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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

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Documenting the impact of closing schools on communities | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Documenting the impact of closing schools on communities | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Documenting the impact of closing schools on communitiesby thenotebook on Jul 18 2013 Posted in Latest news="" style="color: rgb(76, 153, 72); cursor: pointer; float: left; padding: 0px 2px;">Share on emailCOMMENTS (1)PRINTby Monika ZaleskaThis summer, Amy Yeboah will release a short documentary on four

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7-18-13 Education Research Report

Education Research Report: TODAYIB Middle Years Programme Develops Students and Teachers Eager to Learn and Take on New ChallengesThe International Baccalaureate (IB) has announced new research findings that aim to provide deeper understanding of how students in the Middle Years Programme (MYP) are influenced to become lifelong learners and active global citizens through participation in the MYP.

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The Blessing of Friendship | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights

The Blessing of Friendship | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: The Blessing of FriendshipBy Special Olympics Project UNIFY on July 18, 2013By Jared NiemeyerJared is a Special Olympics Athlete and a member of the Project UNIFY National Youth Activation Committee, and for him, friendship is a blessing that he’ll never take for granted.Friends are people who care about you, respect

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Profiles in Education: Ryan Twentey— Whole Child Education

Home Page — Whole Child Education: Profiles in Education: Ryan TwenteyRyan Twentey of Parkville High School in Maryland is known as a dedicated teacher who fosters his students' artistic interests to develop the skills they need to be successful in school, in the community, and in preparation for college. His photography and multimedia students have earned a 100 percent pass rate on the AP exam. T

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7-18-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: You Get What You Pay For - from a NYC ParentA debate on the NYCEd listserve resulted in a teacher of all people joining the ed deform chant of "throwing money at things is not the solution" and that Bloomberg's failures in ed deform despite the expendutures is proof that money doesn't work. His solution is strengthening School based Support Teams. I won't go there now other than t

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The Business of Schools Is…..? | Taking Note

The Business of Schools Is…..? | Taking Note: The Business of Schools Is…..?by JOHN MERROW on 18. JUL, 2013 in 2013 BLOGSPlease take this forced-choice, 2-question test before continuing.1. The primary business of public schools is to produce:A. Educated studentsB. Knowledge2. Which more accurately describes the structure of public schools?A. Teachers are ‘labor,’ and administrators are ‘managemen

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¡Reformismo! | EduShyster

¡Reformismo! | EduShyster: ¡Reformismo!Posted on July 18, 2013What can General Franco teach us about education reform?By Mazinger ZFrancisco Franco embodied the “no excuses” mentality.World history is filled with great lessons that we can learn from as we seek to right our listing public schools, *crush* the achievement gap and launch our students towards 21st century success and prosperity. While

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The 66th Annual National Student Congress of the United States Student Association |

The 66th Annual National Student Congress of the United States Student Association |: The 66th Annual National Student Congress of the United States Student AssociationJuly 18, 2013 in StudentsTomorrow the United States Student Association convenes for it’s 66th annual membership meeting, the National Student Congress. USSA is the organization that first brought me into student organizing on a nat

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Books close on 2013 with optimistic outlook and upswing in economy SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources

SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources:  Books close on 2013 with optimistic outlook and upswing in economyBy Kimberly BeltranThursday, July 18, 2013Buoyed by rising employment and Wall Street profit-taking, along with voter-approved tax increases, California finished its 2012-13 fiscal year on a strong note with revenues coming in some $2 billion more than was forecast, according to new f

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Proposition 39 - California Clean Energy Jobs Act - Categorical Programs

Proposition 39 - California Clean Energy Jobs Act - Categorical Programs (CA Dept of Education): Proposition 39 - California Clean Energy Jobs ActA state program providing funding to local educational agencies for improving energy efficiency and creating clean energy jobs.FundingFiscal Year 2013-14Proposition 39 - 2013 Funding Profile - Program Description and FundingProposition 39 - 2013 Fundin

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Cali Education Headlines Thursday, July 18, 2013

FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Fensterwald: A new K-12 funding system demands new thinking in building local budgetsEducation HeadlinesThursday, July 18, 2013Fresno Unified officials plan for extra $15 millionFresno Unified could get millions of dollars in public funding through the state's new local control funding formula, which some local officials say should be used to

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NCEA promoting controversial Common Core Standards across the country | Truth in American Education

NCEA promoting controversial Common Core Standards across the country | Truth in American Education: NCEA promoting controversial Common Core Standards across the countryFiled in Common Core State Standards by truthed on July 18, 2013 • 0 CommentsVia PIttsburgh Catholics Against the Common Core:Pittsburgh, PA – The National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA), the largest private professional

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Morning Wink 7-18-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #edreform #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYA Poverty of Thinking about Poverty Measures in New Jersey School Finance | School Finance 101A Poverty of Thinking about Poverty Measures in New Jersey School Finance | School Finance 101: A Poverty of Thinking about Poverty Measures in New Jersey School FinanceCross Posted at http://njedpolicy.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/a-poverty-of-thinking-about-pov

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A Poverty of Thinking about Poverty Measures in New Jersey School Finance | School Finance 101

A Poverty of Thinking about Poverty Measures in New Jersey School Finance | School Finance 101: A Poverty of Thinking about Poverty Measures in New Jersey School FinanceCross Posted at http://njedpolicy.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/a-poverty-of-thinking-about-poverty-measures-in-new-jersey-school-finance/Link to PDF of Policy Brief: Poverty_Counts_July_2013Bruce D. Baker, Rutgers University, Graduate

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7-18-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face

SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Check out our latest episode on #TFA in MinnesotaHere’s our latest episode of At the Chalk Face with two graduate students from the University of Minnesota who are resisting their institution’s potential deal with TFA. I’m still a little annoyed by the end of this episode. I decided to use Zingaya to run the show instead of Skype, and it cut us off. […]by Chalk Fac

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Richard Parrish And The March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom

Shanker Blog » Richard Parrish And The March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom: Richard Parrish And The March On Washington For Jobs And FreedomPosted by William P. Jones on July 18, 2013Our guest author today is William P. Jones, history professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author ofThe March on Washington:  Jobs, Freedom and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights (W.W. Norton &

by mike simpson / 8h 

7 Thoughts on What's Ahead for the Student Success Act :: Frederick M. Hess

7 Thoughts on What's Ahead for the Student Success Act :: Frederick M. Hess: 7 Thoughts on What's Ahead for the Student Success Actby Frederick M. Hess  •  Jul 18, 2013 at 9:05 amCross-posted from Education WeekWith the House about to move on the Student Success Act (SSA), the NCLB/ESEA reauthorization dance is back in full swing. Reporters are calling, heated e-mails are flying around the Beltway

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Teachers For Social Justice: TSJ Solidarity with TAG Philadelphia Statement about Trayvon Martin Verdict

Teachers For Social Justice: TSJ Solidarity with TAG Philadelphia Statement about Trayvon Martin Verdict: TSJ Solidarity with TAG Philadelphia Statement about Trayvon Martin VerdictJULY 18, 2013 LEAVE A COMMENTStatement from our sister organization:Teacher Action Group/Philadelphia.We are definitely in solidarity with it.  On Saturday July 13th, 2013, a jury of six women found George Zimmerman not

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Who will 'reform' the reformers?

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Who will 'reform' the reformers?: Who will 'reform' the reformers?"Please stop 'reforming' Pelican Bay, writes Truthout's Maya Schenwar.These changes constitute "reforms" in the way that school closings in poor communities have been dubbed "education reform," or the way in which Reagan's tax cuts for the super-wealthy were championed as "tax reform." Early advocates

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Protest the Student Loan Misdeal

Protest the Student Loan Misdeal: Protest the Student Loan MisdealReports are that a student loan deal is in the works, with a vote as early as today.  If consummated, it will have bipartisan support in the Senate and the support of the White House.  We urge all to call on your Senators today and tell them to oppose the deal. The deal shafts students.  It links the subsidized student loan rates to

by mike simpson / 8h 

Is Charter School Co-Location Tearing Public Schools Apart?

Is Charter School Co-Location Tearing Public Schools Apart?: Is Charter School Co-Location Tearing Public Schools Apart?The following story was reported by Frying Pan News as part of its California Exposé investigative series, and published here in collaboration with The Huffington Post.For more than 30 years each, Cheryl Smith-Vincent and Cheryl Ortega have shared a passion for teaching public sc

by mike simpson / 10h 

After years of reform, California education schools fall short on new ranking system | Hechinger Report

After years of reform, California education schools fall short on new ranking system | Hechinger Report: After years of reform, California education schools fall short on new ranking systemBy Jackie MaderThis story also appeared at:California has been trying to reform how it educates teachers for more than a decade, and some of its ideas have become a model for the rest of the country. But the vas

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7-18-13 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  Mark Stefanik: It’s a baking hot day in Chicago. My kind of CPS.By Mark Stefanik. It’s a baking hot day in Chicago. I know better than to ask Mom to take us to Rainbow Beach. That’s a 90 minute ride across the South Side with 2 transfers on the CTA. Lucky for me there’s Kelly High School’s

by mike simpson / 10h 

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-18-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: President Obama and the New ElitismPaul Horton, a history teacher at the University of Chicago Lab School, wrote the following open letter to President Obama: July 12, 2013 Dear Mr. President, I am very concerned about how you decided to go the way that you did with your Education policies. I was recently told by a close friend of

by mike simpson / 10h 

Carmen Lopez explains why taxpayers shouldn't be paying for Vallas' legal defense - Wait, What?

Carmen Lopez explains why taxpayers shouldn't be paying for Vallas' legal defense - Wait, What?: Carmen Lopez explains why taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for Vallas’ legal defenseThe following is a commentary piece that appeared in yesterday’s Connecticut Post.It explains, in no uncertain terms, why it is legally and moral wrong for the taxpayers of Bridgeport and Connecticut to be paying Paul Vall

by mike simpson / 10h 

Sacramento News & Review - Mmm,mmm good? - Feature Story - Local Stories - July 18, 2013

Sacramento News & Review - Mmm,mmm good? - Feature Story - Local Stories - July 18, 2013: Mmm,mmm good?On the rise and fall (and rise and fall, again) of an original Sacramento suburbBy Cosmo Garvin cosmog@newsreview.comThis article was published on 07.18.13.Scott’s Burger Shack is a long walk from both light-rail stations near Franklin Boulevard, but business is up. Owner Scott Hackett says h

by mike simpson / 10h 

Missouri Education Watchdog: You Might Need a New Superintendent...If....

Missouri Education Watchdog: You Might Need a New Superintendent...If....(Thanks to Jeff Foxworthy): You Might Need a New Superintendent...If....(Thanks to Jeff Foxworthy)Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookJeff Foxworthy, the largest selling comedy recording artist comedian (yes, look it up) is perhaps most famous for his "You might be a redneck" routine.IfYou ever cut your grass

by mike simpson / 10h 

Key questions begging for answers about school reform

Key questions begging for answers about school reform: Key questions begging for answers about school reformBy Valerie Strauss, Published: July 18 at 4:00 amE-mail the writer2CommentsMorefreepik.comHere is a thoughtful piece about school reform and the march toward privatization of public education. It was written by Arthur H. Camins, director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Scienc

by mike simpson / 10h 

A new K-12 funding system demands new thinking in building local budgets | EdSource Today

A new K-12 funding system demands new thinking in building local budgets | EdSource Today: A new K-12 funding system demands new thinking in building local budgetsJuly 18th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By John Fensterwaldore Sharing ServicesAs the most sweeping change in K-12 school funding in decades, the new school finance system that took effect this month will require school officials to clear thei

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7-18-13 teacherken at Daily Kos

teacherken at Daily Kos: More evidence future for Republicans is bleakcan be seen in The ARIS 2013 National College Student Survey done by Barry A. Kosmin and Ariela Keysar, who are public policy research professors and the authors of the renowned ARIS survey series since 1990. I received a press release on this several days ago, from which I quote several things: The surveyed students, ages 18 to

by mike simpson / 10h 

YESTERDAY

Marie Corfield For Assembly

Marie Corfield For Assembly: The Marie Corfield Moneybomb is coming...The Marie Corfield for Assembly Campaign is launching a Money Bomb on July 25th. And we want YOU... to stay right where you are.What's a Money Bomb, you say? It's a fun, grassroots fundraising effort concentrated in a short time period and driven by YOU! You don't have to leave your home—it's happening 'virtually' anywhere you h

by mike simpson / 17h 

Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 7-17-13 #neara13 #RYH4Ed #BATsACT #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMAP sources: Deal on student loans would set capAP sources: Deal on student loans would set capWASHINGTON—Heading off a costly rate increase for returning college students, a bipartisan group of senators reached a deal Wednesday that would offer students better rates this fall but perhaps assign higher rates in coming years.  07/17/2013 -

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Education programs funding - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress

Education programs funding - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress: TODAYBill Introduced: H.R.2658 All Children are Equal ActTo amend the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local educational agencies under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.5min Bill Introduced: H.R.2653 Ready-to-Compete ActTo amend the

by mike simpson / 21h 

School board votes to cut pay of Palmdale teachers, staff | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC

School board votes to cut pay of Palmdale teachers, staff | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: School board votes to cut pay of Palmdale teachers, staffJed Kim | July 17th, 2013, 5:11pmCalvin RobinsonPalmdale Elementary Teachers Association members rally outside a July 16, 2013, school board meeting.The Palmdale School District Board of Trustees voted Tuesday night to implement proposed salary cuts and furl

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NYC Educator: The Sunshine State

NYC Educator: The Sunshine State: The Sunshine StateThere are many advantages to living in Florida, if you don't care whether or not your vote counts. For one thing, there are all those beaches. You can bicycle over from the condo, sit in the sun, swim, and if you're so inclined, stroll over to the tiki bar and drink yourself silly.If you're retired, the tax rates are really low. So are the proper

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Duncan: Bipartisan support elusive for Obama’s proposal to expand preschool | EdSource Today

Duncan: Bipartisan support elusive for Obama’s proposal to expand preschool | EdSource Today: Duncan: Bipartisan support elusive for Obama’s proposal to expand preschoolJuly 17th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By Lillian MongeauSecuring bipartisan support for the president’s $75 billion proposal to expand public preschool continues to be a challenge, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Wednesday

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Utah: Call to end requirement for children to attend school | Reclaim Reform

Utah: Call to end requirement for children to attend school | Reclaim Reform: Utah: Call to end requirement for children to attend schoolPosted on July 17, 2013by kenprevitiUtah state Sen. Aaron Osmond (R) is calling on his state to put an end to the requirement that children go to school.The USA is spending billions of dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan to build new public schools for the children o

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Winning Rap of Science Genius 2013 — Whole Child Education

Winning Rap of Science Genius 2013 — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGWinning Rap of Science Genius 2013July 17, 2013 by Jason FlomConnecting learners with curricular content so they take ownership of it and make it their own necessitates that design and delivery of learning experiences meets two requirements.It must be meaningful to learners.It must make sense to learners.In a paradigm

by mike simpson / 23h 

Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum:  Hamilton Assistant Principal moves to become Principal at McClureWord has come that Shannon Conner, assistant principal at Hamilton International Middle School, is leaving to become principal at McClure Middle School.  She has a child who will be attending there this fall. This year, like others past, certainly has been a principal version of musical chairs.  West

by mike simpson / 23h 

7-17-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online:  TODAYEdushyster Blows Up Democracy Prep 100% Grad Rate and New Yorker Shill PieceI was going to do a piece on the New Yorker article on the publicity seeking Democracy Prep but was so spitting mad I couldn't think straight. To our rescue comes Edushyster. Did DP give UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon a speaker's fee as part of the PR machine hype, which to charters like DP is thei

by mike simpson / 23h 

AFT Launches Six-Figure Ad Campaign Targeting Republican Education Bill AFT - A Union of Professionals

AFT - A Union of Professionals - AFT Launches Six-Figure Ad Campaign Targeting Republican Education Bill:  AFT Launches Six-Figure Ad Campaign Targeting Republican Education BillSix-Figure Radio, Print, Online Ad Campaign in D.C. and Rep. Cantor's DistrictWASHINGTON—The 1.5 million-member American Federation of Teachers launched a six-figure radio, online and print ad buy today in Washington, D.C.

by mike simpson / 23h 

Nite Cap 7-17-13 #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 CAPTODAYE-mails reveal censorship efforts by Mitch Daniels as Indiana governorE-mails reveal censorship efforts by Mitch Daniels as Indiana governor: E-mails reveal censorship efforts by Mitch Daniels as Indiana governorBy Valerie Strauss, Published: July 17

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