Nite Cap 9-25-13 #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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Yes, Diane Ravitch is Among My Heroes - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Yes, Diane Ravitch is Among My Heroes - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Yes, Diane Ravitch is Among My HeroesBy Anthony Cody on September 25, 2013 5:50 PMJohn Merrow has taken an unusual step for a journalist. He has written a blog post that attempts to marginalize one of the central figures of our national discourse on education. The post is entitled "Do We Need More Heroes,&quo

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Statement on Minimum Wage Legislation - Year 2013

Statement on Minimum Wage Legislation - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): State School Chief Tom Torlakson Issues Statement onMinimum Wage LegislationSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson issued the following statement today following Governor Brown's signing of a bill to raise California's minimum wage."Raising the minimum wage in California means making it just

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Listen: The Film - Student Voice

Student Voice: Listen: The Film Whoever controls the narrative of public education controls the public perception of the issue.On TV we have Bill Gates, Michelle Rhee, Arne Duncan, and Waiting for Superman talking about failing schools, low standards, common core, China, and teacher’s unions but rarely do they ever talk about students.Who is going to tell the story of public education? Is it going

by mike simpson / 1h 

Louisiana Educator: Jindal, Can You Say Hypocrisy?

Louisiana Educator: Jindal, Can You Say Hypocrisy?: Jindal, Can You Say Hypocrisy?Governor Jindal seems to have taken conflicting, and highly questionable stands recently in relation to education. Here are just a few.Noel Hammatt former president of the School Boards Association pointed out recently that even though Jindal has been pushing "choice" for parents with his substandard vouche

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Do We Need More Heroes? | Taking Note

Do We Need More Heroes? | Taking Note: Do We Need More Heroes?by JOHN MERROW on 25. SEP, 2013 in 2013 BLOGSTed Cruz speaks for Who?The words ‘hero’, ‘heroic’ and ‘heroism’ are overused in America. Think, for example, how often those words are tossed around in reports about athletics, as if running with a football and dunking a basketball were acts of heroism.  People talk about ‘everyday heroes,’

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9-25-13 The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education

The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: A Resilient Learning Ecosystem or Fractured Learning Landscape?At ASCD's Leader to Leader conference in July, I had the pleasure of sharing KnowledgeWorks' latest ten-year forecast on the future of learning, Recombinant Education: Regenerating the Learning Ecosystem (PDF), as a prelude to participants' exploring how they might improve the ways in which

by mike simpson / 4h 

Garfield High School’s Jesse Hagopian named “Secondary School Teacher of the Year” By Academy of Education Arts and Sciences | Seattle Education

Garfield High School’s Jesse Hagopian named “Secondary School Teacher of the Year” By Academy of Education Arts and Sciences | Seattle Education: Garfield High School’s Jesse Hagopian named “Secondary School Teacher of the Year” By Academy of Education Arts and SciencesAnother one of our own in the news:Jesse Hagopian and Michelle Bollinger (editor of “101 Changemakers,”a textbook featuring some o

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9-25-13 Schools Matter

Schools Matter: United Opt Out Helps Get Folks United Against Common CoreFrom Wisconsin Reporter:By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin ReporterMADISON — An unlikely alliance of progressives and tea party activists have found common ground in opposing Common Core State Standards in Wisconsin — even as the political elite on both sides support the new standards that are quickly spreading through schools.Standi

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Academic studies criticize Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles’ leadership style, reform strategies | Dallas Morning News

Academic studies criticize Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles’ leadership style, reform strategies | Dallas Morning News: Academic studies criticize Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles’ leadership style, reform strategiesBy Matthew Haagmhaag@dallasnews.com12:39 pm on September 25, 2013 | Permalink110Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles is an unproven, ineffective leader implementing a reform st

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9-25-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: A Compassionate Teacher's Note to StudentsA teacher in Indiana wrote this note to his students as they started testing.On behalf of critically thinking educators everywhere, I would like to apologize to you for having to participate in this absurd ritual.And I would like to remind you that whatever score the ACT labels you with, consciousness is not quantified and

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Diane Ravitch at Occidental College.Matt Damon and Steve Zimmer; Diane Ravitch's BFFs in Los Angeles

Matt Damon and Steve Zimmer; Diane Ravitch's BFFs in Los Angeles: Post navigationMatt Damon, Steve Zimmer: Ravitch’s BFFs in LAPosted on September 25, 2013 by Vanessa RomoIntroducing Ravitch: Steve Zimmer and Matt DamonLA Unified board memberSteve Zimmer, who just spent a weekend with Superintendent John Deasytalking education policy in Washington D.C., is getting another side of the story next we

by mike simpson / 5h 

Seattle School Board Candidate Sue Peters Supported by Education Expert Diane Ravitch | Seattle Education

Seattle School Board Candidate Sue Peters Supported by Education Expert Diane Ravitch | Seattle Education: Seattle School Board Candidate Sue Peters Supported by Education Expert Diane RavitchSeattle School Board candidate Sue PetersA national spotlight has been cast on the Seattle School Board race this year as candidate Sue Peters wins the support of former U.S. Undersecretary of Education, Dr.

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What I’ve Learned: The Power of Character in the Classroom | NEA Today

What I’ve Learned: The Power of Character in the Classroom | NEA Today: What I’ve Learned: The Power of Character in the ClassroomSeptember 25, 2013 by clong Filed under Featured News, Top Stories, UncategorizedLeave a CommentEducators 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 –  everyon

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HISD wins big education prize | K-12 Zone | a Chron.com blog

HISD wins big education prize | K-12 Zone | a Chron.com blog: HISD wins big education prizeWednesday, September 25, 2013CommentsEmailPrint8The Houston Independent School District won a prestigious national education prize Wednesday, an award that recognizes gains in student test scores and comes with $550,000 in college scholarships.HISD, which also won the inaugural Broad Prize for Urban Educatio

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Thar’s Choice in Them Thar Hills | EduShyster

Thar’s Choice in Them Thar Hills | EduShyster: Thar’s Choice in Them Thar Hills Will DougCo voters choose the right choice?It’s election season in America’s choiciest locale, Douglas County, Colorado, USA. And that can only mean one thing: DougCo residents will soon be making a choice about choice. But will they make the rightchoice? And is there someone, or better yet, many someones who can desce

by mike simpson / 6h 

Evolution debate central to Texas’ adoption of new science textbooks SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources

SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Evolution debate central to Texas’ adoption of new science textbooksBy Kimberly BeltranWednesday, September 25, 2013Instructional material adoption is never an easy task, but members of the State Board of Education in Texas are embroiled in a showdown over new science textbooks that have resurrected the age-old debate of whether students should be ta

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Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, September 25, 2013

FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Federal judge dismisses case against Sac City school closuresEducation HeadlinesWednesday, September 25, 2013Monterey Peninsula USD doubts seriousness of petition for new charter schoolMonterey Peninsula Unified School District trustees have denied a request to approve the California Classical Language Academy Charter School, one of three cha

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Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Portelos Hearing: DOE Legal Invalidates Chapter Leader Election at IS 49SIImagine a union allowing the employer to invalidate an election for building rep and remaining mute.  Multiple contract violations involved in principal's refusal to meet w. elected CL on a regular basis, consult committee, etc. Not that they ( union bureaucracy)  care.... observer at Portelos hearingHow abs

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9-25-13 Wait What?

Wait What?: The Paul Vallas ScamNew Monastic Individuals is a blog that should definitely be in your bookmarks.  He is a friend, fellow blogger and part of the team working to take back public education in Connecticut. His latest post is entitled, “The Paul Vallas Scam” As the Connecticut Supreme Court considers whether to sustain (or over-rule) a Superior Court […]The post The Paul Vallas Scam (a

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24/7 Wall St.: 7 states slashing education spending

24/7 Wall St.: 7 states slashing education spending: 24/7 Wall St.: 7 states slashing education spendingThomas C. Frolich and Michael B. Sauter, 24/7 Wall St. Staff Writers9:59 a.m. EDT September 25, 2013In some states, per-pupil spending fell more than 20% since recession.(Photo: Erik Hill, AP)STORY HIGHLIGHTSPer-pupil spending fell more than 20% since recession in two statesBig net change for Wi

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Morning Wink 9-25-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYBill Gates Is Not The Devil. | The LineBill Gates Is Not The Devil. | The Line: Bill Gates Is Not The Devil.September 25, 2013 by DinaHis massive, unregulated, opaque, and technocratically-dominated influence on public education may be very troublesome……but honestly, some of the vicious (or do I mean viscous) mud-slinging I’ve been seeing around these

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Bill Gates Is Not The Devil. | The Line

Bill Gates Is Not The Devil. | The Line: Bill Gates Is Not The Devil.September 25, 2013 by DinaHis massive, unregulated, opaque, and technocratically-dominated influence on public education may be very troublesome……but honestly, some of the vicious (or do I mean viscous) mud-slinging I’ve been seeing around these parts make it a little hard for me to sing my Billy Bragg Labor Day tunes. We all nee

by mike simpson / 8h 

Little Rock 9 Zinn Education Project

» Little Rock 9 Zinn Education Project: Archives for Little Rock 9Warriors Don’t Cry: Connecting History, Literature, and Our LivesTeaching Activity PDF. By Linda Christensen. 21 pages. Role play and writing activities for language arts and social studies on the Little Rock Nine, Brown v. Board, and schooling in general. Designed for use with the memoir, “Warriors Don’t Cry.”READ MORE »Warriors Do

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9-25-13 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.: Charter pension cheats face fines. If they are caught.With all that is wrong with the growth of charter schools in Chicago, add this: They cheat on their payments to the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund. The practice is so consistent and widely practiced that the Illinois legislature was forced to pass s

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-25-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Gary Rubinstein Deconstructs the Latest TFA StudyWow! Just think, if you have a TFA teacher, you gain 2.6 extra months in a year of instruction in math! Or so concluded a recent study by Mathematica Policy Research. But what does this mean? Gary Rubinstein, himself an alumus of Teach for America, now a math teacher at Stuyvesant Hi

by mike simpson / 10h 

9-25-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “American History Handbook” Is A Useful ResourceThe right way to teach history i the title of a new post at Valerie Strauss’ post at The Washington Post. It’s by Marion Brady, and I plan on using the post itself in my IB Theory of Knowledge class — he shares an insightful perspective on the purposes of studying history. Her

by mike simpson / 10h 

9-25-13 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: The Post-Mayoral Proapaganda Around Bloomberg Is Starting AlreadyFrom the Daily News:Hizzoner is getting a big honor indeed – a biography. Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday that outgoing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is getting a “major biography” by way of author Eleanor Randolph, a longtime journalist and editorial board member for the New York Times. Accordin

by mike simpson / 10h 

Gates Money and Common Core– Part V | deutsch29

Gates Money and Common Core– Part V | deutsch29: Gates Money and Common Core– Part VSeptember 25, 2013This post is the fifth in a series on Bill Gates’ funding of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). As of September 22, 2013, Gates has spent $173.5 million expressly for CCSS according to the Gates grants search engine.The first post includes CCSS background and Gates funding for key players at

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9-25-13 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: Gates Money and Common Core– Part VThis post is the fifth in a series on Bill Gates’ funding of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). As of September 22, 2013, Gates has spent $173.5 million expressly for CCSS according to the Gates grants search engine. The first post includes CCSS background and Gates funding for key players at the CCSS planning […]5 by deutsch29 / 6h   9-24-

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With A Brooklyn Accent: Why So Many Teachers Are Claiming the Label "Badass"

With A Brooklyn Accent: Why So Many Teachers Are Claiming the Label "Badass": Why So Many Teachers Are Claiming the Label "Badass"Why So Many Teachers Are Claiming the Label "Badass"Many people, including some teachers, are confused as to why so many teachers are proudly calling themselves "badass" and joining a group which calls itself "The Badass Teac

by mike simpson / 10h 

D.C. education officials accused of hyping test scores

D.C. education officials accused of hyping test scores: D.C. education officials accused of hyping test scoresBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 25 at 5:00 amE-mail the writer1CommentsMoreReally? (Graph: www.dc.gov)Back in July, D.C. officials shouted out the news that public school students had earned the district’s highest-ever reading and math test scores, results that moved D.C. Mayor Vi

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NYC Educator: Hedge Fund Nation

NYC Educator: Hedge Fund Nation: Hedge Fund NationIt's time we got together and discussed precisely what was going on in hedge funds. Now I don't personally know what a hedge fund is, or what it does, but I know that a lot of hedge-funders have become deeply involved in education. Therefore, I think it's only reasonable that I chair a national movement to discuss hedge funds.We will convene next m

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YESTERDAY

LAUSD completes harassment probe of Richard Vladovic

LAUSD completes harassment probe of Richard Vladovic: LAUSD completes harassment probe of Richard Vladovic1/3The Los Angeles Unified School District has completed a three-month investigation into allegations that school board President Richard Vladovic bullied and harassed district employees, the Daily News learned on Sept. 24, 2013. (File photo by David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News) by David Cran

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How I Might Have Intro'd The Bammy Awards - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson

How I Might Have Intro'd The Bammy Awards - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: How I Might Have Intro’d The Bammy Awardsby JOSE VILSON on SEPTEMBER 24, 2013in JOSESecretary Arne Duncan and comedian Stephen Colbert, both of whose job I would do so much better at, but I’ll stick to teaching anywaysThere’s been lots of talk about this past Saturday’s Bammy Awards. I’ve written a bunch on diversity at

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9/24/2013 – Education Nation Insults Teachers

9/24/2013 – Education Nation Insults Teachers: 9/24/2013 – Education Nation Insults TeachersSeptember 24, 2013 SubscribeTHIS WEEK:Do America’s Schools Stink? … School Testing Errors … U.S. Illiteracy Rates Still High … A Successful School Integration … Oregon’s Experiment With College CostsTOP STORYDear NBC Education Nation, Lloyd Blankfein Is Not An ‘Education Expert’By Jeff Bryant“The latest ind

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My Research Is Better Than Your Experience - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

My Research Is Better Than Your Experience - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: My Research Is Better Than Your ExperienceBy Nancy Flanagan on September 24, 2013 9:17 PMDuring the first class of a doctoral-level course sequence on education research, my professor mentioned that he wished researchers would refrain from writing policy implications when reporting on their research fi

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PSAT for 9-24-13: Buy this book! + Save the date: DePaul forum on Latino Students

Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for 9-24-13: Buy this book!: PSAT for 9-24-13: Buy this book!Diane Ravich’s new book, Reign of Error, just came out and everyone’s talking about it!Diane has been all over the airwaves and in print. Parents Across America President Dora Taylor and PAA co-founder Leonie Haimson have written excellent reviews.Dora’s review (also posted o

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A former Teach for America teacher on how TFA and APS fail... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com

A former Teach for America teacher on how TFA and APS fail... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: A former Teach for America teacher on how TFA and APS fail their ideals COMMENT(1) 0 2 0 5View Larger New teachersPrevious PostsCongrats to 9 Blue Ribbon Schools in GeorgiaSeptember 24, 2013Must schools be these horrible, boring places? Apparently, yes. It's in their DNASeptember 23, 2013State Supreme Court

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NBC’s 2013 Education Nation: Look at Who Will Be Featured & Who Is Missing | janresseger

NBC’s 2013 Education Nation: Look at Who Will Be Featured & Who Is Missing | janresseger: NBC’s 2013 Education Nation: Look at Who Will Be Featured and Who Is MissingIt is, of course, impossible to foresee exactly how a TV news program will go, but one worries when the sponsors of the supposed “news” about public education include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the for-profit Univer

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'Family glitch' in health law could be painful #InvestInKids

'Family glitch' in health law could be painful: 'Family glitch' in health law could be painfulKelly Kennedy, USA TODAY11:55 p.m. EDT September 23, 2013It could leave up to 500,000 children without coverage and cost some families thousands of dollars.(Photo: Matt York, AP file)STORY HIGHLIGHTSGlitch could be fixed by CongressChildren would be those affected by lost coverageGridlock in Congress keep

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Nite Cap 9-24-13 #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 CAPTODAYGroup Dismisses School Closure Lawsuit Against the District - Schools - Rosemont, CA PatchGroup Dismisses School Closure Lawsuit Against the District - Schools - Rosemont, CA Patch: Group Dismisses School Closure Lawsuit Against the District

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