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Why I’m for the Common Core: Teacher bashing and Common Core bashing are both uncalled for

Why I’m for the Common Core: Teacher bashing and Common Core bashing are both uncalled for « The Core Knowledge Blog: Why I’m for the Common Core: Teacher bashing and Common Core bashing are both uncalled forby E. D. Hirsch, Jr.September 4th, 2013Tags: Common Core State StandardsPosted in Curriculum | No Comments »This piece originally appeared on the Huffington Post; a version also appeared on th

by mike simpson / 4min 

Calling Black Men To The Blackboard

Shanker Blog » Calling Black Men To The Blackboard: Calling Black Men To The BlackboardPosted by Travis Bristol on September 4, 2013Our guest author today is Travis Bristol, former high school English teacher in New York City public schools, who is currently a clinical teacher educator with the Boston Teacher Residency program, as well as a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate at Teachers College, Columbia

by mike simpson / 6min 

New coalition seeks to influence L.A. Unified's spending | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC

New coalition seeks to influence L.A. Unified's spending | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: New coalition seeks to influence L.A. Unified's spendingAnnie Gilbertson | September 4th, 2013, 6:01amGetty ImagesAdvocacy group wants to influence how L.A. Unified will spend $188 million in new fundingA group of advocacy organizations want to influence how the Los Angeles Unified School District spends an extra $

by mike simpson / 19min 

‘I Was a Bad Teacher’: Five Months In a Corporate School Reform Nightmare | NEA Today

‘I Was a Bad Teacher’: Five Months In a Corporate School Reform Nightmare | NEA Today: ‘I Was a Bad Teacher’: Five Months In a Corporate School Reform NightmareBy Tim Walker “Run away! Really, run away now.” This is not the kind of encouragement anyone wants to hear right before a job interview. But this is exactly what was whispered to teacher candidate John Owens at the South Bronx high school w

by mike simpson / 20min 

9-4-13 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.: Interview with myself.Q: You’re running as a retired delegate to the IEA Representative Assembly? A: I’ve been elected as a delegate for over twenty years. Except last year when the Springfield office of the IEA lost my paperwork moving my active membership to retired membership.  But, yes. I sent my

by mike simpson / 22min 

Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts: School Year 2010-11

Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts: School Year 2010-11 (Fiscal Year 2011): Title: Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts: School Year 2010-11 (Fiscal Year 2011)Description:The report provides finance data for all local education agencies (LEAs) that provide free public elementary and secondary (PK-12) education in

by mike simpson / 24min 

9-4-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face

SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Don’t Delay Retention Policy, Reject RetentionSouth Carolina is a dysfunctional poster child for the hot mess that is political leadership, the media, and their combined influence on educational policy. Superintendent of Education Mick Zais, The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC), and even the SC League of Women Voters all cannot stop themselves from promoting the w

by mike simpson / 28min 

Louisiana Educator: LDOE Report on Educator Evaluations

Louisiana Educator: LDOE Report on Educator Evaluations: LDOE Report on Educator EvaluationsThe Louisiana Department of Education issued a press release yesterday basically claiming that the new Act 54 evaluation system has greatly improved the teacher evaluation system in Louisiana. You can view the press release here. The full report ishere.The report claims that the new system is much better th

by mike simpson / 1h 

The One Video (And Three Charts) That Explains Why Unions Matter

» The One Video (And Three Charts) That Explains Why Unions Matter: The One Video (And Three Charts) That Explains Why Unions MatterBY ANNIE-ROSE STRASSER ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 AT 9:30 AM The sad reality this Labor Day is that many American workers aren’t enjoying the basic tenets of the American dream: a livable wage and benefits to match. Income inequality is skyrocketing, while worker wages stag

by mike simpson / 1h 

9-4-13 Wait What?

Wait What?: Malloy wants to lose in 2014…The Connecticut State Board of Education will meet this morning (agenda posted yesterday) to extend the contract allowing Steven Adamowski to serve as “Special Master” of the Windham and New London School systems. Having watched Adamowski and his dictatorial style over the past two years, one can only conclude that Governor Malloy isn’t running for […]The p

by mike simpson / 2h 

Plain Talk: Wisconsin's school vouchers are a scam : Ct

Plain Talk: Wisconsin's school vouchers are a scam : Ct: Plain Talk: Wisconsin's school vouchers are a scam The recent news release from the State Department of Public Instruction revealing that 67 percent of the applicants to the Walker administration's expanded school voucher program are already attending private schools elicited cries of "scam" from many quarters.And well it should have.That

by mike simpson / 2h 

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-4-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: My Fall ScheduleMy new book will be officially published on September 17. It is titled Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools. The publisher is Alfred A. Knopf, the nation’s most distinguished publishing house. It will dispel many of the myths and half-truths that have been

by mike simpson / 2h 

9-4-13 Jersey Jazzman

Jersey Jazzman: What the Newark Merit Pay Experiment Is Telling UsRight now, in the Newark, NJ school district, a grand merit pay experiment is underway. Understand that merit pay has never worked in schools and most likely won't work again in the Brick City. Still, the contract was negotiated and everyone signed off on it; merit pay is a reality in Newark for two more years, like it or not. We ma

by mike simpson / 2h 

9-4-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: MORE Weekly Update #65, Sept. 2, 2013Happy Labor Day from MORE! View this email in your browser Weekly Update #65 September 2, 2013 Share Tweet Forward to Friend Join MORE Today COMMITTEES:High Stake Testing Committeetesting@morecaucusnyc.orgFri. Sept. 6 at 4:30PMBryant Park / Tables @ NE SideSteering Committeesteering@morecaucusnyc.orgMon. Sept1 by ed notes online / 3h Bill di Bl

by mike simpson / 2h 

9-4-13 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: What Happened To Christine Quinn's Support?Via Azi Paybarah, two trend lines from yesterday's Quinnipiac poll show what has happened to Quinn recently that her support has cratered:White voters and women voters were all that were keeping her anywhere near runoff territory.Now she seems to have lost both and she's bottoming out.It's ugly:Can't say I feel sorry for her - she r

by mike simpson / 2h 

One thing that can assure better schools

One thing that can assure better schools: One thing that can assure better schoolsBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 4 at 4:00 amE-mail the writer2CommentsMorewww.freepik.com/What is the one thing that can assure higher student achievement and better schools?Ray Strabeck, a retired school superintendent in Mississippi, has a simple answer in this piece in the Clarion Ledger:Economics, pure a

by mike simpson / 2h 

9-4-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Oxford Comma - Yay or Nay?You thought the teachers contract was a battle?   OnlineSchools.com presents - the Oxford Comma.  Teachers, yay or nay?  (Me, I'm old school so it's yay.)by Melissa Westbrook / 6h 9-3-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum Teacher contract details leakedSeattle Schools Community Forum: Teacher contract details leakedAlthough neither the Distri

by mike simpson / 2h 

LAUSD, UTLA, Warren Fletcher - Perdaily.com

LAUSD, UTLA, Warren Fletcher - Perdaily.com: LAUSD "RUBBER ROOM" TEACHERS MEET AT UTLA(Mensaje se repite en Español)Last Wednesday, August 28th, housed teachers came together at the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) to finally try and address their targeting by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Upon arriving at UTLA to attend this meeting I had been invited to, I was told that I was

by mike simpson / 2h 

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Chi-Town hustling

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Chi-Town hustling: Chi-Town hustlingBilly Daley, the man from J.P. Morgan Trust, who's apparently running for IL governor, claims that lots of people are asking him about Syria. No they're not.Getting rid of the IGI've met Chicago's Inspector General Joe Ferguson and he seems like a decent and honest enough guy. So it's no wonder that Rahm Emanuel has spent the bette

by mike simpson / 2h 

9-4-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: New Study: “Using harsh verbal discipline with teens found to be harmful”A new study has found that: Many American parents yell or shout at their teenagers. A new longitudinal study has found that using such harsh verbal discipline in early adolescence can be harmful to teens later. Instead of minimizing teens’ problematic

by mike simpson / 2h 

YESTERDAY

Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 9-3-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMGoogle Hangout: School Climate and Social InclusionAbout the Student Voice Google Hangouts Student Voice is launching an On Air Google Hangout series that will bring together students and other stakeholders in the education field for a face to face conversation. The hangouts will allow students to connect with their peers from across the

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Protecting kids with advanced non-lethal weapons – because not... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com

Protecting kids with advanced non-lethal weapons – because not... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Protecting kids with advanced non-lethal weapons – because not every school has Antoinette Tuff. COMMENT(2) 0 3 2 5View Larger BEN GRAY / AJCREUNITED AFTER SCHOOL SHOOTING INCIDENT--August 20, 2013, DeKalb County: LaTrease Akins rushes off hugging her 5-year-old son Mark Wheeler on Tuesday afternoon Aug

by mike simpson / 12h 

Daily Kos: Leaves on the Current - looks to be terrific news

Daily Kos: Leaves on the Current - looks to be terrific news: Leaves on the Current - looks to be terrific newsbyteacherkenFollow    Email  23 Comments / 23 NewShe visited with her oncologist today.  If I may quote the text she sent me (merely masking the doctor's name):Great news: no cancer showed up on my bone marrow biopsy!!!  Dr.X. says my recovery has been "amazing"!!!She will continue to rec

by mike simpson / 13h 

County wants to boost school budgets by raising attendance | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC

County wants to boost school budgets by raising attendance | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: County wants to boost school budgets by raising attendanceAdolfo Guzman-Lopez | September 3rd, 2013, 5:08pmJohn SlaterLos Angeles County Office of Education focuses attention on truancy.Frequent absences from school undermines student education  - and hurts school district coffers. County officials are drew atten

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Slash and Burn: The War Against California Pensions | MyFDL

Slash and Burn: The War Against California Pensions | MyFDL: Slash and Burn: The War Against California PensionsBy: Gary Cohn Tuesday September 3, 2013 1:33 pm  Tweet  Benjamin Gamboa doesn’t know John Arnold, but they are linked by a shared concern over the fate of public-employee pensions in California.“I’m proud to have a pension,” the 30-year-old Gamboa says. “I believe every American should h

by mike simpson / 13h 

Gates Money and Common Core: Part II | deutsch29

Gates Money and Common Core: Part II | deutsch29: Gates Money and Common Core: Part IISeptember 3, 2013On August 27, 2013, I wrote a post about Bill Gates’ financial involvement in advancing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Though CCSS promotes itself as “state led,” in my previous post, I showed that all four major organizations responsible for CCSS from inception for its principal develop

by mike simpson / 13h 

Civil rights groups dispute memo to State Board on new funding formula | EdSource Today

Civil rights groups dispute memo to State Board on new funding formula | EdSource Today: Civil rights groups dispute memo to State Board on new funding formulaSeptember 3rd, 2013 | Add a Comment | By John FensterwaldShare on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing ServicesIn a sign of a skirmish to come, leaders of 30 civil rights and non-profit groups representing disadva

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What Is a 'Failing' School? | Diane Ravitch

What Is a 'Failing' School? | Diane Ravitch: What Is a 'Failing' School?Posted: 09/03/2013 9:00 amWhat Is a 'Failing' School? A Great Marketing Strategy for Corporate Education Reformers!Two years ago, Kevin Kosar, a former graduate student of mine, conducted an Internet search for the term "failing school." What he discovered was fascinating. Until the 1990s, the term was virtually unknown. About

by mike simpson / 15h 

Nite Cap 9-3-13 #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 CAPTODAYMr. Van Roekel: Common Core Standards Mean Standardization, Not an End to One-Size-Fits-All - Living in Dialogue - Education Week TeacherMr. Van Roekel: Common Core Standards Mean Standardization, Not an End to One-Size-Fits-All - Living in Dialogue -

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Mr. Van Roekel: Common Core Standards Mean Standardization, Not an End to One-Size-Fits-All - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Mr. Van Roekel: Common Core Standards Mean Standardization, Not an End to One-Size-Fits-All - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Mr. Van Roekel: Common Core Standards Mean Standardization, Not an End to One-Size-Fits-AllBy Anthony Cody on September 3, 2013 5:35 PMThe critical thinking that the Common Core is supposed to promote cannot come soon enough. It is sorely lacking in the defense

by mike simpson / 15h 

Michigan Amendment Restricts Use of Diversity to Provide Educational Benefits, NSBA tells Court

Michigan Amendment Restricts Use of Diversity to Provide Educational Benefits, NSBA tells Court: Michigan Amendment Restricts Use of Diversity to Provide Educational Benefits, NSBA tells CourtAlexandria, Va. (Sept. 3, 2013) — The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down an amendment to the Michigan Constitution that unduly limits school districts fr

by mike simpson / 16h 

Empathy from the Beginning — Whole Child Education

Empathy from the Beginning — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGEmpathy from the BeginningSeptember 3, 2013 by Start EmpathyPost written by Laura White for Ashoka's Start Empathy Initiative, a whole child partner organization. Also published in Greater Good, the online magazine of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley.How early should you be thinking abo

by mike simpson / 16h 

Better School Funding NOW! Sign up now for Ralph Martire forum Parents United for Responsible Education

Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Better School Funding NOW! Sign up now for Ralph Martire forum: Better School Funding NOW! Sign up now for Ralph Martire forumSign up now for a lunchtime forum with Ralph Martire, director of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability (CBTA).When: Friday, October 11, 2013, noon to 1 pmWhere: 70 E Lake Street, Chicago (conference room)Spac

by mike simpson / 16h 

Dallas ISD trustees to receive investigative report on Superintendent Mike Miles on Friday | Education Blog

Dallas ISD trustees to receive investigative report on Superintendent Mike Miles on Friday | Education Blog: Dallas ISD trustees to receive investigative report on Superintendent Mike Miles on FridayBy Tawnell Hobbsthobbs@dallasnews.com3:48 pm on September 3, 2013 | Permalink6901Former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins (left).Dallas ISD trustees will receive the results of an independent investigation in

by mike simpson / 16h 

Back to School – What Lies Ahead? | Taking Note

Back to School – What Lies Ahead? | Taking Note: Back to School – What Lies Ahead?by JOHN MERROW on 03. SEP, 2013 in 2013 BLOGSEducation’s numbers are impressive. More than 50 million children are safely enrolled in public schools as you read this. Another 5.2 million are attending private schools, and an estimated 1.5 million are being homeschooled.We will spend close to $600 billion on public ed

by mike simpson / 18h 

Obama’s newest bad education idea

Obama’s newest bad education idea: Obama’s newest bad education ideaBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 3 at 2:46 pmE-mail the writerPresident Obama announcing his plan to reduce college costs. (Carlos Osorio/AP)President Obama’s newest education reform idea, aimed at making college more affordable, is a plan that on its face seems helpful to families but isn’t.Obama said late last month that

by mike simpson / 19h 

Diane in the Evening 9-3-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Words to Remember and Believe InOur frequent commenter who signs in as “KrazyTA” gave us this inspirational gem: “Always take things with a grain of salt, but Mahatma Gandhi was not far off when he said: “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murde

by mike simpson / 19h 

Teachers in 3 Pa. school districts go on strike - SFGate

Teachers in 3 Pa. school districts go on strike - SFGate: Teachers in 3 Pa. school districts go on strikeBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM and KEVIN BEGOS, Associated PressUpdated 10:52 am, Tuesday, September 3, 2013PITTSBURGH (AP) — Teachers in three Pennsylvania school districts went on strike Tuesday, while classes began as scheduled for many more of the state's roughly 1.7 million public school students.In

by mike simpson / 19h 

CCSS Funding and Implementation Guide - Year 2013

CCSS Funding and Implementation Guide - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Directs $622 Million in State Funding to Help School Districts Bring Common Core Standards to LifeSACRAMENTO—Schools opened for the year receiving $622 million in new state funding to support the shift to the Common Core academic standards, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torl

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Charter Schools For Scandals

Charter Schools For Scandals: Charter Schools For ScandalsThere are undoubtedly wonderful charter schools in existence, and Americans generally have a favorable opinion of charters, but hardly a week goes by without news of a scandal or a study tarnishing their image.With schools reopening everywhere across the country, the past week was no exception in exposing new problems with an idea that was

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Throughout September: Resilience — Whole Child Education

Throughout September: Resilience — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGThroughout September: ResilienceSeptember 3, 2013 by Klea ScharbergResilience—the ability of "each of us to bounce back stronger, wiser, and more personally powerful" (Nan Henderson); "not only survive, but also learn to thrive" (Bonnie Benard); or even to "bungee jump through the pitfalls of life" (Andrew Fuller)—is mor

by mike simpson / 22h 

Send in the SEALs | EduShyster

Send in the SEALs | EduShyster: Send in the SEALs Can a new generation of young, Navy SEAL-like teachers finally club the achievement gap out of existence?Hedge funder Whitney Tilson argues that a new generation of young Navy SEAL-like teachers can club the achievement gap out of existence.Can a new generation of young, Navy SEAL-like teachers finally club the achievement gap out of existence? Tha

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The Mis-Education Of My Son Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública

Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: The Mis-Education Of My SonBukola Shonuga May 29,2013Editor's Note  milton@blackstarnews.com: The following Op-Ed article was written by a concerned parent who voiced grievances to the Chief Operating Officer Katie Duffy at Democracy Prep Charter school and some teachers about what she believes is psychological abuse of her son the

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Why teachers are concerned about school reform in New York (Commentary) | syracuse.com

Why teachers are concerned about school reform in New York (Commentary) | syracuse.com: Why teachers are concerned about school reform in New York (Commentary) Christopher Leahey, of Cicero, teaches in the North Syracuse Central School District.By Christopher LeaheyIn the past several months, school personnel, superintendents, and parents have contributed to a lively debate about Federal Race to t

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Tell ALEC to stop cashing in on kids

Tell ALEC to stop cashing in on kids « Education Votes: Tell ALEC to stop cashing in on kidsPosted August 6, 2013    13 commentsTAGS: ALEC, petitionphoto above courtesy of Fibonnaci BlueAt the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) big corporations write and sponsor free-market policies alongside state legislators. These bills follow ALEC’s simple formula: Defund. Deregulate. Privatize. Prof

by mike simpson / 22h 

Cali Education Headlines Tuesday, September 3, 2013

FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: I don't need no stinkin' KeyboardIn school iPad project, L.A. might need to tap funding for keyboardsEducation HeadlinesTuesday, September 3, 2013Long Beach's newest high school to open on Sept. 4McBride is Long Beach's first new public high school since 1995, and the ninth-graders that will march through its doors are the first class to do s

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Morning Wink 9-3-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYSallie Mae Lags In Student Debt Relief Amid Ongoing Federal ProbesSallie Mae Lags In Student Debt Relief Amid Ongoing Federal Probes: Sallie Mae Lags In Student Debt Relief Amid Ongoing Federal ProbesPosted: 09/03/2013 11:06 am EDT  |  Updated: 09/03/2013 11:10 am EDTSallie Mae, the nation's largest servicer of federal student loans, is failing to enr

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