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James Baldwin said it best: 

"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."


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solidaridad: Developmentally Inappropriate Common Core Standards
solidaridad: Developmentally Inappropriate Common Core Standards: Developmentally Inappropriate Common Core StandardsDr. Megan Koschnick discusses the inappropriateness of the Common Core Standards for K-3 at the Common Core Conference held at Notre Dame on September 9, 2013. H/T @slekar
by mike simpson / 5min 
Standardized Testing in Our Public Schools: A Discussion | Seattle Education
Standardized Testing in Our Public Schools: A Discussion | Seattle Education: Standardized Testing in Our Public Schools: A DiscussionTo Test or Not to Test:Standardized Testing in Our Public SchoolsTuesday evening, September 17 at 7:30 PMTown Hall in Seattle, the Great Hall7:30 p.m.In the wake of last spring’s successful boycott of the Measures of Academic Progress test (MAP), by Seattle public s
by mike simpson / 5min 
"Reign of Error" Reviewed: Ravitch Rises - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
"Reign of Error" Reviewed: Ravitch Rises - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: "Reign of Error" Reviewed: Ravitch RisesBy Anthony Cody on September 15, 2013 6:18 PMDiane Ravitch has emerged as an iconic figure on America's political landscape. WhatDaniel Ellsberg was to the Vietnam War, Ravitch has become to the battle raging over public education - a truth-teller with
by mike simpson / 5min 
Learning the pivotal moments in America’s civil rights struggle
Learning the pivotal moments in America’s civil rights struggle: Learning the pivotal moments in America’s civil rights struggleBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 15 at 6:33 pmE-mail the writer0CommentsMoreHere’s a brief description of the Sept. 15, 1963, bombing by the Ku Klux Klan of a church in Birmingham, Ala., that left four girls dead. It was written by award-winning historian Taylor B
by mike simpson / 12min 
Diane Ravitch’s new book has one full chapter dealing with Michelle Rhee – for very good reason. | Reclaim Reform
Diane Ravitch’s new book has one full chapter dealing with Michelle Rhee – for very good reason. | Reclaim Reform: Diane Ravitch’s new book has one full chapter dealing with Michelle Rhee – for very good reason.Posted on September 15, 2013by Ken PrevitiMany people now realize the extent of damage done to students and all of public education by Michelle Rhee. Where can a clear, data filled picture
by mike simpson / 15min 
“When you assume, you make a CCSS of you and me” | The Classroom Sooth
“When you assume, you make a CCSS of you and me” | The Classroom Sooth: “When you assume, you make a CCSS of you and me”Posted on September 15, 2013 | Leave a commentThe Common Core is laden with serious problems, and it makes me want to vomit, but not until after I school some folks, out of the loop.  I won’t even bring up the fact that it’s (as TeacherX) likes to point out) a $14 billion “Trojan
by mike simpson / 2h 
9-15-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: The Connecticut Post’s Tale of two citiesWhile one Connecticut Post article yesterday featured Bridgeport’s faux superintendent of schools, Paul Vallas saying “I am going to keep this job till someone says I can’t,” Hugh Bailey, an editorial writer at the paper was observing in another piece that, “At school reform’s center, a resounding ‘no’.” As Hugh Bailey so clearly noted in […]The
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9-15-13 teacherken at Daily Kos
teacherken at Daily Kos: Reign of Error: the important new book by Diane RavitchThe testing, accountability, and choice strategies offer the illusion of change while changing nothing.  They mask the inequity and injustice that are now so apparent in our social order.  They do nothing to alter the status quo.  They preserve the status quo.  They are the status quo. Those words appear on p. 225 of R
by mike simpson / 2h 
Missouri Education Watchdog: Is Hairstyling a Common Core Career Ready 5th Grade Standard? Flat Irons Needed?
Missouri Education Watchdog: Is Hairstyling a Common Core Career Ready 5th Grade Standard? Flat Irons Needed?: Is Hairstyling a Common Core Career Ready 5th Grade Standard? Flat Irons Needed?Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookWhat 5th graders are learning in a Missouri classroom.The following information is from a Missouri mom.  Is this an example of "College and CAREER ready
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Coop Goes to High School Part 2 – First Year | Lefty Parent
Coop Goes to High School Part 2 – First Year | Lefty Parent: Coop Goes to High School Part 2 – First YearSeptember 15th, 2013 at 12:51Continuing from part one, this is part two in my attempt to recollect and record in writing my high school years which were so significant to me developmentally, not so much because of what I did in class, but what I did in my life beyond the schoolroom.Pioneer high
by mike simpson / 2h 
Plaintiff in iconic school speech case starts tour - SFGate
Plaintiff in iconic school speech case starts tour - SFGate: Plaintiff in iconic school speech case starts tourBy JESSICA GRESKO, Associated PressUpdated 10:29 am, Sunday, September 15, 20131 of 3VIEW: LARGER | HIDEIn this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, Mary Beth Tinker, 61, shows one of her collection of arm bands during an interview with the Associated Press in Washington. Tinker was 13 yea
by mike simpson / 3h 
9-15-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Compare and Contrast Reactions to Teacher Evaluation: In Mexico 10,000 Teachers Protest, In NYC Union Leaders Defend the Undermining of the ProfessionThe education issues in Mexico and in this country and in other parts of the world are the same. That should tell you something. That the union misleaders who are wearing buttons that say Dec. 31, 2013 to mark the end of the Bloomber
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Diane in the Evening 9-15-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Sam Chaltain on “Reign of Error”Sam Chaltain is one of our most thoughtful bloggers. This is his review of Reign of Error, which appears in his regular column in Education Week. I appreciated his connection of this book to the work of the muckrakers. It is a comparison that I made in my own mind, but kept to myself because I was lo
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Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool - NYTimes.com
Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool - NYTimes.com: "Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool"Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational ToolIf you were to walk into my sister’s house in Los Angeles, you’d hear a bit of yelling from time to time. “Luca! Get off Minecraft! Luca, are you on Minecraft again? Luca! Enough with the Mine
by mike simpson / 4h 
Federal database to include your children? | toteachornototeach
Federal database to include your children? | toteachornototeach: Federal database to include your children?by Bob UnruhRegulations creating repository for ‘everypublic school student’s personal information’The federal government is laying the foundation for a national database that could include all of the personal details of every student in every public school in every state, warns a report by t
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4 Lessons as a Sophomore Principal | Connected Principals
4 Lessons as a Sophomore Principal | Connected Principals: 4 Lessons as a Sophomore PrincipalSeptember 15, 2013By Ron ShermanThis week, I’ve been asked to share a few thoughts with our newest principal hires, now that I’m a “wily veteran” (having started my third year as a principal).  Our Director of Student Learning has asked a few of us “vets” to speak about our most important learning, which w
by mike simpson / 4h 
Duncan’s Dilemma | My Island View
Duncan’s Dilemma | My Island View: Duncan’s DilemmaSeptember 15, 2013 by tomwhitbyOne of my reasons for becoming active on Social Media was to engage people of influence in the discussion of education. I soon found out that there were several circles of influence that were driving the discussion, but educators had very little influence in any of those circles and Social Media had even less influen
by mike simpson / 6h 
What happened to ‘scientifically based’ research in ed policy?
What happened to ‘scientifically based’ research in ed policy?: What happened to ‘scientifically based’ research in ed policy?By Valerie Strauss, Published: September 15 at 12:45 pmE-mail the writer0CommentsMoreScientifically based research. It’s one of those phrases thrown around a lot in the education reform debate, but what it actually means is anybody’s guess. Here’s a piece on the subject by
by mike simpson / 6h 
Apples, Smaller Classrooms, Room to Teach — Not Ted Nugent-style* Attacks on Teachers | Dissident Voice
Apples, Smaller Classrooms, Room to Teach — Not Ted Nugent-style* Attacks on Teachers | Dissident Voice: Apples, Smaller Classrooms, Room to Teach — Not Ted Nugent-style* Attacks on Teachersby Paul Haeder / September 15th, 2013This is the debate, now, isn’t, in a microcosm – many, many schools across this great Consumer-Condemned Land of Amerika are struggling BIG Time to make ends meet. Mostly th
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Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam
Nina Simone Mississippi Goddam LyricsSongwriters: SIMONE, NINA(1963) Nina Simone The name of this tune is Mississippi GoddamAnd I mean every word of itAlabama's gotten me so upsetTennessee made me lose my restAnd everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamAlabama's gotten me so upsetTennessee made me lose my restAnd everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamCan't you see itCan't you feel itIt's all in
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The Birmingham Church Bombing — What We Remember, What We Forget |
The Birmingham Church Bombing — What We Remember, What We Forget |: The Birmingham Church Bombing — What We Remember, What We ForgetSeptember 15, 2013 in StudentsIn the early morning hours of September 15, 1963, fifty years ago today, four white supremacists planted a box of dynamite under the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. When the bomb exploded at 10:22 am, it ki
by mike simpson / 8h 
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.: Rainy Sunday reads.  Mourners outside funeral services for Carol Robertson, one of four girls (also killed were Cynthia Wesley, Denise McNair and Addie Mae Collins) who died in the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. Fifty years ago this week. I guess the NY Post doesn’t like Diane Ravitch. They
by mike simpson / 8h 
School as Leadership Darkroom: Developing Leaders #Savmp | Connected Principals
School as Leadership Darkroom: Developing Leaders #Savmp | Connected Principals: School as Leadership Darkroom: Developing Leaders #SavmpSeptember 15, 2013By Larry FliegelmanSo, for the SAVMP program, the weekly blogging topic (#5, but only my second), that George has assigned is as follows:“For this week’s topic, I want you to think about how you develop leadership in your buildings/work. How do
by mike simpson / 8h 
Eulogy for the Martyred Children
Eulogy for the Martyred Children: Eulogy for the Martyred ChildrenTable of Contents18 September 1963Birmingham, Ala.[Delivered at funeral service for three of the children—Addie Mae Collins, Carol Denise McNair, and Cynthia Diane Wesley—killed in the bombing. A separate service was held for the fourth victim, Carole Robertson.]This afternoon we gather in the quiet of this sanctuary to pay our last
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Investigators of Alabama church bombing reflect on the big break that helped them solve the case - NY Daily News
Investigators of Alabama church bombing reflect on the big break that helped them solve the case - NY Daily News: Investigators of Alabama church bombing reflect on the big break that helped them solve the caseOn the 50th anniversary of the horrific bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four girls and helped lead to the passage of the Civil Rights Act, two retired investig
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Charter School Gravy Train Runs Express To Fat City - Forbes
Charter School Gravy Train Runs Express To Fat City - Forbes: Comment Now Follow CommentsOn Thursday, July 25, dozens of bankers, hedge fund types and private equity investors gathered in New York to hear about the latest and greatest opportunities to collect a cut of your property taxes. Of course, the promotional material for the Capital Roundtable’s conference on “private equity investing in fo
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Morning Wink 9-15-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAY9-15-13 Perdido Street SchoolPerdido Street School: NYPD Shoot Innocent Bystanders In Times Square When Suspect Points Metrocard At ThemShocking story on the front pages today: Two NYPD cops opened fire at a deranged man a block from Times Square — as he pretended to point a gun at them — but instead struck a pair of innocent bystanders Saturday night
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9-15-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: NYPD Shoot Innocent Bystanders In Times Square When Suspect Points Metrocard At ThemShocking story on the front pages today: Two NYPD cops opened fire at a deranged man a block from Times Square — as he pretended to point a gun at them — but instead struck a pair of innocent bystanders Saturday night, police said. The 35-year-old man was behaving wildly in the middle of W. 4
by mike simpson / 9h 
Diane Ravitch: School privatization is a hoax, “reformers” aim to destroy public schools - Salon.com
Diane Ravitch: School privatization is a hoax, “reformers” aim to destroy public schools - Salon.com: Diane Ravitch: School privatization is a hoax, “reformers” aim to destroy public schoolsOur public schools aren't in decline. And "reformers" with wild promises don't care about education — just profitsBY DIANE RAVITCH TOPICS: BOOKS, EDUCATION, EDITOR'S PICKS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, W
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Alan J. Borsuk - Great Education War being waged on multiple fronts
Alan J. Borsuk - Great Education War being waged on multiple fronts: Great Education War being waged on multiple frontsSept. 14, 2013EMAIL  PRINT  (5) COMMENTSI have such conflicted feelings about the war.No, not Syria. Also not Iraq, Afghanistan or even Grenada (we won that one, remember?)The Great Education War rages all around us. If anything, it seems to be getting more intense, and cooperatio
by mike simpson / 9h 
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-15-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Los Angeles: Deasy’s Top Deputy QuitsJaime Aquino, the deputy superintendent for instruction in LAUSD, unexpectedly quit his $250,000 a year post, although he plans to stay until the end of the year. The story is that he was disheartened by the change in the board, in which progressive members took control away from the corporate r
by mike simpson / 10h 
9-15-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “Advice for Educators Wanting to be Principals — Part One”Advice for Educators Wanting to be Principals — Part One is my newest post over at Education Week Teacher. This week’s guest responses come from Lyn Hilt, Joe Mazza, and Cheryl James-Ward, along with a few thoughts of my own.by Larry Ferlazzo / 45min Larry Ferlazzo’s
by mike simpson / 10h 
9-15-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Tone, pt. 1: Does Tone Matter in the Education Reform Debate? | the becoming radicalTone, pt. 1: Does Tone Matter in the Education Reform Debate? | the becoming radical.by plthomasedd / 46min Understanding the Context for Anti-Cultural Corporatism in MexicoIt takes a while for the real news to get out, but this is must see stuff for understanding the corporate educ
by mike simpson / 10h 
Charter Schools «Education Talk New Orleans Education Talk New Orleans
Charter Schools «Education Talk New Orleans Education Talk New Orleans: Ed Reform in New Orleans…Truth Does Not Match RhetoricSaturday, Sep 14 2013 Charter Schools and Education Reform edutalknola 10:52 pmIn a recent story by The Lens , the keynote speaker made an impression on a particular charter school leader.  I really do hope more privatizers “get it.”  It’s important for those pushing charte
by mike simpson / 10h 
solidaridad: As a UCLA student and SUPE member, I endorse this campaign to halt TFA
solidaridad: As a UCLA student and SUPE member, I endorse this campaign to halt TFA: As a UCLA student and SUPE member, I endorse this campaign to halt TFAAs a UCLA student and a Students United for Public Education (SUPE) member, I endorse this campaign to halt Teach For America's colonialism and participation in the neoliberal school privatization project http://j.mp/1eyL5XeLA Schools Matter: Tr
by mike simpson / 10h 
Tone, pt. 1: Does Tone Matter in the Education Reform Debate? | the becoming radical
Tone, pt. 1: Does Tone Matter in the Education Reform Debate? | the becoming radical: Tone, pt. 1: Does Tone Matter in the Education Reform Debate?Posted on September 15, 2013 by plthomasedd[NOTE: The topic of the appropriate tone for making and debating points in education reform will not die; thus, I am reposting two pieces on tone, both originally posted at Daily Kos in 2012. Let me be clear th
by mike simpson / 10h 

YESTERDAY

solidaridad: LA Schools Matter: Joining Forces for Education's statement on using Broad's Jaime Aquino's resignation to push for authentic reforms
solidaridad: LA Schools Matter: Joining Forces for Education's statement on using Broad's Jaime Aquino's resignation to push for authentic reforms: LA Schools Matter: Joining Forces for Education's statement on using Broad's Jaime Aquino's resignation to push for authentic reformsFirst published on LA Schools Matter on September 14, 2013"Once Broad alumni are working inside the education syst
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Perdido Street School BREAKING NEWS: NY Post Launches Flying Monkey Sneak Attack Against Diane Ravitch In Review Of Her New Book
Perdido Street School: NY Post Launches Attack Against Diane Ravitch In Review Of Her New Book: THE ATTACKS BEGIN (CLICK PICTURE)NY Post Launches Attack Against Diane Ravitch In Review Of Her New BookThere have been attacks against Diane Ravitch in the past, but the one by Kyle Smith in the Post is particularly vicious.Ravitch has a new book out entitled “Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatizat
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THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: Update on Gulen charter schools
THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: Update on Gulen charter schools: Update on Gulen charter schoolsThis page contains information about recently closed Gulen charter schools, newly opened Gulen charter schools, and known attempts to start schools that could open in 2014.2013-2014: 147 in 26 states2012-2013: 140 in 26 states (59,953 students)Closed or control transferred to another entity at the end of 2012-20
by mike simpson / 22h 
John Thompson Reviews "Confessions of a Bad Teacher" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
John Thompson Reviews "Confessions of a Bad Teacher" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: John Thompson Reviews "Confessions of a Bad Teacher"By Anthony Cody on September 14, 2013 7:17 PMGuest post by John Thompson.Maybe this should go under the heading of confessions of a naïve teacher, but I still try to put myself in the shoes of Arne Duncan, his boss, Bill Gates,
by mike simpson / 22h 
Parents – Now, as the school year begins, is the time to protect our children from abuse. | Reclaim Reform
Parents – Now, as the school year begins, is the time to protect our children from abuse. | Reclaim Reform: Parents – Now, as the school year begins, is the time to protect our children from abuse.Posted on September 14, 2013by Ken PrevitiWe parents protect our children against abuse from any source. Why should a flood of propaganda paid for by multinational mega-corporations stop us from protecti
by mike simpson / 22h 
MAP test company to debate MAP boycott teachers | I AM AN EDUCATOR
MAP test company to debate MAP boycott teachers | I AM AN EDUCATOR: MAP test company to debate MAP boycott teachersBy I AM AN EDUCATOR on September 14, 2013The NWEA, the producer of the MAP test, will be sending a representative to Seattle on Tuesday, September 17th to join a panel with two educators who have been leaders in the movement to boycott the MAP test in Seattle.  With a national movemen
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Tras desalojo, maestros mexicanos se reorganizan - Univision Noticias
Tras desalojo, maestros mexicanos se reorganizan - Univision Noticias: Tras desalojo, maestros mexicanos se reorganizanUnivision.com | Fecha: 09/14/2013ImprimirA+ A-40ForosEnviarMaestros dejando el Zócalo de Ciudad de México.- NotimexEnlaces RelacionadosPolicía derriba barricadas y desaloja a maestros mexicanos del zócalo capitalinoProtesta de maestros terminó en enfrentamiento con la policíaMaest
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Nite Cap 9-14-13 #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 CAPTODAYDallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles offers olive branch to trustees, vows to work on relationship with them | Dallas Morning NewsDallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles offers olive branch to trustees, vows to work on relationship with them |
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