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Feds cite CA schools over potential supplanting of Title III money SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources

SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources:  Print this articleFeds cite CA schools over potential supplanting of Title III moneyBy Tom ChorneauThursday, August 22, 2013Regulators from the U.S. Department of Education have flagged California schools for possible misuse of Title III money intended to provide additional support for English learners.In regular compliance monitoring conducted earl

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FACT SHEET on the President’s Plan to Make College More Affordable: A Better Bargain for the Middle Class | The White House

FACT SHEET on the President’s Plan to Make College More Affordable: A Better Bargain for the Middle Class | The White House: FACT SHEET on the President’s Plan to Make College More Affordable: A Better Bargain for the Middle ClassA higher education is the single most important investment students can make in their own futures. At the same time, it has never been more expensive. That’s why since ta

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Wait 8-22-13 What? Certification? Please! Gov. Christie follows Gov. Malloy over the cliff

Wait What?: Certification? Please! Gov. Christie follows Gov. Malloy over the cliffGovernor Christie and Governor Malloy Connecticut Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor and New Jersey Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf. Paul Vallas (Bridgeport) and Paymon Rouhanifard (Camden) The story and message are the same… Politicians who propose tougher standards and demand “better teacher prep” while a

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Education and Justice Departments Announce New Research Showing Prison Education Reduces Recidivism, Saves Money, Improves Employment | U.S. Department of Education

Education and Justice Departments Announce New Research Showing Prison Education Reduces Recidivism, Saves Money, Improves Employment | U.S. Department of Education: Education and Justice Departments Announce New Research Showing Prison Education Reduces Recidivism, Saves Money, Improves EmploymentAUGUST 22, 2013Contact:   Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov Attorney General Eric Holder and

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What’s Her Number? Zip Codes Tell Us A Lot About Public School Quality | NEA Today

What’s Her Number? Zip Codes Tell Us A Lot About Public School Quality | NEA Today: What’s Her Number? Zip Codes Tell Us A Lot About Public School QualityAugust 22, 2013 by twalker  Filed under Education Funding, Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentIn the old saw about real estate, the three most important factors are location, location, location. The same is true of our nation’s public schoo

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Rand Paul Teaming Up With Dems? For This Cause, He Thinks It's Worth It

Rand Paul Teaming Up With Dems? For This Cause, He Thinks It's Worth It: Rand Paul Teaming Up With Dems? For This Cause, He Thinks It's Worth ItPosted: 08/22/2013 10:52 am EDT  |  Updated: 08/22/2013 11:00 am EDTLike I have been sayin' As Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) explores the possibility of a presidential run, he's trying his hand at something that's become a rite of passage for the GOP's other

by mike simpson / 13min 

Free Bradley Manning! | Bill Ayers

Free Bradley Manning! | Bill AyersFree Bradley Manning!1984 is not some random hypothetical notion, or some abstract and distant possibility, or simply a fascinating metaphor—1984 is a reality; it’s upon us; Big Brother is watching you, and everyone knows it.And now comes Bradley Manning, Edward Snowden, Wikileaks, and Anonymous (among others) to provide an indispensable service: they are represen

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8-22-13 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: DFER's Ally With Tea Party To Bring Charter Schools To KentuckyOne of the arguments we have heard from education reform groups like Democrats For Education Reform for why progressive educators shouldn't ally with right wing Tea Party types in a common cause against Common Core is that right wing Tea Party types hold views in anathema to progressives on other issues - from vo

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-22-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Mercedes Schneider Compares AP and Gallup PollsMost of us don’t have the time to dig down into polls and figure out the nuances of wording and responses. Fortunately for us, Mercedes Schneider has done it for us. She here compares the AP-NORC poll which concluded that most parents like standardized testing to the PDK/Gallup poll, w

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Smoky Mountain Smokescreen: A Tennessee Story | School Finance 101

Smoky Mountain Smokescreen: A Tennessee Story | School Finance 101: Smoky Mountain Smokescreen: A Tennessee StoryPosted on August 22, 20130My last post was about the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s role in starving the Philadelphia school district into submission. The failure by deprivation of the city district has now been used as a basis for blaming the district and its employees – primarily teac

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Research Links Preschool Program to Third Grade Reading Success |

Research Links Preschool Program to Third Grade Reading Success |: Research Links Preschool Program to Third Grade Reading SuccessAugust 22, 2013 by Alyssa HaywoodePhoto: Micaela Bedell for Strategies for ChildrenThe Denver Preschool Program (DPP) is celebrating good news. According to new findings, children who participated in this program have shown reading gains compared to their peers. Partici

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8-22-13 plthomasEdD at Daily Kos

plthomasEdD at Daily Kos:  Class Grades: The Unintended Lessons from FloridaSince I am quick to criticize the media for its role in the failures of the current education reform movement—such as PBS, The Charleston Post and Courier, and Education Week—I must also recognize when a media outlet provides much needed insight into education policy that has clearly run off the tracks, such as the so-call

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As charter schools come of age, measuring their success is tricky | Hechinger Report

As charter schools come of age, measuring their success is tricky | Hechinger Report: As charter schools come of age, measuring their success is trickyBy Sarah ButrymowiczWhen the Minnesota New Country School opened two decades ago in Le Sueur, a rural town 60 miles southwest of Minneapolis, co-founder Dee Thomas and her teachers hoped to do education differently. There would be no bells between c

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Education Research Report: New Orleans Charter School Study Debunked

Education Research Report: New Orleans Charter School Study Debunked: New Orleans Charter School Study DebunkedThe Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University recently released a follow-up report to its 2013 national study on charter school performance.The new study is focused on Louisiana and particularly on the effects in New Orleans. The report states, “We observed

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Schools rising from budget depths, EdSource report finds | EdSource Today

Schools rising from budget depths, EdSource report finds | EdSource Today: Schools rising from budget depths, EdSource report findsAugust 22nd, 2013 | Add a Comment | By John FensterwaldShare on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing ServicesWith the passage of Proposition 30 and implementation of a new funding system channeling more money to most districts this fall, the

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The AP and Gallup Polls: A Commentary | deutsch29

The AP and Gallup Polls: A Commentary | deutsch29: The AP and Gallup Polls: A CommentaryAugust 21, 2013The theme of this past several days appears to be the national education poll and how much one should (or should not) trust the results. On August 17, the Associated Press (AP) released a twisted version of what they would like for parents to want for their children– high-stakes tests– except tha

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Elder Activist Educator, Dr Donald H Smith, Recalls His Participation in the 1963 March On Washington Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública

Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: Elder Activist Educator, Dr Donald H Smith, Recalls His Participation in the 1963 March On Washington<

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Math professor: Common Core “will set our children back one to... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com

Math professor: Common Core “will set our children back one to... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Math professor: Common Core “will set our children back one to two years.” Governor in retreat. COMMENT(7) 2 4 6 13RelatedView Larger MathPrevious PostsIf you want to build the Iron Man suit, you're at Georgia Tech. You can do that. Helluva of a welcomeAugust 21, 2013New ACT scores: Georgia students lag

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On the phony Kings arena outrage, strong-mayor freshness and city school district accountability -Sacramento News & Review

Sacramento News & Review - On the phony Kings arena outrage, strong-mayor freshness and city school district accountability - Bites - Opinions - August 22, 2013: On the phony Kings arena outrage, strong-mayor freshness and city school district accountabilityRich guys are always trying to jam each other up and steer the public process, and public money, toward their own interestsBy Cosmo Garvin

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D.C. charter schools to give standardized tests to young children

D.C. charter schools to give standardized tests to young children: D.C. charter schools to give standardized tests to young childrenBy Valerie Strauss, Published: August 22 at 4:00 amE-mail the writer2CommentsMore(By Matt McClain / FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)The use of standardized tests to measure very young students  keeps expanding. Now public charter schools in Washington D.C. will soon be giving

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New York State and EngageNY Advocate Child Abuse southbronxschool.com

http://www.southbronxschool.com: New York State and EngageNY Advocate Child AbuseFrom the files of "You Can't Make This Shit Up!" comes the new 1st grade ELA Learning and Listeningstrands.Yeah, I know that there is supposed to be literacy used with this, but we are not sharing the books The Crack Team shared with the students while attempting to make some type of rhyme and reason withthis crap.Our

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NYC Educator: Charles M. Blow Joins the NY Times Common Core Lovefest

NYC Educator: Charles M. Blow Joins the NY Times Common Core Lovefest: Charles M. Blow Joins the NY Times Common Core LovefestIt looks like, in the space of a week, three NY Times columnists have come out swinging in favor of the Common Core. The latest is Charles M. Blow, who I'd previously found thoughtful and worthwhile. His opening salvo informs us we are not keeping up with other countries, y

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solidaridad: José Lara for El Rancho Unified School District

solidaridad: José Lara for El Rancho Unified School District: Wednesday, August 21, 2013José Lara for El Rancho Unified School DistrictJosé Lara for El Rancho Unified School District by Robert D. Skeels

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“EDUCATION REFORM” EFFORTS HAVE US GOING BACKWARDS – I HAVE A SOLUTION | Teachers Fight Back

“EDUCATION REFORM” EFFORTS HAVE US GOING BACKWARDS – I HAVE A SOLUTION | Teachers Fight Back: “EDUCATION REFORM” EFFORTS HAVE US GOING BACKWARDS – I HAVE A SOLUTIONleave a comment »The average ACT score for this year’s graduates dropped to 20.6, the biggest drop in a decade for Illinois.  In addition, the national average dropped below 21 for the first time in eight years.  ACT and state officials

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Hoping for a visit from the money fairy Southern California charter school leader running for state superintendent | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC

Southern California charter school leader running for state superintendent | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Southern California charter school leader running for state superintendentAdolfo Guzman-Lopez | August 21st, 2013, 7:10pmWaiting on EliORHoping for a visit from the money fairyMarshall Tuck, a leader of Southern California’s charter school and reform movements, launched his campaign Wednesday to b

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Keep Your 'Disruption' Out of Our Schools | Diane Ravitch

Keep Your 'Disruption' Out of Our Schools | Diane Ravitch: Keep Your 'Disruption' Out of Our SchoolsPosted: 08/21/2013 3:08 pm Judith Shulevitz recently wrote a brilliant essay on "disruption" as a business strategy.As we know, mega-corporations believe they must continually reinvent themselves in order to have the latest, best thing and beat their competitors, who are about to overtake them in th

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Nite Cap 8-21-13 #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 CAPTODAY8-21-13 Jersey Jazzman Christie Appoints VERY Young Former Wall St. Analyst as Camden SuperintendentJersey Jazzman: Christie Appoints VERY Young Former Wall St. Analyst as Camden SuperintendentI am, frankly, stunned: The city of Camden could soon be g

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8-21-13 Jersey Jazzman Christie Appoints VERY Young Former Wall St. Analyst as Camden Superintendent

Jersey Jazzman: Christie Appoints VERY Young Former Wall St. Analyst as Camden SuperintendentI am, frankly, stunned: The city of Camden could soon be getting a new superintendent. Gov. Chris Christie announced his selection of Paymon Rouhanifard as the first State Superintendent of the Camden School District.  “Every child in New Jersey, regardless of zip code, deserves access to a high-quality ed

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8-21-13 Hechinger Report | Informing the Public about Education through Quality Journalism

Hechinger Report | Informing the Public about Education through Quality Journalism: Tuition starts to fall at private, for-profit collegesPrivate, for-profit colleges have joined the march of institutions that appear to be lowering their tuition as enrollment flattens out and families become increasingly price conscious. The average tuition paid by students at four-year, for-profit colleges, when

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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.: Flaming FredThe in box. Jim Keating on Illinois penisions.My friend Jim Keating published this in the latest issue of the newsletter of the Du Page chapter of the Illinois Retired Teachers Association. In 1968 Vietnam a war correspondent saw US troops burning down a village and asked an Army major why

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The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education

The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: ASCD Leaders on Reflection: Mary Beth LuttrellA defining trait of leadership is a passion for success and continuous improvement. With progress comes new vistas and new goals, as well as new challenges to overcome in our never-ending quest for knowledge and excellence. Leaders envision a future, and great leaders shape that future. With that in mind, w

by mike simpson / 17h 

Advanced Placement classes failing students | toteachornototeach

Advanced Placement classes failing students | toteachornototeach: Advanced Placement classes failing studentsBy Stephanie SimonTaxpayers have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years to nudge more students into Advanced Placement classes — but a close look at test scores suggests much of the investment has been wasted.Expanding participation in AP classes has been a bipartisan goal, p

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THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: A pack of lies + some truths

THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: A pack of lies + some truths: A pack of lies + some truthsEXCERPTSOURCEYet [the Gulen movement’s] structure, ambitions, and size remain opaque, making assessment of its impact and power difficult... Fethullahci are often loath to declare themselves openly as such.“The Fethullah Gulen Movement.”Global Politician, 12/31/2008The precise number of [Fethullah Gulen Community] mem

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Poll: Most Americans sick of high-stakes standardized tests

Poll: Most Americans sick of high-stakes standardized tests: Poll: Most Americans sick of high-stakes standardized testsBy Valerie Strauss, Published: August 21 at 12:46 pmE-mail the writer6CommentsMore(Correcting description of AP poll)The results of a well-regarded annual poll show that most Americans don’t like the high-stakes standardized testing that dominates education reform today and have

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Criticizing Common Core Coverage | Taking Note

Criticizing Common Core Coverage | Taking Note: Criticizing Common Core Coverageby JOHN MERROW on 21. AUG, 2013 in 2013 BLOGS, COMMON COREIn the business of journalism, criticism is part of the deal. We are taken to task for leaving out important parts of the story or for getting the facts wrong, and sometimes we get criticized for not doing the story that the viewer wanted to see. That’s the pref

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#StuVoiceStories – Student Voice Initiative Student Voice

Student Voice: #StuVoiceStories – Student Voice Initiative The Student Voice Initiative is a student advocacy organization based in Canada. Article written by Leah Bae, National Ambassador for SVI.—–Student Voice Initiative operates on a foundation of support from policy-makers, school administrators, academics, and students from across North America and the world in support of giving students a g

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Schools, technology community asked to weigh in on E-rate changes SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources

SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Schools, technology community asked to weigh in on E-rate changesBy Kimberly BeltranWednesday, August 21, 2013The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public input on an ambitious plan to recast its E-rate program, created in 1997 to provide funding to schools and libraries for discounts on telecommunications services.Comments on the FCC prop

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8-21-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Odds and EndsIn advanced of tonight's School Board meeting, a few updates:- packed speakers list.   Unfortunately, Mr. Garrett, who is one of the leaders of the groups at the Horace Mann building, is on the list.  He generally is not the most graceful and tactful of speakers so I expect that to be an unpleasant two minutes.As well, there are plenty of TFA people, i

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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Yuck, Tuck

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Yuck, Tuck: Yuck, TuckMarshall Tucker BandWhen I first got this news from a friend in L.A.,  I thought she was talking about Marshall Tucker, the S. Carolina piano tuner after whom one of my favorite '70s bands ("Heard it in a love song") was named.  But alas, it was about Marshall Tuck, the corporate f*%k, who just announced he's running for State Supt. of Educ

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High Stakes Tests For 3-Year-Olds?

High Stakes Tests For 3-Year-Olds?: High Stakes Tests For 3-Year-Olds?WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 2013 AT 9:59 AMIf you’re a parent of a young charter school student in DC – or just someone who cares about early education – you need to know what’s happening here in the nation’s capital, and fast.In less than a week, all charter schools that serve young children will start being held accountable to the

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8-21-13 Radical Scholarship

Radical Scholarship: What We Know Now and An Alternative to Accountability-Based Education Reform | DailyCensored.com - Breaking Censored News, World, Independent, Liberal NewsWhat We Know Now and An Alternative to Accountability-Based Education Reform | DailyCensored.com - Breaking Censored News, World, Independent, Liberal News1 by P. L. Thomas / 3h Daily Kos: Class Grades: The Unintended Lesson

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8-21-13 Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Closed Philly schools — hot properties or a herd of white elephants?by Elizabeth Fiedler for NewsWorks Sell off closed schools to help keep other Philadelphia schools open. In essence, that's the idea being pushed by City Council President Darrell Clarke.  Philadelphia public schools are expected to open on time, despite continuing squabbles over funding. But C

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8-21-13 Missouri Education Watchdog

Missouri Education Watchdog: MO Legislators - Here's The Follow Up You Need to AskThe following email was sent to all Missouri legislators from DESE. Will any of them ask the follow up questions that need to be asked? Dear Legislator, You may have heard about Missouri’s state assessments for English language arts and literacy and mathematics changing in 2014-15 to reflect school districts moving t

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8-21-13 Education Research Report

Education Research Report: More than half of parents have not heard much about Common Core State StandardsStandardized tests have support among parents, who view them as a useful way to measure both students' and schools' performances, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.Key findings:• Sixty-one percent of parents think their children take an appropriate n

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Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: A Parent’s Modest ProposalHere is an idea: Monetize your son or daughter. A reader suggests:   I am thinking maybe I should auction off the placement of my daughter, an excellent test taker with consistently high scores, to the highest bidding teacher. The teacher gets to keep their job and I get to add to the college fund. Win Win

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Pfc. Bradley Manning, American Hero, Sentenced to the Gulag for 35 Years for Blowing the Whistle and Telling the Truth about US Military Misconduct! | Bill Ayers

Pfc. Bradley Manning, American Hero, Sentenced to the Gulag for 35 Years for Blowing the Whistle and Telling the Truth about US Military Misconduct! | Bill Ayers: Pfc. Bradley Manning, American Hero, Sentenced to the Gulag for 35 Years for Blowing the Whistle and Telling the Truth about US Military Misconduct! The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.*George

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8-21-13 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: THREE POLLS SHOW MIXED REPORT CARD FOR EDUCATION REFORMS: Surveys suggest Americans know little about Common Core standards rolling out this fall + 3 PollsBy STEPHANIE SIMON  - Reuters, from Politico |  http://politi.co/1dtbq64 8/21/13 12:03 AM EDT  ::  Americans have a decidedly mixed view of the education reforms now sweeping the nation, supporting mo

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8-21-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face

SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: PARCC: A buffet of answers.PARCC promised us a “next-generation assessment” to help assess whether our children are “college and career ready”. These new super tests must be vastly improved: some of the questions give students six choices instead of the standard four!  Here is the full release of new prototypes.   Follow Chris Cerrone on twitter: @Stoptesting152 by

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Fifty Shades of Ravitch: A Book Review | Reclaim Reform

Fifty Shades of Ravitch: A Book Review | Reclaim Reform: Fifty Shades of Ravitch: A Book ReviewPosted on August 21, 2013by Ken PrevitiIf Peter Cunningham can write a book review for a book he has never read and is yet to be published, so can I. This only seems fair to me.Review Prediction: Diane Ravitch will go after my good friend Winnie the Poo. The chapter which includes a three-way mud wrestli

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What We Know Now and An Alternative to Accountability-Based Education Reform | DailyCensored.com - Breaking Censored News, World, Independent, Liberal News

What We Know Now and An Alternative to Accountability-Based Education Reform | DailyCensored.com - Breaking Censored News, World, Independent, Liberal News: What We Know Now and An Alternative to Accountability-Based Education ReformBy P.L. Thomas on August 21, 2013 6:27 pm / no commentsRandy Olson’s Flock of Dodos (2006) explores the evolution and Intelligent Design (ID) debate that represents th

by mike simpson / 19h 

Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, August 21, 2013

FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Education HeadlinesWednesday, August 21, 2013Twin Rivers employees call for an end to administrators' pension perksTwin Rivers Unified School District employees and union officials called on the school board to end pension perks to top administrators at a meeting Tuesday night.Oxford Preparatory enrollment increasesWith approval from the Capi

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Braving the Common Core Waters: Reflection as Our Raft — Whole Child Education

Braving the Common Core Waters: Reflection as Our Raft — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGBraving the Common Core Waters: Reflection as Our RaftAugust 21, 2013 by Celina BrennanWe, as educators across the U.S., are spending precious time this summer reflecting upon the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and our professional practices. Some of us are just now dipping our toes into this ne

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8-21-13 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Someone Tell Merryl Tisch - The Public Doesn't Hate TeachersRegents Chancellor and testing doyenne Merryl Tisch used the following argument to support tying teacher evaluations to test scores:Merryl H. Tisch, chancellor of the Board of Regents, said that because of the new “scientific, objective” evaluation system, the public would see that teachers were being held to a rigo

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8-21-13 Wait What?

Wait What?: Special Master Steven Adamowski: Busy exceeding his authority…at taxpayer expenseAs Rome burns, Adamowski tells Windham taxpayers which companies to hire and what they must do with their public funds…. (An update on Windham by Jonathan Pelto and Mary Gallucci, a Windham parent and education advocate) As a result of inadequate state funding, Windham’s public schools are among the most u

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More money, more problems? LA Unified wrestles with influx of cash | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC

More money, more problems? LA Unified wrestles with influx of cash | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: More money, more problems? LA Unified wrestles with influx of cashAnnie Gilbertson | August 21st, 2013, 6:00amAdolfo Guzman-LopezA Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education meetingSeveral new funding streams are rushing into Los Angeles schools this year. Even though students hit the books ag

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Deep in the Heart of Excellence | EduShyster

Deep in the Heart of Excellence | EduShyster: Deep in the Heart of Excellence Salsa secreta comes to San Antonio, TexasBy DidymathAmigos: I am crestfallen to report that a scourge of bad schools has befallen my fair burg of San Antonio, Texas. You’d think that without those pesky unions to hold them back Texas schools would be free to excel. Alas, we Tejanos seem to be missing some salsa secreta.

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Budget Cuts, Not Standards, Are Top Concern for Parents - High School Notes

Budget Cuts, Not Standards, Are Top Concern for Parents - High School Notes (usnews.com): Budget Cuts, Not Standards, Are Top Concern for ParentsBy KELSEY SHEEHYAugust 21, 2013 RSS Feed PrintSchool funding is the primary concern of public school parents, according to new Gallup poll.The Common Core State Standards are taking a beating. Several states are trying to backtrack on the curriculum guide

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-21-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: The Upside Down World of Common CoreThis is a terrific article from an unusual source: George Ball, past president of the American Horticultural Society and chairman of the Burpee Seed Company. Ball writes: “Frequently, these days, I’m reminded of Edward Lear’s whimsical illustration, “Manypeeplia Upsidedownia.” The drawing depicts

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8-21-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online:  Jumping All Over Paul Krugman on Common CoreIs it my fault that the other day I challenged Krugman to bring his sensible analysis to education issues (Howler Howls at Krugman and Press Corps)? I compared him so favorably to his  nincompoop NY Times fellow columnists Brooks and Kristof? Ooops! Krugman must have heard me, but his sensibility deserted him.The blogging crew is out in

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm explains Monday's shootings. Safe Passage is only during the time the children come to school and leave school.

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm explains Monday's shootings. Safe Passage is only during the time the children come to school and leave school.: Rahm explains Monday's shootings. Safe Passage is only during the time the children come to school and leave school.(AP photo)"I'm like any parent — I'm wary," said Willie Dixon, one of several CeaseFire workers walking the Uptown streets around the s

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