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The Education War – Who is winning? | Mr. D's Neighborhood
The Education War – Who is winning? | Mr. D's Neighborhood: The Education War – Who is winning?The word “quagmire” gets thrown around pretty casually these days.Civil unrest.  “Nation building.” Revolutions. Economic crisis. Natural disasters.  The Q-word has been used repeatedly for so many of the dangerous, sticky situations we find ourselves as a society.Yet does the education war—the clash of
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9-5-13 Maria Shriver | Powered by Inspiration
Maria Shriver | Powered by Inspiration: INSPIRATIONAL STORIES from ARCHITECTS of CHANGELet’s Not Eliminate the NegativeMost of the time I try, along the lines of the classic Johnny Mercer lyric, to “Accentuate the Positive.” Occasionally, however, negativity has its uses.Most of the response to my recent book, Pulling Taffy: A Year with Dementia and Other Adventures, have been enthusiastic. That m
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Charters schools and vouchers: Decimating the case for privatizing public education. - Slate Magazine
Charters schools and vouchers: Decimating the case for privatizing public education. - Slate Magazine: The Wrong Kind of Education ReformThree new books decimate the case for charter schools and vouchers.By David L. Kirp|Posted Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, at 1:16 PMDiane RavitchPhoto courtesy Diane RavitchThe case for market-driven reforms in education rests on two key premises: The public school sy
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In Charter School Fantasy World, Teacher Experience Irrelevant | California Progress Report
In Charter School Fantasy World, Teacher Experience Irrelevant | California Progress Report: In Charter School Fantasy World, Teacher Experience IrrelevantPosted on 05 September 2013Printer-friendly versionSend by emailBy Randy ShawBeyond ChronAs the New York Times reported on August 27, most charter school teachers only remain in the profession for two to five years. In contrast, traditional publ
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What I’ve Learned: Bilingualism is a Gift and a Treasure | NEA Today
What I’ve Learned: Bilingualism is a Gift and a Treasure | NEA Today: What I’ve Learned: Bilingualism is a Gift and a TreasureBy Cindy Long Educators may spend their careers preparing lessons, but often the most memorable are those they learn themselves.  With that in mind, NEA Today asked school staff –  everyone from classroom teachers and bus drivers to guidance counselors and school nurses – t
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Labor Day and Back to School and Dr. King | Lily's Blackboard
Labor Day and Back to School and Dr. King | Lily's Blackboard: Labor Day and Back to School and Dr. KingSep 5th, 2013 by Lily.There was a conjuncture of important days last week. Labor Day and Back to School and the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s March on Washington for Jobs and Justice.Labor Day spoke to the jobs part of the Civil Rights March. But educational opportunities spoke to justice. And
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Safe Passage Trauma for kids. But it's safe for Whole Foods & Walmart.
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Safe Passage Trauma for kids. But it's safe for Whole Foods & Walmart.: Safe Passage Trauma for kids. But it's safe for Whole Foods & Walmart."We recognize this is a community we haven't served." -- Whole Foods CEOI wonder what message the mayor is sending to families in Englewood as he closes their schools and courts Texas-based Whole Foods? He's using $10 m
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School Beat: SFUSD Waived from NCLB via “CORE” BeyondChron: San Francisco's Alternative Online Daily News »
BeyondChron: San Francisco's Alternative Online Daily News » School Beat: SFUSD Waived from NCLB via “CORE”: School Beat: SFUSD Waived from NCLB via “CORE” by Lisa Schiff‚ Sep. 05‚ 2013 digg     The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is one of eight California districts that have been granted a federal waiver from No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the disastrous federal education policy we’v
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9-5-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Democrats who oppose Democracy…In this Orwellian world in which  we live, how do voters deal with candidates who run as Democrats but oppose democracy… As we all know, democracy is traditionally defined as “a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.” As the name implies, Democrats […]The post Democra
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-5-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: FairTest Fact Sheet About Common Core TestsFairTest released the following fact sheet about the Common Core tests: Common Core Assessment Myths and Realities: Moratorium Needed From More Tests, Costs, Stress Under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), each state set its own learning standards and developed tests to measure them. But NCLB’s
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What Is the Goal of School Reform? | toteachornototeach
What Is the Goal of School Reform? | toteachornototeach: What Is the Goal of School Reform?by Michael B. Katz and Mike RoseThe following is adapted from “Public Education Under Siege,” a collection of essays on the wider range of educational, social and economic issues that should be addressed in contemporary school reform.No reform movement in any domain—the law, agricultural development, educati
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The Educated Reporter: Observing Classrooms: Spotting Signs of Teacher Quality
The Educated Reporter: Observing Classrooms: Spotting Signs of Teacher Quality: Observing Classrooms: Spotting Signs of Teacher QualityWith most schools back in session for the new academic year, it seemed like a good time to catch up on one of the most popular sessions from EWA's 66th National Seminar, held in May at Stanford University. Today's guest blogger is Maura Walz of EdNews Colorado. Str
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SBE guidance on LCFF accountability: Read the law SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources
SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: SBE guidance on LCFF accountability: Read the lawBy Tom ChorneauThursday, September 05, 2013School administrators and advocacy groups inundated the state board meeting Wednesday with yet another dose of unease and anxiety over regulatory oversight of the state’s new funding system for schools, the Local Control Funding Formula.While there had been so
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9-5-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Fixing the District's Governance ProblemSeattle Public Schools - the District, not the schools - is poorly governed and poorly managed. Let's not pretend otherwise. The evidence is all around us. The routine violation of policy and regular violation of state and federal law are ample evidence of poor governance. Seriously, read the auditor's reports, read the polic
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9-5-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: PBS Releases Second Video Showing The Cookie Monster Learning About “Delayed Gratification”PBS just released its second video in a month showing The Cookie Monster learning about “delayed gratification.” You can see, and read about, the first video here. I’m also adding this second one to The Best Posts About Helping Studen
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9-5-13 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. From Senator Dan Biss. What the pension committee is thinking.  Senator Dan Biss, pension bomber. September 4, 2013 Dear Friends, I am writing to update you on the progress of the pension conference committee. There are two topics that I would like to address: the timing of our work, and r
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9-5-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Yet Aniother Charter Scandal Bewing:Yummy. I love charter school scandals.Click here: Bronx charter school named in whistleblower suit - NY Daily NewsBronx charter school named in whistleblower suitAlexis Riley, formerly a project manager at South Bronx Classical Charter, said she was fired for reporting financial and academic improprieties. By John Marzulli / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS 
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Please Join My Anti-CREDO Crusade | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
Please Join My Anti-CREDO Crusade | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Please Join My Anti-CREDO CrusadePosted on September 4, 20132After posting my critique of CREDO’s funding sources and shoddy statistical work and unfounded conclusions I was contacted by a few folks who had published critiques of these CREDO frauds earlier. At first I was chagrined that I had not found my fellow bloggers posts and reports
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9-5-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: How to Manipulate Everyone to Buy in to #CCSSFrom Sara Wottawa’s Blog: Holy Corruption Batman! In a nutshell this publication is a directive on how to manipulate teachers, parents, administrators and even legislators to buy into the CCSS! On pg. 48 in the publication Implementing Common Core State Standards and Assessments: A Workbook for State and District Leaders
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9-5-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Bloomberg's Endorsement Seen As "Kiss Of Death"Yes, that phrase actually gets used in today's Times article on why not one candidate running for mayor has sought Bloomberg's endorsement  - not even the Republicans.One GOP candidate took a poll with Republican voters and found that two-thirds had a negative view of Bloomberg.In the Democratic Primary, de Blasio has surged to
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K-12 News Network | Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee Comes to Los Angeles; The City Shrugs
K-12 News Network | Michelle Rhee Comes to Los Angeles; The City Shrugs: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee  Comes to Los Angeles; The City ShrugsFailed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee ’s StudentsFirst group is holding a “Teacher Town Hall” meeting in Los Angeles on September 5, 2013, as part of a multi-city tour.I can’t fathom why anyone would be excited.As a Californian (since 1990), as an Angeleno
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Back to School: It’s so much worse than you think | Parents United for Public Education
Back to School: It’s so much worse than you think | Parents United for Public Education: Back to School: It’s so much worse than you thinkPosted on September 5, 2013 by HELENGYMLeave a commentRetired teacher Barbara Dowdall and friend at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. They had attended the original march as teenagers.“Philadelphia, Mississippi 1963: No black
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Mother Crusader: Devaluation Of Teachers Evident In Newark Merit Pay Debacle
Mother Crusader: Devaluation Of Teachers Evident In Newark Merit Pay Debacle: Devaluation Of Teachers Evident In Newark Merit Pay DebacleHere's something I've been chewing on that I'll just put out there, and let you guys make of it what you will.  I have been reading a lot about what my friend Jersey Jazzman is calling "The Newark Merit Pay Experiment."  If you haven't been keeping up, do yoursel
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YESTERDAY

The Network For Public Education | NPE Endorsement: Liz Hallmark for Rochester City School Board
The Network For Public Education | NPE Endorsement: Liz Hallmark for Rochester City School Board: NPE Endorsement: Liz Hallmark for Rochester City School Boardadmin September 4, 2013 NPE EndorsementsThe Network for Public Education is pleased to announce our endorsement of Liz Hallmark, a candidate for Rochester City School Board, NY.Liz earned her Doctorate in Education at the University of Roche
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Common Core practice test would replace state math and English tests next year | EdSource Today
Common Core practice test would replace state math and English tests next year | EdSource Today: Common Core practice test would replace state math and English tests next yearSeptember 4th, 2013 | 1 Comment | By John FensterwaldShare on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing ServicesIn order to avoid serving two masters – the old state academic standards and the new multi
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Not Very Giving - NYTimes.com
Not Very Giving - NYTimes.com: By ROB REICHPublished: September 4, 2013Enlarge This ImageMaëlle DoliveuxConnect With Us on TwitterFor Op-Ed, follow@nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow@andyrNYT.There have always been parent-teacher associations that raise modest or even not-so-modest amounts of money. But increasingly local school foundations are being cr
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Core Knowledge, Amplify, and “Free” Materials | deutsch29
Core Knowledge, Amplify, and “Free” Materials | deutsch29: Core Knowledge, Amplify, and “Free” MaterialsSeptember 4, 2013In April 2013, Core Knowledge (CK) entered into a business arrangement with Rupert Murdoch’s Amplify regarding CK’s Language Arts K-3 curriculum:Amplify Learning is pleased to announce it has signed an exclusive license agreement with the Core Knowledge Foundation for 20-year ri
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NYC Public School Parents: NYC Kids PAC Endorses deBlasio for Mayor, James for Public Advocate and Stringer for Comptroller
NYC Public School Parents: NYC Kids PAC Endorses deBlasio for Mayor, James for Public Advocate and Stringer for Comptroller: NYC Kids PAC Endorses deBlasio for Mayor, James for Public Advocate and Stringer for ComptrollerMayor: We endorse Bill de Blasio for Mayor. De Blasio has run a courageous campaign and has been outspoken on many of the issues parents care about including privatization, co-loc
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NYC Educator: Eva Gets Creative
NYC Educator: Eva Gets Creative: Eva Gets CreativeIn what's likely to be the new status quo for the reformy crowd, overpaid charter magnate Eva Moskowitz takes surging Bill de Blasio to task for making the "choice" to send his kids to public school. The previous meme was simply trashing people like Diane Ravitch and Matt Damon, who had relatives in private schools. At that time, their absurd and i
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Calling for the Best of the Best: Books and Blogs for the Current Reality and Future of Education | The IDEA Blog
Calling for the Best of the Best: Books and Blogs for the Current Reality and Future of Education | The IDEA Blog: Calling for the Best of the Best: Books and Blogs for the Current Reality and Future of EducationPosted by Shawn Strader on Sep 04, 2013 - 05:40 AMHello, Good Morning, and Happy September,My name is Shawn Strader, and I'm a good ol' staff member at IDEA - my glamorous title is, in fac
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State Adopts NGSS - Year 2013
State Adopts NGSS - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces State Adopts Next Generation Science StandardsSACRAMENTO—New science standards designed to prepare students to thrive in a changing economy were approved today by the State Board of Education, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced."The adoption of the Next Generation Scien
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Education Chief: Maybe Start School Later in Day - ABC News
Education Chief: Maybe Start School Later in Day - ABC News: Education Chief: Maybe Start School Later in DayWASHINGTON September 4, 2013 (AP)By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated PressA later start to the school day could help teenagers get the most from their classroom time and local districts should consider delaying the first bell, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday.School districts would s
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Nite Cap 9-4-13 #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 CAPTODAYDiane in the Evening 9-4-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: The Daily Howler: Another Take on the Massachusetts MiracleBob Somerby, who writes The Dail
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Diane in the Evening 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: The Daily Howler: Another Take on the Massachusetts MiracleBob Somerby, who writes The Daily Howler, covers the media. He is especially good on education. When the TIMSS results came out, showing that the US made a strong showing, he was quick to call out the major media for the usual doom-and-gloom headlines. Today, he critiques t
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States are slow to adopt controversial new science standards | HechingerEd Blog
States are slow to adopt controversial new science standards | HechingerEd Blog: States are slow to adopt controversial new science standardsAll but five states have signed on to the Common Core State Standards in math and English, but states have been more tentative about picking up new science standards released in April. Known as the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the new guidelines,
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Money for public schools and children? Sorry, we are broke – sort of. “BOOM-POOF!” | Reclaim Reform
Money for public schools and children? Sorry, we are broke – sort of. “BOOM-POOF!” | Reclaim Reform: Money for public schools and children? Sorry, we are broke – sort of. “BOOM-POOF!”Posted on September 4, 2013by Ken PrevitiThe Sequestration does not apply to bombs in Syria, but American schools are closed, police escort children to school, state employee pensions are raided, teachers are fired, a
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The Whole Child Is a Resilient Child — Whole Child Education
The Whole Child Is a Resilient Child — Whole Child Education: The Whole Child Is a Resilient ChildSeptember 4, 2013 by ASCD Whole Child BloggersPost written by Bonnie BenardTo build the resilience of students who face adversity, we need to nurture the whole spectrum of their developmental needs.Forty years of resilience research following children who face multiple challenges into adulthood has yi
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U.S. education secretary Arne Duncan says critics of Common Core standards 'are lying' about federal role | OregonLive.com
U.S. education secretary Arne Duncan says critics of Common Core standards 'are lying' about federal role | OregonLive.com: U.S. education secretary Arne Duncan says critics of Common Core standards 'are lying' about federal roleView full sizeU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, shown during a 2011 meeting with Oregon teachers at H.B. Lee Middle School in Portland, is adamant that the federal
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Seven facts you should know about new Common Core tests
Seven facts you should know about new Common Core tests: Seven facts you should know about new Common Core testsBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 4 at 2:21 pmE-mail the writerThe Common Core State Standards now being implemented in most states and the District of Columbia will soon be accompanied by new standardized tests being developed by two multi-state consortia — the Smarter Balanced A
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Legislation would end standardized tests in California immediately - latimes.com
Legislation would end standardized tests in California immediately - latimes.com: Legislation would end standardized tests in California immediatelyComments0EmailShare15State Supt. of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson discusses standardized test results at a news conference at Washington Accelerated Elementary in Pasadena in August 2012. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times / August 31, 2012)By Howar
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Four Questions About Common Core Implementation :: Frederick M. Hess
Four Questions About Common Core Implementation :: Frederick M. Hess: Four Questions About Common Core Implementationby Frederick M. Hess  •  Sep 4, 2013 at 1:49 pmCross-posted from Education Week Print Send RSS ShareWith the Common Core push in full swing, a bunch of intriguing issues are about to start cropping up. While much popular press coverage has justifiably focused on the political debate
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Education Nation, 2013: Will NBC News Use the Gates Foundation's Facts Again? Or Can We Get a Real Dialogue Going? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Education Nation, 2013: Will NBC News Use the Gates Foundation's Facts Again? Or Can We Get a Real Dialogue Going? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Education Nation, 2013: Will NBC News Use the Gates Foundation's Facts Again? Or Can We Get a Real Dialogue Going?By Anthony Cody on September 4, 2013 10:57 AMNBC News will be presenting, for the fourth time, several days of programming f
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Assessment Overhaul - Year 2013
Assessment Overhaul - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): Assessment Overhaul Supports Statewide Transition to Common CoreSuspension of STAR Tests Shows Commitment to Higher Standards, Deeper LearningSACRAMENTO—New amendments to pending legislation call for allowing far more students to participate in field testing of new computer-based assessments aligned to the Common Core State Standards this sch
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Obama's Failed Hope and Change: "Forget the Politicians. They are Irrelevant"
Obama's Failed Hope and Change: "Forget the Politicians. They are Irrelevant": Obama's Failed Hope and Change: "Forget the Politicians. They are Irrelevant"Wednesday, 04 September 2013 12:00By PL Thomas, the becoming radical | Op-Ed1font size   Print EmailWriting in 1976 about the bicentennial, novelist John Gardner* challenges the 20th century angst “that the American Dream is dead” (p. 96):The A
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CA lawmaker: School lunch eligibility, reimbursement scale needs adjustment SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources
SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: CA lawmaker: School lunch eligibility, reimbursement scale needs adjustment By Kimberly BeltranWednesday, September 04, 2013An annual inflation adjustment has added more than 10cents per meal beginning this fall in federal support for the free andreduced-price school food program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announcedrecently.But a California
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Who is your Voucher Buddy? Obama vs. Education | National Review Online
Obama vs. Education | National Review Online: Obama vs. Education By The EditorsArchiveLatestRSSSendPresident Obama and Attorney General HolderinShare3PrintText   Comments0It was 50 years ago this June that George Wallace, the Democratic governor of Alabama, made his infamous “stand in the schoolhouse door” to prevent two black students from enrolling at an all-white school. His slogan was “Segreg
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Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, September 4, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Education HeadlinesWednesday, September 4, 2013Lodi Unified School District adopts social media policyAfter a month of controversy over new social networking guidelines, Lodi Unified School District trustees finally agreed on the wording of a reworked policy.Central-library charter school opensThe city’s newest and unlikeliest high school ope
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High Tech, High Touch, High Performance | Connected Principals
High Tech, High Touch, High Performance | Connected Principals: High Tech, High Touch, High PerformanceSeptember 4, 2013By rgallwitzHigh Tech, High Touch, High Performance. You may heard these words if you attended one the orientation meetings or our opening day staff meetings. The Centerburg Middle/High School staff has embraced these terms and they are adjusting to the new direction very well. 
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Go Ahead--Grade My Character! - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
Go Ahead--Grade My Character! - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Go Ahead--Grade My Character!By Nancy Flanagan on September 4, 2013 10:45 AMDear Readers,Tell me the truth. Am I optimistic? (Not so much in recent blogs, I admit.) Grateful? Zesty? Curious?Are my social instincts on target--or do I just blurt out what I think about the moral underpinnings of public education, heed
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Can online learning make teaching more human? | Digital
Can online learning make teaching more human? | Digital: Can online learning make teaching more human?Data-driven pedagogy. The phrase conjures a robotic, dull future that only intensifies the worst aspects of 20th-century, bureaucratic, industrial wasteland-style schooling, where learners are defined down to “users,” or even metonymized as disembodied “eyeballs,” and force-fed bits of disconnecte
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Morning Wink 9-4-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYWhy I’m for the Common Core: Teacher bashing and Common Core bashing are both uncalled forWhy 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 Cor
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