Nite Cap 10-27-13 #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 CAP

Lisa MacFarland of WA DFER and her conspiracy theories | Seattle Education

Lisa MacFarland of WA DFER and her conspiracy theories | Seattle Education: Lisa MacFarland of WA DFER and her conspiracy theoriesLisa MacFarland, Director of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) for Washington State, who received a $10,000 grant from the Walton’s as an “Education Reformer to Watch” for her work on pushing charter school initiative 1240 in the state of Washington and former Direc

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Surprising split in school reformer monolith - The Washington Post

Surprising split in school reformer monolith - The Washington Post: Surprising split in school reformer monolithBut we say we are doing it for the kids Critics of current trends in education reform, such as historian Diane Ravitch, often complain that they are up against a phalanx of business executives and rich investors more interested in making money than improving schools. These people, the cr

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Brown administration sides with schools over flexibility of LCFF money SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources

SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Brown administration sides with schools over flexibility of LCFF moneyBy Tom ChorneauMonday, October 28, 2013In settling a simmering dispute between schools and civil rights groups over the use of new state funding targeting disadvantaged students, the Brown administration appears to have decided to give local officials authority to define the missio

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Military bases open their doors to home-schoolers - Yahoo Finance

Military bases open their doors to home-schoolers - Yahoo Finance: Military bases open their doors to home-schoolersANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AP) — A growing number of military parents want to end the age-old tradition of switching schools for their kids.They've embraced homeschooling, and are finding support on bases, which are providing resources for families and opening their doors for home

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Do you think TFA is a special interest?: “Get up, Stand Up” | Cloaking Inequity

Do you think TFA is a special interest?: “Get up, Stand Up” | Cloaking Inequity: Do you think TFA is a special interest?: “Get up, Stand Up”A century ago, President Teddy Roosevelt railed against special interests controlling our government:Just as the special interest of cotton and slavery had threaten the nations integrity before the civil war, so now the great special business interest who ofte

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PARENT POLITICAL PICKS: The Network For Public Education | NPE endorses three candidates for Centennial School District School Board, PA

The Network For Public Education | NPE endorses three candidates for Centennial School District School Board, PA: NPE endorses three candidates for Centennial School District School Board, PAadmin October 27, 2013 NPE EndorsementsThe Network for Public Education has endorsed Michael Hartline, Betty Huf, and Jane Schrader Lynch for Centennial School District School Board.Incumbents Hartline, Huf, a

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I'm Shocked: Corporate Media and Corporate Mayor Speaks Out for Corporate Reform Superintendents

I'm Shocked: Corporate Media and Corporate Mayor Speaks Out for Corporate Reform Superintendents SacBee Tribute to the Heroic Raymond: He took on teachers union - Marcos Breton - The Sacramento BeeRaymond took on teachers union - Marcos Breton - The Sacramento Bee: Raymond took on teachers unionBy MARCOS BRETONmbreton@sacbee.comPublished: Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 - 12:00 amBefore starting as the new

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Wait What? - When will Steve Perry be shown the door?

When will Steve Perry be shown the door? - Wait What?: When will Steve Perry be shown the door?Last week, a White House employee was fired for using his twitter account to make insulting comments while on the public payroll.  Tweeting while on the job got him fired on the spot and escorted to the door. His twitter account has now been deleted but according to press reports, the White House aide wa

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Morning Wink 10-27-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYAn Open Letter to Parents of Children throughout New York State Regarding Grade 3-8 Testing - New York PrincipalsNew York Principals: An Open Letter to Parents of Children throughout New York StateRegarding Grade 3-8 TestingSee full screen pdf version Opt-Out/Refusal Guides for each State | United Opt Out National: by mike simpson / 29min Teacher Qual

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An Open Letter to Parents of Children throughout New York State Regarding Grade 3-8 Testing - New York Principals

New York Principals: An Open Letter to Parents of Children throughout New York StateRegarding Grade 3-8 TestingSee full screen pdf version Opt-Out/Refusal Guides for each State | United Opt Out National: 

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Teacher Quality, Wiggins and Hattie: More Doing the Wrong Things the Right Ways | the becoming radical

Teacher Quality, Wiggins and Hattie: More Doing the Wrong Things the Right Ways | the becoming radical: TEACHER QUALITY, WIGGINS AND HATTIE: MORE DOING THE WRONG THINGS THE RIGHT WAYSIn a blog titled “To my critics” as a follow up to his critique of Diane Ravitch’s Reign of Errors, Grant Wiggins seeks to clarify his central arguments:My point was merely to ask those who speak only of forces outsid

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Louisiana Educator: The Facts About Education Reform

Louisiana Educator: The Facts About Education Reform: The Facts About Education ReformIf you are one of the educators in Louisiana who is totally frustrated by the attacks on teachers and the teaching profession brought on by the current education reform movement in Louisiana you need to take just a few minutes to view this interview of Diane Ravitch by Melissa Harris Perry of CNBC.http://www.msnb

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8 things we can’t accept in education | Connected Principals

8 things we can’t accept in education | Connected Principals: 8 things we can’t accept in educationOctober 27, 2013By Justin TarteWe can’t accept what’s been done in the past as the only way to do things in the future. Obviously changing just for the sake of changing is not appropriate, but we can’t ignore the changes that are happening all around us, and as such there must be corresponding change

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 10-27-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: NY Principal: “Reforms” Kill Love of LearningTim Farley is a brave man and a fearless educator. He wrote the following letter and he also testified in a similar vein to State a commissioner King. Tim Farley is a principal in New York state and his wife Jessica is a teacher. In addition, they are parents of four school-age children.

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10-27-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: School Board Race Analysis and ThoughtsIn some ways, it's been a disappointing School Board election season.  With no challenger for Betty Patu and no real challenger for Stephan Blanford, neither have really been heard from.  For whatever reason, more forums have only featured Suzanne Dale Estey and Sue Peters.  This is something of a disservice to voters because,

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10-27-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: LARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYHere Are Some More Vocabulary Videos By ELLsOver the past week, I’ve posted examples of short vocabulary videos created by my English Language Learner students. They used either Vine or Instagram. On Friday, our Beginners taught the advanced ELLs in another class how to create them. Here

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10-27-13 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.: A bill that would exclude special education parents and teachers.H/T: Bev Johns. On October 22, 2013, Senate Bill 578 was completely changed by an amendment in the Illinois House of Representatives. House Amendment Number 1 LIMITS who can provide CPDUs to ONLY the following: (1) ISBE (2) ROEs (3) Illi

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10-27-13 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: Can leaders be activists?I have been very critical of just about every implementation facet of the common core standards and I have always but forth the reasons for my criticism. The standards were not developed with input from experts. Teachers, childhood development specialists and parents were supposedly “consulted” but the actual work was done by a secret panel—and […]42 by T

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10-27-13 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Cuomo Loves His Teacher Evaluation System Even If He Can't Vouch For It's AccuracyJust in case you think getting rid of NYSED Commissioner John King would solve the problems with teacher evaluation systems in districts around the state, here's Sheriff Andy Cuomo touting APPR:Cuomo said New Yorkers typically seek change in state government, but they are also resistant to it b

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How to Turn Robert’s Rules Into a Force for Good. |

How to Turn Robert’s Rules Into a Force for Good. |: How to Turn Robert’s Rules Into a Force for Good.October 26, 2013 in StudentsI’ve spent a lot of time in meetings where Robert’s Rules of Order were the rules of the day — in student government, in state and national student organizations, on various academic committees, and so on. By necessity, and because I’m a process dork, I paid a lot of at

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3 Ways Parents Can Help Teachers | toteachornototeach

3 Ways Parents Can Help Teachers | toteachornototeach: 3 Ways Parents Can Help Teachers by Chris CrouchRegardless of where you live in the United States, educating our children is an issue that is probably a part of the daily news cycle. Whether it’s a new state or national learning standards, such as the Common Core State Standards, or reforms to teacher preparation and evaluations, or the condit

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Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Addressing the #bullying problem starts with adults

Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Addressing the #bullying problem starts with adults: Addressing the #bullying problem starts with adultsEditor's note:  October is National Bullying Prevention Month. It was created to raise awareness about bullying prevention. This post brings attention to a problem that we sometimes forget or are too uncomfortable to discuss. Bullying does not discriminate

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What's In a Name? - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

What's In a Name? - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: What's In a Name?By Nancy Flanagan on October 27, 2013 7:53 AMA guest post from Okaikor Aryee-Price, a fellow IDEA (Institute for Democratic Education in America) organizer: I know for many the naming of a child is a deeply personal and spiritual experience that reflects some symbolism of one's cultural, traditional, and famil

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Issue: Education programs funding - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress

Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress: suesView Hot Bills By Issues AreaSee Bills for Previous SessionsLatest BillsH.J.Res.80 - American Indian and Alaska Native health, education, and safety billMaking continuing appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian Health Service for fiscal ye...House Passed Oct 16, 201312 ViewsH.J.Res.84 - Head Start

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Do We Invest in Preschools or Prisons? - NYTimes.com

Do We Invest in Preschools or Prisons? - NYTimes.com: By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOFPublished: October 26, 2013 CONGRESS is often compared to pre-K, which seems defamatory of small children. But the similarities also offer hope, because an initiative that should be on the top of the national agenda has less to do with the sequester than with the A.B.C.’s and Big Bird.Enlarge This ImageDamon Winter/The New

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A Veteran Teachers Reflects on Reform (Patrick Welsh) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

A Veteran Teachers Reflects on Reform (Patrick Welsh) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: A Veteran Teachers Reflects on Reform (Patrick Welsh)Patrick Welsh retired in June after 43 years teaching English at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria.This article appeared in the Washington Post “Outlook” section on September 27, 2013.Erika Dietz was overwhelmed when she started tea

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K-12 News Network | LAUSD: The Voters Have Spoken and Publicly-Elected School Boards Choose Superintendents

K-12 News Network | LAUSD: The Voters Have Spoken and Publicly-Elected School Boards Choose Superintendents: LAUSD: The Voters Have Spoken and Publicly-Elected School Boards Choose Superintendentsadmin October 26, 2013 Educators, Elections, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts 0Guest post by Karen Wolfe, a parent and public education advocate who lives in Los Angeles.Parents and public sch

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Daily Kos: Leaves on the Current - a brief update

Daily Kos: Leaves on the Current - a brief update: Leaves on the Current - a brief updatebyteacherkenFollow she should be coming home on Monday.  We had hoped for tomorrow, but she is having some tummy problems and they want to get that under control before she returns.As far as her bloodwork - and remember, she has a blood cancer - the only area of concern was her platelet count, which reached a

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New Orleans SPS score release reveals 69% of students now attend “failing schools” according to Bobby Jindal (compared to 62% in 2005) | Crazy Crawfish's Blog

New Orleans SPS score release reveals 69% of students now attend “failing schools” according to Bobby Jindal (compared to 62% in 2005) | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsNew Orleans SPS score release reveals 69% of students now attend “failing schools” according to Bobby Jindal (compared to 62% in 2005)Posted on October 27, 20130Some of you may have see

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With A Brooklyn Accent: The BATS and the Teachers Unions

With A Brooklyn Accent: The BATS and the Teachers Unions: The BATS and the Teachers UnionsSUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BAT!Badass Teachers AssociationThis is for every teacher who refuses to be blamed for the failure of our society to erase poverty and inequality, and refuses to accept assessments, tests and evaluations imposed by those who have contempt for real teaching and learning.Badass Teachers Associ

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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Moody's -- Charters are expanding at the expense of public schools

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Moody's -- Charters are expanding at the expense of public schools: Moody's -- Charters are expanding at the expense of public schoolsA new Moody's report finds that charter schools have expanded at the expense of urban public schools, especially on those districts confronted with a shrinking tax base and government funding cuts.Municipal finance analysts at Moo

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SacBee Tribute to the Heroic Raymond: He took on teachers union - Marcos Breton - The Sacramento Bee

Raymond took on teachers union - Marcos Breton - The Sacramento Bee: Raymond took on teachers unionBy MARCOS BRETONmbreton@sacbee.comPublished: Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 - 12:00 amBefore starting as the new superintendent of the Sacramento City Unified School District, Jonathan Raymond was told how he could escape unscathed from the no-win job he was taking on.“Rudy Crew (a former Sacramento superinte

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Nite Cap 10-26-13 #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 CAPTODAYCoop Goes to High School Part 7 – Song & Dance | Lefty ParentCoop Goes to High School Part 7 – Song & Dance | Lefty Parent: Coop Goes to High School Part 7 – Song & DanceOctober 26th, 2013 at 13:38Me and my Ado Annie in OklahomaT

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