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Perdido Street School: Daily News: Bloomberg Cut Money Spent On Classrooms And Teachers While He Increased Charter School Funding By $627 Million Dollars

Perdido Street School: Daily News: Bloomberg Cut Money Spent On Classrooms And Teachers While He Increased Charter School Funding By $627 Million Dollars: Daily News: Bloomberg Cut Money Spent On Classrooms And Teachers While He Increased Charter School Funding By $627 Million DollarsFrom The Daily News:Charter schools received billions of dollars during Mayor Bloomberg’s tenure — while teachers,

by mike simpson / 4min

American (IN)Justice: in the hood and in the hoodie

by mike simpson / 27min

New and old standards: Common Core vs. Sunshine State | Tallahassee Democrat | tallahassee.com

New and old standards: Common Core vs. Sunshine State | Tallahassee Democrat | tallahassee.com: New and old standards: Common Core vs. Sunshine StateThe Common Core State Standards contain fewer individual subject-matter requirements for students. They emphasize applying students’ knowledge. Here’s a sampling of the new Common Core standards and the outgoing Sunshine State standards.Third-Grade Wr

by mike simpson / 37min

Daily Kos: What Is Justice?

Daily Kos: What Is Justice?: What Is Justice?byteacherkenFollow 10 Comments / 10 NewThe first instructional lesson in all my Government classes, AP and regular, has students answering a warm-up: "What is Justice? Write down your answer." I step outside the room ostensibly to run an errand, then put on a black robe, a peruke, throw open the door, and the fun begins. Usually the first respons

by mike simpson / 55min

MoveOn Petitions - Justice Department: Open a Civil Rights Case Against George Zimmerman

MoveOn Petitions - Justice Department: Open a Civil Rights Case Against George Zimmerman: Justice Department: Open a Civil Rights Case Against George ZimmermanBy Benjamin Todd Jealous (Contact)To be delivered to: Department of Justice, Attorney General Eric HolderPETITION STATEMENTAttorney General Eric Holder,The Department of Justice has closely monitored the State of Florida's prosecution of the

by mike simpson / 58min

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-14-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Crooks & Liars Asks: Why Is StudentsFirst Nonprofit?Blogger Crooks & Liars asks why Michelle Rhee’s StudentsFirst is a nonprofit. He writes: “If ever there was an organization that stands out as one that should never have been granted nonprofit status and doesn’t deserve to continue having it, it’s StudentsFirst. One look a

by mike simpson / 1h

What does resist Common Core implementation mean?

Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » What does resist Common Core implementation mean?: What does resist Common Core implementation mean? Common Core has now become a line in the sand with some folks, and is causing more in-fighting among anti-corporate ed reform folks than is healthy for a movement that is under as much pressure, and fire as we are. Let’s see where most of us agree:Common

by mike simpson / 1h

Louisiana Educator: Things That Worry Me About Common Core

Louisiana Educator: Things That Worry Me About Common Core: Things That Worry Me About Common CorePaul Pastorek, the previous State Superintendent who was also a non-educator superintendent agreed to adopt the common core standards for Louisiana sight unseen. Maybe he did it because someone told him that this would "raise the bar" and increase "rigor" or maybe because the developer of common core,

by mike simpson / 1h

Meeting and Exceeding Student Expectations of Teachers: A Way to Achieve “Good” Teaching | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Meeting and Exceeding Student Expectations of Teachers: A Way to Achieve “Good” Teaching | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Meeting and Exceeding Student Expectations of Teachers: A Way to Achieve “Good” TeachingGo into most public school classrooms and you will see a sign, usually in the front of the classroom, listing what the teacher expects of students in classroom behavior

by mike simpson / 1h

7-14-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face

SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Trayvon Martin Convicted: Sentence to Run Concurrent with EternityIf this case teaches anything, it is that the high crime of involuntary racism regularly has more insidious and corrosive effects than the premeditated variety. There was the 1) tepid prosecution by unprepared and inattentive prosecutors; 2) a defense that was allowed highly-irregular concessions to

by mike simpson / 1h

Marcos Breton: Poor Sacramento neighborhoods face uphill struggle to reverse school closures - Education - The Sacramento Bee

Marcos Breton: Poor Sacramento neighborhoods face uphill struggle to reverse school closures - Education - The Sacramento Bee: Marcos Breton: Poor Sacramento neighborhoods face uphill struggle to reverse school closuresBy Marcos Bretonmbreton@sacbee.comPublished: Sunday, Jul. 14, 2013 - 12:00 am | Page 1BLast Modified: Sunday, Jul. 14, 2013 - 12:19 amI want to support the parents of children in so

by mike simpson / 1h

YESTERDAY

Seattle Schools Community Forum: I'll Say It - the Trayvon Martin Verdict is Wrong

Seattle Schools Community Forum: I'll Say It - the Trayvon Martin Verdict is Wrong: I'll Say It - the Trayvon Martin Verdict is WrongFirst, if states have these dumb "stand your ground" laws, then you're going to see some very odd verdicts.That issue notwithstanding, I find the verdict innocent (of even manslaughter) is completely baffling. For me, mainly it's about the "trail" that Zimmerman left

by mike simpson / 8h

Newark Charter Update: A few new graphs & musings | School Finance 101

Newark Charter Update: A few new graphs & musings | School Finance 101: Newark Charter Update: A few new graphs & musingsPosted on July 14, 20130 Rate ThisIt’s been a while since I’ve written anything about New Jersey Charter schools, so I figured I throw a few new graphs and tables out there. In the not too distant past, I’ve explained:That Newark charter schools in particular, pers

by mike simpson / 8h

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Public Education and Mayoral Candidates

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Public Education and Mayoral Candidates: Seattle Public Education and Mayoral CandidatesI have attempted to interview all the mayoral candidates with different measures of success. I am not going to endorse one candidate at this time but, for our purposes, hope to give you guidance on their thoughts on public education in Seattle. (Personally, I don't vot

by mike simpson / 15h

Mayor Kevin Johnson Warns the Sky is Falling; Redux

Mayor Kevin Johnson Warns the Sky is Falling; Redux : Mayor Kevin Johnson Warns the Sky is Falling; Redux font size Print Email“We have a crisis when it comes to public education in this country,” Johnson said at a luncheon on Friday. “Only 52 percent of our third- and fourth-graders are reading at grade level. If you’re Black, only 16 percent of our kids in the third and fourth grade are readin

by mike simpson / 15h

Nite Cap 7-13-13 #BATsACT #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2 #HEREPASTJUNE

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 CAPTODAYOur Platform « Coalition for Educational JusticeOur Platform « Coalition for Educational Justice: Our PlatformCollege-Ready Community Schools for All: Quality Schools, Strong Neighborhoods, Bright Futures!In neighborhoods across NYC, parents share the

by mike simpson / 15h

Our Platform « Coalition for Educational Justice

Our Platform « Coalition for Educational Justice: Our PlatformCollege-Ready Community Schools for All: Quality Schools, Strong Neighborhoods, Bright Futures!In neighborhoods across NYC, parents share the hope that their children will graduate high school and go to college. But the realization of that dream varies dramatically. While 80% of children living in Tribeca graduate with the knowledge and

by mike simpson / 16h

The high-tech return of high school shop class | toteachornototeach

The high-tech return of high school shop class | toteachornototeach: The high-tech return of high school shop class The high-tech return of high school shop classby Jamie GumbrechtIn his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama talked about redesigning schools for a high-tech future. He gave a shout-out to a technical high school in Brooklyn, and to 3-D printing. In a moment of seeming ag

by mike simpson / 17h

Justice Even When It's Just Us [On Trayvon Martin] - The Jose Vilson

Justice Even When It's Just Us [On Trayvon Martin] - The Jose Vilson: Justice Even When It’s Just Us [On Trayvon Martin]Posted by Jose VilsonTrayvon Martin with his fatherHe had the most curious face on when we introduced him to his first waves from a calm yet undulating ocean. His curls danced with the wind as he wondered whether the water might reach him. It was 10:40am, and this sunscreen-coate

by mike simpson / 17h

Diane in the Evening 7-13-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: More than TFA Dissidents Meet TomorrowA reader comments on an earlier post about a conference tomorrow in Chicago that will discuss TFA and the privatization movement. She writes: “Diane, it is not only ex-TFA members. I am also one of the presenters at the conference, representing traditionally trained teachers in New Orleans who

by mike simpson / 17h

The Big Lie in Education. | My Island View

The Big Lie in Education. | My Island View: The Big Lie in Education.July 13, 2013 by tomwhitby“Preparing kids for the Real World” is a phrase that many educators and schools use without regard for the consequence of what they selectively choose as reality for their students. Both educators and institutions in many cases are still choosing for students by educating them traditionally, or more prog

by mike simpson / 19h

NYC Public School Parents: Los Angeles: ground zero in the fight over class size and corporate reform

NYC Public School Parents: Los Angeles: ground zero in the fight over class size and corporate reform: Los Angeles: ground zero in the fight over class size and corporate reformThe Los Angeles school board has a new president, Dr. Richard Vladovic, and a new member, Monica Ratliff, a working fifth grade teacher, who won her seat despite being hugely outspent more than 10-1 by the corporate reform

by mike simpson / 20h

Moral Monday 11: United for Women! naacpnc.org

www.naacpnc.org: Moral Monday 11: United for Women!Join us for the 11th Wave of the Forward Together Movement's Moral Mondays!5:00 PM Rally at Halifax Mall behind NC General AssemblyWomen's Voices Matter! Stand With Our Sisters!Women Lead the Fight For:Voting Rights for AllEconomic Justice & JobsHealthcare and Women's HealthPublic EducationJustice in the Criminal Justice SystemAll Men Need to

by mike simpson / 21h

The Lake Wobegon Academy of Excellence and Innovation | EduShyster

The Lake Wobegon Academy of Excellence and Innovation | EduShyster: The Lake Wobegon Academy of Excellence and Innovation Welcome to Lake Wobegon Academy, where everyone is excellentReader: we have a fiercely urgent problem on our hands. An epidemic of non-excellence in our public schools is holding the children of this once exceptional nation back and causing them to fall off of the ladders that

by mike simpson / 22h

House Of Cards - Corporate Deform in America - Trailer by BATA

House of Cards is a series of short videos created to bring to the forefront the key players in the corporate reform movement. Each week a new player will be featured along with information concerning their words and actions that have been aimed at the destruction of our public schools. Video created by Terri Michal. No copyright infringement intended. For informational purposes only.Badass Teache

by mike simpson / 22h

Perdido Street School: Is NYSED Commissioner John King Setting Up For State Takeover Of Buffalo?

Perdido Street School: Is NYSED Commissioner John King Setting Up For State Takeover Of Buffalo?: Is NYSED Commissioner John King Setting Up For State Takeover Of Buffalo?Yesterday we learned that NYSED Commissioner John King is threatening to revoke the registrations of two turnaround schools in Buffalo, Lafayette and East high schools, unless the district accedes to his demands and sends student

by mike simpson / 22h

MENSAJE SEMANAL: Fortalecimiento de nuestra economía con la aprobación de la reforma migratoria bipartidista | The White House

MENSAJE SEMANAL: Fortalecimiento de nuestra economía con la aprobación de la reforma migratoria bipartidista | The White House: LA CASA BLANCAOficina del Secretario de Prensa______________________________________________________________________________EMBARGADO HASTA LAS 6:00 AM ET, del SÁBADO, 13 de julio, 2013MENSAJE SEMANAL: Fortalecimiento de nuestra economía con la aprobación de la reforma mi

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Ohio tea party member flies Confederate flag during racist rant at school board meeting | The Raw Story

Ohio tea party member flies Confederate flag during racist rant at school board meeting | The Raw Story: Ohio tea party member flies Confederate flag during racist rant at school board meeting Springboro, Ohio residents are up in arms after a member of the local tea party unfurled a Confederate flag at a meeting of the town’s school board Thursday. According to Huffington Post, Sonny Thomas, who b

by mike simpson / 22h

How many ‘nightmare’ teachers are really out there?

How many ‘nightmare’ teachers are really out there?: How many ‘nightmare’ teachers are really out there?By Valerie Strauss, Published: July 13 at 11:41 amE-mail the writer0CommentsMoreA music educator in New Jersey who blogs under the name ofJersey Jazzman took up an interesting issue: How many nightmare teachers are really out there?He starts out his post, which you can find here, by referring to

by mike simpson / 22h

DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: It's Not a Competition:Teachers and Sharing!

DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: It's Not a Competition:Teachers and Sharing!: It's Not a Competition:Teachers and Sharing!I think we all know them. You see they have done a wonderful lesson or project with their students, and you excitedly ask for the details? Alas, the details are never forthcoming. I know that I have been guilty of being that teacher. The one who doesn't share.Why the compet

by mike simpson / 22h

7-13-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face

SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Educators in OK developing their own #commoncore assessmentsThis, from State Impact Indiana: …Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barresi estimated the state can save at least $2 million a year if it develops its own test rather than go with the PARCC exam. This is how it all works. States, as mandated by the USDE, with influence from the private se

by mike simpson / 22h

Morning Wink 7-13-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #edreform #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAY2nd Banana 7-13-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #soschat #p2 #1uBIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANA RECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTsolidaridad: Darn it! #LAUSD Superintendent @DrDeasyLAUSD threatens to resign if Vladovic becomes Board Prez, then welchessolidaridad: Darn it! #LAUSD Superintendent @DrDeasyLAUSD threatens to resign if Vladovi

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2nd Banana 7-13-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #soschat #p2 #1u

BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANA RECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTsolidaridad: Darn it! #LAUSD Superintendent @DrDeasyLAUSD threatens to resign if Vladovic becomes Board Prez, then welchessolidaridad: Darn it! #LAUSD Superintendent @DrDeasyLAUSD threatens to resign if Vladovic becomes Board Prez, then welches: Darn it! #LAUSD Superintendent @DrDeasyLAUSD threatens to resign if Vladovic becomes Board Prez

by mike simpson / 23h