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Jersey Jazzman: Free Lunch "Fraud" Menu: Red Herring

Jersey Jazzman: Free Lunch "Fraud" Menu: Red Herring: Free Lunch "Fraud" Menu: Red HerringApparently, the greatest threat to the fiscal well-being of New Jersey is children who mightbe getting their school lunches for free [all emphases in this post mine]:More than 100 people – including 83 public employees – gave false information about income on applications for free lunches submitted to school

by mike simpson / 0min 

7-22-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face

SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: The impact of #commoncore in KindergartenA good friend and parent posted a video, which is embedded below, about her son’s experience in Kindergarten. It’s important to remember that accountability in public education is for now one single definition. Not all accountability is created equal. We can be held accountable in numerous ways and to very different things.

by mike simpson / 4min 

Interview with Mindy Willard: ASCA's 2013 National School Counselor of the Year | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights

Interview with Mindy Willard: ASCA's 2013 National School Counselor of the Year | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Interview with Mindy Willard: ASCA's 2013 National School Counselor of the YearBy Tarsi Dunlop on July 22, 2013The economy may be slowly improving, but many families and children are still struggling to get by in communities across the country. Economic insecurity

by mike simpson / 8min 

Why Charter Schools Are Tearing Public Campuses Apart | California Progress Report

Why Charter Schools Are Tearing Public Campuses Apart | California Progress Report: Why Charter Schools Are Tearing Public Campuses ApartPosted on 22 July 2013By Gary CohnFor more than 30 years each, Cheryl Smith-Vincent and Cheryl Ortega have shared a passion for teaching public school in Southern California. Smith-Vincent teaches third grade at Miles Avenue Elementary School in Huntington Park;

by mike simpson / 11min 

7-22-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Road Trip Week 2Xian Barrett: Yes, I was fired and we will still win.By Xian Barrett Posted on his blg: Teacher X: http://chiteacherx.blogspot.com/2013/07/yes-i-was-fired-and-still-we-will-win.html At 9:11am Friday morning, on a quiet, scripted phone call from my principal, my teaching career ended. A

by mike simpson / 37min 

Trustee Carla Ranger says Mike Miles’ statement on DISD investigation violates spirit of public information act | Education Blog

Trustee Carla Ranger says Mike Miles’ statement on DISD investigation violates spirit of public information act | Education Blog: Trustee Carla Ranger says Mike Miles’ statement on DISD investigation violates spirit of public information actBy Matthew Haagmhaag@dallasnews.com7:31 am on July 22, 2013 | Permalink2604Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles released a statement Sunday denying wrongdoing

by mike simpson / 42min 

NYC Educator: Attention Daily News and Legal Expert Campbell Brown!

NYC Educator: Attention Daily News and Legal Expert Campbell Brown!: Attention Daily News and Legal Expert Campbell Brown!To keep informed, I read all the education articles in the Daily News, and I've noticed a common theme. They are terribly concerned about "pervs" and "sex creeps" because they worry about how our students are treated. As I read the stories, I can't help but notice that they pic

by mike simpson / 2h 

U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide - WSJ.com

U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide - WSJ.com: U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political DivideBy  MONICA LANGLEY  CONNECTEducation Secretary Arne Duncan was riding to the airport in a black government SUV late last week, working his cellphone to try to save a plan to reduce interest rates on new student loans that is expected to face a vote in the

by mike simpson / 2h 

Missouri Education Watchdog: A Lack of Faith in Christian Schools?

Missouri Education Watchdog: A Lack of Faith in Christian Schools?: A Lack of Faith in Christian Schools?Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookAt almost all of the talks I give on common core around our state someone will ask me what is happening with Common Core in private and parochial schools. I can always tell them what I know from having talked to leaders in the St. Louis Archio

by mike simpson / 2h 

DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Can You Hear Me Now? Listening to Your Students' Behavior!

DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Can You Hear Me Now? Listening to Your Students' Behavior!: Can You Hear Me Now? Listening to Your Students' Behavior!When I saw this photo posted on WeAreTeachersFacebook status, I had to post it. "The kids who want the most Love, will always ask for it in the most unloving of ways." It speaks to so many of our kids. It spoke to so many of the kids I have had ov

by mike simpson / 2h 

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-22-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: The First Review of “Reign of Error”!This is the first review of my new book. Kirkus sends out early reviews that are read by journalists, librarians, and others in the publishing industry. This reviewer provides an accurate summary of the book. He or she got the main point and presents it succinctly here. REIGN OF ERROR The Hoax o

by mike simpson / 2h 

Perdido Street School: DFER's Mock Mulgrew

Perdido Street School: DFER's Mock Mulgrew: DFER's Mock MulgrewDFER propaganda-meister Joe Williams mocks UFT President Michael Mulgrew and the UFT leadership in an opinion piece in the Daily Pravda of teacher-bashing, the Daily News.Williams says because the UFT-endorsed candidate Bill Thompson has shown no overall movement in the polls since the UFT endorsed him, the UFT is no longer a kingmaker

by mike simpson / 2h 

The Washington Teacher: WTU Prez Nathan Saunders Wears Out His Welcome & Refuses to Gracefully Accept Exile

The Washington Teacher: WTU Prez Nathan Saunders Wears Out His Welcome & Refuses to Gracefully Accept Exile: WTU Prez Nathan Saunders Wears Out His Welcome & Refuses to Gracefully Accept ExileAugust 1 deadline approachingBy Candi PetersonTeachers have been asking why deposed Washington Teachers' Union (WTU) President Saunders (whose constitutional term ended June 30, 2013) still remains a 

by mike simpson / 3h 

Teacher: Why the last school year was ‘crushing’

Teacher: Why the last school year was ‘crushing’: Teacher: Why the last school year was ‘crushing’By Valerie Strauss, Published: July 22 at 6:00 amE-mail the writer0CommentsMoreNew York City Public Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott recently sent a letter to the city’s Education Department staff describing the 2012-13 school year as “extraordinary.” Here, Katie Lapham, an elementary school English-

by mike simpson / 3h 

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESXian Barrett protests Chicago school closings. He was one of 2,100 teachers and staff fired Friday. CPS called his mother to tell her, son has been fired from his job.  Fired Chicago teacher Xian Barrett“The fact that there’s a script and it has in it, 'Thank you for the service to the kids’ but no details — the fact that it’s alwa

by mike simpson / 3h 

Districts leave Washington without waiver but still confident one is coming | EdSource Today

Districts leave Washington without waiver but still confident one is coming | EdSource Today: Districts leave Washington without waiver but still confident one is comingJuly 22nd, 2013 | Add a Comment | By John FensterwaldShare on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing ServicesRick Miller, left, executive director of the California Office to Reform Education, confers with

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: TURNING THE TABLES

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: TURNING THE TABLES: TURNING THE TABLESfrom United Teacher: MR. DEASY’S POST-STULL CONFERENCE MEMOBY WARREN FLETCHER IN THE PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE COLUMN OF UNITED TEACHER, THE NEWSPAPER OF UTLA |HTTP://BIT.LY/1BF5VSU Note to UNITED TEACHER readers: As this issue goes to press, the results of the recent membership-wide “Stull of the Superintendent” had

by mike simpson / 3h 

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The Educated Reporter: EWA's Resources for Reporters Have You Covered

The Educated Reporter: EWA's Resources for Reporters Have You Covered: EWA's Resources for Reporters Have You CoveredI wanted to take a moment to remind you that EWA's website -- Ed Media Commons -- is open to the public. You still need to be an EWA member in order to take part in online discussions, but visitors are welcome. I encourage you drop by, take a look around, and consider joining EWA.Al

by mike simpson / 9h 

Poll: Parents don’t support many education policy changes - The Washington Post

Poll: Parents don’t support many education policy changes - The Washington Post: Poll: Parents don’t support many education policy changes Most parents with children in public schools do not support recent changes in education policy, from closing low-performing schools to shifting public dollars to charter schools to private school vouchers, according to a new poll to be released Monday by the Am

by mike simpson / 9h 

Pension Heist: Revisited | Reclaim Reform

Pension Heist: Revisited | Reclaim Reform: Pension Heist: RevisitedPosted on July 21, 2013by kenprevitiRevisited and updated from 5/15/13 to reflect the full extent of today’s attempts at the grand theft of teacher pensions.Pension theft in Illinois (and many other states, counties, cities and towns across America) simply has puppets with local legislative names and even some union names mouthing

by mike simpson / 9h 

CA produces only half the number of special ed teachers needed SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources

SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: CA produces only half the number of special ed teachers neededBy Tom ChorneauMonday, July 22, 2013Even as enrollment in special education programs statewide continues to escalate, California’s teacher credentialing system is turning out only about half the number of fully authorized classroom educators needed to serve students with disabilities.The d

by mike simpson / 9h 

Change Agent in Education Collects Critics in Connecticut Town - NYTimes.com

Change Agent in Education Collects Critics in Connecticut Town - NYTimes.com: Joshua Bright for The New York Times“No good deed goes unpunished,” said Paul G. Vallas, superintendent for Bridgeport, Conn.By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZPublished: July 21, 2013FACEBOOKTWITTERGOOGLE+SAVEE-MAILSHAREPRINTSINGLE PAGEREPRINTS

by mike simpson / 12h 

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: MMM, MMM GOOD?

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: MMM, MMM GOOD?: MMM, MMM GOOD?On the Rise and Fall (and Rise and Fall, Again) of One of Sacramento's Original Suburbs  Sacramento News & Review on Franklin Blvd.  July 18, 2013Cosmo Garvin's remarkable full-length feature examines the history, sociology and politics of a part of Sacramento many C.K. McClatchy students call home, Franklin Blvd/Fruitridge/47th Avenue.

by mike simpson / 13h 

The whole truth and nothing but the truth… - Wait, What?

The whole truth and nothing but the truth… - Wait, What?: The whole truth and nothing but the truth…The facts:                                                                On March 4, 2013 (despite a state law prohibiting Paul Vallas from becoming Bridgeport’s permanent superintendent of schools until he had completed a School Leadership Program, which would have then allowed Connecticut’s Commi

by mike simpson / 13h 

Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles releases statement on district report suggesting he tried to manipulate bid process, interfere with investigation | Education Blog

Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles releases statement on district report suggesting he tried to manipulate bid process, interfere with investigation | Education Blog: Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles releases statement on district report suggesting he tried to manipulate bid process, interfere with investigationBy Matthew Haagmhaag@dallasnews.com5:08 pm on July 21, 2013 | Permalink030Dallas

by mike simpson / 14h 

@NCTQ pitching their propaganda to higher education leaders – SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE

@NCTQ pitching their propaganda to higher education leaders – SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: @NCTQ pitching their propaganda to higher education leadersJULY 21, 2013 BY TIMOTHY D. SLEKAR 4 COMMENTSLast week I posted a blog in the form of a letter to College and University leaders.  I asked them to think about teacher education programs and the importance of these programs to the overall success

by mike simpson / 15h 

Nite Cap 7-21-13 #BATsACT #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 CAPTODAYPerdido Street School: George Miller Is RightPerdido Street School: George Miller Is Right: George Miller Is RightRepresentative George Miller, ranking Dem on the House education committee, never met a standardized test he didn't like, a teacher he di

by mike simpson / 15h 

Perdido Street School: George Miller Is Right

Perdido Street School: George Miller Is Right: George Miller Is RightRepresentative George Miller, ranking Dem on the House education committee, never met a standardized test he didn't like, a teacher he didn't think should be evaluated by that standardized test and testing companies and edu-entrepereneurs he wasn't happy to take money from in order to make sure the Endless Testing regime he helpe

by mike simpson / 15h 

Diane in the Evening 7-21-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Lance Hill: A Principal Paid $115,000 for a School with 13 Students?Lance Hill reports that Steve Barr has hired a principal at a salary of $115,000 for a charter school with an enrollment of 13 freshman students. Perhaps the reason enrollment is so low is that Barr hyped the schools as “the most dangerous school in America” on a T

by mike simpson / 18h 

Seattle Schools Community Forum: The One-Two Punch of NCLB and Common Core

Seattle Schools Community Forum: The One-Two Punch of NCLB and Common Core: The One-Two Punch of NCLB and Common CoreThe fight is on.  Some in Congress are trying to rewrite NCLB (as this work has been put off/ignored for years).  Some of this push is about the use of Common Core which several states are now dragging their feet on.  This rewrite by Rep. John Kline (R-MN) and Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN

by mike simpson / 19h 

Thoughts on Civilization & Privilege | Lefty Parent

Thoughts on Civilization & Privilege | Lefty Parent: Thoughts on Civilization & PrivilegeJuly 21st, 2013 at 11:35For nearly 200,000 years our human species (homo sapiens) lived on this bountiful planet in what most anthropologists now believe were mostly small egalitarian bands or tribes of hunter-gatherers, less than a million people scattered about Earth’s various habitable environs livi

by mike simpson / 19h 

"Fruitvale Station": Recreating a tragic loss of a life - CBS News

"Fruitvale Station": Recreating a tragic loss of a life - CBS News: "Fruitvale Station": Recreating a tragic loss of a life(CBS News) A new movie based on a true story takes a look at a controversial shooting four years ago that still has echoes today. Erin Moriarty of "48 Hours" has the story behind the film:Every day, 16,000 riders run through this Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART, station in Oak

by mike simpson / 20h 

Emperor Arne Has No Clothes | Matt Farmer

Emperor Arne Has No Clothes | Matt Farmer: Emperor Arne Has No ClothesPosted: 07/19/2013 6:07 pm It was an "emperor has no clothes" moment in public education, and it took place on July 18 in a federal courtroom in Chicago.The "emperor" in question was none other than Arne Duncan, who ran Chicago Public Schools from June 2001 to January 2009, at which he time took his act nationwide.And the person

by mike simpson / 20h 

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Road Trip Week 2The in box. Paul Krugman on “the big pension scare.”Paul Krugman, NY Times: OK, this is quite amazing: Dean Baker catches the WaPo editorial page claiming that we have $3.8 trillion in unfunded state and local pension liabilities. Say it in your best Dr. Evil voice: THREE POINT EIGHT T

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Morning Wink 7-21-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #edreform #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYAmerican education and the IQ trap - latimes.comAmerican education and the IQ trap - latimes.com: American education and the IQ trapFor students, one score doesn't tell all.Comments3EmailShare183A survey in 2011 found that the predominant method of measuring whether or not students are gifted is assessing their performances in both an IQ test and a st

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