BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANA
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Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool - NYTimes.com
Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool - NYTimes.com: "Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool"Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational ToolIf you were to walk into my sister’s house in Los Angeles, you’d hear a bit of yelling from time to time. “Luca! Get off Minecraft! Luca, are you on Minecraft again? Luca! Enough with the Mine
How closing schools hurts neighborhoods
How closing schools hurts neighborhoods: How closing schools hurts neighborhoods Posted by Valerie Strauss on March 6, 2013 at 6:00 am 0 Comments More [image: (thenotebook.org)] (thenotebook.org) On Thursday, the Philadelphia school district’s governing board, the School Reform Commission, will be voting on the most massive one-time downsizing of the system ever proposed. The district’s recently revised plan, which has encountered widespread community and teacher opposition, calls for closing 29 out of 239 district schools next fall – a step down from the original proposal to shutte... more »
9-28-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Reign of Error Review: Kozol on Ravitch, Speculating on Why There is No Middle Ground in the Ed WarsHaving Kozol review Ravitch is like getting the gold ring. Which means someone at the NY Times Book Review has some sense. The NY Post has a Michelle Rhee clone do the review. I imagine there are different forces at work within the Times and I expect we will see a different type of
How government shutdown would affect public schools
How government shutdown would affect public schools: How government shutdown would affect public schoolsBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 29 at 11:15 amE-mail the writer0CommentsMoreIf the Republicans force the government to shut down this week over President Obama’s health insurance program, public education will be affected. While public schools will remain open, the U.S. Education Depart
Charter School Marketing Wars: Teacher in The Box Charter Schools vs. Walmart Big Box Charter Schools #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Charter School Marketing Wars: Teacher in The Box Charter Schools vs. Walmart Big Box Charter SchoolsYou Decide:OrAnd The Walmart Big Box Charter Schools Doesn't Even Offer a Profitable Cyber Charter School Option"Con Academy Browse Con Academy library of over 3,100 educational videos...Beware of AstroTurf Marketing by fake grassroot 501c4 education foundations like Students Last Students L
We Don’t Need No Education - NYTimes.com
We Don’t Need No Education - NYTimes.com: une 14, 2012 We Don’t Need No EducationBy PAUL KRUGMAN Hope springs eternal. For a few hours I was ready to applaud Mitt Romney for speaking honestly about what his calls for smaller government actually mean. Never mind. Soon the candidate was being his normal self, denying having said what he said and serving up a bunch of self-contradictory excuses. But let’s talk about his accidental truth-telling, and what it reveals. In the remarks Mr. Romney later tried to deny, he derided President Obama: “He says we need more firemen, more policemen,... more »
Is The Common Core 2013 the "new math" of 1963?
The Straight Dope: What exactly was the "new math"?: What exactly was the "new math"?Dear Straight Dope:I'm old enough to have heard of the "new math" but as far as I can tell that was what I was taught in school. I have asked people older than myself what exactly the "old math" was. They were definitely sure I must have been exposed to the newfangled stuff,
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
Big Education Ape 2nd Banana 11-24-12 Recap of Last Week's Best Post
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANA
RECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POST
Charter school operator sentenced to prison as industry group fights on his behalf | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Charter school operator sentenced to prison as industry group fights on his behalf | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Charter school operator sentenced to prison as industry group fights on his behalfAnnie Gilbertson | October 4th, 2013, 5:12pmAnnie Gilbertson/KPCCJudge Stephen Marcus complained that there were far to many lawyers involved. A total of six spoke during Friday's sentencing hearing.At the en
The inside story on LA schools’ iPad rollout: “a colossal disaster” | Digital
The inside story on LA schools’ iPad rollout: “a colossal disaster” | Digital: The inside story on LA schools’ iPad rollout: “a colossal disaster”Homework with iPad by NDStrupler, on FlickrScarcely a month ago, on August 27, the Los Angeles County Unified School District placed the first iPads in students’ hands at the outset of a $1 billion plan to give one to every single student in the nation’s
The Broad Foundation and Broadies: Kings of “Distruptive” and “Unreasonable” Trickle-Down Reform | Cloaking Inequity
The Broad Foundation and Broadies: Kings of “Distruptive” and “Unreasonable” Trickle-Down Reform | Cloaking Inequity: The Broad Foundation and Broadies: Kings of “Distruptive” and “Unreasonable” Trickle-Down ReformEli Broad is infamous for his book The Art of Being Unreasonable. Broad is also know for venture philanthropy, the approach billionaires have taken to influence and direct educational po
Under pressure, charters nix cash-for-applicant tactic | GothamSchools
Under pressure, charters nix cash-for-applicant tactic | GothamSchools: Under pressure, charters nix cash-for-applicant tacticby Geoff Decker, at 9:36 pmA city charter school network abruptly abandoned a recruiting effort today that would have paid families cash rewards for bringing new students to its schools. The retraction happened two and a half hours after Ireported the effort on Twitter earl
Diane Ravitch: ‘Schools are not doing well because our society is not doing well’ — All In with Chris Hayes MSNBC
Diane Ravitch: ‘Schools are not doing well because our society is not doing well’ — MSNBC: Diane Ravitch: ‘Schools are not doing well because our society is not doing well’Collier Meyerson, @youngcollierVisit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyDiane Ravitch, an education historian, was once an avid and vocal supporter of No Child Left Behind and the Charter Moveme
Charter school operator sentenced to prison as industry group fights on his behalf | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Charter school operator sentenced to prison as industry group fights on his behalf | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Charter school operator sentenced to prison as industry group fights on his behalfAnnie Gilbertson | October 4th, 2013, 5:12pmAnnie Gilbertson/KPCCJudge Stephen Marcus complained that there were far to many lawyers involved. A total of six spoke during Friday's sentencing hearing.At the en
“It’s Not a School Problem” | Texas Monthly
“It’s Not a School Problem” | Texas Monthly: “It’s Not a School Problem”DIANE RAVITCH USED TO BE A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF EDUCATION REFORM. NOT ANYMORE.by JAKE SILVERSTEINOCTOBER 2013Photograph by Ryan DorsettJAKE SILVERSTEIN: You are famous for having made a dramatic public reversal on the subject of education. As a historian and as somebody who was involved in the policy making process as a member
Nite Cap 10-4-13 #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 CAPTODAYThe Broad Foundation and Broadies: Kings of “Distruptive” and “Unreasonable” Trickle-Down Reform | Cloaking InequityThe Broad Foundation and Broadies: Kings of “Distruptive” and “Unreasonable” Trickle-Down Reform | Cloaking Inequity: The Bro
The Broad Foundation and Broadies: Kings of “Distruptive” and “Unreasonable” Trickle-Down Reform | Cloaking Inequity
The Broad Foundation and Broadies: Kings of “Distruptive” and “Unreasonable” Trickle-Down Reform | Cloaking Inequity: The Broad Foundation and Broadies: Kings of “Distruptive” and “Unreasonable” Trickle-Down ReformEli Broad is infamous for his book The Art of Being Unreasonable. Broad is also know for venture philanthropy, the approach billionaires have taken to influence and direct educational po
Morning Wink 10-4-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAY10-4-13 Schools MatterSchools Matter: Will Value-Added Testing Do as Little for the Nation as It Has for Tennessee?If you go the Washington Post education page, hang a right down the hallway to the back bedroom and look under the bed in the box labeled "Stuff Jeff Bezos Won't Like," you will find this article, which is based largely on findi
Is The Common Core 2013 the "new math" of 1963?
The Straight Dope: What exactly was the "new math"?: What exactly was the "new math"?Dear Straight Dope:I'm old enough to have heard of the "new math" but as far as I can tell that was what I was taught in school. I have asked people older than myself what exactly the "old math" was. They were definitely sure I must have been exposed to the newfangled stuff,
Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 10-3-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMCongressman Kimble Doesn't Let Shutdown Stop Him[Reprinted from the Oakdale Value Shopper] The recent government shut down has been a hardship for Congressmen. The Members Dining Room has closed leaving many politicians wondering where their next meal will come from and without interns to operate things like remote controls and bottle
Nite Cap 10-3-13 #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 CAPTODAYAssembly Bill 484 Questions and Answers + $7.5 Million to Linked Learning ProgramsAssembly Bill 484 Questions and Answers - Assessment Information (CA Dept of Education): Assembly Bill 484 Questions and AnswersQuestions and answers regarding
Assembly Bill 484 Questions and Answers + $7.5 Million to Linked Learning Programs
Assembly Bill 484 Questions and Answers - Assessment Information (CA Dept of Education): Assembly Bill 484 Questions and AnswersQuestions and answers regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 484, which establishes California's new statewide student assessment system. AB 484 was signed into law on October 2, 2013.1. What is Assembly Bill (AB) 484?Signed into law on October 2, 2013, AB 484 (Bonilla) establishe
Remember the 'I Quit Teach for America' essay? Here's the... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Remember the 'I Quit Teach for America' essay? Here's the... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Remember the 'I Quit Teach for America' essay? Here's the counterpoint. 'I stayed.' COMMENT(6) 2 731 108 859RelatedView Larger Former TFA teacher Tre TennysonPrevious PostsHigh school: Can't we make it better? October 3, 2013Lessons from abroad: Effort over talentOctober 2, 2013Moderate reformers need to jum
Tom Corbett, Stop Holding School Children Hostage | WeArePCAPS
Tom Corbett, Stop Holding School Children Hostage | WeArePCAPS: Tom Corbett, Stop Holding School Children HostagePosted on October 3, 2013by wearepcapsPCAPS was out today at Drexel where Tom Corbett was speaking. We let him know what we think of his refusal release funding for Philadelphia Schools.
All Education Matters: Warning - FAKE SALLIE MAE ACCOUNT CLAIMS THEY WILL FORGIVE YOUR STUDENT LOANS
All Education Matters: Warning - FAKE SALLIE MAE ACCOUNT CLAIMS THEY WILL FORGIVE YOUR STUDENT LOANS: Warning - FAKE SALLIE MAE ACCOUNT CLAIMS THEY WILL FORGIVE YOUR STUDENT LOANSFolks, we should have expected scams of various sorts to pop up, thanks to extremists in the GOP hijacking government and shutting it down.So, it comes as no surprise that scammers are trying to take full advantage of peo
Damon Takes the Stage, but Ravitch Wins the Applause - LA School Report
Damon Takes the Stage, but Ravitch Wins the Applause - LA School Report: Post navigationDamon Takes the Stage, but Ravitch Wins the ApplausePosted on October 3, 2013 by Chase NiesnerMatt Damon with Diane RavitchWhen the actor Matt Damon stood before a capacity crowd inside the Cal State Northridge student union last night, he smiled sheepishly and said he wasn’t surprised to see so many star-struc
Democrat Glenda Ritz, GOP appointees tussle for control of State Board of Education | Indianapolis Star | indystar.com
Democrat Glenda Ritz, GOP appointees tussle for control of State Board of Education | Indianapolis Star | indystar.com: Democrat Glenda Ritz, GOP appointees tussle for control of State Board of EducationTension between Democrat state superintendent Glenda Ritz and the Republican-appointed Indiana State Board of Education exploded into a direct confrontation Wednesday over who controls the board’s
Teacher status around the world: How the U.S. stacks up | The Raw Story
Teacher status around the world: How the U.S. stacks up | The Raw Story: Teacher status around the world: How the U.S. stacks upBy The Christian Science MonitorThursday, October 3, 2013 11:04 EDTTopics: Alicia Schoenborn ♦ Mahnomen Elementary School ♦ Teacher status Debate about how to keep up with countries that perform best on international tests has been percolating for years in theUnited State
Morning Wink 10-3-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAYHas the Left Lost Faith in Upward Mobility? - Bridging Differences - Education WeekHas the Left Lost Faith in Upward Mobility? - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Has the Left Lost Faith in Upward Mobility?By Mike Petrilli on October 3, 2013 10:03 AMDear Deborah,Earlier this week you wrote that you were "stunned" that I'd suggest a simp
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 10-3-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: What to Do with Your Child’s Test Scores: Send ‘em Back!Some parents in New York have devised a creative way to protest the absurdly hard Common Core tests that most kids “failed” last spring. They are sending the scores back to the State Commissioner John King. The word is getting out. The tests were designed to create failure. Te
Diane Ravitch on the great education-reform swindle - Sacramento News & Review - October 3, 2013
Sacramento News & Review - Diane Ravitch on the great education-reform swindle - Bites - Opinions - October 3, 2013: Diane Ravitch on the great education-reform swindleThis country's schools aren't failing. In fact, students are performing better than ever.By Cosmo Garvin cosmog@newsreview.comRead 1 reader submitted commentThis article was published on 10.03.13.AdvertisementPublic-school advoc
Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 10-2-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMThe Charter School MistakeThe Charter School Mistake Diane RavitchDate of Source: Tuesday, October 1, 2013Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles has more charter schools than any other school district in the nation, and it's a very bad idea.Billionaires like privately managed schools. Parents are lured with glittering promises of getting their kid
Nite Cap 10-2-13 #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 CAPTODAYTorlakson Applauds Testing Overhaul - Year 2013Torlakson Applauds Testing Overhaul - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Applauds Testing OverhaulOutdated assessments set aside to measure readiness for college
Torlakson Applauds Testing Overhaul - Year 2013
Torlakson Applauds Testing Overhaul - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Applauds Testing OverhaulOutdated assessments set aside to measure readiness for college and careersSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson congratulated Governor Jerry Brown and the State Legislature for their work to sweep away outdated tests in favor of modern, c
10-2-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Education News RoundupDual-language in Washington State - a view from Seattle Globalist.A MacArthur Genius award went to an educational researcher, Angela Duckworth. From Ed Week:Educational research psychologist and former teacher Angela Duckworth has devoted her career to understanding traits beyond IQ or test-taking abilities that predict a student's success— i
October 2, 1968: 45 Years Ago – the Mexico City Massacre During Olympic Games
October 2, 1968: 45 Years Ago – the Mexico City Massacre During Olympic Games: October 2, 1968: 45 Years Ago – the Mexico City Massacre During Olympic Gamesby SOURCE on OCTOBER 2, 2013 · 0 COMMENTSin CIVIL RIGHTS, HISTORY, POLITICS, WORLD NEWSby Daniel Hernandez / IntersectionsEditor: The following was originally written in 2008.[Forty-five] years ago today the Mexican governmentopened fire indisc
Crisis in California's schools: 250,000 schoolchildren need glasses - latimes.com
Crisis in California's schools: 250,000 schoolchildren need glasses - latimes.com: Crisis in California's schools: 250,000 schoolchildren need glassesNearly all California public school students who need glasses enter school without them. It's a problem that's simple to remedy.Sarah Garcia of Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary School wrinkles her nose as she tries on numerous frames while opticia
10-2-13 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.: CMS, HMS and self-audits.I posted yesterday about the letter that was sent to Illinois retirees regarding Teachers Retirement Insurance Program (TRIP) eligibility. Central Management Services (CMS) has contracted with a national firm, HMS, that specializes in cost control through audits of members’ cl
Morning Wink 10-2-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAYMy Letter to the TIMES, September 29, 2013 | Bill AyersMy Letter to the TIMES, September 29, 2013 | Bill Ayers: My Letter to the TIMES, September 29, 2013“Principal and Teacher, A Complex Duet” is a confused and confusing account of one of the central pillars of corporate school reform: teacher evaluation.Brent Staples’ easy dismissal of the substanti
10-2-13M Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Cuomo To Appoint Pataki, McCall To "Tax Cut Task Force"Anybody who thinks a Mayor de Blasio is getting a tax increase on rich people in Governor Andrew Cuomo's re-election year should take note of this news: ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo is turning to the Republican who defeated his father to come up with ways to cut taxes, the Daily News has learned. In a surprising announc
10-2-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: October’s (2013) Best Tweets — Part OneEvery month I make a few short lists highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave
Nite Cap 10-1-13 #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 CAPTODAYThe “Magical Me” Ms. Rhee | Seattle EducationThe “Magical Me” Ms. Rhee | Seattle Education: The “Magical Me” Ms. RheeThe other day I received the type of comment that I love to respond to. I initially thought I would reply to the angry attac
The Truth about StudentsFirst and Why It Matters | janresseger
The Truth about StudentsFirst and Why It Matters | janresseger: The Truth about StudentsFirst and Why It MattersPosted on October 1, 2013 by janressegerLiving as I do in Cleveland, Ohio, I remember not long ago when the names of companies told you just what they made: Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Cleveland Twist Drill, and Timken Roller Bearing. I suspect we are the town whose publi
Answers to Your Top Six Shutdown Questions — Whole Child Education
Answers to Your Top Six Shutdown Questions — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGAnswers to Your Top Six Shutdown QuestionsOctober 1, 2013 by Melissa MellorThe U.S. government shut down this morning because Congress was unable to pass a bill to fund federal programs as the new fiscal year begins. This week's Capitol Connection cuts through the politics and brinkmanship to outline what a shu
Head Start hit hardest by federal shutdown, but other education programs face problems in long term | HechingerEd Blog
Head Start hit hardest by federal shutdown, but other education programs face problems in long term | HechingerEd Blog: Head Start hit hardest by federal shutdown, but other education programs face problems in long termFor the short term, most schools will likely be unaffected by the federal government shutdown that went into effect today. But if the impasse in Congress lasts a long time, schools
10-1-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tuesday Open ThreadInteresting six-part series on math in the NY Times, Me, Myself and Math.Oh those kids! Looks like LA high school students found it quite easy to hack into their new school-issued iPads.One week after students started receiving their iPads, students attending at least three Los Angeles high schools had figured out how to disarm a built-in securit
Arne Duncan Goes After "Armchair Pundits" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Arne Duncan Goes After "Armchair Pundits" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Arne Duncan Goes After "Armchair Pundits"By Anthony Cody on October 1, 2013 12:23 PMSecretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke publicly of Diane Ravitch in an interview in 2011, where he said: "Diane Ravitch is in denial and she is insulting all of the hardworking teachers, principals an
10-1-13 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.: Illinois is broke? Cut teacher pensions and give millions to Archer Daniels Midland.Remember the phony front group that Civic Committee president Ty Fahner set up called Illinois is Broke? He wanted you to think the state was broke because of huge pensions to teachers, firemen and cops. Y’know. That $
Morning Wink 10-1-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAY10-1-13 Wait What?Wait What?: Senator Williams/Representative Johnson: Windham’s children, parents, teachers and taxpayers deserve better[A long but important post] Tomorrow, (Oct 2nd) State Senator Don Williams and State Representative Susan Johnson are scheduled to meet with their constituents about the damage “Special Master”, “Special Deal” Steve
10-1-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Senator Williams/Representative Johnson: Windham’s children, parents, teachers and taxpayers deserve better[A long but important post] Tomorrow, (Oct 2nd) State Senator Don Williams and State Representative Susan Johnson are scheduled to meet with their constituents about the damage “Special Master”, “Special Deal” Steven Adamowski is doing to their community. The children, parents, t
Our Schools Are Not For Sale is the story of Philadelphia's teachers
Our Schools Are Not For Sale on Vimeo: Our Schools Are Not For Sale from Media Mobilizing Project TV on Vimeo.Our Schools Are Not For Salefrom Media Mobilizing Project TV PLUS 1 week ago / Creative Commons License: by nc NOT YET RATEDPublic education is under attack. Will we learn to live with a two-tier education system where money comes first, or will we come together to guarantee a quality ed
Closing Gaps?: Addressing Privilege and Poverty | the becoming radical
Closing Gaps?: Addressing Privilege and Poverty | the becoming radical: CLOSING GAPS?: ADDRESSING PRIVILEGE AND POVERTYNew ways of thinking about public education must occur before the U.S. can fulfill its obligation to the promise of universal public schools:We have failed public education; public education has not failed us.Education has never, cannot, and will never be a singular or primary mec
Secret Corbett poll proposing teachers union attack funded by PennCAN :: Blogs :: The Naked City :: Philadelphia City Paper
Secret Corbett poll proposing teachers union attack funded by PennCAN :: Blogs :: The Naked City :: Philadelphia City Paper: Secret Corbett poll proposing teachers union attack funded by PennCANBy Daniel Denvir Published: 06/19/2013 | 0 Comments PostedA secret report, based on a poll of Pennsylvanians, proposing that Gov. Tom Corbettmount a high-profile attack on the Philadelphia Federation of Tea
WTF Wealthy donors move schools decision-making behind closed doors :: Blogs :: The Naked City :: Philadelphia City Paper
Wealthy donors move schools decision-making behind closed doors :: Blogs :: The Naked City :: Philadelphia City Paper: Wealthy donors move schools decision-making behind closed doorsBy Daniel Denvir Published: 09/29/2013 | 3 Comments PostedPromotion for this week's "All of the Above" conference.On Monday, wealthy donors interested in the future of public education will gather for atwo-da
Global Corruption Report: Education
Global Corruption Report: Education: GLOBAL CORRUPTION REPORT: EDUCATIONCorruption can be found at all levels of our education systems, undermining the right to education.From ghost schools and fake diplomas, to undue corporate influence in university research, explore the many faces of corruption in education, and learn about ways it is being challenged.Let's get started!Press releasesBlog posts
Our Schools Are Not For Sale | WeArePCAPS
Our Schools Are Not For Sale | WeArePCAPS: Our Schools Are Not For SalePosted on October 1, 2013by wearepcapsYesterday at the Union League, long a bastion of privelege and wealth, billionaires met to further their aims of privatizing education, imposing austerity, and busting unions, all carefully packaged as “school choice” and “reform.” Meanwhile outside students, joined by teachers and paren
Covered California Your destination for affordable, quality health care, including Medi-Cal
Covered California: Covered California Your destination for affordable, quality health care, including Medi-Calhttps://www.coveredca.com/es/El "Profesor de lo Simple" explica los cambios en el Cuidado de la SaludEl 1 de enero de 2014 comenzará la nueva cobertura médica para millones de californianos. Covered California ayudará a individuos a comparar planes de salud y a elegir el plan qu
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 10-1-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Why VAM Is a ShamAudrey Amrein-Beardsley of Arizona State University is one of the nation’s leading authorities on teacher evaluation. She has the advantage of having taught middle school math for several years. She understands better than almost any other researcher just how flawed value-added measurement is. Next year, her book
10-1-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Sleazy Dan Squadron Refuses To Take Responsibility For His Campaign's Anonymous RoboCall Attack Against Tish JamesDan Squadron is a sleazeball.It's one thing to attack your opponent and take responsibility for the attacks.Alas, Squadron doesn't have the courage or the moral core to do that - as Politicker reports here: State Senator Daniel Squadron would not deny tonight tha
Affordable Care Act: A Marketplace of Opportunity | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
Affordable Care Act: A Marketplace of Opportunity | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Affordable Care Act: A Marketplace of OpportunityBy Tarsi Dunlop on October 1, 2013Healthy kids come to school better able to focus on classroom learning. Having access to quality affordable health care will only increase the quality of life for the nation’s youth, their families and the surrou
Diane Ravitch at Stanford | InterACT
Diane Ravitch at Stanford | InterACT: Diane Ravitch at StanfordOCTOBER 1, 2013tags: diane ravitch, Stanfordby David B. Cohen(photo by the author)I had the pleasure of introducing Diane Ravitch at her Stanford University event on Monday night. Below, you can find the text of my introduction, and a few pictures from the event. But first, I love this picture (right), taken backstage just before the e
Two-pronged attack on teachers' seniority planned
Two-pronged attack on teachers' seniority planned: Two-pronged attack on teachers' seniority plannedFile photo: In 2011, city teachers rally outside district headquarters. (Steven M. Falk/Staff)MARTHA WOODALL, INQUIRER STAFF WRITERLAST UPDATED: Monday, September 30, 2013, 2:01 AMPOSTED: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 7:03 PMSeniority for public school teachers is in the crosshairs in Philadelphia and
The charter school mistake - latimes.com
The charter school mistake - latimes.com: The charter school mistake'Reforming' schools by giving tax money to corporations is a distraction from the system's real problems — poverty and racial segregation.Comments1EmailShare12Students look for their classrooms on the opening day of instruction at the Westchester Secondary Charter school. (Los Angeles Times / September 3, 2013)
Are These Photos of a Bronx Assistant Principal Provocative and Risque? southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Are These Photos of a Bronx Assistant Principal Provocative and Risque?Breaking news has come across the SBSB news desk. The Crack Team has learned that Jessica Cruze, AP at PS 154 in the Bronx and BFF of DR Alison Coviello; PhD. and Principal has a specialtalent. She is a professional belly dancer.We here at SBSB applaud Jessica Cruz of keeping this ancient art fo
What would federal shutdown mean for California education? | EdSource Today
What would federal shutdown mean for California education? | EdSource Today: What would federal shutdown mean for California education?September 30th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By Jane Meredith Adams1Federal money for education will continue to flow into California, with some caveats, even if the federal government’s spending authority runs out late Monday.The big ticket federal education programs in
Nite Cap 9-30-13 #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 CAPTODAYGeorge W. Bush's Education Law, No Child Left Behind, Abandoned By TexasGeorge W. Bush's Education Law, No Child Left Behind, Abandoned By Texas: George W. Bush's Education Law, No Child Left Behind, Abandoned By TexasPosted: 09/30/2013 5:57
George W. Bush's Education Law, No Child Left Behind, Abandoned By Texas
George W. Bush's Education Law, No Child Left Behind, Abandoned By Texas: George W. Bush's Education Law, No Child Left Behind, Abandoned By TexasPosted: 09/30/2013 5:57 pm EDT It's official. Texas is leaving behind George W. Bush's baby -- the No Child Left Behind education law.U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Monday that he approved the application of Texas, Bush's home state, f
Sec Arne Duncan Speaks – He is Doing the Real Work, (not like us “armchair pundits”) #Teachers? #Parents? #RutRoe Do you hear them flapping? #BATs | Continuing Change
Sec Arne Duncan Speaks – He is Doing the Real Work, (not like us “armchair pundits”) #Teachers? #Parents? #RutRoe Do you hear them flapping? #BATs | Continuing Change: Sec Arne Duncan Speaks – He is Doing the Real Work, (not like us “armchair pundits”) #Teachers? #Parents? #RutRoe Do you hear them flapping? #BATsArne Duncan, Secretary of Education – Sept 30, 2013 at National Press Club – State of
Our Public Schools Care About the Whole Child | Lily's Blackboard
Our Public Schools Care About the Whole Child | Lily's Blackboard: Our Public Schools Care About the Whole ChildSep 30th, 2013 by LilysBlackboard.As the nation celebrates the 36th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month, a group of politicians, business, and education leaders – including NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen GarcÃa – gathered in Washington, DC for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s P
Torlakson Addresses Truancy Report - Year 2013
Torlakson Addresses Truancy Report - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Addresses Truancy ReportLOS ANGELES—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson issued the following statement today after taking part in the release of California Attorney General Kamala Harris's report, "In School and on Track," examining the issue of truancy and absenteeism
A call to action - building economic growth in Sacramento and beyond Assemblymember Roger Dickinson 7th CA Assembly District
Assemblymember Roger Dickinson Representing the 7th California Assembly District: A call to action - building economic growth in Sacramento and beyondDear Friend,Creating jobs and building our economy is one of my top priorities as an Assemblymember. That is why two of my key bills this legislative session are aimed at spurring economic growth in our community and beyond. Both bills have passed th
The inside story on LA schools’ iPad rollout: “a colossal disaster” | Digital
The inside story on LA schools’ iPad rollout: “a colossal disaster” | Digital: The inside story on LA schools’ iPad rollout: “a colossal disaster”Homework with iPad by NDStrupler, on FlickrScarcely a month ago, on August 27, the Los Angeles County Unified School District placed the first iPads in students’ hands at the outset of a $1 billion plan to give one to every single student in the nation’s
9-30-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Mike Pence’s Faith-Based Quest to Corporatize PreschoolBy Doug MartinEven though Indiana does not fund preschool and even failed to pass a law for a preschool pilot program recently, Mike Pence has a newly-formed early childhood learning advisory committee which doesn’t seem to be meant to help the situation. In fact, the advisory committee reflects a free-market biblical capitalis
Cali Education Headlines Monday, September 30, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: 17th Annual BBQ - Tom Torlakson for State Superintendent of Public Instruction 201417th Annual BBQ - Tom Torlakson for State Superintendent of Public Instruction 2014: 17th Annual BBQ & Healthy Chili Cook-OffPosted by Craig Cheslog 242pc on September 15, 2013 · FlagIt's almost time for one of my favorite events of the year: my Annual BBQ
Morning Wink 9-30-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAYThose Who Can’t, Write | EduShysterThose Who Can’t, Write | EduShyster: Those Who Can’t, Write What is it about New York Times columnists and education???It’s time now for a feature in which I do something I am almost never allowed to do at home: unswizzle my wine box before noon go on and on (and on) about the various shortcomings of the latest New Y
CA’s ‘attendance crisis’: one in four elementary students truant each year | The Raw Story
CA’s ‘attendance crisis’: one in four elementary students truant each year | The Raw Story: CA’s ‘attendance crisis’: one in four elementary students truant each yearBy Scott KaufmanMonday, September 30, 2013 9:26 EDTTopics: Elementary school students ♦ truant students 0 According to a report released this morning by the Attorney General of California, one of every four elementary school students
9-30-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: FACMAC Response to Growth Boundaries draftThe FACMAC made a response to the Growth Boundaries plan. You can read the summary of the response here.Here's the short version:Include high schools now. They take the longest to address, there isn't that much time, and the system is integrated.Instead of messing with nearly all of the elementary school attendance areas an
9-30-13 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 NY Times wants to refight the Sixties?You’ve heard the old joke. If you say you remember the Sixties, you weren’t there. Funny. But not true. I was there. And I remember it. At sixty-five I sometimes forget where I put the keys. Or where I left Ulysses. But the Sixties? I remember it vividly. Bill
9-30-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: A case study on arrogance: “Special Deal” Steven AdamowskiIt started with a no-bid, $450,000 no-bid contract and ended with a state job that was never posted. It is the story of Governor Dan Malloy and Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor’s successful effort to ensure that “Special Deal” Steven Adamowski lives up his “Special Deal” reputation. Three blog posts from Wait, What? 9-27-
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-30-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Suburban New York Parents Don’t Believe Common Core TestsNew York’s first Common Core tests, administered last spring, produced a dramatic score decline. 70% of the students across the state allegedly “failed.” State education leaders said the tests set a new “benchmark.” They implied that the tests demonstrated the failure of the
The Classroom of Experience | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
The Classroom of Experience | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: The Classroom of ExperienceBy American School Counselor Association on September 30, 2013By Kwok-Sze Wong, Ed.D., Executive Director, American School Counselor Association (ASCA)People often tell me how happy they are that the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) has a business person like me as the executiv
9-30-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Useful Resources On Natural DisastersHere are a variety of useful resources related to natural disasters: First, here are a couple of new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About Forest Fires: Is Living With Extreme Wildfires The New Normal? is from NPR. Into The Wildfire is an ambitious piece from The NY Times. This
9-30-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: David Coleman Runs The Voodoo Psychometrics DownA late August HuffPo article by Joy Resmovitz entitled, “David Coleman, Common Core Writer, Gears Up For SAT Rewrite,” has been making the rounds on many of the Facebook groups I follow that focus on high-stakes testing, the Common Core Standards, and other issues of concern to teachers, parents, administrators, students, and other
9-30-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Siena Poll Finds Cuomo Is Below 50% Approval For First Time EverGovernor Cuomo has bludgeoned his agenda through the last few years by using his immense popularity in the state (for a while there, he was riding with 80% approval ratings.)''He is facing reelection next year and is rumored to be seeking a very ambitious agenda in order to ease that bid - including a wide range
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESCharter backer Cong. Polis calls Ravitch "evil woman"Diane Ravitch responds to Cong. Polis Even though he is a billionaire, I will pick up the check for breakfast, lunch, or dinner on one condition: read my book. If you don’t like it, Jared, I will give you your money back. -- Blog Bill Gates“It would be great if our educ
Free lunch sign ups crucial for accurate count of low-income students | EdSource Today
Free lunch sign ups crucial for accurate count of low-income students | EdSource Today: Free lunch sign ups crucial for accurate count of low-income studentsSeptember 30th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By Jane Meredith AdamsA banner from Oakland Unified offers incentives for eligible families to sign up for the federal meals program. Credit: Oakland Unified School DistrictLet the counting begin.With mil
Closing Down the Government – for Profit: Part 2, Public Pensions, Teachers, and Healthcare | Reclaim Reform
Closing Down the Government – for Profit: Part 2, Public Pensions, Teachers, and Healthcare | Reclaim Reform: Closing Down the Government – for Profit: Part 2, Public Pensions, Teachers, and HealthcarePosted on September 29, 2013by Ken PrevitiThe legalized legislative scams allowed by purchased legislators threaten teachers, children, widows, the disabled and the elderly. It isn’t even necessary t
Nite Cap 9-29-13 #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 CAPTODAYDIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Saying No:Sometimes It Has to Be Said!DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Saying No:Sometimes It Has to Be Said!: Saying No:Sometimes It Has to Be Said!Many Sundays, I go to church and watch some of the litt
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Announces 286 National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2013 | U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Announces 286 National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2013 | U.S. Department of Education: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Announces 286 National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2013SEPTEMBER 24, 2013Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced 286 schools as the 2013 cohort of National Blue Ribbon Sc
17th Annual BBQ - Tom Torlakson for State Superintendent of Public Instruction 2014
17th Annual BBQ - Tom Torlakson for State Superintendent of Public Instruction 2014: 17th Annual BBQ & Healthy Chili Cook-OffPosted by Craig Cheslog 242pc on September 15, 2013 · FlagIt's almost time for one of my favorite events of the year: my Annual BBQ and Healthy Chili Cook-Off! It's amazing to think we've been doing this great event for 17 years now.I hope you will join me and Team Torla
Charter School Marketing Wars: Teacher in The Box Charter Schools vs. Walmart Big Box Charter Schools #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Charter School Marketing Wars: Teacher in The Box Charter Schools vs. Walmart Big Box Charter SchoolsYou Decide:OrAnd The Walmart Big Box Charter Schools Doesn't Even Offer a Profitable Cyber Charter School Option"Con Academy Browse Con Academy library of over 3,100 educational videos...Beware of AstroTurf Marketing by fake grassroot 501c4 education foundations like Students Last Students L
9-29-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: While We Worry about our District, Congress Twiddles its ThumbsI'm sure most children have no idea what is happening in Congress but I expect that they will feel the ramifications - short and long-term - in their lives. And who gets hit the hardest if the government shuts down? You better believe it's those who need the most help. Here's a helpful chart (show it
How government shutdown would affect public schools
How government shutdown would affect public schools: How government shutdown would affect public schoolsBy Valerie Strauss, Published: September 29 at 11:15 amE-mail the writer0CommentsMoreIf the Republicans force the government to shut down this week over President Obama’s health insurance program, public education will be affected. While public schools will remain open, the U.S. Education Depart
Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: A few of my favorite things about the #BammyAwards & a wish list too
Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: A few of my favorite things about the #BammyAwards & a wish list too: A few of my favorite things about the #BammyAwards & a wish list tooThe #BammyAwards brings folks together once a year to celebrate and recognize that which is good about education. This awards show honors educators like celebrities honored on other shows, shedding a much-needed po
9-29-13 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.: Sunday reads.Nine things you should never say to a teacher. North Carolina teachers are going to walk out over pay freezes. Seymour Hersh says U.S. investigative journalism is pathetic. Never more true than in Chicago. U.K. teachers and postal workers will strike this week. Principal Marian Strok said
Morning Wink 9-29-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAY"These kids are good organs in a sick body." | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com"These kids are good organs in a sick body." | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: "These kids are good organs in a sick body." Previous PostsA coach takes a stand after players involved in bullying, disrespectSeptember 27, 2013Flawed exams support phony sch
9-29-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “Developing Student Writers By Letting Them Talk…”Developing Student Writers By Letting Them Talk… is my new post over at Education Week Teacher. It’s the first post in a three-part series focusing on teaching writing in the context of the Common Core Standards. Today’s commentaries come from educators Mary Tedrow, Ray Sala
9-28-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Reign of Error Review: Kozol on Ravitch, Speculating on Why There is No Middle Ground in the Ed WarsHaving Kozol review Ravitch is like getting the gold ring. Which means someone at the NY Times Book Review has some sense. The NY Post has a Michelle Rhee clone do the review. I imagine there are different forces at work within the Times and I expect we will see a different type of
Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Garfield Teacher (and Inspiration) Jesse Hagopian Wins Teaching AwardGarfield teacher and MAP boycott leader Jesse Hagopian was named the "Secondary School Teacher of the Year" last Saturday by the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences International in Washington, D.C. His "Bammy" award was also joined by a "Grammys for Teachers", a
KPFA with OEA + BFT presents: "An Evening with DIANE RAVITCH" "Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger for America's Public Schools"
KPFA Radio with Oakland Education Association and the Berkeley Federation of Teachers presents: "An Evening with DIANE RAVITCH" "Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger for America's Public Schools" Host: Philip Maldari | KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley: Listener Sponsored Free Speech Radio: Date of the Event: Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 7:30pm - 9:30pmK
Nite Cap 9-28-13 #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 CAPTODAYWait What?Wait What?: Malloy/Pryor; It is time to come clean on “Special Deal” Steven AdamowskiWhy did the Malloy Administration rush through hiring Steven Adamowski? Why did Adamowski start in his new state position even before the State Bo
The Dangerous Politics of Ed-Tech
The Dangerous Politics of Ed-Tech (Investment): The Dangerous Politics of Ed-Tech (Investment)by AUDREY WATTERS on 27 SEP, 2013I.A curious yet significant event in ed-tech occurred last week. A tome of some importance was released – and no, I don’t mean the publication of either Ron Paul’s or Diane Ravitch’s new book.I’m talking about a 118-slide presentation by Whitney Tilson (PDF). The investor,
9-28-13 Saturday Matinée Special Corporate Reform School Girls News Breakout
Saturday Special Corporate Reform School Girls News BreakoutTODAYWading in to the Opt Out Movement | Twin Cities Daily PlanetWading in to the Opt Out Movement | Twin Cities Daily Planet: Wading in to the Opt Out MovementBy Sarah Lahm, Eyes on EducationSeptember 27, 2013OPT-OUT/REFUSAL GUIDES FOR EACH STATEOpt-Out/Refusal Guides for each State | United Opt Out National: Yesterday, my seventh grade
Students Last: The Big Box Charter School
Students Last: The Big Box Charter School: The Big Box Charter SchoolStudents wear name tags andWalmart blue vestsArkansas - The Walton family of Walmart fame has decided to open their own chain of for-profit charter schools. The first "Big Box Charter School" (BBCS) will be located in Bentonville, Arkansas which also serves as Walmart's corporate headquarters.BBCS CEO P. Louis Bergoff a
Philanthropy: The Corpocracy’s Insurance Policy | Dissident Voice
Philanthropy: The Corpocracy’s Insurance Policy | Dissident Voice: Philanthropy: The Corpocracy’s Insurance PolicyHush, all you serfs Take this cash Don’t do anything rash And stay off our turfs For over 200 years might and money have kept the powerful in power in America. Throughout her history America’s organized, powerful few have exploited the unorganized, powerless many and militarily claime
2nd Banana 9-28-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2 #1u
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANA RECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POST Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool - NYTimes.comDisruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool - NYTimes.com: "Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool"Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational ToolIf you were to walk into my sister’s house in Los Angeles,
Morning Wink 9-28-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAYLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-28-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Do You Need a Laugh Today? Read This.Julian Vasquez Heilig is the most creative blogger I know in terms of his brilliant combination of flashy graphics, research, and informed commentary. H
9-28-13 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.: Saturday coffee. With my new hearing aids. My t-shirt reads Keep Retirement Weird. It’s a play off of the Keep Austin Weird and Keep Portland Weird t-shirts that have become popular. Retirement is weird. Not in a bad way. It just keeps presenting surprises. A few years before I retired I found my he
Safe Passage routes rife with sex offenders - Chicago Sun-Times
Safe Passage routes rife with sex offenders - Chicago Sun-Times: Safe Passage routes rife with sex offendersBY LAUREN FITZPATRICK Education Reporter September 28, 2013 12:10AM01Share2713A Safe Passage sign is posted near a building on Washington Blvd., where a registered sex offender lives along the route for children walking to De Priest Elementary School on Chicago's West Side. | Jessica Kosciel
9-28-13 teacherken at Daily Kos
teacherken at Daily Kos: Teaching as relationship - a personal reflectionAn incident yesterday is very much on my mind. In my STEM Policy class we were talking about possible projects for which students could do Policy Briefs (their deliverables at the end of the semester course). One young lady, a junior like all the other students, had decided to dispose of her original idea and explore anothe
9-28-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: The Google Cloud Monster Ate My GraphicsMulgrew Waves Goodbye To BloombergMulgrew on mayor: "We can all take comfort from the fact that Bloomberg will soon be only a bad memory to the people who care about schools"— Lisa Fleisher (@lisafleisher) September 27, 2013Alas, with all the concessions Mikey Mulgrew and his boss, Randi Weingarten, made to Bloomberg and the
9-28-13 Radical Scholarship
Radical Scholarship: How Bill Gates Views the World (And Why It’s a Problem) – @ THE CHALK FACEHow Bill Gates Views the World (And Why It’s a Problem) – @ THE CHALK FACE1 by P. L. Thomas / 3h YESTERDAYDisaster Capitalism and Charter Schools: Revisiting New Orleans Post-KatrinaDisaster Capitalism and Charter Schools: Revisiting New Orleans Post-Katrina1 by P. L. Thomas / 18h Words and Deeds: The U.
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 9-28-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYRepublican Strategy On Debt Ceiling Is Ridiculous Strategy, But Provides Perfect Classroom Lesson On “Compromise”I learned about the importance of compromise in my nineteen year community organizing career prior to becoming a teacher, and I’ve shared a fair amount about it at The Best Posts
This Week's Education Research Report 9-28-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTSchool outreach program may reduce African-American student mobilityOutreach programs that build relationships between families and schools may reduce the number of students who change schools for reasons other than grade promotion, according to a new study from researchers at Rice University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Col
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-28-13
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FITBROWN VETOES SB 344 (Padilla) TO ADD MORE ACCOUNTABILITY TO LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULABy Kimberly Beltran | SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources http://bit.ly/1bcSMxE Friday, September 27, 2013 :: In a signal to school officials that the Brown administration is unlikely to burden districts with ad
NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education 9-28-13
NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education:NPE News BriefsHow Bill Gates Views the World (And Why It’s a Problem) | @ THE CHALK FACESEPTEMBER 28, 2013 BY PLTHOMASEDD Money is power. Power is money. Bill Gates has too much of both. Valerie Strauss gets it—that Bill Gates is not what education needs: “Education reform should not be driven by private philanthropists with their own agenda
9-21-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Schools MatterAre Americans reading less?Sent to the New York Daily News, Sept. 27, 2013The Daily News reported that "Less than half of Americans read for fun last year, National Endowment for the Arts survey shows" (Sept. 26).This is not quite accurate.The NEA reported that 54.5% of those surveyed said they read at least one book last year, nearly identical to the resul
All Week 9-28-13 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: All Week 8-10-13 @ THE CHALK FACE This is why the Tea Party can shove their anti #commoncore sentiment #tcotTea Party zealots have been rather late to the party, actually. In only the last few months or so have they sought fit to propose anything related to education other than abolishing all public schools and the Department of Education. The latter of the t
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 9-28-13 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGPhilly Teacher: May 100% of Your Students Score Proficient by 2014!This was written by Raniel Guzman, who is a teacher in the School District of Philadelphia and an adjunct professor at Esperanza College of Eastern University: May 100 % of your students score proficient or above on standardized tests by 2014.
