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How one great teacher was wronged by flawed evaluation system

How one great teacher was wronged by flawed evaluation system: How one great teacher was wronged by flawed evaluation systemBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 8 at 10:30 amE-mail the writer0CommentsMorePrincipal Carol Burris of South Side High School in New York has for some time been chronicling the consequences of standardized test-driven reform in her state (here, andhere and here, for ex

by mike simpson / 0min 

My Speech at the Los Angeles Teacher Town Hall, AND a VERY Important Message

My Speech at the Los Angeles Teacher Town Hall, AND a VERY Important Message « inspirEDucation: My Speech at the Los Angeles Teacher Town Hall, AND a VERY Important MessageI’m just posting the video here so that people can connect the video to my blog and vice versa. I will be posting a lot of important things on here soon, so please stay tuned.Here’s the main gist of my very important message (co

by mike simpson / 48min 

Failing charter schools often close, reopen with little change - Education - Ohio

Failing charter schools often close, reopen with little change - Education - Ohio: Failing charter schools often close, reopen with little changeBy Doug Livingston Beacon Journal education writerMore Sharing Services16Published: September 6, 2013 - 08:21 PMMackenzie Samuel (front) and her classmate Mia Davis, (rear) both 9, get their reading books in Sami Conrad's fourth grade classroom at Imagine

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-8-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Welcome to Charterland: The GameThe National Opportunity to Learn campaign has created a game called Charterland, based on the popular children’s game Candyland. Test your skills. Would you make it to the finish lime?6 by dianerav / 1h Everything You Wanted to Know about Teacher Evaluation But Were Afraid to AskThis is a terrific n

by mike simpson / 59min 

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

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL:  I'm Larry Ferlazzo and here you will catch me talking about websites that will help you teach ELL, ESL and EFL!“Teachers Need To Behave Like Johnny Appleseeds”: An Interview With Daniel Coyle“Teachers Need To Behave Like Johnny Appleseeds”: An Interview With Daniel Coyle is my new post over at Education Week Teacher. I’m a

by mike simpson / 1h 

Warm and fuzzy, “Teach” offers more sentiment than insight | InterACT

Warm and fuzzy, “Teach” offers more sentiment than insight | InterACT: Warm and fuzzy, “Teach” offers more sentiment than insightSEPTEMBER 8, 2013tags: film, Guggenheim, Khan Academy, Teach, teacher recruitmentby David B. CohenThanks to the technology of the DVR, I was able to watch “Teach” a day later than most viewers, and by the time I finished it, I’d already seen other people’s reactions onli

by mike simpson / 1h 

9-8-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: UFT Misleads Membership in Latest Thompson Mailer Claiming Offer of Retro PayWith Thompson still unable to move into second place, and DiBlasio in striking distance of avoiding a runoff entirely, this UFT leadership has reached a new desperate low... Peter LamphereWill Thompson offer teachers a chicken in every pot just as Herbert Hoover did in the 1928 election? (How did that wor

by mike simpson / 1h 

Syria to Strike the US! | Bill Ayers

Syria to Strike the US! | Bill Ayers: Syria to Strike the US!President Assad of Syria announced yesterday that he had authorized limited missile strikes against the United States of America. “The United States has consistently violated international law and civilized standards of behavior,” he said. “It has gathered the greatest arsenal of weapons of mass destruction ever assembled, and it is in f

by mike simpson / 1h 

9-8-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face

SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: TEACH Documentary Delivers Same, Tired InfomercialOn the evening of September 6, CBS aired Davis Guggenheim’s latest tear-jerker hack job dedicated to public education: TEACH.  While featuring four young and relatively inexperienced teachers, we were told much of the same nonsense we’ve been hearing for years, since the release of the anti-teacher and anti-public-e

by mike simpson / 1h 

9-8-13 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: NY Post Publishes Devastating Article About NYC Economy - Never Once Mentions Bloomberg As The CulpritHere's a taste of the Post article:New York City is stuck in the economic misery lane of middle-class jobs flight and an unemployed and underemployed class faced with long-term joblessness and rising hunger, according to the latest economic research. The city is emerging fro

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For-profit colleges soaking up tax dollars despite student loan defaults, low graduation rates -- and could be in trouble - Inside Bay Area

For-profit colleges soaking up tax dollars despite student loan defaults, low graduation rates -- and could be in trouble - Inside Bay Area: For-profit colleges soaking up tax dollars despite student loan defaults, low graduation rates -- and could be in troubleBy Katy Murphy and Thomas Peele Staff writersPOSTED:   09/07/2013 03:58:26 PM PDT | UPDATED:   ABOUT 14 HOURS AGO Click photo to enlargeEx

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Public School Shakedown: An alternative to accountability-based education reform

Public School Shakedown: An alternative to accountability-based education reform « Education Votes: By Paul Thomas. This article originally appeared on PublicSchoolShakedown.org, the new site from The Progressive Magazine dedicated to unmasking corporate-education reformers and fighting back against the attacks on public schools.Education reform in the U.S. now faces a potential watershed moment i

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Is DR Alison Coviello, Principal and PhD. at PS 154 in the Bronx Anti-Semitic?.southbronxschool.com

http://www.southbronxschool.com: Is DR Alison Coviello, Principal and PhD. at PS 154 in the Bronx Anti-Semitic?Rosh Hashanah, is the second holiest day of the Jewish calendar.How does DR Alison Coviello, Principal and PhD. at PS 154 in the Bronx recognize the beginning of 5774? She "suggests", i.e. calls, for the teachers of PS 154 not to blow the shofar, but rather to come into school to work on

by mike simpson / 10h 

Diane in the Evening 9-7-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Bill de Blasio Is NOT Running a Racist CampaignIn an interview with New York magazine, outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg accused frontunner Bill de Blasio of running a “racist” campaign. He graciously conceded that de Blasio is not a “racist” personally, just that his campaign is racist. He accused de Blasio of appealing to the blac

by mike simpson / 12h 

The Great Stagnation of American Education - NYTimes.com

The Great Stagnation of American Education - NYTimes.com: The Great Stagnation of American EducationBy ROBERT J. GORDONJavier JaénThe Great Divideis a series about inequality.TAGS:EDUCATION, INCOME INEQUALITY, WAGES AND SALARIESFor most of American history, parents could expect that their children would, on average, be much better educated than they were. But that is no longer true. This developme

by mike simpson / 13h 

Data Center: Cost and loan data for Bay Area public, private and for-profit colleges - San Jose Mercury News

Data Center: Cost and loan data for Bay Area public, private and for-profit colleges - San Jose Mercury News: Data Center: Cost and loan data for Bay Area public, private and for-profit collegesby Daniel J. WillisBay Area News GroupPOSTED:   09/04/2013 12:22:23 PM PDT | UPDATED:   A DAY AGO NameAllAcademy of Art UniversityAcademy of Chinese Culture and Health SciencesAcupuncture and Integrative Me

by mike simpson / 14h 

esol students could be victims of English-only testing - OrlandoSentinel.com

esol students could be victims of English-only testing - OrlandoSentinel.com: Are Florida tests unfair to non-English-speaking students? Some say yesComments37EmailShare18Wekiva High School junior Walfrank Piñeiro shows off some of the awards he has won, on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. Walfrank, who has been in the United States after moving from Cuba about two years ago, is an honor roll student and

by mike simpson / 14h 

Nite Cap 9-7-13 #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 Ravitch and the Tooth Fairy | Reclaim ReformDiane Ravitch and the Tooth Fairy | Reclaim Reform: Diane Ravitch and the Tooth FairyPosted on September 7, 2013by Ken PrevitiWouldn’t it be wonderful if the Tooth Fairy left a copy of Diane Ravitch’s

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Diane Ravitch and the Tooth Fairy | Reclaim Reform

Diane Ravitch and the Tooth Fairy | Reclaim Reform: Diane Ravitch and the Tooth FairyPosted on September 7, 2013by Ken PrevitiWouldn’t it be wonderful if the Tooth Fairy left a copy of Diane Ravitch’s new book under your pillow? Well, rather than lose a tooth in the attempt, advance order a copy now.“Reign of Error takes on each of the common (education reform) myths and blows them up with the ref

by mike simpson / 15h 

¿Nuevo enfoque en educación bilingüe? | catalyst-chicago.org

¿Nuevo enfoque en educación bilingüe? | catalyst-chicago.org: ¿Nuevo enfoque en educación bilingüe?Share on windycitizenShare on facebookShare on emailEquipada con datos que muestran el limitado desempeño académico de los estudiantes bilingües, una comisión de CPS considera un nuevo enfoque: Ayudar a los niños a lograr fluidez tanto en su idioma nativo como en inglés.By: Sarah Karp / December 1, 2

by mike simpson / 16h 

9-7-13 Seattle Schools This Week Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Charlie in ChargeDear Readers,I'm taking a brief, scheduled hiatus and have decided to not check in/post while I am gone. So Charlie will carry the banner for the blog.  He does have a full-time job so it's harder for him to post.  But I'm sure he will get the Tuesday and Friday Open Threads going. If you want to guest post, send it to him, he'll vet it and likely

by mike simpson / 17h 

Missing homework, late assignments matter little as Oregon schools grade exclusively on academic mastery | OregonLive.com

Missing homework, late assignments matter little as Oregon schools grade exclusively on academic mastery | OregonLive.com: Missing homework, late assignments matter little as Oregon schools grade exclusively on academic masteryIn this photo taken in 2010, Scappoose High sophomore Candice Thompson works to determine the area of a parallelogram, one of about 20 key skills she must master to pass her

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9-7-13 Saturday Special Corporate Reform School Girls News Breakout

Saturday Special Corporate Reform School Girls News BreakoutTODAY9-7-13 Wait What?Wait What?: Our Orwellian education policy, Part 2Two weeks ago, Wendy Lecker, Connecticut public education advocate and commentary writer for Hearst Media, Wendy Lecker, wrote Part 1 of a piece about George Orwell’s definition of “doublethink” explained Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s education reform strategy. (Part I can

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9-7-13 Wait What?

Wait What?: Our Orwellian education policy, Part 2Two weeks ago, Wendy Lecker, Connecticut public education advocate and commentary writer for Hearst Media, Wendy Lecker, wrote Part 1 of a piece about George Orwell’s definition of “doublethink” explained Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s education reform strategy. (Part I can be found at: http://jonathanpelto.com/2013/08/27/orwellian-education-policy-wendy-

by mike simpson / 20h 

12 animal adjectives to bolster your vocabulary | toteachornototeach

12 animal adjectives to bolster your vocabulary | toteachornototeach: 12 animal adjectives to bolster your vocabularyby Judith B HermanIn eighth grade, when I read that Julius Caesar had an aquiline nose, I mistakenly thought it had something to do with water. But aquiline is from Latin aquila, meaning eagle, not aqua, water. He had a curved, beaklike nose, not a runny one.You know some other anim

by mike simpson / 20h 

A Cranky Review of "Teach" - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

A Cranky Review of "Teach" - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: A Cranky Review of "Teach"By Nancy Flanagan on September 7, 2013 1:27 PMThere was lots of conversation--pre-hype--about the doc/movie Teach on CBS last night. I tried to avoid "judging before watching" syndrome, and kept in mind that people do change their minds, based on evidence (see: Diane Ravitch).So--I watched Te

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Duncan comes out against "forced integration." What year is this?

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Duncan comes out against "forced integration." What year is this?: Duncan comes out against "forced integration." What year is this?Arkansas Gov. Orville Faubus,  1958"Forcing integration upon us is not a nimble concept."  -- Alabama Police Chief Eugene "Bull" Connor, 1956"The unwelcomed, unwanted, unwarranted and force-induced intrusion upon the campus of the Univer

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Dallas Observer columnist Jim Schutze responds to investigation of Superintendent Mike Miles | Education Blog

Dallas Observer columnist Jim Schutze responds to investigation of Superintendent Mike Miles | Education Blog: Dallas Observer columnist Jim Schutze responds to investigation of Superintendent Mike MilesBy Matthew Haagmhaag@dallasnews.com11:11 am on September 7, 2013 | Permalink3803Jim Schutze (Elizabeth M. Claffey/Staff Photographer)An independent investigation of Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike M

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9-7-13 Jersey Jazzman

Jersey Jazzman: Why Does Anyone Listen To Mike Bloomberg?Only a few more months and we won't have to listen to Mike Bloomberg rattle off nonsense like this anymore: You’re a believer in the empirical, in data. But after all the changes in standards, is there any credibility in the test scores and graduation rates?It is very hard to explain complex numbers in a sound bite.  But when the numbers wen

by mike simpson / 21h 

9-7-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Do You or Can You Twerk ?A Big Whoo - Summer School for Teachers Report from an Undisclosed Urban LocationThis came in over the transom from an Ed Notes reader:I had the privilege of attending ten days of training in a Summer Institute. The primary advantage of attending the institute is I lost the last two weeks of my treasured summer vacation.My district has adopted Responsive C

by mike simpson / 21h 

AACTE Endorses CAEP; Testing Companies Win. | deutsch29

AACTE Endorses CAEP; Testing Companies Win. | deutsch29: AACTE Endorses CAEP; Testing Companies Win.September 7, 2013Once again a major education organization has proclaimed its intention to grade teachers (this time, teachers in training) using student test scores.Talk about “status quo.”Allow me to begin this post by addressing this foolish notion. I realize this topic has been written about rep

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2nd Banana 9-7-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2 #1u

BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANA RECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTHey Did I mention that Diane Ravitch has a new book coming out on September 17?REIGN OF ERROR. An incisive, comprehensive look at today’s American school system that argues against those who claim it is broken and beyond repair; an impassioned but reasoned call to stop the privatization movement that is draining students and funding from o

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NYC Educator: Telling Tall Tales of Thompson

NYC Educator: Telling Tall Tales of Thompson: Telling Tall Tales of ThompsonThough I support COPE and actually pay for this stuff, though I get out and work for UFT-endorsed candidates in whom I believe, I'm more than a little disappointed when I read things like this. A UFT mailer suggests that Bill Thompson supports retro pay for teachers, who haven't had a raise in five years. However, the Thom

by mike simpson / 23h 

9-7-13 Saturday coffee. | Fred Klonsky

Saturday coffee. | Fred Klonsky: Saturday coffee.Joseph Albers’ Homage to the Square. It is hard for me to believe it will get to 90 degrees today in Chicago. It is a beautiful comfortable morning on the back porch. Our neighbor’s chickens finished making their morning noise. Yes, our neighbors have two chickens. I have heard that Logan Square has the highest per capita chicken population in the c

by mike simpson / 23h 

Back to school: It’s worse than you think

Back to school: It’s worse than you think: Back to school: It’s worse than you thinkBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 7 at 10:45 amE-mail the writer0CommentsMorePhiladelphia public schools are opening for the new school year on Monday without many of the basics any reasonable person would expect. Paper, for example. Guidance counselors. Nurses.Amid an agonizing financial and leadership cris

by mike simpson / 23h 

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BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-7-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Robert Shepherd: How Corporate Monopolies Control What Students LearnRobert Shepherd posted this explanation of how the publishing industry has changed and how a small number of corporate gi

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