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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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Choosing Democracy: Michelle Rhee : front person for elite attacks on public schools
Choosing Democracy: Michelle Rhee : front person for elite attacks on public schools: Michelle Rhee : front person for elite attacks on public schoolsExcerpts from;  The Activist Handbook. Second edition.  2013. Reprinted with permission.Randy ShawMichelle Rhee, chancellor for Washington, D.C., schools from 2007-2010, is the front person for elite attacks on teacher unions and public schools. Loca
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Resilience, Addressing Problems, and Promoting Healthy Development — Whole Child Education
Resilience, Addressing Problems, and Promoting Healthy Development — Whole Child Education: Resilience, Addressing Problems, and Promoting Healthy DevelopmentSeptember 9, 2013 by ASCD Whole Child BloggersPost written by Howard Adelman and Linda Taylor, co-directors of the Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, a whole child partner organization.Anyone working with children and youth these da
by mike simpson / 32min 
Low-Income Students Taking Advanced Tests - Year 2013
Low-Income Students Taking Advanced Tests - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces New Support forLow-Income Students Taking Advanced TestsSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced that the California Department of Education will be distributing nearly $10.8 million to pay Advanced Placement (AP) or International Bacc
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High school biology books targeted by social conservatives | Education Blog
High school biology books targeted by social conservatives | Education Blog: High school biology books targeted by social conservativesBy Terrence Stutztstutz@dallasnews.com3:54 pm on September 9, 2013 | Permalink140Religious conservatives on state textbook review panels have criticized several proposed high school biology textbooks for not including arguments against Charles Darwin’s theory of ev
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Ready for School? A Tale of Two Realities - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
Ready for School? A Tale of Two Realities - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Ready for School? A Tale of Two RealitiesBy Nancy Flanagan on September 9, 2013 4:07 PMGuest post from Amy Rothschild:The night before school starts, I'm thinking about "school readiness." A catchphrase used to name various policy initiatives and describe the work of non-profits, it refers to the habits
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NYC Educator: Welcome Back!
NYC Educator: Welcome Back!: Welcome Back!I don't know what you did today, but my day began with a 7 AM meeting with the principal, a UFT rep, some custodians, a construction guy, and some other people in suits. Who they were I have no idea. A few weeks ago Lindsey Christ interviewed me on NY 1 about the trailers at our school. She told me horror stories about other trailers so I figured I'd get U
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Poll: Parental involvement best way to help schools, respondents say | NJ.com
Poll: Parental involvement best way to help schools, respondents say | NJ.com: Poll: Parental involvement best way to help schools, respondents sayIncreasing parental involvement is a better way to improve New Jersey public schools than providing vouchers for school choice, reforming teacher tenure or spending more, New Jersey voters said in response to a new poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University
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AFL-CIO 2013 Convention: Labor and Community Partnerships
Uploaded on Aug 29, 2013Highlight showcase some of the many ways the labor movement is coming together with community groups and standing as one to change the future for working people.Follow the AFL-CIO:http://www.aflcio.orghttp://facebook.com/aflciohttp://twitter.com/aflciohttp://youtube.com/AFLCIONow
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Student testing bill set for passage SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources
SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Student testing bill set for passageBy Kimberly BeltranMonday, September 09, 2013With just one week remaining before fall recess, AB 484 – the bill that would end the state’s decades-old K-12 student testing system and begin a new modern one – was still undergoing last-minute “technical” amendments on Friday but is likely to reach the Senate floor fo
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Sound Off : It's time we get back to neighborhood schools | The News-Press | news-press.com
Sound Off : It's time we get back to neighborhood schools | The News-Press | news-press.com: Sound Off : It's time we get back to neighborhood schoolsI grew up in Maryland where school attendance was based on where you lived, not by choice. I feel Lee County’s “school choice” program is not the right approach to student placement.As of 1999, the Lee County School district no longer was under court
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September Is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month — Whole Child Education
September Is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGSeptember Is Childhood Obesity Awareness MonthSeptember 9, 2013 by Kristen PekarekAccording to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity now affects 17 percent of all children and adolescents in the United States. Research shows that childhood obesity puts kids at greater risk for health
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESIn Deer Trail, Colorado, it's hunting season. Denis McDonough, White House chief of staff "Let me tell you what this is not: This is not Iraq and Afghanistan. This is not Libya—a sustained air campaign. This is not boots on the ground." -- USA TodayLoretta Sanchez, Calif. Democrat"Make no mistake about it, the minute that one of th
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ALEC Behind Common Core Education Standards - Ring Of Fire Radio: Robert Kennedy Jr, Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder
ALEC Behind Common Core Education Standards - Ring Of Fire Radio: Robert Kennedy Jr, Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder: ALEC Behind Common Core Education StandardsPosted on September 9, 2013 by Alisha Mims •In 2010, the United States adopted the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI), purportedly to streamline states’ education curricula using standards-based education reform principles. The c
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NEA President Goes Back to School
NEA - Back to School: NEA President Goes Back to SchoolNEA’s back-to-school activities to highlight “Raise Your Hand for Public Education” initiativeWASHINGTON— As students and educators head back to school, the National Education Association has a full backpack of activities to raise awareness of new initiatives and practices, to provide resources about the Common Core State Standards for parents
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Are teachers trying to turn creative kids into robots?
Are teachers trying to turn creative kids into robots?: Are teachers trying to turn creative kids into robots?By Valerie Strauss, Published: September 9 at 11:45 amE-mail the writerAre teachers really trying to turn creative kids into robots by insisting on “self regulation?” What is self-regulation anyway? Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham looks at this in the following post. Willingham is a
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Get in on the Service Learning Discussion Tonight at 8:30pm EST/7:30pm CST #StuVoice Student Voice
Student Voice: Get in on the Service Learning Discussion Tonight at 8:30pm EST/7:30pm CST #StuVoice  Join us tonight in honor of the 9/11 National Day of Service. We will be talking about #student #service learning with Youth Service America‘s CEO Steve Culbertson & the National Youth Leadership Council (Cohosts of this year’s National Service Learning Conference in Washington DC) at 8:30pm
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Q & A with Laura Hamilton: States should wait to evaluate teachers under Common Core | Education By The Numbers
Q & A with Laura Hamilton: States should wait to evaluate teachers under Common Core | Education By The Numbers: Q & A with Laura Hamilton: States should wait to evaluate teachers under Common CoreNew Common Core aligned tests are sure to have an effect on how teachers are rated now that teacher evaluations in many states are tied to their students’ test scores. The Common Core standards i
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Cali Education Headlines Monday, September 9, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Education HeadlinesMonday, September 9, 2013Oswalt students fly high on MacBook Air in WalnutAnxious fifth-graders at Oswalt Academy received brand new MacBook Air laptops last week. It’s all part of the Walnut school’s one-to-one laptop learning program. Every student on the Rowland Unified campus has either a laptop computer or an iPod touc
by mike simpson / 6h 
Is TFA Undermining the Chicago Public Schools? | EduShyster
Is TFA Undermining the Chicago Public Schools? | EduShyster: Is TFA Undermining the Chicago Public Schools?An internal TFA document shows plans for a dramatic charter expansion in the Windy CityWhen news broke this summer that Teach for America was expanding its presence in Chicago amid the largest school closings in that city’s history and the layoffs of thousands of teachers and school staff, th
by mike simpson / 7h 
Gov. Haslam invested in K12 education company at one time | The Tennessean | tennessean.com
Gov. Haslam invested in K12 education company at one time | The Tennessean | tennessean.com: Gov. Haslam invested in K12 education company at one timeSold stock at a loss, has been critical of education company
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The Anti-School-Reform Canon | National Review Online
The Anti-School-Reform Canon | National Review Online: The Anti-School-Reform Canon A barrage of new books attacking school reform are being published this year. By Frederick M. Hess Diane Ravitch, the prophet of education’s anti-reform crowd, has a new book out on September 17.Reign of Error, the sequel to her hugely successfulDeath and Life of the Great American School System(2010), continues he
by mike simpson / 7h 
Obama education plan at war with itself: Our view
Obama education plan at war with itself: Our view: Obama education plan at war with itself: Our viewThe Editorial Board, USATODAYDemanding accountability from universities is good, but what about the students?(Photo: Chris Schneider, Getty Images)STORY HIGHLIGHTSPlan would steer more federal money to colleges that rank highly in a new rating system.Which would pressure universities to hold down co
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Recognize the Solution at Hand | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
Recognize the Solution at Hand | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Recognize the Solution at HandBy American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education on September 9, 2013By Sharon P. Robinson, Ed.D., President and CEO of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)Last month, President Barack Obama visited colleges in New York and Pennsylvania to discu
by mike simpson / 7h 
How I Met Your Brother | Dissident Voice
How I Met Your Brother | Dissident Voice: How I Met Your Brotherby David Macaray / September 9th, 2013In a bold and surprising move to expand union brotherhood, Richard Trumka, president of the 11.5-million member AFL-CIO, announced that his Federation would consider inviting non-union workers to join up. And in an equally surprising move, Trumka also suggested inviting progressive environmental a
by mike simpson / 7h 
Morning Wink 9-9-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYAfter budget cuts and closures, tremendous uncertainty surrounds the return to school | Philadelphia Public School NotebookAfter budget cuts and closures, tremendous uncertainty surrounds the return to school | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: After budget cuts and closures, tremendous uncertainty surrounds the return to schoolAs the Philadelphia
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After budget cuts and closures, tremendous uncertainty surrounds the return to school | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
After budget cuts and closures, tremendous uncertainty surrounds the return to school | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: After budget cuts and closures, tremendous uncertainty surrounds the return to schoolAs the Philadelphia School District prepared to open for the 2013-14 school year, teachers scoured for usable desks that they could stuff into classrooms with, in some cases, 40 or more stud
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LA Unified board member wants new rules for how charters, traditional schools share campuses | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
LA Unified board member wants new rules for how charters, traditional schools share campuses | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: LA Unified board member wants new rules for how charters, traditional schools share campusesAnnie Gilbertson | September 9th, 2013, 6:30amChristopher Okula/KPCCThirteen years after voters allowed charter schools to share campuses with traditional public schools, the situation has
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On Death Penalties for Schools and Misplaced Outrage | School Finance 101
On Death Penalties for Schools and Misplaced Outrage | School Finance 101: On Death Penalties for Schools and Misplaced OutragePosted on September 9, 20130       1 VotesThis is an issue I’ve written much about over time – the persistent failure of New York State to fund its highest need public schools, and more recently, the audacity of state officials to place blame for their own egregious failur
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9-9-13 teacherken at Daily Kos
teacherken at Daily Kos: probably a propos of nothingbut just a few random thoughts as I sit in my classroom - I arrived at 6:15, we let students in around 7, and school officially begins at 7:17, although my first class today is not until 2nd period at 8:55 I sense a change in the political environment.  It is not just that the Republicans have overreached in appealing to their Tea Party element,
by mike simpson / 9h 
9-9-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: CharterlandFrom NEPC: BOULDER, CO (September 9, 2013) – “Good schools shouldn’t weed out kids. They should teach everyone.” That’s the bottom line of the new “CharterLand” infographic from the Opportunity to Learn Campaign of the Schott Foundation. Inspired by the venerable children’s game “Candy Land,” the infographic asks players to work their way past Hoop […]by
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9-9-13 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. Jay Rehak on the truth about Chicago teacher pensions.  Jay Rehak, Presiden of the board of the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund. SunTimesx I want to set the record straight about the problems at the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund. CTPF is a $9.5 billion plan that serves 59,000 Chicago Public
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-9-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: This Is Why We Will Win: We Have the Best HumoristsWe will win for many reasons: First, because everything the “reformers” have tried is failing, and they keep doing it again and again, and failing again and again. Second, because the public really likes their local public schools and hates all that excessive standardized testing (
by mike simpson / 10h 
9-9-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: A Collection Of Recent Infographics & InteractivesHere’s a mix of various recent infographics and interactives: This Interactive Map Compares the New York City of 1836 to Today is from Smithsonian Magazine. The Pew Center has a ton of infographics on a wide range of topics, including Internet usage and American reading
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9-9-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Why MORE?Speaking with you the day before meeting with my principal was very helpful. It allowed me to better register what really is, as Julie has stated, "clear as mud." The UFT selected part of our committee was the only prepared party at the the table. The principal and her supervisors were unprepared and relied on our take and interpretation of the choices to be made. We advi
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All Things Education: Virginia's School Grading Plan Gets an N/A
All Things Education: Virginia's School Grading Plan Gets an N/A: Virginia's School Grading Plan Gets an N/AIn my most recent posts, I talked about the Tony Bennett (Indiana) school grading fiasco. I talked about how unbridled "disruption" in education reform can cause more harm than good. I posted a letter asking for more Virginia education stakeholder participation and input into our state gover
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9-9-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Final Quinnipiac Poll: De Blasio 39%, Thompson 25%, Quinn 18%From Bloomberg News:Bill de Blasio has support from 39 percent of likely Democratic voters, just shy of the 40 percent he needs in tomorrow’s election to avoid a runoff with his closest competitor, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.De Blasio, 52, elected four years ago to the citywide watchdog office of pub
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9-9-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Achievement First Inc. pushing Finch/Vallas slate in Bridgeport Democratic PrimaryBridgeport’s Democratic Primary to select Board of Education candidates will be held tomorrow and campaign finance reports filed last week reveal that Achievement First Inc., the charter school management company co-founded by Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, continues to play a dominate role in t
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Forever young: the new teaching career
Forever young: the new teaching career: Forever young: the new teaching careerBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 9 at 5:00 amE-mail the writer0CommentsMorewww.liveluvcreate.com“Given that the focus of so much school reform is rightly on poor kids in underserved schools, and some charter organizations and Teach For America are particularly concerned about making a difference with such childre
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IDEAS THAT CAN GET YOU LABELED A RACIST AT LAUSD - Perdaily.com
IDEAS THAT CAN GET YOU LABELED A RACIST AT LAUSD - Perdaily.com: IDEAS THAT CAN GET YOU LABELED A RACIST AT LAUSD(Mensaje se repite en Español)If knowledge is power, then understanding what is going on at LAUSD and in our public schools throughout the U.S. is the first step to real empowerment of those who seek to do something more than saying "Ya Basta".To start out with, folks need to understand
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What I Will Say to My Son at the Beginning of this Strange New School Year | Parents United for Public Education
What I Will Say to My Son at the Beginning of this Strange New School Year | Parents United for Public Education: What I Will Say to My Son at the Beginning of this Strange New School YearPosted on September 9, 2013 by SHAI GLUSKIN1 CommentAuthor Shai Gluskin with son GabrielI’ve been thinking of what to say to my son at the beginning of this strange new school year. Of course he and I have been t
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Duncan pleads ignorance on Justice Dept. civil rights suit against La. school vouchers
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Duncan pleads ignorance on Justice Dept. civil rights suit against La. school vouchers: Duncan pleads ignorance on Justice Dept. civil rights suit against La. school vouchersLouisiana school deseg suit? He claims he never heard of it. Arne Duncan came close to channeling the old-line southern segregationists last week, by publicly opposing so-called, "forced racial i
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Twas the Night before Philly Schools Start - Philly in Focus
Twas the Night before Philly Schools Start - Philly in Focus: Twas the Night before Philly Schools StartPHILLY DRUMMER ON DEMAND - FLOOD THE DRUMMER®'S GREATEST HITS An Ode to Philadelphia SchoolsBy Christopher “Flood the Drummer®” Norris9.8.13: Philadelphia – (Education/Politics): ‘Twas the night before Philly Schools start and all through the city, tax-payers share the feeling of worry, confusio
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9-8-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Grants Available for Family Engagement/Books(Yes, I know I'm supposed to be gone but I saw this in my mail and wanted to pass it along to any interested groups.)The W.K. Kellogg Foundation yesterday announced a $5 million investment to identify and expand promising family engagement efforts that support early childhood educational success.Given your interest in edu
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NYC Public School Parents: Obama Taps DOE for Syria Plan B
NYC Public School Parents: Obama Taps DOE for Syria Plan B: Obama Taps DOE for Syria Plan BSeptember 8, 2013 (GBN News): If Congress fails to approve an attack on Syria, President Obama is ready with a “Plan B”, according to a high level Administration source. Under this scenario, the President will put the bombing campaign under the auspices of the US Department of Education rather than the Defen
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John White Shoots Self in Foot with Loaded SLTs | deutsch29
John White Shoots Self in Foot with Loaded SLTs | deutsch29: John White Shoots Self in Foot with Loaded SLTsSeptember 8, 2013Former-TFAer and Broad-trained Louisiana “Superintendent” John White must broadcast something data-ish to demonstrate that He Is Right and Reforms Are Working. Mind you, his reforms are not working; they are a repeatedly demonstrated con perpetrated on Louisiana’s education
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More to come from… but speaking of Arne Duncan, CCSS and testing | Reclaim Reform
More to come from… but speaking of Arne Duncan, CCSS and testing | Reclaim Reform: More to come from… but speaking of Arne Duncan, CCSS and testingPosted on September 8, 2013by Ken PrevitiExpect more insights to come with Diane Ravitch’s new book, Reign of Error. Arne Duncan’s machinations must be substantially updated considering how damaging he and his leadership have been to public education in
by mike simpson / 22h 
Michelle Rhee’s Teacher Town Hall… Through A Student’s Eyes
Michelle Rhee’s Teacher Town Hall… Through A Student’s Eyes « inspirEDucation: Michelle Rhee’s Teacher Town Hall… Through A Student’s EyesMichelle and I after the event when she spoke directly to me. Taken by Alexis Estioko.Last Thursday, I met Michelle Rhee for the first time. After months of writing about her, researching her, and reading her book (which I couldn’t finish out of boredom), I fina
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Nite Cap 9-8-13 #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 CAPTODAYCoop Goes to High School Part 1 – Good Riddance to Junior High | Lefty ParentCoop Goes to High School Part 1 – Good Riddance to Junior High | Lefty Parent: Coop Goes to High School Part 1 – Good Riddance to Junior HighSeptember 8th, 2013 at 14:22A jun
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