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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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District Budget Advisory Committee (DBAC) - Sacramento City Unified School District

2013-2014 DAC Regular Meeting Agendas - Sacramento City Unified School District: September 16, 2013Three important meetings coming this week.One call for a DAC Bylaws discussionHello,First an apology. Some of you may have received an email from my company, Alpine Adventures, about skiing in Europe and Canada. I am using the same email sending company -Constant Contact- for both my Company email an

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Chicago Teacher: Inhumane Working Conditions are Inhumane Learning Conditions - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Chicago Teacher: Inhumane Working Conditions are Inhumane Learning Conditions - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Chicago Teacher: Inhumane Working Conditions are Inhumane Learning ConditionsBy Anthony Cody on September 16, 2013 5:45 PMGuest post by Sarah Chambers.At my large elementary school on Chicago's southwest side, the mercury on the thermometer soars to a scorching 90 degrees. S

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School leaders lobby Brown to kill teacher misconduct bill SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources

SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: School leaders lobby Brown to kill teacher misconduct billBy Kimberly BeltranMonday, September 16, 2013As the mid-point in the legislation session ended last week, advocates for school districts turned their attention to lobbying the governor to either support or veto pressing issues.Toward that end, the Association of California School Administrator

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Mother Crusader: Hebrew Immersion Charter Cheerleader Doesn't Seem To Think Hatikvah Is a "Government" School

Mother Crusader: Hebrew Immersion Charter Cheerleader Doesn't Seem To Think Hatikvah Is a "Government" School: Hebrew Immersion Charter Cheerleader Doesn't Seem To Think Hatikvah Is a "Government" SchoolSilly ideologue, you think charters are public schools? I got a comment on a post I wrote about the impact the Hatikvah International Academy Charter School in East Brunswick ha

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There Joel Klein goes again…

There Joel Klein goes again…: There Joel Klein goes again…By Valerie Strauss, Published: September 16 at 3:45 pmE-mail the writer0CommentsMoreJoel Klein (The Washington Post)A story in the latest edition of the New York Times Magazine titled “No Child Left Untableted,” by Carlo Rotella, is getting a lot of attention in part because of statements made in it by former New York City schools chancello

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Diane in the Evening 9-16-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Why Are the 1% Getting Richer?As states cut the budget for public schools, lay off teachers, increase class sizes, fire librarians and social workers, guidance counselors and teacher aides, we hear the same refrain: Sorry, the money’s all gone. But is it? Read this article and you will find where the money went.by dianerav / 1min m

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Built to Last Tour - Year 2013

Built to Last Tour - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces National Best Practices Tour of California Green Ribbon SchoolsSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced that the California Department of Education (CDE) will co-host the West Coast Tour Leg of the Education Built to Last best practices tour, the national U.

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Philadelphia Graph of the Day | School Finance 101

Philadelphia Graph of the Day | School Finance 101: Philadelphia Graph of the DayPosted on September 16, 20130       Rate ThisI just can’t drop the Philly issue, because of the complete absurdity of the reformy rhetoric about Philly schools and persistent willful ignorance regarding the role of equitable and adequate funding for Philly schools and the Commonwealth’s failure to provide any reasonab

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REVIEW: “Reign of Error,” Ravitch 3.0 | the becoming radical

REVIEW: “Reign of Error,” Ravitch 3.0 | the becoming radical: REVIEW: “Reign of Error,” Ravitch 3.0Posted on September 16, 2013 by plthomaseddWhen faced with the many competing narratives of the religions of the world, comparative myth/religion scholar Joseph Campbell explained to Bill Moyersthat Campbell did not reject religion, as some scholars have, but instead reached this conclusion:Every rel

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Families try to cope with neighborhood school closings | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Families try to cope with neighborhood school closings | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Families try to cope with neighborhood school closingsIn North Philadelphia, families were confronted with a shrinking pool of school options.by Connie Langland and Mark McHugh="" style="color: rgb(76, 153, 72); cursor: pointer; float: left; padding: 0px 2px;">Share on emailCOMMENTS (5

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NYC Educator: Principals' Blooper Reel

NYC Educator: Principals' Blooper Reel: Principals' Blooper ReelImagine all the principals getting together and having a big party. They've bought pizza, big heroes, all sortof drinks, and they're wearing lampshades on their heads. They look completely out of control until they all focus on that big TV. And there we are. Oops. You're wearing one black and one brown shoe. Hilarity ensues. Everyone

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Educational apartheid a disgrace | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

Educational apartheid a disgrace | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Educational apartheid a disgraceFiled under: Civil Rights Movement Today — millerlf @ 12:25 pm Continued budget cuts, growth in voucher schools demonstrate separate is not equalBy Peggy SchulzSept. 13, 2013 MJSOn Sept. 21, concerned Milwaukeeans will gather for the Public Education is a Civil Right March and Rally. Part

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Parents Across America

Parents Across AmericaWhy we asked our Board of Education to stop our state’s new testsPOSTED ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2013 BY PAGRUNDYThis past Tuesday, a group of North Carolina parents and educators asked our local school board to stop giving a set of federally mandated tests known as Measures of Student Learning (MSLs). Essentially, we are calling on our board members to consider civil disobedience. I

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9-16-13 Wait What?

Wait What?: A weekend of interesting news and commentary posts about Bridgeport – in case you missed them….Bridgeport Community Bank that Bridgeport’s BOE Chair Kenneth Moales Jr won’t pay back goes under (Saturday) In an article entitled, “State Has First Bank Failure In A Decade, the Hartford Courant reported last night that, “The Community’s Bank, with its headquarters and one branch in Bridgep

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9-16-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum: This Week in Seattle Public Schools

Seattle Schools Community Forum: This Week in Seattle Public Schools: This Week in Seattle Public SchoolsTuesday, September 17Board Work Session on Growth Boundaries, 4:30-6:30pmNOTE: This will be the first look at the likely plan. Any changes from this plan will only come with great difficultly. No agenda available yet.Wednesday, September 18Regular Legislative Board Meeting, 4:15 - 8:00pmAgendaT

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The Promise Of The Common Core

Shanker Blog » The Promise Of The Common Core: The Promise Of The Common CorePosted by Leo Casey on September 16, 2013In recent months, the Common Core has come under increasing criticism from a number of different quarters.An op-ed in the New York Times’ Week in Review is emblematic of the best of this disapproving sentiment. Yet even it mixes together fundamental misconceptions about the entire

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Cali Education Headlines Monday, September 16, 2013

FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Deputy Supt. Aquino departs L.A. Unified with warningEducation HeadlinesMonday, September 16, 2013Fewer Galt students starting school with recommended vaccinationsLess than 90 percent of Galt’s River Oaks Elementary School 76 students who entered kindergarten last year were up-to-date on their childhood vaccinations, putting them at higher ri

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Study: Learning cursive in the first grade helps students | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com

Study: Learning cursive in the first grade helps students | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Study: Learning cursive in the first grade helps students COMMENT(6) 0 1 2 5View Larger Cursive is disappearing from many American schools, but study out of Canada suggests that teaching cursive writing has benefits. (AJC Photo)Previous PostsA Georgia high school graduate: Common Core would have improved my edu

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9-16-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face

SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Tone, Tone, Tone: Prelude to REIGN OF ERRORAs a prelude to Diane’s book and my review to be posted tomorrow, my tone series: http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2013/09/15/tone-pt-1-does-tone-matter-in-the-education-reform-debate/ http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/tone-pt-2-on-hostile-rhetoric-laziness-and-the-education-debate/ http://radicalsc

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Morning Wink 9-16-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYDial Down Reactive Behavior—Theirs and Ours! — Whole Child EducationDial Down Reactive Behavior—Theirs and Ours! — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGDial Down Reactive Behavior—Theirs and Ours!September 16, 2013 by Mary FowlerYou might have heard the old joke about the guy who goes up to a doctor at a party. "Doc," he says as he pok

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Dial Down Reactive Behavior—Theirs and Ours! — Whole Child Education

Dial Down Reactive Behavior—Theirs and Ours! — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGDial Down Reactive Behavior—Theirs and Ours!September 16, 2013 by Mary FowlerYou might have heard the old joke about the guy who goes up to a doctor at a party. "Doc," he says as he pokes his stomach, "Whenever I touch this spot it hurts. What should I do?""Stop touching it,

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The Richest People in America List - Forbes

The Richest People in America List - Forbes: RankNameNet WorthAgeResidenceSource1Bill Gates$72 B57Medina, WashingtonMicrosoft2Warren Buffett$58.5 B83Omaha, NebraskaBerkshire Hathaway3Larry Ellison$41 B69Woodside, CaliforniaOracle4Charles Koch$36 B77Wichita, Kansasdiversified4David Koch$36 B73New York, New Yorkdiversified6Christy Walton & family$35.4 B58Jackson, WyomingWal-Mart7Jim Walton$33.8

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Back-to-School Bus Tour ED.gov Blog

ED.gov Blog: Sunrise to Sunset, Bus Tour Stops in ArizonaThere is no lack of sunshine in Arizona, and Secretary Arne Duncan, joined by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx discovered this first hand early Wednesday morning at the Tucson Unified School District Bus Depot. The early-morning visit kicked off day three of Secretary Duncan’s Strong Start, Bright Future, back-to-school bus tour

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-16-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: United Opt Out Will Sponsor Book Club Discussion of “Reign of Error”Three years ago, when my last book was published, I heard from a professor in Pennsylvania named Tim Slekar who asked if I would join the opt-out movement. I told him no. I thought it was too extreme. I don’t think so anymore. Testing has become extreme. It is now

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9-16-13 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. The pension committee Gang of Ten is offering a plan with slim chance of passing.  Republican, pension bomber and ALEC member, Representative Darlene Senger.  Rich Miller in the Southtown: Several members of the Illinois General Assembly’s special pension reform committee told me last week

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESLake Mary, FL resident Santiago Rodriguez"Zimmerman is a Sandy Hook, Aurora waiting to happen." -- Email to chief of policeUNO's departing Board Chair Martin CabreraCabrera told the Sun-Times that he quit “because of a difference of philosophy and mission.” He declined to elaborate. -- Sun-Times John Wilson Secretary Dunc

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9-16-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: My Newest Lesson At The NY Times Is On Teaching “Grit”My newest lesson at The New York Times for English Language Learners is on “grit” & includes a student interactive & teaching ideas. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The Importance Of “Grit.” You can see all my NY Times posts here.2 by Larry

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Ravitch Seeks Broad Reforms to End Reign of Error | InterACT

Ravitch Seeks Broad Reforms to End Reign of Error | InterACT: Ravitch Seeks Broad Reforms to End Reign of ErrorSEPTEMBER 16, 2013tags: book review, diane ravitch, Reign of Errorby David B. CohenDiane Ravitch (Jan. 2012; photo by the author)Just in time for its official release tomorrow, I’ve finished reading an advance copy of Diane Ravitch’s new book, Reign of Error:  The Hoax of the Privatizatio

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Ravitch’s Reign of Error: My Review | deutsch29

Ravitch’s Reign of Error: My Review | deutsch29: Ravitch’s Reign of Error: My ReviewSeptember 16, 2013In considering my review of education historian Diane Ravitch’s latest book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools, I decided to write with traditional public school teachers in mind as my audience.For one, I am a genuine public school te

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The Crawfish Bump! | Crazy Crawfish's Blog

The Crawfish Bump! | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: The Crawfish Bump!Posted on September 15, 20130 Congratulations Crawfish patriots!In the last 48 hours after making this post we helped Shannon Puckett increase her funding for herKickstarter Documentary Defies Measurement by more than 23% and contributors by almost 40%!Since this is my first endorsement, and since I can plausibly say I had something to

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9-16-13 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Fred Dicker Says Cuomo And De Blasio Won't Get AlongFrom Fred Dicker's radio mic to God's ears:Gov. Cuomo and all-but-certain Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio are on a collision course certain to explode next year — over taxes, class warfare, charter schools, and Brooklyn’s Long Island College Hospital — if de Blasio is elected mayor, insiders agree.What’s more, t

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9-15-13 Truth in American Education

Truth in American Education: Common Core Forum in Sioux Falls, SDThere will be a Common Core forum in Sioux Falls, SD on Tuesday, September 17.  A Common Core discussion will be held during the Siouxland Republican Monthly Business Meeting from 7:00p – 8:30p.   It will be held at the Good Samaritan Society, Jerstad Retreat Center (4800 W 57th St. Sioux Falls).Panelists include:In favor of the Comm

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New Teach For America study: What it really proves

New Teach For America study: What it really proves: New Teach For America study: What it really provesBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 16 at 5:00 amE-mail the writer0CommentsMoreA new study on Teach For America by Mathematica has been released, and it is been hailed as some kind of proof that TFAers are more effective than other teachers. But does it really prove that? Here’s a piece on it

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solidaridad: SM@TCF: Los Angeles parent-activist sounds off on CCSS

solidaridad: SM@TCF: Los Angeles parent-activist sounds off on CCSS: SM@TCF: Los Angeles parent-activist sounds off on CCSSFirst published on LA Schools Matter on September 14, 2013"We had 23 different language groups at my son's school. How can one common core be relevant to all of these very different people?" —Teresa Sitz, LAUSD Parent-ActivistI foundedCommunities & Families Resis

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Common Core opponents shift attention to new national science standards SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources

SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Common Core opponents shift attention to new national science standardsBy Carrie MarovichMonday, September 16, 2013As the push for common academic standards in schools gains steam around the nation, a new front in the opposition is forming – this time against the Next Generation Science Standards.Developed by educators and scientists from 26 states,

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Endangering Intelligent Conversation: Comments on the Latest Hanushekian Crisis Manifesto | School Finance 101

Endangering Intelligent Conversation: Comments on the Latest Hanushekian Crisis Manifesto | School Finance 101: Endangering Intelligent Conversation: Comments on the Latest Hanushekian Crisis ManifestoPosted on September 16, 20130       Rate ThisI had the displeasure of coming across this completely ridiculous and deceitful video the other day:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8aeEr2qk9sWhich was cr

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NYC Public School Parents: The MOST nonsensical co-locations of all

NYC Public School Parents: The MOST nonsensical co-locations of all: The MOST nonsensical co-locations of allJoel Klein and others at DOE repeatedly accused parents of only protesting  charter co-locations, and not the numerous others that DOE has pushed forward  in recent years, that of new public schools inserted into the buildings of existing public schools. Certainly among the 40 or so co-loca

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Mother Crusader: People Who Care About Education Think Christie Is Oh-So-Very-Wrong

Mother Crusader: People Who Care About Education Think Christie Is Oh-So-Very-Wrong: People Who Care About Education Think Christie Is Oh-So-Very-WrongJust a quick post to point out something I thought was pretty important.Those of us who follow education policy in this state didn't need a poll to know that Christie's education policies have hamstrung our public schools.But the numbers in this rec

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UOO Book Club: Reign of Error by Diane Ravitch | United Opt Out National

UOO Book Club: Reign of Error by Diane Ravitch | United Opt Out National: UOO BOOK CLUB: REIGN OF ERROR BY DIANE RAVITCHJoin us for our book club which will commence on September 17th. We will be digging into Diane Ravitch’s new book,Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools.Diane supports opt out/refusing the test.On September 9th on her blo

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Short Notes: Nas Is Like, 40 Years Old Now - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson

Short Notes: Nas Is Like, 40 Years Old Now - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: Short Notes: Nas Is Like, 40 Years Old Nowby JOSE VILSON on SEPTEMBER 15, 2013in SHORT NOTESNasA few notes:Check out my revamped Tumblr, where I share clips of everything I like from around the web. [MathematiquesNoir]These pretty math posters are going up in my classroom sooner than later. [Explore]Comedian Russell Br

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Peg with Pen: The Reign of Error: My New Activist Handbook

Peg with Pen: The Reign of Error: My New Activist Handbook: The Reign of Error: My New Activist HandbookI am currently reading Diane Ravitch's new book, The Reign of Error. Simply put, it is excellent.Diane has covered all aspects of the privatization of public schools – she clearly articulates how the corporate reformers’ ideas don’t work - while offering research-based solutions which indeed DO

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How the Anti-War Movement Won the Hearts and Minds of the Public by Bernardine Dohrn | Bill Ayers

How the Anti-War Movement Won the Hearts and Minds of the Public by Bernardine Dohrn | Bill Ayers: How the Anti-War Movement Won the Hearts and Minds of the Public by Bernardine Dohrn  A decade of protests paved the way for Americans to say ‘no’ to Syrian strikes.This moment of popular resistance to the military option as the only option shows that what we do does make a difference. Not immediate

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LAUSD AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED HAS TO GO - Perdaily.com

LAUSD AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED HAS TO GO - Perdaily.com: LAUSD AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED HAS TO GO(Mensaje se repite en Español) The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) as presently constituted has to go. After generations of squandering the potential and destroying the lives of its predominant poor and minority student populations, those opposed to it have to finally understand that even h

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Nite Cap 9-15-13 #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 CAPTODAYsolidaridad: Developmentally Inappropriate Common Core Standardssolidaridad: Developmentally Inappropriate Common Core Standards: Developmentally Inappropriate Common Core StandardsDr. Megan Koschnick discusses the inappropriateness of the C

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