Nite Cap 9-23-13 #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."

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L.A. Unified dropped from suit to limit seniority rights of teachers - latimes.com

L.A. Unified dropped from suit to limit seniority rights of teachers - latimes.com: L.A. Unified dropped from suit to limit seniority rights of teachersComments0EmailShare7Supt. John Deasy has supported the overall goals of a lawsuit against teacher seniority rules that targeted his own school system. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) By Howard BlumeSeptember 23, 2013, 12:57 p.m.The Los Angeles Uni

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Employers and students still prefer brick-and-mortar—not online—education | HechingerEd Blog

Employers and students still prefer brick-and-mortar—not online—education | HechingerEd Blog: Employers and students still prefer brick-and-mortar—not online—educationCredit: Public AgendaVirtual learning is on the rise as more students enroll in online courses at both online and physical universities. The enthusiasm for online learning, including the increasing interest in MOOCs—free massive open

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¡Turn it Around! | EduShyster

¡Turn it Around! | EduShyster: ¡Turn it Around!Posted on September 23, 2013What if there was a way to turn schools around without turning them upside down?It’s field trip time, reader — and today we’re off to visit a real live school success story. FYI: it’s not the Massachusetts miracle turnaround school that got a shout-out at the Democratic National Convention, merited a stop by Yo Yo Ma, or wh

by mike simpson / 2h 

Read Eric Cantor’s ‘major’ education speech

Read Eric Cantor’s ‘major’ education speech: Read Eric Cantor’s ‘major’ education speechBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 23 at 3:23 pmE-mail the writerRep. Eric Cantor (Alex Wong/Getty Images)House Majority Leader Eric Cantor delivered what his office called a major policy speech about education reform at Freire Charter School in Philadelphia.He spoke about what he said was the importance

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Rick Scott Pulls Florida Out of PARCC | Truth in American Education

Rick Scott Pulls Florida Out of PARCC | Truth in American Education: Rick Scott Pulls Florida Out of PARCCFiled in Common Core Assessments by Shane Vander Hart on September 23, 2013 • 0 Comments522Governor Rick Scott (R-FL) announced today that he is ordering Florida to withdraw from PARCC.    He is also ordering that public comment sessions to be held in order to receive input on any alterations

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“My Connected Educator Interview” | My Island View

“My Connected Educator Interview” | My Island View: “My Connected Educator Interview”September 23, 2013 by tomwhitbyFrom time to time I am asked to answer interview questions for some organization, or upcoming conference, so that the interview can be shared with other educators. Many educators are asked to provide these videos as a common practice. It is not as timely, or spontaneous as SKYPE or a

by mike simpson / 3h 

Evidence shows alternative discipline more effective in keeping kids in school SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources

SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Evidence shows alternative discipline more effective in keeping kids in schoolBy Tom ChorneauMonday, September 23, 2013Even with the deterrence posed by more than 5,000 campus police personnel, the New York public school system averages five student arrestsevery day – a cycle that steals thousands of hours of class time from a largely at-risk populat

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The Weekly Update: Inequality for all, the charter school gravy train, Common Core, TFA and the pushback | Seattle Education

The Weekly Update: Inequality for all, the charter school gravy train, Common Core, TFA and the pushback | Seattle Education: The Weekly Update: Inequality for all, the charter school gravy train, Common Core, TFA and the pushbackI thought we would start the week off with this great video featuring Bad Ass TeacherDudley aka Origin.Stop This Madness!Another part of the madness is the income gap tha

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Mad, Mad, Mad World of At-Will Work — Teachers Thrown Under the Bus, Parents Facing a Decade in Jail for Speaking Out | Dissident Voice

Mad, Mad, Mad World of At-Will Work — Teachers Thrown Under the Bus, Parents Facing a Decade in Jail for Speaking Out | Dissident Voice: Mad, Mad, Mad World of At-Will Work — Teachers Thrown Under the Bus, Parents Facing a Decade in Jail for Speaking Outby Paul Haeder / September 23rd, 2013Let’s call this adjunct worker looking for work, Chip. You know him or her – chip off the old block. He or sh

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‘What we’ve got here is failure to communicate’

‘What we’ve got here is failure to communicate’: ‘What we’ve got here is failure to communicate’By Valerie Strauss, Published: September 23 at 12:15 pmE-mail the writerA growing number of parents are opting their children out of taking high-stakes standardized tests, but do school reformers who have imposed the testing regimes really understand why? Award-winning Principal Carol Burris of South Si

by mike simpson / 6h 

Common Core Standards: Conservative Victory or Debacle in the Making? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Common Core Standards: Conservative Victory or Debacle in the Making? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Common Core Standards: Conservative Victory or Debacle in the Making?By Anthony Cody on September 23, 2013 11:35 AMLast week I was a guest on a public radio show called To the Point, hosted by Warren Olney. The episode was titled "Is Public Education Too Soft on American Studen

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Cali Education Headlines Monday, September 23, 2013

FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Ward: Bill would prevent double testing and double frustration for students, teachersEducation HeadlinesMonday, September 23, 2013Castaneda ordered to quit school board; pay $5,000 fineEmbattled Salinas City Councilman Jose Castaneda was ordered to step down from his seat on the Alisal Union school board Friday following a Superior Court hear

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A Sociological Eye on Education | It’s ‘Opposite Day’ among ed policymakers in Albany

A Sociological Eye on Education | It’s ‘Opposite Day’ among ed policymakers in Albany: It’s ‘Opposite Day’ among ed policymakers in AlbanyBlack is white. Day is night. Common Core-aligned tests are just like other standardized tests.Wait, what? Haven’t we been told that Common Core-aligned tests are a completely different species? That’s been the message across the country, and particularly in the

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9-23-13 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.: Thinking about learning styles.  Third grade mask-making. I once had a fifth grade student who was, let us say, not fully engaged in the activities I had provided in the art room. He goofed around a lot. One day, following a request to settle down, he turned to me and said, “Mr. K. Your teaching is no

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9-23-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Boundary Change push backI've now heard of two neighborhoods that are not happy with boundary changes.Members of the Hawthorne Elementary community is not happy about having their middle school assignment changed from Mercer to Aki Kurose.Members of the Georgetown community are not happy about having their elementary school assignment changed from Maple to Van Asse

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Morning Wink 9-23-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYIs Your School Doing Everything It Can to Support and Include Students with Emotional and Behavioral Challenges? — Whole Child EducationIs Your School Doing Everything It Can to Support and Include Students with Emotional and Behavioral Challenges? — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGIs Your School Doing Everything It Can to Support and Inclu

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Is Your School Doing Everything It Can to Support and Include Students with Emotional and Behavioral Challenges? — Whole Child Education

Is Your School Doing Everything It Can to Support and Include Students with Emotional and Behavioral Challenges? — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGIs Your School Doing Everything It Can to Support and Include Students with Emotional and Behavioral Challenges?September 23, 2013 by Dan HabibMy son Samuel is a Red Sox and NASCAR fan, an avid bird watcher, an honor roll student and a gregar

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This is the speech I intended to give at the Southern Education Foundation Public Education conference this weekend. . . . | Crazy Crawfish's Blog

This is the speech I intended to give at the Southern Education Foundation Public Education conference this weekend. . . . | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: This is the speech I intended to give at the Southern Education Foundation Public Education conference this weekend. . . .Posted on September 23, 20130 I intended to give this speech at the Southern Education Conference I attended this weekend, but as

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How bad is the public school system? - Can a pay stub tell the value of a college education? - Cantor to push school choice in Philadelphia - POLITICO Morning Education - POLITICO.com

How bad is the public school system? - Can a pay stub tell the value of a college education? - Cantor to push school choice in Philadelphia - POLITICO Morning Education - POLITICO.com: How bad is the public school system? - Can a pay stub tell the value of a college education? - Cantor to push school choice in Philadelphia10 PrintText Size-+resetBy LIBBY A. NELSON | 09/23/13 9:34 AM EDTMONDAY MORN

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How One Teacher Brought Smaller Class Sizes To Her School | NEA Today

How One Teacher Brought Smaller Class Sizes To Her School | NEA Today: How One Teacher Brought Smaller Class Sizes To Her SchoolBy Angela Harvey When the superintendent of the Stockton Unified School District visited the elementary school where Ruth Weaver Brown taught, she invited him into her kindergarten classroom to see firsthand the challenges she faced. “I said, ‘There are 32 faces in here.

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Changing the Classroom Curriculum in History: Recapturing How I Taught a Half-Century Ago (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Changing the Classroom Curriculum in History: Recapturing How I Taught a Half-Century Ago (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Changing the Classroom Curriculum in History: Recapturing How I Taught a Half-Century Ago (Part 2)Within four years of beginning as a novice history teacher in 1956, I had slowly  introduced new content and direct instruction in skills into my U.

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Louisiana Educator: Warning! Some Common Core Resource Materials May be Harmful to Your Career

Louisiana Educator: Warning! Some Common Core Resource Materials May be Harmful to Your Career: Warning! Some Common Core Resource Materials May be Harmful to Your CareerTeachers and administrators found out last week that some of the typical resource materials recommended by some providers for teaching the common core are not appropriate for our Louisiana culture and particularly not appropriate

by mike simpson / 9h 

Schools Matter: ASD Follows Up Again on Charter Corruptionist Story

Schools Matter: ASD Follows Up Again on Charter Corruptionist Story: ASD Follows Up Again on Charter Corruptionist StoryThe ASD remains in response mode to this story and its follow-up, and as long as they are, we will remain responsive to them.  Jeremy writes:1. if by "corporate" you mean the literal definition of a group of people authorized by law to function as a single entity, then

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9-23-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Today: Back to Portelos HearingIt is game 2 of the Portelos vs the DOE et al and we expect some retiree MOREs to be there. We agreed not to reveal details until the case is over but we can write generally about the hearing. Transcripts are available which I assume can be published one day. See my reports from the last session.Portelos Hearing: NY Post Reporter Reuven Fenton C...He

by mike simpson / 10h 

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-23-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The Tests Are Loaded with ErrorsHeather Vogell, a stellar reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has done in-depth investigative reporting on the standardized tests that now are used to determine the fate of students, teachers, principals, and schools. She has found a surprising number of error

by mike simpson / 10h 

9-23-13 Wait What?

Wait What?: Vallas faces Supreme Court, Colorado Congressman returns to twitter rantA Monday morning in the on-going battle to stop the education reform industry and take back our public schools. Paul Vallas: In a final, desperate move to hold onto his position, faux superintendent Paul Vallas and his taxpayer funded attorneys go before the Connecticut Supreme Court today to explain why he is so s

by mike simpson / 10h 

Journal Sentinel Article Spotlights Charter School Performance | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

Journal Sentinel Article Spotlights Charter School Performance | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Journal Sentinel Article Spotlights Charter School PerformanceFiled under: Charter Schools — millerlf @ 7:16 am The following article puts charter schools under the spotlight. A significant point made in the article is the fact that-“… on a percentage basis, the 134 schools rated in MPS edu

by mike simpson / 10h 

9-23-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Video: “42 Amazing Maps”This 42 Amazing Maps video is pretty interesting, but the narrator speaks far too fast for English Language Learners. You might also be interested in This May Be The Best Geography Site Of The Year: “40 maps that explain the world”7 by Larry Ferlazzo / 58min mark as read  //  saveUsing Magic To Teach

by mike simpson / 10h 

9-23-13 Jersey Jazzman

Jersey Jazzman: The Continuing Problem Of the Wealthy, Reformy "Liberal"Let's get back to America's Worst Congressman™, Jared Polis of Colorado: Don't bother trying to find this tweet: it's long gone. Funny how these things happen... But intemperate behavior seems to be Polis's m.o.; here's Diane Ravitch herself: In a series of Twitter posts last night, Congressman Jared Polis of Colorad

by mike simpson / 10h 

Billl would prevent double testing and double frustration for students, teachers | EdSource Today

Billl would prevent double testing and double frustration for students, teachers | EdSource Today: Billl would prevent double testing and double frustration for students, teachersSeptember 22nd, 2013 | Add a Comment | By Randolph Ward / commentaryShare on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing ServicesRandolph WardOf all the bills sitting on the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown,

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Arne Duncan: Do Not Sacrifice Title I through Inconsistent Enforcement of Rules | janresseger

Arne Duncan: Do Not Sacrifice Title I through Inconsistent Enforcement of Rules | janresseger: Arne Duncan: Do Not Sacrifice Title I through Inconsistent Enforcement of RulesTitle I is the federal civil rights program created in 1965 as the centerpiece of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to help equalize opportunity by sending federal money to schools serving a large number or high conce

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9-23-13 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Bloomberg Plans Final Destruction Of Zoned High Schools Before He GoesFrom the Daily News: In a push that is alarming parents, the Bloomberg administration plans to stop guaranteeing eighth-graders a spot in the city’s remaining neighborhood high schools. “It’s ridiculous to think that children are not able to go to their zoned school automatically,” said Kim Alvarez, who wa

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9-23-13 teacherken at Daily Kos

teacherken at Daily Kos: Krugman goes after Republicans on SNAPin a column today titled Free to be Hungry, which I highly recommend. He starts by noting the Right's obsession with the word "freedom"  (such as in Freedom Works and "freedom fries") before offering this gem of a paragraph: The right’s definition of freedom, however, isn’t one that, say, F.D.R. would recognize. In

by mike simpson / 10h 

State Supreme Court rules against APS in charter suit: "... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com

State Supreme Court rules against APS in charter suit: "... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: State Supreme Court rules against APS in charter suit: " Intention of the General Assembly was to fund local schools unequally with regard to local revenue." COMMENT(2) 0 0 1 1Previous PostsMissed connection: Are schools tripping up on technology? September 22, 2013A panel on Common Core. An ir

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9-23-13 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: The Indignant Teacher Goes AbroadSusan DuFresne and Katie Lapham are the women behind the website, Teachers’ Letters to Bill Gates; they are experienced public school teachers and amazing authors. Susan recently invited Him to take part in an interview with her, to discuss his role in public education and some of the issues on the table. “After all, public education is […]by jill

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I Quit Teach for America - Olivia Blanchard - The Atlantic

I Quit Teach for America - Olivia Blanchard - The Atlantic: I Quit Teach for AmericaFive weeks of training was not enough to prepare me for a room of 20 unruly elementary-schoolers.I am sitting in a comfortable gold folding chair inside one of the many ballrooms at the Georgia International Convention Center. The atmosphere is festive, with a three-course dinner being served and children playing a

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A plea for book censors to stand down

A plea for book censors to stand down: A plea for book censors to stand downBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 23 at 5:00 amE-mail the writer1CommentsMoreAs noted in the previous post, this is Banned Books Week. Here’s a piece on the ugliness of censorship by James Blasingame, associate professor of English Education at Arizona State University, and the 2010 president of the Assembly on Lite

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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Techies vie with ed conglomerates for a piece of the Common Core market

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Techies vie with ed conglomerates for a piece of the Common Core market: Techies vie with ed conglomerates for a piece of the Common Core marketIt's ed tech start-up companies vs. the oligopoly at Stanford conference.Silicon Valley tech companies, conferencing at Stanford, are trying to become the "Facebook of education," writes Lauren Hepler in the Si

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NYC Educator: Startup Tips

NYC Educator: Startup Tips: Startup TipsI Wish Someone Had Told MePractical suggestions were few and far between when I started out. I was an English teacher, with an AP who spent hours describing the difference between an “aim” and an “instructional objective.” To this day, I haven’t the slightest notion what she was talking about. She also spent a good deal of time describing the trials and trib

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESEmanuel cut short East Coast fundraising trip and flew back to Chicago after 13 people were shot at a South Side park.Columnist John KassHe was absolutely rolled by the Chicago Teachers Union in the strike, and his capitulation cost him credibility with business leaders. His closing of some four dozen schools cost him with African-

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How to Create a Negative School Climate 101 | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates

How to Create a Negative School Climate 101 | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates: How to Create a Negative School Climate 101Posted on September 22, 2013by Teachers'LettersToBillGatesDear Mr. Gates and Mr. Duncan,              I thought I had better get this to you now while it is still on my mind.At the end of the last school year, I was informed that I would be teaching 7th and 8th grade language a

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The Educated Reporter: More Than Scores: Assessing the Future of Teacher Evaluations

The Educated Reporter: More Than Scores: Assessing the Future of Teacher Evaluations: More Than Scores: Assessing the Future of Teacher EvaluationsTeacher evaluations are here to stay. But what is their purpose and what are teachers doing to make them their own? Next month, EWA will hold a journalists-only seminar to examine how new collaborations and methodologies are bringing greater depth to th

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State constitutional measure binds schools to open meetings SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources

SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: State constitutional measure binds schools to open meetingsBy Kimberly BeltranMonday, September 23, 2013School districts and local government agencies will forever be required to provide meeting notices and documents to the public if voters agree this June to add that provision to California’s Constitution.But responsibility for the mandate’s costs –

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Missed connection: Are schools tripping up on technology? | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com

Missed connection: Are schools tripping up on technology? | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Missed connection: Are schools tripping up on technology?  COMMENT(2) 0 1 1 4RelatedView Larger Will RichardsonPrevious PostsA panel on Common Core. An irate parent. An arrest. Who went too far? September 21, 2013Sororities at University of Alabama offer bids to black womenSeptember 21, 2013All eyes on pre-k wh

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The Lie and Disgrace that is NBC’s Education Nation | Raginghorseblog

The Lie and Disgrace that is NBC’s Education Nation | Raginghorseblog: The Lie and Disgrace that is NBC’s Education NationSeptember 22, 2013The yearly corporate sponsored corporate education reform propaganda extravaganza Education Nation sinks lower and lower and as it does so it showers the American people with greater and greater corporate contempt. Here is an event that is billed as a “summit”

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Samantha Thibodeaux, SPED teacher from St John Parish, speaks out about CCSS, Jindal, White & Duncan | Crazy Crawfish's Blog

Samantha Thibodeaux, SPED teacher from St John Parish, speaks out about CCSS, Jindal, White & Duncan | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Samantha Thibodeaux, SPED teacher from St John Parish, speaks out about CCSS, Jindal, White & DuncanPosted on September 22, 20130I am Samantha Thibodeaux. I am a 14 year teacher of SPED in St. John Parish. I hold a bachelor’s in KHS, a master’s in health education a

by mike simpson / 19h 

Go home, Congressman. You’re drunk.

Go home, Congressman. You’re drunk.: Go home, Congressman. You’re drunk.by JASON STANFORD on SEPTEMBER 23, 2013There is evil in the world. In fact, there are too many examples, from Jerry Sandusky and Ariel Castro in the United States to Assad gassing civilians in Syria to Islamic terrorists killing shoppers in a Nairobi mall. You could make a list of all the evil in the world and run out of ideas

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Connected Educator Month Is Coming – What Will You Do? | Connected Principals

Connected Educator Month Is Coming – What Will You Do? | Connected Principals: Connected Educator Month Is Coming – What Will You Do?September 23, 2013By Patrick LarkinIf you are reading this post, the odds are that you are already somewhat of a “connected educator.” Of course, if you are “connected” then you know that there are some responsibilities that come along with that designation.  One of

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Coop Goes to High School Part 4 – The Play’s the Thing | Lefty Parent

Coop Goes to High School Part 4 – The Play’s the Thing | Lefty Parent: Coop Goes to High School Part 4 – The Play’s the ThingSeptember 22nd, 2013 at 16:19I returned from my summer in England just a week before school was to start for my junior year of high school, having missed my normal summer activities and been disconnected from my neighborhood friends for those ten weeks I had been gone, but a

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Nite Cap 9-22-13 #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 CAPTODAYLAUSD- NO COMMON CORE WITHOUT COMMON SENSE - Perdaily.comLAUSD- NO COMMON CORE WITHOUT COMMON SENSE - Perdaily.com: LAUSD- NO COMMON CORE WITHOUT COMMON SENSE(Mensaje se repite en Español)For a change, let me suspend my disbelief and assume

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