Saturday, November 9, 2013

Nite Cap 11-9-13 #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


 
NYC Public School Parents: Tuesday's elections disastrous for inBloom: Seven states out, two to go
NYC Public School Parents: Tuesday's elections disastrous for inBloom: Seven states out, two to go: Tuesday's elections disastrous for inBloom: Seven states out, two to goBig News from Jefferson County, the only inBloom pilot district in Colorado. Anti-inBloom candidates swept the school board elections on Tuesday night, on Thursday their Superintendent resigned, and the existing school board unan
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Put to the Test: Adults Sample Common Core - RochesterHomepage.net
Put to the Test: Adults Sample Common Core - RochesterHomepage.net: Put to the Test: Adults Sample Common CoreFew of us had heard of Common Core before New York State adopted the controversial standards last year. The standards developed by business and education leaders are intended to help U.S. students compete in a global economy and create continuity among districts and grade levels. More than
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Chicago Teachers Union "Let Us Teach!" press conference
Full remarks from Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis and Chicago Public Schools parents at a Nov. 7, 2013, National Day of Action on Testing press conference announcing the start of the Union's "Let Us Teach!" campaign against standardized testing.
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11-9-13 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!TODAYMust Watch Video: Support the Saint Paul Federation of Teachers in a historic contract battle against standardized testing and in defense of the public schools | I AM AN EDUCATORMust Watch Video: Support the Saint Paul Federa
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Must Watch Video: Support the Saint Paul Federation of Teachers in a historic contract battle against standardized testing and in defense of the public schools | I AM AN EDUCATOR
Must Watch Video: Support the Saint Paul Federation of Teachers in a historic contract battle against standardized testing and in defense of the public schools | I AM AN EDUCATOR: Must Watch Video: Support the Saint Paul Federation of Teachers in a historic contract battle against standardized testing and in defense of the public schoolsBy I AM AN EDUCATOR on November 9, 2013Mary Cathryn Ricker, P
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NEA, AFT, Common Core, and VAM | deutsch29
NEA, AFT, Common Core, and VAM | deutsch29: NEA, AFT, Common Core, and VAMNovember 9, 2013I have been wondering about “the unions”– the two major national teachers unions– the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA). I have been told that ”the unions” are the major forces on the side of classroom teachers in this fight against the corporate takeover of Am
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Silence of the Teachers | EduShyster
Silence of the Teachers | EduShyster: Silence of the TeachersWhy one young educator rejects Educators 4 Excellence’s Corporate Agenda and you should too.By Sean LordsTeacher-led organization? The voices of classroom teachers? On the surface, Educators 4 Excellencesounds like what education policy needs—the voices of experienced classroom teachers who have inspired students to live fulfilling lives
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2nd Banana 11-9-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2 #1u
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTAND More on the Breaking Scandal: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee and the Calderon ScandalCapitol 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: E
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Read This Stunning Critique of Utilitarianism and Creative Destruction as Education Theories | janresseger
Read This Stunning Critique of Utilitarianism and Creative Destruction as Education Theories | janresseger: Read This Stunning Critique of Utilitarianism and Creative Destruction as Education TheoriesPosted on November 9, 2013 by janressegerCommonweal has published Reform of the Reform, a stunning critique of today’s dangerous, bipartisan conventional wisdom about public education.  It is, specifi
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Morning Wink 11-9-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYRetired teacher ambushes Governor Haslam and Education CommissionerRetired teacher ambushes Governor Haslam and Education Commissioner: Retired teacher ambushes Governor Haslam and Education CommissionerAn angry retired teacher ambushed the governor with some strong words at a Knox County elementary school. She's upset with how teachers are evaluated
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Retired teacher ambushes Governor Haslam and Education Commissioner
Retired teacher ambushes Governor Haslam and Education Commissioner: Retired teacher ambushes Governor Haslam and Education CommissionerAn angry retired teacher ambushed the governor with some strong words at a Knox County elementary school. She's upset with how teachers are evaluated in Tennessee classrooms. When she found out Governor Bill Haslam was in town, she lashed out at him and the educat
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Phantom board members testify in charter founder's trial - Philly.com
Phantom board members testify in charter founder's trial - Philly.com: Phantom board members testify in charter founder's trialBy Martha Woodall, Inquirer Staff WriterPOSTED: November 08, 2013Jurors in the federal wire-fraud trial of charter school founder Dorothy June Brown on Thursday heard from three phantom board members who purportedly approved management contracts that enriched companies Bro
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The lack-of-wit and lack-of-wisdom of Arne Duncan | Gary Rubinstein's Blog
The lack-of-wit and lack-of-wisdom of Arne Duncan | Gary Rubinstein's Blog: The lack-of-wit and lack-of-wisdom of Arne DuncanI became aware of Arne Duncan when I sat and watched his keynote address at the Teach For America 20 year alumni summit on February 13th 2011.  In that speech he made a claim about how he helped turn around a school in Chicago by firing the teachers and turning it into a cha
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teacherken at Daily Kos 11-9-13
teacherken at Daily Kos: Iced Venti Unsweetened Black Tea Lemonade with extra lemonadeThat was the request my beloved wife, Leaves on the Current, made to me over the phone as I was driving home from school.  She had returned from the clinic monitoring her for her autologous stem cell transplant to further combat her blood cancer. Some context perhaps will explain the importance of that request. S
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With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week 11-9-13
With A Brooklyn Accent: Powerful Speech to Her Local Rotary Club by a North Carolina Teacher...Cristi Lackey Julsrud Hi BATs! As my school's teacher of the year, I was invited to speak at our local Rotary Club for their monthly luncheon. The people there were representatives from the business community. I was supposed to talk about my school, and myself , and my teaching, and how everything is all
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All Week @ The Answer Sheet 11-9-13
The Answer Sheet:Starr, Alonso: Candidates for NYC schools chancellor?Two education leaders in the greater Washington region — which for the purposes of this post includes Baltimore — are believed to be among those under considering to become the next chancellor of the largest school district in the country, New York City. Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio has said he will hire someone who has […]    10 
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11-9-13 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 SocietyWe 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
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11-9-13 Wait What? All Week
Wait What?:            Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis on Paul VallasLewis addresses Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s decision to name Paul Vallas to be his running mate: ”The Chicago Teachers Union has supported Governor Quinn in the past because of his commitment to grassroots organizing, publicly funded public education, and collective bargaining. For these reasons we are concerned ab
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11-9-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumMann Building UpdateThe Latest:Based on information I got today at the BEX Oversight Committee meeting, I knew that it was likely that an attempt would be made to clear the Mann Building.  I observed the building for a period of time late this afternoon.  I saw several people stop and look at the still-locked gates including a construc
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11-9-13 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlinePatrick Sullivan and Leonie Haimson on Leo Casey Slam at Carol BurrisPatrick J. Sullivan @PSulliv @leoniehaimson @carolburris Didn't Casey blast @carolburris when she raised issues with the teacher evals? leonie haimson @leoniehaimson .@PSulliv yup, wonder if @LeoECasey will apologize to @carolburris now & admit she was right 10:28 PM - 6 Nov 2013A follow-up to
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11-9-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman:Mythbusting Chris Cerf at @NJEA: PreludeChris Cerf, New Jersey's Commissioner of Education, gave a remarkable speech today at the NJEA convention in Atlantic City. I'll get to the content soon enough, including some busting of the "myths" Cerf tried to sell us today. But before we get to that: let's deal with the elephant in the room, shall we? CHRIS CERF (11/8/13): Look,
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11-9-13 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.The in box. Medicare Advantage retiree meeting in Buffalo Grove.Fred, Senator Julie Morrison called late this afternoon to announce that a timely meeting for the purpose of presenting information about the State of Illinois Medicare Advant
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11-9-13 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street SchoolIs Governor Cuomo Looking To Use The Pine Bush Anti-Semitism Allegations To Dump NYSED Commissioner John King?What do you make of this story?Top state officials responded publicly and with distress today to a New York Times article detailing anti-Semitic incidents in the Pine Bush school district. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the State Police and Div
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11-9-13 Radical Scholarship
Radical Scholarship: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, NCLB was a corner stone of his agenda, and when then-Secretary
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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 11-9-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYNo, L.A. School Reformers, Grit Does Not Equal Giving Students Rewards & Being Data-DrivenAnyone who has read my blog or my books knows that I’m a big supporter of Social Emotional Learning, including helping students develop “grit” (see The Best Resources For Learning About The Importa
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This Week's Education Research Report 11-9-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTSecondary Math Teachers from Teach for America: higher scores on end-of-year mathematics achievement tests“The Effectiveness of Secondary Math Teachers from Teach for America and the Teaching Fellows Program”This study examined the impact of Teach for America (TFA) and The New Teacher Project’s Teaching Fellows (TF) programs on the math
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 11-9-13
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT  iPads: A MIDNIGHT SURPRISEby email from: BoardAgenda@LAUSD.NET Sat, Nov 9, 2013 12:06 amAttached is the Revised Order of Business for the Regular Board Meeting of November 12, 2013. The Order of Business was revised to include revised language for Tab 41, Resolution on Common Core Technology Project, and addin
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NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education 11-9-13
NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education:NPE News BriefsTest and Punish, by John Kuhn Reviewed: An American Horror Story | Russ on ReadingKuhn, J. (2013) Test and Punish: How the Texas Education Model Gave America Accountability without Equity. Austin, TX. Park Place Publications John Kuhn has a story tell. It is a horror story worthy of Stephen King made even more horrible because
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11-9-13 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter:  Schools Matter All WeekTea Party School Bus Hijack, Muncie, Indianaby Doug Martin While Douglas Storm and I were exposing the corporate assault on our schools on WFHB radio on Eugene V. Debs’ birthday during the Zinn Read-In at Purdue, Tea Party front men were spreading misinformation in Muncie, Indiana, which stopped a property tax referendum vote from passing, leaving public sch
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All Week 11-9-13 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: All Week @ THE CHALK FACE Open Letter to My Local Teacher’s UnionDear President Elizabeth Davis, First and foremost, I wish to extend warm felt congratulations to you, and Ms. Candi Peterson. I wish both of you a successful term as President and General Vice President of the Washington Teacher’s Union. My name is Angel L. Cintron Jr., and I’m a third year DCP
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 11-9-13 -13 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGBad News from Me | Diane Ravitch's blogSign the Get Well Card for Diane Ravitch - The Action NetworkSign the Get Well Card for Diane Ravitch - The Action Network: Sign the Get Well Card for Diane RavitchSign the get well card and tell Diane to get well soon. We know she will continue to fight for our students and schools
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YESTERDAY


Daily Kos: Iced Venti Unsweetened Black Tea Lemonade with extra lemonade
Daily Kos: Iced Venti Unsweetened Black Tea Lemonade with extra lemonade: Iced Venti Unsweetened Black Tea Lemonade with extra lemonadebyteacherkenFollowThat was the request my beloved wife, Leaves on the Current, made to me over the phone as I was driving home from school.  She had returned from the clinic monitoring her for her autologous stem cell transplant to further combat her blood cancer.S
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11-8-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: Mythbusting Chris Cerf at @NJEA: PreludeChris Cerf, New Jersey's Commissioner of Education, gave a remarkable speech today at the NJEA convention in Atlantic City. I'll get to the content soon enough, including some busting of the "myths" Cerf tried to sell us today. But before we get to that: let's deal with the elephant in the room, shall we? CHRIS CERF (11/8/13): Look,
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These 11 Leaders Are Running Education But Have Never Taught
These 11 Leaders Are Running Education But Have Never Taught: These 11 Leaders Are Running Education But Have Never TaughtThe Huffington Post  |  By Rebecca Klein Posted: 11/08/2013 12:17 pm EST  |  Updated: 11/08/2013 4:52 pm EST7841061175GET POLITICS NEWSLETTERS:SUBSCRIBEFOLLOW:Arne Duncan, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Bloomberg, Video, Bill Gates Education,Education Influencers Never Te
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Statement by Chicago Teachers Union President Karen GJ Lewis, NBCT on the selection of Paul Vallas as Governor Quinn’s running mate
Speaking of Zombies, Heaven  Help Us!
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Quinn-Vallas: This just got digusting - chicagotribune.com
Quinn-Vallas: This just got interesting - chicagotribune.com: Quinn-Vallas ticket: This just got interestingVallas brings depth and sense of urgencyEmailNovember 9, 2013Type "Paul Vallas" into the Tribune's story archive, and one of the first stories begins this way:"A longtime state government fiscal expert was named Tuesday as the City of Chicago's new revenue director, and he was
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11-8-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Ways To Support Students Setting GoalsI’ve written a lot about student goal-setting in this blog (see The Best Posts On Students Setting Goals) and have included lesson plans in my books. Last month, I wrote about how our school has decided to explicitly emphasize Social Emotional Learning, and how our Small Learning Commun
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Sign the Get Well Card for Diane Ravitch - The Action Network
Sign the Get Well Card for Diane Ravitch - The Action Network: Sign the Get Well Card for Diane RavitchSign the get well card and tell Diane to get well soon. We know she will continue to fight for our students and schools and we are with her all the way!Sign the Get Well Card for Diane Ravitch - The Action Network:
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Test-and-Punish How the Texas Education Model Gave America Accountability without Equity
Test-and-Punish: Test-and-PunishTest-and-Punish:How the Texas Education ModelGave America Accountability without Equityby John KuhnItem # 01-0045ISBN: 978-0-9852527-1-7150 est. pages, paperback, 6×9 How did America become a nation that skimps on its schools, overtests its children, hamstrings its teachers, and penalizes them all according to student test scores? In Test-and-Punish, John Kuhn trace
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De Blasio aims to reverse education policies in New York - The Washington Post
De Blasio aims to reverse education policies in New York - The Washington Post: De Blasio puts education reform at top of his agenda as New York City mayorCARLO ALLEGRI/Reuters - Bill de Blasio hugs his wife, Chirlane, and children Chiara and Dante during his election victory party at the Park Slope Armory in New York on Tuesday.By Lyndsey Layton and Michael Alison Chandler, Friday, November 8, 4:
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Is Portland Public Schools hiring substitute teachers to prepare for a strike?: PPS News | OregonLive.com
Is Portland Public Schools hiring substitute teachers to prepare for a strike?: PPS News | OregonLive.com: Is Portland Public Schools hiring substitute teachers to prepare for a strike?: PPS NewsThe rumor mill started up this week soon after Portland Public Schools opened up its substitute pool.The district recently sent out notices to various graduate schools, such as Western Oregon University an
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Why I Cannot Support the Common Core Standards | toteachornototeach
Why I Cannot Support the Common Core Standards | toteachornototeach: Why I Cannot Support the Common Core Standardsby Diane RavitchI have thought long and hard about the Common Core standards.I have decided that I cannot support them.In this post, I will explain why.I have long advocated for voluntary national standards, believing that it would be helpful to states and districts to have general gu
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SPAC Meeting Agenda, November 2013 - Migrant
SPAC Meeting Agenda, November 2013 - Migrant (CA Dept of Education): SPAC Meeting Agenda, November 2013The agenda for the November 2013 State Parent Advisory Council (SPAC) meeting.State Parent Advisory CouncilRegular MeetingSaturday, November 16, 20138:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.Holiday InnSacramento, CaliforniaAgendaTimeTopicPresenterItem 18:30 to 9:00 a.m.Welcome, Review of Agenda, Selection of Represent
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Ed Researcher on WI Speaking Tour About Impact of Vouchers | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity
Ed Researcher on WI Speaking Tour About Impact of Vouchers | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: Ed Researcher on WI Speaking Tour About Impact of VouchersPosted on: Friday November 8th, 2013Tom Beebe, Opportunity to Learn – WisconsinNationally recognized researcher and academic Devon Carlson will be in Wisconsin in November on a week-long tour to
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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 CAPTODAYThe Network For Public Education | Diane Ravitch takes a breakThe 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
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