Nite Cap 11-28-13 #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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11-28-13 Wait What?

Wait What?: A thank you to each and every one of you and a special wish for a happy, healthy and peaceful holiday season.Friends, I want to say thank you to each and every one of you and convey my deep appreciate for your friendship, time, attention and participation in our world. May health, happiness and peace be with you and yours, along with comfort, joy and a good bit of prosperity. Below is a Thanksgiving wish or […]The post A thank you to each and every one of you and a special wish for a happy, healthy and pby jonpelto / 7h  11-27-13 Wait What?Wait What?: My child is more than a test s

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Meet newly elected School Board Director Sue Peters | Seattle Education

Meet newly elected School Board Director Sue Peters | Seattle Education: Meet newly elected School Board Director Sue PetersPresenting our kick-off Seattle Education meetup:Meet newly elected School Board Director Sue PetersYou will have the opportunity to meet Sue, ask her questions and share your concerns regarding public education in Seattle and beyond.Friday, December 6th at noonCouth Buzzard Books8310 Greenwood Ave N, 98103Hosted by Seattle Education and Parents Across America, SeattleThese meetup’s will be held once a month. Stay tuned for the meetup in January.Submitted by Dora Taylor

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11-28-13 Schools Matter: Charlatan Steve Perry exposed for the world to see!

Schools Matter: Charlatan Steve Perry exposed for the world to see!: Charlatan Steve Perry exposed for the world to see!Charlatan @drStevePerry exposed for the world to see! http://t.co/iDjFd9GXH8 pic.twitter.com/IflQ6Qfsm7— Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) November 28, 2013 Ebony Murphy-Root's courageous exposure of one of the most pernicious corporate neoliberal education reformers is a must read: 'Did You Grow Up Around Black People?' My year working for "America's Most Trusted Educator" The comments undeby Robert D. Skeels ... / 6h 11-27-13 Schools MatterSchools Matter: The Opt-Oute

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NYC Educator: The Danielson Guide to Highly Effective Thanksgiving

NYC Educator: The Danielson Guide to Highly Effective Thanksgiving: The Danielson Guide to Highly Effective ThanksgivingFull disclosure--found on the internet, unattributed.Unsatisfactory: You don't know how to cook a turkey. You serve a chicken instead. Half your family doesn't show because they are unmotivated by your invitation, which was issued at the last minute via facebook. The other half t

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11-28-13 Jersey Jazzman: Dumb Things White People Say About Schools: Frank Bruni

Jersey Jazzman: Dumb Things White People Say About Schools: Frank Bruni: Dumb Things White People Say About Schools: Frank BruniLet me start by apologizing to Tom Friedman. You see, for years I've thought that the Mustache of Understanding was the silliest, most wankeriffic pontificator within in the NY Time's Op-Ed hierarchy of mandarins. But it's clear to me now I was completely wrong. The proof

by mike simpson / 8h 

Every Student All The Time: 100% Graduation Rates | Connected Principals

Every Student All The Time: 100% Graduation Rates | Connected Principals: Every Student All The Time: 100% Graduation RatesNovember 28, 2013By Johnny BevacquaOriginally posted (February 2011) by Johnny Bevacqua  on  Figuring It OutFor the past 15 years our school has had a 100% graduation rate. I am extremely proud of our students and teachers for making this happen.    I have been asked, on sever

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Morning Wink 11-28-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTS mark as readNext week's PISA results: If we want better results, we have... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.comNext week's PISA results: If we want better results, we have... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Next week's PISA results: If we want better results, we have to do better with poor children COMMENT(2) 0 0 0 NewView Larger Children and povertyPrevious Posts

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Next week's PISA results: If we want better results, we have... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com

Next week's PISA results: If we want better results, we have... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Next week's PISA results: If we want better results, we have to do better with poor children COMMENT(2) 0 0 0 NewView Larger Children and povertyPrevious PostsCobb educator: The county's embrace of Braves hurts Cobb, its students and familiesNovember 26, 2013General classes vs. advanced or AP: Tell us abo

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The Day - L+M in strike zone | News from southeastern Connecticut

The Day - L+M in strike zone | News from southeastern Connecticut: L+M in strike zoneBy Judy BensonPublication: theday.comPublished 11/27/2013 12:00 AMUpdated 11/27/2013 11:28 PMTim Cook/The DayMembers of AFT CT Local 5049 of Registered Nurses and AFT CT Local 5051 of LPN Technologists along with union supporters picket outside of the L+M Hospital on the first day of their strike Wednesday Nov. 27

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11-28-13 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Mayor Bloomberg And Commissioner Kelly May Go On Trial Just YetFrom the Daily News:AN NYPD supervisor has lost his bid to countersue whistleblower cop Adrian Schoolcraft. Deputy Inspector Steven Mauriello alleged that Schoolcraft — who has a pending $50 million lawsuit against the city — concocted bogus complaints about wrongdoing in a Brooklyn precinct in order to ruin his

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11-28-13 The Answer Sheet

The Answer Sheet: Are turkeys really the dumbest animals?Are the turkeys on your Thanksgiving dinner plates really the dumbest animals in the world? Given that sponges and jellyfish are animals, and they don’t have as much as a single brain cell, the answer would seem to be no, but let’s just look at the the universe of animals with brains, however tiny. In […]    by Valerie Strauss / 17min  11-27

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 11-28-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Paul Karrer: My Students Are Not CoddledPaul Karrer teaches fifth grade in a low-income community in California. He writes: Frank Bruni’s New York Times piece “Are Kids Too Coddled?” basically states tougher education standards like the Common Core may require a tough love that some parents and educators don’t like. So some parents

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11-28-13 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.: Teacher and union activist Todd Mertz: “This is it.” With emails of every Illinois legislator.From Todd Mertz: This morning a pension deal was struck between all four legislative leaders–Madigan, Cullerton, Radogno, and Durkin. This agreement would steal an estimated $160 billion from teachers and sta

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11-28-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: November’s Infographics & Interactives Galore — Part FiveThere 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 On Infographics and by searching “infographics”

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11-28-13 teacherken at Daily Kos

teacherken at Daily Kos: Linda Greenhouse has a fascinating piece re ACAfor those who do not know, Greenhouse was the long-time Supreme Court reporter for the New York Times who won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for her beat reporting.  Since taking an early buyout she has been a senior fellow and journalist in residence at Yale Law, from which she got her legal training after graduating from Radcliffe

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11-28-13 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: I’m thankful for…On this Thanksgiving Day, here are a few reasons why I’m thankful for being a professional educator. I’m truly thankful for… 1. I’m thankful for my colleagues who show up, everyday, to influence students. My school is definitely not a “walk in the park,” so I’m grateful for all of my colleagues who show up, everyday, […]by Angel Cintron Jr. / 51min The Indignant

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm busts a move. Pushes elected school board off the ballot

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm busts a move. Pushes elected school board off the ballot: Rahm busts a move. Pushes elected school board off the ballotRahm and "Slow Eddie" BurkeSome Thanksgiving thoughts...I just learned that a group of domesticated turkeys is called a rafter.Thanks this morning, go out to the handful of stand-up aldermen (those very words have a strange sound leavi

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Weekly Address: Wishing the American People a Happy Thanksgiving | The White House

Weekly Address: Wishing the American People a Happy Thanksgiving | The White House: Remarks of President Barack ObamaWeekly Address -- ThanksgivingThursday, November 28, 2013Hi, everybody.  On behalf of all the Obamas – Michelle, Malia, Sasha, Bo, and the newest member of our family, Sunny – I want to wish you a happy and healthy Thanksgiving. We’ll be spending today just like many of you – sittin

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Federal officials still don't sign off on California testing changes | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC

Federal officials still don't sign off on California testing changes | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Federal officials still don't sign off on California testing changesAdolfo Guzman-Lopez | November 28th, 2013, 6:00am US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan speaks about student loan interest rates during the Daily Press Briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, Apri

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NYC Educator: I'm Thankful

NYC Educator: I'm Thankful: I'm ThankfulLast night I was watching television, and I saw ads for stores opening at 7 AM this morning. No Black Friday for them. To squeeze more pennies from crazed consumers, they can't wait. So low-paid workers will be rushing to sell computers and TVs they themselves probably can't afford to thrifty Americans who need them more than a quiet day with their families.

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Jury in charter fraud trial hears of excess - Philly.com

Jury in charter fraud trial hears of excess - Philly.com: Jury in charter fraud trial hears of excessPHILADELPHIA Jurors in Dorothy June Brown's federal fraud trial heard Tuesday about multiple salaries paid to Brown and money she received from management firms she controlled.Brown is accused of defrauding the four charter schools she founded of $6.7 million and then conspiring with two former adm

by mike simpson / 12h 

CPS will use state-run data program, not controversial inBloom storehouse - Chicago Sun-Times

CPS will use state-run data program, not controversial inBloom storehouse - Chicago Sun-Times: CPS will use state-run data program, not controversial inBloom storehouseBY BECKY SCHLIKERMAN Staff Reporter November 26, 2013 9:06PM Chicago Public Schools has decided against using inBloom, a controversial data storehouse run by a nonprofit, and will work directly with a state-run data program, a spoke

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My Thanksgiving Post | deutsch29

My Thanksgiving Post | deutsch29: My Thanksgiving PostNovember 28, 2013On October 3, 1789, at the urging of both the House and Senate, President George Washington officially declared Thursday, November 26, 1789, to be “a day of publick thanksgiving and prayer”:WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and

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YESTERDAY

Four Random Things I'm Grateful For - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

Four Random Things I'm Grateful For - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Four Random Things I'm Grateful ForBy Nancy Flanagan on November 27, 2013 10:46 PMFour Random Things I'm Grateful For: #1) That I seldom encountered coddled students in my long career--you know, the gritless wonders whose egos are "bloated" from all those unearned trophies and encouraging remarks fr

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Holiday Thoughts | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

Holiday Thoughts | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Holiday ThoughtsFiled under: MPS — millerlf @ 8:25 pm Larry Miller 11/27/2013I wish a safe and joyous holiday to my friends, my allies and even my adversaries.Over the last two weeks, I have been hearing the voices of many people in the MPS family. Other Board members have as well.While I can speak only for myself, I believe this Board

by mike simpson / 23h 

Bill Gates Wins Hearts for the Common Core By Lining Pockets | Truth in American Education

Bill Gates Wins Hearts for the Common Core By Lining Pockets | Truth in American Education: Bill Gates Wins Hearts for the Common Core By Lining PocketsFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on November 27, 2013 • 0 Comments12217The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spent millions to advance the Common Core State Standards in 2013.From Valerie Strauss at The Washington Post:Mi

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Happy Thanksgiving? IL Dems & Repubs collude to CUT teacher pensions. | Reclaim Reform

Happy Thanksgiving? IL Dems & Repubs collude to CUT teacher pensions. | Reclaim Reform: Happy Thanksgiving? IL Dems & Repubs collude to CUT teacher pensions.Posted on November 27, 2013by Ken PrevitiNo one wants to read about this on a Thanksgiving weekend. That is why Illinois Democrats and Republicans have agreed to cut teacher pensions today. Corporate owned legislators and politicos are

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Nite Cap 11-27-13 #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 mark as read'The Last Waltz' for Philly school kids | Philadelphia Public School Notebook'The Last Waltz' for Philly school kids | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: 'The Last Waltz' for Philly school kidsby thenotebook on Nov 27 2013 Posted i

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