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Nite Cap 12-18-13 #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."


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2013 in Review Part 1: Charter Schools: Public, Private, or Parasitic? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
2013 in Review Part 1: Charter Schools: Public, Private, or Parasitic? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: 2013 in Review Part 1: Charter Schools: Public, Private, or Parasitic?By Anthony Cody on December 18, 2013 6:15 PMThe year 2013 was when corporate reform truly unraveled. From John Merrow's exposure of Michelle Rhee, to the revelations about Tony Bennett's school grade-fixing scandal, to Pearson's fine for illegal lobbying, a great many "conspiracy theories" were found to be true. I have been reviewing the past year of posts on this blog, and several themes emerge fro
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Cynthia Russett, Historian of Women, Dies at 76 - NYTimes.com
Cynthia Russett, Historian of Women, Dies at 76 - NYTimes.com: By MARGALIT FOXPublished: December 18, 2013FACEBOOKTWITTERGOOGLE+SAVEEMAILSHAREPRINTREPRINTSEnlarge This ImageMichael Marsland/Yale UniversityCynthia Eagle Russett in her office at Yale.Enlarge This ImageHarvard University PressProfessor Russett's best-known book.The cause was multiple myeloma, according to Yale University, where she was the Larnard professor of history.A historian of 19th- and 20th-century intellectual life, Professor Russett attracted wide attention with her book “Sexual Science: The Victorian Construction of Wom
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Daily round-up: State has most new national board-certified teachers, study finds kids understand math early | Education Lab Blog | Seattle Times
Daily round-up: State has most new national board-certified teachers, study finds kids understand math early | Education Lab Blog | Seattle Times: Daily round-up: State has most new national board-certified teachers, study finds kids understand math earlyPosted by Caitlin MoranWashington tops country with new national board-certified teachers: Washington added 516 new national board-certified teachers to its roster this week — the highest number of any state in 2013. The new additions bring the state’s total number of board-certified instructors to 7,333, the fourth-highest in the nation.Child
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TODAY

As Cursive Fades, Coding in Schools Gains Momentum | NEA Today
As Cursive Fades, Coding in Schools Gains Momentum | NEA Today: As Cursive Fades, Coding in Schools Gains MomentumDecember 18, 2013 by twalker  Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Tim WalkerLast week, more than 10 million students across the nation spent one hour of class time writing lines of computer code. That’s twice the number of students who have ever taken a computer sci
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State’s large urban districts post gains on national assessment | EdSource Today
State’s large urban districts post gains on national assessment | EdSource Today: State’s large urban districts post gains on national assessmentDecember 18th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By Kathryn BaronStudents in Los Angeles Unified improved in reading and math on a national assessment of urban districts. Credit: LAUSD, Selma Avenue Elementary SchoolThree of California’s largest school districts sho
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The Educated Reporter: 'Nation's Report Card:' Urban Districts Making Long-Range Gains
The Educated Reporter: 'Nation's Report Card:' Urban Districts Making Long-Range Gains: 'Nation's Report Card:' Urban Districts Making Long-Range GainsResults are out today for the 21 urban school districts that participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as “The Nation’s Report Card,” and there are encouraging 10-year trends of overall improvement in reading and math in
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Head Count: Executive Orders and State Republican Parties on Common Core - State EdWatch - Education Week
Head Count: Executive Orders and State Republican Parties on Common Core - State EdWatch - Education Week: Head Count: Executive Orders and State Republican Parties on Common CoreBy Andrew Ujifusa on December 18, 2013 1:29 PMPronouncements on the Common Core State Standards from state political figures are a hot Christmas item, apparently. Right after Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant issued an executi
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The South Is America's High-School Dropout Factory - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic
The South Is America's High-School Dropout Factory - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic: The South Is America's High-School Dropout FactoryAmerica's educational attainment, mapped. Are Americans educated enough? How you answer that question—which seems to obsess certain newspaper editorial boards—really depends on where in the country you look. Some states compete with the best school systems in the
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Portland Public Schools parents rally for teachers as negotiations impasse continues (video): PPS News | OregonLive.com
Portland Public Schools parents rally for teachers as negotiations impasse continues (video): PPS News | OregonLive.com: Portland Public Schools parents rally for teachers as negotiations impasse continues (video): PPS NewsDozens of community members rallied outside the district office to support teachers during ongoing contract negotiations.(Nicole Dungca/The Oregonian)PPS CONTRACT TALKSPortland
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MPS Shows Important Progress on National “Gold Standard” Tests | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
MPS Shows Important Progress on National “Gold Standard” Tests | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: MPS Shows Important Progress on National “Gold Standard” TestsFiled under: MPS — millerlf @ 1:46 pm MPS achievement scores trend up, outpacing U.S. growth rate in math and reading on rigorous national examPublished: December 18, 2013 MPSHigher scores seen in both subjects, both grades teste
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City Students Improve Test Scores, But Still Lag Significantly
City Students Improve Test Scores, But Still Lag Significantly: City Students Improve Test Scores, But Still Lag SignificantlyStudents in America's largest cities are scoring higher on math and reading exams, but still perform well below the national average, according to a new government study released Wednesday.The report examines results from the 2013 Trial Urban District Assessment, a piece of
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That funny Chinese homework assignment... now with context!
That funny Chinese homework assignment... now with context!: THAT FUNNY CHINESE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT... NOW WITH CONTEXT!Turns out, it was supposed to be written in ChineseThis blog has recently received a spate of traffic from a Distractify list, 38 Test Answers That Are 100% Wrong But Totally Genius At The Same Time, which links back to this amusing November 2010 post, featuring a viral photo of
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Urban district results are in! NAEP - Mathematics and Reading 2013
NAEP - Mathematics and Reading 2013: Urban district results are in!In 2013, results for fourth- and eighth-graders in mathematics and reading are available for 21 urban districts around the country. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), in partnership with the National Assessment Governing Board and the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS), created the Trial Urban District As
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12-18-13 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG ED Pulse Poll Results: Which Attributes Best Reflect Personalized Learning? — Whole Child Education
ED Pulse Poll Results: Which Attributes Best Reflect Personalized Learning? — Whole Child Education:   ED Pulse Poll Results: Which Attributes Best Reflect Personalized Learning?December 18, 2013 by Kit Harris, ASCD ResearchASCD continually seeks to provide solutions to the challenges that face educators of all levels. Recently, theASCD SmartBrief ED Pulse poll asked readers about the attributes o
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12-18-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Washington State and Transparency in Public Records/MeetingsFrom Representative Gerry Pollet:I will be prime sponsor in House of AG Bob Ferguson's open government agenda bill (HB 2121).We've spent the past year collaborating and refining the bill to require that public officials take an on-line training to learn their obligations to the public to meet in open publi
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Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: California measure would replace seniority with performance for teacher layoffsEducation HeadlinesWednesday, December 18, 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.California Connections Academy adds staff base
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Read the thank-you note from a student that gave a West Mesquite High School teacher goosebumps | Dallas Morning News
Read the thank-you note from a student that gave a West Mesquite High School teacher goosebumps | Dallas Morning News: Read the thank-you note from a student that gave a West Mesquite High School teacher goosebumpsBy Robert Wilonskyrwilonsky@dallasnews.com9:40 am on December 18, 2013 | Permalink321401A few days ago a friend forwarded the missive you see here, a note sent from a student to a West M
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Plea deals in APS cheating case: Good legal strategy or... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Plea deals in APS cheating case: Good legal strategy or... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Plea deals in APS cheating case: Good legal strategy or admission of weak case? Previous PostsThe color of Christmas: Red for embarrassment over Santa skin color debate?December 18, 2013GBI investigates social media posts of nude photos of Gwinnett studentsDecember 17, 2013More Georgia education news taking pl
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Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's consultant introduces California ballot measure
Capitol Alert: Michelle Rhee's consultant introduces California ballot measure: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's  consultant introduces California ballot measureRhee-lated $tory: Michelle Rhee answers Ravitch in New Bookal$o $ee Rhee-lated $tory: Excerpts from "Rhee The Art of the Deal" a new $tory about Corporate Education Reform and the Woman that make$ it Happen!A ballot measure s
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Morning Wink 12-18-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTS mark as readLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-18-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Registration Closed for Westchester Event on January 16, But….I earlier announced that I would be speaking on the evening of January 16 at Fox Lane School in Bedford, New York, but
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-18-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Registration Closed for Westchester Event on January 16, But….I earlier announced that I would be speaking on the evening of January 16 at Fox Lane School in Bedford, New York, but registration closed at 650 people. FYI, in my experience, there are always no-shows. I have been to several events that were theoretically “sold out,” y
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12-18-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Another Brick in the WallIt was called the Capital Prep Magnet School “Gift Brick” fundraiser.   But good luck trying to find your brick… According to the “Gift Brick” fundraiser cover letter that went out with the order form in 2010, “It is important that you carefully read and completely fill out the enclosed order form.  Each engraved brick […]The post Another Brick in the Wall (Not
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12-18-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: What’s wrong with this headline?The New York Times  published a story on Hanna Skandera, New Mexico’s highly controversial education secretary-designate (she’s been “designate” for three years because Democrats refuse to hold a hearing to confirm her)  under this online headline: “A Push for Teacher Accountability Meets Resistance in New Mexico.” What’s wrong with this headline s
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12-18-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Accountability without Autonomy Is TyrannyAt The Answer Sheet, Valerie Strauss confronts What’s wrong with this headline?:What’s wrong with this headline speaks to what’s wrong with a lot of the debate about school reform today. The problem is the indiscriminate and inaccurate use of the word “accountability.”While politicians and the media continue to pound at one nail—teacher qua
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12-18-13 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: Common Core’s Not the Problem; It’s the “Other Stuff”New York is a step ahead of Florida. They have implemented Common Core and  administered the state-wide tests that go with them. The roll-out proved to be a disaster. Politicians develop education policy after listenin
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12-18-13 Open Congress : Major Bill Actions Education This Week - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress
Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress: Bill Introduced: H.R. 3604: Protecting Education Privacy ActTo clarify the requirements of authorized representatives under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, and for other purposes.2 1d hide  //  saveBill Introduced: S. 1796: STEM Gateways ActA bill to increase the participation of women, girls, and underrepresented minorities in STEM
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12-18-13 Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: Handguns and 3D printershttp://www.longisland.com/news/12-17-13/for-the-first-time-a-fully-operational-plastic-handgun-was-legally-made-using-a-3d-printer.htmlJust published today this article  reports the opinions of  politicians on the the manufacturing of plastic weaponry via the use of home 3D printers and the  bill to make them illegal. For those that do not  know
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12-18-13 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.: Me and Nekritz on Al Jazeera America.I would like to think my media reach is constantly expanding. I have my blog, of course. It just got its 1.5 millionth site visit the other day. And my appearances on Chicago public access cable’s Ken Davis. His audience isn’t huge. But it’s always fun. Katy Hogan
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12-18-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: More on de Blasio Chicago-based ConsultingA follow-up to our piece yesterday: DeBlasio Shadow Transition Includes Advice from Rahm EmanuelRBE at Perdido: De Blasio Uses Ed Deformer-Tied Consulting Group For Transition Team That story that Dana Rubenstein broke at Capital NY about Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio using a Bloomberg-funded consultant group suggested by Rahm Emanuel to run
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12-18-13 teacherken at Daily Kos Obama to Putin on Sochi - look at our delegation
teacherken at Daily Kos: Obama to Putin on Sochi - look at our delegationNo, the President did not exactly say "in your face" on the anti-gay law. But consider 1.  for the first time ever US delegations for opening and closing ceremonies will not include the President, First Lady, or Vice-President 2.  The head of the US delegation, Janet Napolitano, has never married and is widely consi
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12-18-13 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Ucsf Chancellor Resigns To Head Gates FoundationSusan Desmond-Hellmann, chancellor of UC San Francisco since 2009, is leaving to become chief executive of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation By Larry Gordon, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1bQ01w0 UC San Francisco Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann in 2009. (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press) December 17, 2013,
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12-18-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: 2014 Educators’ AgendaBegin a movement to create and fund Deliver for America, temporary driver pool to replace full-time drivers at FedEx. (See FedEx Celebrating Holidays with TFA Donations.) Call for a nation-wide evaluation of political leaders based on value added methods measuring their positive impact on the people they represent; standardized tests administered for every e
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12-18-13 With A Brooklyn Accent
With A Brooklyn Accent: What Veteran Teachers Should Do to Protect Themselves From Being Driven out of the ProfessionThe more I talk to teachers around the country, the more I am convinced that School Reformers and Government Officials are making a systematic effort to drive the best veteran teachers out of the profession, both to save money and destroy the historic memory of a time when teachers
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12-18-13 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): 2014 Educators’ Agenda2014 Educators’ Agenda via 2014 Educators’ Agenda.1 by plthomasedd / 29min  12-17-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindnessthe becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas
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12-18-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Starting To Look Like No Chancellor Announcement This WeekAt least if you buy what's in this NY Times article about de Blasio's chancellor search.  Carmen Farina is supposed to be the frontrunner for the position now, but she told the Times yesterday that she didn't know if she would be offered the position:Carmen Fariña, a former deputy chancellor and the candidate who most
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Local Activist Exposes How Ohio Charter Funding Undermines Traditional Public Schools | janresseger
Local Activist Exposes How Ohio Charter Funding Undermines Traditional Public Schools | janresseger: Local Activist Exposes How Ohio Charter Funding Undermines Traditional Public SchoolsPosted on December 18, 2013 by janressegerSusie Kaeser, a long-time public school supporter and activist in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, just researched the way Ohio funds its public schools and siphons local as well a
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New US education mandates hindered by red tape | Al Jazeera America
New US education mandates hindered by red tape | Al Jazeera America: New US education mandates hindered by red tapeby Andrea Gabor December 18, 2013 6:15AM ETBureaucratic obstacles could be hindering progress in public schools, which are in desperate need of reformTopics: Education Department of Education U.S.Steve Ruark/APFor more than a decade, Brockton High School ushered in each fall with a re
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It's A No-Brainer -Two Languages Are Better Than One - Perdaily.com
It's A No-Brainer -Two Languages Are Better Than One - Perdaily.com: It's A No-Brainer -Two Languages Are Better Than One(Mensaje se repite en Español)The strength of the United States is that it has never been a homogeneous culture, but rather continues to redefine its unique and highly successful world view by taking that which exists already and generously mixes it with the contributions of the
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Chicago's Grand School Closing Cost Scandal
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Chicago's Grand School Closing Cost Scandal: Chicago's Grand School Closing Cost ScandalMovers haul books from closed schools to shuttered Von Humboldt Elementary for storage. The amount the district is paying to empty the closed schools is poised to triple.  WBEZ Linda LuttonBoard will vote today to triple its payments to GWSBack in November of 2012, our CReATE rese
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YESTERDAY

Wanted - Schools Chief Who Has Never Crossed de Blasio on Education - NYTimes.com
Wanted - Schools Chief Who Has Never Crossed de Blasio on Education - NYTimes.com: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post, via Getty Images; Kris Connor/Getty Images; Jennifer S. Altman for The New York TimesFrom left, Joshua Starr, Kaya Henderson and Carmen Fariña have all been mentioned as candidates for schools chancellor.By DAVID W. CHEN and AL BAKERPublished: December 17, 2013FACEBOOKTWITTERGOOGL
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The Educated Reporter: Urban School Reform: Beyond Stars and Scandals
The Educated Reporter: Urban School Reform: Beyond Stars and Scandals: Urban School Reform: Beyond Stars and ScandalsRhee-lated $tory: Michelle Rhee answers Ravitch in New Bookal$o $ee Rhee-lated $tory: Excerpts from "Rhee The Art of the Deal" a new $tory about Corporate Education Reform and the Woman that make$ it Happen!This week, we're revisiting some of the top sessions from EWA's 66
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Accountability? Testing Disclaimers for ALL! | Reclaim Reform
Accountability? Testing Disclaimers for ALL! | Reclaim Reform: Accountability? Testing Disclaimers for ALL!Posted on December 17, 2013by Ken PrevitiStudent, teacher and school accountability is absurd if the testing corporations are not held accountable.This is the actual CCSS disclaimer:“THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS ARE PROVIDED AS-IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS, AND NGA CENTER/CCSSO MAKE NO REPRESENT
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Public Comment on First English Framework - Year 2013
Public Comment on First English Framework - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): School Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Invites Public Commenton First English Framework Based on Common CoreSACRAMENTO—California is taking another step forward in implementing the Common Core for English language arts by gathering public comment on a new framework, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson an
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Nite Cap 12-17-13 #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 mark as readA Teacher’s Christmas WishA Teacher’s Christmas Wish « City School Stories: A Teacher’s Christmas WishTeacher StoriesThis post was originally submitted by Joy of Teaching on December 15,2011.   Given the current state of the Philadel
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