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Nite Cap 10-5-13 #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."


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The Network For Public Education | The Network for Public Education endorses Suzie Abajian for North Pasadena School Board
The Network For Public Education | The Network for Public Education endorses Suzie Abajian for North Pasadena School Board: The Network for Public Education endorses Suzie Abajian for North Pasadena School Boardadmin October 5, 2013 NPE EndorsementsThe Network for Public Education, a national organization that fights to preserve and strengthen our public school system, has endorsed educator Suzie
by mike simpson / 4min 
Chris Rickert: Control no predictor of quality in public education : Wsj
Chris Rickert: Control no predictor of quality in public education : Wsj: Chris Rickert: Control no predictor of quality in public educationPrint Email11 hours ago  •  CHRIS RICKERT | Wisconsin State Journal | crickert@madison.com | 608-252-6198(4) CommentsStudents at Milwaukee's Academy of Excellence charter school attend a rally for supporters of Wisconsin's School Choice program gather at La Ca
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Diane Ravitch: On How to Save Public Education | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Diane Ravitch: On How to Save Public Education | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Diane Ravitch: On How to Save Public EducationFiled under: Ravitch — millerlf @ 4:36 pm Following is a section of an article by Diane Ravitch from the Progressive Magazine.Saving Our Public Schools, October 2013Pregnant women should see a doc­tor early in their pregnancy and have regular care and good nutr
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The NYCDOE Strikes Back and Attempts to Intimidate Me!!!!!.southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: The NYCDOE Strikes Back and Attempts to Intimidate Me!!!!!So arrive at the Rubber Room (I refuse to call it reassignment center) yesterday morning looking forward to spending another day with Mrs Nussbaum and Mrs McGillicuddy. On Thursday, we had to cut short a roundtable discussion on whether or not the US should return to the gold standard. We all agreed that not
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10-5-13 Saturday Matinée Special Corporate Reform School Girls News Breakout
Saturday Special Corporate Reform School Girls News BreakoutTODAYDeciding Who Sees Students’ Data - NYTimes.comDeciding Who Sees Students’ Data - NYTimes.com:by mike simpson / 3min Rallies and Marches Planned Across Country Support of Immigrants | HispanicallySpeakingNews.comRallies and Marches Planned Across Country Support of Immigrants | HispanicallySpeakingNews.com: Hundreds of Rallies and Mar
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Deciding Who Sees Students’ Data - NYTimes.com
Deciding Who Sees Students’ Data - NYTimes.com:
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Rallies and Marches Planned Across Country Support of Immigrants | HispanicallySpeakingNews.com
Rallies and Marches Planned Across Country Support of Immigrants | HispanicallySpeakingNews.com: Hundreds of Rallies and Marches Planned Across Country in Support of ImmigrantsMore than 150 events in 41 states have been planned this weekend in support of immigrants and immigration reform.  The rallies and marches are all part of the ‘National Day of Action for Immigrant Dignity and Respect.’These
by mike simpson / 3h 
Blue Jersey:: Christie runs from his record on schools
Blue Jersey:: Christie runs from his record on schools: Christie runs from his record on schoolsby: NJ Working Families AllianceFri Oct 04, 2013 at 04:05:43 PM EDTThis story should be shared with anyone believing the Christie administration lie that they've properly funded schools. Report by New York Federal Reserve Bank has the numbers that make the truth clear. Promoted by RosiEven by the standa
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Gates Money and Common Core– Part VI | deutsch29
Gates Money and Common Core– Part VI | deutsch29: Gates Money and Common Core– Part VIOctober 5, 2013This post is the sixth (and final) post in a series I have written detailing Bill Gates’ mammoth purchasing of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). (Hereare links to the previous five posts in the series.)In the fifth post, I mentioned that this final post would be Gates’ CCSS funding of educati
by mike simpson / 5h 
Get Bill Ayers! | Dissident Voice
Get Bill Ayers! | Dissident Voice: Get Bill Ayers!A Review of Public Enemyby Ron Jacobs / October 5th, 2013I remember reading the New York Times review of Bill Ayers’ first bookFugitive Days while sitting on a curb in Greenwich Village on September 11, 2001. The haze from the demolished towers hung on the air as thick as the fear felt by almost every person in the city that day. After reading the
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2nd Banana 10-5-13-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2 #1u
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANA RECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POST Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool - NYTimes.comDisruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool - NYTimes.com: "Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool"Disruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational ToolIf you were to walk into my sister’s house in Los Angeles,
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Jose Lara for ERUSD School Board 2013
Jose Lara for ERUSD School Board 2013: About the candidate: José LaraAs an award -winning educator, I have dedicated my career to helping students achieve their maximum potential. As a parent there is nothing I care about more than ensuring our schools provide a quality education that prepares children for a successful future.  I am the only candidate that is both a teacher and parent and I intend
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Morning Wink 10-5-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYThose Who Changed History but Won’t Be in the History Books | toteachornototeachThose 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
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 10-5-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Is 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 field tests last Ap
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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
by mike simpson / 8h 
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
by mike simpson / 8h 
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
by mike simpson / 8h 
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
by mike simpson / 8h 
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
by mike simpson / 8h 
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
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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
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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
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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
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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’
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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YESTERDAY

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
by mike simpson / 19h 
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
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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
by mike simpson / 19h 
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
by mike simpson / 19h 
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
by mike simpson / 21h 
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
by mike simpson / 22h 
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
by mike simpson / 22h 
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
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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. 
by mike simpson / 22h 
“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
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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
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