A fun graduation song
A music educator gives a nice presentation via song at the graduation ceremony for Williamsville East High School in suburban Western New York. Please bear with the video, the first part is a little blurry. Song starts around one minute mark. Lyrics: Is it an A, or a B, or a C, or a D? […]
Reclaiming the conversation video series, check it out.
Some very familiar names throughout this series. Listen, learn, share. Tagged: edu4, reclaiming the conversation
Reclaiming the conversation video series, check it out.
Some very familiar names throughout this series. Listen, learn, share. Tagged: edu4, reclaiming the conversation
Helpful tips from an #education #reformer
I may have forgotten all about these. But I have a few images from a rather helpful ad campaign, “Tips from an Education Reformer.” Hopefully you find them as helpful as I do in dismantling a free system of public education. Tagged: certification, public schools, racism, TFA, tips from an education reformer
CREDO Charter Study Finds Over 70 Percent of Charters Testing Worse or No Better than the Poorest Public Schools
The new CREDO charter school study is out, which means that we point out once more the wasted billions in tax dollars that are now going to corporate apartheid schools that are, in the majority of cases, underperforming the poorest matched public schools in the same communities. Even though you have to dig through the […]
CREDO v. Kids Count
I make a predication, about the fact that kids still don’t count. Please read HERE about CREDO’s new charter study and the 2013 Kids Count report. Tagged: CREDO, Kids Count
Meaningless Debates
by David Hood Retired after 50 years in education Career includes 25 years as teacher and principal, Department of Education official, senior manager of Education Review Office, establishment CEO of New Zealand Qualifications Authority, and consultant since 1996. Author of Our Secondary Schools Don’t Work Anymore [1998] davidhoodassoc@xtra.co.nz ———- Debates on (New Zealand’s) National Standards, […]
6-24-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: [image: gears] Our recent show on NCTQ. Consider this the end of the discussion. by Chalk Face, PhD We returned to the air last evening to discuss the various reactions to the latest NCTQ report. This for me is the end of the debate. We need not comment on it further unless further developments ensue. Other authors are welcome to continue the dialogue, however. One of our callers raised a very excellent point. […] Is #ISTE13 a substantive debate on #edtech or just a business convention? by Chalk Face, PhD I’m guessing the latter based on s... more »