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Daily Kos: Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom.
Daily Kos: Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom.: Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom.byteacherkenFollow Email 1 Comments / 1 NewThis is a review of the book of that title by Sylvia Sylvia Libow & Gary Stager, which first appeared yesterday at Education Review. As the author of the review I am cross-posting it here because I
A quiz on America’s core curriculum
A quiz on America’s core curriculum: A quiz on America’s core curriculumBy Valerie Strauss, Published: August 31 at 1:30 pmE-mail the writer0CommentsMore(southmont.k12.in.us)How much do you really know about the core curriculum that American students are taught? Exploring this is the following piece — along with a quiz — by Marion Brady, who was a classroom teacher for years, has written history a
Facts and figures about US education as millions of students return to classrooms this fall - The Washington Post
Facts and figures about US education as millions of students return to classrooms this fall - The Washington Post: Facts and figures about US education as millions of students return to classrooms this fall(M. Spencer Green, File/ Associated Press ) - FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2013 file photo safety guard Renee Green high-fives Demari Hill, 5, as she heads to Gresham Elementary School with her paren
Obama says sex education for kindergartners ‘right thing to do’ - BizPac Review
Obama says sex education for kindergartners ‘right thing to do’ - BizPac Review: Obama says sex education for kindergartners ‘right thing to do’August 31, 2013 by Tom Tillison 18 CommentsAs we witness America being “transformed” in today’s progressive era, there’s simply no time for children to enjoy the innocence of childhood.The Chicago Public Schools now mandate that the district’s kindergarten
8-31-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Do You Need to be a Parent to be a Good Teacher?That's a simplistic question - clearly - but part of the discussion of this column at Slate by Sara Mosle.You'll recall that I wrote a thread about an article in the NY Times about the movement of younger teachers in and out of of the classroom, particularly TFA teachers.So Ms. Mosle, a former TFAer (20 years ago), g
Disaster in Philadelphia: Countdown, Day 9: Teachers' union prepared to negotiate through the weekend | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Countdown, Day 9: Teachers' union prepared to negotiate through the weekend | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Countdown, Day 9: Teachers' union prepared to negotiate through the weekendby Paul Socolar on Aug 31 2013 Posted in Countdown to calamity?="" style="color: rgb(76, 153, 72); cursor: pointer; float: left; padding: 0px 2px;">Share on emailCOMMENTS (1)PRINTThe Philadelphia Federation of
2nd Banana 8-31-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2 #1u
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANA RECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POST Hey Did I mention that Diane Ravitch has a new book coming out on September 17?REIGN OF ERROR. An incisive, comprehensive look at today’s American school system that argues against those who claim it is broken and beyond repair; an impassioned but reasoned call to stop the privatization movement that is draining students and funding from
How Bureaucrats Are Ruining Education | Alternet
How Bureaucrats Are Ruining Education | Alternet: How Bureaucrats Are Ruining EducationA sobering tale of bureaucracy run amok, to the detriment of schoolchildren.August 19, 2013 | Last week the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest in the nation, opened its doors to more than 640,000 students for the new school year. The following story is a sobering tale of bureaucracy run a
Morning Wink 8-31-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAYLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-31-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: What in the World Were State Officials Thinking?Howard Schwach taught for more than 25 years, developed test items for the state, and worked on curriculum development for special education
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-31-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: What in the World Were State Officials Thinking?Howard Schwach taught for more than 25 years, developed test items for the state, and worked on curriculum development for special education students. He recently reviewed sample items from New York’s Common Core tests and professed astonishment. He wrote: From the first moment that I
8-31-13 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.: Corporate Ed Reform, Really ?Saturday coffee. NY’s Bill de Blasio and his wife. Union support him. Except for the teachers union. After a day in which the temperature rose to the upper 90s, a summer storm full of thunder, lightening, wind and hail swept through Chicago early last night, sending poor
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF MUST BACK NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS UNDER BILL
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF MUST BACK NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS UNDER BILL: SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF MUST BACK NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS UNDER BILLLAURA OLSON , ASSOCIATED PRESS/ AP CALIFORNIA STATE NEWS WIRE | HTTP://BIT.LY/1A8IAJWAug 30, 9:06 PM EDT :: SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Legislation that cleared the state Assembly on Friday could make it harder to create charter s
8-31-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: Another Day, Another Reformy Hypocrite: Camden EditionLeave it to Laura Waters to summarize the reformy defense of Camden's new, very young, very inexperienced state superintendent of schools, Paymon Rouhanifard: While Rouhanifard has many admirers in the world of public education, he has attracted critics who charge that he's inexperienced and too closely associated with charter s
Pull Up a Chair: Labor Day and Back to School | MyFDL
Pull Up a Chair: Labor Day and Back to School | MyFDL: Pull Up a Chair: Labor Day and Back to SchoolBy: Elliott Saturday August 31, 2013 3:51 am Tweet What’s everybody doing this weekend? Picnics? Rallies? Festivals? Community Days? Nothin’?I suppose the kids are already back to school, seems wrong starting in August, first day of school should be next Wednesday, demmit.On my first day of school
8-31-13 teacherken at Daily Kos
teacherken at Daily Kos: A new school year, one week inYesterday ended the first week with students at my new school. On Monday we had only freshmen so they could begin to learn their way around the building, and on Tuesday the rest of our students (except for those whose families decided to take an extra week of summer) arrived. Since our classes are 90 minutes, every other day on an A-Day / B
WHERE DO NYC’S TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS LIVE COMPARED WITH WHERE THEY WORK? Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública
Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: WHERE DO NYC’S TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS LIVE COMPARED WITH WHERE THEY WORK?Teachers67% of the 70,328 teachers live within the five boroughsTeachers in Queens and the Bronx are the most likely to live outside the five boroughs81% of Staten Island teachers live in the same borough as they work, as do 57% of Brooklyn teachers Principal
Dumb and Dumber | Bill Ayers
Dumb and Dumber | Bill Ayers: Dumb and Dumber“I don’t oppose all wars,” said State Senator Barack Obama from the speaker’s platform at an antiwar rally in downtown Chicago in October 2002. “What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.”Dumb and rash—that pretty much sums up the threatened US bombing of Syria.In this age of permanent war we’re once again treated to selecti
8-31-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Joe Lhota Shows Once Again Why He Will Not Be Mayor Of NYCThe Daily News has a story about two kittens on the B/Q train line who wandered onto the tracks and had to be saved.The subway lines were shut down in order to save the two male kittens.GOP mayoral candidate and former MTA chairman Joe Lhota said the subways should not have been shut down in order to save the kittens:
8-31-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Special Master Adamowski’s Failing Grade in WindhamAs if the term “Special Master” wasn’t bad enough, the fact that Steven Adamowski’s insulting, arrogant and undemocratic style is moving Windham Schools in the wrong direction makes the whole situation truly offense. In a very enlightening article in the Reminder News, reporter Melanie Savage provides a window in to the devastation tha
Schooling in the Ownership Society: The embrace of market models -- 'the new wisdom'
Schooling in the Ownership Society: The embrace of market models -- 'the new wisdom': The embrace of market models -- 'the new wisdom'The Washington Post's Valerie Strauss interviews Michael Katz and Mike Rose, editors of an important new book, Public Education Under Siege that's worth adding to your summer fall reading list. Q) How did this set of beliefs take hold, even among some liberals who
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… 8-31-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYVideo: “The March”I’m adding this new PBS video, “The March,” to The Best Resources About The March On Washington:4 by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h Two Excellent Resources On SyriaHere are two new excellent additions to The Best Resources For Learning About What’s Happening In Syria: A Broader Look
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-31-13
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FITLAUSD: STUDENTS CAN’T TAKE SCHOOL-ISSUED iPADS HOMEby Michael Linder KABC NEWS/TalkRadio 790 | http://bit.ly/1dsnyFZ As the LAUSD prepares to roll out its first batch of iPads to students in 47 schools — a new development. The school district now says kids will not be allowed to take those tablets home. KABC’s M
NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education 8-31-13
NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education:NPE News BriefsYESTERDAYBobby Jindal Has a Hissy Fit When Justice Department Defends Desegregation | Diane Ravitch’s blogLouisiana Governor Bobby Jindal went into a partisan rant before a far-right audience, complaining that the U.S. Department of Justice had sued to block the state’s voucher program. The legal action was taken to prevent vou
This Week's Education Research Report 8-31-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTParent and Family Involvement in Education in 2011-12This report presents findings from the Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program of 2012 (NHES:2012) from the National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences. The Parent and Family Involvem
All Week 8-31-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: All Week 8-10-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTERThe Lingering Legacy of Segregation | the becoming radicalThe Lingering Legacy of Segregation | the becoming radical.by plthomasedd / 21h AUG 29B.S. On Your Collar (Says Your Argument’s Untrue): Another Common Core Lie ExposedFLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY, STING LIKE AN S.O.B.: First, let me introduce my first po
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 8-31-13 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGTODAYAn Educator Awakens to the Grim Realities of LifeThis teacher left a powerful comment about how he became educated about real life by teaching. The myths he had learned in his youth fell away when confronted by the children whose lives are burdened by poverty. Please tweet this comment. It should go viral. Add your v
