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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Nite Cap 10-17-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2


James Baldwin said it best: 

"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."


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Pet Pals: Teaching Resilience With Man's Best Friend — Whole Child Education
Pet Pals: Teaching Resilience With Man's Best Friend — Whole Child Education: Pet Pals: Teaching Resilience With Man’s Best FriendOctober 17, 2013 by ASCD Whole Child BloggersDogs are amazing creatures! They provide unconditional love, do not discriminate, judge, laugh, or criticize, and they are excellent and attentive listeners. They encourage relaxation, lower blood pressure, and brighten affec
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NYC Educator: If Your Supervisor Isn't Crazy
NYC Educator: If Your Supervisor Isn't Crazy: If Your Supervisor Isn't CrazyIf that's the case, you have options. While Reformy John King, in his infinite wisdom, saw fit to impose more observations than either the UFT or DOE wanted, and while some of them must be unannounced, there's nothing to stop you from saying, "Hey, I'm doing this great thing today, and why don't you come and see it?&q
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Teachers Win Fight For More Planning Time | NEA Today
Teachers Win Fight For More Planning Time | NEA Today: Teachers Win Fight For More Planning TimeOctober 17, 2013 by twalker  Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Mary Ellen FlanneryMilwaukee’s elementary and middle school teachers won a 50 percent increase in planning time, after an energetic campaign by theMilwaukee Teachers’ Education Associationthreatened to turn out hundreds
by mike simpson / 30min 
Connected Dialogue F2F | My Island View
Connected Dialogue F2F | My Island View: Connected Dialogue F2FOctober 17, 2013 by tomwhitbyYesterday, as a speaker and panelist at various education related conferences, I had a wonderful experience. I was asked to participate on a panel at a gathering of education technology industry leaders. The group was assembled by The Software and Information Industry Association, SIIA. It took place in the
by mike simpson / 31min 
Advocating Through Friendship | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
Advocating Through Friendship | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Advocating Through FriendshipBy Special Olympics Project UNIFY on October 17, 2013Special Olympics youth and athlete leaders were recently featured in a new book called Stand Up! 75 Young Activists Who Rock the World and How You Can Too! from John Schlimm. You can read all about the full book here, but we also wan
by mike simpson / 34min 
Wis. Rep. Joe Sanfelippo is willing to override local control against any school district in this state. | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Wis. Rep. Joe Sanfelippo is willing to override local control against any school district in this state. | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Wis. Rep. Joe Sanfelippo is willing to override local control against any school district in this state.Filed under: MPS Buildings — millerlf @ 4:30 pm Rep. Fred Kessler asked Joe Sanfelippo yesterday at the Assembly hearing on the bill to take over
by mike simpson / 36min 
UTLA voted to find a state lawmaker to change the parent trigger law.
UTLA voted to find a state lawmaker to change the parent trigger law.: Post navigationUTLA Seeking to Take Lead on Changing CA’s Parent TriggerPosted on October 17, 2013 by LA School ReportUTLA President Warren FletcherThe governing body of the LA teachers union last night voted to seek out a state lawmaker to sponsor legislation that rewrites California’s parent trigger law, which allows for whol
by mike simpson / 36min 
K-12 News Network | LAUSD Budget Town Hall: A Report
K-12 News Network | LAUSD Budget Town Hall: A Report: LAUSD Budget Town Hall: A Reportadmin October 17, 2013 Uncategorized 0Guest post by Kim Kaufman, Los Angeles community member and public schools supporter. If you also attended these meetings or other LAUSD School Board meetings and would like to have your first person responses posted on K12NN, email here. This is how the story was reported on
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The Kids Are Not Alright: Nearly Half of Public School Students Are Low Income - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic
The Kids Are Not Alright: Nearly Half of Public School Students Are Low Income - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic: The Kids Are Not Alright: Nearly Half of Public School Students Are Low IncomeIn 2011, 48 percent qualified as low income.  In America, what you earn depends largely on your success in school. Unfortunately, your success in school depends largely on what your parents earn. It's an inte
by mike simpson / 47min 
RFA: 21st Century Community Learning Centers - Elementary & Middle Schools
RFA: 21st Century Community Learning Centers - Elementary & Middle Schools (CA Dept of Education): Request for Applications21st Century Community Learning Centers - Elementary & Middle SchoolsDue: Thursday, December 12, 2013California's 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Program provides funding to create incentives for establishing before-and after-school enrichment programs t
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Our Kids Today: The Greatest Generation? | Diane Ravitch
Our Kids Today: The Greatest Generation? | Diane Ravitch: Our Kids Today: The Greatest Generation?The members of the Providence Student Union are the most creative and best informed critics of high-stakes testing in the nation. They can run rings around the public officials in Rhode Island when they explain the damage done by high-stakes testing. They know that a large percentage of students will
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Preschool works, new analysis of research concludes | EdSource Today
Preschool works, new analysis of research concludes | EdSource Today: Preschool works, new analysis of research concludesOctober 17th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By Lillian MongeauEven given large variations in quality, public preschool programs have been shown to have an overwhelmingly positive effect on student achievement, according to a new analysis of 40 years of research on preschool programs.Th
by mike simpson / 3h 
The Republicans didn’t get what they wanted from Shutdown, but TFA did | Cloaking Inequity
The Republicans didn’t get what they wanted from Shutdown, but TFA did | Cloaking Inequity: The Republicans didn’t get what they wanted from Shutdown, but TFA didThree weeks and $26 billion later, the Republicans didn’t get what they wanted, but Teach For America did. A little teaser from the upcoming 2013 NEPC TFA brief:TFA also wields significant political influence. Numerous TFA alumni have lef
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10-17-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Corporate Welfare alive and well as Malloy gives $11.5 million to profitable insurance holding companyWith the help of $11.5 million in taxpayer funds, Governor Malloy proudly announced that he was able to convince The Navigators Group, Inc., an extremely profitable “international specialty insurance holding company with insurance company operations, underwriting management companies a
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Did PURE’s UNO charter school complaint help trigger SEC probe? Parents United for Responsible Education
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Did PURE’s UNO charter school complaint help trigger SEC probe?: Did PURE’s UNO charter school complaint help trigger SEC probe?It was announced yesterday that the federal Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an investigation into the UNO Charter School Network’s finances.A look at the SEC document request suggests there are two ma
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Sacramento city school district needs to get community involved in deciding future of closed schools Sacramento News & Review
Sacramento News & Review - Sacramento city school district needs to get community involved in deciding future of closed schools - Bites - Opinions - October 17, 2013: Sacramento city school district needs to get community involved in deciding future of closed schoolsHow can you help a depressed and blighted community if you don't ask the community what it wants?By Cosmo Garvin cosmog@newsrevie
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Ignoring the New Majority: Education Reform behind Blinders | the becoming radical
Ignoring the New Majority: Education Reform behind Blinders | the becoming radical: IGNORING THE NEW MAJORITY: EDUCATION REFORM BEHIND BLINDERSConsider two maps—one using data from the 1860 Census and one focusing on public schools in 2011:[1860; click to enlarge][2011; click to enlarge]“A majority of students in public schools throughout the American South and West are low-income for the first ti
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If you want a good definition of effective teaching, read Miguel Solis’ answer | Dallas Morning News
If you want a good definition of effective teaching, read Miguel Solis’ answer | Dallas Morning News: If you want a good definition of effective teaching, read Miguel Solis’ answerBy Bill McKenzie / Editorial Columnistwmckenzie@dallasnews.comMiguel Solis, former Marsh Middle School teacher and current candidate for DISD school boardHere is an excerpt from the Dallas Morning News questionnaire of M
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BESE offers nothing to parents concerned about CCSS, then says, “You’re Welcome.” | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
BESE offers nothing to parents concerned about CCSS, then says, “You’re Welcome.” | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: BESE offers nothing to parents concerned about CCSS, then says, “You’re Welcome.”Posted on October 17, 20130I read this recent article in the advocate after hearing some positive feedback on Twitter about changes made by BESE to address parents concerns brought up at the meeting. At first gla
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This is what good teaching looks like
This is what good teaching looks like: This is what good teaching looks likeTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 2013 AT 11:39 AM(not to mention why arts integration is such a good idea . . .)
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This is what good teaching looks like
This is what good teaching looks like: This is what good teaching looks likeTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 2013 AT 11:39 AM(not to mention why arts integration is such a good idea . . .)
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With negotiations ongoing, Hite adds factors for teacher recall and assignment | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
With negotiations ongoing, Hite adds factors for teacher recall and assignment | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: With negotiations ongoing, Hite adds factors for teacher recall and assignmentby Dale Mezzacappa on Oct 16 2013 Posted in Latest news="" style="color: rgb(76, 153, 72); cursor: pointer; float: left; padding: 0px 2px;">Share on emailMore Sharing ServicesCOMMENTS
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Cali Education Headlines Thursday, October 17, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Sac City Unified chief Raymond to leave district in DecemberEducation HeadlinesThursday, October 17, 2013Conejo Valley school district studies possible bond measureThe Conejo Valley Unified School District is pressing ahead with a proposal to place a bond measure on the ballot in 2014 and commissioning more research on whether voters are like
by mike simpson / 6h 
Public education’s biggest problem keeps getting worse
Public education’s biggest problem keeps getting worse: Public education’s biggest problem keeps getting worseBY VALERIE STRAUSSOctober 17 at 11:15 amSee larger version belowPublic education’s biggest problem just keeps getting worse.No, it’s not “bad” teachers or “bad” students or “bad”parents or “bad” principals.It’s this, from this story by my colleague Lyndsey Layton:A majority of students in
by mike simpson / 6h 
Congress Sticks Teach for America Exemption into Late-Night Deal | janresseger
Congress Sticks Teach for America Exemption into Late-Night Deal | janresseger: Congress Sticks Teach for America Exemption into Late-Night DealPosted on October 17, 2013 by janressegerClose to midnight last night Congress passed legislation to end the government shutdown, but as Valerie Strauss notes this morning in the Washington Post: “Unobtrusively slipped into the debt deal… is a provision ab
by mike simpson / 6h 
IRS Complaint Filed Against Jeb Bush's Ed Reform Foundation | Mother Jones
IRS Complaint Filed Against Jeb Bush's Ed Reform Foundation | Mother Jones: IRS Complaint Filed Against Jeb Bush's Ed Reform Foundation—By Stephanie Mencimer| Tue Oct. 15, 2013 3:05 PM PDTFormer Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaking at CPAC 2013 Gage SkidmoreJeb Bush has long been on the short-list of potential Republican presidential candidates. He was a popular Spanish-speaking governor of a big swing
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Morning Wink 10-17-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYIncentives And Behavior In DC's Teacher Evaluation SystemShanker Blog » Incentives And Behavior In DC's Teacher Evaluation System: Incentives And Behavior In DC’s Teacher Evaluation SystemPosted by Matthew Di Carlo on October 17, 2013A new working paper, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, is the first high quality assessment of one
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Incentives And Behavior In DC's Teacher Evaluation System
Shanker Blog » Incentives And Behavior In DC's Teacher Evaluation System: Incentives And Behavior In DC’s Teacher Evaluation SystemPosted by Matthew Di Carlo on October 17, 2013A new working paper, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, is the first high quality assessment of one of the new teacher evaluation systems sweeping across the nation. The study, by Thomas Dee and James Wy
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: I found some of the disappeared school-closing kids
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: I found some of the disappeared school-closing kids: I found some of the disappeared school-closing kidsWhitenizing ChicagoAlmost half the youngsters most affected by Mayor Rahm Emanuel's school shutdowns did not enroll this fall in the new schools where officials planned for them to go. Hundreds of them are MIA.CPS spent $233 million preparing "welcoming school
by mike simpson / 8h 
Louisiana Educator: "Rigor" is the Word!
Louisiana Educator: "Rigor" is the Word!: "Rigor" is the Word!Rigor mortis (Latin: rigor "stiffness", mortis "of death")This Advocate article is just another in a long list of propaganda pieces designed to continue the process of ramming though the Common Core in our state public schools.  In the first line of the article, Will Sentell continues to frame the
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10-17-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: "Classroom Management Q&As: Expert Strategies for Teaching" is an edited compilation from my Ed Week teacher advice column, along with new materials.Resources From All My BlogsIn addition to this blog, I regularly post at several other sites: Engaging Parents In School: Weekly Posts At Classroom Q & A With
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10-17-13 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.: Dan Biss has been quiet lately. We won’t be.  State Senator Dan Biss from Skokie, Illinois. A couple of dozen IEA retirees and active teachers will be in front of State Senator Dan Biss’s Skokie district office tomorrow evening around 4:30. It’s at 3706 Dempster. Why Biss’ office. Biss is a member of
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See You in the Center - Bridging Differences - Education Week
See You in the Center - Bridging Differences - Education Week: See You in the CenterBy Mike Petrilli on October 17, 2013 9:26 AMThe CenterYou might be right that our differences are too big to bridge; perhaps the generational divide is part of the problem. I'm a child of the 1980s and the Reagan Revolution. The idea that unions are essential to democracy, for instance, never made much sense to me;
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10-17-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Neil Gaiman Should Be U.S. Secretary of Education: “Things can be different”Neil Gaiman Should Be U.S. Secretary of Education: \”Things can be different\”. via Neil Gaiman Should Be U.S. Secretary of Education: “Things can be different”.by plthomasedd / 1h 10-16-13 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: More Common Core in the Real WorldI have already explored how the real-world conse
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10-17-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Where to go for Mann Building newsFor continuing information on the situation at the Mann building, and the broader issue of the crisis of education for African-American students, interested readers can visit the More4Mann web site. There is a Twitter feed as well at @More4Mann.Other news sources include Africatown Education and Innovation Center, and Creativity No
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10-17-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Diane Ravitch and Reformers' FeelingsWhen Diane Ravitch, in Reign of Error, discusses charter schools, she makes it clear that not all charters impose a “no-excuses” mentality. When discussing the reformers’ public relations machine and its “well-honed message,” she analyses their language and writes, “when they speak of “no-excuses,” they mean boot camp culture.”In a rational worl
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More Thoughts on Interpreting Educational/Economic Research: DC Impact Study | School Finance 101
More Thoughts on Interpreting Educational/Economic Research: DC Impact Study | School Finance 101: More Thoughts on Interpreting Educational/Economic Research: DC Impact StudyPosted on October 17, 20130Today brings us yet another opportunity to apply common sense interpretation to an otherwise seemingly complex research study – this time on the “effectiveness” of the DC Impact teacher evaluation s
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In the suburbs, conflicting emotions over new school mandates | Hechinger Report
In the suburbs, conflicting emotions over new school mandates | Hechinger Report: In the suburbs, conflicting emotions over new school mandatesBy Sara NeufeldFORT WASHINGTON, Pa. — Upper Dublin High School had the 10th highest SAT scores of any public school in Pennsylvania last year. It occupies a gleaming, just-completed $119 million building where a sushi chef supplements the cafeteria offering
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Neil Gaiman Should Be U.S. Secretary of Education: “Things can be different” | the becoming radical
Neil Gaiman Should Be U.S. Secretary of Education: “Things can be different” | the becoming radical: NEIL GAIMAN SHOULD BE U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION: “THINGS CAN BE DIFFERENT”Some people view the world differently than others.Some people view education and schools differently than others.Some people view children, books, and libraries differently than others.And then there is Neil Gaiman.I have
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TO LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 10-17-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: A Teacher in Hawaii Reviews “Reign of Error”Diane Aoki felt that something was wrong, terribly wrong, as No Child Left Behind changed the schools. It felt even worse when Race to the Top came in. Everyone told her, “don’t worry, this too will pass,” but it only got worse every year. When she read “Reign of Error,” it all made sense
by mike simpson / 10h 
10-17-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Staten Island Democratic Club Calls for John King ResignationLoretta Prisco introduced this resolution last night at her Staten Island Democratic club, a progressive club on SI. It was passed unanimously. I'm not big on the calls for King to resign. He is helping the movement against ed deform with every word he utters. I would focus on Merryl Tisch and put pressure on the Democra
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10-17-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: NYSED Commissioner John King Channels Christine QuinnNew York State Senator Lee M. Zeldin had a meeting with NYSED Commissioner John King yesterday.Zeldin said in a press release that the meeting "went well," in that neither he nor King threw anything at each other and they both got to make their respective points about Common Core and the SED reform agenda.Given h
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Stanford professor finds Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s teacher evaluation system was effective | EdSource Today
Stanford professor finds Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s teacher evaluation system was effective | EdSource Today: Stanford professor finds Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s teacher evaluation system was effectiveOctober 17th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By John FensterwaldMichelle Rhee ~ Photo courtesy of Neighborhood CentersScore one for Michelle Rhee and performance pay.A study released Wedn
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Parents seek communication with SRC - Philly.com
Parents seek communication with SRC - Philly.com: Parents seek communication with SRCBy Susan Snyder, Inquirer Staff WriterPOSTED: October 16, 2013Five weeks into the school year and under a cloud of fiscal uncertainty, the Philadelphia School Reform Commission on Tuesday night got an earful about the need to improve interaction with parents."You've undermined whatever people have tried to bu
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YESTERDAY

Special Late Nite Cap EXTRA 10-16-13 #EDCHAT #P2 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk
Nite Cap EXTRAEXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRAThe Purpose-Driven EducationFirst, answer the question yourself: What is the core purpose of publicly funded education in America? Then, ask yourself: Would most Americans agree with you? Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.5 by Nancy Flanagan / 31min The debt deal’s gift to Teach For AmericaUnobtrusively slipped into t
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10-16-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: Another Broad Super Is Failing in Montclair, NJThis is a really remarkable story, but it requires a bit of set up: Eli Broad, one of the richest men in America, runs a private, unaccredited "academy" to train budding school leaders in corporate education reform. I put "academy" in quotes because the thing is really a book club: six weekends over ten months, whic
by mike simpson / 18h 
Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 10-16-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMIt’s Official: Gov. Corbett Hurt Philly Schools for No Good ReasonHe delayed a $45 million payment and got work rules changed. Was it worth it?BY JOEL MATHIS  |  OCTOBER 16, 2013 AT 12:37 PMSHARE ON EMAIL3 COMMENTSThe good news is: Gov. Tom Corbettfinally released $45 million the state owed to Philly public schools. The bad news? Lots of
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Bridging The Digital Divide With Technology In Schools [EdSurge] - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson
Bridging The Digital Divide With Technology In Schools [EdSurge] - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: Bridging The Digital Divide With Technology In Schools [EdSurge]by JOSE VILSON on OCTOBER 16, 2013in MR. VILSONThe Digital DivideEdSurge, a popular education technology website, recently invited me to write an article for them. My mouth was agape at the offer, mainly because everyone knows I won’t
by mike simpson / 21h 
Sac City Unified chief Raymond to leave district in December - Education - The Sacramento Bee
Sac City Unified chief Raymond to leave district in December - Education - The Sacramento Bee: Sac City Unified chief Raymond to leave district in DecemberBy Loretta Kalblkalb@sacbee.comPublished: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013 - 5:33 pmLast Modified: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013 - 5:41 pmSacramento School Superintendent Jonathan Raymond, second from left, listens to speakers in support of not closing schoo
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Education chief defends cancellation of Common Core forums
Education chief defends cancellation of Common Core forums: Education chief defends cancellation of Common Core forums ALBANYNew York Education Commissioner John King on Tuesday defended the decision to cancel four upcoming forums on the state's new education standards, saying the scene at the first meeting in Poughkeepsie "made it impossible to have constructive dialogue."In his first p
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Nite Cap 10-16-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
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 CAPTODAYAsthma Shouldn't Kill – Every School Needs a Nurse | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and OpportunityAsthma Shouldn't Kill – Every School Needs a Nurse | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education
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