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2min2x: Brush kids' teeth for 2 minutes, 2 times a day.
2min2x: Home: Brush kids' teeth for 2 minutes, 2 times a day.SEE ALL VIDEOS Brush with BugsBunny and Daffy Duckfrom Looney Tunes.WATCH NOWPick a video and brushyour teeth for 2 minutes,2 times a day!Keep Kids’ Mouths HealthyBrush 2min2xVisit a DentistFloss Every DayUse FluorideLEARN THE WHAT, WHEN, AND HOWAbout Kids’ TeethLEARN MOREGet kids' oral healthtips on your cell phone!REGISTER YOUR MOBI
Mother Crusader: Pitbull Is "Bringing Sexy Back" To Education, And Not Just In The 305
Mother Crusader: Pitbull Is "Bringing Sexy Back" To Education, And Not Just In The 305: Pitbull Is "Bringing Sexy Back" To Education, And Not Just In The 305No, I didn't make up that title. He really said that."Sometimes what happens is that education is no longer sexy,” Pitbull said. “It’s no longer cool. I want to tell them or help put together either curriculum or scho
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Chicago Republicrats
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Chicago Republicrats: Chicago RepublicratsThere are no real Democrats or Republicans in Chicago. The only symbol saluted here is neither the donkey nor the elephant, but the dollar sign. They've even abandoned the two-party system, for electing the mayor. And statewide, now you have two former Obama chiefs of staff and his former Secretary of State, seemingly cutting
Superintendent: State’s reform strategy is to throw darts and see what sticks
Superintendent: State’s reform strategy is to throw darts and see what sticks: Superintendent: State’s reform strategy is to throw darts and see what sticksBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 20 at 9:41 amE-mail the writerTennessee Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman (www.tn.gov)On more than a few occasions, I have found myself trying to explain a policy change which in my view is not best f
Banning an American classic in a NC district: "Invisible Man"... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Banning an American classic in a NC district: "Invisible Man"... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Banning an American classic in a NC district: "Invisible Man" disappears from school libraries COMMENT(7) 1 3 8 27RelatedView Larger Invisible ManPrevious PostsSecrets of the smartest kids in the worldSeptember 19, 2013North Atlanta principal will stay and attempt to change a "Y
9-20-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Special Master Steven Adamowski’s wild spending spree with Connecticut’s tax dollarsSince the Malloy administration gave Steven Adamowski his no-bid contract to serve as “Special Master” for Windham and New London, Adamowski has collected a salary of about $450,000 for himself and another $168,000 for his staff. Add in over $140,000 more for health and insurance benefits, $17,000 for
The Educated Reporter: High-Stakes Testing Errors Nationwide Revealed in New Atlanta Journal-Constitution Series
The Educated Reporter: High-Stakes Testing Errors Nationwide Revealed in New Atlanta Journal-Constitution Series: High-Stakes Testing Errors Nationwide Revealed in New Atlanta Journal-Constitution SeriesWe spend quite a bit of time talking about cheating on standardized tests (even though incidences represent a minute fraction of the number of assessments given in public schools every year). What
All in For Profit | EduShyster
All in For Profit | EduShyster: All in For ProfitPosted on September 20, 2013A Wall Streeter explains why he’s bullish on for-profit education company K12By Mazinger ZAs president Coolidge once said, the business of American business is rent seeking. No surprise then that the efficiency, resources and ingenuity of our profit-seekers are increasingly being enlisted in the fight to turn around our f
Should I Stop Assigning Homework? - Jessica Lahey - The Atlantic
Should I Stop Assigning Homework? - Jessica Lahey - The Atlantic: Should I Stop Assigning Homework?What if my students think my class is too easy? And how will we ever get through A Tale of Two Cities? I have written in the past about my hatred of homework from the perspective of both a teacher and a parent, so when I heard about a teacher who had ditched the practice of assigning homework altoget
TO LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-20-13 Stephen Dyer on “Reign of Error” | Diane Ravitch's blog
Stephen Dyer on “Reign of Error” | Diane Ravitch's blog: Stephen Dyer on “Reign of Error”Stephen Dyer is a former legislator in Ohio who now works for a public policy organization called Innovation Ohio, in my book, I drew on some of his research. In this post, he situates my work in a longstanding American tradition. I especially liked these lines: “As I read the book, I couldn’t help but think o
9-20-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Quote Of The Day: “Why Paying Kids to Do Homework Can Backfire”Why Paying Kids to Do Homework Can Backfire is an article published today at TIME. It doesn’t offer anything particularly new to longtime readers of this blog or my books, but it does provide a good summary of research. Here’s an excerpt:7 by Larry Ferlazzo / 6h
Changing the Classroom Curriculum: Recapturing How I Taught a Half-Century Ago (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Changing the Classroom Curriculum: Recapturing How I Taught a Half-Century Ago (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Changing the Classroom Curriculum: Recapturing How I Taught a Half-Century Ago (Part 1)I was a 21 year-old novice eager and anxious to become an first-rate high school history teacher at Glenville High School (Cleveland OH) in 1956. Within six months, I dis
9-20-13 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 in box. Bev Johns: “Special ed class size proposal is dead for now.”From Bev Johns, Chair of the Illinois Special Education Coaliton. The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) took NO action today on the proposal to eliminate all State rules on special education class size, and on the 30 percen
9-20-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Joe Lhota: I'm A Hug-Able Kind Of GuyFrom the Wall Street Journal:Mr. Lhota blamed his poll standing on a brutal primary in which his chief opponent, billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis, repeatedly described Mr. Lhota as mean and a bureaucrat. "John [Catsimatidis] was throwing as much mud as he possibly could—I've never met anybody who thinks I'm mean, I've never
9-20-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: The Indignant Teacher Reviews “Reign of Error” The “nation’s children are on a train that is headed for a cliff“. This sentence, unobtrusively embedded in the middle of the first chapter of Reign of Error, effectively identifies the main idea of Diane Ravitch’s newest book. Like it’s prequel from 2010, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Reign of Error serves
Education: Our Best Defense Against Ignorance | toteachornototeach
Education: Our Best Defense Against Ignorance | toteachornototeach: Education: Our Best Defense Against IgnorancePosted on September 19, 2013Education: Our Best Defense Against Ignorance by Michael RohrerPlease put your hands together and give a warm welcome to Linda Harvey, the founder of the conservative group Mission America and an all-around good Christian. Earlier this month she said:Why are
Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadWell hello there. Back from hiatus and a big thank you (and good job) to Charlie who kept this thing going quite nicely. I did read from afar a couple of times but true to my word to myself, I did not comment or post. (And by the way, a BIG thank you to all our readers. Our numbers continue to soar and it's quite amazing. I like to think that p
9-20-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: The Unmeasurable, Untestable YouI think you will agree that the following absolutely negates the "value" of the findings of any "standardized" testing in schools (and anywhere else for that matter)...or rather, it encourages us to understand the value of testing as producing outcomes that benefit those implementing the testing. That is to say, testing does no
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Teacher, two superintendents to hold key positions on funding law’s new agency | EdSource Today
Teacher, two superintendents to hold key positions on funding law’s new agency | EdSource Today: Teacher, two superintendents to hold key positions on funding law’s new agencySeptember 19th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By John FensterwaldShare on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing ServicesConsistent with the goal of shifting power over education decisions away from Sacrame
Boredom, Thy Name Is Charlotte Danielson (On Rubrics and Misuse) - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson
Boredom, Thy Name Is Charlotte Danielson (On Rubrics and Misuse) - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: Boredom, Thy Name Is Charlotte Danielson (On Rubrics and Misuse)by JOSE VILSON on SEPTEMBER 19, 2013in MR. VILSONCharlotte Danielson“And another thing!”I’ve always wanted to start a post off like that, like I was in the middle of an impassioned diatribe and you just happened to step in to the thou
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Tilson short-selling K12Inc.
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Tilson short-selling K12Inc.: Tilson short-selling K12Inc.Hedge-funder TilsonYou would think that the online learning company, K12Inc. would find synergy with hedge-funder Whitney Tilson, the money bags behind DFER and a co-founder of TFA and KIPP board member. But no! Tilson would never let ideological unity get in the way of super-profits. So Tilson is having
Teachers For Social Justice: People's Board Meeting:Wed, 9/25, 5:30 PM
Teachers For Social Justice: People's Board Meeting:Wed, 9/25, 5:30 PM: People's Board Meeting:Wed, 9/25, 5:30 PMTired of not being listened to? Want your voice and views respected? Come to the People's Board Meeting! Wednesday, Sept 25, 5:30 PMMount Carmel Missionary Church2976 S. WabashChicago, ILOrganized by theGEM (Grassroots Education Movement), CODE (Communities Organized for Democracy in E
Jersey Jazzman: The Shafting Of the American Teacher
Jersey Jazzman: The Shafting Of the American Teacher: @jaredpolis: America's Worst CongresspersonWhat a schmuck: Yes, 75 year old Diane Ravitch -- grandmother, author, and historian -- is "evil" in the eyes of this sitting member of Congress. Aren't you proud, Colorado? This empty suit is the 7th wealthiest member of Congress. But Polis is really just another phony Democrat who pushes id
Income Inequality, Educational Inequity, Privatization… Pittsburgh to Chicago | janresseger
Income Inequality, Educational Inequity, Privatization… Pittsburgh to Chicago | janresseger: Income Inequality, Educational Inequity, Privatization… Pittsburgh to ChicagoTwo blog posts arrived in my in-box today. The first is from a young woman, Jessie Ramey, whose blog is called Yinzercation and whose recent post is titled Diane Ravitch Launched, Yinzer-Style. This sent me, of course to Google
Common Core and Dr. Strangelove | Reclaim Reform
Common Core and Dr. Strangelove | Reclaim Reform: Common Core and Dr. StrangelovePosted on September 19, 2013by Ken PrevitiHave you ever seen the movie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb? There is a scene where a wild-eyed gung-ho pilot joyfully rides a nuclear bomb to his own destruction – “Whoop-whooping!” in glee all the way. The whole bombing situation was due
Whitney Tilson Gets Caught Yet Again With His Pants Down southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Whitney Tilson Gets Caught Yet Again With His Pants DownWhat a day yesterday was! The new phone books arrived, I, with other education bloggers, got to engage in a video conference with Diane Ravitch, and I found out that not only had Whitney Tilson finally make some sense, but he confirmed that he is in education for the moolah and lying hypocrite as well.So Whitn
Playing Games with Our Kids: Moms vs. Congress
Playing Games with Our Kids: Moms vs. Congress « MomsRising Blog: Playing Games with Our Kids: Moms vs. CongressPosted September 19th, 2013 by Kristin Rowe-FinkbeinerGames are a time-honored way of expanding people’s knowledge.My mom, who was a single mother throughout my elementary school years, played games with my brother and I in the grocery store when we were young to help make the price righ
My Review of Diane Ravitch's New Blockbuster Best Seller "Reign of Error"
My Review of Diane Ravitch's New Blockbuster Best Seller "Reign of Error"Thank You Diane!PS Watch out for Flying Monkeys of the Great Hoax A Parent's Guide to Corporate Education Reform: Why Rich Guys are Screwing Up Our Public SchoolsA Parent's Guide to Corporate Education Reform: Why Rich Guys are Screwing Up Our Public SchoolsAKAREIGN OF ERROR. An incisive, comprehensive look at today
Nite Cap 9-19-13 #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 CAPTODAYNYC Educator: Be Afraid. Be Very AfraidNYC Educator: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid: Be Afraid. Be Very AfraidOne of my students didn't have her homework today. She's pretty smart, and pretty eager, but not altogether that fluent in English. I as
NYC Educator: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid
NYC Educator: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid: Be Afraid. Be Very AfraidOne of my students didn't have her homework today. She's pretty smart, and pretty eager, but not altogether that fluent in English. I asked her where it was and she struggled to answer. I checked a few other kids in the class and she came to me, brandishing her iPhone like it held the key to Life, the Universe, and Everything."
Three Questions, Two Answers from the Department of Education - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Three Questions, Two Answers from the Department of Education - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Three Questions, Two Answers from the Department of EducationBy Anthony Cody on September 19, 2013 3:47 PMA little more than two weeks ago, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan held a phone-in press conference. I submitted several questions online, but they were not addressed during the event
Diane in the Evening 9-19-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Bloomberg Administration Plans to Scrub EmailsA whistleblower inside the DOE in New York City told me the Bloomberg administration plans to eliminate all emails. I assumed they were reacting to the Indiana scandal, where Tony Bennett’s emails showed that he engaged in grade-fixing and assembling lists of campaign donors. Maybe yes,
Awards and Lists: Hate/Love | My Island View
Awards and Lists: Hate/Love | My Island View: Awards and Lists: Hate/LoveSeptember 19, 2013 by tomwhitbyIt is most commonly known that the two things we should not open a discussion on at a friendly dinner party would be religion, or politics. These two topics stir up passions in people that may take some over the bounds set by acceptable civility at such gatherings. I have found myself a victim o
I’m late; I’m late, for a very important. . . Review of Diane Ravitch’s new book “Reign of Error” | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
I’m late; I’m late, for a very important. . . Review of Diane Ravitch’s new book “Reign of Error” | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: I’m late; I’m late, for a very important. . . Review of Diane Ravitch’s new book “Reign of Error”Posted on September 19, 20130 If you’re like me, you’re late to everything. For instance, my mom is fond of telling me I was late to my own birth. In my defense I always remind her
Court ruling backs student discipline for off-campus e-threats SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources
SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Court ruling backs student discipline for off-campus e-threatsBy Kimberly BeltranThursday, September 19, 2013In a ruling that, for the first time, provides specific guidance to school administrators addressing issues such as cyberbullying and threats via technology, a federal court has determined that school officials can discipline students for cert
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Ravitch a Texas-bred Paul Revere
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Ravitch a Texas-bred Paul Revere: Ravitch a Texas-bred Paul RevereWhen it comes to schooling, Diane Ravitch is a traditionalist in most senses of the word. But a defender of traditional democratic education at a time when corporate-style reformers and her former conservative think-tank friends have all donned the label of r-r-r-revolutionaries and fancy themselves as
Choosing to focus on teaching | Edwize
Choosing to focus on teaching | Edwize: Choosing to focus on teaching I am criminally overworked. “Preps” seem to be a thing of the past, as we now have department meetings or grade team meetings during the day. “Lunch” is no longer an eating period as the microwave in the teacher’s lounge seems to have been misplaced. In fact, the entire teacher’s lounge has been misplaced, and yes, that can happ
9-19-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: What is the deal with Spectrum?Thirteen years ago, when I first became an activist in Seattle Public Schools, there were problems with Spectrum. There were three problems:Qualified students could not gain access to the program because the classes were full.There was lively discussion about the student identification process including issues of under-representation
Study: Impact of unaddressed mental health issues on students is severe
Study: Impact of unaddressed mental health issues on students is severe: Study: Impact of unaddressed mental health issues on students is severeBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 19 at 11:47 amE-mail the writerMental health is one of those topics that Americans don’t like to talk about much, unless it is forced into public view by tragedies such as Monday’s mass shootingat the Washington Nav
Before tonight’s meeting, several Dallas ISD trustees make clear their feelings about Mike Miles | Dallas Morning News
Before tonight’s meeting, several Dallas ISD trustees make clear their feelings about Mike Miles | Dallas Morning News: Before tonight’s meeting, several Dallas ISD trustees make clear their feelings about Mike MilesBy Matthew Haagmhaag@dallasnews.com11:25 am on September 19, 2013 | Permalink100Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles will face his bosses tonight and, perhaps, fight for his job after
Cali Education Headlines Thursday, September 19, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Jersey Jazzman: @jaredpolis: America's Worst CongresspersonEducation HeadlinesThursday, September 19, 2013Alisal school board adopts credit-card use policyIt's official: Alisal schools Superintendent John Ramirez Jr. is now authorized to use the district credit card.The school board voted 5-0 Wednesday night to approve a policy governing the
When the Shoe Is on the Other Foot: Lessons for Teachers in Misguided Accountability | the becoming radical
When the Shoe Is on the Other Foot: Lessons for Teachers in Misguided Accountability | the becoming radical: When the Shoe Is on the Other Foot: Lessons for Teachers in Misguided AccountabilityPosted on September 19, 2013 by plthomaseddIf we imagined a pictorial representation of the evolution of education accountability, similar to the standard image we associate with human evolution——then we’d h
A Heartbreaking – And Preventable – Death | Taking Note
A Heartbreaking – And Preventable – Death | Taking Note: A Heartbreaking – And Preventable – Deathby JOHN MERROW on 19. SEP, 2013 in 2013 BLOGS, BULLYING, TECHNOLOGYThe official records note Rebecca Sedwick’s death as a suicide. There’s no disputing that the 12-year-old jumped to her death from an abandoned cement plant in Lakeland, Florida, on September 9, but what happened to her requires new t
Expanding Learning Time – And Opportunities | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
Expanding Learning Time – And Opportunities | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Expanding Learning Time – And OpportunitiesBy Anne O'Brien on September 19, 2013The call to expand learning time to ensure that American students remain competitive with their international peers has become quite popular. While the rationale is perhaps a bit misguided (some evidence suggests that our
Ain't It the Truth - Education Research Report: Half of Parents Have Trouble Helping Their Kids with Homework
Education Research Report: Half of Parents Have Trouble Helping Their Kids with Homework: Half of Parents Have Trouble Helping Their Kids with HomeworkAs kids nationwide are getting back into the homework routine, the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) teamed up with Google to ask parents the question many silently dread each fall – are you ever unable to help your kids with their homework
Morning Wink 9-19-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAYObserve to Stop 'Beliefing' — Whole Child EducationObserve to Stop 'Beliefing' — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGObserve to Stop ‘Beliefing’September 19, 2013 by Mary FowlerRead the first, second, and third posts in this series."The basis of all good human behavior is kindness." —Eleanor RooseveltIt's a curiously human trait to cl
