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11-10-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Curiouser and curiouser! – It was said down in the rabbit hole…The Connecticut Post has the latest chapter in the Vallas in Wonderland installment with a news article entitled, “Vallas may be going but Moales is not.” Bridgeport Board of Education members received their packet for Tuesday’s upcoming meeting. Inside was a three page letter from Board Chairman Kenneth Moales, Jr. Highli
11-10-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Flushing HS Update #4Flushing HS teacher Seung Ok's battle over DOE hypocritical grading policies appears to be bearing fruit. Seung is an old pal from the early GEM days -- one of the most energetic, principled people I've met over all my years of organizing. He was a teacher at Maxwell HS in Brooklyn when he helped form GEM in its earliest stages in 2009 while fighting off the a
Understanding Common Core: A Breakdown of the Pros and Cons - Schools - Davis, CA Patch
Understanding Common Core: A Breakdown of the Pros and Cons - Schools - Davis, CA Patch: Understanding Common Core: A Breakdown of the Pros and ConsA big change is underway in the world of American education.Posted by Catherine Crawford , November 10, 2013 at 06:15 AMComment RecommendCredit unknown. If you know the source of this image, please email Catherine.Crawford@patch.comOnce a day, Patch t
11-10-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: Mythbusting Chris Cerf at @NJEA: PovertyChris Cerf, New Jersey's very reformy Commissioner of Education, spoke on Friday at the NJEA convention. And the commish made it clear that he is gravely, deeply worried that he is being misunderstood: The idea that anybody thinks that poverty doesn't matter is inconceivable. Of course it matters. Of course it is a huge predictor of academic
Poorly Maintained Old Buildings, Another Threat to Students and School Employees | WeArePCAPS
Poorly Maintained Old Buildings, Another Threat to Students and School Employees | WeArePCAPS: Poorly Maintained Old Buildings, Another Threat to Students and School EmployeesPosted on November 10, 2013by wearepcapsA report today in Philadelphia Inquirer documents what many of us have long known; Philadelphia aging school buildings are a clear and present danger to the health of children and those
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 11-10-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: New Mexico: Where Data Count More Than ChildrenThis is a comment by an educator in New Mexico: My name is Tine Hayes. I have been teaching high school in Gallup NM for 14 years. I am dual certified in Fine Arts and Social Studies, and I am level three and National Board certified. This year more than ever in the past I am dishear
11-10-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Updated Resources On Typhoon HaiyanHere are new additions to The Best Resources For Learning About Typhoon Haiyan: Philippine super typhoon kills at least 10,000, official says is from Reuters. Death toll likely to exceed 1,000 after typhoon slams Philippines is from CNN. Philippine Death Toll Feared In Thousands is from Th
11-10-13 teacherken at Daily Kos
teacherken at Daily Kos: An explanation of dispute on Fairfax County provisionals in AG raceFairfax County Virginia has had a practice that allowed those casting provisional ballots on election day to sign documentation allowing party or candidate organizations to allow them to represent the voter when the provisional was being considered. The state election board decided that this was in violati
11-10-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: The Poverty Trap: Slack, Not Grit, Creates AchievementThe Poverty Trap: Slack, Not Grit, Creates Achievement. via The Poverty Trap: Slack, Not Grit, Creates Achievement.1 by plthomasedd / 11min Beware the hagiography in #edreformAs of late, it has been observed by me the profligate use of the first person when referencing reform crusades on either side of the debate. Beware of ex
11-10-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Tolstoy endures — but here’s why the liberal arts might notAre the liberal arts really dying in higher education, and if so, how fast? Writing about it in this post is Liz Willen, editor at The Hechinger Report, an independently funded unit of Teachers College at Columbia University. She is also director of The Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media at Teachers College
11-10-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Grinding Rogues HonestThis is not about our public school system. But, as I see it, this is what I want to find in our public school system.When I was in high school I got a speech once from the basketball coach intended to teach me a life lesson. I imagine I was goofing around rather than applying myself with absolute discipline and determination to the task at hand of jumping i
11-10-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): The Poverty Trap: Slack, Not Grit, Creates AchievmentPoverty is a trap children are born into: No child has ever chosen to be poor. Children have never caused the poverty that defines their lives, and their education. Yet, the adults with political, corporate, and educat
11-10-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: In Which I Use The Danielson Rubric To Evaluate Buster KeatonEveryone knows that just as a teacher cannot be a great teacher without a great lesson plan, a director cannot be a great director without a great script.Those teachers who say they use bare bones notes to teach their classes, no matter how great those classes appear to be or how much the students in those classes
We’ve Got a Communication Problem | Ideas and Thoughts
We’ve Got a Communication Problem | Ideas and Thoughts: We’ve Got a Communication ProblemThis week a story emerged out of British Columbia about a school that was banning students in Kindergarten from touching each other. Like many, I tweeted itB.C. school bans kindergarteners from touching each other | CTV British Columbia News http://t.co/iIsIeMIAQD— Dean Shareski (@shareski) November 6, 2013The
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All Things Education: TFA comes to RVA
All Things Education: TFA comes to RVA: TFA comes to RVAWith a vote of 5-2 (with two members absent) the Richmond School Board has decided to contract with Teach for America to hire up to 30 teachers. I've already written in great detail about how the Teach for America model is problematic here and then here and about why TFA is not right for the K-12 public school students of Virginia here, so I
Are They Messin' with YOUR PENSION? Call the Pension Avengers
Are They Messin' with YOUR PENSION? Call the Pension Avengers VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky"Running for our pensions" 11-9-13 Fred Klonsky | Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky.Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Fred Klonsky | Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky.The in box. Medicare Advantage retiree meeting in
Educational Bedrock: The Teacher-Student Relationship | deutsch29
Educational Bedrock: The Teacher-Student Relationship | deutsch29: Educational Bedrock: The Teacher-Student RelationshipNovember 9, 2013In 2003, the (then) Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) supported teachers in creating a set of standards and corresponding curriculum for a new program designed to both promote the teaching profession and provide high school students with a solid idea of wha
Nite Cap 11-9-13 #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 NYC Public School Parents: Tuesday's elections disastrous for inBloom: Seven states out, two to goNYC Public School Parents: Tuesday's elections disastrous for inBloom: Seven states out, two to go: Tuesday's elections disastrous for inBloom: Sev
NYC Public School Parents: Tuesday's elections disastrous for inBloom: Seven states out, two to go
NYC Public School Parents: Tuesday's elections disastrous for inBloom: Seven states out, two to go: Tuesday's elections disastrous for inBloom: Seven states out, two to goBig News from Jefferson County, the only inBloom pilot district in Colorado. Anti-inBloom candidates swept the school board elections on Tuesday night, on Thursday their Superintendent resigned, and the existing school board unan
NYC Public School Parents: Tuesday's elections disastrous for inBloom: Seven states out, two to go
NYC Public School Parents: Tuesday's elections disastrous for inBloom: Seven states out, two to go: Tuesday's elections disastrous for inBloom: Seven states out, two to goBig News from Jefferson County, the only inBloom pilot district in Colorado. Anti-inBloom candidates swept the school board elections on Tuesday night, on Thursday their Superintendent resigned, and the existing school board unan
Put to the Test: Adults Sample Common Core - RochesterHomepage.net
Put to the Test: Adults Sample Common Core - RochesterHomepage.net: Put to the Test: Adults Sample Common CoreFew of us had heard of Common Core before New York State adopted the controversial standards last year. The standards developed by business and education leaders are intended to help U.S. students compete in a global economy and create continuity among districts and grade levels. More than
Chicago Teachers Union "Let Us Teach!" press conference
Full remarks from Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis and Chicago Public Schools parents at a Nov. 7, 2013, National Day of Action on Testing press conference announcing the start of the Union's "Let Us Teach!" campaign against standardized testing.
11-9-13 Saturday Matinée Special Double Feature News Breakout
Saturday Matinée Special Corporate Reform School Girls News BreakoutSpecial Sneak Preview - Witch Hunter starring Campbell Brown News BreakComing to a theater near you!TODAYMust Watch Video: Support the Saint Paul Federation of Teachers in a historic contract battle against standardized testing and in defense of the public schools | I AM AN EDUCATORMust Watch Video: Support the Saint Paul Federa
Must Watch Video: Support the Saint Paul Federation of Teachers in a historic contract battle against standardized testing and in defense of the public schools | I AM AN EDUCATOR
Must Watch Video: Support the Saint Paul Federation of Teachers in a historic contract battle against standardized testing and in defense of the public schools | I AM AN EDUCATOR: Must Watch Video: Support the Saint Paul Federation of Teachers in a historic contract battle against standardized testing and in defense of the public schoolsBy I AM AN EDUCATOR on November 9, 2013Mary Cathryn Ricker, P
NEA, AFT, Common Core, and VAM | deutsch29
NEA, AFT, Common Core, and VAM | deutsch29: NEA, AFT, Common Core, and VAMNovember 9, 2013I have been wondering about “the unions”– the two major national teachers unions– the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA). I have been told that ”the unions” are the major forces on the side of classroom teachers in this fight against the corporate takeover of Am
Silence of the Teachers | EduShyster
Silence of the Teachers | EduShyster: Silence of the TeachersWhy one young educator rejects Educators 4 Excellence’s Corporate Agenda and you should too.By Sean LordsTeacher-led organization? The voices of classroom teachers? On the surface, Educators 4 Excellencesounds like what education policy needs—the voices of experienced classroom teachers who have inspired students to live fulfilling lives
2nd Banana 11-9-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2 #1u
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTAND More on the Breaking Scandal: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee and the Calderon ScandalCapitol and California - Political, Government and Election News - The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California: Top Ron Calderon Articles see all Los Angeles TimesRhee-lated $tory: Michelle Rhee answers Ravitch in New Bookal$o $ee Rhee-lated $tory: E
Read This Stunning Critique of Utilitarianism and Creative Destruction as Education Theories | janresseger
Read This Stunning Critique of Utilitarianism and Creative Destruction as Education Theories | janresseger: Read This Stunning Critique of Utilitarianism and Creative Destruction as Education TheoriesPosted on November 9, 2013 by janressegerCommonweal has published Reform of the Reform, a stunning critique of today’s dangerous, bipartisan conventional wisdom about public education. It is, specifi
Morning Wink 11-9-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAYRetired teacher ambushes Governor Haslam and Education CommissionerRetired teacher ambushes Governor Haslam and Education Commissioner: Retired teacher ambushes Governor Haslam and Education CommissionerAn angry retired teacher ambushed the governor with some strong words at a Knox County elementary school. She's upset with how teachers are evaluated
