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Foundation Created by Family of Walmart Founder Gives $6 Million to School Voucher Organization
Foundation Created by Family of Walmart Founder Gives $6 Million to School Voucher Organization: Foundation Created by Family of Walmart Founder Gives $6 Million to School Voucher OrganizationBY MICHAEL GRYBOSKI, CHRISTIAN POST REPORTERDecember 27, 2013|3:08 pmA charity organization created by the family of the founder of the retail chain Walmart has given millions of dollars to a pro-vouchers lob
'Reign of Error,' by Diane Ravitch - SFGate
'Reign of Error,' by Diane Ravitch - SFGate: 'Reign of Error,' by Diane RavitchGlenn C. AltschulerPublished 4:51 pm, Friday, December 27, 2013Reign of ErrorThe Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public SchoolsBy Diane Ravitch(Knopf; 396 pages; $27.95)Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, think tanks, philanthropic founda
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-28-13 Diane Ravitch's blog A site to discuss better education for all #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Edward F. Berger on the Ignorant Mindset Destroying American EducationEdward Berger invites you to watch some important TED talks, which he uses to make a point about the appalling ignorance of some of our key “thought leaders.” Berger writes: To get the most out of this blog, view Ted Talks 2011 – Knowledge Is Power. #1: Sir Ken R
12-29-13 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Florida’s School Grade Chaos: “Raising the Bar” Became “Moving the Bar After Everyone Jumped”Is anyone really surprised to see the Miami Herald has another story about Florida’s school grades with ”confused parents” and the “credibility gap facing Florida education leade
12-29-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Bob Lyons. “It’s not personal.”Bob Lyons is a member of the Teacher Retirement System board of trustees. He represents the retirees on the board. The board of trustees is now a defendant in the IRTA suit to overturn the pension-busting Senate Bill 1. Fred, The TRS board was told at the start of the mo
12-29-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: A Reminder: “The Children Do Notice”A Reminder: \”The Children Do Notice\”. via A Reminder: “The Children Do Notice”.by plthomasedd / 1h hide // saveDid The American Federation of Teachers Really Do This???Last month, Boston voters elected a new Mayor, arguably with a little help from a mysterious political action committee that dumped $480,000 into the campaign during its fina
12-29-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): A Reminder: “The Children Do Notice”Most of us who teach are now in a moment of pause, between semesters, between classes. Although we are mid-academic year, we are facing a new calendar year, traditionally a time to reflect, recommit, and redirect. I offer below a repos
12-29-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: NYCDOE Investigator Demanded Sex From Teacher To Save Her JobHere's Mayor Bloomberg's NYCDOE in action - the story is so horrifying via Susan Edelman at the NY Post, I repost it in full:A Department of Education detective tried to have sex with a Brooklyn teacher he was probing in exchange for letting her keep her job, she charges. Investigator Lawrence Scott, 40, allegedly
NYC Public School Parents: Sullivan Thanks Scott Stringer for Support, Resigns from School Board
NYC Public School Parents: Sullivan Thanks Scott Stringer for Support, Resigns from School Board: Sullivan Thanks Scott Stringer for Support, Resigns from School BoardWith Scott Stringer's inauguration as the Comptroller of the City of New York, my service on the Panel for Educational Policy as his appointee will come to an end. I sent the letter below to formally resign and thank him for his yea
Science, Math, and History: The Historic Struggle to Marry Content and Pedagogy | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Science, Math, and History: The Historic Struggle to Marry Content and Pedagogy | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Science, Math, and History: The Historic Struggle to Marry Content and PedagogyEntangled, impossible to separate, that is what content and pedagogy have been and are in U.S. schooling. But not to reformers.For decades, in science, math, and history policymakers, re
empathyeducates – Opinion: Halt Broken Charter School Expansion Process
empathyeducates – Opinion: Halt Broken Charter School Expansion Process: Opinion: Halt Broken Charter School Expansion Processfile photographCharter operator used political connections to receive funding and approvalBy Mark W. Anderson | Originally Published at The Ward Room. NBC Chicago. December 26, 2013First UNO. Now Concept.Clearly, something’s wrong.Monday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported a po
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Common Core has turned into a testing fiasco
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Common Core has turned into a testing fiasco: Common Core has turned into a testing fiascoThe education world is scrambling to avoid its own version of a full-scale HealthCare.gov meltdown when millions of students pilot new digital Common Core tests this spring, writes Caitlin Emma at Politico. The tests will be given on a massive scale: Roughly 4.2 million thi
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deutsch29 | Mercedes Schneider's EduBlog
deutsch29 | Mercedes Schneider's EduBlog: NGA “Corporate Fellows”: Providing Governors Ideas That WorkFor four of the five years that I taught in Northwestern Georgia, I taught at an alternative school. Every time I received a new student, it meant that the student had been expelled from a district public school. I had a student who built a bomb and discharged it on a principal’s lawn. I had a st
Quiet and Submissive | Connected Principals
Quiet and Submissive | Connected Principals: Quiet and Submissiveby George Couros • December 29, 2013 • 0 Commentscc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo shared by Rebecca Barray“Being quiet and being submissive. I think that’s frankly the only thing being taught right now. ..how do you be submissive? How do you sit patiently and be disengaged for an hour and take it?” Sal KhanI have talked to a few ed
We active and retired teachers refuse to be silenced or kept in silence. | Reclaim Reform
We active and retired teachers refuse to be silenced or kept in silence. | Reclaim Reform: We active and retired teachers refuse to be silenced or kept in silence.Posted on December 28, 2013by Ken PrevitiWhere is the leadership of the Illinois Education Association? Please tell us what is happening now that the Illinois legislature has approved the pillage of pensions for active and retired teache
Nite Cap 12-28-13 #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 CAPDIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Happy New Year: An Educator's Resolutions!DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Happy New Year: An Educator's Resolutions!: Happy New Year: An Educator's Resolutions!SuccessintheClassroomHave a Wonderful 2014! I re
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Happy New Year: An Educator's Resolutions!
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Happy New Year: An Educator's Resolutions!: Happy New Year: An Educator's Resolutions!SuccessintheClassroomHave a Wonderful 2014! I resolve to:treat all students fairly, regardless of race, gender, age, behavior, a parent's nasty attitude, the comments from last year's teachers, or seemingly lack of interest in learning continue to follow Rita Pierson's advice, a
Pope Francis: Wall Street, 'Idolatry Of Money' Will Lead Us To Hell: Gothamist
Pope Francis: Wall Street, 'Idolatry Of Money' Will Lead Us To Hell: Gothamist: Pope Francis: Wall Street, 'Idolatry Of Money' Will Lead Us To HellPope Francis issued a blistering attack on capitalism and the "tyranny of markets" in his new apostolic exhortation. He wrote, "Money must serve, not rule! The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but he is obliged in the name of Chr
Dear teachers | Math Wizards
Dear teachers | Math Wizards: Dear teachersWe were sent this letter today and told this was recently sent out by a group of parents and teachers who want to focus on the real problems in public education. WE think it speaks for many! Dear Teachers:It’s time to wake up to the disaster in public education. It’s time to start identifying the REAL people who’ve helped destroy public education over th
12-28-13 Saturday Matinée Special Double Feature Corporate Reform 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!SKrashen: What research really says about "explicit and structured" phonicsSKrashen: What research really says about "explicit and structured" phonics: What research really says about "explicit and structu
SKrashen: What research really says about "explicit and structured" phonics
SKrashen: What research really says about "explicit and structured" phonics: What research really says about "explicit and structured" phonicsSent to the West Australian (Dec. 28) "New reading rules for kids," (Dec. 27) states that " ...international research has found that explicit and structured teaching of phonics - the relationship between letters and sounds
8 disappearing tax breaks - Teachers' expenses - Dec. 27, 2013
8 disappearing tax breaks - Dec. 27, 2013: 8 disappearing tax breaksBy Blake Ellis @blakeellis3 December 27, 2013: 4:02 AM ETSome popular tax breaks are set to disappear at the end of the year -- unless Congress extends them.3KTOTAL SHARES2K166398NEW YORK (CNNMoney)Dozens of popular tax breaks are on the verge of disappearing.Credits and deductions benefiting everyone from teachers and students t
On the Metamorphosis from Private Citizen to ‘Public Enemy’ | Bill Ayers
On the Metamorphosis from Private Citizen to ‘Public Enemy’ | Bill Ayers: "From the Chicago Trib, via "On the Metamorphosis from Private Citizen to ‘Public Enemy’December 13, 2013 |By Bill AyersBuy the Book At:Amazon Barnes & Noble iBooks IndieboundYou Might Also Like:The Great, Bright Future of Lady Bird JohnsonNelson Mandela’s Life and Legacy Celebrated at Madiba, a South African H
2013 in Review Part 4: Teachers, Unions, and the Best Path Forward - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
2013 in Review Part 4: Teachers, Unions, and the Best Path Forward - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: 2013 in Review Part 4: Teachers, Unions, and the Best Path ForwardBy Anthony Cody on December 28, 2013 12:40 PMAs I bring my review of the year 2013 to a close, the last theme to emerge is a poignant one. I have shared my concerns about Common Core, corporate reform and the poor polici
2nd Banana 12-28-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2 #1u
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POST What kind of Jihad is This? Gulen Charter Schools in America -Turkish probe marks AKP-Gulen power struggleTurkish probe marks AKP-Gulen power struggle - Features - Al Jazeera English: About Gulen charter schoolsIn 1999, members of the Gulen Movement, a secretive and controversial cult-like religious group,opened their first charter school
Morning Wink 12-28-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSThe American Enterprise Institute, Common Core, and “Good Cop” | deutsch29The American Enterprise Institute, Common Core, and “Good Cop” | deutsch29: The American Enterprise Institute, Common Core, and “Good Cop”December 28, 2013In my research on Gates’ Common Core State Standards (CCSS) spending, I came across this unusual grant to the pro-reform group, t
