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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-27-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Marco Rubio Opposes Common Core, Breaks with Jeb BushThe biggest fight over the Common Core is within conservative ranks. On one side, supporting Common Core, is Jeb Bush, Joel Klein, Michelle Rhee, and big business (last February, 72 major corporations put out a full-page ad supporting the Common Core as necessary for the future o

by mike simpson / 3min

7-27-13 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Bloomberg: We're Lucky The CityTime Crooks Ripped Us Off!Yeah, he said it:New York City is lucky it got ripped off hundreds of millions of dollars in the CityTime scandal, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said this morning. Mr. Bloomberg’s argument was that because the fraudsters agreed to pay the city back $500 million after being hounded by federal prosecutors and the city’s Depart

by mike simpson / 6min

To Improve Teaching, Get Serious About Training | toteachornototeach

To Improve Teaching, Get Serious About Training | toteachornototeach: To Improve Teaching, Get Serious About Training by Stephen ChigerAlthough we are halfway through most teachers’ summer breaks, July is smack in the middle of a busy season for administrators designing the professional development curricula they will kick off this fall.At least it should be.The reality — as the Center for America

by mike simpson / 10min

Viewpoints: Ben Chavis, and his wife made more than $3.8 million from the schools? - Viewpoints - The Sacramento Bee

Viewpoints: Education board can save these great schools - Viewpoints - The Sacramento Bee: Viewpoints: Education board can save these great schoolsBy Ben BoychukSpecial to The BeePublished: Saturday, Jul. 27, 2013 - 12:00 am | Page 11AOne of the best elementary schools in California isn't in San Francisco or Beverly Hills. It happens to be located at 171 12th Street in Oakland, of all places, nex

by mike simpson / 12min

Missouri Education Watchdog: Florida Mom Addresses School Board About Common Core

Missouri Education Watchdog: Florida Mom Addresses School Board About Common Core: Florida Mom Addresses School Board About Common CoreEmail ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookDo you need some encouragement to address your school board about Common Core? The following statement Monique Thomas provided to the Clay County (FL) Board of Education might give you the courage/information you

by mike simpson / 27min

7-27-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: I Won't Post Video of Amateur Actor/Teacher's Mock Chippendale Routine in Review: Campbell Brown Might See ItSometimes people take off their shirts, and I don't personally see anything awfully wrong with that. It's certainly not grounds for dismissal... NYC Educator. Paranoia will destroya.Guilty!I taped the wonderful Rockaway Theatre Company's review, "Rockaway Cafe: The Comeback

by mike simpson / 31min

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 7-27--13

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FITTrouble in School ®eformland?: EDITOR ALEXANDER RUSSO EXITS L.A. SCHOOL REPORT OVER DIFFERENCES WITH PUBLISHER JAMIE ALTER LYNTONposted online by LA Times reporter Howard Blume | http://t.co/NEyxinZXdG From: Alexander Russo Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 9:06 AM Subject: Goodbye & good luck to LA School Report

by mike simpson / 48min

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… 7-27-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYParent Trigger UpdatesHere are some new articles giving updates on the parent trigger: With ‘Parent Trigger’ laws on the ropes, three overhauled schools reopen in Los Angeles is from The Hechinger Report. First public school seized by parents set to open is from Politico.by Larry Ferlazzo /

by mike simpson / 50min

This Week's Education Research Report 7-27-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTGesturing children perform well on cognitive tasksIn the first study of its kind, SF State researchers have shown that younger children who use gestures outperform their peers in a problem-solving task.The task itself is relatively simple -- sorting cards printed with colored shapes first by color, and then by shape. But the switch from

by mike simpson / 53min

All Week 7-27-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: YESTERDAYAttended the @educationgadfly event on #optorcop yesterday. Nice people, here’s my rantHere’s a link to video of the event at the Fordham Institute on a debate about opting out of test-based accountability in education reform. I’ll have to watch the video to see if my question/comment was recorded. I’m still kicking myself because I feel like I botch

by mike simpson / 55min

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 7-27-13 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2

Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGTODAYWhat About Those Lazy Teachers?A reader wrote to complain that many teachers have an easy job, don’t work hard, and are paid too much for the little they do. This teacher responds: “I am one of those assistants in that classroom, a special education classroom. I would like to see you do it. I want you to change a tee

by mike simpson / 58min

YESTERDAY

Alan Dichter and Vivian Orlen | Deborah Meier on Education

Alan Dichter and Vivian Orlen | Deborah Meier on Education: Alan Dichter and Vivian OrlenPosted on July 26, 2013 by debmeierDear readers,I brought up in the previous post the names of Alan Dichter and Vivian Orlen, I’m assuming too much! They were both leaders of CES schools (Coalition of Essential Schools) in NYC for many years until they decided to move to Portland to try something different.

by mike simpson / 11h

"Parents Can Only Listen" - MyEdNext

"Parents Can Only Listen" - MyEdNext: "Parents Can Only Listen"Posted by Rita M. Solnet on July 26, 2013 at 4:18pmView BlogI attended a conference call today initiated and led by Ben Austin, Executive Director of Parent Revolution, to honor "National Parents Day." The call from start to finish focused on the complexity of the parent trigger law, the controversy, the process, and the status of Cal

by mike simpson / 11h

Rubio Seperates From Bush in Opposition to Common Core | Scathing Purple Musings

Rubio Seperates From Bush in Opposition to Common Core | Scathing Purple Musings: Rubio Seperates From Bush in Opposition to Common CorePosted on July 26, 2013by Bob Sikes Rate ThisFrom Tampa Bay Times reporter Alex Leary:Sen. Marco Rubio has joined growing criticism of the education standards known as Common Core, putting him in conflict with Jeb Bushat a time when Rubio is sharpening his co

by mike simpson / 12h

Nite Cap 7-26-13 #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 CAPTODAYStudent VoiceStudent Voice: On Bias and LearningBias is dangerous.More than any other time in our lives, we students are now coming head-to-head with the future. That’s a frightening concept, especially for those of us who are interested in leaving an

by mike simpson / 15h

Student Voice

Student Voice: On Bias and LearningBias is dangerous.More than any other time in our lives, we students are now coming head-to-head with the future. That’s a frightening concept, especially for those of us who are interested in leaving an impact on our societies. We’re forced to acknowledge that if we are going to make a change, the time is now. The most important action one must take in order to

by mike simpson / 16h

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Summer reading

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Summer reading: Summer readingI'm trying to catch up this summer on reading that's piling up in the Kindle. Aside from beach novels -- I've reloaded The Ninth Wave by Eugene Burdick, a favorite from my ill-spent youth in L.A.. Burdick also authored popular '60s reads, The Ugly American and Fail Safe -- I'm trying to get to the serious stuff.On top of the new pile is

by mike simpson / 16h

Shooting for the Stars: Let’s Read! Let’s Move! | ED.gov Blog

Shooting for the Stars: Let’s Read! Let’s Move! | ED.gov Blog: Shooting for the Stars: Let’s Read! Let’s Move!Posted on July 26, 2013 by Guest BloggerThe third installment of the Let’s Read! Let’s Move! summer series at the Department of Education took kids’ imaginations all the way to the moon and back this week with space-themed activities and a strong focus on STEM. The event was part of the Co

by mike simpson / 16h

Diane in the Evening 7-26-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: How Arizona Discriminates Against Public SchoolsA comment from a reader in Arizona: “I live in Arizona, am freshly retired from the US military, and have no children. Even from this vantage point, it doesn’t take much effort to see that Arizona’s under paid, hard working (at multiple jobs), parents are too busy trying to survive to

by mike simpson / 16h

What Parents really want from the New ESEA

by mike simpson / 19h

This Week In Education: Update: Goodbye (& Good Luck) To LA School Report

This Week In Education: Update: Goodbye (& Good Luck) To LA School Report: http://laschoolreport.com/Update: Goodbye (& Good Luck) To LA School ReportHere's a copy of an email that I sent earlier this morning to a handful of LA educators, advocates, and journalists I've been working with for the past 18 months:Friends and colleagues:As you may already know, my stint building and running LA

by mike simpson / 20h

Once You Were Children, a poem by Sandy White Hawk | Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission

Once You Were Children, a poem by Sandy White Hawk | Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission:Once You Were Children, a poem by Sandy White Hawk | Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission“Once You Were Children” © July 2013 by TRC Commissioner Sandy White HawkOnce you were childrenInnocent with no thought that evil or harm existedYour

by mike simpson / 20h

John Pike, Pepper-Spraying Cop, Seeks Workers Comp From UC Davis

John Pike, Pepper-Spraying Cop, Seeks Workers Comp From UC Davis: John Pike, Pepper-Spraying Cop, Seeks Workers Comp From UC Davis07/26/13 12:45 AM ET EDT DAVIS, Calif. -- The former police officer who pepper-sprayed students during an Occupy protest at the University of California, Davis is appealing for worker's compensation, claiming he suffered psychiatric injury from the 2011 confrontation.Jo

by mike simpson / 20h

Choosing Democracy: Willful Defiance ?

Choosing Democracy: Willful Defiance ?: Willful Defiance ?Talk It Out: A Community Conversation to Fix School Discipline (a short play based on real life stories about school discipline in Sacramento County). Catch WILLFUL on Cable TV! All cablecasts will be on Comcast/Surewest Channel 17 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99, Pacific Daylight/Standard Time, unless otherwise specified. If you don't hav

by mike simpson / 20h

Walking the Labyrinth of the Corporate-Owned-Common Core | United Opt Out National

Walking the Labyrinth of the Corporate-Owned-Common Core | United Opt Out National: WALKING THE LABYRINTH OF THE CORPORATE-OWNED-COMMON CORE

by mike simpson / 20h

7-26-13 Wait, What? - Working to educate, persuade and mobilize through "perceptive and acerbic" observations about Connecticut Government and Politics

Wait, What? - Working to educate, persuade and mobilize through "perceptive and acerbic" observations about Connecticut Government and Politics: Adamowski, Pryor and State Department of Education violate Connecticut Law on Windham Turnaround Plan…Categories: Malloy State Board of Education State Representative Susan Johnson State Senator Don Williams Stefan Pryor Steven Adamowski WindhamTags: Mall

by mike simpson / 21h

Action Alert: Parent Trigger Conference Call | Seattle Education

Action Alert: Parent Trigger Conference Call | Seattle Education: Action Alert: Parent Trigger Conference CallParents to Rep. George Miller: To celebrate “National Parents Day,”please listen to parents!Parents Across America, a network of grassroots parents and parentgroups across the U.S., has learned that Rep George Miller, rankingDemocratic member of the House education committee, is holding at

by mike simpson / 21h

Parents to Rep. George Miller: To celebrate “National Parents Day,” please listen to parents!

Parents to Rep. George Miller: To celebrate “National Parents Day,”please listen to parents! Parents Across America, a network of grassroots parents and parentgroups across the U.S., has learned that Rep George Miller, rankingDemocratic member of the House education committee, is holding ateleconference today to celebrate the July 28th National Parents Day.The teleconference is taking place today,

by mike simpson / 21h

SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources

SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Digital content bill one step from governor’s deskBy Tom ChorneauFriday, July 26, 2013A two-year effort to pass legislation requiring textbook publishers to make available digital versions of their content appears to be one step from the governor’s desk.AB 133 by Assemblyman Curt Hagman, R-Chino Hills, would mandate digital formats be made by any pub

by mike simpson / 22h

7-26-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face

SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Attended the @educationgadfly event on #optorcop yesterday. Nice people, here’s my rantHere’s a link to video of the event at the Fordham Institute on a debate about opting out of test-based accountability in education reform. I’ll have to watch the video to see if my question/comment was recorded. I’m still kicking myself because I feel like I botched it. I was a

by mike simpson / 22h

Cali Education Headlines Friday, July 26, 2013

FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: #ASKARNE What'sup? with SEC. 1118. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT in the New ESEA?Education HeadlinesFriday, July 26, 2013List of needs piling up at Scotts Valley schoolsAll four schools of Scotts Valley Unified School District are currently being assessed by a team of architects and engineers to point out the district's most immediate needs, though no

by mike simpson / 22h

The Fight Ahead | EduShyster

The Fight Ahead | EduShyster: The Fight Ahead What we should be talking about when we talk about Teach for AmericaTeachers and students protest the closure of 50 public schools in Chicago. Teach for America increasingly drives the policies behind such school closures.Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve no doubt noticed that the debate about Teach for America has ratcheted up considerably in re

by mike simpson / 22h

An Open Letter to Badass Supporter of Public Education Jon Stewart | teacherbiz

An Open Letter to Badass Supporter of Public Education Jon Stewart | teacherbiz: An Open Letter to Badass Supporter of Public Education Jon StewartDear Mr. Stewart,You were a badass when The Jon Stewart Show was the second highest rated show on MTV—right behind Beavis and Butthead.You were a badass when you made appearances on Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, American Dad, Spin City, NewsRadio,

by mike simpson / 22h

Thunderclap: Stand with Chicago Teachers

Thunderclap: Stand with Chicago Teachers: Stand with Chicago Teachers“Rahm shouldnt layoff 3K+ experienced educators & spend $1.6M to hire #TFA novices. Kids deserve better #StopCPSCuts http://thndr.it/19g7nK4”Join AFT in sharing this message together at the same time - automatically.SUPPORT WITHTWITTER FACEBOOKInvite friends to this campaign.You will allow Thunderclap to share this message on

by mike simpson / 22h

Migration Information Source - Limited English Proficient Population of the United States

Migration Information Source - Limited English Proficient Population of the United States: Limited English Proficient Population of the United StatesBy Monica Whatley and Jeanne BatalovaMigration Policy Institute Click here for a larger version of map.Related Articles:•Limited English Proficient Workers and the Workforce Investment Act: Challenges and Opportunities•Shaping Citizenship Policies to

by mike simpson / 22h

With ‘Parent Trigger’ laws on the ropes, three overhauled schools reopen in Los Angeles | Hechinger Report

With ‘Parent Trigger’ laws on the ropes, three overhauled schools reopen in Los Angeles | Hechinger Report: With ‘Parent Trigger’ laws on the ropes, three overhauled schools reopen in Los AngelesBy Natasha LindstromThis story also appeared at:LOS ANGELES—When classes resume in Southern California in the coming weeks, three public schools will be the first in the nation to reopen under new manageme

by mike simpson / 22h

Metro school board’s Frogge decries deep-pocketed national ‘reform’ movement | In Session

Metro school board’s Frogge decries deep-pocketed national ‘reform’ movement | In Session: Metro school board’s Frogge decries deep-pocketed national ‘reform’ movementStudents, parents and the future of public schools are up against a well-funded national “reform” machine that ultimately hurts the children it purports to want to help, according to Metro school board member Amy Frogge.Frogge, elect

by mike simpson / 23h

The Educated Reporter: Follow-Up Friday: Sequester Hits Defense Department Schools, New Algorithm Might Help Schools ID Potential Dropouts

The Educated Reporter: Follow-Up Friday: Sequester Hits Defense Department Schools, New Algorithm Might Help Schools ID Potential Dropouts: Follow-Up Friday: Sequester Hits Defense Department Schools, New Algorithm Might Help Schools ID Potential DropoutsRemember sequestration? The impact of the forced federal budget cuts on public schools been shoved to the back burner amid heated debate over the

by mike simpson / 23h

Morning Wink 7-26-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #edreform #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAYLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-26-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Mark Naison: How TFA Is DestructiveMark Naison sent the following thoughts about Teach for America: Why Teach for America is Seductive to Mayors and Legislators and Destructive to Everyone

by mike simpson / 23h