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8-25-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Common Core Developers - A Private Club You Are Not InThe Atlanta Journal Constitution has a story today about who makes money off the Common Core. The main article is behind a paywall, but AJC.com does have a snippet and I found this part particularly interesting:Achieve Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit group that has been heavily involved in writing the standards,
by mike simpson / 21min 
Common Core: California should get a three-year breather from testing penalties to prepare for new system - San Jose Mercury News
Common Core: California should get a three-year breather from testing penalties to prepare for new system - San Jose Mercury News: Common Core: California should get a three-year breather from testing penalties to prepare for new systemBy Cynthia Liu, Yvonne Condes and Hoi Yung PoonSpecial to the Mercury NewsPOSTED:   06/13/2013 01:00:00 PM PDT | UPDATED:   2 MONTHS AGO Ha Ha I got my waiver!In 11
by mike simpson / 47min 
As schools implement Common Core, controversy arises : Wsj
As schools implement Common Core, controversy arises : Wsj: As schools implement Common Core, controversy arisesPrint Email9 hours ago  •  By NORA G. HERTEL | Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism(3) CommentsSchools around the state are implementing the Common Core standards this fall.Enlarge PhotoWhat Common Core requiresCommon Core sets a series of benchmarks for what K-12 students shoul
by mike simpson / 47min 
Justice Dept. Tries to Stop La. School Vouchers - ABC News
Justice Dept. Tries to Stop La. School Vouchers - ABC News: Justice Dept. Tries to Stop La. School VouchersNEW ORLEANS August 25, 2013 (AP)The U.S. Justice Department is trying to stop the state from distributing school vouchers in any district that remains under a desegregation court order.In papers filed Saturday in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, the Justice Department said Louisiana distri
by mike simpson / 54min 
Common Core as a brand name. Who is making money off the new... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Common Core as a brand name. Who is making money off the new... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Common Core as a brand name. Who is making money off the new standards? Previous PostsSchool chief on McNair ordeal: A day when good overwhelmed evil.August 24, 2013Obama: 'Higher education cannot be a luxury." August 24, 2013Was there any silver lining to segregated schools? August 23, 2013By Maureen Dow
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-25-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Civil Rights Groups Call for Duncan’s OusterA large national alliance of civil rights organizations has joined under the umbrella heading of “Journey for Justice.” This coalition has called for the resignation of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. To understand why, read the flyer it distributed. Anyone who thinks that closing pub
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Mexican Teachers Begin talks with Government, End Road-Blocking Protest | HispanicallySpeakingNews.com
Mexican Teachers Begin talks with Government, End Road-Blocking Protest | HispanicallySpeakingNews.com: Mexican Teachers Begin talks with Government, End Road-Blocking ProtestPublished at 7:04 am EST, August 25, 2013Photo: Teacher protests in MexicoClick Here to Enlarge PhotoMexican teachers have lifted a road-blocking protest that cut off access to the Mexico City airport for several hours, and w
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Top 10 Ways to Make This School Year Your Most Productive Yet | toteachornototeach
Top 10 Ways to Make This School Year Your Most Productive Yet | toteachornototeach: Top 10 Ways to Make This School   Year Your Most Productive YetThe summer is drawing to a close and school is here once again. Instead of dreading your return, start preparing now for your most productive semester yet. Here are 10 tricks for doing just that.10. START OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOTTransitioning your brain fr
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Advice to Students and Authors: Submitting Your Work | the becoming radical
Advice to Students and Authors: Submitting Your Work | the becoming radical: Advice to Students and Authors: Submitting Your WorkPosted on August 25, 2013 by plthomaseddIf someone asks me what I do, without hesitation, I can always offer, “I am a teacher and a writer.”I am extremely fortunate because I am able to make my living as both a teacher and a writer, something afforded me as a university
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Education programs funding - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress
Education programs funding - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress:  Bill Introduced: S.1383 Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013A bill to provide subsidized employment for unemployed, low-income adults, provide summer employment and year-round employment opportunities for low-income youth, and carry out work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness, and for other purpos
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Louisiana Educator: Indiana Retired Teacher on A-F School Grading
Louisiana Educator: Indiana Retired Teacher on A-F School Grading: Indiana Retired Teacher on A-F School GradingI believe this article applies perfectly to Louisiana and our dysfunctional school grading systemThis week, the Fort Wayne Community School Board passed a resolution 6-1 stating the board would, “no longer publicly recognize schools based on the letter grade assigned to a school based on
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Higher Standards and Santino (Michele Kerr) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Higher Standards and Santino (Michele Kerr) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Higher Standards and Santino (Michele Kerr)Michele Kerr is a math teacher at Kennedy High School in Fremont, CA. She also wrote about teaching English in an previous guest post. This post comes from her blog.A couple years ago, an administrative vice principal (AVP) walked into my classroom and asked
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Chicago Teachers Union Organizer, Brandon Johnson, Reminds Us that Our Fight for Free Quality Public Education Has to Build and Thrive! Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública
Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: Chicago Teachers Union Organizer, Brandon Johnson, Reminds Us that Our Fight for Free Quality Public Education Has to Build and Thrive!Hear how fiscal "crisis," manufactured and otherwise, is used on the national, state, and local levels to eliminate jobs and services, with a disproportionate impact on women and people of color. T
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Calling All Tales from the Opt Out Trenches | United Opt Out National
Calling All Tales from the Opt Out Trenches | United Opt Out National: CALLING ALL TALES FROM THE OPT OUT TRENCHESPosted on August 25, 2013Let your voice be heard!Aggie Sung Tang, the producer of Education Roundtable (an amazing blog and public access TV show in Princeton NJ) has invited the administrators of United Opt Out to contribute a series of stories from parents, teachers, and students who
by mike simpson / 11h 
SBSB Calls for Campbell Brown to Advocate for the Arrest, Prosecution, and Conviction of Husband Dan Senor southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: SBSB Calls for Campbell Brown to Advocate for the Arrest, Prosecution, and Conviction of Husband Dan SenorIt was good to see Mike Mulgrew totally p3wn Campbell the other day. Sadly, this is the one true time that I actually wither saw Mike truly outraged. Who knows how things would be if he actually acted like this other times. But enough about Mike.So Campbell (sh
by mike simpson / 11h 
School chief on McNair ordeal: A day when good overwhelmed evil. | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
School chief on McNair ordeal: A day when good overwhelmed evil. | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: School chief on McNair ordeal: A day when good overwhelmed evil. COMMENT(1) 0 0 0 NewJohn SpinkStudents from Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy are welcomed at McNair High School by DeKalb superintendent Michael Thurmond (left).Previous PostsObama: 'Higher education cannot be a luxury." August 2
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Nite Cap 8-2-13 #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 CAPTODAYWhat David Sirota Gets Wrong About Martin Luther King |What David Sirota Gets Wrong About Martin Luther King |: What David Sirota Gets Wrong About Martin Luther KingAugust 24, 2013 in StudentsEarlier today, as the 50th anniversary March on Washington
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What David Sirota Gets Wrong About Martin Luther King |
What David Sirota Gets Wrong About Martin Luther King |: What David Sirota Gets Wrong About Martin Luther KingAugust 24, 2013 in StudentsEarlier today, as the 50th anniversary March on Washington got underway, writer David Sirota tweeted the following:This is a premise that Sirota has indulged frequently in recent months — that his own criticism of Obama’s foreign policy is in the tradition of Mar
by mike simpson / 14h 
Before the days of Reading First, and NCLB, and all the fraudulent “reforms” th... Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive: Before the days of Reading First, and NCLB, and all the fraudulent “reforms” th... Before the days of Reading First, and NCLB, and all the fraudulent “reforms” that came to education, you had initiatives for site-based decision making and having more democratic input from stakeholders (parents, teachers, etc.) These came because of initiatives started by our
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One Teacher's Perspective: Embrace Yesterday and Today for Tomorrow
One Teacher's Perspective: Embrace Yesterday and Today for Tomorrow: Embrace Yesterday and Today for TomorrowMonday I “officially” report for my 11th year of teaching in Janesville’s public schools. This year, however, will be my first season of servicing Janesville without a negotiated contract between the district and my teachers union.Janesville’s teachers union is one of the last holdouts in W
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NYC Public School Parents: Your child's state test scores are now posted; read this advice first from Tory Frye
NYC Public School Parents: Your child's state test scores are now posted; read this advice first from Tory Frye: Your child's state test scores are now posted; read this advice first from Tory FryeDear Parents and Guardians,Your child's scores are now available on ARIS Parent Link.  For what it is worth, there are a few things that I think we should all do:1) Ignore the test results and do not tel
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Lillian Weber | Deborah Meier on Education
Lillian Weber | Deborah Meier on Education: Lillian WeberPosted on August 24, 2013 by debmeierDear readers,Thanks to Julie Diamond (who, she reminded me, was my grandson’s kindergarten teacher), I have a copy again of The English Infant School and Informal Eduction by Lillian Weber, published 42 years ago!  Teachers and parents of young children should figure out how to get hold of it and pour ove
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8-24-13 Saturday Special Corporate Reform School Girls News Breakout
Saturday Special Corporate Reform School Girls News BreakoutTODAYDespite ‘Enormous Strides,’ Minorities Still Face Barriers, President Says - NYTimes.comDespite ‘Enormous Strides,’ Minorities Still Face Barriers, President Says - NYTimes.com: Christopher Gregory/The New York TimesObama on Equal Access to College: At a town hall meeting at Binghamton University, the president was asked how his plan
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Despite ‘Enormous Strides,’ Minorities Still Face Barriers, President Says - NYTimes.com
Despite ‘Enormous Strides,’ Minorities Still Face Barriers, President Says - NYTimes.com: Christopher Gregory/The New York TimesObama on Equal Access to College: At a town hall meeting at Binghamton University, the president was asked how his plan will ensure that underrepresented groups will be able to have access to higher education.By JON HURDLE and PETER BAKERPublished: August 23, 2013SCRANTON
by mike simpson / 19h 
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: PARENTS: Tips for a Successful School Year!
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: PARENTS: Tips for a Successful School Year!: PARENTS: Tips for a Successful School Year!The other day as I was listening to the Tom Joyner Show, Jeff Johnson came on and shared, "Be a Role Model: 4 Back to School Steps for Parents".Somewhere along the way, we have given parents a free pass. Somewhere along the way, many, not all, of our parents have fallen off th
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Diane in the Evening 8-24-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Virginia School Boards Fight State TakeoversIt is a curious fact that there has never been a successful,state takeover of a local school district. Correct me if I am wrong. Maybe there is one somewhere but I don’t know of any. Pennsylvania took control of Philadelphia in 2001, and Philadelphia is near bankruptcy. New York took cont
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Japan turns up pressure on pro-Pyongyang schools - SFGate
Japan turns up pressure on pro-Pyongyang schools - SFGate: Japan turns up pressure on pro-Pyongyang schoolsBy ERIC TALMADGE, Associated PressUpdated 7:35 am, Saturday, August 24, 20131 of 7VIEW: LARGER | HIDEIn this Saturday, June 1, 2013 photo, high school students attend a class at a North Korean school in Toyohashi, near Nagoya, central Japan. Japan’s government is moving to ostracize the schoo
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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 our public schools.REIGN OF ERROR COMING SOON (CLICK PICTURE)Diane Ravitch's Newest - Pre-order Price Guarantee!
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Federal Government to have Access to your Child’s Data via Common Core Assessments | Truth in American Education
Federal Government to have Access to your Child’s Data via Common Core Assessments | Truth in American Education: Federal Government to have Access to your Child’s Data via Common Core AssessmentsThe Common Core State Standards (CCSS) assessments will provide the federal government access to information about your child. Yes, that is right. And you were never asked as a parent if this is okay with
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Thirteen Great Lines That Were Cut From John Lewis’ Speech to the March on Washington |
Thirteen Great Lines That Were Cut From John Lewis’ Speech to the March on Washington |: Thirteen Great Lines That Were Cut From John Lewis’ Speech to the March on WashingtonAugust 24, 2013 in StudentsThis week, as we all know by now, is the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.Martin Luther King gave his “I have a dream” speech that day, but he was only one speake
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2nd Banana 8-24-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2 #1u
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANA RECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTPCSGP Regional Assignments - Administration & SupportPCSGP Regional Assignments - Administration & Support (CA Dept of Education): PCSGP Regional AssignmentsRegional Assignments for Education Programs Consultants for Public Charter School Grant Program subgrantees, with contact information. Charter Schools Division - (CA Dept of Ed
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8-24-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: What We Would Like Teachers to be Doingby Melissa Westbrook / 51min YESTERDAYQuick Updates as We Head into the WeekendOne update, from KUOW, is that the contract negotiations between the district and the union have hit an impasse.  The district has indicated they have given all they can.What are the issues?The SEA and the district are at odds over several issues. T
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8-24-13 Missouri Education Watchdog
Missouri Education Watchdog: No Federal Role In Education? Really?Government officials like to promise the voters everything because it looks good on paper and sounds good around election time. But are these guys ever going to think about the logistics of how these promises would have to be handled to come true? If you listen to what Charlie Rangle and President Obama said this week regarding educ
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8-24-13 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.: Saturday coffee.    Martin Luther King, James Baldwin and my dad at a fundraiser in LA for the Southern Civil Rights Movement, around 1965. My dad is the guy sitting while James Baldwin is intro ducing Dr. King from the microphone. Somebody went to find a clothes hangar  and some aluminum foil to try
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8-24-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Susan Ohanian: Liar! Liar! Pants on Fire! War on the New York Times Embrace of the Common CoreOHANIAN: Choose the best answer:The New York Times education coverage proves once again that  Cherry-picking is a) the last refuge of scoundrels b) the last refuge of the lazy c) a) and b) We must hold the press as accountable for bad reporting as they want teachers to be held accountable
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Charter schools' state report cards: Failing - Canton, OH - CantonRep.com
Charter schools' state report cards: Failing - Canton, OH - CantonRep.com: Charter schools' state report cards: FailingOf the 40 letter grades awarded to local charter schools on the new state report cards, more than half were F’s.Area charter schools received mostly failing grades in student achievement, graduation rates and academic progress on the 2012-13 state report cards released Thursday.Sc
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Morning Wink 8-24-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-24-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: The Biggest Fallacy of the Common Core Standards: No EvidenceLately, I have noticed that defenders of the Common Core are smearing critics as Tea Party fanatics and extremists. That is what
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