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Carerruption | EduShyster
Carerruption | EduShyster: Carerruption How can something so wrong feel so righteous?For far too long, three little words have been holding back the adult interests that long to put students first. What are they you ask? The teachers union conflict of interest laws. Thankfully these outdated and antiquated restrictions are now out of sight and out of mind where they belong. And while haters like you are already mumbling about ethics, may I take this opportunity to remind you that it isn’t corruption if you do it for the right reasons? I believe the word is *carerruption*…$haring is caringThe c
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12-3-13 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG Thoughts from #PISA2012 — Whole Child Education
Thoughts from #PISA2012 — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGThoughts from #PISA2012December 3, 2013 by Sean SladeWhatever differences we may read from the PISA results that were released today—here's a sampling of quotes from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) U.S. Report (PDF). Each could be a blog post on their own and each serves up some interesting pieces of information.Socio-economicsStudents who did not surpass the most basic PISA performance level were not a random group. The results show that socio-economic disadvantage has a strong impact on stu
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Making the Grade? Questions to Ask About School Services Privatization | In the Public Interest
Making the Grade? Questions to Ask About School Services Privatization | In the Public Interest: Making the Grade? Questions to Ask About School Services PrivatizationMore Sharing ServicesShare on email="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(103, 173, 223); text-decoration: underline; cursor: pointer; float: left;">Publication Date:  10/25/2013Author InformationIn the Public InterestThis guide prov
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SPECIAL Mid Day Banana Break 12-3-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #OECDPISA
Big Education Ape - Mid Day Banana BreakMaybe I'm Just Done.byShakespeares SisterFollowSo, if you read my last post, you know that I switched schools. The transition has been interesting, though, according to my reviewing administrator, painless compared to the transition of most teachers new to my current urban school.However, I feel like I’ve hit the proverbial teaching wall…you know, that one t
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Sandra Stotsky Responds to My Common Core-Achieve Post | deutsch29
Sandra Stotsky Responds to My Common Core-Achieve Post | deutsch29: Sandra Stotsky Responds to My Common Core-Achieve PostDecember 3, 2013On December 2, 2013, I wrote a post about the role of the governor- and business-run nonprofit, Achieve, Inc., in the creation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). In my post I also discuss Achieve connections to (now designated) “founding partner” of Stud
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PSAT for 12-3-13: Ponder truth stories in your heart Parents United for Responsible Education
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for 12-3-13: Ponder truth stories in your heart: PSAT for 12-3-13: Ponder truth stories in your heartLast night I attended a meeting where truth was told to power in a way that was simply stunning, and a bad outcome we thought was inevitable turned into something potentially very good.This was not a PURE-related meeting, so I won’t sha
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empathyeducates – Exposed: The Billionaire-Backed Group Strong-Arming Parents into Destroying Their Kids’ Public Schools
empathyeducates – Exposed: The Billionaire-Backed Group Strong-Arming Parents into Destroying Their Kids’ Public Schools: Exposed: The Billionaire-Backed Group Strong-Arming Parents into Destroying Their Kids’ Public SchoolsPhoto Credit: Brad Jonas — NSFWPublished on Alternet (http://www.alternet.org) | Originally Published in Not Safe for Work Corporation (1) April 26, 2013/ By Yasha Levine (2) |
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How to get stinking rich in the education industry - Momma Bears
How to get stinking rich in the education industry - Momma Bears: How to get stinking rich in the education industry12/03/20130 Comments Times are tough, but that doesn't mean you can't make a buck in education right now.  No qualifications or experience? No problem!  In fact, it is actually works better if you have zero classroom experience (so you won't have any compassion for the hardworking te
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A child’s non-commutative model of multiplication | JD2718
A child’s non-commutative model of multiplication | JD2718: A child’s non-commutative model of multiplicationDECEMBER 3, 2013 AM31 11:52 AMtags: math circle, multiplicationI was playing math with a niece and nephew a few weeks ago. Really, just playing games. And challenges.We played who can get to 12 (by adding 1s or 2s). I wasn’t going for a rule, but my niece was close, so we (sister-in-law hel
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4LAKids - PISA Scores: The failure of ®eform, testing, or keeping score?” U.S. STUDENTS AVERAGE AROUND AVERAGE …AGAIN
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: PISA Scores: The failure of ®eform, testing, or keeping score?” U.S. STUDENTS AVERAGE AROUND AVERAGE …AGAIN: PISA Scores: The failure of ®eform, testing, or keeping score?” U.S. STUDENTS AVERAGE AROUND AVERAGE …AGAIN“A decade of top-down, test-based schooling created by No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top — focused on hyper-testing students, sancti
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Probe Reveals Corrupt Dems Teaming Up With Michelle Rhee, School Privatizers in CA
We Party Patriots » Probe Reveals Corrupt Dems Teaming Up With Michelle Rhee, School Privatizers in CA: Probe Reveals Corrupt Dems Teaming Up With Michelle Rhee, School Privatizers in CA   A California probe of State Sen. Ron Calderon is providing insight into a political system rife with education corruption and cronyism where political favors are being exchanged at the expense of students.  Repo
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Free as in speech. Free as in beer. Free as in Huey. Free as in lunch. Free as in bird. Free as in love. |
Free as in speech. Free as in beer. Free as in Huey. Free as in lunch. Free as in bird. Free as in love. |: Free as in speech. Free as in beer. Free as in Huey. Free as in lunch. Free as in bird. Free as in love.December 3, 2013 in StudentsI’d like to say a little more about what I meant last week when I wrote in defense of the principle of free public higher education.And I’d like to say it in th
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12-3-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tuesday Open ThreadFor once, I am actually looking forward to going down to the JSCEE.  Not that I hate it but it's usually for some lengthy meeting.  Nope, today I get to see the installation of some new Board members.  It is very nice to see some family member standing proudly next to the new Board member.  It's a warm, fuzzy feeling and a brief shining moment, t
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Graph of the Day: My contribution to PISA Palooza | School Finance 101
Graph of the Day: My contribution to PISA Palooza | School Finance 101: Graph of the Day: My contribution to PISA PaloozaPosted on December 3, 20131       Rate ThisWith today’s release of PISA data it is once again time for wild punditry, mass condemnation of U.S. public schools and a renewed sense of urgency to ram through ill-conceived, destructive policies that will make our school system even
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What Do the 2012 PISA Scores Tell Us About U.S. Schools? | NEA Today
What Do the 2012 PISA Scores Tell Us About U.S. Schools? | NEA Today: What Do the 2012 PISA Scores Tell Us About U.S. Schools?December 3, 2013 by twalker  Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Tim WalkerThe 2012 results for the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) were released on Tuesday and the standing of U.S. studentschanged little since the last time the test
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Morning Wink 12-3-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSmark as readMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Taking NamesMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Taking Names: Taking NamesRetirees put sellout Rep. Mussman up against the wallCarol Marin on Chicago Tonight: "It's like WWIII down there [in Springfield] in terms of phones ringing off the hook."Ralph Martirie, with some support from IFT Pres. Dan Montgomery,
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Taking Names
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Taking Names: Taking NamesRetirees put sellout Rep. Mussman up against the wallCarol Marin on Chicago Tonight: "It's like WWIII down there [in Springfield] in terms of phones ringing off the hook."Ralph Martirie, with some support from IFT Pres. Dan Montgomery, did a great job on last night's panel. He blew away each and every point made by pension thieves,
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12-3-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Harry and the Common CoreA couple of nights ago I was at a small gathering where Harry's mom was responding to comments about how much Harry, now "five and a half" as he is quick to tell you, has shot up in the past few months. Oh, he's doing great, says Harry's mom, except for a bit of a dexterity problem in his hands.  And how do we know of this problem?  It has been po
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Learning from PISA | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
Learning from PISA | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Learning from PISABy Cheryl S. Williams on December 3, 2013The Learning First Alliance (LFA), a partnership of leading education organizations representing more than 10 million parents, educators and policymakers, has released the following statement:Today, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) re
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12-3-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: And on Education Funding… Malloy misleads audience… again…According to an article published in the CT Mirror and entitled, “Malloy makes no promises to increase school funding further,” when speaking to the right-wing American Enterprise Institute yesterday, Governor Malloy was “noncommittal Monday when asked during a forum in Washington, D.C., if he would further increase education fu
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Cali Education Headlines Tuesday, December 3, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Survey: Most LAUSD teachers would discontinue costly iPad programEducation HeadlinesTuesday, December 3, 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.Coachella Valley Unified School District recall effort falls sh
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AFT President Weingarten on PISA 2012 International Results
AFT - A Union of Professionals - AFT project offers tools to understand international comparisons: AFT President Weingarten on PISA 2012 International ResultsAFT’s Weingarten: “The crucial question we face now is whether we have the political will to move away from the failed policies and embrace what works in high-performing countries so that we can reclaim the promise of public education.”WASHI
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-3-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Pennsylvania: Stop Charter Expansion Now!Pennsylvania is home to some of the nation’s most unscrupulous charter operators, some of whom are under criminal investigation or on trial for fraud and misappropriation of public funds. But say this for some of the sleaziest: they give generously to political campaigns. That is why the Leg
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The Educated Reporter: U.S. Students and PISA: Same As It Ever Was
The Educated Reporter: U.S. Students and PISA: Same As It Ever Was: U.S. Students and PISA: Same As It Ever WasThere’s been little or no change in the performance of U.S. students on the latest round of the international PISA assessment, with stagnant scores in reading, mathematics, and science. With other countries pulling away at the head of the pack, America saw its overall ranking slip. Just a
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The Press Dropped the Ball on the Common Core :: Frederick M. Hess
The Press Dropped the Ball on the Common Core :: Frederick M. Hess: ArchiveFrederick M. Hess's BlogThe Press Dropped the Ball on the Common Coreby Frederick M. Hess  •  Dec 2, 2013 at 11:35 amCross-posted from Education Week Print Send RSS ShareDuring the past couple months, newspapers and cable news have had a field day analyzing Obamacare's troubles. Firestorms over HealthCare.gov or President O
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12-3-13 Major Bill Actions Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress
Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress: Bill Introduced: H.R. 3510: SUCCESS ActTo amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the suspension of eligibility for grants, loans, and work assistance for drug-related offenses.7h hide  //  saveBill Introduced: H.R. 3505: Technology, Equality and Accessibility in College and Higher Education ActTo direct the Architectural and Transportation Barrie
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John Thompson: Time to Fact-Check the Reformers - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
John Thompson: Time to Fact-Check the Reformers - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: John Thompson: Time to Fact-Check the ReformersBy Anthony Cody on December 3, 2013 9:44 AMGuest post by John Thompson.When Diane Ravitch spoke in Rhode Island, she explained that test scores were at their highest point in the past 40 years but that they "slowed after the passage of NCLB and Race to
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12-3-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites | The Best Posts & Articles On 2012 PISA Test Results
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: The Best Posts & Articles On 2012 PISA Test ResultsThe Internet is awash today with articles about this morning’s release of the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, test results. I’m just quickly posting the best resources I’ve seen this morning, and articles offering real insightful commentary w
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12-3-13 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.: #Pension theft. Protest at Marion district office of John Bradley.Read the entire story in The Southern. “Our pension didn’t cause the problem and stealing will not fix it,” said Alan Latoza, President of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) IL Retirees Subchapter 93.
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12-3-13 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): End Zero-Tolerance Policies: A ReaderWhat do zero-tolerance policies, “no excuses” practices, and grade retention have in common? They all negatively and disproportionately impact children from poverty, minority children, English language learners, and boys; and nearly a
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12-3-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: iGradeU: The 7 Superpowers Every Teacher Must MasterAre you a superhero teacher? Well, what about a good teacher with superpowers? Personally speaking, I rather be the latter. Here’s my list of superpowers, which I’m constantly developing. By no means does this imply that I have the magic formula. However, this is a list I use to remind myself that teaching requires constant […]b
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12-3-13 With A Brooklyn Accent - Job Description for New Teachers
With A Brooklyn Accent: Job Description for New TeachersJob Description: New Teacher.Your Mission: To Squeeze Excellent Test Results out of Frightened and Angry Children and Shatter The Achievement GapThings to Ignore: Hunger, Homelessness, Disability, Language, Chronic Illness, Family and Neighborhood Violence, Children's Talents, Personalities and Aptitudes.Things to Sacrifice: Play, Recess, The
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12-3-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Shouldn't Tisch, King And Steiner Be Under Investigation For Corruption?There is a shadow government running the state education department here in NY State. We know that Regents Chancellor Tisch paid out of her own pocket for these private employees to run NYSED offices.Millions more came from the Gates Foundation, the Robin Hood Foundation, General Electric and a bunch of
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12-3-13 The Answer Sheet Key PISA test results for U.S. students
The Answer Sheet: Key PISA test results for U.S. studentsHere are highlights of the newly released 2012 scores from the Program of International Student Assessment, an exam given every three years to 15 year olds around the world in reading, math and science. In this administration of PISA, 65 countries and education systems participated. Connecticut, Florida, and Massachusetts each participated f
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Parent involvement at L.A. schools getting new look - latimes.com
Parent involvement at L.A. schools getting new look - latimes.com: Parent involvement at L.A. schools getting new lookAn increasing number of community and civil rights groups are reaching out to immigrants to boost activism in education.1  2  next  |   single pageAdelina Garcia, left, and Adriana Serrano walk their kids home from Teresa Hughes Elementary School in Cudahy. The two mothers were lea
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U.S. Test Scores Remain Stagnant While Other Countries See Rapid Rise
U.S. Test Scores Remain Stagnant While Other Countries See Rapid Rise: U.S. Test Scores Remain Stagnant While Other Countries See Rapid Rise At home, the story is the same -- but abroad, the landscape is shifting.According to the latest results of a comprehensive set of international exams released Tuesday, America's teens have remained mid-pack among their peers worldwide and utterly stagnant in
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What Can We Agree to Teach? - Bridging Differences - Education Week
What Can We Agree to Teach? - Bridging Differences - Education Week: What Can We Agree to Teach?By Deborah Meier on December 3, 2013 9:22 AMRobert Pondiscio is the guest-blogger on Bridging Differences again today.Dear Deborah,I trust you had a restful Thanksgiving with family and friends, and that you're recharged and ready for battle.  You asked for an argument in your last about the "nitty
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Education Research Report: New PISA 2012 First Look Report Shows U.S. Student Performance in an International Context
Education Research Report: New PISA 2012 First Look Report Shows U.S. Student Performance in an International Context: New PISA 2012 First Look Report Shows U.S. Student Performance in an International ContextPerformance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in an International Context: First Look at PISA 2012 presents U.S. results from the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). The goal
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A Matter of Shared Responsibility | ED.gov Blog
A Matter of Shared Responsibility | ED.gov Blog: A Matter of Shared ResponsibilityPosted on December 3, 2013 by Arne DuncanIn 1985, 14-year-old Ryan White and his family successfully battled myths and hysteria about HIV and AIDS so that he could attend his public middle school. In light of the observation of World AIDS Day this past Sunday, it is useful to reflect on how much has improved over the
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Obama Administration Fails to Require Equal Distribution of Well-Qualified Teachers | janresseger
Obama Administration Fails to Require Equal Distribution of Well-Qualified Teachers | janresseger: Obama Administration Fails to Require Equal Distribution of Well-Qualified TeachersPosted on December 3, 2013 by janressegerA new study by Mathematica Policy Research demonstrates that experienced teachers matter. Reporting on the study for Slate, Dana Goldstein points out that teachers who earned a
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NYC Educator: NY Times Uncritically Hypes Corporate Agenda
NYC Educator: NY Times Uncritically Hypes Corporate Agenda: NY Times Uncritically Hypes Corporate AgendaThe next time I read or hear that education is the civil rights issue of our time, I'm going to projectile vomit. So you'd best get out of my way quickly. Reformy John is no Dr. King, no matter what the paper of record may believe.Tonight John and Silent Merryl have yet another meeting with New
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: PISA -- The World Cup of Testing
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: PISA -- The World Cup of Testing: PISA -- The World Cup of TestingIt's that time again -- the silly season when the countries of the world have their schools rated on the basis of the PISA tests. It's like the World Cup of standardized testing. And like the World Cup, the U.S. continues to wind up in the middle of the pack, somewhere behind Ireland and Poland. Look f
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Why Doesn’t the U.S. Top the PISA Ranking?
NEA - Great Public Schools Criteria:  Why Doesn’t the U.S. Top the PISA Ranking? Dennis Van Roekel: We must acknowledge that the effects of poverty are pervasive  WASHINGTON — Earlier today the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released the latest results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a test of literacy, mathematics, and science given e
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Reading the PISA Tea Leaves: Who Is Responsible for Finland’s Decline and the Asian Magic
Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Reading the PISA Tea Leaves: Who Is Responsible for Finland’s Decline and the Asian Magic: Reading the PISA Tea Leaves: Who Is Responsible for Finland’s Decline and the Asian Magic2 DECEMBER 2013 1,462 ONE COMMENTMaybe Not?“Finland Fell from the Tip of PISA,” says the headline of a story in the largest subscription newspaperHelsingin Sanomat i
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Has DR Alison Coviello of PS 154 in the Bronx Foiled a FOIL Request? southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Has DR Alison Coviello of PS 154 in the Bronx Foiled a FOIL Request?In September of 2012, Betsy Combier put through a FOIL (Freedom of Information Law) requestrequesting any and all emails from DR Alison Coviello, PhD. and Principal of PS 154 in the Bronx for any and all emails with my name featured. In November of that year the request was granted and11 irrelevant
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School reforms revive decades-old debate on impact of money on education outcomes | EdSource Today
School reforms revive decades-old debate on impact of money on education outcomes | EdSource Today: School reforms revive decades-old debate on impact of money on education outcomesDecember 2nd, 2013 | 1 Comment |By Louis FreedbergLouis FreedbergThe dramatic transformation of how California’s schools are funded is raising one of the most complex and challenging questions on the education policy la
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More on the Common Core: Achieve, Inc., and Then Some | deutsch29
More on the Common Core: Achieve, Inc., and Then Some | deutsch29: More on the Common Core: Achieve, Inc., and Then SomeDecember 2, 2013I hesitate to publicly confess that I find reading tax forms interesting, but it is true– especially as concerns the many nonprofits that are imposing their wills upon the American classroom. The IRS 990 offers much information on a nonprofit in a concise format,
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Should American high schools prepare any students for STEM?... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Should American high schools prepare any students for STEM?... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Should American high schools prepare any students for STEM? Common Core doesn’t think so.  Previous PostsAtlanta voters return to polls today for critical school board electionsDecember 2, 2013Another international test. Another predictable call for more rigor. Is that the real story? December 2, 2013Schoo
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12-2-13 teacherken at Daily Kos
teacherken at Daily Kos: President Obama’s immoral drone waris the title of this powerful Washington Post op ed by Pulitzer Prize winner Eugene Robinson.  Consider the opening U.S. drone attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries may be militarily effective, but they are killing innocent civilians in a way that is obscene and immoral. I’m afraid that ignoring this ugly fact makes America
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My first year, re-evaluated | Gary Rubinstein's Blog
My first year, re-evaluated | Gary Rubinstein's Blog: My first year, re-evaluatedA lot of what has motivated me throughout the past twenty-one years has been the desire to redeem myself for what I considered to be an unacceptable first year of teaching sixth grade math during the 1991-1992 school year at Deady Middle School in Houston.Nowadays, districts pay a $5,000 recruitment fee to TFA for the
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Playing Field to Prison Pipeline? | NewBlackMan
Playing Field to Prison Pipeline? | NewBlackMan (in Exile): DEC2Playing Field to Prison Pipeline?Hank Willis Thomas--"Strange Fruit"Playing Field to Prison Pipeline?by David J. Leonard | NewBlackMan (in Exile)In our contemporary moment, sport does much of the ideological work of mass incarceration.  Even more than others forms of popular culture, which peddle in racial stereotypes, celeb
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Champagne! Celebration!: Thank You Education Policy Analysis Archives Readers | Cloaking Inequity
Champagne! Celebration!: Thank You Education Policy Analysis Archives Readers | Cloaking Inequity: Champagne! Celebration!: Thank You Education Policy Analysis Archives ReadersI just received an email from the online peer-reviewed journal Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). The readers, peer-reviewers, and authors voted Cloaking Inequity one of their seven favorite blogs. :) EPAA conducted
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The Common Core: A New Incarnation of an Outmoded Way of Thinking - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.
Students and the Common Core - Square Pegs in Round Holes? - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.:  The Common Core: A New Incarnation of an Outmoded Way of Thinking By Joseph Ganem, Ph.D. In the apparently endless cycle of school reforms a new one is taking hold -The Common Core. It arrives with all the attributes of reforms of the past in that it is:  Well-intentioned - I've attended in
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12-2-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Is There Such a Thing as "Casual Sexism"? I've been noticing many more articles about sexism and the Web.  I'm going to try to string some of these articles together in this thread to raise the issue of why more women and girls aren't in computer science AND why girls may not play as many video games (it might have something to do with the reception at on
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12-2-13 Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: The New American CenterVery relevant to the class discussion today, this article, which can be accessed here, reveals that the constant idea of great division in this country apparent through the 80s to now of 40% on the left 40% on the right and 20% in the middle is fundamentally incorrect. The recent survey reveals 21% on the left 28% on the right and 51% in the middl
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Atlanta voters return to polls tomorrow in critical school... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Atlanta voters return to polls tomorrow in critical school... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Atlanta voters return to polls tomorrow in critical school board election  0 0 0 NewView Larger Atlanta voters will settle four school board races in a runoff Tuesday. (AJC photo)Previous PostsAnother international test. Another predictable call for more rigor. Is that the real story? December 2, 2013School
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12-2-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: @slekar dabbles with #edrefrom memes: Take 2.I thought of the  meme above while driving from Madison, WI to Dover, OH for Thanksgiving break.  This image has always represented (for me) the pinnacle of the racist belief that education should “sanitize.”  “Kill the Indian. Save the Man.” There were no thoughts that equated the image above and the modern education reform reference
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College Dean Quits Board of Governor Rick Snyder’s Education Achievement Authority | janresseger
College Dean Quits Board of Governor Rick Snyder’s Education Achievement Authority | janresseger: College Dean Quits Board of Governor Rick Snyder’s Education Achievement AuthorityPosted on December 2, 2013 by janressegerOn October 25, I blogged about a protest by faculty in the College of Education at Eastern Michigan University, which is a partner with Governor Rick Snyder’s Education Achievemen
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Nite Cap 12-2-13 #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 CAPmark as readWashington: A world apart the country’s most affluent and educated Zip codes | The Washington PostWashington: A world apart | The Washington Post: A photograph hanging in Cherry Farley’s home office in a neighborhood of big houses and
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