An Open Letter to Secretary Duncan: How Not to Get Booed – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

An Open Letter to Secretary Duncan: How Not to Get Booed – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER:

An Open Letter to Secretary Duncan: How Not to Get Booed

by plthomasedd

Secretary Duncan, How Not to Get Booed:

1. Resign.
2. Refuse appointments for positions for which you have no experience or expertise.
3. Do not speak at a gathering of the people you have mis-served, unless you plan to apologize (or resign).
4. Resign.
5. Avoid saying one eloquent thing while doing quite the opposite (HINT: Hypocrisy lends itself to booing).
6. Resign, apologize, and then do no more harm (CAUTION: Could incite cheers).

“K-12 blogger extraordinaire” @michelemcneil concern trolls @educationweek

by Chalk Face, PhD

Education journalism and other works of narrative non-fiction love the pitched battle, the zero-sum game, the us versus them story, a David versus Goliath. We have once again another example from Education Week. Boring. As if this highlights some kind of anecdotal trend about the vitality of educational activism, we have this little slice: As a [...]

“I Would Prefer Not To”: A Call for Non-Cooperation

by plthomasedd

Writing about a call for a moratorium on implementing and testing Common Core State Standards (CCSS) from union leadership, Anthony Cody ends his blog post with three questions: What do you think? Should we join Randi Weingarten in pushing for one year’s delay in the harsh consequences attached to Common Core assessments? Will this year put the [...]

An important graphic on comparing apples to apples #poverty #capeducation

by Chalk Face, PhD

This is an issue of social class, pure and simple. Of course poor kids can learn, no question. But let’s give them what they need to succeed and the sky’s the limit. Thanks to Christine McCartney.