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Nite Cap 8-25-13 #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 CAP


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NYC Public School Parents: Do Korean students agree with Amanda Ripley about their educational system?
NYC Public School Parents: Do Korean students agree with Amanda Ripley about their educational system?: Do Korean students agree with Amanda Ripley about their educational system?The NY Times has a review today on the front page of the Book Review--and a featured podcast --  of a new book called "Smartest Kids in the World" by New America Foundation fellow Amanda Ripley.  The review was written by
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What is John White Promoting as Common Core Sample Assessment Materials? | deutsch29
What is John White Promoting as Common Core Sample Assessment Materials? | deutsch29: What is John White Promoting as Common Core Sample Assessment Materials?August 25, 2013In the four brief videos below, “Dianne X” examines the content of the Louisiana Believes website, including excerpts from the Race to the Top (RTTT) agreement that contradicts White’s “mission in Louisiana to have every child
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A Guide for Parents: Advocating for Your Child in the Early Years | United Opt Out National
A Guide for Parents: Advocating for Your Child in the Early Years | United Opt Out National: A GUIDE FOR PARENTS: ADVOCATING FOR YOUR CHILD IN THE EARLY YEARSPlease join us in sharing our new early childhood guide created in partnership with Nancy Carlsson-Paige and the DEY Project (Defending the Early Years). Our guide will support parents as they navigate through testing, common core standards,
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Short Notes: Of Dreams and Nightmares - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson
Short Notes: Of Dreams and Nightmares - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: Short Notes: Of Dreams and Nightmaresby JOSE VILSON on AUGUST 25, 2013March on Washington, 1963A few notes:The Albert Shanker Institute asked a few of us to create lesson plans around the anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. I’m proud to have contributed a math-focused one. Check them out. [ShareMyLe
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Teachers For Social Justice: Education as a Human Right Day-Boycott CPS August 28!
Teachers For Social Justice: Education as a Human Right Day-Boycott CPS August 28!: Education as a Human Right Day-Boycott CPS August 28!AUGUST 25, 2013 LEAVE A COMMENTRally at CPS HQ, 125 S. Clark St10 AM, Wed, Aug. 28th50th anniversary of the March on WashingtonThis is the NEXT STEP in the campaign for an Elected Representative School Board.With the closing of 49 schools and massive budget cuts,
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Uncertainty grows over California standardized testing | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Uncertainty grows over California standardized testing | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Uncertainty grows over California standardized testingAdolfo Guzman-Lopez | August 25th, 2013, 10:05amRich Pedroncelli/APSecond-grade teacher Vickie Boudouris goes over a worksheet in an English-learner summer school class at the Cordova Villa Elementary School in June, in Rancho Cordova, Calif.The first day of schoo
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Teacher poll: professional development | InterACT
Teacher poll: professional development | InterACT: Teacher poll: professional developmentAUGUST 25, 2013tags: professional developmentby David B. CohenIn the most recent InterACT blog post, Jane Ching Fung described a highly successful and effective professional development experience from earlier this summer. That post raises this question for teachers (and only teachers, please). After you respo
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8-25-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: NYC Parent Urges: Consider opting out of the tests next year as a way of resisting corporate education reform and the monetizing of our children's school experiencesDear 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 tell our children
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Diane in the Evening 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: Teachers Are Not Robots: Let Me Inspire AgainA teacher wrote this comment about school “reform”: One thing I loved about teaching when I first began, 24 years ago, was the degree of inspiration and creativity I could bring to my lesson plans. It made teaching and being a teacher exciting for me. My excitement was the motivation, it
by mike simpson / 3h 
SCANDAL ROCKS CALIFORNIA WORKERS’ COMP/LAUSD AND THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU! | DailyCensored.com - Breaking Censored News, World, Independent, Liberal News
SCANDAL ROCKS CALIFORNIA WORKERS’ COMP/LAUSDAND THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU! | DailyCensored.com - Breaking Censored News, World, Independent, Liberal News: SCANDAL ROCKS CALIFORNIA WORKERS’ COMP/LAUSD AND THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU!By Danny Weil on August 25, 2013 6:55 pm / no comments The following is by Rozy Press, who once an Los Angeles Unified School teacher,  has now had the shocking experience
by mike simpson / 3h 
8-25-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Chomsky’s concept of engineering opinion illustrated by Broad’s Jean-Claude Brizard“But as long as people are marginalized and distracted and have no way to organize or articulate their sentiments…” — Professor Noam Chomsky Broadyte Jean-Claude Brizard was interviewed by the right-wing Fordham Institute a few days ago, and excerpts appeared in a Chicago publication
by mike simpson / 3h 
Keep them ill, weak and vulnerable. Why? | Reclaim Reform
Keep them ill, weak and vulnerable. Why? | Reclaim Reform: Keep them ill, weak and vulnerable. Why?Posted on August 25, 2013by Ken PrevitiIllinois, Florida (HERE) and your state are wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on stopping healthcare for children and adults during these hard economic times. Cutting school budgets, closing schools, firing teachers, failing 2/3 of the children in a state
by mike simpson / 3h 
The First Annual Black Breastfeeding Week is here! (August 25th-31st)
The First Annual Black Breastfeeding Week is here! (August 25th-31st) « MomsRising Blog: The First Annual Black Breastfeeding Week is here! (August 25th-31st)Posted August 25th, 2013 by Anayah Sangodele-AyokaJust when you thought the breastfeeding festivities were winding down, Black Breastfeeding Week is turning it up!This National Breastfeeding Month is going out with a bang as we launch the Fir
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8-25-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Carlyle Proposes Paying School Board MembersThe Times has an article about the idea of paying School Board members of the largest districts (likely to be Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma) a real salary.   This idea is being spearheaded by Rep. Reuven Carlyle and I agree with him.   "State Rep. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, is trying to improve the job by proposing members
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Teacher: It’s not enough to ‘just’ teach anymore
Teacher: It’s not enough to ‘just’ teach anymore: Teacher: It’s not enough to ‘just’ teach anymoreBy Valerie Strauss, Published: August 25 at 11:00 amE-mail the writer0CommentsMore(www.freepik.com/)Here’s the story of how one teacher came to realize that what she did in the classroom for her students wasn’t enough. This was written by Hillary Greene, who has taught middle school for three years in
by mike simpson / 7h 
It's time for the costly quest for school supplies - NorthJersey.com
It's time for the costly quest for school supplies - NorthJersey.com: It's time for the costly quest for school suppliesSUNDAY AUGUST 25, 2013, 10:50 AMBY  KARA YORIOSTAFF WRITERTHE RECORDPRINT | E-MAILParents clutch The List and walk the aisles while kids rifle through folders looking for favorite colors or characters during the annual school supplies outing. With most schools opening a week late
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8-25-13 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.: An exchange. Bonuses to principals.Fred, One of these principals is a good friend of mine. She works seven days a week to make sure that her students are successful. We both worked as teachers in CPS and we earned our Type 75s together. She was a phenomenal reading teacher too. To label all of these p
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Morning Wink 8-25-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAY8-25-13 Perdido Street SchoolPerdido 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.-bas
by mike simpson / 8h 
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 / 8h 
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
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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
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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
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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
by mike simpson / 9h 
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
by mike simpson / 9h 
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
by mike simpson / 9h 
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 / 19h 
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
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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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