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The mysterious case of LAUSD’s finances: Richard J. Riordan and Tim Rutten
The mysterious case of LAUSD’s finances: Richard J. Riordan and Tim Rutten: The mysterious case of LAUSD’s finances: Richard J. Riordan and Tim RuttenNow that the drama over the Los Angeles Unified School District’s superintendent is behind us, there are some other, deeper issues worth exploring.For example, ask anybody who’s looked at the budget for one of America’s urban school districts how muc
Overscheduled Children: How Big A Problem? (Bruce Feiler) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Overscheduled Children: How Big A Problem? (Bruce Feiler) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Overscheduled Children: How Big A Problem? (Bruce Feiler)Bruce Feiler is a writer who works at home. His latest book is “The Secrets of Happy Families.” This appeared in the New York Timeson October 11, 2013.The post reflects how highly educated, middle-class parents try to raise their
Daily Kos: Consider the following
Daily Kos: Consider the following: Consider the followingbyteacherkenFollowThanks to Citizens United, and other decisions, corporations may now spend unlimited amounts of money to influence our politics to their advantage and the advantage of their owners.Thanks to the DC Circuit decision yesterday authored by Janice Rogers Brown (appointed by G. W. Bush and approved despite the willingness of Dem
With A Brooklyn Accent: Six Debating Points for CCSS Opponents
With A Brooklyn Accent: Six Debating Points for CCSS Opponents: Six Debating Points for CCSS Opponents 1. CCCS and the tests created to comply with them, cost money, and take money away from things that make school enjoyable and exciting like art, music, hands on science, and physical education. Worse yet, the money they removes go into the hands of for profit test companies 2. They discriminate a
The Answer Sheet 11-2-13
The Answer Sheet:Catholic scholars blast Common Core in letter to U.S. bishopsAbout 130 Catholic scholars around the country have signed a hard-hitting letter to U.S. Catholic bishops denouncing the Common Core State Standards as doing “a grave disservice to Catholic education” and urging the bishops to ignore the standards or, in the more than 100 dioceses that have already adopted them, to give
11-2-13 Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership Society
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog:Schooling in the Ownership SocietyMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership SocietyThey're packing 50 students into L.A. high school classesArne Duncan green-lighted it. Remember?"Class size has been a sacred cow and I think we need to take it on," Duncan told his pals at the American Enterprise Institute over croissants back in 2009. Now fast forw
11-2-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Controversial Bridgeport billboard donated to Mayor FinchRaising Hale is a media project of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy. Although Wait, What? and Raising Hale are miles apart on some philosophical issues, Raising Hale’s dedication to “uncovering government waste, fraud, and abuse in Connecticut” is impressive. Fellow investigative journalist and blogger, Zachary J
11-2-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumGrowth Boundaries Announced (Round Three) - Bound for Glory or Bound for Unhappiness?(Note: readers started commenting on this at the Friday Open Thread. I had thought to try to transfer their comments to this new thread but was unable to do so. I created a new thread as to make this huge issue, front and center here. )From SPS:The r
11-2-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineNorm's Speech at the PEP, October 30, 2013Charter school parents had their choice of sending their kids to school taken away when charters closed down their schools for a political rally. They are not public schools.1 by ed notes online / 1h YESTERDAYTeacher Questions Flushing HS Principal's Reduction of Passing Grade to 55it is the right of the principal to set the
11-2-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman:UPDATED: Reformy Cures, For the Right PriceIt sure is a funny coincidence: the people who bray the loudest that our schools suck always seem to have the cure - for the right price: Diane, these problems are of long standing (and you know this as a historian of education). Indeed, these weaknesses also exist in private and charter schools. Some of the most boring and fear-inducing te
11-2-13 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 | Daily postsKeeping retirement weird.Cyrus works for the National Park Service at the African Burial Grounds in lower Manhattan. Halloween seemed like the perfect reason to spend a few days in New York. Anne and I have never done Halloween with Lucy and Joey. Lucy is now ten years old. H
11-2-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street SchoolBill De Blasio Meets With Rahm Emanuel To Talk "Transition And Urban Affairs"Sure Bill de Blasio had a union rally yesterday - but he also met with one of the more virulently anti-union Dems around:Bill de Blasio met with Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel this morning in New York City, according to sources familiar with the meeting.Emanuel and de Blas
11-2-13 Radical Scholarship
Radical Scholarship:Guest column: S.C. schools have poverty problem | The Greenville News | greenvilleonline.comGuest column: S.C. schools have poverty problem | The Greenville News | greenvilleonline.com.by plthomasedd / 2h YESTERDAYCommon Core and Text Complexity: “It’s a madhouse! A madhouse!”Common Core and Text Complexity: “It’s a madhouse! A madhouse!”.by plthomasedd / 23h OCT 31remnant 37:
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 11-2-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYThe Best Videos Of Tom Lehrer’s SongsReaders may or may not know about Tom Lehrer, the mathematician turned songwriter and performer who was particularly popular in the 1960′s (and who is still around today). His satirical songs poked fun at many topical subjects, and I still remember heari
This Week's Education Research Report 11-2-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTSegregation in American schools still problematic, despite best effortsAs American schools struggle with issues of race, diversity and achievement, a new study in the American Sociological Review has split the difference in the ongoing discussion of resegregation. Yes, black, white and Hispanic students were less likely to share classro
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 11-2-13
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT Principals Union: iPAD ROLLOUT SURVEY GENERALLY YIELDS POSITIVE RESULTSfrom The Associated Administrators of L.A. Weekly Update/Week of November 4, 2013 | http://bit.ly/1bJgX5V 31 October 2014 :: At the request of Board Member Monica Ratliff, Chair of the Board’s Ad Hoc Common Core Technology Committee, AALA
NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education 11-2-13
NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education:NPE News BriefsCommon Core Ratings: “Hunger Games” More Complex Than “Grapes of Wrath”? | Diane Ravitch’s blogAn article by Blaine Greteman in The New Republic reports that “lexile ratings” have been assigned to various novels by the Common Core standards. Greteman is an English professor at the University of Iowa. Lexile ratings score readin
11-2-13 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Schools Matter All WeekHedge Fund Operative Gordon Hendry Joins Indiana State Board of Educationby Doug MartinJennifer Wagner : "I've heard it's (Diane Ravitch's Reign of Error) a lovely piece of fiction." When Mind Trust board member and Bill Bennett operative David Shane (wife of former Eli Lilly Endowment’s education consultant) recently stepped down from the Indiana
All Week 11-2-13 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: All Week @ THE CHALK FACE Ninety-five Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) DocumentsThere is more to a website than the information accessed by clicking its active links. This I learned years ago in my dealings with statistics software that utilizes both windows and code. Armed with such knowledge, yesterday I spent six hours combing the Louisiana Departm
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 11-2-13 -13 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGWhat Do Philadelphia Students Want?A high school student wrote this letter to Mark NAISON of the BATS, who sent it to me: Mr Naison: Hello, my name is Madeline Clapier. I am a senior at Constitution High School which is a school in Philadelphia that focuses on law and history. Currently, we as a school are facing massive
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If enough of the missing students turn up in charters, District budget worries would grow | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
If enough of the missing students turn up in charters, District budget worries would grow | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: If enough of the missing students turn up in charters, District budget worries would growby Dale Mezzacappa on Nov 01 2013 Posted in Latest news="" style="color: rgb(76, 153, 72); cursor: pointer; float: left; padding: 0px 2px;">Share on emailMore Sha
Ninety-five Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) Documents | deutsch29
Ninety-five Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) Documents | deutsch29: Ninety-five Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) DocumentsNovember 1, 2013There is more to a website than the information accessed by clicking its active links. This I learned years ago in my dealings with statistics software that utilizes both windows and code.Armed with such knowledge, yesterday I spent six hours com
Nite Cap 11-1-13 #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 CAPTODAYIs PS 154 in the Bronx Safe for Students? southbronxschool.comhttp://www.southbronxschool.com: Is PS 154 in the Bronx Safe for Students?Lots going on at PS 154 in the Bronx that sources have shared with The Crack Team.Dr Alison Coviello; PhD
Syllabus of Guidance on Behavior-Related Issues - Announcements & Current Issues
Syllabus of Guidance on Behavior-Related Issues - Announcements & Current Issues (CA Dept of Education): Syllabus of Guidance on Behavior-Related IssuesThis Web page provides a syllabus of federal and state publications and Web sites providing guidance on behavior-related issues, particularly as they affect students who are eligible for special education and related services.The syllabus has b
Is PS 154 in the Bronx Safe for Students? southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Is PS 154 in the Bronx Safe for Students?Lots going on at PS 154 in the Bronx that sources have shared with The Crack Team.Dr Alison Coviello; PhD. and Principal of PS 154 has begun a groovy peace bus. What is a peacebus? A peace bus is a big, cute, groovy, faux bus located on the wall by the office. Every day that PS 154 is violence free, a day is marked. When 5
Pre-K Is Worth Investing In – Here's Why | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity
Pre-K Is Worth Investing In – Here's Why | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: Pre-K Is Worth Investing In – Here's WhyPosted on: Friday November 1st, 2013Recently, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed that tried to make the case that we shouldn't bother investing in pre-k because it's "of no educational value and the cost would be stagg
AFT’S Weingarten: School reformers ignore “elephant in the room” » peoplesworld
AFT’S Weingarten: School reformers ignore “elephant in the room” » peoplesworld: AFT’S Weingarten: School reformers ignore “elephant in the room”Print Email to a Friendby: MARK GRUENBERGoctober 31 2013tags: education, schools, teachers, students, nationalWASHINGTON - So-called school "reformers," bent on closing "failing" schools, ignore "the elephant in the room," p
Insights on Tackling Informational Text — Whole Child Education
Insights on Tackling Informational Text — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGInsights on Tackling Informational TextNovember 1, 2013 by Klea ScharbergThe mandate to get K–12 students reading more informational texts is the feature of the Common Core State Standards that has stirred up the most complaints. Bringing more nonfiction into students' lives will require many educators to stretch
New York Principal Speaks Out on Ridiculous Common Core Test for 1st Graders | Truth in American Education
New York Principal Speaks Out on Ridiculous Common Core Test for 1st Graders | Truth in American Education: New York Principal Speaks Out on Ridiculous Common Core Test for 1st GradersFiled in Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level by Shane Vander Hart on November 1, 2013 •1 Comment20316Below is an excerpt from a guest blog written by Carol Burris, Principal at South Side High School in
Perspectives on ‘A Nation At Risk’
The Quick and the Ed » Perspectives on ‘A Nation At Risk’: Perspectives on ‘A Nation At Risk’ 001 Nov 2013by Peter Cookson Jr.Categories: K-12 EducationWhen A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform was published in April of 1983 it set off a political and policy firestorm that continues to smolder today. The report was submitted by the National Commission on Excellence in Education
NYC Educator: Common Core Geniuses and Our Children
NYC Educator: Common Core Geniuses and Our Children: Common Core Geniuses and Our ChildrenToday at Perdido Street School, we see one of the most absurd conceivable uses of Common Core Curriculum--rating classic books by grade level. Reality-Based Educator Quotes The Atlantic:Here’s a pop quiz: according to the measurements used in the new Common Core Standards, which of these books would be compl
Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee and the Calderon Scandal - The Sacramento Bee
Capitol and California - Political, Government and Election News - The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California: Special circumstance cited in Ron Calderon removal from film boardBy Christopher Cadelago - Published: 12:38 pmLawmakers took an extraordinary step to remove embattled Sen. Ron Calderon from the California Film Commission, a post he was entitled to hold until at least the end of his term.
New campaign in support of more restrictions on LCFF spending SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources
SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: New campaign in support of more restrictions on LCFF spendingBy Tom ChorneauFriday, November 01, 2013Advocates for low-income families and English learners have launched a letter-writing campaign aimed at getting the California State Board of Education to reject plans to give schools wide discretion over the use of new state grant money.Next week, th
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: They're packing 50 students into L.A. high school classes
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: They're packing 50 students into L.A. high school classes: They're packing 50 students into L.A. high school classesArne Duncan green-lighted it. Remember?"Class size has been a sacred cow and I think we need to take it on," Duncan told his pals at the American Enterprise Instituteover croissants back in 2009. Now fast forward. Here's what's become of the &
Excerpts from "Rhee The Art of the Deal" a new story about Corporate Education Reform and the Woman that makes it Happen!
Excerpts from "Rhee The Art of the Deal" a new story about Corporate Education Reform and the Woman that makes it Happen!Michelle Rhee answers Ravitch in New BookRhee: Good Birdie! Rhee: Corporate Ed Reform is not what it seemsRhee: Imagination is vital in Corporate Ed ReformRhee: It is Easier to Make a Deal to Buy a Closed SchoolRhee: With enough Corporate CashYou Can Buy Anything!Rhee:
Cali Education Headlines Friday, November 1, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee answers Ravitch in New BookEducation HeadlinesFriday, November 1, 2013Report: Many school districts lack full-time nursesFewer than half of the state's school districts, only 43 percent, have full-time school nurses, according to a recent report by researchers from California State University, Sacramento.Fed
Segregated Knowledge: Curriculum Revision in Reform Contexts from Pre-Brown to Now | Cloaking Inequity
Segregated Knowledge: Curriculum Revision in Reform Contexts from Pre-Brown to Now | Cloaking Inequity: Segregated Knowledge: Curriculum Revision in Reform Contexts from Pre-Brown to NowThe landmark case Brown v. Board of Education set a new legal precedent in the United States that dismantled the “strange career” (Woodward, 2001 [1966]) of Jim Crow. The purpose of this law, from the standpoint of
11-1-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadLooked like the word "boobies" will be used in a Supreme Court case over two girls, who in 2010 were then 12 and 13, who were trying to raise awareness for breast cancer. They violated their school's ban on bracelets and wore pink bracelets that said, "I heart Boobies!" A lower court said the district didn't prove the bracele
If Your Child Was Bullied, When Did You Intervene and When Did You Stay Out? - NYTimes.com
If Your Child Was Bullied, When Did You Intervene and When Did You Stay Out? - NYTimes.com: Rick Runion/The Ledger, via Associated PressA fund-raiser in Lakeland, Fla., for the family of Rebecca Ann Sedwick, a 12-year-old girl who committed suicide after being bullied for over a year.By MICHAEL WINERIPPublished: October 31, 2013 37 Comments
Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee answers Ravitch in New Book
Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee answers Ravitch in New BookNational education reform advocate sought Calderon's influence | Al Jazeera AmericaNational education reform advocate sought Calderon's influence | Al Jazeera America: National education reform advocate sought Calderon'€™s influenceby Trevor Aaronson October 31, 2013 5:41PM ETA private meeting with lobbyists for Michelle Rhee occurred
Morning Wink 1-11-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAYLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 11-1-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Lloyd Lofthouse, Crazy Normal, Discovers “Reign of Error”Lloyd Lofthouse is a Vietnam veteran who taught school in a barrio ruled by violent street gangs for thirty years. From his blog, wh
