Saturday, August 10, 2013

Nite Cap 8-10-13 #BATsACT #thankateacher #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 CAP

TODAY

Three Cheers for School! Building a Better School Day
Three Cheers for School! Building a Better School Day: Three Cheers for School! Building a Better School DayBy MICHAEL BRICK7 inspiring ideas to deepen learning, engage students, close achievement gaps, and better prepare our kids for a 21st-century world.As a preschooler in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, 4-year-old Hannah has been splitting her time between day care and an early-childhood education cen
by mike simpson / 16min 
Why did charter scores fall more? | JD2718
Why did charter scores fall more? | JD2718: Why did charter scores fall more?AUGUST 10, 2013 PM31 1:50 PMtags: Charter Schools, Common CoreStephen Krashen warned (in advance, in a letter to the NYDN):…Robert Linn of the University of Colorado and his colleagues have shown that test scores are typically low when a new test is introduced. Then the scores improve, about one to two points a year, as s
by mike simpson / 43min 
Saturday coffee AUGUST 10, 2013 | Fred Klonsky
Saturday coffee. | Fred Klonsky: Saturday coffee.AUGUST 10, 2013This is a late Saturday Coffee post.While retirement may mean that everyday is Saturday, some Saturdays are not like others.I got up early. I fed Ulysses and let him out to do his stuff, letting Anne take him for his morning walk.I rode my bike up to the Logan Square train stop and rode the EL downtown (using my senior discount card)
by mike simpson / 47min 
Top July 2013 Posts! | Diary of a Public School Teacher!
Top July 2013 Posts! | Diary of a Public School Teacher!: Top July 2013 Posts!Posted August 10, 2013 by Oldschoolteach in Blogging about Education, Education Blog, Elementary Education Blog. Tagged: Diary of a Public School Teacher, education blog, popular posts. Leave a CommentHere is a review of the top July 2013 posts. If you missed any, here’s your chance to catch up!The Teacher Code of Silenc
by mike simpson / 50min 
Diane in the Evening 8-10-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: REIGN OF ERROR COMING SOON (CLICK here)Demolition Derby in Michigan for School DistrictsUnder a recently passed state law in Michigan, two school districts will be dissolved. Inkster and Buena Vista school districts no longer exist. Their students and teachers have scattered. The students are looking for schools, the teachers are l
by mike simpson / 51min 
Why we can’t all get along over school reform
Why we can’t all get along over school reform: Why we can’t all get along over school reformBy Valerie Strauss, Published: August 10 at 4:30 pmE-mail the writer2CommentsMoreAli and Frazier in 1974. (AP)Why can’t we all get along in the battle over school reform? Here is one view, from veteran educator Larry Ferlazzo, who teaches English and Social Studies at Luther Burbank High School in Sacrament
by mike simpson / 59min 
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Rahm selling off everything that's not nailed down
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Rahm selling off everything that's not nailed down: Rahm selling off everything that's not nailed downI don't think so. Following the direction set by his predecessor, Mayor Emanuel has put the whole city up for sale. Next up on the auction block, the airports, hospitals, and port. Writes Mick Dumke in the Reader:"We are taking what was an underutilized, run-dow
by mike simpson / 1h 
Dallas ISD demoted and encouraged principals to leave. How did their schools perform in state ratings? | Education Blog
Dallas ISD demoted and encouraged principals to leave. How did their schools perform in state ratings? | Education Blog: Dallas ISD demoted and encouraged principals to leave. How did their schools perform in state ratings?By Matthew Haagmhaag@dallasnews.com11:26 am on August 10, 2013 | Permalink530Dallas ISD will start the school year with about 60 new principals. A large share of those new posit
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8-10-13 Saturday Special Corporate Reform School Girls News Breakout
8-10-13 Saturday Special Corporate Reform School Girls News BreakoutBOOING EXPOSES A COWARDLY GOVERNOR | Teachers Fight BackBOOING EXPOSES A COWARDLY GOVERNOR | Teachers Fight Back: BOOING EXPOSES A COWARDLY GOVERNORleave a comment »Illinois governor Pat Quinn canceled the traditional Democratic rally next week at the Illinois State Fair.  The governor gave some phony explanation to the press as t
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BOOING EXPOSES A COWARDLY GOVERNOR | Teachers Fight Back
BOOING EXPOSES A COWARDLY GOVERNOR | Teachers Fight Back: BOOING EXPOSES A COWARDLY GOVERNORleave a comment »Illinois governor Pat Quinn canceled the traditional Democratic rally next week at the Illinois State Fair.  The governor gave some phony explanation to the press as to why he canceled the event.  We all know the real reason.  The governor was booed and harassed unmercifully at last year’s
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Seattle Schools Community Forum Saturday Updates 8-10-13
Seattle Schools Community Forum:  Saturday UpdatesBig meteor shower this weekend (Perseid by name).   It has just turned cloudy here (and boy, what a lightening/thunderstorm last night) but if the clouds part.  From My Northwest:"If you watched for an hour in a typical Perseid shower, you'd probably see about 70 meteors, maybe a meteor per minute," says University of Washington astronomy professor
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Inflential Florida Schools Superintendent Calls For A “Decommission” of School Grade Formula | Scathing Purple Musings
Inflential Florida Schools Superintendent Calls For A “Decommission” of School Grade Formula | Scathing Purple Musings: Inflential Florida Schools Superintendent Calls For A “Decommission” of School Grade FormulaPosted on August 10, 2013by Bob Sikes      Rate ThisH/T to Gradebook for this Miami Herald story by Gustavo Solis:Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho lauded student achievement whil
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Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Inflential Florida Schools Superintendent Calls For A “Decommission” of School Grade FormulaPosted on August 10, 2013by Bob Sikes      Rate ThisH/T to Gradebook for this Miami Herald story by Gustavo Solis:Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho lauded student achieve
by mike simpson / 5h 
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent “Involvement”
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent “Involvement”:  Sorry Again About The Multiple EmailsSorry again for the multiple emails. This post is a test one being sent out by Edublogs staff to confirm the problem has been fixed. It’s another example of why I recommend Edublogs so highly — their customer service is unmatchable!by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h Prezi: “Syracuse: A Citywide Education Exp
by mike simpson / 6h 
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-10-12 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: New NY Scores Prompt Increased Interest in Opting Out of Next State TestsLong Island’s Newsday has a story about growing interest by parents in opting out of state testing. It says that the terrible scores will increase the number of parents who don’t let the schools test their children. William Johnson, the superintendent of Rockv
by mike simpson / 6h 
A Brief Tutorial on Reading “Miracle” Graphs | deutsch29
A Brief Tutorial on Reading “Miracle” Graphs | deutsch29: A Brief Tutorial on Reading “Miracle” GraphsAugust 10, 2013On August 8, 2013, Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools (LAPCS) founder and director Caroline Roemer Shirley sent out an email announcement regarding the supposed superiority of the state-run RSD charter schools over non-charters. She even states that her child will atten
by mike simpson / 6h 
8-10-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: New NY Scores Prompt Increased Interest in Opting Out of Next State TestsReblogged from Diane Ravitch's blog: Long Island's Newsday has a story about growing interest by parents in opting out of state testing. It says that the terrible scores will increase the number of parents who don't let the schools test their children. William Johnson, the superintendent of Ro
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2nd Banana 8-10-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #soschat #p2 #1u
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANA RECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTHow closing schools hurts neighborhoodscoopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 10 hours agoHow closing schools hurts neighborhoods: How closing schools hurts neighborhoods Posted by Valerie Strauss on March 6, 2013 at 6:00 am 0 Comments More [image: (thenotebook.org)] (thenotebook.org) On Thursday, the Philadelphia school district’s governing bo
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Morning Wink 8-10-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #edreform #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYPerdido Street School 8-10-13Perdido Street School: TODAYAdd The SLO's And The City Tests To Next Year's Battery Of State TestsA parent made the following comment on the Newsday article about the Opt Out movement:My son gets almost 90's on every one of his "real" tests. He doesn't need to sit for 420 minutes of standardized testing in April, nor count
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Perdido Street School 8-10-13
Perdido Street School: TODAYAdd The SLO's And The City Tests To Next Year's Battery Of State TestsA parent made the following comment on the Newsday article about the Opt Out movement:My son gets almost 90's on every one of his "real" tests. He doesn't need to sit for 420 minutes of standardized testing in April, nor countless dozens of other hours for SLOs, benchmarks, field test questions and wh
by mike simpson / 7h 
www.kochwatch.org 8-10-13
www.kochwatch.org: Huffington Post: 'Citizen Koch' Rescued By Small Donors As Documentary Outraises Funds Pulled By PBS-By Nick Wing August 8, 2013- "Citizen Koch," a highly regarded documentary about the billionaire Koch brothers and the growing influence of money in politics after the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, suffered a major setback earlier this year when PBS pulled the film and
by mike simpson / 7h 
Bennett’s Troubling Email to Bush, Daniels on Eve of Resignation | Scathing Purple Musings
Bennett’s Troubling Email to Bush, Daniels on Eve of Resignation | Scathing Purple Musings:  Bennett’s Troubling Email to Bush, Daniels on Eve of ResignationFrom an AP story found at Indystar.com TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — The day before he abruptly resigned from his job, Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett wrote an impassioned email to two former governors he called “part of my family.” Bennett
by mike simpson / 7h 
One Teacher's Perspective: Why are Optimists so Negative about Pessimists?
One Teacher's Perspective: Why are Optimists so Negative about Pessimists?: Why are Optimists so Negative about Pessimists?Why are optimists so negative about pessimists?Pessimists have much to offer society. I would not go as far to write that pessimism is the best policy, but I would not take the other extreme and support my superintendent’s pitch that “Optimism Is the Best Policy.”True to the o
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NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education 8-10-13
NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education: NPE News BriefsTODAYMy statement against the Gates-Mckinsey and Co. consulting resolution August 2013 | Mary AdamsPOSTED BY MARY ADAMS ON AUG 9TH, 2013 IN BIG PICTURE: PLANNING BETTER SCHOOLS | 5 COMMENTS I oppose Resolution 32 because the funneling of a combination of Gates Foundation money and tax payer dollars into a large for-profit busi
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Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core Poems for Students to Learn: "We Learned More with Common Core" vs "We Learn Less with Common Core Mess"
Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core Poems for Students to Learn: "We Learned More with Common Core" vs "We Learn Less with Common Core Mess": Common Core Poems for Students to Learn: "We Learned More with Common Core" vs "We Learn Less with Common Core Mess"Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookWhich Common Core poem do you want your child to learn?  Which poem would your school
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Money woes could delay opening of city schools - Philly.com
Money woes could delay opening of city schools - Philly.com: Money woes could delay opening of city schoolsSuperintendent William R. Hite Jr. said it would be irresponsible to try for a regular opening. Mayor Nutter called that "one of the most chilling statements" ever by a school leader. (CHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer)By Martha Woodall and Troy Graham, Inquirer Staff WritersPOSTED: August 09,
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8-10-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online:   Newsday: drop in scores cd strengthen opt out movementImagine if they gave a test and nobody came. Grow the opt-out movement. Support the refuseniks. Join with Change the Stakes. Let's start organizing a parent boycott of the tests. Leonie sent this Newsday piece.http://shar.es/yYoR9Hofstra Prof: Parents backed into corner LI Supe: new data uselessThe dramatic drop in student sc
by mike simpson / 8h 
Daily Kos: Something weird has happened -
Daily Kos: Something weird has happened -: Something weird has happened -byteacherkenFollowI do not claim it is of any great importance, but since I am involved, I thought I might mention it.Last fall a friend who was the faculty editor of Academe, a publication of the American Association of University Professors, asked if I would as I had retired from teaching write a piece telling college profe
by mike simpson / 8h 
Don’t Resist the Day | Connected Principals
Don’t Resist the Day | Connected Principals: Don’t Resist the DayAugust 10, 2013By dkerrSo a very good friend and former colleague of ours is fighting a late stage, aggressive form of cancer……..and I’ve been feeling very sad. Speaking to him on the phone over the last couple of weeks has been heart-wrenching at times as you can imagine, as we talk about love and regret and hope and how random life
by mike simpson / 8h 
NYC Department of Education Alleged "Chancellor" and the Strange Case of His So-Called "Contract" Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org
Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org: NYC Department of Education Alleged "Chancellor" and the Strange Case of His So-Called "Contract" NY State Education Law Section 2590-h says that "The office of chancellor of the city district is hereby continued. Such chancellor shall serve at the pleasure of and be employed by the mayor of the city of New York by contract. The length of such contract shall
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-10-13
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FITAUG 08Academic Performance In State, Los Angeles County Drops For First Time In YearsBy Rob Kuznia, Staff Writer, L.A. Newspaper Group | http://bit.ly/1cyVX5F (8-8-13)--RIALTO-METRO--Students studying for their Star test scores Thursday August 8, 2013 in Shannon McCrate's third grade class at Myers Elementary Sc
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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… 8-10-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYYESTERDAYTension Is The Life Blood Of An Engaged Public LifeI hate tension. But I love what can come out of that tension. When I reflect on the most important growth experiences in my life — whether it was the first kiss on a date, being invited into a new city to organize a powerful multi-
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This Week's Education Research Report 8-10-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTYESTERDAYStates struggling to secure adequate resources to implement CCSS and train teachersMost states that have adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in math and English language arts (ELA) are already teaching to the standards, according to a new report by the Center on Education Policy (CEP) at The George Washington Univer
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All Week 8-10-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: All Week 8-10-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTERYESTERDAYInnocence or Guilt?: Looking Beyond the Individual | the becoming radicalHow does Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader inform the many scandals in the education reform era? READ: Innocence or Guilt?: Looking Beyond the Individual | the becoming radical.by plthomasedd / 23h State Assessment Results: "It J
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 8-10-13 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGTODAYStand Up for North Carolina SchoolsACTION ALERT! Public Schools Matter - Get Your Facts Straight! publicschoolsfirstnc.org Get Your Facts Straight! Education Rallies Across the State Join Public Schools First NC, Progress NC and the NCAE as we head across the state to rally in support of our public schools. We need t
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YESTERDAY

Failing is the New Passing | toteachornototeach
Failing is the New Passing | toteachornototeach: Failing is the New Passingby Elissa SteinNew York State test scores were released this week. It was reported that 26 percent of 3rd-8th graders in NYC passed the English test while 30 percent passed math.Flipping that around, 74 percent failed English and 70 failed math.Fingers are being pointed, excuses made, and silver linings desperately searched
by mike simpson / 18h 
Asean Johnson, 9-Year-Old Chicago Student, SLAMS School Board For Massive Teacher Layoffs
Asean Johnson, 9-Year-Old Chicago Student, SLAMS School Board For Massive Teacher Layoffs (VIDEO): Asean Johnson, 9-Year-Old Chicago Student, SLAMS School Board For Massive Teacher Layoffs (VIDEO)Posted: 07/24/2013 5:30 pm EDT  |  Updated: 07/24/2013 6:59 pm EDT1,79815533135GET EDUCATION NEWSLETTERS:SUBSCRIBEFOLLOW:Chicago Public School Closings, Chicago Public Schools, Asean Johnson Board Of Educ
by mike simpson / 21h 
NYC Educator: Where's the Teacher Who Supports Common Core?
NYC Educator: Where's the Teacher Who Supports Common Core?: Where's the Teacher Who Supports Common Core?Norm Scott often says, "Watch what they do, not what they say." But I think it's important to watch everything. For example, in an email from UFT President Michael Mulgrew, he said, "Our students need to develop the higher-level cognitive skills and deeper learning at the heart of the new Comm
by mike simpson / 22h 
From School Grades to Common Core: Debunking the Accountability Scam - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
From School Grades to Common Core: Debunking the Accountability Scam - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: From School Grades to Common Core: Debunking the Accountability ScamBy Anthony Cody on August 9, 2013 4:59 PMWe now know that Tony Bennett's reputation as "Mr. Accountability" was as phony as the scores his Indiana administration assigned to supposedly failing schools. But this scand
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Nite Cap 8-9-13 #BATsACT #thankateacher #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 CAPTODAYPhilly school principals are appealing directly to parents for cash | Philadelphia Public School NotebookPhilly school principals are appealing directly to parents for cash | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Philly school principals are appealing
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