Friday, December 27, 2013

Nite Cap 12-27-13 #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




2013 in Review Part 3: Gatesian Reforms Rejected - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
2013 in Review Part 3: Gatesian Reforms Rejected - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: 2013 in Review Part 3: Gatesian Reforms RejectedBy Anthony Cody on December 27, 2013 5:31 PMIn the year 2013, what was wrong with corporate reform became even clearer, and we also made a strong case for an alternative vision for public schools. In 2012, I spent considerable time working on a dialogue wi
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Charter schools fight pension proposal - SFGate
Charter schools fight pension proposal - SFGate: Charter schools fight pension proposalBy The Associated PressUpdated 3:06 pm, Friday, December 27, 2013ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia charter schools are fighting a proposal that would require the independent public schools to contribute money toward pension debt for the traditional public education system.The idea may have a hard time in the Georgia Genera
by mike simpson / 8min 
Why Do UFT Retirees Get to Vote in UFT Elections? southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Why Do UFT Retirees Get to Vote in UFT Elections?Late on Christmas night I jumped into the middle of a Twitter conversation between Norm Scott and Randi Weingarten. The jist of the conversation was about the lack, and rightly so, of democracy in the the UFT. Of course Leo Casey chimes in with;
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NYC Public School Parents: Our nine most popular posts in 2013
NYC Public School Parents: Our nine most popular posts in 2013: Our nine most popular posts in 2013Here are our most viewed nine posts from 2013.  As you can see, most relate to inBloom and student privacy, the Common Core tests, and to my surprise, StudentsFirst.  Hoping that next year we will have an even more diverse selection of issues and topics!1.  This year's NYS/Pearson ELA exams: an Epic
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12-27-13 Wait Corporate welfare gone amok: “For ESPN, Millions to Remain in Connecticut”
Corporate welfare gone amok: “For ESPN, Millions to Remain in Connecticut” - Wait What?: Corporate welfare gone amok: “For ESPN, Millions to Remain in Connecticut”The New York Times had an incredible article yesterday about Governor Malloy’s decision to give tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer funded corporate welfare checks to the extraordinarily successful ESPN Company. Malloy is hardly the
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12-26-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: A College Rating System Designed to Benefit the Testing Industrial Complex and the Efficiency ZealotsIn these days of casino capitalism, the corporate education losers look more like losers every day.  If those of us who are determined to restore sanity to our schools and colleges keep pushing, the whole corrupt and cowardly con game known for decades now as "education reform&
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NYC Public School Parents: Best and worst education news of 2013
NYC Public School Parents: Best and worst education news of 2013: Best and worst education news of 2013THE BESTHere’s a brief look back at the best and worst education news of the past year.   These are the six best, from my perspective of course; please put your nominations in the comment section below!1. The nationwide revolt against excessive, hi-stakes and low-quality testing grew stronger, wh
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Rotten to the Core Conference in Missouri | Truth in American Education
Rotten to the Core Conference in Missouri | Truth in American Education: Rotten to the Core Conference in MissouriFiled in Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level by Shane Vander Hart on December 27, 2013 • 0 Comments92Saturday, January 4, 2014 in Lee’s Summit, MO there will be a Rotten to the Core conference hosted by Concerned Women for America of Missouri.All the pertinent informa
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12-27-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadInteresting news about the necessity of dental X-rays for kids from the Los Angeles Times. The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Chicago Public Schools is making computer science a core subject.   In the next three years, every high school will offer a foundational computer science course, and within five years, CPS plans to be the first urban d
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12-27-13 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Miami Herald Gets it Wrong on Common Core OppositionFew dispute that most of the professional journalists who staff the state’s top newspapers lean democrat and leftward. It often becomes obvious in their reporting on Common Core. Consider this from the editors of the Mi
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Year End Resolution Failure | My Island View
Year End Resolution Failure | My Island View: Year End Resolution FailureDecember 27, 2013 by tomwhitbyOf course the end of this year is about to slam us in the face with the fact that all of those well-intended resolutions, both personal and professional, for 2013 will no longer have the time to be fulfilled. Undoubtedly, we will feel really bad about it this year, because they were all great res
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Top Posts of 2013 | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
Top Posts of 2013 | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Top Posts of 2013By Anne O'Brien on December 27, 2013In 2013, we tackled a number of issues here at the Learning First Alliance. For example, in June, our members – representing over 10 million public education stakeholders – came together in calling for a transition period in Common Core implementation, removing high-stakes
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12-27-13 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG 2013 Best of the Blog — Whole Child Education
2013 Best of the Blog: 10–6 — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG2013 Best of the Blog: 10–6December 27, 2013 by ASCD Whole Child BloggersIn the past year, experts and practitioners in the field, whole child partners, and ASCD staff have shared their stories, ideas, and resources to help you ensure that each child, in each school, in each community is healthy, safe, engaged, supp
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Update: What kind of Jihad is This? Gulen Charter Schools The underpinnings of a banana republic for Turkey? | Al Jazeera America
The underpinnings of a banana republic for Turkey? | Al Jazeera America: The underpinnings of a banana republic for Turkey?by Joseph Dana December 27, 2013 10:30AM ETTurkey's Prime Minister Recep Erdogan blames a growing corruption scandal on shadowy foreign plottersTopics: Turkey Muslim Brotherhood InternationalAdem Altan/AFP/Getty ImagesWhen it comes to political conspiracy theories, Turkey migh
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Morning Wink 12-27-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-26-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Gulen Charter Schools Embroiled in International DisputesSharon Higgins has followed the expansion of the Gulen charter chain for years. The Gulen schools are now the largest charter chain in t
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-26-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Gulen Charter Schools Embroiled in International DisputesSharon Higgins has followed the expansion of the Gulen charter chain for years. The Gulen schools are now the largest charter chain in the nation. They were founded by allies of a reclusive Turkish cleric, Fetullah Gulen, who lives in the Poconos. She writes: A political cris
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12-27-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Not a Wonderful Life: Education Writer’s BlockThe Wave - Published Friday, Dec. 27, 2013 - www.rockawave.comby ed notes online / 3h 12-26-13 Ed Notes OnlineEd Notes Online: Farina Delay: Charter lobby, ed deformers and UFT and allies working behind the scenes?Who might be opposing a Farina appointment? I know some people are left scratching their heads at what seems on the surface
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12-27-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: The invisibility of teachersIt’s one of the great ironies of modern school reform that the very people who you would think should have some input into policy decisions — teachers —  don’t. They are, for that purpose, invisible (though they someone wind up front and center when it comes time for reformers to find people to blame for […]    by Valerie Strauss / 35min hide  //  save
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: How about telling the Tale of 2 Cities in Chicago?
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: How about telling the Tale of 2 Cities in Chicago?: How about telling the Tale of 2 Cities in Chicago?Lovely Warren (left) celebrates victoryThe two-cities movement is spreading beyond New York City, where it swept Mayor-elect Bill de Blasiointo office. This same focus on inequality is also what led to the election last month of Lovely Warren as Mayor of Rochester.Ac
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12-27-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Infographic: “Good Luck Food for New Year”I’m adding this infographic to The Best Sites For Learning About New Year Celebrations: by angelvicky. Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually. Via Gourmandiaby Larry Ferlazzo / 8h 12-26-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the
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12-27-13 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.: Mayoral Tutorial. Our pensions situation is not a crisis.  Me, Don Washington and Chicago Newsroom’s Ken Davis. From my friend Don Washington, The Mayoral Tutorial: Our pension situation is not a crisis in the sense that pensions will suddenly run out of money or not be able to pay benefits. – Don Was
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12-27-13 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": Ed Week Reports On How School Reformers Are Using Parents As “Foot Soldiers”Newer Advocacy Groups Find Foot Soldiers in Parents is a very interested new Education Week article highlighting how “school reform” groups are trying to involve parents in their efforts. Though substantial portions of the article make clear that so
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12-27-13 teacherken at Daily Kos: Eugene Robinson on The GOP’s growing divide
Daily Kos: Eugene Robinson on The GOP’s growing divide: Eugene Robinson on The GOP’s growing divideThe Republican Party, which should have the wind at its back, enters 2014 in disarray bordering on open warfare. That is how the Pulitzer Prize winner begins this column in today's Washington Post The "should" can be derived from the recent CNN poll showing a 5 point preference for a generi
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12-27-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Spellings Doubles-Down on “Incredibly Complicated” High-Stakes TestingWhile political and popular debates teeter on the brink somewhere between surreal and catastrophic—consider the mess that is Sarah Palin homophobic-splaining the Phil Robertson controversy—the media access afforded Margaret Spellings may be reaching a level that rises about worse-of status for just a single yea
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12-27-13 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs
With A Brooklyn Accent: Tough Questions to Ask About Charter SchoolsThe powers that be in the Democratic Party, including our President, have made Charter Schools their main vehicle for educational renewal in low income communities. And there are more than a few civil rights leaders, and elected officials in Black and Latino communities who view them as a chance to give families in their neighborh
by mike simpson / 9h 
12-27-13 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): The Answer Sheet: The invisibility of teachersThe Answer Sheet: The invisibility of teachersby plthomasedd / 3min hide  //  saveSpellings Doubles-Down on “Incredibly Complicated” High-Stakes TestingSpellings Doubles-Down on “Incredibly Complicated” High-Stakes Testing.1 
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12-27-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: No Chancellor Pick Announcement Again TodayFrom Daily Politics:Mayor-Elect de Blasio is in Connecticut. There are no public events scheduled.More and more it's looking like come January 2, some of the same demented people running the NYCDOE now will still be in charge.by reality-based edu... / 1h  12-26-13 Perdido Street SchoolPerdido Street School: Governor Cuomo Is Vulnera
by mike simpson / 9h 
“Creative Disruption” Destroys Public Education in Chicago’s Bronzeville | janresseger
“Creative Disruption” Destroys Public Education in Chicago’s Bronzeville | janresseger: “Creative Disruption” Destroys Public Education in Chicago’s BronzevillePosted on December 27, 2013 by janressegerPortfolio school reform is the theory that underpins much of what is happening across the school districts in America’s biggest cities.  It is the idea that a school district should be managed like
by mike simpson / 9h 
empathyeducates – Education Reform: Our Field, Our Voices Simply Do Not Matter
empathyeducates – Education Reform: Our Field, Our Voices Simply Do Not Matter: Education Reform: Our Field, Our Voices Simply Do Not MatterBy Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. December 26, 2013“I am an invisible man,” announces the unnamed narrator of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, adding:I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me….When
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The Weekly Update: The corporate empire of public education and where that leaves the rest of us, ALEC, Gates and charter schools | Seattle Education
The Weekly Update: The corporate empire of public education and where that leaves the rest of us, ALEC, Gates and charter schools | Seattle Education: The Weekly Update: The corporate empire of public education and where that leaves the rest of us, ALEC, Gates and charter schoolsSo much news, so little time.From Real News:U.S. Student Homelessness Up 10% Since Last Year Highest increases of homele
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Petition circulates to appoint former administrator to L.A. school board | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Petition circulates to appoint former administrator to L.A. school board | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Petition circulates to appoint former administrator to L.A. school boardAnnie Gilbertson | December 27th, 2013, 6:00amThe campaign to pick a successor to Los Angeles Unified board member Marguerite LaMotte, who died earlier this month, is gaining steam.A single sentence petition, "Appoint Dr. M
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NYC Educator: UFT's Road Not Taken
NYC Educator: UFT's Road Not Taken: UFT's Road Not TakenLet's say our union has to decide who represents it at conventions. Since only 14% working teachers find it worthwhile to even vote in union elections, and since Unity-New Action has had an ironclad monopoly on elections for over half a century, it pretty much comes out to who Unity-New Action sees fit to nominate. So let's look at who they c
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YESTERDAY

Darling-Hammond Deplores Failure of No Child Left Behind and Test-and-Punish | janresseger
Darling-Hammond Deplores Failure of No Child Left Behind and Test-and-Punish | janresseger: Darling-Hammond Deplores Failure of No Child Left Behind and Test-and-PunishPosted on December 27, 2013 by janressegerThis morning, December 26, Linda Darling-Hammond spoke with Steve Inskseep on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition.  You can listen or read the transcript here.Darling-Hammond is the Stan
by mike simpson / 18h 
The Educated Reporter: Guest Post: Making Sense of MOOCs
The Educated Reporter: Guest Post: Making Sense of MOOCs: Guest Post: Making Sense of MOOCsWith the year winding down, higher education journalists and pundits are wondering whether 2013 will be remembered as a tipping point for MOOCs - massive open online courses. Earlier this month a new study from the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education found MOOCS had "relatively few
by mike simpson / 19h 
Some Governors and Common Core: “Hot Friends Cooling” | deutsch29
Some Governors and Common Core: “Hot Friends Cooling” | deutsch29: Some Governors and Common Core: “Hot Friends Cooling”December 26, 2013Hoping to advance your own political career? Better be quiet about Common Core.Amazing how a number of formerly outspoken, pro-CCSS governors have strategically opted for silence (or some other form of distance) regarding the now-highly-charged CCSS.New York: And
by mike simpson / 19h 
Why School Reform Advocates Aren’t So Businesslike After All | TIME.com
Why School Reform Advocates Aren’t So Businesslike After All | TIME.com: Why School Reform Advocates Aren’t So Businesslike After AllBy Rick Wartzman @DruckerInstDec. 18, 20131 Comment   inShare3 Read LaterEmail  PrintShare  Comment Follow @TIMEBusinessIn her book Curriculum Mapping, education consultant Kathy Glass invokes Peter Drucker—and his deep knowledge of the corporate world—to help explai
by mike simpson / 21h 
Growing Up Jewish in Texas: Christmas | Diane Ravitch
Growing Up Jewish in Texas: Christmas | Diane Ravitch: Growing Up Jewish in Texas: ChristmasPosted: 12/25/2013 1:15 pmI was born and raised in Houston, Texas.I am third of eight children.My parents were both Jewish, as am I.Yet every year we celebrated Christmas.Is this puzzling? It wasn't at all puzzling to me and my siblings.Every Christmas, the family bought a Christmas tree, and we all joined
by mike simpson / 21h 
#4 on Your Hit Parade: War on Public Education, the Battle Against Teachers | Reclaim Reform
#4 on Your Hit Parade: War on Public Education, the Battle Against Teachers | Reclaim Reform: #4 on Your Hit Parade: War on Public Education, the Battle Against TeachersPosted on December 26, 2013by Ken PrevitiAlterNet and ThinkProgress have looked back over the year and chosen nine societal abuses that are incredibly important yet generally ignored by major media. The #4 spot tells of the “Hit” a
by mike simpson / 22h 
12-26-13 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.: We need a fair income tax in Illinois.  Ken Griffin, hedge fund manager and head of Citadel LLC, is Illinois’ richest person and is worth $4.4 billion. He pays the same state income tax rate as an associate at Walmart. Want to know why Illinois is broke? Maybe that’s why Representative Elaine Nekritz,
by mike simpson / 22h 
12-26-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Farina Delay: Charter lobby, ed deformers and UFT and allies working behind the scenes?Who might be opposing a Farina appointment? I know some people are left scratching their heads at what seems on the surface an unholy alliance. Can we talk?We know that de Blasio has been getting pressure from the Obama administration to appoint a pro-test person. As Naison says, given that she
by mike simpson / 22h 
Nite Cap 12-26-13 #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 CAPSchooling in the Ownership Society: Big bucks to be made in K-12 edSchooling in the Ownership Society: Big bucks to be made in K-12 ed: Big bucks to be made in K-12 edThere's big money to be made in K-12 education, especially in the technology ar
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