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Wow: I Got the Chance to Visit our Community’s High School Yesterday | janresseger: Wow: I Got the Chance to Visit our Community’s High School YesterdayPosted on November 14, 2013 by janressegerYesterday through a lucky coincidence I spent the morning visiting Cleveland Heights High School. Ours is an inner-ring Cleveland suburb whose high school serves close to 2,000 students. I jumped at the opportunity, because it is difficult these days to visit classes at a school. Security is an issue and, as we know, ideological attacks on public schools and their teachers tend to make everybody feel
Schools Matter: Happy Early Birthday, Arne Duncan, on Your 52nd BirthdayI know, I know, you just turned 49 on November 6, but since I missed your birthday (sorry), I thought I would get ahead of the game and wish you the best on the one birthday that all of America's teachers and parents will celebrate, just days before your departure from the U. S. Department of Education on November 6, 2016.And yes, I know, some other corporate shill will take your place at ED, butby Jim Horn / 1min Opportunity to Let MA DESE How You Feel about Common Core Testing PlanInstructions below for getting on the ag
Before 'What' (We Teach) Comes 'Why' - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Before 'What' (We Teach) Comes 'Why'By Deborah Meier on November 14, 2013 10:23 AMDeborah Meier's conversation with Robert Pondiscio continues today.Dear Robert,Welcome to you, and your many friends and fans! This should be fun.I have been doing a lot of school visiting lately—private, charter, public (traditional), public (progressive), rural and urban! In New York City; San Jose, Calif.; and more. As I write this, I'm sitting in the office of June Jordan High School—a 10-year-old small public school in San Franci
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 11-14-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: A Wonderful Review of “Reign of Error”This is one of the best reviews of “Reign of Error” that I have read. Because it was written as an editorial, it didn’t go into close detail, as others have, but it went right to the point: What she claims is that many tried-and-true practices work; many new-fangled innovations now favored by
11-14-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: NEWS FLASH: Hartford’s Sands Elementary School Next Takeover Target – to be handed to Steve PerryWith the fires caused by Hartford Superintendent of Schools Christina Kishimoto’s disastrous plan to close Clark Elementary School and hand it over to Achievement First are still raging, out-going Hartford Superintendent is headed to Sands Elementary School today tell parents and staff ther
11-14-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: A new college theology course on Bruce SpringsteenIt’s been quite a week for me. First I had a somewhat reasonable educational excuse to write about John Lennon — school records showing that he was quite adept at getting detentions were being put up for sale. And now, thanks to Rutgers University, I get to write about a new Bruce Springsteen course. Here, […] 7 by Valerie Str
11-14-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Live Blogging from Growth BoundariesAs Blogger is quite wonky on my iPad, not a lot here.One thing is clear - there will be no delay. They are going through the 21 amendments and no one is saying, hit pause. The district has a sheet on Assumptions. One is a change from 10-year planning to 5-year planning. Two is APP projections and how the program has grown. Th
11-14-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Nice Spanish-Language Instructional Math Video CollectionYesterday, I posted how I was working with our Geometry teacher to help support math instruction for my Beginning English Language Learners. As part of that post, I referred to The Best Multilingual & Bilingual Sites For Math, Social Studies, & Science. Today,
11-14-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman:We Don't Need a NJ Version of Race To The TopFor the life of me, I can't think of one good reason why New Jersey needs this: State Sen. Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex) has filed a bill to be heard on Thursday that would create an Innovation Fund and appropriate $5 million in its first year to help schools trying new programs in scheduling, technology and other areas. [emphasis mine] The propo
11-14-13 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.: Our pensions with no apologies. Pony up.Pony Up: A Contribution & Letter by Joni Lindgren to Gary Elmen & IRTA. From John Dillon’s blog. Pony Up: (Verb) The pony in question, a slang term for a twenty-five pound note in Britain, is certainly an idiom describing the making of a monetary payment
11-14-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Norm in The Wave: Rockaway Election Results Paint Tale of Two CitiesPublished in The Wave, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013www.rockawave.com Rockaway Election Results Paint Tale of Two Cities By Norm ScottTuesday, November 12, 2013There was some good news for Rockaway Democrats in the race for City Council. Lew Simon almost kicked Erich Ulrich’s ass, losing by a few points in the closest con
11-14-13 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: AMENDED LANGUAGE FORTHCOMING: Everything you need to know about the iPad compromise reached yesterdayby e-mail from Board Agenda BoardAgenda@LAUSD.NET Wed, Nov 13, 2013 3:34 pm Attached is the Stamped Order of Business indicating actions taken by the Board of Education at the Regular Board Meetings of November 12, 2013. smf: Twenty-six hours (and more)
11-14-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: 21st Century Numbers GamesI remember vividly the moment I fell out of love with numbers. First semester of my freshman year of college, I sat in the weekly fourth hour of calculus set aside as a test period. I was reading a question that was something about shooting a bullet in a vacuum, and the only response I […]3 by plthomasedd / 1h Shhh: No Yelling AllowedHave you ever worked
11-14-13 With A Brooklyn Accent
With A Brooklyn Accent: School Reform: A Discourse Of Lies Parading Behind Honorable IdealsI have been fighting since I was an 8 year old growing up in a tough Brooklyn neighborhood and the battle to defend public education in the US may be the hardest one I have ever been in. Never has so much big money been amassed behind an effort to control, discipline and regulate the children of this nation.
11-14-13 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): 21st Century Numbers Games21st Century Numbers Games.by plthomasedd / 1h empathyeducates – The Central Issue at the Heart of America’s Growing Education Gapempathyeducates – The Central Issue at the Heart of America’s Growing Education Gapby P. L. Thomas / 3h 11-13-13 R
11-14-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: NYSED Commissioner King Compares Himself To Martin Luther King Jr.I bet you're thinking, nah, he didn't do that.Yeah, he did - on Tuesday.Jessica Bakeman had the story at Capital NY.Here's the set-up:ALBANY—In a keynote speech to teachers on Tuesday, education commissioner John King began by describing a cartoon about turkeys who revolt to avoid becoming Thanksgiving dinner,
What can be measured can be managed. Does it apply to... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
What can be measured can be managed. Does it apply to... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: What can be measured can be managed. Does it apply to education and can it be managed well? COMMENT(18) 6 47 9 63RelatedView Larger Jon Krause/NewsArttestingartPrevious PostsEmory professor and cancer researcher: Study of science may finally evolve with Common CoreNovember 13, 2013Is high school named for a Con
When Parents Yank Their Kids Out of Standardized Tests - Alexander Russo - The Atlantic
When Parents Yank Their Kids Out of Standardized Tests - Alexander Russo - The Atlantic: When Parents Yank Their Kids Out of Standardized TestsA small but influential group is protesting the role of testing in education today by refusing to let their children participate.Teachers at Seattle’s Garfield High School voted unanimously earlier this year not to give the district’s required reading and m
The Wrong Way To Publish Teacher Prep Value-Added Scores
Shanker Blog » The Wrong Way To Publish Teacher Prep Value-Added Scores: The Wrong Way To Publish Teacher Prep Value-Added ScoresPosted by Matthew Di Carlo on November 14, 2013As discussed in a prior post, the research on applying value-added to teacher prep programs is pretty much still in its infancy. Even just a couple of years of would go a long way toward at least partially addressing the man
Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Education - OpenCongress
Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress: Bill Introduced: H.R. 3325: Technology-Enabled Education Innovation Partnership ActTo award grants to improve equality of access to technology-enabled education innovations and understanding of how partnerships of educational agencies and research institutions design and implement such innovations in ways that improve student outcomes, and for other purpos
Teachers Designing Instructional Materials: A Unit on the Assassination of Kennedy (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Teachers Designing Instructional Materials: A Unit on the Assassination of Kennedy (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Teachers Designing Instructional Materials: A Unit on the Assassination of Kennedy (Part 1)As a novice U.S. history teacher in Cleveland (OH) in the mid-1950s, I began designing lessons that contained sources absent from students’ textbooks. While I use
Special Education Budget Cuts, Sequestration, Hurt America's Most Vulnerable Students
Special Education Budget Cuts, Sequestration, Hurt America's Most Vulnerable Students: Special Education Budget Cuts, Sequestration, Hurt America's Most Vulnerable Students For American students with disabilities, class sizes are increasing, services are waning and providers are disappearing. More than half of parents who have children with disabilities and responded to a survey say their schools
Witness tells how charter's documents were doctored - Philly.com
Witness tells how charter's documents were doctored - Philly.com: Witness tells how charter's documents were doctoredBy Martha Woodall, Inquirer Staff WriterPOSTED: November 13, 2013PHILADELPHIA A teacher who was on the boards of two charter schools founded by Dorothy June Brown told a federal court jury Tuesday about how statements and actions came to be attributed to her in meeting minutes even
Children Psychologically Imprisoned?: Whistleblower Reveals High-States Testing Preparation | Cloaking Inequity
Children Psychologically Imprisoned?: Whistleblower Reveals High-States Testing Preparation | Cloaking Inequity: Children Psychologically Imprisoned?: Whistleblower Reveals High-States Testing PreparationI’ll admit it. When A Terrifying Report about Child Abuse in Texas Schools–and in Your State Too first ran about a month ago on Diane Ravitch’s blog— it flew under my radar. The post detailed the
NYC Public School Parents: Lawsuit filed today in NY State Court to block inBloom and protect student privacy
NYC Public School Parents: Lawsuit filed today in NY State Court to block inBloom and protect student privacy: Lawsuit filed today in NY State Court to block inBloom and protect student privacyThis morning, the law firm Pitta & Giblin LLP sued Commissioner King and the Board of Regents in NY State Supreme Court on behalf of twelve NYC parents, and asked for a restraining law to stop the unnece
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Vallas, Quinn and Duncan: Haiti and Illinois Vultures | Reclaim Reform
Vallas, Quinn and Duncan: Haiti and Illinois Vultures | Reclaim Reform: Vallas, Quinn and Duncan: Haiti and Illinois VulturesPosted on November 13, 2013by Ken PrevitiFifty schools were closed and several thousand teachers were fired in Chicago as “FAILING” schools. Who were the superintendents of those schools for 14 years prior to this decision?Arne Duncan (2001-2009) and Paul Vallas (1995-2001).
SKrashen: Test your public ed savvy
SKrashen: Test your public ed savvy: Test your public ed savvyTest Your Public Ed Savvy: Are you Ed Wise or Prey to Popular Myth? Susan Ohanian and Stephen Krashen
Published in The Progressive, Jan 26, 2013 http://www.progressive.org/test-your-public-ed-savvy1. US international test scores aren’t at the top because:a) we lack common standards and valid tests.b) many teachers are not doing t
Hundreds raise questions, protest at Mineola HS forum
Hundreds raise questions, protest at Mineola HS forum: Hundreds raise questions, protest at Mineola HS forumOriginally published: November 13, 2013 11:22 AMUpdated: November 13, 2013 6:26 PMBy CANDICE FERRETTE AND JOAN GRALLA candice.ferrette@newsday.com,joan.gralla@newsday.comPhoto credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams, Jr. | Parents and teachers opposed to state standardized testing and Common C
Free preschool? 50,000 Washington children could qualify under proposed bill | Education Lab Blog | Seattle Times
Free preschool? 50,000 Washington children could qualify under proposed bill | Education Lab Blog | Seattle Times: Free preschool? 50,000 Washington children could qualify under proposed billPosted by Linda ShawPhoto by Ken Lambert/The Seattle TimesSen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), along with 11 other lawmakers, today proposed a bill that would help carry out President Obama’s pledge to offer every chi
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Look who's running the Broad Foundation
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Look who's running the Broad Foundation: Look who's running the Broad FoundationBruce ReedOne of the characteristics of the Ownership Society is the fluid movement of key personnel back and forth between government and corporations. Carry this over into the world of ed reform and what's been called the education/industrial complex and you find similar movement b
Teacher Advice: The Good, the Bad, and “That Would Never Happen in MY Class” | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
Teacher Advice: The Good, the Bad, and “That Would Never Happen in MY Class” | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Teacher Advice: The Good, the Bad, and “That Would Never Happen in MY Class”By Roxanna Elden on November 13, 2013Editor's note: Our guest blogger today is Roxanna Elden. She is a National Board Certified teacher in Miami, Florida. Her book, See Me After Class: Advice
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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."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAP mark as readDavid Coleman Again Demonstrates He Doesn’t Get Education | Truth in American EducationDavid Coleman Again Demonstrates He Doesn’t Get Education | Truth in American Education: David Coleman Again Demonstrates He Doesn’t Get Education
David Coleman Again Demonstrates He Doesn’t Get Education | Truth in American Education
David Coleman Again Demonstrates He Doesn’t Get Education | Truth in American Education: David Coleman Again Demonstrates He Doesn’t Get EducationFiled in Common Core State Standards by Joy Pullman on November 13, 2013 • 0 Comments377Common Core architect and College Board President David Coleman recently joined a public forum to discuss “the next America.” His eight-minute speech gives a window i
Broad Foundation names Bruce Reed – Vice-President Joe Biden's chief of staff – its new president | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Broad Foundation names Bruce Reed – Vice-President Joe Biden's chief of staff – its new president | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Broad Foundation names Bruce Reed – Vice-President Joe Biden's chief of staff – its new presidentMary Plummer | November 13th, 2013, 2:21pmCourtesy The White HouseBruce Reed, Vice President Joe Biden's chief of staff, has been named the new president of the Broad Foundation.
AFT chief Randi Weingarten fights hedge funds on pensions
AFT chief Randi Weingarten fights hedge funds on pensions: Teachers union fights hedge funds on pensions Text Size Published: Wednesday, 13 Nov 2013 | 1:02 PM ETBy: Matthew J. Belvedere | Producer, CNBC's "Squawk Box"Twitter39LinkedIn2ShareSad Loeb wouldn't meet pension trustees: WeingartenWednesday, 13 Nov 2013 | 8:49 AM ETDiscussing whether pension funds should invest in funds like
Mother Crusader: Diane Ravitch Is Public (Charter) Enemy Number One; or How Public Money Just Keeps On Feeding Private Greed
Mother Crusader: Diane Ravitch Is Public (Charter) Enemy Number One; or How Public Money Just Keeps On Feeding Private Greed: Diane Ravitch Is Public (Charter) Enemy Number One; or How Public Money Just Keeps On Feeding Private GreedI literally laughed out loud when I read the woefully misguided attempted take-down of Diane Ravitch in yesterday's Trenton Times.It was written by charter founder/lea
Bolstering STEM: A Citywide Call to Action
Bolstering STEM: A Citywide Call to Action: Bolstering STEM: A Citywide Call to ActionPHILLYACTIVE™ (NEWS THAT GETS PHILLY ACTIVE) The City of Philadelphia Announces Touts Major Efforts to Increase STEM Education, Mentorship for Students. By Christopher “Flood the Drummer®” Norris11.12.13: Philadelphia – (Technology/Education): A week before City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson is to host a panel disc
NYC Educator: In Which I Broaden My Horizons
NYC Educator: In Which I Broaden My Horizons: In Which I Broaden My HorizonsI'm the chapter leader of a very large school. As a consequence, people complain to me about everything. Why doesn't the faucet work in the ladies' room? How come the kid in my third row hasn't been suspended? Why can't you get us a new contract?I muddle through as best I can, and I get a little better at it each year. I h
THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG 11-13-13 Authenticity to Support Common Core Instruction and Assessment — Whole Child Education
Authenticity to Support Common Core Instruction and Assessment — Whole Child Education: Authenticity to Support Common Core Instruction and AssessmentHow do we support our students in being career and college ready? This is not a new question, and educators continually struggle with what that even means. We leverage rigor and relevance as keys to prepare students for the post K–12 world, but what
Early Steps to School Success - Save the Children
Early Steps to School Success - Save the Children: Early Steps to School SuccessJennifer Garner visits Save the Children Programs in California. Watch the video above.Make Preschool a PriorityTAKE ACTIONGrowing Up in AmericaAll children are born ready to learn, but for 16 million children living in poverty in America, they enter school unready to succeed.Actor Jennifer Garner visits with school ch
School District court case opens up questions about 'pay to play' | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
School District court case opens up questions about 'pay to play' | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: School District court case opens up questions about 'pay to play'by Helen Gym on Nov 13 2013 Posted in Commentary="" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; padding: 0px 2px;">Share on emailMore Sharing ServicesCOMMENTS (0)PRINT“Pay to play” is a universally reviled practice in
Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, November 13, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: LAUSD proposal to shift federal poverty money failsEducation HeadlinesWednesday, November 13, 2013New law makes it harder for parents to resist child vaccinesSchool nurses in Orange County are preparing for a new state law that will make it harder for parents to opt out of vaccinating their children.Palm Springs Unified School District consid
Versions of the MMAC Proposal For New Orleans-Style “Recovery School District” Underway in Three Other States | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Versions of the MMAC Proposal For New Orleans-Style “Recovery School District” Underway in Three Other States | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Versions of the MMAC Proposal For New Orleans-Style “Recovery School District” Underway in Three Other StatesFiled under: Recovery District — millerlf @ 10:20 am For the past two years, the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce has bee
11-13-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: KIRO-TV's Second Part of their Investigation into District SpendingKIRO ran the second part of their series last night. This part was around the part of the district audit used by their team that dealt with use of district vehicles and gasoline. I was interviewed and make a statement about being disappointed that the oversight isn't better. This part is as sobe
Educators Flunk the School Grading System in Indiana - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Educators Flunk the School Grading System in Indiana - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Educators Flunk the School Grading System in IndianaBy Anthony Cody on November 13, 2013 10:15 AMWhere is Tony when you Need Him?One of the legacies of corporate reformer Tony Bennett in Indiana is a system by which schools are assigned a letter grade, based largely on test scores. The State Board o
Morning Wink 11-13-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS mark as readLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 11-13-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Glenda Ritz Comments on Governor’s Efforts to Dissolve Her OfficeGlenda Ritz was elected State Superintendent in Indiana last fall. She won more votes than Governor Mike Pence. She
