Sunday, June 30, 2013

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Perdido Street School: I'm Sure More Standardized Testing And Standardized Rubrics Will Solve This Crisis

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 45 minutes ago
Perdido Street School: I'm Sure More Standardized Testing And Standardized Rubrics Will Solve This Crisis: I'm Sure More Standardized Testing And Standardized Rubrics Will Solve This Crisis by reality-based educator In an article entitled What It Takes to Make New College Graduates Employable, Alina Tugend writes the following: A special report by The Chronicle of Higher Education and American Public Media’s Marketplace published in March found that about half of 704 employers who participated in the study said they had trouble finding recent college graduates qualified to fill p... more »

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-30-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 59 minutes ago
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] The BTA Launches New Media Today by dianerav Having sprouted nearly 20,000 members in barely two weeks, the distinguished Badass Teachers Association prepares for the long haul. Mark NAISON writes: “Today, with the Official Launch Party for the group Logo, the youtube channel, and the opening of the BAT Store, members of the Badass Teachers Association will see how hard the administrators of this group have worked to create an organizational structure built fo... more »

6-30-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: [image: gears] Where’s @NCTQ on this one? Lazy. Pathetic. Ideology. by Chalk Face, PhD What the hell are you paying for then? Common Core Seuss Standards? Perhaps. #commoncore by Chalk Face, PhD From an educator: We do not like the Common Core.It tells us not of what’s in storeUnless the kids don’t pass their testsOur futures will be put to rest. The kids will cry, struggle and fretAnd not learn to THINK, (the worst thing yet)The only thing that will occupy mindsIs finding the RIGHT answer every […] United Opt Out to release a national Decl... more »

Corporate education reform front blasts special Paul Vallas statutory provision that they helped pass - Wait, What?

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Corporate education reform front blasts special Paul Vallas statutory provision that they helped pass - Wait, What?: Corporate education reform front blasts special Paul Vallas statutory provision that they helped pass by jonpelto The overarching question is: Are they that stupid or that ethically bankrupt? The Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER), a corporate funded education reform group that was created to support Governor Malloy’s education reform initiative has done the impossible. It has taken the debate surrounding Paul Vallas to a new level of absurdity. And t... more »

Changing room. | Fred Klonsky

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Changing room. | Fred Klonsky: Changing room. by Fred Klonsky Mae Smith is an energetic woman who is membership chair of NEA Retired. She’s from Illinois. Michigan before that. When we met the other day she greeted me like we knew each other for years. “Oh, I read your columns,” she said with a smile. She was polite enough not to say whether she agreed with them or liked them. But that’s her way. Her job is building membership among retired educators in the NEA. Not reviewing some blogger. And she has been overwhelmingly successful. While school closings and charters have contributed... more »

Busy babies at the Library of Congress

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Busy babies at the Library of Congress: Busy babies at the Library of Congress By Valerie Strauss, Published: June 30, 2013 at 6:06 amE-mail the writer 1 Comments More [image: Baby hunter (by Carol Hightow.....)] Baby hunter (by Carol M. Highsmith) *It’s summer, I’m on vacation (though still will be posting some new pieces during the week), and Washington is filled with tourists, so here’s a little offbeat piece for the city’s visitors.* Washington D.C. is not exactly known as a laugh-riot city, and certainly not through its very serious marble sculpture. But it turns out the Library ... more »

How My Thinking about School Reform Has Changed over the Decades (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
How My Thinking about School Reform Has Changed over the Decades (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: How My Thinking about School Reform Has Changed over the Decades (Part 1) by larrycuban *A few years ago, Richard Elmore asked me to write a piece about how my ideas have changed over the years. Daily experience in schools as a teacher, administrator, and researcher (and the reflections and writing that I did about those experiences) altered key ideas I had about the nature of reform and how reform worked its way into districts, schools, and classrooms.... more »

Senate Student Loan Proposals Fail To Advance As Rate Surge Looms | toteachornototeach

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 10 hours ago
Senate Student Loan Proposals Fail To Advance As Rate Surge Looms | toteachornototeach: Senate Student Loan Proposals Fail To Advance As Rate Surge Looms by aristotlethewise *Senate Student Loan Proposals Fail To Advance As Rate Surge Looms* Some 7 million college students will see their borrowing costs double next week after Republicans and Democrats paid little attention to the issue for 11 months, then spent the past month vainly squabbling over a solution. Senate Democrats on Thursday rallied against a potential bipartisan compromise ahead of Monday’s deadline. Republicans ruled... more »

RSD’s Watered-down Incremental Miracle and Continued Fiscal Embarrassment | deutsch29

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 10 hours ago
RSD’s Watered-down Incremental Miracle and Continued Fiscal Embarrassment | deutsch29: RSD’s Watered-down Incremental Miracle and Continued Fiscal Embarrassment by deutsch29 It is very important to those promoting corporate reform in The Big Easy to show just how wonderful, how miraculous, how “rebirthful,” state takeover of New Orleans schools has been. Hurricane Katrina hit almost eight years ago (August 29, 2005); in the storm’s aftermath (and already itching to get their hands on New Orleans’ schools), the Louisiana legislature passed Act 35, which declared any Louisiana scho... more »

Big Education Ape - Morning Wink 6-29-13 AM Posts #edreform #EDCHAT #P2

Big Education Ape - 12 hours ago
*BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS* LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-29-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 5 minutes ago Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Gary Rubinstein: Another Miracle School Bites the Dust by dianerav The New York Daily News found another of those “miracle” schools that, on examination, isn’t. Gary Rubinstein is a master debunker of miracle schools, and his antennae went up when he read about a charter sc... more »

Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 13 hours ago
Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress: Bill Introduced: S.1210 Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act A bill to allow a State to submit a declaration of intent to the Secretary of Education to combine certain funds to improve the academic achievement of students. 16min Bill Introduced: H.R.2456 Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act To allow a State to submit a declaration of intent to the Secretary of Education to combine certain funds to improve the academic achievement of students. 16min Bill Introduced: H.R.2378 Impact Aid Fairness and Equity Act of 2013 To re... more »

Diane in the Evening 6-29-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Sexist Rapper Will Speak at National Charter School Meet by dianerav If you were a rapper who made millions by insulting women with vulgar lyrics and treating them as sex objects, what’s your next logical move? Why, open a charter school! It is easy if you live in Florida, where anyone can open a charter. And then you will be invited to be a keynote speaker at the national charter schools conference! *LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 6-29-13 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2* Diane Ravitch'... more »

Mother Crusader: Charter School Hustling 101, Old School Miami Style

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
Mother Crusader: Charter School Hustling 101, Old School Miami Style: Charter School Hustling 101, Old School Miami Style by darciecima A few days ago I posted a picture I stumbled across when doing some research on the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools website. Their conference starts tomorrow in DC, and the lineup of keynote speakers, as you can see above, is downright bizarre. Jersey Jazzman, musician that he is,took a look at Pitbull's lyrics, and it paints a pretty ugly picture of Pitbull's attitude towards women. In fact, I'd dare say it depicts him as a misogynist.... more »

The Nine Most Terrifying Words in the English Language: "I'm From Big Business, and I'm Here to Help" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
The Nine Most Terrifying Words in the English Language: "I'm From Big Business, and I'm Here to Help" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: The Nine Most Terrifying Words in the English Language: "I'm From Big Business, and I'm Here to Help" by Anthony Cody One of late president Ronald Reagan's favorite jokes was as follows: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'" Educators and students might be forgiven for turning this joke on its head a bit, because we find ourselves in terror when we hear from all s... more »

Founding Fathers Say WTF to Corporate Education Reform

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 19 hours ago
*Founding Fathers Say WTF to Corporate Education Reform* Washington to Franklin, Adams and Jefferson, every one offered his ideas about the state of education and the best ways to build an informed citizenry — from the lowliest mechanic's son to the most exalted Harvard grad. Each called at least implicitly for public education. Jefferson wrote of his Virginia education plan in a letter to his friend George Wythe, *"The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among... more »

Demonstrators target DISD superintendent's home, but ordinance keeps them at a distance | Dallasnews.com - News for Dallas, Texas - The Dallas Morning News

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
Demonstrators target DISD superintendent's home, but ordinance keeps them at a distance | Dallasnews.com - News for Dallas, Texas - The Dallas Morning News: *Demonstrators target DISD superintendent's home, but ordinance keeps them at a distance* FROM STAFF REPORTS Staff Writer Published: 29 June 2013 12:42 PM Updated: 29 June 2013 12:49 PM *From staff writer Claire Wiseman:* When a dozen demonstrators gathered at the corner of Hockaday and Snow White drives Saturday morning, they thought they'd be allowed closer to DISD Superintendent Mike Miles, the target of their protest. "We h... more »

Jersey Jazzman: National Charter Schools Conference Features Sexist Lyricist Pitbull

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: National Charter Schools Conference Features Sexist Lyricist Pitbull: National Charter Schools Conference Features Sexist Lyricist Pitbull by Duke This year's National Charter Schools Conference will feature failed NYC Chancellor and current snake oil salesman Joel Klein; the incoherent and failed SecEd, Arne Duncan; and easily confused education writer andmeme producer for the reformy, Amanda Ripley. But, as exciting as it will be to hear from these reformy luminaries, they aren't even the main attraction: Armando Christian PérezInternational Music Superstar Pitbu... more »

Schooling in the Ownership Society: The Chicago money man behind Rahm

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Schooling in the Ownership Society: The Chicago money man behind Rahm: The Chicago money man behind Rahm by Mike Klonsky Michael Sacks, far right, then-Deputy Mayor Mark Angel. I call Rahm the "Little Emperor" because of his bullying approach to management. But the emperor doesn't say boo without getting the nod from his big-money patrons in the Civic Committee. Chief among those is behind-the-scenes operator *Michael Sacks*, CEO of Grosvenor Capital Management, one of the world's largest hedge funds. Sacks has known the Little Emperor since Rahm left the Clinton White House in the... more »

"Common Core": An uncommonly bad idea - ContraCostaTimes.com

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
"Common Core": An uncommonly bad idea - ContraCostaTimes.com: "Common Core": An uncommonly bad idea By Ann Miller and Jeanne Wisniewski © 2013 Bay Area News Group Posted: 06/29/2013 09:00:00 AM PDT "The empirical evidence suggests that the Common Core will have little effect on American students' achievement." -- Brookings Institution. "Common Core's standards not only present a serious threat to state and local education authority, but also put academic quality at risk." -- Heritage Foundation Issue Brief, by University of Arkansas Education Reform Professor Sandra Stotsky. As ano... more »

IDEC 2013 | 21st Annual International Democratic Education Conference - 21st Annual International Democratic Education Conference

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
IDEC 2013 | 21st Annual International Democratic Education Conference - 21st Annual International Democratic Education Conference: [image: About IDEC] IDEC 2013 will be a unique international gathering of changemakers—practitioners, organizers, academics, youth, and educators—built around how we can transform our communities, schools, and learning to ensure that all young people can engage meaningfully in their education and gain the tools to build a just, sustainable, and democratic world.Learn more about IDEC here. [image: Program] [image: IDEC 2013 Coffee Talkers] [image: IDE... more »

Post-DOMA Questions, College Student Edition | Firedoglake

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Post-DOMA Questions, College Student Edition | Firedoglake: Post-DOMA Questions, College Student Edition by Peterr Rainbow Flag at SF City Hall Edith Windsor has a big tax refund coming, and other LGBT married couples have won a victory for their relationships with the recent SCOTUS rulings in *US v Windsor* and *Hollingsworth v Perry*. But lots of questions remain in the wake of the demise of DOMA. For example, if you’re a college student applying for financial aid, you are required to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which functions as a standardized f... more »

Perdido Street School: Here's A Stop-And-Frisk Audio Mike Bloomberg Should Listen To

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Perdido Street School: Here's A Stop-And-Frisk Audio Mike Bloomberg Should Listen To: Here's A Stop-And-Frisk Audio Mike Bloomberg Should Listen To by reality-based educator From The Nation: Exclusive audio obtained by *The Nation* of a stop-and-frisk carried out by the New York Police Department freshly reveals the discriminatory and unprofessional way in which this controversial policy is being implemented on the city’s streets. On June 3, 2011, three plainclothes New York City Police officers stopped a Harlem teenager named Alvin and two of the officers questioned and frisked ... more »

#ISTE13: My connected conference experience | My Island View

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
#ISTE13: My connected conference experience | My Island View: #ISTE13: My connected conference experience by tomwhitby If we hold personalized learning in such high regard, why shouldn’t we apply it to our professional conference experience as well? Are we not attending these conferences to learn? I attend more conferences than most educators, and I try to enjoy each to the fullest. I also have an advantage over many educators attending these conferences in that I am a “connected educator.” I use Twitter, LinkedIn and many education Ning communities to reach out and connect with... more »

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Washington State Budget: A Win for Schools?

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Washington State Budget: A Win for Schools?: Washington State Budget: A Win for Schools? by Melissa Westbrook The answer to that headline is - not really. Are they getting more money? Yes. Enough money? No. Can the Supreme Court really do anything? Doubtful. So really, it's a lot of legislators blowing smoke about education. (And no legislator should pat themself on the back for finally getting a budget. That said, I know many districts are relieved to finally have some answers so they can finish their own budgets.) The Times reports that ... more »

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-29-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] What Happened at Vallas’ Trial by dianerav When the trial was conducted of whether Paul Vallas had the necessary credentials to serve as superintendent of schools in Bridgeport, the attorney for the plaintiffs said he was a “drive-by superintendent.” The state commissioner of education Stefan Pryor, who picked Vallas, said he was impressed by his work in New Orleans, where he oversaw the near total privatization of the public schools. The linked article describes... more »

Ed Notes Online: Norm in The Wave: Education News You Can’t Live Without

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Ed Notes Online: Norm in The Wave: Education News You Can’t Live Without: Norm in The Wave: Education News You Can’t Live Without by ed notes online I was going to use the final column to review the bad and ugly (there was little good) of education coverage, but with the start of summer vacation for my teacher readers I decided to pass. But I did write a newsy story on a Stop and Frisk march held last Saturday in Rockaway organized by Josmar Trujillo, one of the very interesting people I've met out here. More about the march and Josmar in a follow-up piece later or tomorrow. *Educa... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Is Corporate "Reform" Coming to Denmark?

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: Is Corporate "Reform" Coming to Denmark?: Is Corporate "Reform" Coming to Denmark? by Duke *Mermaids need free play, too!* Does this sound familiar? A center-left government is pushing an unproven series of education "reforms," including longer school days and less time for free play, over the objections of many parents. And to facilitate this, the government has gone out of its way to diminish the collective bargaining rights of teachers, insisting they work more hours without consultation from their unions. Sounds like Chicago or Philadelphia or Los Angeles, rig... more »

4 changes to English so subtle we hardly notice they’re happening | toteachornototeach

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
4 changes to English so subtle we hardly notice they’re happening | toteachornototeach: 4 changes to English so subtle we hardly notice they’re happening by aristotlethewise *4 changes to English so subtle we hardly notice they’re happening* By Arika Okrent Everyone knows that language changes. It’s easy to pick out words that have only been recently introduced (bromance, YOLO, derp) or sentence constructions that have gone out of style (How do you do? Have you a moment?), but we are constantly in the middle of language change that may not be noticeable for decades or even centuries.... more »

The Unreliable Narrator | Gary Rubinstein's Blog

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
The Unreliable Narrator | Gary Rubinstein's Blog: The Unreliable Narrator by Gary Rubinstein An expression that has been popping up in many of the blogs by new TFA corps members is “behavior narration.” This is, evidently, the big new ‘thing’ that the new TFAers are leaning as a classroom management tool. Back in 1991 when I was a CM, myself, the first edition of the book ‘Assertive Discipline’ was the guide that our classroom management training was based on. Back then the big thing was writing students names on the board for the first consequence and putting a check by the name... more »

Daily Kos: thoughts on privatization of public services

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Daily Kos: thoughts on privatization of public services: thoughts on privatization of public services by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) none of which will be original to me, but I think have some worth in bringing together. First, we need to recognize how broad the tendency of privatizing public services has become - we have private security forces in lieu of police in some gated communities and in many corporate settings. Support services for the military,even in combat zones, are now provided by contractors. Many activities that should be military or other government services a... more »

6-29-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: [image: gears] What’s wrong with being a “badass?” by Chalk Face, PhD Tomorrow at 6PM EST, we’re going to interview Mark Naison, someone who’s been with us in this fight for a long time now. He has recently gathered a group of people in an effort to organize the Bad Ass Teachers association on Facebook. In what, a week, there’s almost 20,000 members? The discussion is lively […] Thought for the Day by plthomasedd On my WeatherBug smartphone App, the pollen tab notes: This lack of change in airborne pollen will continue to affect those who... more »

Update: Vallas out because he lacked the qualifications necessary to be superintendent - Wait, What?

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Update: Vallas out because he lacked the qualifications necessary to be superintendent - Wait, What?: Update: Vallas out because he lacked the qualifications necessary to be superintendent by jonpelto *May have to return his Broad Prize* Despite the best efforts of Governor Malloy, Commissioner Pryor, Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch, Bridgeport Board of Education Chairman Kenneth Moales and Paul Vallas himself, the issue they simply couldn’t overcome was the fact that under Connecticut law (even after it was changed to try and accommodate Vallas), Vallas was unwilling or unable to do t... more »

Why judge ordered Paul Vallas removed as Bridgeport schools chief

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Why judge ordered Paul Vallas removed as Bridgeport schools chief: Why judge ordered Paul Vallas removed as Bridgeport schools chief By Valerie Strauss, Published: June 29, 2013 at 3:57 amE-mail the writer 6 Comments More [image: Paul Vallas] Paul Vallas A Superior Court judge in Connecticut has ordered that Paul Vallas, a major school reformer who has run schools in Chicago, New Orleans and Philadelphia, be removed from his job as superintendent in Bridgeport because he hadn’t complied with a state law requiring him to take a school leadership program. The judge, Barbara Bellis, wrot... more »

Michigan Legislatures “to put brakes on” Common Core | Scathing Purple Musings

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Michigan Legislatures “to put brakes on” Common Core | Scathing Purple Musings: Michigan Legislatures “to put brakes on” Common Core by Bob Sikes Another state with republican governors has a legislative body actively opposing Common Core Standards. Bob Kellogg on *OneNewsNow* has this from Michigan: The Michigan legislature has blocked implementing the controversial Common Core Standards until vigorous debate about those standards can take place. The Michigan Senate approved the state’s education budget with an amendment that prevents the department from spending money to impleme... more »

Saturday coffee. | Fred Klonsky

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Saturday coffee. | Fred Klonsky: Saturday coffee. by Fred Klonsky [image: BeverlyHall] It is coffee in the lobby of the downtown Atlanta Hilton. Atlanta is an appropriate city to hold the 2013 Representative Assembly of the National Education Association. I was talking to a fellow delegate to the Retired Conference yesterday who thought it was wrong to hold our national meetings in so-called * Right-to-Work* states. Which Georgia is. But so is the rest of the South. And with Koch brother backing, there are a growing number of Right-to-Work laws up north as well. If we don’t start winni... more »

“Financial Irresponsibility and Incompetence”: Louisiana Superintendent John White Perfectly Describes School Voucher Program | Crazy Crawfish's Blog

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
“Financial Irresponsibility and Incompetence”: Louisiana Superintendent John White Perfectly Describes School Voucher Program | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: "Financial Irresponsibility and Incompetence": Louisiana Superintendent John White Perfectly Describes School Voucher Program by crazycrawfish Reblogged from CenLamar: [image: Click to visit the original post] Yesterday, after more than a year of sustained criticism in the state, national, and even international media,Louisiana Superintendent John White (no relation) announced the Department of Education was banning the New Living Wo... more »

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-29-13

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
*4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:* *4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT* UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA DONATES $25,000 TO LAUSD AVIATION SCHOOL smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 14 minutes ago By Dana Bartholomew, Staff Writer, LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/17JTvIe 6/27/2013 06:02:35 PM PDT/Updated: 6/27/2013 08:33:59 PM PDT :: A University of North Dakota group is giving thousands of dollars to a top-flight LAUSD mechanics school that trains students at Van Nuys Airport for high-paying jobs in aviation. The University of North Dakota Aerospace F...more »

This Week's Education Research Report 6-29-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Education Research Report *THIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORT* * * New NAEP Report Compares Today’s Student Performance With That of 40 Years Ago Jonathan Kantrowitz at Education Research Report - 1 day ago * Long-term trend assessment shows improvement for black and Hispanic students since the 1970s* Today’s 9-and 13-year-old students scored higher in reading and mathematics than their counterparts did 40 years ago according to The Nation’s Report Card: Trends in Academic Progress 2012, a long-term trend assessment designed to track changes in the achievement of students ages 9,... more »

All Week 6-29-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: [image: gears] Thought for the Day plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 3 hours ago On my WeatherBug smartphone App, the pollen tab notes: This lack of change in airborne pollen will continue to affect those who suffer from allergies and those who live with allergy sufferers. How is it, then, that the “no excuses” education reform crowd is unable to admit that poverty affects those living in poverty and […] Have Four Decades of Test Based Accountability Closed the Public and Catholic School Score Gaps? Jim Horn at @ THE CHAL... more »

Sacramento School Closures Lawsuit by Hmong Innovating Politics - GoFundMe

mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Sacramento School Closures Lawsuit by Hmong Innovating Politics - GoFundMe: Sacramento School Closures Lawsuit Please support parents, students and Hmong Innovating Politics (HIP) in our efforts to protect our community's civil rights and stop the closures of the seven neighborhood schools in the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD). All proceeds will go toward costs incurred by the lawsuit and the campaign thus far. Please make an urgently needed donation to support this fight against SCUSD's intentional discrimination and violation of our community civil rights. For qu... more »











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