Nite Cap 12-29-13 #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

solidaridad: CA-NAME Conference Reclaiming Multicultural Education: Fighting Back, Imagining and Building Socially Just Worlds

solidaridad: CA-NAME Conference Reclaiming Multicultural Education: Fighting Back, Imagining and Building Socially Just Worlds: CA-NAME Conference Reclaiming Multicultural Education: Fighting Back, Imagining and Building Socially Just WorldsReclaiming Multicultural Education by Robert D. Skeelsprevious post

by mike simpson / 1h 

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": Infographic: “Ways A Parent Can Help With Math”I’m adding this infographic to The Best Infographics About Parent Involvement In Schools:by Larry Ferlazzo / 27min hide  //  saveGreat Video: “Come Along on a Home Visit”A Sacramento TV news station did this great short segment on the Parent-Teacher Home Visit Project. I’m addi

by mike simpson / 1h 

The RSD and New Orleans miracle (of cheating) | Crazy Crawfish's Blog

The RSD and New Orleans miracle (of cheating) | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsThe RSD and New Orleans miracle (of cheating)Posted on December 29, 20130Some of you may have read by my recent expose on the issues facing Mary D. Coghill elementary school (an RSD school which was turned into a Park View charter school this year without any internal recor

by mike simpson / 1h 

empathyeducates – Christmas Came – Budget Cuts Got Fatter Children Slimmer

empathyeducates – Christmas Came – Budget Cuts Got Fatter Children Slimmer: Christmas Came – Budget Cuts Got Fatter Children SlimmerBy Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at EmpathyEucates. December 24, 2013‘Twas the day after Christmas through the [Senate and] House. We knew it was coming; once again promises of salvation would deliver a louse. The cuts were all hung by the chimney with care,

by mike simpson / 1h 

NYC Public School Parents: New York City Parents and Elected Officials File Suit Seeking Injunction To Stop Bloomberg's 42 Recently Approved School Co-locations

NYC Public School Parents: Press Release: New York City Parents and Elected Officials File Suit Seeking Injunction To Stop Bloomberg's 42 Recently Approved School Co-locations: New York City Parents and Elected Officials File Suit Seeking InjunctionTo Stop Bloomberg's 42 Recently Approved School Co-locationsNew York City public school parents joined by Public Advocate-elect Letitia James and City

by mike simpson / 2h 

Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Teachers | Dallas Morning News

Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Teachers | Dallas Morning News: Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Teachers"So, after 20 years of being a teacher, all I can say is: Help. Write to your legislator about providing funds to lower class sizes. Give us more paid time to plan."On Friday morning at 4:30 a.m., I heard the beeps of all my electricity going off. I realized that

by mike simpson / 3h 

Lawsuit To Stop October 2013 Co-locations

Lawsuit To Stop October 2013 Co-locations: Lawsuit To Stop October 2013 Co-locationsadmin December 29, 2013 UncategorizedNew York City Parents and Elected Officials File Suit Seeking InjunctionTo Stop Bloomberg’s 42 Recently Approved School Co-locations&nbspNew York City public school parents joined by Public Advocate-elect Letitia James and City Council members Melissa Mark-Viverito, Jumaane

by mike simpson / 3h 

12-29-13 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs

With A Brooklyn Accent: What BATS DoLast night, somebody asked me what BATS do. Here is what I answered - with a few additions1. Working to elect people to school boards, union offices, city councils and legislatures who stand strong for public education and rolling back testing.2. Testifying at all of the institutions represented above when they hold public forums.3.  Supporting ballot initiative

by mike simpson / 5h 

12-29-13 The Answer Sheet

The Answer Sheet: Jon Stewart’s greatest education hits ’13From 2013, in no particular order, with a bonus at the end.   Jon Stewart ridicules preschool critics — 3/7/13 The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook About the stupidity of some of the criticism of the idea of government support for high-quality preschool for all kids. Highlights: …. […]    by Valerie

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12-29-13 Wait What?

Wait What?: A CT teacher responds to Pryor’s decision to spend $1 million in taxpayer funds to “advertise” the Common CoreThe Waterbury Republican-American newspaper recently revealed in an investigative news article that Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor was hiring a public relations company to help implement a $1 million advertising campaign to promote the “Common Core.” T

by mike simpson / 7h 

12-29-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “To Flip, Or Not To Flip, A Classroom – That Is The Question”To Flip, Or Not To Flip, A Classroom – That Is The Question is my latest Education Week Teacher post. I’ve had some concerns about how a flipped classroom has sometimes been implemented around the country — and the world. So, in addition to having guest responses

by mike simpson / 7h 

Tell-All From A TFA and KIPP Teacher: Unprepared, Isolation, Shame, and Burnout | Cloaking Inequity

Tell-All From A TFA and KIPP Teacher: Unprepared, Isolation, Shame, and Burnout | Cloaking Inequity: Tell-All From A TFA and KIPP Teacher: Unprepared, Isolation, Shame, and BurnoutA few years ago a UT-Austin undergraduate student sat in my office and told me that she was joining Teach For America and was going to teach in KIPP school. The essence of TFA’s pitch to her?We recruit a diverse group of

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Thousands of black and Latino kids lost their schools in 2013 | MSNBC

Thousands of black and Latino kids lost their schools in 2013 | MSNBC: Thousands of black and Latino kids lost their schools in 201312/28/13 12:00 AM—UPDATED 12/28/13 03:57 PMStudents walk the halls of Normandy High School in St. Louis, where hundreds of students transferred over the summer.TRYMAINE LEE FOR MSNBCIn Philadelphia, hundreds of children left home a little earlier as they headed back t

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12-29-13 Schools Matter

Schools Matter: Use of Value-Added Is "Parochial and Ineffectual"Tennessee is the test site for every crackpot, over-the-top corporate thought disorder that is translatable into a ed industry scheme that fronts as education policy.  The state has TFA lawyer and the former Mr. Michelle Rhee, Kevin Huffman,  running the schools from Nashville as Commissioner, and earlier this year Huffman

by mike simpson / 7h 

Morning Wink 12-29-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSFoundation Created by Family of Walmart Founder Gives $6 Million to School Voucher OrganizationFoundation Created by Family of Walmart Founder Gives $6 Million to School Voucher Organization: Foundation Created by Family of Walmart Founder Gives $6 Million to School Voucher OrganizationBY MICHAEL GRYBOSKI, CHRISTIAN POST REPORTERDecember 27, 2013|3:08 pmA

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Foundation Created by Family of Walmart Founder Gives $6 Million to School Voucher Organization

Foundation Created by Family of Walmart Founder Gives $6 Million to School Voucher Organization: Foundation Created by Family of Walmart Founder Gives $6 Million to School Voucher OrganizationBY MICHAEL GRYBOSKI, CHRISTIAN POST REPORTERDecember 27, 2013|3:08 pmA charity organization created by the family of the founder of the retail chain Walmart has given millions of dollars to a pro-vouchers lob

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'Reign of Error,' by Diane Ravitch - SFGate

'Reign of Error,' by Diane Ravitch - SFGate: 'Reign of Error,' by Diane RavitchGlenn C. AltschulerPublished 4:51 pm, Friday, December 27, 2013Reign of ErrorThe Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public SchoolsBy Diane Ravitch(Knopf; 396 pages; $27.95)Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, think tanks, philanthropic founda

by mike simpson / 8h 

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-28-13 Diane Ravitch's blog A site to discuss better education for all #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Edward F. Berger on the Ignorant Mindset Destroying American EducationEdward Berger invites you to watch some important TED talks, which he uses to make a point about the appalling ignorance of some of our key “thought leaders.” Berger writes: To get the most out of this blog, view Ted Talks 2011 – Knowledge Is Power. #1: Sir Ken R

by mike simpson / 9h 

12-29-13 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: Florida’s School Grade Chaos: “Raising the Bar” Became “Moving the Bar After Everyone Jumped”Is anyone really surprised to see the Miami Herald has another story about Florida’s school grades with ”confused parents” and the “credibility gap facing Florida education leade

by mike simpson / 9h 

12-29-13 Fred 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.: Bob Lyons. “It’s not personal.”Bob Lyons is a member of the Teacher Retirement System board of trustees. He represents the retirees on the board. The board of trustees is now a defendant in the IRTA suit to overturn the pension-busting Senate Bill 1. Fred, The TRS board was told at the start of the mo

by mike simpson / 9h 

12-29-13 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: A Reminder: “The Children Do Notice”A Reminder: \”The Children Do Notice\”. via A Reminder: “The Children Do Notice”.by plthomasedd / 1h hide  //  saveDid The American Federation of Teachers Really Do This???Last month, Boston voters elected a new Mayor, arguably with a little help from a mysterious political action committee that dumped $480,000 into the campaign during its fina

by mike simpson / 9h 

12-29-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD

the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): A Reminder: “The Children Do Notice”Most of us who teach are now in a moment of pause, between semesters, between classes. Although we are mid-academic year, we are facing a new calendar year, traditionally a time to reflect, recommit, and redirect. I offer below a repos

by mike simpson / 9h 

12-29-13 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: NYCDOE Investigator Demanded Sex From Teacher To Save Her JobHere's Mayor Bloomberg's NYCDOE in action - the story is so horrifying via Susan Edelman at the NY Post, I repost it in full:A Department of Education detective tried to have sex with a Brooklyn teacher he was probing in exchange for letting her keep her job, she charges. Investigator Lawrence Scott, 40, allegedly

by mike simpson / 9h 

NYC Public School Parents: Sullivan Thanks Scott Stringer for Support, Resigns from School Board

NYC Public School Parents: Sullivan Thanks Scott Stringer for Support, Resigns from School Board: Sullivan Thanks Scott Stringer for Support, Resigns from School BoardWith Scott Stringer's inauguration as the Comptroller of the City of New York, my service on the Panel for Educational Policy as his appointee will come to an end.  I sent the letter below to formally resign and thank him for his yea

by mike simpson / 9h 

Science, Math, and History: The Historic Struggle to Marry Content and Pedagogy | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Science, Math, and History: The Historic Struggle to Marry Content and Pedagogy | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Science, Math, and History: The Historic Struggle to Marry Content and PedagogyEntangled, impossible to separate, that is what content and pedagogy have been and are in U.S. schooling. But not to reformers.For decades, in science, math, and history policymakers, re

by mike simpson / 9h 

empathyeducates – Opinion: Halt Broken Charter School Expansion Process

empathyeducates – Opinion: Halt Broken Charter School Expansion Process: Opinion: Halt Broken Charter School Expansion Processfile photographCharter operator used political connections to receive funding and approvalBy Mark W. Anderson | Originally Published at The Ward Room. NBC Chicago. December 26, 2013First UNO. Now Concept.Clearly, something’s wrong.Monday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported a po

by mike simpson / 9h 

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Common Core has turned into a testing fiasco

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Common Core has turned into a testing fiasco: Common Core has turned into a testing fiascoThe education world is scrambling to avoid its own version of a full-scale HealthCare.gov meltdown when millions of students pilot new digital Common Core tests this spring, writes Caitlin Emma at Politico. The tests will be given on a massive scale: Roughly 4.2 million thi

by mike simpson / 9h 

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deutsch29 | Mercedes Schneider's EduBlog

deutsch29 | Mercedes Schneider's EduBlog: NGA “Corporate Fellows”: Providing Governors Ideas That WorkFor four of the five years that I taught in Northwestern Georgia, I taught at an alternative school. Every time I received a new student, it meant that the student had been expelled from a district public school. I had a student who built a bomb and discharged it on a principal’s lawn.  I had a st

by mike simpson / 19h 

Quiet and Submissive | Connected Principals

Quiet and Submissive | Connected Principals: Quiet and Submissiveby George Couros • December 29, 2013 • 0 Commentscc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo shared by Rebecca Barray“Being quiet and being submissive. I think that’s frankly the only thing being taught right now. ..how do you be submissive? How do you sit patiently and be disengaged for an hour and take it?” Sal KhanI have talked to a few ed

by mike simpson / 22h 

We active and retired teachers refuse to be silenced or kept in silence. | Reclaim Reform

We active and retired teachers refuse to be silenced or kept in silence. | Reclaim Reform: We active and retired teachers refuse to be silenced or kept in silence.Posted on December 28, 2013by Ken PrevitiWhere is the leadership of the Illinois Education Association? Please tell us what is happening now that the Illinois legislature has approved the pillage of pensions for active and retired teache

by mike simpson / 23h 

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."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAPDIARY 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 re

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

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