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Those Who Changed History but Won’t Be in the History Books | toteachornototeach
Those Who Changed History but Won’t Be in the History Books | toteachornototeach: Those Who Changed History but Won’t Be in the History Booksby Nicholas FerroniAs a history teacher, I have read and taught about every figure in our textbooks and curriculum. Some are more than deserving of their recognition and immortalization in school texts nationwide, while others just happen to be very lu
10-5-13 NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education
NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education: These Countries Respect Teachers The Most, New Survey Finds | Huffington PostBy Rebecca Klein Posted: 10/03/2013 8:35 am We may leave our children with them every day, but do we actually respect them? A new survey released Wednesday by the Varkey Gems Foundation — a group that seeks to improve education for underprivileged youth — looked at
Teachbad: Origins: Part One | Mr. Teachbad
Teachbad: Origins: Part One | Mr. Teachbad: Teachbad: Origins: Part OneThe Crosby S. Noyes Elementary School is three blocks from my house. After teaching there for one day, I knew it would be impossible for my wife and I to send our kids to their neighborhood public school. This was a huge disappointment, but non-negotiable.I started teaching at Noyes (pronounced noise)[1] in November 2004 after
The Sham and Shame of “Best Practices” | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
The Sham and Shame of “Best Practices” | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: The Sham and Shame of “Best Practices”I posted this February 3, 2010. I have since made some changes in the post. Given the adoption of Common Core Standards in 45 states and the District of Columbia and the current emphasis on putting the standards into practice across thousands of districts, I felt that
Hundreds of letters decry problems at underfunded city schools
Hundreds of letters decry problems at underfunded city schools: Hundreds of letters decry problems at underfunded city schoolsA homeless Philadelphia third grader does not have access to a full-time counselor, even though federal law requires it. A first grader's attends school in an annex that had an assistant principal last year but now has no administrator.100+ 9h At Delsea, N.J. teacher of yea
10-5-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: SCHOOL REFORMThe influence of new philanthropy on democracyWhy the current era of private giving is different from in the past.By Valerie Strauss 6 hours ago4 CommentsShare:More »DEFINING DEVIANCY DOWNWARDHow Congress flunked basic Schoolhouse Rock lessonThe perversity of the government shutdown is 'is that people are hoping for the merely inefficient.'By Valerie Strauss 19 hours
10-5-13 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: CHARTER SCHOOL OPERATOR SENTENCED TO PRISON AS INDUSTRY GROUP FIGHTS ON HIS BEHALF; Judge critical of California Charter School AssociationAnnie Gilbertson| Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/192oNX4 Annie Gilbertson/KPCC | Judge Stephen Marcus complained that there were far too many lawyers involved. A total of six spoke during Friday's sentencing h
Teachers Unions and Their Allies Proclaim Core Value of Public Education | janresseger
Teachers Unions and Their Allies Proclaim Core Value of Public Education | janresseger: Teachers Unions and Their Allies Proclaim Core Value of Public EducationPosted on October 5, 2013 by janressegerTonight 400 members of the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association, the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign, Communities for Education Reform and allies of these organiz
10-5-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes Online10-4-13 Ed Notes OnlineEd Notes Online: Shael in the Eye of the Storm in Debate with Parents on TestingIn many ways this was the most remarkable part of Monday night's CEC 15 High Stakes Testing event -- a real debate between a chief Tweedie (Gotham lists him as one of 5 potential Chancellor candidates) and parents and teachers. (You can see MORE's Lisa North and M
10-5-13 Wait What?
Wait What?:A retired Bridgeport principal speaks: Leaving the “Education Reform” movement in tattersAnn Evans de Bernard, Ph.D recently retired as principal of Waltersville School in Bridgeport. In a two part commentary piece, she asks When is school reform not reform? And then, with the power and authority that only comes from having served on the front lines of the effort to provide Bridgeport’
10-5-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools Community ForumSeattle Schools Family Symposium RescheduledFrom SPS:The fall Family Symposium originally scheduled for Oct. 12 has been rescheduled for Saturday, Nov. 23 because of conflicts in scheduling and availability.Seattle Public Schools is committed to preparing all of our students to graduate ready for college, careers and life. The goal of
10-5-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: Jersey JazzmanRIP Jean AnyonAnyon was a scholar who documented the most obvious thing in the world: Professor Anyon, who died on Sept. 7 at 72, was one of the first people to study that landscape in detail — and among the first to assert that without accompanying social reforms like job creation, antipoverty initiatives and urban renewal, the problems of education in urban, poor ar
10-5-13 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.:Fred Klonsky's Daily postsResponding to protests, CMS/HMS push back cleansing deadline to December 6th.As a result of protest from across the state, including to and from this blog, the Illinois Central Management System – which manages the Teachers Retirement Insurance Program (TRIP) – has pushed back
10-5-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street SchoolOff Duty And Undercover NYPD Cops Took Part In The Biker Chase Of Man In SUVThe Daily News reports: A pair of NYPD detectives rode last weekend with the motorcycle mob that battered a Manhattan dad as his terrified family watched, a source told the Daily News. The two cops apparently waited several days after Sunday’s brutal assault before informing supe
10-5-13 Radical Scholarship
Radical Scholarship: Radical ScholarshipClosing Gaps?: Addressing Privilege and Poverty | The Daily Advocate By PainspeaksClosing Gaps?: Addressing Privilege and Poverty | The Daily Advocate By Painspeaks1 by P. L. Thomas / 1h OCT 03Our Meritocracy is a Lie: How Poverty and Privilege Feed the Achievement Gap in America's Schools | Alternet ← NPE News BriefsOur Meritocracy is a Lie: How Poverty an
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 10-5-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYSee Where All Your Food Comes From With “Map Your Recipe”As the site says: Map your Recipe does a simple thing: enter the ingredients of a recipe and it will show you where the vegetables that went into it were first domesticated. It’s pretty neat — you’re shown a world map with the origina
This Week's Education Research Report 10-5-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTOCT 03Reading literary fiction improves 'mind-reading' skillsHeated debates about the quantifiable value of arts and literature are a common feature of American social discourse. Now, two researchers from The New School for Social Research have published a paper in Science demonstrating that reading literary fiction enhances a set of sk
10-5-13 -13 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Schools Matter All WeekThe Great Phonics Debate Again! This time in AustraliaPhonics debate in The Australianhttp://tinyurl.com/prp2ucvContents: Our letter, then two responses, then our responseThe (limited) impact of heavy phonics instructionPublished in The Australian, Oct 1, 2013 as "Foster Love of Reading"In "Bad teaching kills reading skills," (Sept. 30) J
All Week 10-4-13 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: All Week @ THE CHALK FACE Live show from DougCo Colorado today, 4PM ESTTim and I are out here meeting with parent and teacher activists who are attempting to oust a school board that is rotten. This is actually a very interesting case study. You can understand at minimum the racism and bigotry that underscore inner city school reform. Even the white savior me
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 10-5-13 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGTODAYIs Free Speech Dead in Oklahoma?I just learned that Rob Miller, principal of the Jenks Middle School in Oklahoma, is under investigation for possibly encouraging parents to opt out of a field test. According to the Tulsa World: Jenks Public Schools participated in and encouraged a movement to opt students out of fiel
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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
Parent Teacher Home Visit Project
Parent Teacher Home Visit Project: THE PARENT/TEACHER HOME VISIT PROJECTis an inexpensive and easily replicated model of family engagement that has been proven to end the cycle of blame between families and school staff by building trust and respect, instilling cultural competency and increasing personal and professional capacity for all involved.The increased communication, trust and support betw
America's Kids Start Learning Way Before Kindergarten | Jim Steyer
America's Kids Start Learning Way Before Kindergarten | Jim Steyer: America's Kids Start Learning Way Before Kindergarten Much of my work during the past decade has involved helping parents better understand the problems of unfettered media and technology access to their kids. But this doesn't mean that my colleagues and I oppose children using media and the latest digital content and tools. Rathe
10-4-13 Rethinking Schools
Rethinking Schools: NEW PUBLICATIONSIllustration: Michael DuffyWe are NOT Waiting for Superman! Join usat NOTwaitingforsuperman.orgor on FacebookVOLUME 28, ISSUE 1SUBSCRIBE ONLINE& SAVESubscribe &Gift SubscriptionsDonateBack IssuesRS E-ListPublicationsDownload a CatalogSpecial IssuesRethinking Schools Blog Volume 28, Issue 1 — FALL 2013Cover Story:Of Mice and MarginalizationBy Michelle Ken
10-4-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: RIP Jean AnyonAnyon was a scholar who documented the most obvious thing in the world: Professor Anyon, who died on Sept. 7 at 72, was one of the first people to study that landscape in detail — and among the first to assert that without accompanying social reforms like job creation, antipoverty initiatives and urban renewal, the problems of education in urban, poor areas would neve
Children are going without food or education. In Somalia, Syria and the USA. | Reclaim Reform
Children are going without food or education. In Somalia, Syria and the USA. | Reclaim Reform: Children are going without food or education. In Somalia, Syria and the USA.Posted on October 4, 2013by Ken PrevitiChildren are going without food or education. In Somalia, Syria and the USA. Yes, the USA. Now. Today and tomorrow and… Sequestration is another name for unnecessary austerity. Closing down
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
Jesse Hagopian & Monty Neill | California Father
Jesse Hagopian & Monty Neill | California Father: Jesse Hagopian & Monty Neillby California Father on October 4, 2013 · Leave a Comment Here are two great voices in the testing reform movement. I saw them at a recent United Teacher’s of Los Angeles Event hosted. Thanks to all the new friends I made there.
“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
Previews STEM Task Force Report - Year 2013
Previews STEM Task Force Report - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson PreviewsExpert Task Force Report on Boosting STEM EducationWALNUT CREEK—To stay on the cutting edge of STEM, California needs to start laying educational foundations in the early grades, boost professional development for teachers, and more, according to an upcoming report to State Superintendent
Organization to look out for: ScholarMatch Project combines Philanthropy and Education Student Voice
Student Voice: Organization to look out for: ScholarMatch Project combines Philanthropy and Education Today the crowdsourcing campaign ScholarMatch Project has launched, aiming to send 12 deserving students to college. As an online fundraiser, it makes it makes it easy for students to help other students receive an education by donating as little as $25. The following is a repost from http://www.
How Congress flunked basic Schoolhouse Rock lesson
How Congress flunked basic Schoolhouse Rock lesson: How Congress flunked basic Schoolhouse Rock lessonBy Valerie Strauss, Published: October 4 at 3:45 pmE-mail the writer(By J. Scott Applewhite/AP )With the federal government shut downbecause Congress failed to fund it, it seems reasonable to ask just how far astray our lawmakers have gone from doing what school children learn as being its basic j
Support teachers! The key to our future is in their hands
On World Teachers' Day' , October 4, the International Labour Organization (ILO) salutes Teachers and commits to supporting their key role in building the citizens and societies of the future, says Guy Ryder, the ILO's Director-General.
Matt Damon visits CSUN to introduce NYU professor Diane Ravitch, a representative of the Education on the Edge speakers series | Daily Sundial
Matt Damon visits CSUN to introduce NYU professor Diane Ravitch, a representative of the Education on the Edge speakers series | Daily Sundial: Matt Damon visits CSUN to introduce NYU professor Diane Ravitch, a representative of the Education on the Edge speakers seriesBy Alex VejarOctober 3rd, 2013Section: News - PhotosMatt Damon and Dr. Diane Ravitch embrace at the “Education on Edge” speaker se
10-4-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: The Broad Foundation and Broadies: Kings of “Distruptive” and “Unreasonable” Trickle-Down ReformA study in evil from Julian Vasquez Heilig The Broad Foundation and Broadies: Kings of “Distruptive” and “Unreasonable” Trickle-Down Reform. by Michael Paul Gold... / 0min mark as read // saveThe Problem With Charter SchoolsReblogged from Moi Naturale: In the fall of 2008, I dec
Tom Corbett’s Back and So Are We! | WeArePCAPS
Tom Corbett’s Back and So Are We! | WeArePCAPS: Tom Corbett’s Back and So Are We!Posted on October 4, 2013by wearepcapsThis Thursday we unwelcomed Tom Corbett when he rode into Drexel to dedicate a new school of business. Now he’s coming to join Urban Outfitters to unveil a new project at the Navy Yard. We will be on hand to remind the Governor that Philadelphians hold him responsible for the cris
Pin to Win Your Dream ASCD Library! — Whole Child Education
Pin to Win Your Dream ASCD Library! — Whole Child Education: Pin to Win Your Dream ASCD Library! by Tina Byland / 1h mark as read // saveStudent Voice and Resilience in LearningPost written by Kristine Fox, Megan Bedford, and Brian Connelly Although research has a lot to say about how to foster academic resilience, encouraging student voice—which an abundance of research shows to have a positive
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Stern crawls out from under his rock to attack Ravitch
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Stern crawls out from under his rock to attack Ravitch: Stern crawls out from under his rock to attack RavitchI haven't heard much from ’60s ultra-radical turned far-right think-tanker Sol Stern since 2008 when he tried to paint Barack Obama as a commie symp and make Bill Ayers the focus of the presidential election debate. He used to write me letters, trying to befr
10-4-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Child Abuse in the form of the “No Excuses” education modelThe new Jumoke Academy at Dunbar (AKA The Paul Dunbar School, A FUSE Family Urban Schools of Excellence) recently posted job announcements that it was looking for four new teachers. Putting aside why Jumoke, the charter school management company that was hired to take over and run the Dunbar elementary school is looking for fou
Hearing On Hostile Takeover of MPS Buildings To Be Held Wednesday October 9 in Madison | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Hearing On Hostile Takeover of MPS Buildings To Be Held Wednesday October 9 in Madison | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Hearing On Hostile Takeover of MPS Buildings To Be Held Wednesday October 9 in MadisonFiled under: MPS Buildings,Privatization — millerlf @ 11:57 am A hearing will be held Wednesday October 9 on legislation that authorizes seizure of MPS buildings. This is a hostile
Class lets parents learn to be child's 1st teacher - SFGate
Class lets parents learn to be child's 1st teacher - SFGate: Class lets parents learn to be child's 1st teacherBy LINDSEY ZILIAK, Kokomo TribuneUpdated 8:10 am, Friday, October 4, 2013KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) — Markanna Huffer panicked last week when she left her 10-month-old son with a stranger for the first time.She ran down the staircase at South Side Christian Church to where a group of women were ca
Movement to Raise Teacher Voices Goes Global | NEA Today
Movement to Raise Teacher Voices Goes Global | NEA Today: Movement to Raise Teacher Voices Goes GlobalOctober 4, 2013 by twalker Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Tim WalkerIn July, NEA launched “Raise Your Hand,” a national campaign to empower educators across the nation to lead the charge for students and quality public education. A loud and strong teacher voice, however,
CDE urges cautious administrators to spend LCFF money SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources
SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: CDE urges cautious administrators to spend LCFF moneyBy Tom ChorneauFriday, October 04, 2013More than $2 billion in new state funding targeting educationally disadvantaged students arrived at California schools in August. But sources in the field said this week that more than a few school administrators have been reluctant to spend any of the money j
10-4-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadThe Times reports on new state standards for Science which sound great (except they left out Computer Science and I think that's a mistake). But the story really misses one huge thing: Common Core which is likely to come out with its own standards. What happens then? Hmm.No director community meetings for Saturday but there is a candidate deba
20,000 TEACHERS on the COMMON CORE | Scholastic Inc.
Primary Sources 2013 Preview | Scholastic Inc.: 20,000 TEACHERS on the COMMON COREThe third edition of Primary Sources is in final preparations and features 20,000 of our nation’s public school teachers sharing their thoughts on teaching in an era of change. In advance of the full report, teachers’ views are now available on the Common Core State Standards, a set of clear, consistent guidelines fo
Stop This Madness
Stop This Madness - Dudley aka Origin: This is the official music video for "Stop This Madness" by Dudley aka Origin. For a FREE download of the song or to learn more about the symbolism, interact with the hash tags, and link up with others who are fighting for the best interest of children around the country please visit: http://www.originalrap.com/stop-this-...Support is always appreci
Cali Education Headlines Friday, October 4, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Report: California school districts spend less on students than before recessionEducation HeadlinesFriday, October 4, 2013Report: California school districts spend less on students than before recessionCalifornia school districts spend an average of $873 per student less now than they did in 2008, according to a report by the Center on Budget
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
