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Friday, November 8, 2013

Nite Cap 11-8-13 #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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The Network For Public Education | Diane Ravitch takes a break
The Network For Public Education | Diane Ravitch takes a break: Diane Ravitch takes a breakadmin November 8, 2013 NPE NewsDiane Ravitch announced on Thursday, November 7 that she has postponed upcoming events in Illinois and Wisconsin because of exhaustion and a bout of walking pneumonia. Below is post from Diane’s blog.“Dear Friends,I wanted to share some not very good news about my health.This w
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: We thought we were done with Vallas but... he's back
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: We thought we were done with Vallas but... he's back: We thought we were done with Vallas but... he's backLook out. Vallas is back in town. We tried to finish him off back in 2001 but...No sooner had I finished posting about how the Working Families Party and allies were running Paul Vallas out of Bridgeport, than I get the news that he has been selected as Gov. Quin
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San Antonio Districts Launch "Go Public" Campaign | The Texas Tribune
San Antonio Districts Launch "Go Public" Campaign | The Texas Tribune: San Antonio Districts Launch "Go Public" Campaignby Morgan SmithNovember 8, 20132 Comments Comment Republish Email Tweet RecommendEnlargephoto by: Gabriel PérezFacing an influx of new charter schools to the area and coping with state-level budget cuts, Bexar County's 15 school districts have united behind a
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20th vs. 21st Century Teaching | My Island View
20th vs. 21st Century Teaching | My Island View: 20th vs. 21st Century TeachingNovember 8, 2013 by tomwhitbyThis week’s #Edchat was about teacher-centric learning vs. student-centric learning. It is a topic that often gets teachers actively involved in discussion. The reason why so many teachers are so passionate about this subject is unclear, but if Twitter chats and tweets are any indication, it
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Greening Calif. Schools a ‘Win-Win’ for Students, Districts - New America Media
Greening Calif. Schools a ‘Win-Win’ for Students, Districts - New America Media: Greening Calif. Schools a ‘Win-Win’ for Students, DistrictsNew America Media/La Opinion, News Report, Araceli Martinez Ortega, Posted: Sep 08, 2013Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on google_plusone_shareShare on linkedinShare on redditShare on pinterest_shareMore Sharing Servicesen espanolSACRAMENTO- The Met is
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LA Teachers and students protest spending and reliance on iPads
LA Teachers and students protest spending and reliance on iPads: Post navigationLA Teachers, Students Protest Reliance and Spending on iPadsPosted on November 8, 2013 by Vanessa RomoAs daylight faded and red brake lights of rush hour cast their eerie glow, a group of LA Unified teachers and students marched through downtown streets yesterday, demanding a reversal of district policies that value te
by mike simpson / 4h 
NYC Public School Parents: The record of Andres Alonso, possible candidate for New York City Chancellor
NYC Public School Parents: The record of Andres Alonso, possible candidate for New York City Chancellor: The record of Andres Alonso, possible candidate for New York City ChancellorMany names have been floated as possible candidates to be the next Chancellor, in Gotham Schools and the NY Post. Among the possibilities offered are several who seem unlikely, including Bob Hughes of New Visions, given
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11-8-13 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG: Throughout November: Supporting Student Success and the Common Core — Whole Child Education
Throughout November: Supporting Student Success and the Common Core — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGThroughout November: Supporting Student Success and the Common CoreNovember 4, 2013 by Klea Scharberg"Educators need to prepare kids to be career and college ready, but they also need to prepare them for their present world. The Common Core State Standards set out to do that. They'
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Tom Harkin, George Miller Preparing Preschool Bill To Reflect Obama Plan, Early Draft Shows
Tom Harkin, George Miller Preparing Preschool Bill To Reflect Obama Plan, Early Draft Shows: Tom Harkin, George Miller Preparing Preschool Bill To Reflect Obama Plan, Early Draft ShowsRetiring Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, are
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This Year is Different | Connected Principals
This Year is Different | Connected Principals: This Year is DifferentNovember 8, 2013By rgallwitzAt Centerburg Local Schools, we are in our second year of using Google Apps for Education. In that short amount of time we have begun to see a shift in the way students and teachers share. As expected students and teachers are sharing resources, using collaborative docs and learning how to take full ad
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Cali Education Headlines Friday, November 8, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: L.A. Unified loses round in effort to keep teacher ratings secretEducation HeadlinesFriday, November 8, 2013Cohn: California deserves praise not punishment for common sense school reformsCalifornia is ushering in a long overdue return to common sense. For that, it should be rewarded with praise, not punishment.Tulare County school district su
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From Spellings to Duncan: Using NAEP as Policy Propaganda | the becoming radical
From Spellings to Duncan: Using NAEP as Policy Propaganda | the becoming radical: FROM SPELLINGS TO DUNCAN: USING NAEP AS POLICY PROPAGANDAWhile Secretary of Education (2005-2009), Margaret Spellings announced that a jump of 7 points in NAEP reading scores from 1999-2005 was proof No Child Left Behind was working. The problem, however, was in the details:During President George W. Bush’s tenure, N
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Words Reflect Knowledge
Shanker Blog » Words Reflect Knowledge: Words Reflect KnowledgePosted by Esther Quintero on November 8, 2013I was fascinated when I started to read about the work of Betty Hart and Todd Risley and the early language differences between children growing up in different socioeconomic circumstances. But it took me a while to realize that we care about words primarily because of what words indicate ab
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2013 NAEP Scores Show (Again) That Test-and-Punish Hasn’t Worked | janresseger
2013 NAEP Scores Show (Again) That Test-and-Punish Hasn’t Worked | janresseger: 2013 NAEP Scores Show (Again) That Test-and-Punish Hasn’t WorkedPosted on November 8, 2013 by janressegerYesterday the  National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) scores from 2013 were released.  According to Education Week, eighth grade math scores rose by one point with a three point gain in reading.  Fourth gr
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Morning Wink 11-8-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAY11-8-13 Fred Klonsky | Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred KlonskyFred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred KlonskyRunning for our pensions. | Fred Klonsky:  I’ve never campaigned to be a delegate to the I
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11-8-13 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.: Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred KlonskyRunning 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 lo
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11-8-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadTwo Director Community meetings tomorrow:Director Carr from 8:30-10:30 am at Bethany Community ChurchDirector Smith-Blum from 10 am to noon at Capitol Hill LibraryRemember that commercial about pollution from the '70s with the Native American man surveying what pollution had done to the land?  The one that ends with the tear down his cheek? Here's
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The Principal: The Most Misunderstood Person in All of Education - Kate Rousmaniere - The Atlantic
The Principal: The Most Misunderstood Person in All of Education - Kate Rousmaniere - The Atlantic: The Principal: The Most Misunderstood Person in All of EducationA single individual, in a single professional role, acts on a daily basis as the connecting link between a large bureaucratic system and the daily experiences of a large number of children and adults.  A few years ago when I walked the
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A few quick thoughts and graphs on Mis-NAEP-ery | School Finance 101
A few quick thoughts and graphs on Mis-NAEP-ery | School Finance 101: A few quick thoughts and graphs on Mis-NAEP-eryPosted on November 8, 20130 Yesterday gave us the release of the 2013 NAEP results, which of course brings with it a bunch of ridiculous attempts to cast those results as supporting the reform-du-jour. Most specifically yesterday, the big media buzz was around the gains from 2011 to
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5 Things You Need To Know About Your Student Loans | ED.gov Blog
5 Things You Need To Know About Your Student Loans | ED.gov Blog: 5 Things You Need To Know About Your Student LoansPosted on November 8, 2013 by Nicole CallahanIf you’re anything like me, you probably neglected to read all the fine print when you first took out your student loans. Now it’s time to start repaying them, and you have no idea where to begin…Lucky for people like us, many federal stud
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 11-8-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Bad News from Me | Diane Ravitch's blogDo New York Officials Understand NAEP Scores?This reader points out that the leaders of New York State so not understand NAEP achievement levels. They are not grade levels. “Proficiency” on NAEP means superior academic performance. Please, someone, explain the levels to them : “John King and M
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11-8-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: MORE Video: The Time is NOW to Say NO to the High Stakes Testing MadnessNow playing at MORE: 11/7 Day of ActionOk. So I'm a day late and a dollar short (what the hell does that mean?). The talented Dan Lupkin, one of MORE media's newer recruits, made this video for the Nov. 7 national day of action protesting testing madness, an idea that came out of MORE's participation in a nati
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11-8-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: When Capital Prep’s Steve Perry isn’t AWOL he is busy doing media interviews…Thursday, November 7, 8:15 AM More than 500 students are inside or headed to Capital Prep Magnet School in Hartford But Steve Perry, Capital Prep’s principal is tweeting “Birmingham Alabama! Tune in at 7:30 to WJLD. I can’t wait to be back in Birmingham w your Mayor,” Since Birmingham, Alabama is in the Centra
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11-8-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Part 2: Has Corporate Education "Reform" Earned Another 25 Years to Complete the Resegregation and Privatization Agendas?As noted in Part 1 of our consideration of the 2013 NAEP results, the twenty years of NAEP testing prior to 1990 are not presented by this year by Duncan's Little Shop of Horrors. To do so would serve as a reminder of how the dramatic narrowing of the a
by mike simpson / 8h 
11-8-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Sometimes It's Cool To Do NothingNAEP scores out - small gains on math and reading.WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!!WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS!!!SOMEBODY MUST BE FIRED, WE MUST CHANGE EVERYTHING AND MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN!!!WE CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER!!!!CHANGE COMES NOW!!!!by reality-based edu... / 5h  7-11-13 Perdido Street SchoolPerdido Street School: Another Bloomb
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11-8-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Learning and Teaching in Scarcity: How High-Stakes ‘Accountability’ Cultivates Failure | AlternetLearning and Teaching in Scarcity: How High-Stakes \’Accountability\’ Cultivates Failure | Alternet. via Learning and Teaching in Scarcity: How High-Stakes \’Accountability\’ Cultivates Failure | Alternet. via Learning and Teaching in Scarcity: How High-Stakes ‘Accountability’ Cultiva
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Send Tom Corbett Packing! | WeArePCAPS
Send Tom Corbett Packing! | WeArePCAPS: Send Tom Corbett Packing!Posted on November 8, 2013by wearepcapsYesterday protestors outnumbered supporters as Tom Corbett opened his campaign in Southeast PA in Fox Chase.   The Governor was definitely not kissing babies and pressing flesh as he was whisked into his SUV as angry demonstrators surrounded him.   The “Send Corbett Packing” U-haul van that appe
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After 5 hours of testimony, State Board sends funding law regs back for revisions | EdSource Today
After 5 hours of testimony, State Board sends funding law regs back for revisions | EdSource Today: After 5 hours of testimony, State Board sends funding law regs back for revisionsNovember 7th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By John Fensterwald2Staff and members of the State Board of Education promised to revise proposed spending rules for the new school funding system after hearing speed testimonies Thu
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With A Brooklyn Accent: While Diane Ravitch Recovers, the BATS will Carry on Her Work
With A Brooklyn Accent: While Diane Ravitch Recovers, the BATS will Carry on Her Work: While Diane Ravitch Recovers, the BATS will Carry on Her WorkAs we all hope and pray for Diane Ravitch's full recovery, let us take a moment to contemplate what with her full and enthusiastic support, this group has accomplished. In five short months, we have built an organization that has as much, or more publi
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Not Everything That Ails Public Education is Common Core | Truth in American Education
Not Everything That Ails Public Education is Common Core | Truth in American Education: Not Everything That Ails Public Education is Common CoreFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on November 8, 2013 • 0 Comments65Awareness about the Common Core is up and that is good.  I’ve been thrilled by the interest and activism that is taking place on a national and state level.  In our
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11-8-13 The Answer Sheet - Common Core implementation called ‘worse’ than Healthcare.gov launch
Common Core implementation called ‘worse’ than Healthcare.gov launch: Common Core implementation called ‘worse’ than Healthcare.gov launchBY VALERIE STRAUSSNovember 8 at 6:00 am(Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)Whether you support the Common Core State Standards or don’t, it’s hard to argue that the implementation so far has been smooth. I’ve posted some pieces about just bad the implementation of
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NYC Educator: Why a Second Language Is Important
NYC Educator: Why a Second Language Is Important: Why a Second Language Is ImportantI'm pretty lucky in that I teach English as a Second Language. Apart from the fact that my students are amazing, interesting, and unpredictable, they generally have an intrinsic motivation. If you want any sort of worthwhile future in the United States, you really have to learn English. If you're an aspiring dishwa
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Big Concerns Spur Big Turnout of Teachers at Annual NJEA Convention - NJ Spotlight
Big Concerns Spur Big Turnout of Teachers at Annual NJEA Convention - NJ Spotlight: BIG CONCERNS SPUR BIG TURNOUT OF TEACHERS AT ANNUAL NJEA CONVENTIONJOHN MOONEY | NOVEMBER 8, 2013Tougher evaluations, new standards and testing for students – and re-election of nemesis Gov. Chris Christie – among items on agendaMaybe it was the pent-up energy from the year off due to Hurricane Sandy. The New Jerse
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Racing to the Top?
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Racing to the Top?: Racing to the Top?Socrates: "We're all mortal", even Diane. AMAZING DIANE RAVITCH, still blogging from her hospital bed. But she has to cancel her Chicago talk. First Free Church would have been packed to the rafters.This week I realized that Socrates was right: All men are mortal. So are all women. I am going to take some time off and r
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How Do Teachers Teach in Turnaround Schools? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
How Do Teachers Teach in Turnaround Schools? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: How Do Teachers Teach in Turnaround Schools?I posted this piece in August of 2009. I offer it again because the points I raise in it remain relevant today. Turning around a school means that federal, state, and local officials identify a low-performing school, remove staff, and new administrators an
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YESTERDAY

For the Record: Teach for America placement | catalyst-chicago.org
For the Record: Teach for America placement | catalyst-chicago.org: For the Record: Teach for America placementShare on windycitizenShare on facebookShare on emailAs Teach for America's presence in Chicago grows, nearly 60 percent of teachers in the program are in charter schools.By: Rebecca Harris / November 7, 2013The mass teacher layoffs this year that resulted from school closings and budget c
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Monster (Teaching In The Era of Evaluations) - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson
Monster (Teaching In The Era of Evaluations) - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: Monster (Teaching In The Era of Evaluations)by JOSE VILSON on NOVEMBER 7, 2013in MR. VILSONLion RoarThe way I taught this year, you’d think I had a chip on my shoulder. I do, and now I own it.The last two months, I revamped my whole teaching style, not because Charlotte Danielson or any other education expert told me
by mike simpson / 17h 
Robben Island at 4360 Broadway southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Robben Island at 4360 BroadwayAs many of you know, I have been reassigned due to my blogging and exposing the day in and day out hypocrisy of the NYCDOE. I believe that this has been part of a vast conspiracy with my principal, Dr Alison Coviello; PhD and Principal at the center of the conspiracy. I don;t have any concrete evidence, but I believe that God shine a p
by mike simpson / 17h 
4LAKids - L.A. UNIFIED LOSES ROUND IN EFFORT TO KEEP TEACHER RATINGS SECRET
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: L.A. UNIFIED LOSES ROUND IN EFFORT TO KEEP TEACHER RATINGS SECRET: L.A. UNIFIED LOSES ROUND IN EFFORT TO KEEP TEACHER RATINGS SECRETBY HOWARD BLUME, L.A. TIMES | HTTP://LAT.MS/17HNW26November 7, 2013, 7:28 p.m.  ::  The Los Angeles Unified School District has lost a key round in a legal battle to keep the performance ratings of individual teachers confi
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On the latest D.C. NAEP Miracle | Gary Rubinstein's Blog
On the latest D.C. NAEP Miracle | Gary Rubinstein's Blog: On the latest D.C. NAEP MiracleToday the results from the 2013 NAEP came out, and ‘reformers’ everywhere are celebrating the amazing gains by states with an aggressive reform agenda.  In 2011, the average national score for the four main NAEP tests (4th grade reading, 4th grade math, 8th grade reading, and 8th grade math) was about a 250, w
by mike simpson / 19h 
Bad News from Me | Diane Ravitch's blog
Bad News from Me | Diane Ravitch's blog: Bad News from MeDear Friends,I wanted to share some not very good news about my health.This week, my hyperactivity and age caught up with me. It turns out I am not Wonder Woman but mortal me.I have been in a hospital for teo days in Brooklyn, where they determined I have blood clots in one leg and walking pneumonia. Doctors’ orders: rest.That means I cannot
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Sue Peters: Newly Elected Seattle School Board Member | Seattle Education
Sue Peters: Newly Elected Seattle School Board Member | Seattle Education: Sue Peters: Newly Elected Seattle School Board MemberThis morning Suzanne Estey conceded the race and Sue Peters is now our newly elected School Board Director for District 4 in Seattle.It really happened. David downed Goliath. The Goliath of $200,000 in PAC donations from a moneyed few as opposed to the $28,000 in donation
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2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress - Year 2013
2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): California Students Make Major Gains in National Tests,State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson AnnouncesSACRAMENTO—California's eighth graders made the biggest gain in reading scores in the country last year, the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) shows, State Superintendent of Public Instruction To
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With A Brooklyn Accent: Tennessee BAT Tales- Installment One
With A Brooklyn Accent: Tennessee BAT Tales- Installment One: Tennessee BAT Tales- Installment OneHere is what is happening in Tennessee. For the past few years, working conditions for teachers and learning conditions for students have gotten progressively worse. The emphasis on testing is hurting our schools. Teachers and students are constantly preparing, taking, or reviewing tests. Many teacher
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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 CAPTODAYCommitment to Community Schools: Alignment in Purpose | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School InsightsCommitment to Community Schools: Alignment in Purpose | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Commitment to Community S
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