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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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Washington: A world apart the country’s most affluent and educated Zip codes | The Washington Post
Washington: A world apart | The Washington Post: A photograph hanging in Cherry Farley’s home office in a neighborhood of big houses and big ambitions reminds her what it means to have no home at all.The image is an aerial view of Saigon, taken by her father from a helicopter as the family was fleeing Vietnam in 1975, when Farley was 10.The family wound up in North Carolina, where her parents found blue-collar jobs at a cotton mill. But they went to college at night and became engineers, an achievement that allowed Farley and her two siblings to grow up in a modest three-bedroom house with one
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Tonight: The Power and Potential of Students Twitter Chat - Student Voice
Student Voice: Tonight: The Power and Potential of Students Twitter Chat  This Monday at 8:30PM EST, the #StuVoice Twitter chat will be talking with special guest Sam Lerner to help identify the power and potential that students have. When students are given the opportunity to use their voice and their creativity to bring their wildest ideas to life, history is made. This week’s chat aims to help inspire and empower students to take initiative with their ideas.- See more at: http://stuvoice.org/blog/2013/12/02/tonight-the-power-and-potential-of-students-twitter-chat/?utm_source=feedly#sthash.z
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NYC Public School Parents: The record of Joshua Starr, candidate for NYC Chancellor
NYC Public School Parents: The record of Joshua Starr, candidate for NYC Chancellor: The record of Joshua Starr, candidate for NYC ChancellorThis is the third in a series examining the record of educators who have been mentioned as serious possiblities for NYC Chancellor.  Previously we examined the records of Andres Alonsoand Kathleen Cashin.  The following was compiled by Peter Dalmasy, Class Size Matters researcher.BackgroundJoshua Starr grew up in Larchmont, New York and holds an undergraduate degree from University of Wisconsin, a Master’s in Special Education from Brooklyn College, and a
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New York City’s Next Schools Chancellor | JD2718
New York City’s Next Schools Chancellor | JD2718: New York City’s Next Schools ChancellorDECEMBER 2, 2013 PM31 4:04 PMThere’s been much discussion of who the next chancellor should be. I’m not going to name names. I don’t know that anyone would listen to me. And I don’t know that I really know enough. Instead, I think I can describe things that would be good, and things that would be problems. And
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12-2-13 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG Integrating Common Core and Character Education: Why It Is Essential and How It Can Be Done — Whole Child Education
Integrating Common Core and Character Education: Why It Is Essential and How It Can Be Done — Whole Child Education: Integrating Common Core and Character Education: Why It Is Essential and How It Can Be DoneWith more states adopting the Common Core State Standards, it can be overwhelming for U.S. schools and teachers to consider "adding" anything else. But character education isn't abou
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Teachers' union: Tax cap widens spending inequity | Capital New York
Teachers' union: Tax cap widens spending inequity | Capital New York:Teachers' union: Tax cap widens spending inequity  Teachers Union president Richard Iannuzzi. AP Photo/Mike GrollBY JESSICA BAKEMAN10:40 am Dec. 2, 2013ALBANY—New York's largest teachers' union is connecting the statewide property-tax cap passed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to funding inequity among poor and affluent school districts, ac
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The New Mayor and the Teachers - NYTimes.com
The New Mayor and the Teachers - NYTimes.com: By THE EDITORIAL BOARDMayor-elect Bill de Blasio will take office facing the need to forge new labor agreements with the unions that represent nearly all of New York City’s 300,000 municipal workers. The largest of these, the United Federation of Teachers, is in a particularly sour mood. Representing 40 percent of the city’s work force, the union has b
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MDE Report: “Smarter Balanced Only Viable Option” | Truth in American Education
MDE Report: “Smarter Balanced Only Viable Option” | Truth in American Education: MDE Report: “Smarter Balanced Only Viable Option”Filed in Common Core Assessments by Shane Vander Hart on December 2, 2013 • 0 Comments6When the Michigan Legislature made the unfortunate decision to lift the ban on funding for the Common Core they requested a report from the Michigan Department of Education outlining
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Louisiana Educator: School Grading System for 2012-13; "Quite A Mess"
Louisiana Educator: School Grading System for 2012-13; "Quite A Mess": School Grading System for 2012-13; "Quite A Mess"Independent education researcher, Herb Bassett has produced his annual report on the Louisiana SPS and school grading system and has characterized this year's school grading system by the LDOE as "Quite a mess".Mr Bassett has sent his analysis of thi
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Cali Education Headlines Monday, December 2, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Recommendation, Development of a Growth Model - Legislative ReportEducation HeadlinesMonday, December 2, 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.San Bernardino County names new deputy superintendent of school
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Once blocked, Twitter and other social media become classroom tools
Once blocked, Twitter and other social media become classroom tools: Once blocked, Twitter and other social media become classroom toolsMike De SistiWauwatosa West juniors Allie Grabow (left) and Allie Meyer check Meyer’s Twitter update in teacher Chris Lazarski’s American Public Policy class at Wauwatosa West High School. Teachers like Lazarski are finding ways to have students engage on real-wor
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Two New Mayors, Two New Approaches to Education |
Two New Mayors, Two New Approaches to Education |: Two New Mayors, Two New Approaches to EducationDecember 2, 2013 by Alyssa HaywoodeBoston’s Mayor-elect Marty WalshPhoto: Strategies for ChildrenTwo new mayors will take the oath of office in both Boston and New York. So expect to see these men — Marty Walsh and Bill de Blasio — change the face of education in their cities, a news story in Educatio
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The Emotional Child: Three Books You Should Read | Lily's Blackboard
The Emotional Child: Three Books You Should Read | Lily's Blackboard: Raising Wise, Loving, Whole and Happy Children: The Emotionally Healthy ChildDec 2nd, 2013 by Lily.I often use the term “Whole Child”.  It’s not a cliché to me.  It is practically my religion these days to consider what this reform or that shiny new thing, will mean to our blessed and whole, happy children. It rarely means somet
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12-2-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: IAP Announces New Price for TMoEFor those trying to order The Mismeasure of Education from Amazon, I apologize for their being out of stock, AGAIN.  My advice: forget Amazon. Information Age now has both hardback and paperback with a new promotional price.  Another best reason this season not to buy from the exploitative worker warehouse at Amazon!by Jim Horn / 15min hide  //  save
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Despite dismal record of Pa. cybercharter schools, 6 more apply to open | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Despite dismal record of Pa. cybercharter schools, 6 more apply to open | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Despite dismal record of Pa. cybercharter schools, 6 more apply to openby thenotebook on Dec 02 2013 Posted in Latest newsby Kevin McCorry for NewsWorksFor many, "Cyber Monday" may mean shopping.But for the more than 35,000 Pennsylvania students attending the state's 16 cybercha
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Morning Wink 12-2-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTS mark as readLearning our own liberal-arts lessons | Hechinger ReportLearning our own liberal-arts lessons | Hechinger Report: Learning our own liberal-arts lessonsBy Lori J. CarrellAs a professor of communication advocating for the liberal arts, I recently faced a tough crowd. The admissions event was filled with prospective first-generation college stude
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Learning our own liberal-arts lessons | Hechinger Report
Learning our own liberal-arts lessons | Hechinger Report: Learning our own liberal-arts lessonsBy Lori J. CarrellAs a professor of communication advocating for the liberal arts, I recently faced a tough crowd. The admissions event was filled with prospective first-generation college students and their parents. I knew that if these apprehensive young people completed applications and ACTs, and if t
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-2-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Tom Loveless: Why Shanghai Leads the World on International Tests Like PISATom Loveless, a scholar at the Brookings Institution, has spent many years analyzing testing data. He is active in the study of international testing. He has deciphered the secrets of Shanghai’s remarkably high test scores. For one thing, China as a whole do
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12-2-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: WSJ Reports on Citizens of the World Charter UnderenrollmentThe school's experience demonstrates that charter schools, which often say parents need more choices, can be stung when parents' decisions don't fall their way. It also bolsters opponents who say that, despite claims of long wait lists and tales of parents craving alternatives, there isn't as much demand for charter schoo
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12-2-13 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.: Friends.. This morning as I head for a round of Illinois legislative district offices I am grieving. I’ve lost a friend. Not a real friend. A Facebook friend. Apparently David Ormsby has defriended me. Unfriended? Disenfriended?  This has happened before and losing a friend, even a virtual friend, isn
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12-2-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Malloy speaks to right-wing American Enterprise Institute in ongoing effort to alienate every teacher and public education advocateWith the 2014 gubernatorial election on the horizon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy remains true to his never-ending effort to alienate every teacher and public education advocate in Connecticut. Today he travels to the ultra-right wing American Enterprise Insti
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12-2-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Obama administration backtracks (again) on teacher equityPresident Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have talked the talked about the importance of teachers, but when it comes to providing kids with equitable access to great teachers, they haven’t exactly walked the walk. Here is a post on the issue by Tara Kini, senior staff attorney at Public Advocates, a nonprofit law
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12-2-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: 36th ELT Blog Carnival Just Published!Eva Buyuksimkesyan has just published the 36th ELT Blog Carnival (formerly known as the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival) and it’s a great one on holiday lessons. Teachers from around the world have contributed posts. I’m adding it to The Best Places To Learn About Christmas, Hanukkah, & K
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12-2-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: 'Twas the Night Before PISA Day!'Twas the night before PISA Day, when all through the foundationsThe wonks were all dreaming about Bill Gates's donations;The rankings were crafted for each nation with care,In hopes that more grants would come from billionaires;The children were tested and stressed at their desks;While visions of bubble sheets made them feel quite grotesque;Suburban
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12-2-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: NY Times: Teacher MUST Make Concessions on Seniority, ATR'S, Pay And SchedulingUsual neo-liberal claptrap in the NY Times on the teachers contract.The Timesmen want teachers to agree to get rid of salary steps and tie teacher pay to the new APPR teacher evaluation system ("highly effective" teachers would be paid more than other teachers - so what if the system is
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Early math matters: Top researcher discusses his work | EdSource Today
Early math matters: Top researcher discusses his work | EdSource Today: Early math matters: Top researcher discusses his workDecember 1st, 2013 | Add a Comment | By Lillian MongeauGreg Duncan before delivering the keynote address at the Silicon Valley Education Foundation’s forum on early math. Credit: Lillian Mongeau, EdSource TodayA study showing that early math skills are one of the best predic
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With A Brooklyn Accent: A Tennessee Teacher's Letter to President Obama
With A Brooklyn Accent: A Tennessee Teacher's Letter to President Obama: A Tennessee Teacher's Letter to President ObamaNovember 29, 2013Dear Mr. President,I generally don't remember my dreams, and I generally don't dream about presidents, but this time, I did both. Go figure. Anyway, in my dream, I had the opportunity to meet you and talk to you face to face. You have to understand, in my dream,
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A Fair Minimum Wage As a School Achievement Strategy? | janresseger
A Fair Minimum Wage As a School Achievement Strategy? | janresseger: A Fair Minimum Wage As a School Achievement Strategy?Posted on December 2, 2013 by janressegerWhen advocates for justice and equity in public education suggest that our nation will have to address America’s outrageous 22 percent child poverty rate as one step to improve school achievement, critics of such strategies point out tha
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Giving 101: The Princeton Class That Teaches Students to Be Less Selfish - Christine Gross-Loh - The Atlantic
Giving 101: The Princeton Class That Teaches Students to Be Less Selfish - Christine Gross-Loh - The Atlantic: Giving 101: The Princeton Class That Teaches Students to Be Less SelfishPeter Singer's practical ethics course forces students to think carefully about donating to charity.Imagine walking along a road past a pond, when out of the corner of your eye you see a toddler boy flailing about in
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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Why doesn't Moskowitz pay rent?
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Why doesn't Moskowitz pay rent?: Why doesn't Moskowitz pay rent?From deutsch29, Mercedes Schneider's EduBlog:Since 2006, Eva Moskowitz has been running a small charter empire that has at least $50 million in government per-pupil funding, at least $30.9 million in total, end-of-year assets, and the support of hedge fund millionaires. Why is it, then, that her Suc
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESPeter Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren on the conflict between capitalism and humanism: "You can't have both." -- Big Philanthropy and Philanthro-FeudalismRetired teacher, Randy FritzHey General Assembly: your job was/is to return my money to me—you took it in the first place and promised to return it, under sp
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YESTERDAY

December 9th –The Day for a Single Spark | United Opt Out National
December 9th –The Day for a Single Spark | United Opt Out National: DECEMBER 9TH –THE DAY FOR A SINGLE SPARKDecember 9th is a day for reclaiming public education through community vision and actionA Single Spark….ignites a fire of educational change. Because our children can’t wait.One classroom at a time, one school at a time, we can alter the landscape of public education. By now, many of us are
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The Educated Reporter: Bracing for PISA: How Do America's Public Schools Compare Internationally?
The Educated Reporter: Bracing for PISA: How Do America's Public Schools Compare Internationally?: THE EDUCATED REPORTERCOMMENTARY ON EDUCATION COVERAGE, WRITING AND A FEW OTHER THINGSMONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2013Bracing for PISA: How Do America's Public Schools Compare Internationally?The latest results of PISA -- an international assessment often used to compare the quality of the nation's public sch
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12-1-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This WeekA bit of an exciting week as the district welcomes two new Board members.Also FYI, the district is looking for members for its School Wellness Task Force.Seattle Public Schools is seeking members for a Task Force to review, revise, monitor, communicate and evaluate policies and procedures governing school food, competitive foods, nutrition
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Teacher Pension Fund Non-Crisis: Draconian Cuts are NOT Necessary | Reclaim Reform
Teacher Pension Fund Non-Crisis: Draconian Cuts are NOT Necessary | Reclaim Reform: Teacher Pension Fund Non-Crisis: Draconian Cuts are NOT NecessaryPosted on December 1, 2013by Ken PrevitiPlease email and call Monday, Dec. 2nd, to stop the political “final solution” to cut active and retired teacher pensions by Illinois legislators. (See the bottom of this page.) Other state employees are also ta
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Back in New York With the Same Passion, but to Less Fire and Smoke - NYTimes.com
Back in New York With the Same Passion, but to Less Fire and Smoke - NYTimes.com: By CLYDE HABERMANPublished: December 1, 2013Enlarge This ImageMichael Kirby Smith for The New York Times“There’s simply a quiet narrative. The drumbeat and suspicion and expectation and so forth are much more sublimated.”- Rudy Crew, president of Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn.Connect With NYTMetroFollow us on Twit
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What’s going on behind the curtains in Sacramento City USD
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » What’s going on behind the curtains in Sacramento City USD: What’s going on behind the curtains in Sacramento City USDNews leaked out over the holiday week that locally our own Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) outside counsel Lozano and Smith principal, Lou Lozano, will be doing a presentation with school board member Darrel Woo, and outgoing
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Nite Cap 12-1-13 #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 readDIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Productive Parent Teacher Conferences: A P/T Form That Helps!DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Productive Parent Teacher Conferences: A P/T Form That Helps!: Productive Parent Teacher Conferences:
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