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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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SPECIAL Mid Day Banana Break 10-22-13 #RealEdTalk #edreform
Big Education Ape - Mid Day Banana BreakFund This: Social justice and public education in the spotlight in Curtis Chin's TestedDocumentary feature examines race, class and public education in New York City. My friend is working on a documentary feature that's winding down its fundraising campaign and could some help... Tested, directed by Curtis Chin, follows a diverse group of 8th graders from th
SACS2013ALL Software (Updated October 18, 2013) - Financial Reporting (CA Dept of Education)
SACS2013ALL Software (Updated October 18, 2013) - Financial Reporting (CA Dept of Education): SACS2013ALL Software (Updated October 18, 2013)Standardized Account Code Structure (SACS) financial reporting software used by local educational agencies in preparing budgets, interim reports, and year-end financial reports to the California Department of Education (CDE).The SACS2013ALL software contains
Reflection from the 10.10.13 Student Voice Design Lounge Student Voice
Student Voice: Reflection from the 10.10.13 Student Voice Design Lounge  The Design Lounge hosted by Student Voice and made possible by Dell & Intel, was a huge success! The gathering of many student-led and student-serving initiatives that engaged in casual salon-style conversations, lead to a night of much collaboration, connections and calls to action! Check out this link for pictures fro
K-12 News Network | Let’s Have A One-to-One Chat
K-12 News Network | Let’s Have A One-to-One Chat: Let’s Have A One-to-One Chatadmin October 22, 2013 Ed Tech, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts, The Testing Industry 0Guest post by Roberta Eidman, MPH, a Los Angeles community member.On October 29th, the LAUSD School Board will review Superintendent John Deasy’s controversial One-to-One i-Pad initiative.  Parents, teacher and press have
Join Us Wednesday Night For Our Third Connected Educator Month Twitter Chat | Connected Principals
Join Us Wednesday Night For Our Third Connected Educator Month Twitter Chat | Connected Principals: Join Us Wednesday Night For Our Third Connected Educator Month Twitter ChatOctober 22, 2013By Patrick LarkinPlease join us tomorrow night from 8-9 p.m. EST as we host our third Twitter chat of the month on #cpchat.  We are excited to continue our month-long collaborative effort with the National Ass
10/22/2013 – Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s Empty Harvest
10/22/2013 – Michelle Rhee’s Empty Harvest: 10/22/2013 – Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s Empty HarvestOctober 22, 2013 SubscribeTHIS WEEK: Poor Children Are The Majority … Negative Impact Of Charter Boom… The Politics Of TFA… Schools Learn Tablets’ Limits … Poverty’s Effects On College AttendanceTOP STORYThe Empty Harvest From Michelle RheeBy Jeff Bryant“Without doubt the poster person for th
When Healthy Food Access is an Issue for Babies: New Video Explains “First Food Deserts”
When Healthy Food Access is an Issue for Babies: New Video Explains “First Food Deserts” « MomsRising Blog: When Healthy Food Access is an Issue for Babies: New Video Explains “First Food Deserts”Posted October 22nd, 2013 by Kimberly Seals AllersImproving healthy food access for children is important work. But what about babies? We know that in so-called food deserts, health outcomes are impacted
PARENT POLITICAL PICKS: The Network For Public Education | NPE endorses Cynthia Briscoe Brown and Mary Palmer for Atlanta School Board
The Network For Public Education | NPE endorses Cynthia Briscoe Brown and Mary Palmer for Atlanta School Board: NPE endorses Cynthia Briscoe Brown and Mary Palmer for Atlanta School Boardadmin October 22, 2013 NPE EndorsementsThe Network for Public Education has endorsed Cynthia Briscoe Brown and Mary Palmer for Atlanta School Board.Candidate for the District 8 At Large seat, Cynthia Briscoe Brown
A Proposal: Assign OTC and high-needs students more fairly across high schools | Edwize
A Proposal: Assign OTC and high-needs students more fairly across high schools | Edwize: A Proposal: Assign OTC and high-needs students more fairly across high schoolsOct. 22, 20131:16 pmby Norm In this post, guest blogger Norm Fruchter, co-author of the new Annenberg Institute for School Reform report, “Over the Counter, Under the Radar,” argues that the Department of Education should change its
10-22-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Owners of MLK, Jr. Building Cited in State AuditThe Times is reporting that First A.M.E. Church operated a daycare at Seattle Central Community College - rent-free - for 16 years.  (Yes, I know - how is that possible?)  The daycare was allowed to do this by a program at SCCC called Seattle Vocational Institute whose students' children were to have first-in enrollme
Public Education Privatizers Join Fight To Cut Social Security | FDL News Desk
Public Education Privatizers Join Fight To Cut Social Security | FDL News Desk: Public Education Privatizers Join Fight To Cut Social SecurityBy: DSWright Tuesday October 22, 2013 8:29 am Tweet   To anyone who has followed the attempts to deform reform public education you will not only notice similar rhetoric to the Fix The Debt campaign, but behind the people like Michelle Rhee and Geoffrey Cana
ED Pulse Poll Results: What Are the Benefits of Community Schools? — Whole Child Education
ED Pulse Poll Results: What Are the Benefits of Community Schools? — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGED Pulse Poll Results: What Are the Benefits of Community Schools?October 22, 2013 by Kit Harris, ASCD ResearchASCD continually seeks to provide solutions to the challenges that face educators of all levels. Recently theASCD SmartBrief ED Pulse poll sought out the opinion of its readers
10-22-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Bridgeport’s Kenneth H. Moales Jr. served with arrest warrantAt some point yesterday, following the publication of a Wait, What? blog post on the topic, the Connecticut State Police caught up with Reverend Kenneth Moales, Jr. long enough to serve him with an outstanding arrest warrant. The warrant for Moales’ arrest had been issued on September 11, 2013 but had gone un-served for more
School groups engage in new battles with advocates for vouchers SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources
SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: School groups engage in new battles with advocates for vouchersBy Tom ChorneauTuesday, October 22, 2013A new wave of conflict over school vouchers has broken out in a number of states where advocates in control of the legislative purse strings are confronting push-back from traditional public school supporters.Last week, attorneys representing the Ar
120 children’s book authors, illustrators tell President there’s too much testing
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » 120 children’s book authors, illustrators tell President there’s too much testing: 120 children’s book authors, illustrators tell President there’s too much testingPress release from FairTestfor further information:Dr. Monty Neill (617) 477-9792Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773for immediate release –Tuesday, October 22, 2013*120+ CHILDREN’S BOOK
Cali Education Headlines Tuesday, October 22, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: CORPORATE ED REFORMSchool iPads to cost nearly $100 more each, revised budget showsEducation HeadlinesTuesday, October 22, 2013Upheaval atop Stockton USD police forceLt. Frank Gordo, a member of the Stockton Unified police department for 18 years, was placed on paid administrative leave last week by interim Chief Eric Holman, the latest uphea
Top authors — including Maya Angelou — urge Obama to curb standardized testing
Top authors — including Maya Angelou — urge Obama to curb standardized testing: Top authors — including Maya Angelou — urge Obama to curb standardized testingBY VALERIE STRAUSSOctober 22 at 11:07 amFirst lady Michelle Obama and Maya Angelou in 2012  ( Jose Luis Magana/AP )More than 120 authors and illustrators of books for children — including Maya Angelou,  Judy Bloom and Jane Yolen — urged Presi
Understanding the Label English-Language Learner | HispanicallySpeakingNews.com
Understanding the Label English-Language Learner | HispanicallySpeakingNews.com: Understanding the Label “English-Language Learner”Published at 10:10 am EST, October 22, 2013If a U.S. student learning English were to drive across the country, he would find that in some states he would be classified an “English-language learner,” eligible to receive extra support.  In other states,  the same studen
Our Best Educational Technologies Are Just Spiffy Email - Robinson Meyer - The Atlantic
Our Best Educational Technologies Are Just Spiffy Email - Robinson Meyer - The Atlantic: Our Best Educational Technologies Are Just Spiffy EmailMOOCs are new, but they don't represent a significant break with the educational software we have had for years.Talk to the advocates of online courses like MOOCs and you’ll hear a familiar appeal: This is only the beginning. I heard it earlier this month,
Reality Bites | EduShyster
Reality Bites | EduShyster: Reality Bites An unwanted guest crashes Jeb Fest 2013: realityJeb Bush convened his annualNational Education Summit in Boston last week and welcomed some 800 elected officials, think tankers, business leaders and vendors—along with a highly unwelcome guest who seemed to be everywhere. And no reader, it wasn’t yours truly. Reality was the party crasher at Jeb Fest 2013.
Statement on the Resignation of Pedro Ramos | WeArePCAPS
Statement on the Resignation of Pedro Ramos | WeArePCAPS: Statement on the Resignation of Pedro RamosPosted on October 22, 2013by wearepcapsThe Philadelphia Coalition Advocating for Public Schools wishes Pedro Ramos and his family the best as he resigns his position as School Reform Commission Chairman. In light of this news, we call on Governor Corbett to appoint a replacement that will support f
Medicating ADHD in the Brave New World of High-Stakes Accountability | the becoming radical
Medicating ADHD in the Brave New World of High-Stakes Accountability | the becoming radical: MEDICATING ADHD IN THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF HIGH-STAKES ACCOUNTABILITYMiranda: O wonder!How many goodly creatures are there here!How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,That has such people in’t.—William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene I, ll. 203–206—–Utopias seem much more attainable than one may
Southern Education Foundation Documents Poverty Concentration in Cities | janresseger
Southern Education Foundation Documents Poverty Concentration in Cities | janresseger: Southern Education Foundation Documents Poverty Concentration in CitiesPosted on October 22, 2013 by janressegerEducator Mike Rose and historian Michael B. Katz describe the greatest problem for public education in America: “Throughout American history, inequality—refracted most notably through poverty and race—
Morning Wink 10-22-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYLong meeting, disappointing results (LFT summary of the October BESE meetings) | Crazy Crawfish's BlogLong meeting, disappointing results (LFT summary of the October BESE meetings) | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsLong meeting, disappointing results (LFT summary of the October BESE meetings)Posted on Octo
Long meeting, disappointing results (LFT summary of the October BESE meetings) | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
Long meeting, disappointing results (LFT summary of the October BESE meetings) | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsLong meeting, disappointing results (LFT summary of the October BESE meetings)Posted on October 22, 20130I received this summary of the October 15th and 16th BESE meetings from the LFT (Louisiana Federation of Teachers). I am working on a fe
Forget teaching to the test — at this Washington Heights elementary school, parents canceled it! Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: Washington Hgts Parents Win HyperTesting Fightback
Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: Washington Hgts Parents Win HyperTesting Fightback: Washington Hgts Parents Win HyperTesting FightbackForget teaching to the test — at this Washington Heights elementary school, parents canceled it! MORE THAN 80% OF PARENTS VOTED TO SKIP AN EXAM THAT THE STATE SAYS HELPS EVALUATE TEACHERS. MOVE IS BELIEVED TO BE UNPRECEDENTED.BY RA
Q&A with Shirley Reed: Providing minority students access to higher education | Hechinger Report
Q&A with Shirley Reed: Providing minority students access to higher education | Hechinger Report: Q&A with Shirley Reed: Providing minority students access to higher educationBy Aisha AsifShirley A. Reed has been a driving force in increasing higher education access in the low-income Rio Grande Valley in Texas since she founded South Texas College, a public two-year institution, in McAllen
Disparate Impacts & Another View on Poverty - Bridging Differences - Education Week
Disparate Impacts & Another View on Poverty - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Disparate Impacts & Another View on PovertyBy Deborah Meier on October 22, 2013 9:34 AMDear Mike,No, we haven't bridged our differences. Nor did either of us imagine we would. But I have a clearer idea of some of their roots.  Do you?  I hope so.  "Staying open to the possibility that they (our oppone
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 10-22-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Wendy Lecker: Common Core Uses Our Children As Guinea PigsWendy Lecker, who is a civil rights lawyer, writes here that the Common Core standards have been rolled out without any forethought. Children are being tested on materials they have never been taught. States do not have a curriculum that aligns with the Common Core standards
10-22-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: FedEx Offering TFA Holiday JoyFedEx has a thing for Teach for America:20092008And now for the holidays in 2013:Starting Nov. 1, FedEx will kick off the “FedEx One Rate, Countless Possibilities Through Education” promotion, giving customers across the United States a simple way to give the gift of education. Through Dec. 23, $1 from every FedEx One Rate transaction will be donated t
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELLI’ve started a somewhat regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention: The Reading Teacher is from TEFL Geek and offers some helpful advice on teaching…reading. English Page is a new site to
10-22-13 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.: Congratulatory IRTA resolution to Glen Brown, me and other pension bloggers.The Illinois Retired Teachers Association meeting in Springfield yesterday and today, took special note of the role that  pension and education bloggers play in the fight for pension rights by issuing a congratulatory resoluti
10-22-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: PS 196k: Another SRO anti-colocation rally/hearing not being covered by nyc ed press... Which gush over charter school artificial rallies but ignore the massive outpouring at hearings all over the city by public school parents. Truly one of the most impressive organizing efforts, esp in a poor under resourced community. Hearing hasn't started yet and they're still pouring in. And
10-22-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: FedEd Celebrating Holidays with TFA DonationsFedEx has a thing for Teach for America: 2009 2008 And now for the holidays in 2013: Starting Nov. 1, FedEx will kick off the “FedEx One Rate, Countless Possibilities Through Education” promotion, giving customers across the United States a simple way to give the gift of education. Through Dec. 23, $1 from every FedEx […]4 by plthomase
10-22-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Changing The Parent Forums To Almost All Q&A Doesn't Matter If You Have NO Intention To Change The PoliciesNewsday reports the NYSED and Regents are aware they have a big p.r. problem over their radical education reform agenda and they're looking for ways to "relieve" it:Top state education officials, stung by rising public anger over testing, declared Monday t
Six principles for using data to hold people accountable
Six principles for using data to hold people accountable: Six principles for using data to hold people accountableBY VALERIE STRAUSSOctober 22 at 4:00 am(By Alan Brandt – AP)A new policy brief  being released today by National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder examines the linkage between data-driven improvement and accountability in education. It was written by Andy
Innovating To Strengthen Youth Employment
Shanker Blog » Innovating To Strengthen Youth Employment: Innovating To Strengthen Youth EmploymentPosted by Stan Litow on October 22, 2013Our guest author today is Stan Litow, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs at IBM, President of the IBM Foundation, and a member of the Shanker Institute’s board of directors. This essay was originally published in innovations, an MIT p
A vote for Sue Peters is a vote for the rest of us | Seattle Education
A vote for Sue Peters is a vote for the rest of us | Seattle Education: A vote for Sue Peters is a vote for the rest of usSuzanne Estey’s claim to fame, as she has stated during her campaign, is her involvement as a board member of Community Center for Education Results (CCER), an “organization” that was created out of thin air by Bill Gates to the tune of over $4Mto go after Race to the Top fundi
Sequestration Cuts Lead To Bigger Classes, Shuttered Arts Programs In Schools
Sequestration Cuts Lead To Bigger Classes, Shuttered Arts Programs In Schools: Sequestration Cuts Lead To Bigger Classes, Shuttered Arts Programs In SchoolsPosted: 10/22/2013 7:29 am EDTEvery time the sky opens up and rain pours onto the strawberry fields of rural Stilwell, Okla., Rocky Mountain Public School can count on getting soaked.It rains through the leaky cafeteria roof. Sometimes, water g
Building an Ecosystem | InterACT
Building an Ecosystem | InterACT: Building an EcosystemOCTOBER 21, 2013by David B. CohenReblogged from Gatsby In L.A.:“I think at a certain point we have to be honest,” says Valerie Braimah.  She’s  currently the Executive Director of City Charter Schools, but that’s not why I’m dying to talk to her.   I’m dying to talk to her because a couple of years ago she was the Vice President of Instruction
Purpose Motivated Leadership | Connected Principals
Purpose Motivated Leadership | Connected Principals: Purpose Motivated LeadershipOctober 22, 2013By William ParkerWe have a student who is an orphan at my school.She struggles with so many emotions and doesn’t always make the best decisions–even though she still makes me proud and is passing all her classes.One day she skipped school, and I assigned her to our ISP room (one teacher/no social inter
What if we reduced testing, and focused on teacher created assessments?
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » What if we reduced testing, and focused on teacher created assessments?: What if we reduced testing, and focused on teacher created assessments?The case for this (from three testing experts:MT: What is your advice on the right balance between validity and reliability, especially if we want to embrace the goals implicit in the Common Core?HE: I think the imp
10-22-13 Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: Another school shooting....Well another just happened school shooting has happened at Sparks Middle School in Sparks, Nevada. This happened early in the morning and was only a few brutal minutes. Apparently some middle school student opened fire at two student and wounding them. A teacher was trying to get the gun from the student, but apparently shot the teacher instea
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Defeating Rahm, Taking back Chicago. Tough, but It can be done.
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Defeating Rahm, Taking back Chicago. Tough, but It can be done.: Defeating Rahm, Taking back Chicago. Tough, but It can be done.Community groups rally to Take Back Chicago.Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington paints a pretty grim, if not discouraging picture of Chicago's political future ("Despite woes, Rahm tough to beat"). She's right, of course. When it

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Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 10-21-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMProtests as City College Closes a Student CenterOfficials at City College insisted that a room’s charged history was not a factor when they decided that it would be better used as an annex for the school’s career services office.    91 by By ARIEL KAMINER / 25min Portland Association of Teachers supporters rally at Portland School Board
The fight for education, a documentary Op-Ed - Latino News and Opinion
The fight for education, a documentary Op-Ed - Latino News and Opinion: The fight for education, a documentary Op-EdPor AL DÍA NEWS   14:02 | 10/17/13More Sharing ServicesCompartir este artículo|Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on deliciousShare on linkedinShare on googleShare on digg|Share on emailShare on printShare on favorites-The Pennsylvania state constitution states that, "the Ge
America is now raising a nation of poverty stricken kids Maps of Economic Disaster | The Economic Populist
Maps of Economic Disaster | The Economic Populist: Maps of Economic DisasterSubmitted by Robert Oak on October 20, 2013 - 7:42amAmerica has a problem, a big one, the middle class has been wiped out.  It is economic genocide and the target is most of America.  The statistics just continue to pour in on how poorly America is doing.  Even as the great manufactured crisis is over in D.C., the politica
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Common Core: In a Land Far, Far, Away!
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Common Core: In a Land Far, Far, Away!: Common Core: In a Land Far, Far, Away!I have never seen a profession where the last person's opinion that is valued are the actual people doing all the work. Everyone, and their mother, has an opinion on how to educate our children.  The sad part is that these people are taken seriously, whereas the "lowly" teache
10-21-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: PEP Video: Community Says "No MORE Charters"Panel for Educational Policy October 15, 2013:NYCDOE votes to cram 23 co-locations and charters into existing schools despite large protests, mostly unreported by the press which gave extensive coverage when charters closed schools for half a day and told parents they had to attend.Members of MORE help lead protest at PEP as pa
Language-Gap Study Bolsters a Push for Pre-K - NYTimes.com
Language-Gap Study Bolsters a Push for Pre-K - NYTimes.com: Ramin Rahimian for The New York TimesPicking out a book in Fremont, Calif. Oral language is closely tied to reading comprehensionNearly two decades ago, a landmark study found that by age 3, the children of wealthier professionals have heard words millions more times than those of less educated parents, giving them a distinct advantage in
10-21-13 Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: New SealandPopulation: 27 (2002)Area: 1.544 sq miles (4 km²)Founded: September 2, 1967Sealand, an old British radar platform from World War 2, is a self-declared micronation that is unfortunately not recognized by the world’s countries. This ship “was a Maunsell Sea Fort constructed by the British military in 1943, and originally given the name HM Fort Roughs. Later it
Pictures, Videos from the 2013 OTL Organizing Summit | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity
Pictures, Videos from the 2013 OTL Organizing Summit | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: Pictures, Videos from the 2013 OTL Organizing SummitPosted on: Sunday October 20th, 2013In early October, the Opportunity to Learn Campaign hosted its 2013 Organizing Summit in Los Angeles in conjunction with the American Federation of Teachers' Civil, Human
Nite Cap 10-21-13 #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 CAPTODAYPURE response to proposed changes in CPS promotion policy + PURE’s proposal for a year-long student-centered elementary promotion policyParents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PURE’s proposal for a year-long student-centere