Thursday, November 7, 2013

Nite Cap 11-7-13 #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

Commitment to Community Schools: Alignment in Purpose | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
Commitment to Community Schools: Alignment in Purpose | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Commitment to Community Schools: Alignment in PurposeThe Coalition for Community Schools on behalf of Hartford Public SchoolsStory posted October 22, 2013Results:Between the 2009-2010 and 2011- 2012 school years, reading proficiency scores increased by over 10 percentage pointsSchool attend
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It's time to show our appreciation for our education support professionals | Lily's Blackboard
It's time to show our appreciation for our education support professionals | Lily's Blackboard: Flowers for MargaretNov 7th, 2013 by Lily.I always started my day at Orchard Elementary checking my mailbox in the school office for any memos, flyers, notes,  you-name-it. I ended my day the same way.Looking back now, I remember that Margaret, our school secretary, was already at her desk greeting stud
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Enacting Economic Equity – redqueeninla
Enacting Economic Equity – redqueeninla: Enacting Economic EquityIt’s the avowed 800 pound gorilla in the room, No, Not that ONE! It’s the avowed 800 pound gorilla in the room: poverty just mucks up everyone’s numbers. Kids don’t “achieve learning”, schools fail to make “adequate yearly progress”, businesses can’t locate sufficient or acceptable workers.The “education gap” between rich and poor is
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: PARENT ENGAGEMENT
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: PARENT ENGAGEMENT: PARENT ENGAGEMENTCPS parent volunteersLatest from CPS -- All parent school volunteers will now be required to be fingerprinted. Accurate Biometrics has been given the $650,000 contract (no board approval required) to do the fingerprinting and parents will have to travel to one of their four centers in the city to have it done. According to Brother
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'Nation's Report Card': Who Cares? If you fix some of these numbers maybe the other numbers will mean something!
Per Student Public Education Spending Decreases in 2011 for First Time in Nearly Four Decades, Census Bureau ReportsNote: This is a revised release due to two changes. The embedded map incorrectly had Wyoming as spending more than $16,000 and the District of Columbia spending less than $16,000. The map was corrected to reflect the true spending for Wyoming ($15,849) and the District of Columbia ($
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Fallacies, realities about teachers and education schools | Other Views | NewsObserver.com
Fallacies, realities about teachers and education schools | Other Views | NewsObserver.com: Fallacies, realities about teachers and education schools By Michael Maher and Paola SztajnEvery day when we come to work, we have the privilege of interacting with amazing young people. Many of them were among the top students in their high schools with average SAT scores above 1100 and an average weighted
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11-7-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: From the Live Blog thread, The Mission of this BlogA lot of discussion arose in the live blog thread about the nature of this blog and the needs of the community. This blog can be the place for people to connect all across the District. If you have a thread that you would like us to start, then you are free to suggest it. We get a lot of such requests and typically
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: HOW TO GRADE A TEACHER: The usefulness of test scores is limited and should be treated that way + smf’s 2¢
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: HOW TO GRADE A TEACHER: The usefulness of test scores is limited and should be treated that way + smf’s 2¢: HOW TO GRADE A TEACHER: The usefulness of test scores is limited and should be treated that way + smf’s 2¢BY THE LA TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD  |  HTTP://LAT.MS/1HMJVJDNovember 7, 2013  ::  As the recent job evaluation of Los Angeles Unified Supt. John
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11-7-13 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG Common Core: An Educator's Perspective — Whole Child Education
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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11-7-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: What Happened Tuesday?I've listened to a fair bit of punditry and read a fair bit of opinion about Tuesday's election results. And it still doesn't make sense to me. I'll leave Virginia out of this because I really didn't follow the race. But here in Metro NYC, we had two big, contiguous races. Both ended in landslides - but for candidates who couldn't be more different: Bill de Bl
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Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky
Running for our pensions. | Fred Klonsky:  I’ve never campaigned to be a delegate to the IEA Representative Assembly before, although I have been a delegate for all but one of the last twenty or so.My old local, the Park Ridge Education Association, could send five delegates. And frankly it was good if most years we had five people willing to spend three days in a large hotel convention room.Some
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NAEP? Nope: Why (Almost) Everyone Will Misread (Again) Data on Gaps | the becoming radical
NAEP? Nope: Why (Almost) Everyone Will Misread (Again) Data on Gaps | the becoming radical: NAEP? NOPE: WHY (ALMOST) EVERYONE WILL MISREAD (AGAIN) DATA ON GAPSLet the data orgy begin!NAEP data have been released and I anticipate almost as much time and money will be wasted on the data as has been wasted on administering the tests, scoring the tests, and creating the handy web link to all that data
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New Assessments, Better Instruction? | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
New Assessments, Better Instruction? | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: New Assessments, Better Instruction?By Anne O'Brien on November 7, 2013Advocates hope that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative will lead to deeper learning by students – that the standards will result in students learning not only academic content, but how to think critically, work collaborati
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Cali Education Headlines Thursday, November 7, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Fensterwald: States’ testing exec embraces California’s controversial decision for Common Core testsEducation HeadlinesThursday, November 7, 2013Alum on Coachella Valley High's Arab mascot: 'Times are changing'A national anti-discrimination group is pressuring Coachella Valley High School to abandon its longstanding mascot — a sneering, hook-
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Ray Kelly Doesn’t Need the Support of Liberal Civil Libertarians. Brown’s Student Activists Do. |
Ray Kelly Doesn’t Need the Support of Liberal Civil Libertarians. Brown’s Student Activists Do. |: Ray Kelly Doesn’t Need the Support of Liberal Civil Libertarians. Brown’s Student Activists Do.November 7, 2013 in StudentsYesterday The Nation hosted an online roundtable about an incident at Brown University in which New York police chief Ray Kelly, the public face of that city’s racist, unconstitu
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The Educated Reporter: The Nation's Report Card: A Slow Climb Up a Steep Hill
The Educated Reporter: The Nation's Report Card: A Slow Climb Up a Steep Hill: The Nation's Report Card: A Slow Climb Up a Steep HillThe “Nation’s Report Card” is out today for fourth and eighth graders in reading and math, and while there are some positive trends over the past two decades, a significant achievement gap persists among minorities and for America’s students when compared with their
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Momentum Grows Against Zero Tolerance Discipline and High-Stakes Testing - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Momentum Grows Against Zero Tolerance Discipline and High-Stakes Testing - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Momentum Grows Against Zero Tolerance Discipline and High-Stakes TestingBy Anthony Cody on November 7, 2013 10:25 AMGuest post by Judith Browne Dianis,  Rhonda Brownstein, Jessica Feierman, and Monty Neill.Across the country, resistance is growing against public education's incre
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Morning Wink 11-7-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYWelcome to The Nation's Report Card! NAEP - Mathematics and Reading 2013NAEP - Mathematics and Reading 2013: Welcometo The Nation's Report Card!Explore interactive and dynamic graphics that illustrate the results of the 2013 mathematics and reading assessments.Test yourself with actual National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) questions.Watch
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Statement of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the 2013 NAEP Reading and Mathematics Report Card | U.S. Department of Education
Statement of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the 2013 NAEP Reading and Mathematics Report Card | U.S. Department of Education: Statement of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the 2013 NAEP Reading and Mathematics Report CardNOVEMBER 7, 2013Contact:   Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov The 2013 NAEP Reading and Mathematics Report Card is available here."The 2013 NAEP
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11-7-13 The Answer Sheet - The biggest weakness of the Common Core Standards
The biggest weakness of the Common Core Standards: The biggest weakness of the Common Core StandardsBY VALERIE STRAUSSNovember 7 at 10:00 amHere’s a different look at the controversial Common Core State Standards, from Marion Brady, a veteran classroom teacher, who has written history and world culture textbooks (Prentice-Hall),  professional books, numerous  nationally distributed columns (many a
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Welcome to The Nation's Report Card! NAEP - Mathematics and Reading 2013
NAEP - Mathematics and Reading 2013: Welcometo The Nation's Report Card!Explore interactive and dynamic graphics that illustrate the results of the 2013 mathematics and reading assessments.Test yourself with actual National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) questions.Watch videos for tips on how to explore and interpret results.Results for 2013 NAEP Mathematics and Reading Assessments Are
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Daily Kos: Helping the Helpless
Daily Kos: Helping the Helpless: Helping the HelplessbyShakespeares SisterFollowSo, I switched school districts. I am very fortunate to work again with one of my best friends, who teaches 12th grade AP Literature and Composition, while I teach 11th grade AP Language and Composition and one section of World Literature. Admittedly, it is a big switch for me, as I previously taught 11th and 12th grad
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 11-7-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Los Angeles Baffled About How to Pay for iPads in FutureLos Angeles negotiated a sweet deal for Apple, promising to buy an iPad for every student at a cost that will eventually total at least $1 billion. Forget the fact that the iPads are financed in large part by borrowing money from a 25-year construction bond issue, and that man
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11-7-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Steve Perry Tworking (Tweeting while working) on teachers and unionsState and local laws, ordinances, regulations and work rules prohibit public employees from engaging in politics while at work. Public employees have lost their jobs for violating these policies. Steve Perry is the principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Harford, Connecticut. As a public employee, Perry is co
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11-7-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Union Leadership as Political Sleight of HandNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is nearly stereotypical as a bully, so much so that if he weren't in a position of power, he would be a walking satire of himself.When he yelled at a female teacher recently, reasonable people across the U.S. responded with disgust, as Jersey Jazzman did:Some think this misogyny is part of Christie's "
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11*7*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: The Best Ways To Use Mistakes When Teaching WritingThis is sort of an odd “The Best…” list. I’ve written a lot in this blog and in my books about using student mistakes as an opportunity and not as a problem, and have an extremely long The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures list. T
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11-7-13 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.: Life in Rahm’s Chicago. Every CPS parent volunteer will be fingerprinted.Data driven? All the research suggests that the greater the parental involvement in their children’s school the better the students perform. So CPS is requiring every parent school volunteer to be fingerprinted. And local neighbo
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11-7-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Vido: Funeral for 168 Schools Chosed Under Bloomberghttp://youtu.be/USnAoe3vgEUby ed notes online / 7h Will de Blasio Make Randi's Folly - er - the UFT Charter - Pay The Damn Rent?Eva Moskowitz is viewed as a big loser in the election and the UFT even though they jumped on the bandwagon late is viewed as a winner. But what of the charters occupying public school space - given to t
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Jason Carter enters the governor's race and brings a focus on... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Jason Carter enters the governor's race and brings a focus on... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Jason Carter enters the governor's race and brings a focus on education COMMENT(1) 2 5 5 12View Larger Jason GetzSen. Jason Carter, D-Decatur, asks a question about House Bill 487 during Legislative Day 34 in the Senate Chambers at the State Capitol on March 14, 2013.Previous PostsBully posts his attack
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CAUTION: Technology! | the becoming radical
CAUTION: Technology! | the becoming radical: CAUTION: TECHNOLOGY!In the myriad debates surrounding implementation of Common Core and the concurrent tests, the sheer costs of this process tends to be ignored. Another issue related to both CC and the related costs is yet another series of commitments to technology as a part of the perpetual education reform process. Here is a reposting of a presenta
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11-7-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Schools Matter: Union Leadership as Political Sleight of HandSchools Matter: Union Leadership as Political Sleight of Hand. via Schools Matter: Union Leadership as Political Sleight of Hand.2 by plthomasedd / 1h   11-6-13 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: The Two Sides of Education Reform in Washington, D.C.Education reform is failing traditional D.C. public middle schools locate
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7-11-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Another Bloomberg Education FailureFrom NY1:It's half school, half extracurricular, all hands on. For two years, the city's Summer Quest program has provided extra learning for thousands of struggling students in the South Bronx, nine hours a day, five days a week for five weeks.For the students, the goal is to prevent summer learning loss, a big problem for low-income kids.
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To Lisa Macfarlane and Suzanne Estey: And you thought it was a conspiracy theory? | Seattle Education
To Lisa Macfarlane and Suzanne Estey: And you thought it was a conspiracy theory? | Seattle Education: To Lisa Macfarlane and Suzanne Estey: And you thought it was a conspiracy theory?Either your comments have been overly scripted by your moneyed backers or you have been bold face lying but these are the facts:Chris Christie’s demented “you people” movement: The right’s school-for-cash obsessionCh
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States’ testing exec embraces California’s controversial decision for Common Core tests EdSource Today
EdSource Today: States’ testing exec embraces California’s controversial decision for Common Core testsNovember 7th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By John Fensterwald1Joe Willhoft discussed the forthcoming Common Core field test before the State Board.The executive director of Smarter Balanced, a consortium of states developing the new Common Core assessments, said he supports California’s decision to gi
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What is Wrong with Vouchers? | Deborah Meier on Education
What is Wrong with Vouchers? | Deborah Meier on Education: What is Wrong with Vouchers?Posted on November 6, 2013 by nicholasmeierNicholas MeierThe rhetoric behind vouchers is that if everyone had vouchers parents could select the best school for their child instead of being forced to go to “government” schools*.Where does such logic fall apart? There are two main logistical reasons it is really a
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Privatization of Education Won’t Erase Savage Inequalities | janresseger
Privatization of Education Won’t Erase Savage Inequalities | janresseger: Privatization of Education Won’t Erase Savage InequalitiesPosted on November 7, 2013 by janressegerFor generations our society has committed itself to the provision of public education—publicly funded, universally available, and accountable to the public—as the best institution for balancing the needs of each particular chil
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NYC Educator: Does Common Core Align with Danielson?
NYC Educator: Does Common Core Align with Danielson?: Does Common Core Align with Danielson?I look at the Danielson Rubric and I see an awful lot about engaging the students. Active, happy kids are a big plus if they're using the Danielson Rubric. You want them to be asking questions on their own, to know there are procedures in place, and to remind one another what they are. You want them in grou
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PWCS – Where Doing Nothing is World Class! | PWC Education Reform Blog
PWCS – Where Doing Nothing is World Class! | PWC Education Reform Blog: PWCS – Where Doing Nothing is World Class!November 6, 2013 — pwceducationreform So… PWCS has $2.7 million of “extra” revenue to play with.  What should they do?A few years ago the school division deliberately decided to run class sizes up the state’s legal maximum so that they’d have money available for other priorities.  We
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YESTERDAY

11-6-13 Jersey Jazzman: Marie Corfield: An American Hero
Jersey Jazzman: Marie Corfield: An American Hero: Marie Corfield: An American HeroThere's a lot to say after yesterday, and a lot to do starting tomorrow. But before all of that, let's get one very important thing out of the way: Marie Corfield - proud to be a mother, a teacher, and a real Jersey girl - is a genuine American hero. We teachers are generally not a very outgoing or outspoken lot. We
by mike simpson / 18h 
Teachers union leader urges Chris Christie to apologize to teacher he yelled at
Teachers union leader urges Chris Christie to apologize to teacher he yelled at: Teachers union leader urges Chris Christie to apologize to teacher he yelled atBY VALERIE STRAUSSNovember 6 at 9:42 pm(Used with permission)American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten sent a letter to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), asking him to apologize to a teacher whom he yelled atduring a camp
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Death March Demo fro the 168+ Public Schools Closed by Bloomberg and His Privateers Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública
Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: Death March Demo fro the 168+ Public Schools Closed by Bloomberg and His PrivateersA NormScott ProductionDemand (thru CPE) that Mayor DeBlasio reopen all closed schools and have a plan that includes parents, students and teachers in decision-making levels that improve these schools within 5 years or less.Posted by Black Educator at
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Seattle School Board Update: Sue Peters is ahead | Seattle Education
Seattle School Board Update: Sue Peters is ahead | Seattle Education: Seattle School Board Update: Sue Peters is aheadIn spite of the record-breaking amount of money that was poured into Suzanne Estey’s campaign by a moneyed few and DFER who want to see the corporatization of our public schools through charter schools, online learning enterprises and schools staffed by the cheap labor of Teach for
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Winners: AFT - A Union of Professionals - Solution-Driven Unionism
AFT - A Union of Professionals - Solution-Driven Unionism: The American Federation of Teachers' Prize for Solution-Driven Unionism recognizes outstanding collective work to create solutions that improve workplaces and communities. The 2013 prize rewards AFT members and affiliates that have tackled big challenges with concrete results and best exemplify the AFT's commitment to providing high-qualit
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Teachers union president to Chris Christie: Apologize for bullying teacher - Stephanie Simon - POLITICO.com
Teachers union president to Chris Christie: Apologize for bullying teacher - Stephanie Simon - POLITICO.com: Teachers union president to Chris Christie: Apologize for bullying teacher818  Christie, according to Weingarten, was acting 'in such a hostile and intimidating way.' | AP PhotoCloseBy STEPHANIE SIMON | 11/6/13 4:50 PM ESTIt didn’t slow his triumphal march to reelection. But the image of Ne
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Nite Cap 11-6-13 #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 CAPTODAYCCSS Math Framework Adopted - Year 2013CCSS Math Framework Adopted - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): California Adopts First Math Framework Aligned with Common CoreSACRAMENTO—California teachers have new guidance from the State Board of Ed
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