Sunday, November 3, 2013

Nite Cap 11-3-13 #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

TODAY

Daily Kos: Leaves on the Current - day 19 post-transplant
Daily Kos: Leaves on the Current - day 19 post-transplant: Leaves on the Current - day 19 post-transplantbyteacherkenFollow4 Comments / 4 Newand at least the blood work remains very positive.The hair loss was not complete, but it was pretty thorough, so at the request of my beloved no pictures for now.  The main problem has been with tummy problems of various sort, along with a problem with a low
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Yo Governor Christie! Back at You! #UFF
Yo Governor Christie! Back at You! #UFF
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In Colorado, a Tax Increase Referendum Is Tied to Improving Schools - NYTimes.com
In Colorado, a Tax Increase Referendum Is Tied to Improving Schools - NYTimes.com: Matthew Staver for The New York TimesJason Medrano Garcia, left, and his classmates worked on a lesson at Alice Terry Elementary School in Englewood, Colo. Amendment 66 would make full-day kindergarten standard across the state.By JACK HEALYPublished: November 3, 2013FACEBOOKTWITTERGOOGLE+SAVEE-MAILSHAREPRINTREPRINT
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NYC Public School Parents: More districts opt out of Race to the Top but NYSED insists their personal student data will "travel" anyway -- without their consent
NYC Public School Parents: More districts opt out of Race to the Top but NYSED insists their personal student data will "travel" anyway -- without their consent: More districts opt out of Race to the Top but NYSED insists their personal student data will "travel" anyway -- without their consentI wonder if any NY district Superintendent is refusing to share with the state the pe
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11-3-13 Fred Klonsky Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Sunday reads.  Chris Christie is a bully. The Jersey Jazzman interviews the teacher who had the nerve to challenge New Jersey Governor Chris Christie with the truth. What is behind those sky-high charter salaries. Nice work if you can get it. Common Core. “Consider the source.” Consider it indeed: UNO
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An Ethos of Learning | Connected Principals
An Ethos of Learning | Connected Principals: An Ethos of LearningNovember 3, 2013By Sandra TrachRoland S. Barth shared in his seminal book Learning by Heart (2001), that schools should possess an “ethos hospitable to the promotion of human learning.”  As I have endeavored through massive leadership and learning changes, Barth’s words have become a truism for me.  Whether navigating a curriculum ch
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Apparently, No StudentsFirst Kiss for Ron and Thomas Calderon in 2011
Apparently, No StudentsFirst Kiss for Ron and Thomas Calderon  But Some Did Get a Big StudentsFirst Kiss(with Tongue) Click here to see Full Screen pdfNational education reform advocate sought Calderon's influence | Al Jazeera AmericaNational education reform advocate sought Calderon's influence | Al Jazeera America: National education reform advocate sought Calderon'€™s influenceby Trevor Aaronso
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Knox Co. teacher defends comments in viral anti-evaluation video
Knox Co. teacher defends comments in viral anti-evaluation video: Knox County teacher defends comments in viral anti-evaluation videoBy DREW GARDNER6 News ReporterKNOXVILLE (WATE) - A Knox County teacher defended her comments Friday after a video of her speech to the school board went viral.Halls Elementary teacher Lauren Hopson was at themeeting to voice her concerns over the rigorous demands by
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My Local Teachers Union and Superintendent Stand Against Common Core and PARCC | deutsch29
My Local Teachers Union and Superintendent Stand Against Common Core and PARCC | deutsch29: My Local Teachers Union and Superintendent Stand Against Common Core and PARCCNovember 3, 2013On Friday, November1, 2013, I had the following letter in my school mailbox from St. Tammany Federation of Teachers President Elsie Burkhalter. In it, both Burkhalter and St. Tammany Schools Superintendent Trey Fol
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In Vermont, a Brave Call for Public Education - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
In Vermont, a Brave Call for Public Education - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: In Vermont, a Brave Call for Public EducationBy Anthony Cody on November 3, 2013 11:54 AMI visited the great state of Vermont last week, and traveled through its rugged mountains. Today I read an editorial in a Vermont newspaper that reminds us why that state is a bastion of independence and democracy.  Th
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N.J. governor asks teacher what she and her colleagues want... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
N.J. governor asks teacher what she and her colleagues want... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: N.J. governor asks teacher what she and her colleagues want from him: To teach COMMENT(12) 0 36 11 63View Larger New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had a heated exchange with a teacher on the campaign trail this weekend. The teacher penned a note to him today.Previous PostsA rural Georgia GOP leader on Common
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11-3-13 The Answer Sheet Gov. Chris Christie yells at a teacher
The Answer Sheet: Gov. Chris Christie yells at a teacher (again)BY VALERIE STRAUSSNovember 3 at 12:04 pmNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, center left, campaigning on Saturday (AP Photo/Mel Evans)“Why,”  a New Jersey teacher asked Gov. Chris Christie (R), “do you continue to spread the myth that our schools and teachers are failing?”The teacher who asked this at a campaign rally in Somer’s Point on S
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11-3-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Common Core fails to meet Connecticut constitutional standardsWendy Lecker, fellow pro-public education advocate and commentator, has a stunningly profound piece in this weekend’s Stamford Advocate and in other Hearst Media newspapers about the new Common Core standards and their inappropriateness for Connecticut. Andrea Conway, a fellow pro-public education warrior here in Connecticut
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Student Privacy and Data Collection Forum to be held in Maryland | Truth in American Education
Student Privacy and Data Collection Forum to be held in Maryland | Truth in American Education: Student Privacy and Data Collection Forum to be held in MarylandFiled in Uncategorized by chascherrie on November 3, 2013 • 0 CommentsPTA Council of Howard CountyPresentsStudent Privacy and Data Collection ForumMonday, November 47:30pm – 9:30pmHomewood Center10914 Clarksville PikeEllicott City, Maryland
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11-3-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This WeekMonday, November 4thCurriculum&Instruction Board committee meeting from 4-6 p.m.Tuesday, November 5thElection Day - get those ballots postmarked today!Road Map to College: application event for seniors.  From 2:45-6:00p.m. at Garfield High School.SEEAC (Special Education Advisory and Advocacy Council) meeting from 6:30-9:30 pm at JSCEE.
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Nice Work If U Can Get It | EduShyster
Nice Work If U Can Get It | EduShyster: Nice Work If U Can Get ItPosted on November 3, 2013What’s behind those sky high charter salaries?Harlem Village Academies chief Deborah Kenny earns $500,000 to run her burgeoning empire of excellence.The eye-popping salaries commanded by some New York City charter execs are raising eyebrows, not to mention the hackles of haters. As a state-of-the-art technol
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Document: For the Calderons, politics and its money are the family business
Document: For the Calderons, politics and its money are the family business: 2013-07-13 | Los Angeles TimesShare on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailCapitol and California - Political, Government and Election News - The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California: Top Ron Calderon Articles see all Los Angeles TimesExclusive: Hollywood sting | Al Jazeera America Rhee-lated $tory: Michelle Rhee answ
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Morning Wink 11-3-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTS11-3-13 Schools MatterSchools Matter: Teacher Latest Victim of Nation's Largest GovernorSee a pattern here?Governor Christie Responds To Teacher During Town Hall - YouTube► 9:13► 9:13www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkuTm-ON904‎Sep 8, 2010 - Uploaded by GovChristieGovernor Chris Christie responds to a teacher's question during a town hall meeting at Raritan Townshi
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11-3-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Teacher Latest Victim of Nation's Largest GovernorSee a pattern here?Governor Christie Responds To Teacher During Town Hall - YouTube► 9:13► 9:13www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkuTm-ON904‎Sep 8, 2010 - Uploaded by GovChristieGovernor Chris Christie responds to a teacher's question during a town hall meeting at Raritan Township ...Chris Christie Gets into Shouting Match at the Jersey Shore
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 11-3-13 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 Jersey: Why You Should Vote for Marie Corfield for State AssemblyIf you live in New Jersey, you are probably stuck with Chris Christie, whose education policies are disastrous for the state. He trashes his state’s teachers and public schools at every opportunity, even though New Jersey has the second highest scores on the feder
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11-3-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Flushing HS Report #3: Letter to Madame Tisch as Grading Saga ContinuesMs. Hansen,While I await response from the NYSED, let me try to illustrate to your office why your interpretation of the High School Academic Policy 2013 concerning grades is ridiculous. The new teacher evaluation system currently in effect uses a scale of 1 - 100. Suppose principals had the option of using onl
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11-3-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: @GovChristie to Teacher: "I Am Tired Of You People!"New Jersey's governor, Chris Christie, has a long history of teacher bashing - not just teachers union bashing, but teacher bashing. Even when he's clearly in the lead, he can't help himself: he has to take a swipe at teachers whenever he can. It's almost pathological: even when he's up by a sizable
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11-3-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “Recover From Bad Days by Seeing ‘Disasters as Opportunities’”Recover From Bad Days by Seeing ‘Disasters as Opportunities’ is my new Education Week Teacher post, and it’s a good one. It includes a response from Roxanna Elden, who is one of the most engaging and entertaining education writers around. Her contribution is foll
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Another Small Library: Eighty-eight More LDOE Documents | deutsch29
Another Small Library: Eighty-eight More LDOE Documents | deutsch29: Another Small Library: Eighty-eight More LDOE DocumentsNovember 2, 2013Yesterday, I posted 95 documents, the result of my searching files not obviously available on the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) website.Today, I returned to the site to locate documents from 2007, the time that Paul Pastorek became state superintend
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11-3-13 Daily Kos: Some things should not be negotiable
Daily Kos: Some things should not be negotiable: Some things should not be negotiablebyteacherkenFollowI wrote this, and posted it here, in June of 2012.  As I now ponder how I will continue to be involved - if at all - in the political processes, including my participation here, it seems appropriate to offer it again.  And as I say at the end, do with it what you willI have been active in politic
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11-3-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Guest column: S.C. schools have poverty problem | The Greenville News | greenvilleonline.comGuest column: S.C. schools have poverty problem | The Greenville News | greenvilleonline.com.2 by plthomasedd / 1h mark as read  //  saveAnother Small Library: Eighty-eight More LDOE DocumentsYesterday, I posted 95 documents, the result of my searching files not obviously available on the
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11-3-13 With A Brooklyn Accent
With A Brooklyn Accent: Letter to Governor Christie from the New Jersey Teacher He Screamed AtDear Governor Christie, Yesterday I took the opportunity to come hear you speak on your campaign trail. I have never really heard you speak before except for sound bytes that I get on my computer. I don't have cable, I don't read newspapers. I don't have enough time. I am a public school teacher that work
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11-3-13 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): Zombies, “Scarcity,” and Understanding PovertyThe original comic book series The Walking Dead opens with “This is not good” in the panel depicting police officers pinned behind their patrol car by gun fire. The page ends with officer Rick Grimes being shot, followed by a
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11-3-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School:   Daily News Endorses De Blasio - Even Though They Disagree With Him On Every IssueThe neo-cons at the Daily News published a weird endorsement of Bill de Blasio for mayor today.They disagree with him on every issue - from stop and frisk and policing to charter schools and school closure policies - and they lay down markers for what he MUST do on these issues that is differe
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AND More on the Breaking Scandal: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee and the Calderon Scandal
Capitol 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: Excerpts from "Rhee The Art of the Deal" a new $tory about Corporate Education Reform and the Woman that make$ it Happen!Top Ron Calderon Arti
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, STEVE ZIMMER? OUR DISTRICT TURNS IT'S LONELY EYES TO YOU
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, STEVE ZIMMER? OUR DISTRICT TURNS IT'S LONELY EYES TO YOU: WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, STEVE ZIMMER? OUR DISTRICT TURNS IT'S LONELY EYES TO YOUJULIE TRAN WRITES IN A COMMENT TO THE DIANE RAVITCH BLOG | “L.A. TEACHER ASKS: WILL DEASY’S IPAD DEAL BANKRUPT LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS?” | HTTP://BIT.LY/17EX0Y3October 31, 2013 at 9:45 am  ::  I have a b
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Bloomberg, Jeb Bush among donors to Denver, Douglas school races - The Denver Post
Bloomberg, Jeb Bush among donors to Denver, Douglas school races - The Denver Post: Bloomberg, Jeb Bush among donors to Denver, Douglas school racesBy Zahira Torres and Karen CrummyThe Denver PostPOSTED:   11/02/2013 09:52:00 AM MDT | UPDATED:   ABOUT 7 HOURS AGO21 COMMENTS Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (Jacquelyn Martin, AP)Nov 2:Denver, Douglas County school campaign finance reports for Oct. 11-27Oct 22
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An Open Letter to My Students | United Opt Out National
An Open Letter to My Students | United Opt Out National: AN OPEN LETTER TO MY STUDENTS Join us in reading the following letter from educator, Meg Norris. Meg Norris is a doctoral candidate in education and a certified teacher in Georgia. After 18 months with Common Core in her classroom her observations compelled her to walk away from her dream job of teaching to fight against the implementation o
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Grades Do More Harm Than Good | toteachornototeach
Grades Do More Harm Than Good | toteachornototeach: Grades Do More Harm Than Goodby Chris CrouchBefore you click onto the next article in disgust or disbelief, please give me a chance to explain. For decades, grades have been the primary form of communicating and reflecting student mastery. A myth that has taken hold, but ironically no one thinks grades are able to communicate learning with any so
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Sharon Peaslee supports Sue Peters for School Board | Seattle Education
Sharon Peaslee supports Sue Peters for School Board | Seattle Education: Sharon Peaslee supports Sue Peters for School BoardA personal note from Sharon Peaslee:Dear Seattle Parents & Concerned Citizens,Seattle School Board Director Sharon PeasleeIf you haven’t voted yet you may be wondering why you should. This school board race is urgently important. Seattle Public Schools is emerging from sc
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The Truth About Suzanne Estey | Seattle Education
The Truth About Suzanne Estey | Seattle Education: The Truth About Suzanne EsteyMelissa Westbrook, one of the editors of Seattle Schools Community Forum, posted the following information that she uncovered about Suzanne Estey who is running againstSue Peters for Seattle School Board.Suzanne Dale Estey – Embellishment is her Specialty but What about Credibility?I have consistently stated that Suzan
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Coop Goes to High School Part 8 – Starting Senior Year | Lefty Parent
Coop Goes to High School Part 8 – Starting Senior Year | Lefty Parent: Coop Goes to High School Part 8 – Starting Senior YearNovember 2nd, 2013 at 16:08JLO’s 1972 production of Oliver! on the set I designedFor the past eleven years, as my summer vacation waned each August, I would avoid for as long as possible thinking about having to go back to school. When that moment finally came and I had to f
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Issue committee attracts national money to Denver board race | EdNewsColorado
Issue committee attracts national money to Denver board race | EdNewsColorado: Issue committee attracts national money to Denver board raceWritten by Maura Walz on Nov 2nd, 2013. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.orgThe four candidates for Denver school board who broadly support the district administration’s accountability-based school reform efforts have been out-fundraising their opponents at a rate
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Will States Fail the Common Core? | Randi Weingarten
Will States Fail the Common Core? | Randi Weingarten: Will States Fail the Common Core? The Common Core State Standards are taking so many hits these days that some might wonder why so many people think they should play an important role in American education. In our competitive, fast-changing global economy, if students don't have higher-order capabilities like critical thinking and problem solvi
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A Common MisCOREception? | Ward 8 DC Teacher
A Common MisCOREception? | Ward 8 DC Teacher: A Common MisCOREception?by ACINTRONJR • NOVEMBER 2, 2013I’m having a difficult time understanding the argument against the actual CCSS. I’m not referring to HOW they were developed, or ARE financed, but the case against using the anchor standards as a guide for lesson planning. Basically, there are four anchor standards, each provided in length below.
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Denver, Douglas County school campaign finance reports for Oct. 11-27 - The Denver Post
Denver, Douglas County school campaign finance reports for Oct. 11-27 - The Denver Post: Denver, Douglas County school campaign finance reports for Oct. 11-27By Zahira TorresThe Denver PostPOSTED:   11/02/2013 02:04:20 PM MDT | UPDATED:   ABOUT 6 HOURS AGO Campaign contributions for school board races in the Douglas County School District and Denver Public Schools for the filing period of Oct. 11-
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Nite Cap 11-2-13 #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 CAPTODAYMadison City Council Should End Digital Divide In Budget | CAFFEINATED POLITICSMadison City Council Should End Digital Divide In Budget | CAFFEINATED POLITICS: Madison City Council Should End Digital Divide In BudgetNOVEMBER 2, 2013      Rat
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