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."

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The American Enterprise Institute, Common Core, and “Good Cop” | deutsch29

The 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, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI):Date: June 2012 Purpose: to support their education policy work in four disti

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empathyeducates – Youth Suicide; Look What We Have Done to Our Young

empathyeducates – Youth Suicide; Look What We Have Done to Our Young: Youth Suicide; Look What We Have Done to Our YoungIntroductory Essay By Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. December 22, 2013For youth between the ages of 10 and 24, suicide is the third leading cause of death. Approximately 4600 young lives are lost each year. A nationwide survey of youth in grades 9–12 i

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Retired Illinois teachers sue state over pension law | Al Jazeera America

Retired Illinois teachers sue state over pension law | Al Jazeera America: Retired Illinois teachers sue state over pension lawDecember 27, 2013 8:58PM ETLawsuit claims changes violate protections in Illinois constitution for retirement benefits of public sector workersTopics: U.S. Debt LaborSeth Perlman/APA group of teachers and public school officials filed a class-action lawsuit Friday in state

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12-28-13 Open Congress : Major Bill Actions Education This Week - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress

Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress:Bill Introduced: S. 1822: Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2013A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fair and consistent eligibility requirements for graduate medical schools operating outside the United States and Canada.6h YESTERDAYBill Signed by President: H.J.Res. 59: Budget agreement billMaking continuing ap

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12-28-13 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida ALL Week

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 ALL WeekUsing Taxpayer Dollars to Mislead Parents on Common CoreAfter reminding readers that Connecticut governor Daniel P. Malloy is on record as saying “I’ll settle for teaching to the test if it means raising test sco

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Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 12-28-13

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog:Woman Caught After 36 Years On The RunCheck this out you guys!Kathlyn Huff, 58, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, was arrested Tuesday, in her driveway, at her home – forcing her to finally face charges from a 1976 incident when she tried to kill her common-law husband by shooting him in the head. US Marshals tracked her across the country until her arrest this week. The wo

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teacherken at Daily Kos This Week 12-28-13

teacherken at Daily Kos:teacherken at Daily Kos This WeekCharles M. Blow on Greeting the New YearThis is the time of year when many, especially pundits, either look back at the year ending, or look ahead with resolutions, or both. There is some of each in this New York Times column this morning, but the focus is primarily forward, with four resolutions Blow offers as his commitment for the forthco

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All Week @ The Answer Sheet 12-28-13

The Answer Sheet:All Week @ The Answer SheetThe test question that’s haunted Gov. Jerry Brown for 50 yearsCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown has been out front for some time as a strong critic of the standardized-testing obsession that has come to dominate the school reform movement. He has even refused to give in to threats by Education Secretary Arne Duncan to withhold some federal Title 1 funds — inte

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12-28-13 Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership Society All Week

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog:Schooling in the Ownership SocietyMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership SocietyInner-city schools, students being bypassed by college recruitersColleges and universities are systematically avoiding recruitment of black, Latino and poor students and telling their recruiters to bypass urban public schools. This according to a report in the L.A. Times, &quo

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12-28-13 Wait What? All Week

Wait What?:  Wait What? All WeekCorporate 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 first Connecticut governor to provide excessive corporate

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12-28-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week

Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumTalking about Teaching MathFirst, a link to a great interview in the NY Times with Liping Ma, a former teacher and principal in China, who writes about the differences in how China and the US teach math.  Important reading if you care about math instruction (thanks to reader Dan Dempsey).The writing below is from a member of the SPS ma

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12-28-13 Ed Notes Online Week

Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlinePaul Krugmam on the imbalanced boss-worker power relationship applied to NYC principals and teachersThe massive power imbalance between principal and teacher in NYC is not due to a weak economy but to a weak union. Let me expound on this point....employment generally involves a power relationship: you have a boss, who tells you what to do, and if you refuse, you may

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12-28-13 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week

Jersey Jazzman:Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekGive @digby56 & @EduShyster Some Holiday LoveThere are several bloggers I look to for inspiration. Diane Ravitch, of course, is the heart of the edu-bloggosphere. Bruce Baker forces us all to raise our games. Darcie remains a moral compass for me; Blue Jersey keeps me up to date on the state news. Bob Braun has the chops that only come from years o

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12-28-13 Fred All Week 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.: Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher Breaking: Illinois Retired Teachers Association goes to court for our pensions.Crain’s Two groups representing educators today filed suit against the state’s new pension-reform law late today, contending that it violates provisio

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12-28-13 Perdido Street School Week

Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekNY Sttae Politiicans Are Doing Little To End The Ravages Of CCSS, APPR And InBloomAs the public protests over the Common Core State Standards, the APPR teacher evaluation testing that has added so much extra testing to schools and the inBloom data project that is forcing districts to hand over student information to Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch gai

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12-28-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD

THE BECOMING RADICALRadical Scholarshipthe becoming radical  A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by Anatomy of Charter School AdvocacyWhen I wrote Why Advocacy and Market Forces Fail Education Reform in 2011, the acceleration of charter school advocacy hadn’t quite gathered the momentum that we are experiencing at the end of 2013. If charter school advocacy has proven anything, however, it is that

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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 12-21-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYThis Is A Good Attitude For Teachers To Take…To all parents, Thank You. I am so honored and humled to be tasked with helping shape your child's future. Signed, The Teacher — Jeff Charbonneau (@JeffCharbonneau) December 27, 2013 Jeff is the 2013 National Teacher of the Year7 by Larry Ferlazz

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This Week's Education Research Report 12-28-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTComparing Math Standards – Common Core, Connecticut and MassachusettsA new report (by me!) compares the Grade 3 Math Standards for Numbers and Operations, Patterns and Algebra for the Common Core, Connecticut and Massachusetts and reaches the following conclusions:1. Connecticut’s standards are not sufficiently challenging.2. Massachuse

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 12-28-13

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT  STATE’S SCHOOLS FAIL TO CLOSE LATINO TEST-SCORE GAP + smf’s 2¢By MARTHA MENDOZA, - The Orange County Register http://bit.ly/19dSO5C 2013-12-22 15:58:35 – PAJARO  ::  As Hispanics surpass white Californians in population next year, the state becomes a potential model for the rest of the country, which is going

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NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education 12-28-13

NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education:NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public EducationNPE News Briefs2013 in Review Part 3: Gatesian Reforms Rejected | Anthony Cody – Living in DialogueBy Anthony Cody on December 27, 2013 5:31 PM In 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 s

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12-28-13 Schools Matter All Week

Schools Matter:  Schools Matter All WeekMike Pence's Secret Santasby Doug Martin As we enter an election year here in Indiana, it is time for all of us to start peering in on the campaign records of our beloved state politicians and the front groups that are their publically-secret Santas.  So here are a few of Gov. Mike Pence’s, and they are many of the same people and corporations who funded for

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All Week 12-28-13 @ THE CHALK FACE

@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: All Week @ THE CHALK FACE The American Enterprise Institute, Common Core, and “Good Cop”In my research on Gates’ Common Core State Standards (CCSS) spending, I came across this unusual grant to the pro-reform group, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI): Date: June 2012  Purpose: to support their education policy work in four distinct areas: Exploring the C

by mike simpson / 8h 

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 12-28-13 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2

Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGPaul Thomas: Teachers Between a Rock and a Hard PlacePaul Thomas taught high school for nearly two decades befor he became a professor at Furman University in South Carolina. He understands the dilemma of teachers caught between Scylla and Charydis, now known as a rock and a hard place. The dilemma arises when federal and

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The Ten Best Books on My (Pretty Long) List for 2013 - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

The Ten Best Books on My (Pretty Long) List for 2013 - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: The Ten Best Books on My (Pretty Long) List for 2013By Nancy Flanagan on December 27, 2013 10:33 PMMany bloggy friends have been tallying up and promoting their best-of  lists and top ten mega-traffic posts.  Doing that produces a bump in numbers, I suppose--but I feel as ambivalent about blo

by mike simpson / 19h 

Sites That Help Kids Do Good

Sites That Help Kids Do Good: MoviesGamesAppsWebsitesTVBooksMusicSites That Help Kids Do GoodThe web isn't just about games, social networking, and gossip -- some sites actually help kids learn to be better people -- and better citizens of the world. These are some of our favorite sites that promote social responsibility, community service, and global awareness. Encourage your kids to check them o

by mike simpson / 21h 

Califather Live! Hannah Nguyen crashing Michelle Rhee’s party (Show Starts 1 Min In) | California Father

Califather Live! (Show Starts 1 Min In) | California Father: Califather Live! (Show Starts 1 Min In)by California Father on December 27, 2013 · Leave a CommentHi, folks. This is my first “studio” (actually my shed, but hey) live streaming effort. Watch me talk about Hannah Nguyen crashing Michelle Rhee’s party. Watch for upcoming eps!Watch live streaming video from califather at livestream.com

by mike simpson / 21h 

Tyrrany of a tiny minority | BCS in Context

Tyrrany of a tiny minority | BCS in Context: Tyrrany of a tiny minority Democracy settles differences between competing visions of public life, so after every election there are inevitably happy winners and unhappy losers.Under our traditional “50%-plus-1” majority rule, a whopping “50%-minus-1” losing minority could feel jilted after an election, which is an awful lot of unhappiness within a comm

by mike simpson / 21h 

DailyCensored com – "The tragedy of the Public Commons": California City College and the neo-enclosure movement in education

DailyCensored.com – Breaking Censored News, World, Independent, Liberal News"The tragedy of the Public Commons": California City College and the neo-enclosure movement in education: “The tragedy of the Public Commons”: California City College and the neo-enclosure movement in educationBy Danny Weil on December 28, 2013 1:02 am / no comments Readers who are familiar with the controversy o

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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 CAP2013 in Review Part 3: Gatesian Reforms Rejected - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher2013 in Review Part 3: Gatesian Reforms Rejected - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: 2013 in Review Part 3: Gatesian Reforms RejectedBy Antho

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2nd Banana 12-28-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post 

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