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Thursday, October 10, 2013

10-10-13 @ THE CHALK FACE

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Impact of shutdown to be felt by DC charter schools, but…
… notice the list of priorities here. Is this in any particular order? Ramona Edelin, executive director of the D.C. Association of Chartered Public Schools, said the payment, totaling $101 million, is supposed to go toward preparation for SAT and other entrance tests as well as food services and teacher pay. “Some schools have something […]

EngageNY website – not so boring after all!
Several authors here at The Chalk Face have discussed the scripted curriculum modules that the New York State Department of Education has placed on it education reform propaganda website EngageNY.org. The modules are widely considered by teachers, and now and growing group of parents and children as being boring lessons killing student interest and creativity. […]

Professors Need to Stop Recommending TFA’ers to Be Teachers
TFA is Losing Its Luster There is still good, quality, genuine education going on around the country despite the anti-teacher, anti-intellectual and misogynistic meme of accountability and performance, test scores, and measuring every student every year, over and over and over again, on standardized fill in the bubble sheets. TFA, just like so much of […]


Common Core in the Real World: Destroying Literacy through Standardization (Again) | the becoming radical
Common Core in the Real World: Destroying Literacy through Standardization (Again) | the becoming radical.

10-8-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Ali: “You must listen to me” | the becoming radicalAli: “You must listen to me” | the becoming radical.by plthomasedd / 1h 10-7-13 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE:Returning from a successful trip to Douglas County, CO.Tim and I, along with the Edushyster, visited Douglas County, CO as they gear up for a contentious school board election. All politics are indeed local. From the k