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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Big Education Ape Nite Cap 6-30-13 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2


James Baldwin said it best: 

"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."


A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAP



Jersey Jazzman: Another Reason The SCOTUS Makes No Sense To Me
Jersey Jazzman: Another Reason The SCOTUS Makes No Sense To Me: Another Reason The SCOTUS Makes No Sense To Meby DukeI woulda gone to law school if the texts had more pictures...Stepping way out of my wheelhouse here, but why not...Do I have a lawyer who reads this blog who can explain this to me?Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economySo Pete Williams is saying
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NEA Teams with Atlanta Braves for “Read-in” | NEA Today
NEA Teams with Atlanta Braves for “Read-in” | NEA Today: NEA Teams with Atlanta Braves for “Read-in”by clongBy Cindy Long Miguel Moran is a longtime baseball fan. The soon-to-be fifth grader says he’s been watching his favorite team, the Atlanta Braves, for his entire ten year life. On Sunday Miguel was rewarded for his dedication – he got to meet three Braves legends as well as a legend of the f
by mike simpson / 8min 
Unique institute unites capitalists who want to save the world | The Raw Story
Unique institute unites capitalists who want to save the world | The Raw Story: Unique institute unites capitalists who want to save the worldBy Agence France-PresseSunday, June 30, 2013 17:41 EDTTopics: robert reich ♦ Unreasonable Institute Like Raw Story on Facebook0 The consultant holds a russet ankle boot in his right hand, gesturing as if it were a conductor’s baton.Robert Reich, a University
by mike simpson / 1h 
aprender qué es la responsabilidad civil : vivirlaeducacion
aprender qué es la responsabilidad civil : vivirlaeducacion: aprender qué es la responsabilidad civilby adminEn los últimos años las academias de inglés han surgido como champiñones en todos los barrios de nuestras ciudades, debido a la necesidad de la gente de hablar y escribir en este idioma para mejorar en lo laboral, o directamente para poder encontrar un trabajo.Al elegir una hay que tener cu
by mike simpson / 1h 
Quality control at the NEA RA. | Fred Klonsky
Quality control at the NEA RA. | Fred Klonsky: Quality control at the NEA RA.by Fred KlonskyThe Retired Conference is over and now I have moved to an upper story room at the Omni at CNN Center.Tomorrow afternoon is the first Illinois and other state caucus meetings. The first general meeting of the NEA RA will be Tuesday.This morning retirees listened to speeches by VP Lily Eskelsen and NEA Presid
by mike simpson / 1h 
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This Week: Seattle Schools This Weekby Melissa Westbrook To note, it appears there will be no other district/Board meetings after the July 3rd Board meeting until early August.Wednesday, July 3rd School Board meeting at 4:15 p.m. - Agenda Even during the sleepy summer months, a lot is happening.  At this meeting, the Strategic Plan will be voted on.
by mike simpson / 1h 
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson given millions for his causes - Business - The Sacramento Bee
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson given millions for his causes - Business - The Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson given millions for his causesBy Ryan Lillisrlillis@sacbee.comPublished: Sunday, Jun. 30, 2013 - 12:00 am | Page 1ALast Modified: Sunday, Jun. 30, 2013 - 1:40 pmA Marriage Made IN ....Over the past 18 months, retail giant Wal-Mart and a charity funded by the company's foundin
by mike simpson / 2h 
Dear Melinda: I resigned because of your edreform. I hope that as a woman and as a mother, you will hear what I am saying and do something about it before it really is too late. | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates
Dear Melinda: I resigned because of your edreform. I hope that as a woman and as a mother, you will hear what I am saying and do something about it before it really is too late. | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates: Dear Melinda: I resigned because of your edreform. I hope that as a woman and as a mother, you will hear what I am saying and do something about it before it really is too late.Posted on 
by mike simpson / 2h 
As time runs out, Philly public school parents send open letter to legislators | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
As time runs out, Philly public school parents send open letter to legislators | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: As time runs out, Philly public school parents send open letter to legislatorsby thenotebook on Jun 30 2013 Posted in Latest newsThe following open letter, signed by some 600 Philadelphia public school parents and taxpayers, was sent to PA state legislators over the weekend and pos
by mike simpson / 2h 
Florida BOE Wants Changes to School Grade Formula….Again | Scathing Purple Musings
Florida BOE Wants Changes to School Grade Formula….Again | Scathing Purple Musings: Florida BOE Wants Changes to School Grade Formula….Againby Bob SikesWrites Jeff Solochek in the Tampa Bay Times:Florida’s A-F school grading system, respected and copied in other states, faces a credibility test here where it began.For the second straight year, the state Board of Education is contemplating possible
by mike simpson / 2h 
Hundreds of NEA Members Give Back to Atlanta Community | NEA Today
Hundreds of NEA Members Give Back to Atlanta Community | NEA Today: Hundreds of NEA Members Give Back to Atlanta Communityby clongBy Amy JordanOne hundred percent of the students at Thomasville Heights Elementary School receive free or reduced lunch.”Free and reduced is how they eat, not how they learn,” said Cynthia Jewell, principal of the Atlanta, Georgia school. That’s why Jewell has spent the
by mike simpson / 4h 
Ed Notes Online: Newark Teacher Union Election News
Ed Notes Online: Newark Teacher Union Election News: Newark Teacher Union Election Newsby ed notes onlineUnfortunately, President Del Grosso was not in attendance [at the swearing in] , so the date could not be set. ... NEW Caucus report....the Newark contract deal was celebrated by Republican Governor Chris Christie and by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, who called the
by mike simpson / 5h 
Jersey Jazzman: Charter Schools, Pitbull, & Money, Money, Money
Jersey Jazzman: Charter Schools, Pitbull, & Money, Money, Money: Charter Schools, Pitbull, & Money, Money, Moneyby DukeUPDATE: Mother Crusader has started a petition calling for Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to cancel his appearance at NAPCS.I want, I need, I like to getMoney, money, money, moneyI want, I need, I like to getMoney, money, money, I like"Juicebox" by Armando "Pitbull" Pe
by mike simpson / 5h 
Summer Fun - Sacramento Council PTA
Sacramento Council PTA: IN THIS ISSUE:: 5th Annual Terrell C. Gladney Memorial Summer Basketball Academy:: 10 Books to Read:: Summer Reading:: Creating Community Solutions:: U.S. Bank Kids Duatholon:: Fairytale Town Summer FunCamps:: Summer Movie Clubhouse:: Jr. Chef Cooking Camp:: Free Summer Meals:: EuroSoccer Camps5th Annual Terrell C. GladneyMemorial Summer Basketball Academy  July 9- August 2
by mike simpson / 5h 
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Jerry Jordan on “Work Rules Campaign” Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers:        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2013 CONTACT:  George Jackson(202) 494-8178Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Jerry Jordan on“Work Rules Campaign” for Philadelphia Public SchoolsPFT president Jerry Jordan today issued the following statementin response to proponents of legislative proposalstying education funding to work rule changes for educatorsPHILADE
by mike simpson / 5h 
Louisiana Educator: Education for the Wrong Future
Louisiana Educator: Education for the Wrong Future: Education for the Wrong Futureby Michael DeshotelsOn January 24, 2010 I posted an article on this blog with the headline: Are Louisiana Schools Training Students for the Wrong Future? That is the question some educators were asking 3 and a half years ago as the State Superintendent and BESE proposed to greatly increase the number of students grad
by mike simpson / 5h 
NYC Educator: Mayor Bloomberg Lays Out Plan to Eliminate Sex Creeps
NYC Educator: Mayor Bloomberg Lays Out Plan to Eliminate Sex Creeps: Mayor Bloomberg Lays Out Plan to Eliminate Sex Creepsby NYC EducatorMike Bloomberg here. I just want to say how pleased I am that the Supreme Court has finally repealed the Defense of Marriage Act. Our LGBT brothers and sisters should certainly be able to marry and live as they wish. Except for teachers.UFT teachers, as you know
by mike simpson / 6h 
Update: American Class Schedule 2014
AMERICAN CLASS SCHEDULE 2014 Upper ClassMiddle ClassMY PLACE Proudly Sponsered byIn YOUR Neighborhood Sooner than you Think!!!
by mike simpson / 6h 
Philadelphia 'Fast For Safe Schools': 15 Politicians Join The Hunger Strike
Philadelphia 'Fast For Safe Schools': 15 Politicians Join The Hunger Strike: Philadelphia 'Fast For Safe Schools': 15 Politicians Join The Hunger StrikeHuffington Post  |  By Rebecca Klein Posted: 06/28/2013 3:07 pm EDT As the “Fast for Safe Schools” effort in Philadelphia enters its 12th day, 15 local, state and nationally elected politicians have entered the ring and pledged to forgo food in sol
by mike simpson / 7h 
United Opt Out: Declaration of Independence
IN OPPOSITION, July 4, 2013The unanimous Declaration of the national United Opt Out,When in the course of educating a nation, it becomes necessary for its people to restrain the political and private powers which have obfuscated the fundamental mission of a public system of education to, among other points, compensate for the proclivities of the Laws of Nature to separate and exclude swaths of hum
by mike simpson / 7h 
Badass Teacher (BAT) Association
Badass Teacher (BAT) Association: BadassTeacher (BAT) AssociationThis association is for every teacher who refuses to be blamed for the failure of our society to erase poverty and inequality, and refuses to accept assessments, tests and evaluations imposed by those who have contempt for real teaching and learning...Join Us!!Book of the Month - July 2013Suggested by BAT Member: Adenia LinkerVideo o
by mike simpson / 7h 
Big Education Ape - Morning Wink 6-30-13 AM Posts #edreform #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSPerdido Street School: I'm Sure More Standardized Testing And Standardized Rubrics Will Solve This Crisismike simpson at Big Education Ape - 45 minutes agoPerdido 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-ba
by mike simpson / 7h 
UPDATE Perdido Street School: I'm Sure More Standardized Testing And Standardized Rubrics Will Solve This Crisis
Perdido Street School: I'm Sure More Standardized Testing And Standardized Rubrics Will Solve This Crisis: Arne, Joel And Pitbull: Don't Stop The Party!by reality-based educatorMisogynist rapper/charter school operator Armanda Perez AKA Pitbull is joining former NYC schools chancellor Joel Klein and current Secretary of Education Privatization Arne Duncan at The National Alliance of Public Charter
by mike simpson / 8h 
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-30-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Bruce Fuller Gives NCTQ Report on Teacher Prep an Fby dianeravBruce Fuller has been conducting research on education policies in Texas, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere for many years. His published work is careful and peer-reviewed.Here he analyzes the recent report of the National Council on Teacher Quality and finds it woefully weak.
by mike simpson / 8h 
6-30-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: Get a TNTP Math Teacher and Neutralize Poverty Today!by Jim HornEvery time I think I’ve discovered the bottom of the corporate education (Corped) sewer, I find out that there is more down there where that came from. The New Teacher Network, which was managed for awhile by the Queen of Real Pain and Fake Gain, Michelle Rhee, keeps piling it up.  With a combina
by mike simpson / 9h 
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 - Wait, What?: Corporate education reform front blasts special Paul Vallas statutory provision that they helped passby jonpeltoThe overarching question is:  Are they that stupid or that ethically bankrupt?The Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER), a corporate funded education reform grou
by mike simpson / 9h 
Changing room. | Fred Klonsky
Changing room. | Fred Klonsky: Changing room.by Fred KlonskyMae 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 j
by mike simpson / 9h 
Busy babies at the Library of Congress
Busy babies at the Library of Congress: Busy babies at the Library of CongressBy Valerie Strauss, Published: June 30, 2013 at 6:06 amE-mail the writer1CommentsMoreBaby 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
by mike simpson / 9h 
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) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: How My Thinking about School Reform Has Changed over the Decades (Part 1)by larrycubanA 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 th
by mike simpson / 9h 

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Senate Student Loan Proposals Fail To Advance As Rate Surge Looms | toteachornototeach
Senate Student Loan Proposals Fail To Advance As Rate Surge Looms | toteachornototeach: Senate Student Loan Proposals Fail To Advance As Rate Surge Loomsby aristotlethewiseSenate 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,
by mike simpson / 18h 
RSD’s Watered-down Incremental Miracle and Continued Fiscal Embarrassment | deutsch29
RSD’s Watered-down Incremental Miracle and Continued Fiscal Embarrassment | deutsch29: RSD’s Watered-down Incremental Miracle and Continued Fiscal Embarrassmentby deutsch29It 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
by mike simpson / 20h 

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

Big Education Ape - 20 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 - 21 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 »










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