Saturday, November 23, 2013

Nite Cap 11-23-13 #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


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Teachers, Parents, and Children: Be Very Afraid of the Grand High Corporate Reformer, Melinda Gates | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates
Teachers, Parents, and Children: Be Very Afraid of the Grand High Corporate Reformer, Melinda Gates | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates: Teachers, Parents, and Children: Be Very Afraid of the Grand High Corporate Reformer, Melinda GatesPosted on November 23, 2013by Teachers'LettersToBillGatesGrand High Witch: Witches of England  Teachers of the US… You are a disgrace! Miserablewitches teachers… You are good-for-nothing worms! Everywhere I look, I see the repulsive sight of hundreds, thousands of revolting little children… I ask you![points]Grand High Witch: Why? One child a week is no good to me
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NYC Public School Parents: Videos and account of hearings on the dangers of inBloom and private data-sharing in Albany and Chicago
NYC Public School Parents: Videos and account of hearings on the dangers of inBloom and private data-sharing in Albany and Chicago: Videos and account of hearings on the dangers of inBloom and private data-sharing in Albany and ChicagoVideo  of Wednesday’s excellent NY Assembly hearings in Albany on inBloom and student privacy are online and below, including riveting critiques from many of the Assemblymembers from both parties, who grilled Commissioner King and Associate Commissioner Ken Wagner of the NYS Education Department.  In turn, King and Wagner continued to obfuscate and tried as much
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Coop Goes to High School Part 9 – On My Own Terms | Lefty Parent
Coop Goes to High School Part 9 – On My Own Terms | Lefty Parent: Coop Goes to High School Part 9 – On My Own TermsNovember 23rd, 2013 at 13:20Me bottom row 2nd from the left and some of my JLO comradesLiving life on my own terms, at my own cadence, surrounded by those with whom I could share a sense of real collaboration and community, that’s what I wanted. Not some day in the future after I’d jumped through all society’s hoops and proven my worthiness to be a full-fledged adult, but now, January 1972, as I pondered what classes I would sign up for for my last semester of high school. There w
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TODAY

Texas Democrats Are Running an All-Female Ticket - The Wire
Texas Democrats Are Running an All-Female Ticket - The Wire: Texas Democrats Are Running an All-Female TicketCONNOR SIMPSONAPShould the primaries go as expected, Texas democrats will for the first time in history run two women for the state's top positions. On Saturday, in front of roughly 500 supporters gathered inside the San Antonio College gymnasium, the Texas Tribune reports state Senator Let
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11-23-13 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! mark as readPUBLIC ENEMY on Thanksgiving (Thanks-taking!) Week | Bill AyersPUBLIC ENEMY on Thanksgiving (Thanks-taking!) Week | Bill Ayers: PUBLIC ENEMY on Thanksgiving (Thanks-taking!) WeekMonday, November 25th 7:00 pm – Harvard
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PUBLIC ENEMY on Thanksgiving (Thanks-taking!) Week | Bill Ayers
PUBLIC ENEMY on Thanksgiving (Thanks-taking!) Week | Bill Ayers: PUBLIC ENEMY on Thanksgiving (Thanks-taking!) WeekMonday, November 25th 7:00 pm – Harvard Book Store 1256 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA   Tuesday, November 26th 7:00pm – Broadside Bookshop 247 Main Street Northampton, MAby billayers / 5min The deep-thinking wisdom of RUSH LIMBAUGH today:“I mean, it’s true, folks. There’s no advise
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▶ Leonie Haimson on Data Privacy and inBloom - YouTube
▶ Leonie Haimson on Data Privacy and inBloom - YouTube: Leonie Haimson on Data Privacy and inBloom Parents Across America Co-Founder Leonie Haimson discusses inBloom and data security at Fosco Park in Chicago on November 22, 2013, at a forum hosted by Parents United for Responsible Education and More Than A Score. Go to Parents Across America.
by mike simpson / 4h 
Many Homeless Children and Families in the United States are Still Invisible | First Focus
Many Homeless Children and Families in the United States are Still Invisible | First Focus: Many Homeless Children and Families in the United States are Still InvisibleBy Cara BaldariNovember 22, 2013Yesterday the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released new data indicating that 222,197 people in families were homeless as of January 2013, a 7.2 percent decrease since 2012. I
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2nd Banana 11-23-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2 #1u
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTCapistrano School Board Rejects Teachers’ Proposal - California Teachers AssociationCapistrano School Board Rejects Teachers’ ProposalContact: Vicki Soderberg (949) 463-6951 (cell); vsoderberg@cuea.org; Bill Guy (619) 709-0028 (cell); bguy@cta.org Ambiguous Offer To Negotiate Begins With Veiled ThreatSeattle Schools Community Forum: Ingraha
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Morning Wink 11-23-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTS mark as readWhat’s part of white privilege wasn’t clear?Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » What’s part of white privilege wasn’t clear?: What’s part of white privilege wasn’t clear?Jose Luis Vilson has been picking at the scab of race around issues in ed reform recently. This post about the “white suburban mom” gaffe US Secretary of Education Duncan
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What’s part of white privilege wasn’t clear?
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » What’s part of white privilege wasn’t clear?: What’s part of white privilege wasn’t clear?Jose Luis Vilson has been picking at the scab of race around issues in ed reform recently. This post about the “white suburban mom” gaffe US Secretary of Education Duncan  last week showed that some  folks were not in favor of contextualizing both the original comment,
by mike simpson / 7h 
Cartoons: Parents and Kids at Home | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Cartoons: Parents and Kids at Home | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Cartoons: Parents and Kids at HomeHere is another monthly edition of cartoons on a favorite topic: Parents and children at home, in the car, and at museums. Out of sight of what goes on in school, how parents and children connect is grist for the cartoonist’s pen. And what happens in kitchens, living-rooms, b
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School Reform Information Controlled by Funders and Think Tanks? What about the Public’s Right to Know? | janresseger
School Reform Information Controlled by Funders and Think Tanks? What about the Public’s Right to Know? | janresseger: School Reform Information Controlled by Funders and Think Tanks? What about the Public’s Right to Know?Posted on November 23, 2013 by janressegerIn Philadelphia, the state-appointed School Reform Commission got the William Penn Foundation, a philanthropy, to pay the Boston Consult
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11-23-13 This Week's Major Education Bill Actions - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress
Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress:  mark as readBill Introduced: H.R. 3536: Support Our Students Act of 2013To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to support teacher and school professional training on awareness of student mental health conditions and suicide prevention efforts.7h Bill Introduced: H.R. 3446: FAFSA Fairness Act of 2013To amend the Higher Education Act of
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teacherken at Daily Kos 11-23-13
teacherken at Daily Kos:mark as readTorture and the Harvard Manis the title of an op ed that appeared in yesterday's Harvard Crimson and which I read, and you can read, at Reader Supported News.  The author, Glenn L. Carle, is a Harvard graduate who spent 23 years in the CIA, and wrote about his experience in a book titled Te Interrogrator.  He write bluntly Torture does not work and provides virt
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With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week 11-23-13
With A Brooklyn Accent: With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week  mark as read10 Things BATS Know About Common Core- Official Statement10 Things BATs Know about Common CoreINTRODUCTORY STATEMENTBATs continue their fight against the CCSS.  We do not believe in a “one-size” fits all standard for education and we do not believe in a top down federal approach to control education for profit.  BATs figh
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All Week @ The Answer Sheet 11-23-13
The Answer Sheet:mark as readWhy the Obama administration should drop its plan to rate collegesA group of college presidents met recently with Education Secretary Arne Duncan and among the topics that were discussed was the Obama administration’s plans to make colleges more transparent about value and outcomes for students.  In this post, Janet Riggs, president of Gettysburg College in Gettysburg,
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11-23-13 Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership Society All Week
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog:Schooling in the Ownership SocietyMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership Society mark as readJames Meredith: The civil rights issue of our time...Accompanied by U.S. marshals and surrounded by jeering crowds, James Meredith enrolled as the first African-American student at the University of Mississippi in 1962.“The civil rights issue of our time is to sto
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11-23-13 Wait What? All Week
Wait What?:        mark as readHartford Board of Education schedule re-vote for MondayMatt Poland, the Chairman of the Hartford Board of Education, has scheduled a “Special Meeting” of the board on Monday, November 25, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. in the plaza level conference room at 260 Constitution Plaza in Hartford. According to the agenda that was sent out at 4:59 pm Friday (for a Monday meeting, state
by mike simpson / 8h 
11-23-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community Forum mark as readWeekend UpdatesFrom Tracy Libros in Enrollment about Growth Plan map confusion:There are two maps that show two different things.In the future (by 2020) map, the area you are talking about is included in the Schmitz Park attendance area. However, the map for implementation for next year (2014-15) does not include that area
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11-23-13 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes Online mark as readSusan's Saturday SpecialWe're getting into the habit of posting an Ohanian compendium every Saturday morning so we all have stuff to read in all our spare weekend time. As usual, she tears up the common core.We're serving Thanksgiving lunch at the Senior Center today. Turkey and all the trimmings.There are new cartoons, but I'm in a rush. You can find t
by mike simpson / 8h 
11-23 -13 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week
Jersey Jazzman:Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week mark as readEXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: @GovChristie to Teacher: "I Am Tired Of You People!"UPDATE: I posted this about 12 hours ago on a late Saturday night, and already it has over 30K hits. I've never seen blog traffic like this, especially on a weekend. Is it not obvious that there has been an enormous amount of frustration and anger building u
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11-23-13 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. mark as readSpringfield is the new gambling mecca. Place your bets. ADM or pensions or both?John Dillon blogs at Pension Vocabulary. So, what’ll it be in December in the General Assembly? Will the General Assembly supply ADM with the paym
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11-23-13 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School mark as readMayor Bloomberg Makes Incoherent Statement Defending Common CoreOn the heels of John King calling critics to the Common Core "special interests" and Arne Duncan insulting critics to the  Common Core of being "white suburban moms" who are mad because their kids aren't "as brilliant as they thought" comes this doo
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11-23-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
THE BECOMING RADICAL:Radical Scholarship: mark as readThe 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 educational wealth and power—who demand “no excuses” from schools and teachers se
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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 11-23-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAY mark as readNovember’s Infographics & Interactives Galore — Part ThreeThere are just so many good infographics and interactives out there that I’ve begun a new semi-regular feature called “Infographics & Interactives Galore.” You can see others at A Collection Of “The Best…” Lists
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This Week's Education Research Report 11-23-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORT mark as readDaily Online Testing in Large Classes: Boosting College Performance while Reducing Achievement GapsAn in-class computer-based system, that included daily online testing, was introduced to two large university classes. This study examined subsequent improvements in academic performance and reductions in the achievement gaps
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 11-23-13
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT   mark as readLausd Board Won’T Censure President Richard Vladovic For Alleged Sexual Harassment, BullyingGalatzan’s motion is neither debated nor seconded as Garcia leaves room. tweeted from the pressroom -  by @howardblume :: “4 insiders: Informed speculation had been that Villaraigosa worked out deal: Deasy
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NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education 11-23-13
NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education:NPE News Briefs mark as readSchool Reform Information Controlled by Funders and Think Tanks? What about the Public’s Right to Know? | janressegerPosted on November 23, 2013 by janresseger In Philadelphia, the state-appointed School Reform Commission got the William Penn Foundation, a philanthropy, to pay the Boston Consulting Group, a contrac
by mike simpson / 8h 
11-23-13 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter:  Schools Matter All Week mark as readDisaster Capitalism, Dugger, Indiana, and the Fall of Community SchoolsBy Doug MartinAs Naomi Klein shows in her frightening book Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, for decades the big plan of America’s millionaires and billionaires and the government officials they buy with campaign money has been to slash taxes (“austerity"
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All Week 11-23-13 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: All Week @ THE CHALK FACE mark as readA Moment In Ncte History – Ncte Annual Convention Boston, 2013A MOMENT IN NCTE HISTORY – NCTE ANNUAL CONVENTION BOSTON, 2013. via A MOMENT IN NCTE HISTORY – NCTE ANNUAL CONVENTION BOSTON, 2013.2h Some Kids “Aren’t Brilliant”? This Duncan Blunder Is Bigger Than It First AppearsIn May 2010, US Secretary of Education Arne Du
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 11-23-13 -13 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGmark as readHigh School Students in New Orleans Walk Out in ProtestI received this letter from a teacher who taught in Louisiana until recently. I am posting anonymously for her sake: Dear friends, I am not writing you from New Orleans, and I do not know these students, but I taught in this area for 9 years, and after 3 s
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YESTERDAY

Open Letters To ‘B-List’ Reformers I Know. Part 1: Joel Rose | Gary Rubinstein's Blog
Open Letters To ‘B-List’ Reformers I Know. Part 1: Joel Rose | Gary Rubinstein's Blog: Open Letters To ‘B-List’ Reformers I Know. Part 1: Joel RoseAfter two days of pursuit, I finally found him.  I had never visited anyone in jail before – had never known anyone in jail before.  Most of the people that waited on the visitor’s line with me appeared to be family.  Many were children.  The children d
by mike simpson / 19h 
11-22-13 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): A Moment In Ncte History – Ncte Annual Convention Boston, 2013A MOMENT IN NCTE HISTORY – NCTE ANNUAL CONVENTION BOSTON, 2013 Paul Thomas, Council Historian Delivered at the Board of Directors Meeting, 2013 National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention “Not th
by mike simpson / 20h 
Harvey Weinstein Lobbies Students to see 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' - Speakeasy - WSJ
Harvey Weinstein Lobbies Students to see 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' - Speakeasy - WSJ: Harvey Weinstein Lobbies Students to see ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ARTICLECOMMENTSHARVEY WEINSTEINMANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOMOSCARS 2014smallerLargerfacebooktwittergoogle pluslinked inEmailPrintBy  ERICH SCHWARTZEL  CONNECTHarvey Weinstein, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten,
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California switches testing plans, but may still risk losing $3.5 billion in federal funds - San Jose Mercury News
California switches testing plans, but may still risk losing $3.5 billion in federal funds - San Jose Mercury News: California switches testing plans, but may still risk losing $3.5 billion in federal fundsBy Sharon Noguchisnoguchi@mercurynews.comNot Just White Women, NOW,He is Dissin' the entire STATE OfCALIFORNIA Dude, STOP, Please POSTED:   11/22/2013 11:29:29 AM PST | UPDATED:   ABOUT 3 HOURS
by mike simpson / 21h 
JFK is dead. Illinois Democrats are killing public education, active and retired teacher pensions, and more. | Reclaim Reform
JFK is dead. Illinois Democrats are killing public education, active and retired teacher pensions, and more. | Reclaim Reform: JFK is dead. Illinois Democrats are killing public education, active and retired teacher pensions, and more.Posted on November 22, 2013by Ken PrevitiJFK is dead. Illinois Democrats are killing public education, active and retired teacher pensions, and more.I wept when John
by mike simpson / 21h 
Join me and Roxanna Elden on Tuesday for a live Spreecast! | Gary Rubinstein's Blog
Join me and Roxanna Elden on Tuesday for a live Spreecast! | Gary Rubinstein's Blog: Join me and Roxanna Elden on Tuesday for a live Spreecast!A few times a year I host a live internet ‘talk show’ which is a lot of fun.  Most of the old shows were erased by a server crash, but the two I did over the summer episode 5 and episode 6are still archived if you want to get a sense of what the show is lik
by mike simpson / 22h 
Nominee to lead D.C. education agency gets mixed reviews - The Washington Post
Nominee to lead D.C. education agency gets mixed reviews - The Washington Post: Nominee to lead D.C. education agency gets mixed reviewsMayor Vincent C. Gray’s nominee for state superintendent of education received both praise and pointed criticism at a confirmation hearing Friday before a D.C. Council committee.Jesus Aguirre has served since October as the District’s acting state superintendent
by mike simpson / 22h 
Dumbing Down America: The Decline of Education in the US as Seen From Down Under
Dumbing Down America: The Decline of Education in the US as Seen From Down Under: Dumbing Down America: The Decline of Education in the US as Seen From Down UnderFriday, 22 November 2013 09:25By Niall McLaren, Truthout | Op-Ed"[The aim of public education is not] to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence. . . . Nothing could be further from the truth. The a
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Nite Cap 11-22-13 #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 CAPmark as readLouisiana Educator: White Proposes Major Changes to CCSS Phase in, Teacher Evaluations, and School GradingLouisiana Educator: White Proposes Major Changes to CCSS Phase in, Teacher Evaluations, and School Grading: White Proposes Major
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