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8-19-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Failing our obligation on school integrationIn a recent commentary piece written for the Stamford Advocate and other Connecticut newspapers owned by Hearst Media, Wendy Lecker, the outspoken school advocate wrote about our nation and state’s failure to truly deal with racial isolation in our public schools. Wendy Lecker’s observations come almost 50 years to the day that Martin Luther
by mike simpson / 10min 
8-19-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools Rethinking the Mann Building UseIn the "what!?" category, the Times is reporting that the district is "reconsidering" their plans for the Horace Mann building which is to rehouse Nova High School.  There are some pretty unbelievable statements like:- in one place in the article the Times says the district has not been charging rent to any of the gro
by mike simpson / 15min 
The Folly of a Preemptive & Deceptive Attack on Diane Ravitch's New Book | Kevin Welner
The Folly of a Preemptive & Deceptive Attack on Diane Ravitch's New Book | Kevin Welner: The Folly of a Preemptive & Deceptive Attack on Diane Ravitch's New BookPosted: 08/19/2013 10:09 amWriting here in The Huffington Post, the former press secretary for Education Secretary Arne Duncan launched a pre-emptive attack on the forthcoming book from Diane Ravitch -- a book he hasn't read. One p
by mike simpson / 19min 
NYC Educator: Arne Duncan Approved NY Times Column
NYC Educator: Arne Duncan Approved NY Times Column: Arne Duncan Approved NY Times ColumnI continue to be amazed at precisely how low the bar is for professional writers. Maybe they, rather than we, should be compelled to prove added value with some ridiculous mathematical formula. Even as teachers are under assault nationwide for the egregious offense of devoting their lives to helping children, N
by mike simpson / 23min 
8-19-13 Missouri Education Watchdog
Missouri Education Watchdog: My Common Core Conversation with KHQA in Quincy, IllinoisMaggie's Notebook published an article about an interview I did in Quincy, Illinois where Anne and I appeared at a Common Core presentation.  Maggie did an excellent job with the transcription and we want to thank her for spreading the word about CCSS. From  Common Core: Mandated Not Law, Not Funded, Not Evidence
by mike simpson / 25min 
Public Approval in the Face of Poverty | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
Public Approval in the Face of Poverty | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Public Approval in the Face of PovertyBy AASA, The School Superintendents Association on August 19, 2013By Daniel A. Domenech, Executive Director, AASA: The Superintendents' AssociationA new school year is about to start. For the past five years, school systems have suffered the worst economic decline sin
by mike simpson / 27min 
College-for-all vs. career education? Moving beyond a false debate | Hechinger Report
College-for-all vs. career education? Moving beyond a false debate | Hechinger Report: College-for-all vs. career education? Moving beyond a false debateBy Sarah CarrThis piece was originally published in the Wilson Quarterly.At New Orleans charter schools, even students in the primary grades sometimes start the day with rousing chants professing their commitment to college. “This is the way, hey!
by mike simpson / 28min 
Education Research Report: Survey: Parents’ Attitudes on the Quality of Education in the United States
Education Research Report: Survey: Parents’ Attitudes on the Quality of Education in the United States: Survey: Parents’ Attitudes on the Quality of Education in the United StatesThe Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research conducted a national survey of 1,025 parents or guardians of children who completed a grade between kindergarten and 12th grade during the 2012 - 2013 school ye
by mike simpson / 29min 
Math teacher: Inherent flaws in how Georgia and Common Core... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Math teacher: Inherent flaws in how Georgia and Common Core... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Math teacher: Inherent flaws in how Georgia and Common Core teach math COMMENT(16) 2 25 2 60RelatedView Larger MathPrevious PostsAshton Kutcher: Sexiest thing in entire world is being smartAugust 18, 2013Political scientist: Druid Hills charter cluster vote was neither fair nor legal.August 15, 2013Most en
by mike simpson / 32min 
8-19-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School:  Education Reformers Are Trying To Smear Common Core Critics As Know-Nothings And CretinsFormer NY Times editor and current columnist Bill Keller attacked opponents to the Common Core standards as a "very loud, often paranoid, if-that-Kenyan-socialist-in-the-White-House-is-for-it-I’m-against-it crowd." Keller acknowledges that there are opponents to the standards on the left
by mike simpson / 34min 
8-19-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE:  How YOU Doin’?A friend asked me just a day ago, “How are you holding up? Sending a child off to college and the start of school can be very stressful.” I will admit that I went a bit of a rant – and fortunately for me the friend understood. How am I doing? Turns out – not […]by antiqueteacher60 / 2min  8-18-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk FaceSCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CH
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Citywide Parents Meeting: Back to school updates | Parents United for Public Education
Citywide Parents Meeting: Back to school updates | Parents United for Public Education: Citywide Parents Meeting: Back to school updatesPosted on August 19, 2013 by PARENTSUNITEDPHILALeave a commentWhat can parents expect for the first day of school? What are our best strategies to change school resources before school starts?The last 10 days have been a rollercoaster of school ultimatums, dueling
by mike simpson / 2h 
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-19-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Anti-Testing Movement Grows in NY Suburbs and TownsThe collapse of test scores in New York following the first tests of the Common Core standards is fueling the growth of the anti-testing movement. A huge protest took place in Port Jefferson Station on Long Island on Saturday. Fifteen hundred people turned out to denounce the Commo
by mike simpson / 2h 
School crisis drives families from city - Philly.com
School crisis drives families from city - Philly.com: School crisis drives families from cityRealtor Christopher Plant, drying dishes with his son Mason, tells perspective buyers "they can't rely on any of the public schools." TOM GRALISH / Staff PhotographerBy Melissa Dribben, Inquirer Staff WriterPOSTED: August 18, 2013Brian Hackford is divorcing Philadelphia, citing irreconcilable differences o
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Parents, denied a voice at BESE, speak out here | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
Parents, denied a voice at BESE, speak out here | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Parents, denied a voice at BESE, speak out herePosted on August 19, 20130At BESE’s august meeting parents were denied an opportunity to speak about Common Core and inBloom.  Because the feedback given so far has been overwhelmingly negative, I can understand why Chas Roemer, John White and their allies would go that route.  R
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Thom Hartmann: Kochtopus Tentacles are Coming for Public Schools | www.kochwatch.org
Thom Hartmann: Kochtopus Tentacles are Coming for Public Schools | www.kochwatch.org: Thom Hartmann: Kochtopus Tentacles are Coming for Public SchoolsPrinter-friendly version
by mike simpson / 3h 
The Educated Reporter: Word on the Beat: Proficiency
The Educated Reporter: Word on the Beat: Proficiency: Word on the Beat: ProficiencyAs a regular feature, The Educated Reporter features a buzzword or phrase that You Need To Know (yes, this designation is highly subjective, but we're giving it a shot). Send your Word on the Beat suggestions to erichmond@ewa.org.Word on the beat: ProficiencyWhat it means: In education circles, proficiency typically
by mike simpson / 3h 
What’s the ‘most pernicious cliché of our time’?
What’s the ‘most pernicious cliché of our time’?: What’s the ‘most pernicious cliché of our time’?By Valerie Strauss, Published: August 19 at 4:00 amE-mail the writer0CommentsMore(Source: Bloomberg)According to a new piece in The New Republicby the magazine’s science editor, Judith Shulevitz, the term “disruption” is, as the headline says, “the most pernicious cliché of our time.” That’s almost ri
by mike simpson / 3h 
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESCPS teacher Ed Hershey, arrested trying to save La Casita "We couldn't just let them sweep it away without at least doing what we could. The school doesn't have a library and they bulldozed it. There's 160 schools that don't have a library." -- ABC NewsLisa Angonese, community activist“He’s [Ald. Solis] been giving us so many diffe
by mike simpson / 3h 

YESTERDAY

A Scandal That's Exposing Ugly Truths About the School Privatization Agenda | Alternet #CHEATS4Change
A Scandal That's Exposing Ugly Truths About the School Privatization Agenda | Alternet: A Scandal That's Exposing Ugly Truths About the School Privatization AgendaThe recent scandal ousting Florida's top education official shows the privatization movement is about profits.August 16, 2013  |   Paradoxes come in all different forms, but here’s one that perfectly fits this Gilded Age: The most signif
by mike simpson / 11h 
Associated Press Propaganda: What the AP Survey Really Shows | deutsch29
Associated Press Propaganda: What the AP Survey Really Shows | deutsch29: Associated Press Propaganda: What the AP Survey Really ShowsAugust 18, 2013On August 17, 2013, the Associated Press (AP) announced that a survey they conducted in June and July 2013 found that not only do parents really like standardized tests– they approve of the high-stakes usage of such tests and believe that the number o
by mike simpson / 11h 
inBloom’s actual Dear John Letter to John White: (It’s not me, it’s you) | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
inBloom’s actual Dear John Letter to John White: (It’s not me, it’s you) | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: inBloom’s actual Dear John Letter to John White: (It’s not me, it’s you)Posted on August 18, 20130 Sometimes life hands you stories that are simply better than any cheap fiction you can pick up from a newsstand or checkout line. Take for example this on-again-off-again “data sharing” relationship betw
by mike simpson / 11h 
Teachers pay more out of pocket for their kids - NBC News.com
Teachers pay more out of pocket for their kids - NBC News.com: Teachers pay more out of pocket for their kidsFile photo of school teacher Liza Gleason shopping for back to school supplies at a Target store August 13, 2008 in Daly City, California. Teachers are paying more of their own money for supplies and even clothes and food for schoolchildren.A second-year pre-kindergarten teacher at Salem El
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Nite Cap 8-18-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
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 CAPTODAY8-18-13 Seattle Schools Community ForumSeattle Schools Community Forum:Arson at Madrona Elementary SchoolThe Times reports an arson-based fire at Madrona sometime Sunday morning.  It was reported by someone who drove by the school and reported seeing
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8-18-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Arson at Madrona Elementary SchoolThe Times reports an arson-based fire at Madrona sometime Sunday morning.  It was reported by someone who drove by the school and reported seeing fire.  (Good thing or there might have been more damage.)  According to the report, the damage was about $1,000 to the exterior of the building, $1,000 to a shed and $500 for the contents
by mike simpson / 16h 
NYC Educator: Arne Duncan Sics His Flying Monkeys on Diane Ravitch
NYC Educator: Arne Duncan Sics His Flying Monkeys on Diane Ravitch: Arne Duncan Sics His Flying Monkeys on Diane RavitchI'm often shocked by what passes for argument nowadays. I don't suppose it's big news that Diane Ravitch has an impending book release. While I can't wait to read it, I follow her blog, and am well aware of her point of view. So, too, is the White House, as represented by Educati
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Prisons, Post Offices and Public Schools: Some Things Should Not Be For Profit - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Prisons, Post Offices and Public Schools: Some Things Should Not Be For Profit - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Prisons, Post Offices and Public Schools: Some Things Should Not Be For ProfitBy Anthony Cody on August 18, 2013 3:30 PMHere are some things that should not be turned over to profit-seeking corporations.Prisons. Postal services. Public Schools.Here are the problems with pri
by mike simpson / 18h 
Why are smart kids more likely to do drugs? | toteachornototeach
Why are smart kids more likely to do drugs? | toteachornototeach: Why are smart kids more likely to do drugs? By Monica Nickelsburg“Taking LSD was a profound experience, oneof the most important things in my life.” — Steve JobsStudies show a correlation between high childhood IQs and getting highThere is plenty of anecdotal evidence that a relationship exists between intelligence and drug use. Som
by mike simpson / 19h 
Hispanic Parents Protest Demolition of Public School's Fieldhouse in Pilsen | HispanicallySpeakingNews.com
Hispanic Parents Protest Demolition of Public School's Fieldhouse in Pilsen | HispanicallySpeakingNews.com: Hispanic Parents Protest Demolition of Public School’s Fieldhouse in PilsenA gathering of Hispanic parents demonstrated Saturday in protest against the demolition of the fieldhouse of a public school in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, which for three years they tried to make into a library.“T
by mike simpson / 19h 
Big Education Ape: MLK 1-21-13 RETRO #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Big Education Ape: Big Education Ape Nite Cap 1-21-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2: Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963. Washington, D.C.▶ Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963 - YouTube:  I Have a Dream SpeechMartin Luther King's Address at March on WashingtonAugust 28, 1963. Washington, D.C. When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every v
by mike simpson / 19h 
What Right Does the US Department of Education Have to “Monitor” Diane Ravitch ? | Raginghorseblog
What Right Does the US Department of Education Have to “Monitor” Diane Ravitch ? | Raginghorseblog: What Right Does the US Department of Education Have to “Monitor” Diane Ravitch ?August 18, 2013Dr. Diane Ravitch: a dangerous womanI usually avoid the Huffington Post at all costs and will continue to do so until they begin to actually pay the writers whose labor is making its owners very rich, but
by mike simpson / 20h 
Pepper-Spraying UC Cop Likely to Get Financial Settlement - Police & Fire - Davis, CA Patch
Pepper-Spraying UC Cop Likely to Get Financial Settlement - Police & Fire - Davis, CA Patch: Pepper-Spraying UC Cop Likely to Get Financial SettlementFormer-Lt. John Pike filed for worker's compensation based on a claim of psychiatric injury.Posted by Drew Himmelstein (Editor) , August 18, 2013 at 09:12 AM  Comment   Recommend  Former UC Davis police officer John Pike will likely get a financi
by mike simpson / 21h 
Short Notes: David Foster Wallace On Hip-Hop? - The Jose Vilson
Short Notes: David Foster Wallace On Hip-Hop? - The Jose Vilson: Short Notes: David Foster Wallace On Hip-Hop?Posted by Jose VilsonDwight Schrute on My Facebook PageA few notes:First, thanks to everyone who liked my Facebook page. Please do give it a “like” when you get a chance. We have awesome discussions and cool co-conspirators. [Facebook]David Foster Wallace had an opinion on hip-hop that I a
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Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963. Washington, D.C.
▶ Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963 - YouTube:  I Have a Dream SpeechMartin Luther King's Address at March on WashingtonAugust 28, 1963. Washington, D.C. When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gent
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8-18-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: Jersey Jazzman@jerseyjazzmanNY Tests Show Cerf's Plan For Camden Is ALREADY a FailureNothing gives New Jersey's education chief, Chris Cerf, more joy than bringing in national charter management organizations (CMOs) to run New Jersey's schools. He loves bringing K12 Inc. into Newark (so does Cory Booker). He loves bringing Vahan Gureghian's outfit across the Delaware from Chester,
by mike simpson / 23h 
Trayvon Martin Foundation | The Official Website
Trayvon Martin Foundation | The Official Website:
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Morning Wink 8-17-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAY8-18-13 Wait, What? - Working to educate, persuade and mobilize through "perceptive and acerbic" observations about Connecticut Government and PoliticsWait, What? - Working to educate, persuade and mobilize through "perceptive and acerbic" observations about Connecticut Government and Politics: Promoting good test taking? No I call it child abuse!Cate
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