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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

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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."


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Sorry, Nicholas Kristof, There’s Still No Proof School Reform Helps
Sorry, Nicholas Kristof, There’s Still No Proof School Reform Helps: Sorry, Nicholas Kristof, There’s Still No Proof School Reform HelpsIt’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry when an “All-Purpose-Pundit” at The New York Times takes it upon him/herself to write a commentary about education.“Thomas Friedman is infamous for his uninformed pieces on education,” Larry Ferlazzo, a retired schoolteacher and ubiquitous education commentator on the Internet recently observed. And there’s “David Brooks, who is equally off-base.”Diane Ravitch, lamenting a recent column by Times editorialist Bill Kelle
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ED Launches Engagement Process Following Report on U.S. Adults’ Skills | ED.gov Blog
ED Launches Engagement Process Following Report on U.S. Adults’ Skills | ED.gov Blog: ED Launches Engagement Process Following Report on U.S. Adults’ SkillsPosted on November 12, 2013 by Brenda Dann-MessierLast month, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released the findings of the international Survey of Adult Skills, a product of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). The results showed that on the three domains (literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in a technology-rich environment), the U.S. average performance is signif
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REPOST: Why We’re Opting Out of the ELA Student Voice
Student Voice: REPOST: Why We’re Opting Out of the ELARepost from the Spectator, October 29. Written by David Cahn and Jack Cahn. On Wednesday, October 30, we will decline to participate in the English Language Assessment (ELA) that is the first step in the implementation of New York City’s new teacher evaluation regime. We do so because the Danielson Framework, though well-intentioned, is fundamentally flawed in its execution. The consequence of a deliberation process with little transparency or input from key stakeholders (students and parents), the new evaluation system is arbitrary, confus
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TODAY

NYC Educator: Governor Andy Takes Another Principled Stand
NYC Educator: Governor Andy Takes Another Principled Stand: Governor Andy Takes Another Principled StandNY Governor Andrew 1% Cuomo has decided he will work with Bill de Blasio, our newly-elected mayor, to make pre-K available for all city students. But he doesn't much like the part about people who make over $500K paying a little bit more in taxes. After all, Governor Andy has principles. He kill
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Teaching in a Dystopic State ! : Here They Are! The Titans of Education "Reform" !
Teaching in a Dystopic State ! : Here They Are! The Titans of Education "Reform" !: Here They Are! The Titans of Education "Reform" !These are the people that are telling teachers what to teach, when to teach and how to teach? How many other professions would stand idly by and allow this to happen without protest?Would we ever expect to have a Surgeon General without medical ex
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Rally for a Raise | United Teachers Los Angeles
Rally for a Raise | United Teachers Los Angeles: Rally for a RaiseStart: 11/13/2013 4:00 pmEnd: 11/13/2013 6:00 pm"It's About Time"Left represents the number of days as of Nov. 13, 2013UTLA will be holding a mass “It’s About Time” rally outside LAUSD headquarters beginning at 4 p.m. and making our demands at 5 p..m on November 13.UTLA member participation is key. LAUSD will not willingly
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Ohio Blogger Contrasts College Teacher Credentialing with TFA | janresseger
Ohio Blogger Contrasts College Teacher Credentialing with TFA | janresseger: Ohio Blogger Contrasts College Teacher Credentialing with TFAPosted on November 12, 2013 by janressegerPlunderbund, Eric Vessels’ Columbus, Ohio blog, tracks political corruption. Vessels named his blog after a word he discovered on a word-of-the-day calendar.  According to Vessels, “plunderbund – [U.S. colloq.] A corrupt
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PSAT for 11-12-13: Dump Vallas, rescue TIF ordinance, plan for Neighborhood Fair and inBloom forum
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for 11-12-13: Dump Vallas, rescue TIF ordinance, plan for Neighborhood Fair and inBloom forum: PSAT for 11-12-13: Dump Vallas, rescue TIF ordinance, plan for Neighborhood Fair and inBloom forumSo much activism this week.Here’s a petition to sign opposing Pat Quinn’s pick of Paul Vallas as his running mate.Here’s the link to tell your a
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"The New Public" Tackles Poverty and Education | The Poverty Line, What Matters Today | BillMoyers.com
"The New Public" Tackles Poverty and Education | The Poverty Line, What Matters Today | BillMoyers.com: “The New Public” Tackles Poverty and EducationNovember 12, 2013by Greg Kaufmann and Elaine WeissWe’re proud to collaborate with The Nation in sharing insightful journalism related to income inequality in America. The following is an excerpt from Nation contributor Greg Kaufmann’s “This
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11-12-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: DoDEA: What Can Happen without Corporate Education Reform, NCLB, RttT, etc.When NCLBA exempted Department of Defense schools, some whined that it was unfair: after all.  Rather than protesting the grandiose stupidity of the law to begin with, the National School Boards Association contended that DoDEA schools should be put into the same vice as the the rest of America's schools tha
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: from the wonderful folks who brought you Parent Revolution & the Parent Trigger: CELEBRATORY SELF CONGRATULATION!
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: from the wonderful folks who brought you Parent Revolution & the Parent Trigger: CELEBRATORY SELF CONGRATULATION!: from the wonderful folks who brought you Parent Revolution & the Parent Trigger: CELEBRATORY SELF CONGRATULATION!Why I Wrote the Nation’s First Parent-Trigger LawCOMMENTARYBY GLORIA ROMERO IN EDWEEK |HTTP://BIT.LY/1GGQJOJNovember 5,
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11-12-13 Education Opportunity Network
Education Opportunity Network: 11/12/2013 – Still No Proof School Reform HelpsNovember 12, 2013 Subscribe THIS WEEK: Childcare More Expensive Than College … Schools For Wealthy Get More Funding … School Segregation Problem … Ending School To Prison Pipeline … College Misconceptions TOP STORY Sorry Nicholas Kristof, Still No Proof School Reform Helps By Jeff Bryant “Prompted by the latest results o
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National Day of Action set for Dec. 9 Reclaim the Promise of Public Education
AFT - A Union of Professionals - National Day of Action set for Dec. 9: National Day of Action set for Dec. 9Public education is under assault, and decades of top-down edicts, mass school closures, privatization, and test fixation with sanctions instead of support haven't moved the needle in the right direction.It's time to reclaim the promise of public education—not as it is today or as it was in
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THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG 11-12-13 Common Core: An Educator's Perspective
Common Core: An Educator's Perspective — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGCommon Core: An Educator’s PerspectiveNovember 7, 2013 by Steven WeberIf the state of North Carolina decides to pull the plug on the Common Core State Standards, it will be a slap in the face to the teachers and administrators who have spent countless hours (most on their own time without reimbursement) preparing t
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Exporting of Manufacturing Jobs the Smoking Gun Behind Achievement Gap | Uppity Wisconsin
Exporting of Manufacturing Jobs the Smoking Gun Behind Achievement Gap | Uppity Wisconsin: Exporting of Manufacturing Jobs the Smoking Gun Behind Achievement GapSubmitted by Jud Lounsbury on Tue, 11/12/2013 - 10:05amLast week, the embarrassing but true headline was that Wisconsin is far and away the national leader in the so-called achievement gap—the difference between average test scores of Afri
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NAEP and “Getting Tough on Teachers” | Taking Note
NAEP and “Getting Tough on Teachers” | Taking Note: NAEP and “Getting Tough on Teachers”by JOHN MERROW on 12. NOV, 2013 in 2013 BLOGS, 2013 DC, MICHELLE RHEEWhen the scores on the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) were released, much was made of gains registered in Washington, DC, which led the nation in rate of improvement. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson called them “brea
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11-12-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tuesday Open ThreadI was fortunate enough to go to the ACLU dinner on Saturday night and they premiered a new promo by Macklemore for ACLU.  It's pointedly funny (he is, as he says, a rapper) and effective.From Gizmodo, a pretty great domino smackdown featuring a card trick and imploding domino structures - show the kids.Also for the kids about resiliency, Doodleal
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Cali Education Headlines Tuesday, November 12, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Weintraub: Making sure disadvanted kids don’t get lost in the reform shuffleEducation HeadlinesTuesday, November 12, 2013Coachella Valley High Arabs mascot performs at rivalry football gameThe “Arab” danced and the crowd cheered, brimming with school pride in spite of a highly publicized mascot controversy, or perhaps because of it.Weintraub:
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Advice for parents: Creating an effective Individualized Education Program | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Advice for parents: Creating an effective Individualized Education Program | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Advice for parents: Creating an effective Individualized Education Programby thenotebook on Nov 12 2013="" style="color: rgb(76, 153, 72); cursor: pointer; float: left; padding: 0px 2px;">Share on emailMore Sharing ServicesCOMMENTS (0)PRINTby Anne L. Hunter        
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John Thompson: Is Moving Strong Teachers to Struggling Schools a Viable Strategy? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
John Thompson: Is Moving Strong Teachers to Struggling Schools a Viable Strategy? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: John Thompson: Is Moving Strong Teachers to Struggling Schools a Viable Strategy?By Anthony Cody on November 12, 2013 10:49 AMGuest post by John Thompson.‪In the pseudo-documentary/propaganda film Waiting for Superman, we were told of something called "the dance of
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Morning Wink 11-12-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTS mark as readThe Data Quality Campaign: Encouraging States to Ramp Up Data Collection | deutsch29The Data Quality Campaign: Encouraging States to Ramp Up Data Collection | deutsch29: The Data Quality Campaign: Encouraging States to Ramp Up Data CollectionNovember 12, 2013In April 2013, I wrote a post about the inBloom database and Louisiana Superintendent
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 11-12-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Wendy Lecker: Common Core Violates Connecticut’s ConstitutionWendy Lecker is a civil rights attorney and an education activist. In this column in the Stamford Advocate, she argues that the Common Core standards violate the Constitution of the State of Connecticut. The state constitution clearly states (as most people once understoo
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The Data Quality Campaign: Encouraging States to Ramp Up Data Collection | deutsch29
The Data Quality Campaign: Encouraging States to Ramp Up Data Collection | deutsch29: The Data Quality Campaign: Encouraging States to Ramp Up Data CollectionNovember 12, 2013In April 2013, I wrote a post about the inBloom database and Louisiana Superintendent John White’s secret arrangement with inBloom. White’s inBloom arrangement is not the only student data sharing agreement into which White h
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11-12-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: “Fahrenheit 451″ 60 Years Later: “Why do we need the things in books?”\”Fahrenheit 451\” 60 Years Later: \”Why do we need the things in books?\”. via “Fahrenheit 451″ 60 Years Later: “Why do we need the things in books?”.4 by plthomasedd / 2h YESTERDAYThe Data Quality Campaign: Encouraging States to Ramp Up Data CollectionIn April 2013, I wrote a post about the inBloom database a
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11-12-13 With A Brooklyn Accent
With A Brooklyn Accent: On Today's Protest Against NY Ed Commissioner King at Ward Melville HSWOO HOO!!!!Woke up this morning in a GREAT MOOD, ready to join THOUSANDS of Long Island parents, teachers and students at 5:45 protesting another closed forum sponsored by NY Ed Commissioner John King at Ward Melville HS in East Setauket. Since Commissioner King seems constitutionally incapable of actuall
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11-12-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Today's Protest Against Tisch And King At Ward Melville High SchoolMark Naison writes:Woke up this morning in a GREAT MOOD, ready to join THOUSANDS of Long Island parents, teachers and students at 5:45 protesting another closed forum sponsored by NY Ed Commissioner John King at Ward Melville HS in East Setauket. Since Commissioner King seems constitutionally incapable of act
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11-12-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Chicago’s leading blog: “Bridgeport Tenure Shows Vallas May Be Failing Upward in Illinois”In a blunt assessment of Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s decision to select Paul Vallas as his running mate, Chicago’s leading political blog, “The Ward Room,” experts in Illinois are recognizing that Vallas is hardly the superstar he makes himself out to be. The Ward Room writes, “To hear education
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11-12-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Fraternity pledge loses testicle in hazing stuntThe nauseating fraternity/sorority stories  – many of them involving hazing — just keep on coming. The latest is from Wilmington College in Ohio, where three pledges of Gamma Phi Gamma who were taken to the basement of the fraternity, called “Gobbler House,” and subjected to a series of miserable exercises, including being blindfold
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I Am Malala: A Book Review
Shanker Blog » I Am Malala: A Book Review: I Am Malala: A Book ReviewPosted by Randall Garton on November 12, 2013In October, 2012, the Pakistani Taliban attempted to assassinate Malala Yousafzai, a teenager known throughout Pakistan for her outspoken advocacy of woman’s rights, especially a woman’s right to education. Standing up for women’s rights can be a risky business in countries such as Pak
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11-12-13 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): “Fahrenheit 451″ 60 Years Later: “Why do we need the things in books?”“Sometimes writers write about a world that does not yet exist,” Neil Gaiman begins his Introduction to the 60th Anniversary Edition of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451: This is a book of warning. It is a
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11-12-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: New Multimedia On Typhoon TragedyHere are the newest additions to The Best Resources For Learning About Typhoon Haiyan: Here are some resources from The New York Times: Mapping the Destruction of Typhoon Haiyan is an interactive. Pictures of Typhoon Haiyan’s Wrath Here’s another video:10 by Larry Ferlazzo / 2h  11-11-13 Lar
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11-12-13 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.: Yolanda relief.The videos are almost too painful to watch. I cannot imagine what is must be like to have family there and not know if they are dead or alive. If you can, make a donation to the typhoon Yolanda relief. I prefer to donate to smaller, on-the-ground organizations. But do what you can to wh
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Does California’s New Testing Law Help or Hurt? | InterACT
Does California’s New Testing Law Help or Hurt? | InterACT: Does California’s New Testing Law Help or Hurt?NOVEMBER 12, 2013tags: ab484, SF Chronicle, standardized testingby David B. CohenIs an obsolete test an appropriate accountability tool?About a week ago, the San Francisco Chronicle published a guest editorial by George Miller – Congressman, NCLB architect, and a “hero” to Democrats for Educa
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Ed Reform Needs a Nixon-to-China Moment - Bridging Differences - Education Week
Ed Reform Needs a Nixon-to-China Moment - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Ed Reform Needs a Nixon-to-China MomentBy Deborah Meier on November 12, 2013 8:31 AMToday, Robert Pondiscio, the executive director of CitizenshipFirst, joins Deborah Meier on Bridging Differences. He will blog with her for the next month or more.Thanks Deborah, for inviting me to blog with you at Bridging Differences
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The Shriver Report – Advice for New Parents – Moms AND Dads
The Shriver Report – Advice for New Parents – Moms AND Dads: Advice for New Parents – Moms AND DadsTHE GOOD MEN PROJECT | 11.12.2013By Heather GrayLast month, the Huffington Post tackled advice for newborn dads and they fumbled. Their tips included sideline jobs of parenting like learning the car seat and keeping the pantry stocked. Really? We are going to help new dads looking to be more involved
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LA Unified board to vote on future of iPad program | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
LA Unified board to vote on future of iPad program | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: LA Unified board to vote on future of iPad programAnnie Gilbertson | November 12th, 2013, 6:00amGrant Slater/KPCCSecond graders Mark G. and Brandon C. play educational games on iPads at a charter school in Huntington Park.The Los Angeles Unified School board will vote Tuesday on whether to put its controversial iPad prog
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Study war no more
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Study war no more: Study war no moreThere was no where to go, no channel to turn this past 3-day weekend, to escape the hyper-commercialized Veteran's Day war culture. College and NBA basketball teams playing in camouflage uniforms. But little was said about the growing veteran suicide epidemic -- 8,000 each year, 22 each day.Fredy GuiterrezWhile last night's Dolphin
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YESTERDAY

One Teacher's Perspective: How Much Evidence Do We Need?
One Teacher's Perspective: How Much Evidence Do We Need?: How Much Evidence Do We Need?Teachers Were Never the ProblemPublic Education's Eight BallInternational Evidence: Finnish Lessons
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An Urban Teacher's Education: Cultural Competency: Not Just Lame PD
An Urban Teacher's Education: Cultural Competency: Not Just Lame PD: Cultural Competency: Not Just Lame PDThis past weekend, I went to the CES conference in San Francisco with my principal and two other colleagues. It helped me articulate some of my thoughts on cultural competency for teachers in multicultural classrooms.I'd like to share one characteristic of cultural competency I think is crucia
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Attorney to court: Wis. union plan is burden - SFGate
Attorney to court: Wis. union plan is burden - SFGate: Attorney to court: Wis. union plan is burdenBy TODD RICHMOND, Associated PressWisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen presents arguments in Madison Teachers Inc. vs. Scott Walker, in the Wisconsin Supreme Court at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Van Hollen argued that portions of Gov. Scott Walker's union restrict
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My review of ‘Test and Punish’ | Gary Rubinstein's Blog
My review of ‘Test and Punish’ | Gary Rubinstein's Blog: My review of ‘Test and Punish’If ‘Reign of Error’ were to meet ‘The DaVinci Code’ the result would John Kuhn’s ‘Test-and-Punish: How the Texas Education Model Gave America Accountability Without Equity’.   Kuhn is the superintendent of the Perrin-Whitt school district in Texas.  I first learned of him when I marveled at his show-stealing spe
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New Face of Homelessness in America - FOX 35 News Orlando
New Face of Homelessness in America - FOX 35 News Orlando: New Face of Homelessness in AmericaShare on twitterShare on gmailShare on stumbleuponShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services15Posted: Nov 04, 2013 7:37 AM PSTUpdated: Nov 11, 2013 7:37 AM PSTBy Kimberly Wiggins, Reporter - Imagine this: one day, you have it all (a home, a loving family, and a great job). Then bad luck strikes, an
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Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s new spawn: Dem governor taps top charter-lover for ticket - Salon.com
Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s new spawn: Dem governor taps top charter-lover for ticket - Salon.com: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s new spawn: Dem governor taps top charter-lover for ticketSuperintendent who spurred charter explosion in New Orleans and got spurned by CT voters is now an IL Dem nomineeJOSH EIDELSON The nation’s largest union panned the Friday afternoon announcement tha
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Cooper Union Trustees Renege on Promise to Seat Student Trustee |
Cooper Union Trustees Renege on Promise to Seat Student Trustee |: Cooper Union Trustees Renege on Promise to Seat Student TrusteeNovember 11, 2013 in StudentsThis is kind of incredible.You’ll recall that back in the summer the Cooper Union administration negotiated the end to a student occupation of the college president’s office by agreeing, among other things, to place an elected student on Coo
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Nite Cap 11-11-13 #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 CAPTODAYNYC Public School Parents: Kim Sweet: Why parents and students should have input into a new teacher evaluation systemNYC Public School Parents: Kim Sweet: Why parents and students should have input into a new teacher evaluation system: Kim S
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