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


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Merrow takes a Jab at Ravitch. #NotTooHeroic | Continuing Change
Merrow takes a Jab at Ravitch. #NotTooHeroic | Continuing Change: Merrow takes a Jab at Ravitch. #NotTooHeroic My response to John Merrow, article:http://takingnote.learningmatters.tv/?p=6556Mr. Merrow,You write, “These people inhabit a comic book world without ambiguity where heroes require villains.” I personally found that insulting.Maybe it is just me, but anytime anyone starts a sentence with
by mike simpson / 9min 
"Education Spring" is Here to Stay | Alternet
"Education Spring" is Here to Stay | Alternet: "Education Spring" is Here to StayTired of endless accountability mandates, parents and teachers are stepping up the fight to preserve public education -- and using the ballot box to do it.Photo Credit: Yoki5270 via Shutterstock.comSeptember 26, 2013  |   Earlier this year, spontaneous rebellions against top-down mandates and budge
by mike simpson / 23min 
EdSource feature turns states’ ed data into charts in motion | EdSource Today
EdSource feature turns states’ ed data into charts in motion | EdSource Today: EdSource feature turns states’ ed data into charts in motionSeptember 26th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By John FensterwaldHow has California’s per student spending changed over the past four decades? And how has its level of spending compared with other states?For 20 seconds of your time – as long as it takes to watch a gra
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Top 20 Reasons Clancy Dubois Thinks I’m an “educational knuckle dragger” | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
Top 20 Reasons Clancy Dubois Thinks I’m an “educational knuckle dragger” | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Top 20 Reasons Clancy Dubois Thinks I’m an “educational knuckle dragger”Posted on September 26, 20130 For those of you other Knuckle Draggers out there, here is the amazingly patronizing and ignorant rant by Clancy Dubois, which inspired this post.http://www.wwltv.com/news/clancys-commentaries/DuBos-J
by mike simpson / 1h 
Louisiana Educator: Performance Analysis of RSD Schools
Louisiana Educator: Performance Analysis of RSD Schools: Performance Analysis of RSD SchoolsStudent Performance in RSD Not What We Have Been Led to BelieveOur State Department of Education keeps telling us (and the rest of the country) what a fabulous success Louisiana has achieved with the Louisiana Recovery District. The RSD was created by the legislature in 2003 for the purpose of taking over a
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9-26-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Shame on NYC Ed Reporters for Supporting E4E in Event Closed to Anyone Who Doesn't Sign Their PledgeI saw the names of the reporters who are going to be on the panel and was sort of shocked that the "neutral" press would be on a panel for an organization that has banned people who do not agree with their pledge. In fact at one point I tried to go in with my press pass an
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Take Back Our Schools Conferences in Missouri | Truth in American Education
Take Back Our Schools Conferences in Missouri | Truth in American Education: Take Back Our Schools Conferences in MissouriFiled in Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level by Shane Vander Hart on September 26, 2013 • 0 Comments1The Missouri Coalition Against Common Core in conjunction with Americans for Prosperity Missouriannounced three conferences they are holding in different areas
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Connected Principals Teaming Up With NASSP, NAESP for Connected Educator Month | Connected Principals
Connected Principals Teaming Up With NASSP, NAESP for Connected Educator Month | Connected Principals: Connected Principals Teaming Up With NASSP, NAESP for Connected Educator MonthSeptember 26, 2013By Patrick LarkinWe are excited to announce that Connected Principals will be working in conjunction with theNational Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and the National Association of
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9-26-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Missing Bridgeport Democrats campaign finance report shows up, but is missing tens of thousands in expendituresThat’s right… The missing Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee campaign finance report has finally shown up but it is missing tens of thousands in expenditures. The missing Bridgeport Democrat Town Committee campaign finance report that was due seven days before the Democratic
by mike simpson / 5h 
Why the new SAT scores are meaningless
Why the new SAT scores are meaningless: Why the new SAT scores are meaninglessBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 26 at 12:40 pmE-mail the writerThe 2013 SAT scores are out and states around the country are either crowing or crying over the results. They shouldn’t expend the energy.Virginia, for example, is thrilled that students there got the highest scores ever on the exam, and officials ar
by mike simpson / 5h 
First Hand Report on New Orleans Recovery School District: You Decide | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
First Hand Report on New Orleans Recovery School District: You Decide | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: First Hand Report on New Orleans Recovery School District: You DecideFiled under: Charter Schools,Recovery District — millerlf @ 11:50 am The Great Charter TryoutBy Andrea GaborSeptember 26, 2013 The Investigative FundLong before Sci Academy, a charter school in New Orleans, had grad
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Common Ground on Common Core | NEA Today
Common Ground on Common Core | NEA Today: Common Ground on Common CoreBy John Rosales As implementation of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is introduced in classrooms across the country, one question among educators is emerging: Where do paraeducators fit in? “Most times, paras aren’t included in the implementation of curriculum, which makes it difficult to know what students can do and what st
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Marginalizing the Teaching Profession: Merrow, Ravitch and Education Nation, - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Marginalizing the Teaching Profession: Merrow, Ravitch and Education Nation, - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Marginalizing the Teaching Profession: Merrow, Ravitch and Education Nation,By Anthony Cody on September 26, 2013 12:15 PMYesterday, Diane Ravitch's masterful book, Reign of Error, debuted at #10 on the New York Times best seller list. At the same time this news was coming ou
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Cali Education Headlines Thursday, September 26, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Moms protest breastfeeding rules at Poway districtEducation HeadlinesThursday, September 26, 2013Budgetary juggling actSchool districts are questioning San Joaquin County's decision to withhold nearly $900,000 in state ROP funding.District Attorney investigating two Hacienda La Puente board membersThe Los Angeles County District Attorney's Of
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The Doable We Refuse to Do: End Poverty, Confront Privilege | the becoming radical
The Doable We Refuse to Do: End Poverty, Confront Privilege | the becoming radical: THE DOABLE WE REFUSE TO DO: END POVERTY, CONFRONT PRIVILEGESince I have recently challenged the word magic behind claims that education is the one true path out of poverty and that the free market can ever address poverty and inequity, I want to highlight that the unwillingness of political leaders and the public t
by mike simpson / 6h 
CTC considers options for replacing fast-track internship exam SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources
SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: CTC considers options for replacing fast-track internship examBy Tom ChorneauThursday, September 26, 2013Retirement of a key qualification exam used by teaching candidates in expedited certification programs is expected to prompt a deeper discussion among state officials about internship preparation itself at hearing scheduled for today.The Early Com
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BeyondChron: America's Education Whistleblower: Diane Ravitch and the Reign of Error
BeyondChron: San Francisco's Alternative Online Daily News » America's Education Whistleblower: Diane Ravitch and the Reign of Error: America's Education Whistleblower: Diane Ravitch and the Reign of Error by Jim Horn‚ Sep. 26‚ 2013 digg     In 2007 when Diane Ravitch descended from her 20,000-foot view of the education reform landscape to examine what was going on at ground level, she did not lik
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Looting the Pension Funds: How Wall Street Robs Public Workers | Politics News | Rolling Stone
Looting the Pension Funds: How Wall Street Robs Public Workers | Politics News | Rolling Stone: Looting the Pension FundsAll across America, Wall Street is grabbing money meant for public workers1Comment9Illustration by Victor JuhaszBy MATT TAIBBISeptember 26, 2013 7:00 AM ETIn the final months of 2011, almost two years before the city of Detroit would shock America by declaring bankruptcy in the
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I Am Not A Techie! | My Island View
I Am Not A Techie! | My Island View: I Am Not A Techie!September 26, 2013 by tomwhitbyAt a recent education award ceremony, a prominent education leader being recognized began the acceptance speech by saying “I am not a techie”. At first I was a little upset, because these awards were for educators, and not technology educators. I had to catch myself and hold back my criticism, because I often use
by mike simpson / 7h 
9-26-13 Three Pillars for Supporting Resilience — Whole Child Education
Three Pillars for Supporting Resilience — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGThree Pillars for Supporting ResilienceSeptember 26, 2013 by ASCD Whole Child BloggersPost written by Cheryl J. WrightTo give all students the opportunity to achieve excellence in their education, educators know that students, especially at-risk learners, need to develop resilience in their pursuit of learning. Ye
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9-26-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Open Thread for West Seattle Boundary Meeting/Pinehurst MeetingIf you attended either of these meetings and have comments or thoughts, here's a place for them.Early Tweets from the West Seattle Blog indicate a much lower turnout than the other two meetings (about 60ish), West Seattle's topography was ignored/not understood in these suggested boundaries, people unha
by mike simpson / 7h 
Morning Wink 9-26-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYOnline charter schools flunking - SAT scores are out - Duncan on what reformers get wrong - First pink slime, now chicken processed in China - POLITICO Morning Education - POLITICO.comOnline charter schools flunking - SAT scores are out - Duncan on what reformers get wrong - First pink slime, now chicken processed in China - POLITICO Morning Education
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Online charter schools flunking - SAT scores are out - Duncan on what reformers get wrong - First pink slime, now chicken processed in China - POLITICO Morning Education - POLITICO.com
Online charter schools flunking - SAT scores are out - Duncan on what reformers get wrong - First pink slime, now chicken processed in China - POLITICO Morning Education - POLITICO.com: Online charter schools flunking - SAT scores are out - Duncan on what reformers get wrong - First pink slime, now chicken processed in China10 PrintText Size-+resetBy LIBBY A. NELSON | 09/26/13 9:32 AM EDTFeaturing
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Self-Sufficient Citizens: Public Education's Job No. 1 - Bridging Differences - Education Week
Self-Sufficient Citizens: Public Education's Job No. 1 - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Self-Sufficient Citizens: Public Education's Job No. 1By Mike Petrilli on September 26, 2013 9:55 AMDear Deborah,We've been writing about the democratic control of education (or the lack thereof), but let me shift the conversation back to the education of democratic citizens. I strongly agree with those
by mike simpson / 8h 
A Research-Based Case For Florida's Education Reforms
Shanker Blog » A Research-Based Case For Florida's Education Reforms: A Research-Based Case For Florida’s Education ReformsPosted by Matthew Di Carlo on September 26, 2013Advocates of the so-called “Florida Formula,” a package of market-based reforms enacted throughout the 1990s and 2000s, some of which are now spreading rapidly in other states, traveled to Michigan this week to make their case to
by mike simpson / 8h 
9-26-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Research proven: School Libraries and Free Voluntary Reading. Unproven and expensive: CCSS and iPadsResearch proven: School Libraries & Free Voluntary Reading. Unproven and expensive: #CCSS & iPads. #LAUSD @skrashen pic.twitter.com/Cg2z5Z7uxM— Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) September 26, 2013 The former means engaged critical thinking, but the latter leads to more corporate
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Mayor one-term?
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Mayor one-term?: Mayor one-term?The Ward Room's Mark Anderson (Chicago Needs a Mayoral Challenger. Or Five) offers up a rather gloomy picture of democratic possibilities for Chicago.The next election for mayor in Chicago little more than 18 months away, and it’s time to face a hard fact: When it comes to mayoral politics in Chicago, democracy could be dead. I'm a lit
by mike simpson / 8h 
Houston reforms, often overshadowed, now in the limelight with Broad Prize | HechingerEd Blog
Houston reforms, often overshadowed, now in the limelight with Broad Prize | HechingerEd Blog: Houston reforms, often overshadowed, now in the limelight with Broad PrizePhilanthropist Eli Broad, left, and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, right, congratulate Houston Independent School District Superintendent Terry Grier after announcing that Houston is the winner of the 2013 Broad Prize for
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New Orleans Charter Experiment Leaves Behind Poorest and Disabled | janresseger
New Orleans Charter Experiment Leaves Behind Poorest and Disabled | janresseger: New Orleans Charter Experiment Leaves Behind Poorest and DisabledThe Great Charter Tryout: Are New Orleans’s Schools a Model for the Nation—or a Cautionary Tale? asks reporter Andrea Gabor. You are likely to remember that after Hurricane Katrina deluged the city on Labor Day weekend of 2005, the schools in New Orleans
by mike simpson / 10h 
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-26-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: The Best Article Ever About New Orleans’ Charter SchoolsWe all have heard or read or seen the stories in the mass media about the “miracle” in New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina, which Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called the best thing that ever happened to education in that city, wiped out public education and the teachers’ unio
by mike simpson / 10h 
9-26-13 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.: Asking a question about my pension.Reading a story in the Chicago Sun-Times by staff reporter Dan Mihalopoulos about some sleazy connections between Martin Cabrera and alderman Fast Eddy Burke, Valor Realty and some other old Blagojevich pals, I came across this sentence: Between 2003 and 2012, the Te
by mike simpson / 10h 
9-26-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: NY Times Begins Very Helpful Regular Feature — “Text To Text”The New York Times Learning Network has just begun a regular feature that I suspect is going to be very helpful to teachers — it’s called “Text To Text.” Here’s how they describe it: it is just what it sounds like: we’ll be pairing two written texts that we think
by mike simpson / 10h 
Cartoons about Perfection (Professionals and Others) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Cartoons about Perfection (Professionals and Others) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Cartoons about Perfection (Professionals and Others)This month, I saw some stories about the “perfect” teacher and once ran a cartoon on the “perfect” online teacher.Then I saw another cartoon by Robert Rendo that offered a scathing profile of what New York expects of its “perfect” teacher.H
by mike simpson / 10h 
SAT Results For 2013 Show Low Rates Of College Preparedness
SAT Results For 2013 Show Low Rates Of College Preparedness: SAT Results For 2013 Show Low Rates Of College PreparednessPosted: 09/26/2013 12:01 am EDT1548392469GET POLITICS NEWSLETTERS:SUBSCRIBEFOLLOW:Standardized Testing, 2013 Sat Results, Common Core, Standardized Tests, College Board College Ready, College Board Sat, College Ready, Education News, Fairtest, Sat, Sat 2013, Sat College, Sat Coll
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To John Merrow, Who Quit | deutsch29
To John Merrow, Who Quit | deutsch29: To John Merrow, Who QuitSeptember 26, 2013Mr. Merrow, my name is Mercedes Schneider. You answered my post on your accepting Gates funding and the connection between such funding and two decisions you have made: 1) ceasing your investigation of Michelle Rhee and 2) proclaiming New Orleans schools as “reborn” in your documentary. You did not address me by name,
by mike simpson / 10h 
9-26-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: To John Merrow, Who QuitMr. Merrow, my name is Mercedes Schneider. You answered my post on your accepting Gates funding and the connection between such funding and two decisions you have made: 1) ceasing your investigation of Michelle Rhee and 2) proclaiming New Orleans schools as “reborn” in your documentary. You did not address me by name, but at […]by deutsch29 / 1h9-25-13 @ T
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9-26-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: The NY Post And The Lhota Campaign - Selling Fear And LiesThe Rupert Murdoch-owned NY Post has been hammering away at Bill de Blasio for a few weeks now ever since he won the primary vote.Every day they run two, three, four, sometimes five negative stories about him.He once asked Joel Klein to add TM to the DOE.He honeymooned in Cuba.He worked for a Jesuit group that brought
by mike simpson / 10h 
The perils of the ‘F-word’
The perils of the ‘F-word’: The perils of the ‘F-word’By Valerie Strauss, Published: September 26 at 4:00 amE-mail the writer1CommentsMoreHere’s a great piece on school reform by Los Angeles educator Brock Cohen. He is in the second year of a doctoral program at the University of Southern California and he works at the nonprofit Los Angeles Education Partnership, which helps build organizational c
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NYC Educator: Gotham Schools Brings Us the Important Issues
NYC Educator: Gotham Schools Brings Us the Important Issues: Gotham Schools Brings Us the Important IssuesA few days ago, Tim Clifford wrote a somewhat tongue-in-cheek/ gallows humor analysis of the ponderous and convoluted evaluation system over at Gotham Schools. In order to make it a point-counterpoint kind of thing, the great minds running Gotham Schools saw fit to contrast it with a thoroughl
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A Report Card on Education Reform - NYTimes.com
A Report Card on Education Reform - NYTimes.com: A Report Card on Education ReformBy DAVID LEONHARDTDanny Moloshok/Reuters (left); Charles V. Tines/Associated PressMitch Daniels, president of Purdue University, left, and John Engler, president of the Business Roundtable.I sat down last week in Washington with Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, and Mitch Daniels, the former Indiana governor a
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Pew Trusts: Untrustworthy Public Pension Destroyers | Reclaim Reform
Pew Trusts: Untrustworthy Public Pension Destroyers | Reclaim Reform: Pew Trusts: Untrustworthy Public Pension DestroyersPosted on September 25, 2013by Ken PrevitiWhen a name most people associate with trust and credibility joins with a billionaire ex-Enron trader and hedge fund manager to destroy public pensions for their own benefit, the overall sense of corruption and betrayal becomes both palp
by mike simpson / 18h 
UC imposes pension terms on employees; union protests - latimes.com
UC imposes pension terms on employees; union protests - latimes.com: UC imposes pension terms on employees; union protestsComments8EmailShare0Union local President Kathryn Lybarger helped lead a two-day strike of UC medical center workers in May. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times / May 21, 2013)By Larry GordonSeptember 25, 2013, 5:23 p.m.The already tense labor relations between the UC system and
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9-25-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: Are Americans Allowed To Debate Education Anymore?Time to once again play Spot The Pattern™! Before we begin, here's a clue about our theme: All emphases mine unless noted. Let's start with Montclair, NJ (click through to watch the video): When Montclair's teachers union president could not finish her prepared statement Monday night, the public did so for her.  Copies of Montclair
by mike simpson / 21h 
Six decades after Brown ruling, US schools still segregated | Al Jazeera America
Six decades after Brown ruling, US schools still segregated | Al Jazeera America: Six decades after Brown ruling, US schools still segregatedby Dexter Mullins  @DexterMullins  September 25, 2013  9:00AM ETSeparated along socioeconomic and racial lines, schools are less diverse than at any other time in the last four decadesTopics: Race & Ethnicity Charter Schools SegregationScott Olson/Getty I
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A Principal's Reflections: The Art of Storytelling
A Principal's Reflections: The Art of Storytelling: The Art of StorytellingI decided to hold back (for now) on a rant that has been brewing for the past two days and instead have decided to take a more constructive approach on my blog.  A great debate that has emerged over social media channels has been how we honor and acknowledge our educators and others in the profession. During many insightful
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Defend De Blasio Now tomhayden.com - The Peace Exchange Bulletin
tomhayden.com - The Peace Exchange Bulletin - Defend De Blasio Now: DEFEND DE BLASIO NOWTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 AT 5:25PM | EMAIL ARTICLE | SHARE ARTICLE | PRINT ARTICLEBill de Blasio at a news conference in 1988 to announce a $150,000 shipment of supplies to Nicaragua and to deride the United States’ financing of the contra rebellion. (Photo: Marquette University Archives)A full-page of revel
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Diane Ravitch: 3 dubious uses of tech in schools - Salon.com
Diane Ravitch: 3 dubious uses of tech in schools - Salon.com: Diane Ravitch: 3 dubious uses of tech in schoolsNew devices can both inspire creativity and dehumanize learningBY DIANE RAVITCH   8   18   1        more    TOPICS: SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, EDUCATION, SCHOOLS, PUBLIC POLICY, INTERNET, LIFE NEWS, NEWSDiane RavitchThis article was originally published by Scientific American.Technology is trans
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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."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAPTODAYYes, Diane Ravitch is Among My Heroes - Living in Dialogue - Education Week TeacherYes, Diane Ravitch is Among My Heroes - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Yes, Diane Ravitch is Among My HeroesBy Anthony Cody on September 25, 201
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