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My Letter to the TIMES, September 29, 2013 | Bill Ayers
My 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 substantive objections by teachers to the Chicago plan, and the superficial conclusion that “the new system wil
10-2-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Dear Secretary Mister Duncan, SirMy name is Jill O’Malley Conroy, and five months ago today I became one of those “arm chair pundits” you described to our fellow Americans yesterday. My alternate name in this “alternate universe”, or “blogosphere”, as you also dubbed it, is The Indignant Teacher. My goal as such right now is to make sure our […]by jillconroy / 51min 10-1-13 @ The
More Than One-Third of Preschoolers “Chronically Absent”, Chicago Study Finds |
More Than One-Third of Preschoolers “Chronically Absent”, Chicago Study Finds |: More Than One-Third of Preschoolers “Chronically Absent”, Chicago Study FindsOctober 2, 2013 by Alyssa HaywoodePhoto: Alessandra Hartkopf for Strategies for ChildrenRecent research points to troubling absenteeism in the early grades; and a new report from Chicago looks at the specific problem of preschool absenteeism.
10-2-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Options PCS Featured in Today's Charter School Crime LogA clip from WaPo:In the court complaint, D.C. officials allege that the managers’ salaries were far out of line with what public officials make, especially given the size of the school.Montgomery’s “salary and bonuses from Options PCS during a one-year period — at least $425,000 combined — totaled more than the salary of the P
Educators Take Stand Against Bullying During National Bullying Prevention Month | NEA Today
Educators Take Stand Against Bullying During National Bullying Prevention Month | NEA Today: Educators Take Stand Against Bullying During National Bullying Prevention MonthOctober 2, 2013 by twalker Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Sara Robertson and Edward GrahamOctober marks the observance of National Bullying Prevention Month, an annual campaign that brings educators, sc
Do We Really Need Connected Educators? | My Island View
Do We Really Need Connected Educators? | My Island View: Do We Really Need Connected Educators?October 2, 2013 by tomwhitbyTo answer this question in the very month that the United States Department of Education has set aside to recognize as Connected Educator Month, we need to first examine what a connected educator is. We also need to understand to what it is that educators are connected.The way
John White warns that school reforms movement won't survive unless it reforms itself | NOLA.com
John White warns that school reforms movement won't survive unless it reforms itself | NOLA.com: John White warns that school reforms movement won't survive unless it reforms itselfState Superintendent John White, a prominent figure in the education movement that turned New Orleans into a city of choice and charter schools, warned Tuesday that the movement is under attack and won't survive unless
Diane Ravitch’s new book criticizes ‘reform’ movement | EdSource Today
Diane Ravitch’s new book criticizes ‘reform’ movement | EdSource Today: Diane Ravitch’s new book criticizes ‘reform’ movementOctober 1st, 2013 | Comments Off | By Lillian MongeauDiane Ravitch discussing her book, “Reign of Error,” on stage in Stanford’s Memorial Hall. Credit: Barbara McKenna, SCOPEDiane Ravitch was at Stanford University on Monday to discuss her most recent book,“Reign of Error,”
10-2-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: EduShyster: Adell Cothorne Speaks!Adell Cothorne is the brave principal in Washington, D.C., who reported to her headquarters that she saw cheating going on. She was featured on a PBS Frontline special about the uncertain legacy of Michelle Rhee. What happened after she reported cheating by a group of staff? Nothing. Nothing except
10-2-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Video- Inspiring Brooklyn New School Principal Anna Allanbrook: BNS Principal's weekly letter 10.1.13How come so many progressive principals like Anna Allanbrook and Carol Burris have become heroes to so many teachers while we look at our union leadership with disdain? I was inspired last night when I taped the panel at Anna Allanbrook's remarkable statement with Shael Polokow-Sur
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
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Duncan's diatribe
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Duncan's diatribe: Duncan's diatribepun·ditnoun1. an expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called on to give opinions about it to the public. 2. a learned man : teacherEd Sec. Arne Duncan has lashed out at his critics, referring to them (us) as "armchair pundits". His attempt as silencing is particularly directed at those who point to po
Making Money in K-12 Schools Is Hard To Do …for Some Companies | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Making Money in K-12 Schools Is Hard To Do …for Some Companies | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Making Money in K-12 Schools Is Hard To Do …for Some CompaniesFor all of the three-decade hype about how business practices applied to K-12 schools will make them more efficient and high performing, a short hop and skip through the past half-century of for-profit companies failing
L.A. Unified can't afford $1-billion budget wish list, official says - latimes.com
L.A. Unified can't afford $1-billion budget wish list, official says - latimes.com: L.A. Unified can't afford $1-billion budget wish list, official saysComments15EmailShare21By Teresa WatanabeOctober 1, 2013, 9:58 p.m.L.A. Unified will need more than $1 billion to pay for additional teachers, a longer school year and other items favored by Board of Education members -- but the chance of acquiring
No More Status Quo — Why We Must Improve the Social Standing of Teachers | toteachornototeach
No More Status Quo — Why We Must Improve the Social Standing of Teachers | toteachornototeach: No More Status Quo — Why We Must Improve the Social Standing of Teachers by Vikas PotaWe all know that no school and, importantly, no education system is better than the quality of its teachers and school leaders. There is global consensus about this but little has been done to understand what, apart fro
Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Taking Back the Teaching Profession: Can It Be Done?
Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Taking Back the Teaching Profession: Can It Be Done?: Taking Back the Teaching Profession: Can It Be Done?Rae Pica asks, “Why are teachers the "Rodney Dangerfields" of the professional world?” on BAM Radio. Her guests move beyond lamenting the lack of respect teachers. They have some theories, and, better than that, they have some advice on how teac
Duncan’s unusual ‘state of education’ report
Duncan’s unusual ‘state of education’ report: Duncan’s unusual ‘state of education’ reportBy Valerie Strauss, Published: October 2 at 5:00 amE-mail the writer0CommentsMoreEducation Secretary Arne Duncan (By Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press)Education Secretary Arne Duncan delivered what he called his annual “state of education in America” report at the National Press Club this we
LAUSD'S IPAD FIASCO - IT'S A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES - Perdaily.com
LAUSD'S IPAD FIASCO - IT'S A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES - Perdaily.com: LAUSD'S IPAD FIASCO - IT'S A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES(Mensaje se repite en Español)In the Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain, the pauper passing as a prince uses the powerful Great Seal of England to open walnuts, because he doesn't know its power or how else to use it. The issuance of obscenely overpriced IPads to all LAUSD studen
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You Weren't Working Anyways (On The Government Shutdown) - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson
You Weren't Working Anyways (On The Government Shutdown) - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: You Weren’t Working Anyways (On The Government Shutdown)by JOSE VILSON on OCTOBER 1, 2013in JOSESpeaker John BoehnerWhen I woke up this morning, I felt no different from the day before. The lights came on, the water ran for the shower, the locks didn’t loosen, and the sun took its sweet time rising past t
10-1-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Easily Create A “Portrait” Of Your Twitter ConnectionsI’ve previously used Vizify to make a thirty-second “greatest hits” animation of your time on Twitter You can read about it at Read Write Web, and check mine out below: Just made a movie of my twitter: vizify.com/mrferlazzo/twi… What do you think? #FollowMe #Vizify — Lar
Once I Believed | Connected Principals
Once I Believed | Connected Principals: Once I BelievedOctober 1, 2013By sleibowitzcc licensed image shared by flickr user UNE PhotosRecently my leadership coach presented me with a challenge: write about what you have learned in your years of experience as a school leader that you bring to the new position you have begun this year. The task sparked my imagination as I remembered the young educato
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 “Magical Me” Ms. Rhee | Seattle Education
The “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 attack in the comment section of the Rhee-event post. Then I decided that it was time to create a special page on Michelle Rhee posting all of the articles that I have collected on her and her career.After com
Gettin' Tough! Or Not. - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
Gettin' Tough! Or Not. - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Gettin' Tough! Or Not.By Nancy Flanagan on October 1, 2013 4:42 PMThe social media circle in which I travel has been a-twitter this weekend over Joanne Lipman's article, Why Tough Teachers Get Good Results. That circle includes a number of music teachers--my compadres--who were cheering Lipman on, as she praised her old-s
NYC Educator: The Smiles on Their Faces
NYC Educator: The Smiles on Their Faces: The Smiles on Their FacesSometimes I evaluate myself. I don't use a rubric. I don't analyze my test scores. I don't videotape myself and rewind 500 times to figure out how I can spend 2 fewer minutes handing out papers.I just look at the kids and see how involved they are. Or not. I see whether they're focused. I see whether or not what we're doing is of in
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Breaking -- Oh heavens! Somebody may have overpaid for school desks
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Breaking -- Oh heavens! Somebody may have overpaid for school desks: Breaking -- Oh heavens! Somebody may have overpaid for school desksForget about the great UNO charter school rip-off. That was small potatoes.Forget Rahm's great $150 million basketball arena scam. Puny by comparison.Forget about Rahm's hiring of convicted crook Amer Ahmad as his comptroller. Mistak
School Districts Consolidate Only as Last Resort Despite Incentives
School Districts Consolidate Only as Last Resort Despite Incentives: Communities Cling to Local Schools Despite State Incentives By Maggie Clark, Staff WriterStudents gather at Stockton Borough Elementary in New Jersey. The borough recently voted to consolidate school districts with three neighboring districts. The number of school districts continued to decline during the Great Recession. (Warren
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
Fear and Misunderstanding Grip Many School Districts as Affordable Care Act Goes Into Effect | NEA Today
Fear and Misunderstanding Grip Many School Districts as Affordable Care Act Goes Into Effect | NEA Today: Fear and Misunderstanding Grip Many School Districts as Affordable Care Act Goes Into EffectOctober 1, 2013 by twalker Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy John RosalesThe Affordable Care Act (ACA), which launches today, includes a provision for “shared responsibility for e
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
Underlying Issues In The DC Test Score Controversy
Shanker Blog » Underlying Issues In The DC Test Score Controversy: Underlying Issues In The DC Test Score ControversyPosted by Matthew Di Carlo on October 1, 2013In the Washington Post, Emma Brown reports on a behind the scenes decision about how to score last year’s new, more difficult tests in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and the District’s charter schools.To make a long story
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
Former education chief weighs in on No Child Left Behind | K-12 Zone | a Chron.com blog
Former education chief weighs in on No Child Left Behind | K-12 Zone | a Chron.com blog: Former education chief weighs in on No Child Left BehindTuesday, October 1, 2013CommentsEmailPrint0Rod Paige, the former HISD superintendent and U.S. education secretary, attended a ceremony in May 2008 for the new Roderick Paige Elementary School in Houston. (Steve Campbell)Rod Paige, the former U.S. educatio
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 $
Cali Education Headlines Tuesday, October 1, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Education HeadlinesTuesday, October 1, 2013Absenteeism crimps Kern schools' fundingKern County is among the most severely affected counties in the state for public funding lost by students missing school, according to a report released Monday.Early truancy problems spiral statewideCalaveras County has the highest truancy rate for elementary s
NEA - NEA’s Bully Free: It Starts With Me – Resources to Prevent Bullying
NEA - NEA’s Bully Free: It Starts With Me – Resources to Prevent Bullying: NEA’s Bully Free: It Starts With MeTake NEA's Bully Free: It Starts with Me PledgeJoin other caring adults and take the pledge today! Read more »123NEXT : "What Can Adults Do About School Bullies?" | »The NEA Bullying Prevention KitDesigned by educators for educators, this kit reflects the best available resear
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
