Big Education Ape: Nite Cap 8-2-13 #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

Southern Poverty Law Center files complaint about Florida’s race-based student achievement plans | The Raw Story

Southern Poverty Law Center files complaint about Florida’s race-based student achievement plans | The Raw Story: Southern Poverty Law Center files complaint about Florida’s race-based student achievement plansMIAMI (Reuters) – Florida was hit with a complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday accusing it of race-based education goals that violate civil rights law by setting “sev

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Education Department's civil rights chief confirmed - Nirvi Shah - POLITICO.com

Education Department's civil rights chief confirmed - Nirvi Shah - POLITICO.com: Education Department's civil rights chief confirmed24 Lhamon's firm tries to change racially disparate school discipline policies in Los Angeles. | ReutersCloseBy NIRVI SHAH | 8/2/13 1:35 PM EDTAn attorney who worked on a landmark educational equity case in California was confirmed as the head of the Education Depart

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45 Design Thinking Resources for Educators | toteachornototeach

45 Design Thinking Resources for Educators | toteachornototeach: 45 Design Thinking Resources for Educatorsby Saga BriggsImagine a world where digital learning platforms help adult learners succeed through college completion; where a network of schools offers international-quality education, affordable tuition, and serves hundreds of thousands of children in economically disadvantaged countries; w

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Cheats For Change #Cheats4Change

Cheats For Change: Why #Cheats4Change?Committed teachers, parents, students and community members who believe in the promise of public education have been working and struggling for years to create the kinds of public schools all students deserve.Yet for too long, self-appointed “reformers” have deceptively wrapped themselves in the language of children, choice and change in order to inflict dubio

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Fight For Philly takes on Comcast, Philly school funding with bologna sandwiches | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Fight For Philly takes on Comcast, Philly school funding with bologna sandwiches | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Fight For Philly takes on Comcast, Philly school funding with bologna sandwichesby thenotebook on Aug 02 2013 Posted in Latest news="" style="color: rgb(76, 153, 72); cursor: pointer; float: left; padding: 0px 2px;">Share on emailCOMMENTS (0)PRINTPhoto: Kimberly Paynter/WHYYTina

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Diane in the Evening 8-1-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: NC Governor: Phony Claims About EducationGovernor Pat McCrory presented his budget and boasted it was the largest education budget ever. But it isn’t true. Adjusted for inflation, North Carolina is spending half a billion dollars less than in 2008. The fibs just kept on coming at a news conference. “Gov. McCrory also repeated a cla

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Tony Bennett's Day of Reckoning Has Come: Is Corporate Reform Far Behind? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Tony Bennett's Day of Reckoning Has Come: Is Corporate Reform Far Behind? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Tony Bennett's Day of Reckoning Has Come: Is Corporate Reform Far Behind?By Anthony Cody on August 2, 2013 1:06 PMSpecial Big Education Ape Salute to Tony Bennett Greatest Hits- rags to richesFor months the question has hung in the air: When will the weight of deception bring th

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Here comes the annual back-to-school media campaign

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Here comes the annual back-to-school media campaign: Here comes the annual back-to-school media campaign'Research shows...'Twenty-seven students who will enter fifth grade at receiving school, Brennemann, 4251 N. Clarendon Ave., stood along the wall behind the podium during the event, all receiving handshakes from the mayor when he entered the room.(DNAInfo)Amid the

by mike simpson / 5h

Perdido Street School: A Tale Of Two Michelles: Rhee And Malkin

Perdido Street School: A Tale Of Two Michelles: Rhee And Malkin: A Tale Of Two Michelles: Rhee And MalkinMichelle Malkin took it to Tony Bennett in a Townhall post today:The resignation of Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett couldn't have come at a better time. His disgraceful grade-fixing scandal is the perfect symbol of all that's wrong with the federal education schemes peddled by Benne

by mike simpson / 5h

Applications for latest Race to the Top and share of $120 million due Oct. 3 SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources

SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Applications for latest Race to the Top and share of $120 million due Oct. 3By Kimberly BeltranFriday, August 02, 2013Money Fairy is coming to your District, Well Maybe!School districts with innovative strategies for personalizing each pupil’s learning experience through enhanced student-teacher relationships could receive millions of additional doll

by mike simpson / 5h

Okay, I’m connected. Now what? | My Island View

Okay, I’m connected. Now what? | My Island View: Okay, I’m connected. Now what?August 2, 2013 by tomwhitbyThe latest big thing in education is getting educators connected. The Department of Education is even declaring the month of October as Connected Educators’ Month to place an emphasis on and using, information, sources, and recruitment as key components in supporting a goal of connecting educa

by mike simpson / 5h

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open Thread

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open Thread: Friday Open ThreadFirst weekend in August and it's starting out cool (but I'm not complaining as I know we have more great weather to come).Report from KING-5 on the upcoming Board races. I spent awhile talking with the reporter and yet a lot of it didn't make it here. I also want to say that this statement I made in the story:The difference

by mike simpson / 5h

Cali Education Headlines Friday, August 2, 2013

FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Sacramento County schools superintendent to co-chair task forceEducation HeadlinesFriday, August 2, 2013Teacher returning to classroom despite repeat DUIsA teacher at a Kern County alternative school is scheduled to return to her job when classes resume later this month despite having been caught driving under the influence of alcohol three t

by mike simpson / 6h

Blue Engine: The Next—and Better—Teach for America?

Blue Engine: The Next—and Better—Teach for America?: Blue Engine: The Next—and Better—Teach for America?This organization is successfully preparing rookie teachers for the challenges that lie ahead in the classroom.Rapper Lupe Fiasco skipped the platitudes often served up in commencement speeches when addressing a group of graduating students from Chicago’s public school last month. He opted inste

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Mandate Block Grant - Categorical Programs

Mandate Block Grant - Categorical Programs (CA Dept of Education): Mandate Block GrantMandate Block Grant program detailed funding information.FundingFiscal Year 2013-14Mandate Block Grant Funding 2013 Funding Profile - Program Description and FundingMandate Block Grant Funding 2013 Results - Entitlements, Apportionments and Letters (coming soon)Fiscal Year 2012-13Mandate Block Grant Funding 2012

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Louisiana Educator: Bennett Resigns; White Continues to Flaunt Authority

Louisiana Educator: Bennett Resigns; White Continues to Flaunt Authority: Bennett Resigns; White Continues to Flaunt AuthorityThe Washington Post reports in this article that Tony Bennett, Commissioner of Education in Florida has resigned as a result of favored treatment given to a charter school owner when he was still Superintendent in Indiana. The Indiana Association of Educators pointed out th

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Teach for America Apostates: a Primer of Alumni Resistance

Teach for America Apostates: a Primer of Alumni Resistance: Teach for America Apostates: a Primer of Alumni ResistanceBy Owen Davis, Truthout | Articlefont size Print Email(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout )Brianna stands beside the conductor's podium in the band hall of Chicago's Uplift High School. An engrossed audience is packed on the risers. Mirrored sunglasses obscure her expression, and

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Morning Wink 8-2-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #edreform #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAYWhat Should We Make of Tony Bennett’s Resignation?What Should We Make of Tony Bennett’s Resignation?: What Should We Make of Tony Bennett’s Resignation?THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ST, 2013 AT 1:33 PMBeats me. But for what it’s worth, here he is arguing with me about modern school reform on FOX News back in 2011.by mike simpson / 5min James Baldwin (Aug. 2, 1924

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What Should We Make of Tony Bennett’s Resignation?

What Should We Make of Tony Bennett’s Resignation?: What Should We Make of Tony Bennett’s Resignation?THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ST, 2013 AT 1:33 PMBeats me. But for what it’s worth, here he is arguing with me about modern school reform on FOX News back in 2011.

by mike simpson / 8h

James Baldwin (Aug. 2, 1924 – Dec. 1, 1987) | the becoming radical

James Baldwin (Aug. 2, 1924 – Dec. 1, 1987) | the becoming radical: James Baldwin (Aug. 2, 1924 – Dec. 1, 1987)Posted on August 2, 2013 by plthomaseddphoto by Dmitri Kasterine, James Baldwin, France, 1979Happy birthday, Jimmy.Let’s hope it isn’t too late to listen, listen intently, carefully, minds open, hearts full. Let’s hope…A Report from Occupied TerritoryNegroes have always held, the lowest j

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Michelle Malkin Rips Jeb Bush’s “Phony Standards, Crony Contracts and Big Government-Big Business Collusion” | Scathing Purple Musings

Michelle Malkin Rips Jeb Bush’s “Phony Standards, Crony Contracts and Big Government-Big Business Collusion” | Scathing Purple Musings: Michelle Malkin Rips Jeb Bush’s “Phony Standards, Crony Contracts and Big Government-Big Business Collusion”Posted on August 2, 2013by Bob Sikes 1 VoteOh…my …word:The resignation of Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett couldn’t have come at a better ti

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DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Teaching: My Passion is Not a Reflection on You!

DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Teaching: My Passion is Not a Reflection on You!: Teaching: My Passion is Not a Reflection on You!My teenage son said to me, "Mom, do you realize that you are lucky to have your dream job? Most people hate their job".He's right. I am extremely blessed to do this job for 29 years, and still love it. This is the job I have wanted to do since I was that little girl.

by mike simpson / 8h

8-2-13 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.: The Dodger’s Yasiel Puig may have homered to beat the Cubs yesterday, but the Cubs still won and the kids still lose. The Dodgers beat the Cubs yesterday off a bunch of homers, including one by the electrifying Cuban, Yasiel Puig. The Cubs still won big time. With a big tax break from the City. Like

by mike simpson / 9h

Are Charter Schools Public Schools?

Are Charter Schools Public Schools?: Are Charter Schools Public Schools? Details Written by Sara Roos 02 Aug 2013Font SizeEDUCATION POLITICS - It depends on what you mean by “public”.The term doesn’t seem to have a well-nailed-down meaning. As befits an emotionally-freighted term, there are many components of its definition. Where you happen to invest your personal priorities, governs how this wor

by mike simpson / 10h

Missouri Education Watchdog: The Rise of the False Premise

Missouri Education Watchdog: The Rise of the False Premise: The Rise of the False PremiseEmail ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookSo much of the justification for common core requires us to accept the false premises offered. In most cases the premise is that we currently do not do the things that common core does. Then, using a combination of impressive sounding words, vague promises an

by mike simpson / 10h

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-2-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Why Did CPS Award a $20 Million No-Bid Contract?How many times have we heard that the a Chicago Public Schools are broke? Isn’t that why CPS laid off thousands of teachers and closed 50 elementary schools? But wait: this week, CPS gave a $20 million no-bid contract to a for-profit corporation called Supes Academy to train principal

by mike simpson / 10h

8-2-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face

SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Reflections on BOCES PD re: Second Grade MathYesterday, I went to a BOCES offered “training” in the Math Modules for second grade. I made the choice to attend this and the upcoming one about ELA modules simply because I wanted to see and hear what other teachers are saying AND to find out what the BOCES employees have been told in Albany. […]by antiqueteacher60 / 7

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David Coleman’s Politeness Doesn’t Equal Honesty | Truth in American Education

David Coleman’s Politeness Doesn’t Equal Honesty | Truth in American Education: David Coleman’s Politeness Doesn’t Equal HonestyFiled in Privacy/SLDS by Shane Vander Hart on August 2, 2013 • 0 CommentsFollowing-up on the post I wrote a couple of days ago about Michael Farris of the Home School Legal Defense Associationsharing recap of a conversation he had with David Coleman about the Common Core

by mike simpson / 10h

8-2-13 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: What the Bush Foundation’s Spin to Defend Tony Bennett Tells Us About ThemPosted on August 2, 2013by Bob SikesPatricia Levesque, the woman who heads both of Jeb Bush’s foundations, set the tone for the defense of Tony Bennett when the grade fixing story broke Sunday nigh

by mike simpson / 10h

NYC Educator: In Which I Am Courted by the UFT

NYC Educator: In Which I Am Courted by the UFT: In Which I Am Courted by the UFTFor the past few days I've been getting phone calls and emails from union reps. Apparently it is essential that I get my butt over to UFT HQ and make phone calls for Bill Thompson. They'll give me Chinese food and a Bill Thompson t-shirt.This is probably because when Tony Avella and Grace Meng ran, I not only showed up

by mike simpson / 10h

The disturbing shift underway in early childhood classrooms

The disturbing shift underway in early childhood classrooms: The disturbing shift underway in early childhood classroomsBy Valerie Strauss, Published: August 2 at 4:00 amE-mail the writer4CommentsMoreIncreasingly we hear that academic work, including test prep, is reaching down into the lowest grades, even preschool. Here’s a post with teacher concerns on the issue, written by Geralyn Bywater McLa

by mike simpson / 11h

8-2-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Video: State Senator Tony Avella Calls for Removal of Jennifer Jones Rogers as PS 19Q PrincipalDespite the oncoming rain, a spirited crowd of parents, teachers and supporters turned out to join Tony Avella in calling for the removal of PS 29Q Principal Jennifer Jones Rogers, a Leadership Academy principal who fits the mold of feral grads from that institution.Here is the video of

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8-2-13 teacherken at Daily Kos

teacherken at Daily Kos: Krugman on "Sex, Money and Gravitas"Today our favorite Nobel Laureate in Economics takes apart those who are by whisper and innuendo attempting to prevent Janet Yellen - whom he calls by any objective standard, she’s the best-qualified person in America to take over when Ben Bernanke steps down as chairman - from becoming the next head of the Federal Reserve. This is a vin

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YESTERDAY

My Opponent’s Side Goes Negative: My Response | Sue Peters assails negative ad | Education | The Seattle Times:

My Opponent’s Side Goes Negative: My Response | Sue Peters for Seattle School Board: My Opponent’s Side Goes Negative: My ResponseJuly 30, 2013Election 2013, public education, Seattle School Board, Sue PetersCASE,Chamber of Commerce, Christopher Larson, Great Seattle Schools, Matt Griffin, negative campaigning,Seattle Public School District, Suzanne Dale EsteyFor the Record….Last week, a mailer wa

by mike simpson / 17h

The Educated Reporter: Amid Allegations of Indiana Grade Tampering, Tony Bennett Resigns as Florida's Education Commissioner

The Educated Reporter: Amid Allegations of Indiana Grade Tampering, Tony Bennett Resigns as Florida's Education Commissioner: Amid Allegations of Indiana Grade Tampering, Tony Bennett Resigns as Florida's Education CommissionerSpecial Big Education Ape Salute to Tony Bennett Greatest Hits- rags to richesTony Bennett resigned as Florida's education commissioner on Thursday amid news reports that wh

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Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 8-1-13 #BATsACT #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMSteal Like A Teacher: Thoughts on Austin Kleon’s CreativityAustin Kleon’s Steal Like An Artist This summer, I’ve decided to dust off a few books I’ve had waiting in my bookshelf. One of those was Austin Kleon’s Steal Like An Artist, a quick guide for creatives who have no idea where to start developing their inner artist. Some of the pri

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Nite Cap 8-1-13 #BATsACT #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2

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 CAPTODAYDavis takes office as Washington Teachers Union president - The Washington PostDavis takes office as Washington Teachers Union president - The Washington Post: Davis takes office as Washington Teachers Union presidentDavis (left), Peterson (middle) &a

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