling danger to the most vulnerable in our flock. Not framing it this ... more »
Victorious LAUSD incumbent vows to keep challenging Deasy | EdSource Today
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Victorious LAUSD incumbent vows to keep challenging Deasy | EdSource Today: Victorious LAUSD incumbent vows to keep challenging Deasy - by John Fensterwald by John Fensterwald Having presented the Los Angeles School Board election races as a referendum on Superintendent John Deasy’s future, the club of six- and seven-figure donors in Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s Coalition for School Reform may have succeeded in making Deasy’s life more complicated. [image: Steve Zimmer won a second term in Tuesday's election despite being outspent more than 4 to 1. Photo courtesy of LA School Repor... more »
Gym: Where is the vision for public education? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
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Gym: Where is the vision for public education? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Gym: Where is the vision for public education? by Helen Gym *Thursday's School Reform Commission vote on the recommended closure of nearly 30 schools will undoubtedly have a major impact on the future of the city's public school system. In advance of the vote, the **Notebook **asked prominent Philadelphians to offer their thoughts, using **new data and maps on school attendance patterns** in the city as a starting point.* *Read the responses from:* *Mark Gleason and Mike Wang of the Philadelphia... more »
Diane Ravitch Announces New Network for Public Education - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
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Diane Ravitch Announces New Network for Public Education - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Diane Ravitch Announces New Network for Public Education by Anthony Cody This morning Diane Ravitch announced the launch of a new organization to connect supporters of public education across the country. This could not come at a better time. Tuesday's election in Los Angeles showed the raw power of the money driving corporate education reform. Supporters of corporate reform, including Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp, Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ... more »
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: They Say That School is a Bad Mother...I'm Talkin About Garfield High!
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 11 hours ago
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: They Say That School is a Bad Mother...I'm Talkin About Garfield High!: They Say That School is a Bad Mother...I'm Talkin About Garfield High! by Lisa M * **WELL, WE CAN DIG IT!* I admire the teachers of Garfield High so much! What they have done, are still doing is amazing! Not only amazing, but very brave. In the scheme of things, everyone might not see what they are doing as heroic. However, as an educator, in this economy, in this toxic environment, the fact that these teachers stood up, and against, standardized testing by saying, "No, we wo... more »
NYC Educator: The Myth of the Powerful Teacher Union
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 11 hours ago
NYC Educator: The Myth of the Powerful Teacher Union: The Myth of the Powerful Teacher Union by NYC Educator There's a piece in Gotham Schools about the incredible power of the teachers' union. It focuses on Lobby Day. Now I've been to Lobby Day, once. Basically the UFT picks people, gives them a message, and the rest of us are supposed to follow that person and nod our heads as he gives the union message, whatever it may be. In fact, I was trying to organize a demonstration at my school so I broke away, found our local pols, and got them to agree to appear. Haven't been back sinc... more »
The Cracks Are Beginning to Show in the Cult of Lucy Calkins.southbronxschool.com
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 11 hours ago
http://www.southbronxschool.com: The Cracks Are Beginning to Show in the Cult of Lucy Calkins by noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher) What a week it has been for Lucy Calkins and her cult of failure. Aside from being vilified on these pages twice inone week, yours truly had inquired, when confronted with "the students are not reading and writing" by a self important person high up the NYC DOE chain with the answer, "so why are we using a program like TC then?" Of course that question was met with silence. But then lo and behold what is it that is gracing the pages of in the Op-Ed s... more »
Mayor Nutter’s Door | Parents United for Public Education
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 11 hours ago
Mayor Nutter’s Door | Parents United for Public Education: Mayor Nutter’s Door by rebeccapoyourow [image: mayor office door] [image: Rebecca Poyourow]Mayor Nutter didn’t come out the front door of his office in City Hall last night. I’m sure mayors have good reason to have alternate exit routes available, and it may be that he uses that other door regularly, rather than just yesterday. I’m not sure, since I’m not in the habit of sitting outside his office. However, I do know for sure that he didn’t come out the front door last night. If Mayor Nutter had come out the front door of... more »
Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core Example? A Humorous Assessment of David Coleman's SAT
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 11 hours ago
Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core Example? A Humorous Assessment of David Coleman's SAT: Common Core Example? A Humorous Assessment of David Coleman's SAT by stlgretchen Need a chuckle? Read this piece from The Washington Post* SAT to be updated * and this tongue in cheek assessment fashioned in the language of Common Core:
Guess the grade level of this Common Core homework. – @ the chalk face
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 12 hours ago
Guess the grade level of this Common Core homework. – @ the chalk face: Guess the grade level of this Common Core homework. by Chris Cerrone [image: 525350_4597216456332_477444975_n] Scroll down beyond my brief rant to find the answer. Let me start off by saying that I believe in challenging my 7th grade students and want the same for my own children. There is a significant difference between getting kids to strive beyond the basics and crossing the line to complete a task that is inappropriate for a certain age group. *At the Chalkface* has explored the issue of the Common Core and ... more »
School Tech Connect: The Queen of Failure
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
School Tech Connect: The Queen of Failure: The Queen of Failure First the Koch brothers fail. Now Bloomberg and Rhee. Every day people, who actually send their kids to public schools, are on to the fact that these people are doing a hell of a lot more harm than good.
ICE 2013 | My Island View
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
ICE 2013 | My Island View: ICE 2013 by tomwhitby I am very fortunate to have a position that gets me invited to education conferences around the country, and occasionally out of it as well. I have written a number of posts describing the benefits, and the blemishes, of many of them over the last year. I am writing this post, as I am en route to Austin, Texas to participate in one of the big ones, the SXSWEdu Conference. Last week however, I attended a gem of a conference conducted by the Illinois ISTE affiliate, The Illinois Computing Educator’s Conference, referred to as ICE13.... more »
UPDATE: The real issue is equity + Debate over school closings asks the wrong questions | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
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Debate over school closings asks the wrong questions | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Dungee Glenn: The real issue is equity by thenotebook *Thursday's School Reform Commission vote on the recommended closure of nearly 30 schools will undoubtedly have a major impact on the future of the city's public school system. In advance of the vote, the **Notebook **asked prominent Philadelphians to offer their thoughts, using **new data and maps on school attendance patterns** in the city as a starting point.* *Read the response from Mark Gleason and Mike Wang of the Philadelphia Scho... more »
Reading a paced, scripted text is NOT teaching. | Reclaim Reform
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
Reading a paced, scripted text is NOT teaching. | Reclaim Reform: Reading a paced, scripted text is NOT teaching. by kenpreviti *Common Core isn’t.* *Reading a paced, scripted text is not teaching.* [image: scripted text] *The Race to the Top is not a race and has no top.* No Child Left Behind left children behind if their arbitrary test scores did not meet a shifting arbitrary number. Homeless students are required to give their home addresses for school attendance. Federal public education funds are given in large amounts to schools that don’t need to improve and are denied to scho... more »
Ed Notes Online: Ed Deform LA Dreamin' Turns Into Nightmare
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 17 hours ago
Ed Notes Online: Ed Deform LA Dreamin' Turns Into Nightmare: Ed Deform LA Dreamin' Turns Into Nightmare by ed notes online While we were celebrating Steve Zimmer’s thrilling win over Kate Anderson in the Los Angeles school board race, the corporate reform crowd had to figure out how to spin this embarrassing defeat. Here it is, fresh from Twitter: Deasey kept his school board majority! Monica Garcia was re-elected! Big money saves Deasey! Inconvenient facts: The billionaires put together about $5 million to beat Steve Zimmer, who is a member of the school board in his first term..... more »
UPDATE: Seattle Times on a Rampage + Seattle Schools Community Forum: Washington State Charter Commission Members-Early Parsing
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 18 hours ago
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Washington State Charter Commission Members-Early Parsing: Seattle Times on a Rampage by Charlie Mas Man, the Seattle Times is pulling out all the stops in the days before retreating behind a paywall. There are several inflammatory articles and columns about education on the Times web site right now. You would think it was just before an election instead of just after one. Feds probing Seattle schools’ treatment of black students This story is about a U.S. Department of Education investigation into whether black students in Seattle schools are puni... more »
Diane in the Evening 3-6-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 19 hours ago
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Did Skandera’s All-Expense Paid Travel Break New Mexico Law? by dianerav According to a report in the Santa Fe Reporter, Hanna Skandera has taken numerous trips to conferences and meetings, with travel expenses paid by organizations that do business with the state. The story says, “… over the past two years, various PED [Public Education Department] contractors have paid for Skandera’s flights and hotel rooms. For instance, in 2011, PED paid the Minnesota-based Summit Education Associates, LLC, more than $96,00... more »
This Community Won't Back Down | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
This Community Won't Back Down | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education: This Community Won't Back Down by Kate_Lenox [image: Home] The Bee editorial board is concerned that the SCUSD school board will be perceived as acting unfairly by failing to close Mark Twain or Tahoe Elementary, in addition to the schools already closed. Evidently none of the Bee editorial board watched the SCUSD board meeting streaming online. If they had, they would know that the SCUSD board has already been accused of unfairness in the closure of seven elementary schools. The hasty process u... more »
UPDATE: Students walking out + Details on #sequestration and #edreform… blah, blah, blah – @ the chalk face
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
Details on #sequestration and #edreform… blah, blah, blah – @ the chalk face: [image: @TCF on Blog Talk Radio] Large Monopoly board planned for #occupy2.0 in DC, #optout by Chalk Face, PhD [image: Large Monopoly board planned for #occupy2.0 in DC, #optout] This is just a blank diagram of the giant education reform Monopoly board I’m going to paint on canvas. I plan on rolling it out for people to play during the event. Working out all of the spaces, suggestions in the comments would be helpful. Students walking out of #TCAP in Colorado, #stuvoice by Chalk Face, PhD [image: Studen... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Expect Some Passion at Tonight's Board Meeting
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Expect Some Passion at Tonight's Board Meeting: Expect Some Passion at Tonight's Board Meeting by Melissa Westbrook Director Patu, President Smith-Blum and I were sharing a laugh last Saturday over the last Board meeting where Vice-President Patu stepped in to lead the meeting because Smith-Blum was out of town. The joke was (and I had noted it here) that looking at the agenda, it would be a short meeting. Apparently it was and it ended at about 6:45 p.m. The meeting may not run long tonight but the Speakers list is full (and overflowing) becau... more »
What it means for parents to support teachers | Parents Across America
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
What it means for parents to support teachers | Parents Across America: What it means for parents to support teachers by pagrundy *Philadelphia parents are currently engaged in an active struggle against a particularly extreme form of school district “transformation,” which includes many school closings. Their actions have included a March 5 sit-in at the Philadelphia mayor’s office. Here are the thoughts of PAA founding member Helen Gym, originally posted on the website of the Philadelphia parents’ organization “Parents United for Public Education.” Helen notes that: “Last week’... more »
Big data and schools: Education nirvana or privacy nightmare? | Digital
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Big data and schools: Education nirvana or privacy nightmare? | Digital: Big data and schools: Education nirvana or privacy nightmare? by Anya Kamenetz [image: Big data and schools: Education nirvana or privacy nightmare?] InBloom, a nonprofit startup founded with funding from the Gates Foundation and Carnegie Corporation, is taking center stage and spreading around some significant funds as an official sponsor of the South by Southwest Education conference in Austin, Texas this week. They hosted the official opening night party on Tuesday, are sponsoring a "networking lounge" with ... more »
Ethics complaint targets philanthropy in public education; Newark schools a prime example - NorthJersey.com
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Ethics complaint targets philanthropy in public education; Newark schools a prime example - NorthJersey.com: Ethics complaint targets philanthropy in public education; Newark schools a prime example WEDNESDAY MARCH 6, 2013, 12:26 PM KATHY MATHESON ASSOCIATED PRESS PAGES: 1 2 3 > DISPLAY ON ONE PAGE | PRINT | E-MAIL [image: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg] Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg PHILADELPHIA (AP) — School activists are using unusual tactics to fight a contested proposal to overhaul the nearly bankrupt Philadelphia school district: They've gone to the city ethics board. Thei... more »
Lee Nave Jr. – Silence is Consent! A Call For People To Open Their Mouths More! Student Voice
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Student Voice: Lee Nave Jr. – Silence is Consent! A Call For People To Open Their Mouths More! by admin Silence is consent.This is a popular term used in the speech and debate world when a person on the opposing team does not argue against one of your points (also known as arguments). The specific point usually has an impact that makes your case stronger than your opponents. When so many points are not argued against you have succeeded that point to the opposition. This pretty much means, you let them dictate to the judge that there point is correct and because you were “silent y... more »
Are the Poor Too Free? On the Perils of Paternalism - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Are the Poor Too Free? On the Perils of Paternalism - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Are the Poor Too Free? On the Perils of Paternalism by Anthony Cody Paul Thomas asks a provocative question this week. Are the poor too free? Are our schools providing students with tools and skills to foster their independence? Or teaching them to be compliant cogs in a machine whose levers of control they will never touch? Thomas describes the paternalism that has become central to modern education, as well as efforts to "reform" it even further. He quotes David Whitman, a true bel... more »
Best of the Ed Blogs | National Education Policy Center
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
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. Bill Moyers Interviews “Activist” Zack Kopplin About Science Teaching Best of the Ed Blogs Jack Hassard March 6, 2013 Why Sending Your Child to a Charter School Hur... more »
Feds revise rules on LEAs seeking medical records SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: *Feds revise rules on LEAs seeking medical records* *By Tom Chorneau* Wednesday, March 06, 2013 New federal regulations are set to take effect later this month easing requirements school districts and other public agencies must follow when accessing a child’s or parent’s public benefit or insurance information. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, schools are allowed to access medical insurance information for the purpose of billing for services that might be required under a student’s Individual Education Plan. But existing ... more »
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: School closings could do educational harm to thousands of students
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: School closings could do educational harm to thousands of students: School closings could do educational harm to thousands of students by Mike Klonsky Stockton Elementary School on the North Side is one of 129 CPS grade schools still being considered for closing. (Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune)Despite the claims by some Chicago education and political leaders that mass school closings will boost student learning outcomes, closing schools usually does little to raise so-called "student achievement" levels and in many cases actually cause great harm. ... more »
Illegal… as in not legal. The Bridgeport Board of Education’s 5 to 4 illegal vote - Wait, What?
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Illegal… as in not legal. The Bridgeport Board of Education’s 5 to 4 illegal vote - Wait, What?: Illegal… as in not legal. The Bridgeport Board of Education’s 5 to 4 illegal vote by jonpelto (Co-written by Jonathan Pelto and Retired Connecticut Judge and public education advocate Carmen Lopez) *“Yes officer, I know I was driving 65 miles an hour in a 25 mile an hour school zone and yes I know it is “illegal” to drive that fast, but you don’t understand, that law doesn’t apply to me. I’ll be going now. Have a nice day.”* In July 2011, the loyal Democrats on the Bridgeport Board o... more »
PHILANTHROPY 2173: Charity, Pornography, and the Press
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
PHILANTHROPY 2173: Charity, Pornography, and the Press: Charity, Pornography, and the Press In 1964, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said of pornography, "I know it when I see it” (Jacobellis v. Ohio). What does that have to do with charity? As it turns out, we have the same definition of charity. We seem to know it when we see it. I spent the weekend in a scholarly workshop with political theorists, legal scholars, historians, and sociologists who specialize in charity, philanthropy, and civil society. Among many things I learned is that, in fact, charity is undef... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Depressing Suspension Investigation of SPS
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Depressing Suspension Investigation of SPS: Depressing Suspension Investigation of SPS by Melissa Westbrook The Times has a sad story this morning about a federal investigation by the US Department of Education against SPS over discipline rates of African Americans. The Times does point out that this information is really nothing new. The district (and parents) have know about this for years and yet it is still the case. *African-American students are suspended from school more than three times as often as white students from elementary school... more »
This Week In Education: Update: Stalemate In LA -- For Now
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
This Week In Education: Update: Stalemate In LA -- For Now: Update: Stalemate In LA -- For Now by Alexander Russo [image: ScreenHunter_01 Mar. 06 10.07]How anticlimactic. In a showdown that's fast approaching 2007's $7 million campaign spending record, the teachers union and reform groups each succeeded in protecting one of their key supporters on the LAUSD School Board last night -- but failed to score any decisive victory against the other side. Board member Steve Zimmer -- one of the main targets of the Coalition for School Reform -- led from the start despite being outspent at ... more »
UPDATE: FCMAT » Cali "CASH" Education Headlines Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: *Union-backed candidate wins W. Sac school board race* Education Headlines *Wednesday, March 6, 2013* Kern HSD approves defibrillators for every campusThe Kern High School District voted Monday to put automated external defibrillators on each of its campuses. Bear Creek's top two leavingMore than two dozen Bear Creek High School staff members and students filled the Lodi Unified boardroom Tuesday evening, supporting Principal Shirley McNichols and Vice Principal Tim Swartz, who had been asked to resign from their jobs. Tokay Colo... more »
Amplify the Bottom Line (and Excellence) | EduShyster
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Amplify the Bottom Line (and Excellence) | EduShyster: Amplify the Bottom Line (and Excellence) by edushyster2012 Students who currently use outmoded devices like these MacBooks will experienced enhanced excellence once they are provided with Amplify tablets. If only there was a miracle product that could fix the many problems plaguing our failing union-stifled public schools, all in the blink of a cursor’s eye. Reader: today is our lucky day. Edu-visionary and Edushyster transphormer-in-chief Joel Klein has the very miracle gizmo that will at last allow our stifled public school st... more »
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