Thursday, December 12, 2013

Nite Cap 12-12-13 #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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NYC Educator: Padded Cell a Win-Win for KIPP
NYC Educator: Padded Cell a Win-Win for KIPP: Padded Cell a Win-Win for KIPPSure it's barbaric to keep young children in padded cells. It's clearly a cruel way to treat a child, and it's very tough to see how that is not an abject violation of Chancellor's Regulations against corporal punishment and abuse. Of course, rules are for the little people. Were a UFT teacher to toss a kid in a padded cell, you'd better believe there'd be an investigation, and very likely a removal from the classroom.But KIPP says they're gonna just keep on tossing kids into padded cells. If they can be believed, whic
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NYC Public School Parents: Senator Flanagan's Privacy Bill unacceptable to parents; omits any mention of parental consent or opt out
NYC Public School Parents: Senator Flanagan's Privacy Bill unacceptable to parents; omits any mention of parental consent or opt out: Senator Flanagan's Privacy Bill unacceptable to parents; omits any mention of parental consent or opt outFor immediate release: Thursday, December 12, 2013For more information contact: Leonie Haimson, leonie@classsizematters.org; 917-435-9329SEN. FLANAGAN’S PRIVACY BILL UNACCEPTABLE TO PARENTS;OMITS ANY MENTION OF PARENTAL CONSENT OR OPT OUTToday, after holding public hearings throughout the state, Senator John Flanagan, the chair of Senate Education Department
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: KIPP Guru Seligman helped develop GITMO interrogation techniques
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: KIPP Guru Seligman helped develop GITMO interrogation techniques: KIPP Guru Seligman helped develop GITMO interrogation techniquesThanks to reader Dienne (see comment below) for pointing out the role played by KIPP guru Seligman in developing interrogation techniques used on the prisoners at Guantanamo. While Seligman denies working for the SERE Program or directly for the CIA (he was granted a $31-million no-bid Army contract to provide “resilience training” to US soldiers), his own experiments, using electric shocks on caged dogs, heavily influenced the Bush Ad
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TODAY

Candidate Ali Cooper could make Jay Schenirer's re-election a real contest - Bites - Sacramento News & Review -
Sacramento News & Review - Candidate Ali Cooper could make Jay Schenirer's re-election a real contest - Bites - Opinions - December 12, 2013: Candidate Ali Cooper could make Jay Schenirer's re-election a real contestThe labor activist is going up against the Sacramento City Council incumbentBy Cosmo Garvin cosmog@newsreview.comRelated stories:Big-box theoryLower prices. Lower wages. Local busi
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Poll: 75% of school board members oppose data sharing (videos) | The Journal News | lohud.com | lohud.com
Poll: 75% of school board members oppose data sharing (videos) | The Journal News | lohud.com | lohud.com: Poll: 75% of school board members oppose data sharing (videos) Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, on Common Core: Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers talks about the impact of the Common Core on students. ( Video by Ricky Flores
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Daniel Henninger: Will Bill de Blasio Choke Charter Schools? - WSJ.com We can only HOPE
Daniel Henninger: Will Bill de Blasio Choke Charter Schools? - WSJ.com: Email Print Save↓ More  Comments Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedInsmaller  LargerDec. 11, 2013 7:06 p.m. ETIncome inequality is the Democratic Party's new bumper sticker. And the newest driver of the party's income-inequality election bus is New York City's mayor-elect, Bill de Blasio.Running for election on "a tale of tw
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12-12-13 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG Letter to the Editor: The Secret Ingredient to Building Resilience in Children
Letter to the Editor: The Secret Ingredient to Building Resilience in Children — Whole Child Education: Letter to the Editor: The Secret Ingredient to Building Resilience in ChildrenDecember 12, 2013 by ASCD Whole Child BloggersDear Editor,The following is a response to the excellent articles in a recent issue of ASCD'sEducational Leadership magazine. I am a Montessori school principal living and
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Measuring the Influence of Education Advocacy: The Case of Louisiana's School Choice Legislation | Brookings Institution
Measuring the Influence of Education Advocacy: The Case of Louisiana's School Choice Legislation | Brookings Institution: Measuring the Influence of Education Advocacy: The Case of Louisiana's School Choice LegislationBy: Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst, David Stuit, Claire Graves and Sy DoanAs evidenced by a seemingly endless list of controversies – from Common Core to teacher evaluations,
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STEM Cells | EduShyster
STEM Cells | EduShyster: STEM Cells What if there was an easy peasy way to solve the skills gap, the STEM gap, the achievement gap, the expectations gap and the next, yet-to-be-named gap? Great news, reader! According to the New York Times a solution to our STEMtacular crisis lies within imminent reach. You see, reader, our failed and failing public schools rely on conventional methods to teach ma
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12-12-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Jay Saper on TFA and Subsequent KIPP Recruiting ExperienceI talked with an amazing young man the other day about his getting booted out of TFA during the early fall of 2013. His name is Jay Saper, and, despite his recent experiences, he remains articulate, confident, and eager to become a real teacher with real teacher preparation and credentials. From our long conversation, it bec
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Anti-union, Nonprofit Shill Attacks AFT | deutsch29
Anti-union, Nonprofit Shill Attacks AFT | deutsch29: Anti-union, Nonprofit Shill Attacks AFTDecember 12, 2013On December 10, 2013, the Center for Union Facts (CUF) (don’t believe the name) sponsored a full-page ad in the New York Times attributing the “high school slip in global rankings” to a single issue: The failure of American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten to promote merit
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Cali Education Headlines Thursday, December 12, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Superintendent to retire from Capistrano UnifiedEducation HeadlinesThursday, December 12, 2013FCMAT provides links to California K-12 news stories as a service to the industry. However, some stories may not be accessible because of newspapers' subscription policies.Renaissance High in Long Beach to get $40 million renovationA new auditorium m
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A Standard Curriculum Won't Erase Gaps - Bridging Differences - Education Week
A Standard Curriculum Won't Erase Gaps - Bridging Differences - Education Week: A Standard Curriculum Won't Erase GapsBy Deborah Meier on December 12, 2013 11:01 AMDeborah Meier's conversation with Robert Pondiscio continues today.Dear Robert,Democracy is not easy or maybe even possible to mandate—as the story of many a so-called democracy should remind us.  So, too, for schools that prepare us fo
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Morning Wink 12-12-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTS mark as readLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-12-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Charter Founder in Ohio Makes Large Political Contributions, Gets RichThe blogger Plunderbund here documents the conditions in which certain major charter operators in Ohio become
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-12-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Charter Founder in Ohio Makes Large Political Contributions, Gets RichThe blogger Plunderbund here documents the conditions in which certain major charter operators in Ohio become financially very successful. In this instance, he tells the story of William Lager, founder of ECOT (the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow), who has gener
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Brookings Researcher Exposes Human Rights Violation Under Shanghai PISA Scores | janresseger
Brookings Researcher Exposes Human Rights Violation Under Shanghai PISA Scores | janresseger: Brookings Researcher Exposes Human Rights Violation Under Shanghai PISA ScoresPosted on December 12, 2013 by janressegerFor two weeks now when the conversation lags at dinner, my husband has been asking, “Has anyone shown yet why the sponsors of the PISA test let China report the scores of particular scho
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: KIPP's child abuse for other people's children
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: KIPP's child abuse for other people's children: KIPP's child abuse for other people's childrenKIPP padded cell for kindergartnersSince their start in Houston in 1994, KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) charter schools have been the most celebrated of the No Excuses schools.But reports that a KIPP charter school in N.Y. is locking children in a padded cell in order to
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12-12-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: News Flash: Connecticut school superintendents take unprecedented action against Commissioner PryorThe Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS), a one hundred and six-year-old association made up of the key local school administrators from across Connecticut, is taking the unprecedented step of issuing a formal letter of concern or complaint to Stefan Pryor, Gov
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The Educated Reporter: Guest Post: Innovations in Classroom Technology
The Educated Reporter: Guest Post: Innovations in Classroom Technology: Guest Post: Innovations in Classroom TechnologyWith lawmakers on both sides of the aisle touting the value of a computer science education, and President Obama using a video message to urge every American to learn how to code, it seemed like the ideal time to revisit a session from EWA's 66th National Seminar, which held at St
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12-12-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Secret policymaking on school reform is on the riseEducation reform policy around the country is increasingly being made in secret or without public input — and with a lot of private philanthropic money. A number of  recent stories reveal the extent to which policy makers and school reformers are going to push their reform agenda to expand charter schools and vouchers in an […]  
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12-12-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Resources On New Year CelebrationsI’ve just updated The Best Sites For Learning About New Year Celebrations. Feel free to make additional suggestions for the list….by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h YESTERDAYDecember’s Best Tweets — Part TwoEvery month I make a few short lists highlighting my choices of the best resources I through (an
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12-12-13 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.: The Illinois senior tax. Retirees pay 25%. Corporations pay zero.Reader Phil writes: All calculations indicate most retirees will lose 25-35% of their revenue stream over the next 20-30 years under the new law. This has the same effect as taxing us seniors by a rate of 25%. So we now have a tax system
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12-12-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Carmen Farina Introduces Diane Ravitch at PS 15K Community Library OpeningYesterday was a big day for the PS 15K community in Redhook with two red hot ed superstars, Diane Ravitch and rumored next chancellor Carmen Farina, in attendance. Actually in my book, 3 superstars if you count Julie Cavanagh, PS 15 chapter leader and one of the event organizers.Carmen Farina has been the ch
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12-2-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Thomas: Charter schools not a smart investment for S.C.Thomas: Charter schools not a smart investment for S.C. (The State, Columbia, SC). via Thomas: Charter schools not a smart investment for S.C. (The State, Columbia, SC).by plthomasedd / 2h 12-10-13 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: VAM Fails Test, Again: The Bizarro World of Education ReformVAM Fails Test, Again: The Bizarro
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12-12-13 With A Brooklyn Accent
With A Brooklyn Accent: When Common Core Is Viewed as "Just War"- The NY State Ed Dept's Politics of CynicismAfter seeing  NY State Regents Chair Merryl Tisch in action at the Bronx Common Core Forum without Commissioner King present, I am convinced the Regents are approaching the transition to Common Core as a "just war" in which they are willing to accept a very high number o
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12-12-13 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: Desperately Seeking the New FCATIn Anastasia Dawson’s Tampa Tribune story from one week ago: Leaders from the Florida Association of District School Superintendents and the Florida School Board Association voted Thursday to lobby state legislators for a three-year extens
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12-12-13 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): Thomas: Charter schools not a smart investment for S.C.Charter schools not a smart investment for S.C. See full data tables and analysis HERE.by plthomasedd / 3h  12-11-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindnessthe becoming radical | A Place for a Pedag
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The Crocodiles Are Circling… – redqueeninla
The Crocodiles Are Circling… – redqueeninla: The Crocodiles Are Circling…Written by redqueeninla in LAUSDThis past week saw the death of sitting LAUSD board member Marguerite LaMotte.  She was an icon of her predominantly black, South-Central district of nearly 2/3 of a million people.  She was partisan and plain-spoken and politically astute.  She was explicit about her unease with charter school
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12-12-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: KIPP Plans To Keep Padded Cell To Punish StudentsYesterday the Daily News reported a KIPP school in NYC uses a padded cell for "time outs" for children who act out in school.One child was so distraught by the experience that an ambulance was called.There has been much outrage about the KIPP padded cell story, but the DN reports today that KIPP plans to keep the pra
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It's Beginning to Sound (Depressingly) Like Christmas: Four Tips for Educators - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
It's Beginning to Sound (Depressingly) Like Christmas: Four Tips for Educators - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: It's Beginning to Sound (Depressingly) Like Christmas: Four Tips for EducatorsBy Nancy Flanagan on December 12, 2013 6:56 AMNo, I'm not referring to the abundant winter/holiday programs happening in schools everywhere this month. I embrace seasonal performances. Havi
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My need for Family Leave #FAMILYAct
My need for Family Leave #FAMILYAct « MomsRising Blog: mark as readHow the FAMILY Act Will Help Direct Care Workers, Their Clients, and Our EconomyNext Tuesday, December 12, will be an important day in the fight to help direct care workers and their families and other hard-working people in the U.S. On that day, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) wil
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YESTERDAY

Daily Kos: Perhaps it takes someone who has been poor
Daily Kos: Perhaps it takes someone who has been poor: Perhaps it takes someone who has been poorbyteacherkenFollowto know how gross the recent statement by Rand Paul about extended unemployment insurance really was.I cannot claim to be that person, although there were brief times where I did not know how I would pay for my next meal.  But my rent was paid, I had a job, and I knew I would get thro
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Are You a Leader or Manager? | Connected Principals
Are You a Leader or Manager? | Connected Principals: Are You a Leader or Manager?by Sam LeDeaux • December 11, 2013 • 0 CommentsMost school districts claim to want to move from good to great, become world class, become a 21st century district, or fill in the slogan blank.  Getting past the cliches (and the fact that we’re 14 years into the 21st century already), effective implementation of these t
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Holy Crap. Cooper Union Just Blinked on Tuition. |
Holy Crap. Cooper Union Just Blinked on Tuition. |: Holy Crap. Cooper Union Just Blinked on Tuition.December 11, 2013 in StudentsExtraordinary. A victory on tuition at Cooper Union may be possible after all.Today the Cooper Union board of trustees met for the first time after the college’s Working Group on tuition policy finished its deliberations. Though the trustees had previously approved a pro
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SBSB Calls For the Arrest, Prosecution, and Conviction of KIPP Principal Anokhi Saraiya - southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: SBSB Calls For the Arrest, Prosecution, and Conviction of KIPP Principal Anokhi SaraiyaImagine if you are a mommy and one day you drop off your son at school. As you leave him and head to work thoughts of his learning, exploring, and creating are going through your head. You smile as you get to work with those wonderful thoughts still in your head.As you walk into
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Head Start funding partially restored in federal budget deal | EdSource Today
Head Start funding partially restored in federal budget deal | EdSource Today: Head Start funding partially restored in federal budget dealDecember 11th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By Jane Adams and Lillian MongeauA Head Start teacher and students in class in California. Credit: Lillian Mongeau, EdSource TodayHead Start received a reprieve Tuesday under the new Congressional budget agreement that woul
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Education For The 21st Century
Education For The 21st Century: Education For The 21st CenturyReading various commentaries about what should be taught in our schools in order to provide the best opportunity for student success in the 21st Century has got me thinking. It seems there are at least three primary areas that education should address: National/State/Local Needs, Economic Needs, and Personal Growth. Of course there coul
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NYU students allowed to unionize, hope to set precedent | Al Jazeera America
NYU students allowed to unionize, hope to set precedent | Al Jazeera America: NYU students allowed to unionize, hope to set precedentby Peter Moskowitz @PeterMoskowitz December 11, 2013 2:12PM ETGraduate students circumvent the National Labor Relations Board in favor of independent unionizationTopics: New York College EducationStan Honda/AFP/Getty ImagesIt’s not exactly what they hoped for, but Ne
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Nite Cap 12-11-13 #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 CAPmark as read229 Million Children Are Officially Invisible - Ryan Jacobs - The Atlantic229 Million Children Are Officially Invisible - Ryan Jacobs - The Atlantic: 229 Million Children Are Officially InvisibleAccording to a new report, the births o
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