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IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE! THE MONSTER THAT ATE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY - IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE! THE MONSTER THAT ATE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY*How a Supreme Court, a Slush Fund, and One Very Immunized President Walked Into a Bar — ...10 hours ago
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Iranian forces have destroyed at least 42 U.S. jets - But you'd never know it if you stuck with mainstream media.11 hours ago
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A Couple of Thoughts from Yesterday’s UFT Retired Teachers Chapter Meeting - The United Federation of Teachers Retired Teachers Chapter (RTC) met yesterday. Chapter Leader Bennett Fischer chaired. Just things that I noticed, or stoo...14 hours ago
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Hindsight: My Life in Cycling - Rule 10: It never gets easier, you just go faster. The Rules, Velominati15 hours ago
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“FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing... Mr. Trump" - The Justice Department has granted Donald Trump, his family and businesses immunity from ongoing inquiries into their taxes, a potentially lucrative a...16 hours ago
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The Education Wars: Students Unite! - The Education Wars: Students Unite! *The high school student protests aren't getting enough attention* If you need a bit of inspiration, might I suggest t...16 hours ago
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Former Idaho Supreme Court Justice Says Voucher Scheme Violates State's Constitution - Vouchers create two separate, unequal school systems16 hours ago
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Why Trump Wanted Immunity from Audits - The New York Times explained why Trump wanted immunity from audits by the IRS. Before his first presidency, Trump appears to have had a tax liability of ne...16 hours ago
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Police Officers Sue Trump to Stop the Corruption and abuse of Tax Funds - *Payout Fund:* Two officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, sued the Trump administration to try to stop the creation of a $1.8 billion fund...17 hours ago
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Washington County School Board Member Charged with Assault - While Washington County School Board member Keith Ervin continues to serve despite publicly sexually harassing a high school student at a board meeting, he...17 hours ago
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AMERICA'S LEAST COVETED TROPHY: TRUMP CLINCHES THE TOP SPOT - A Look at the Most Exclusive — and Embarrassing — List in American History18 hours ago
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Taking Delight in the Experience of Exploring a Mystery - *If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food either.* ~Joseph Wood Krutch The daughter of a friend, a ...19 hours ago
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Teaching with food boosts preschoolers’ science knowledge and vocabulary - Using food in the classroom can help preschoolers learn more about science and increase their vocabulary skills, according to new research from North Ca...20 hours ago
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Memorial Day, 2026 - I’m not much of a flag waver, really. I always thought that author James Baldwin captured my feelings precisely in Notes of a Native Son when he wrote: I l...21 hours ago
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18 Rules For Life (2026 Edition) - After first posting this list years ago, I have made it a tradition to get it out every year and re-examine it, edit it, and remind myself why I thought su...23 hours ago
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18 Rules For Life (2026 Edition) - After first posting this list years ago, I have made it a tradition to get it out every year and re-examine it, edit it, and remind myself why I thought...23 hours ago
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Classroom Teachers Are Policymakers - Note that no question mark follows the title. Teachers do, indeed, make policy. Historically, teachers have been objects of policies that have come from th...1 day ago
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Ashtynn Caldwell: ‘There is something to learn from every person’ - [image: Ashtynn Caldwell]rowing up, it seemed like all I ever did in my free time was read or write. Those passions stayed with me as I moved from high s...1 day ago
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Are the Falling NAEP Scores a Crisis? - By Thomas Ultican 5/19/2026 Recently both the New York Times and the billionaire propaganda rag ‘The 74’ ran articles about the National Assessment of Educ...1 day ago
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Academica Enters Florida’s Voucher Gold Rush - Dear readers, I’ve had to step away from the keyboard for a bit while dealing with a re-election...1 day ago
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UFT Para Speaks Out - At some point, we have to ask ourselves: When is enough, ENOUGH? - *This special election, like many before it, has felt manipulated by the controlling caucus. Let me be clear, I have nothing personal against John Kamps....1 day ago
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Going Back to NCLB’s Testing Regime Would NOT Improve our Public Schools - Defining schools by their achievement test scores is reductive. Of course we want our children to learn to read, to enjoy and understand literature, to mas...1 day ago
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The Search for Thucydides - Lots of "atmosphere" but no joint statements or agreements coming from the China summit.2 days ago
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This and That, May 18, 2026 - I am aware of Danny Westneat's column - *Seattle Has the No.1 Big City School District *- and that will be a separate post. It was an interesting read. ...2 days ago
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Congress and RFK Jr. Said the Kids Were Protected, but the Numbers Reveal the Truth - Secretary RFK Jr. said there are no cuts in Medicaid. The 3 million children losing Medicaid coverage and their parents would like a word.2 days ago
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Are You a Threat Because You’re Good at Your Job? - Maybe you are not crazy. Maybe you are not “difficult.” Maybe you are not “too intense,” “too ambitious,” “too direct,” or “not a team player.” Maybe it’s ...2 days ago
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The Mayor’s cuts to class size funding; do they make sense? - May 13, 2026 Mayor Mamdani announced yesterday that his executive budget will allocate $122 million next year to hire about 1,000 more teachers to lower cl...4 days ago
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Chaos, Consequences, and Classrooms - “If someone’s ninety percent awful and ten percent great, everyone says that deep down they’re great. Like they’re an iceberg, but all that greatness is un...5 days ago
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Ruth Lopez Spoke Up for Due Process. Now She’s Detained Without Charges. - Americans should demand the release of jailed Salvadoran lawyer Ruth Lopez — because it can happen here, too. Who of us has the right to live without fear?...6 days ago
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Donald Patton Resigns From Christina Board of Education - The word on the street is Donald Patton resigned from the Christina School District Board of Education less than two months before his term was set to expi...6 days ago
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Recess: Still Denied! - I recently had to double-check the report’s date. American schools have been quietly killing recess to focus on test scores—and pediatricians are warning...6 days ago
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500-Year-Old Slave Revolt of 1526 Redefines Freedom as US Turns 250 - Before 1776 or 1619, enslaved Africans seized freedom in 1526 on land that would become the United States.1 week ago
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500-Year-Old Slave Revolt of 1526 Redefines Freedom as US Turns 250 - In 1526 — long before the more renowned dates that anchor the nation’s story of 1619 and 1776 — enslaved Africans rose up and freed themselves on the land ...1 week ago
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Statement on the NYS Comptroller’s audit of NYC’s Privacy and Security of Student Data - Statement on the NYS Comptroller’s audit of NYC’s Privacy and Security of Student Data May 4, 2025 The audit from the State Comptroller’s office released t...1 week ago
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“It Was Already Dead” - In December 2023 New York Times filed suit against Artificial Intelligence for allegedly using its stories without attribution. Last week The Times upped t...2 weeks ago
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Dear Substack Readers - You’re Invited to a Webinar on Teaching Children in Dangerous Times – On May 7, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. ET. - I’m grateful to the International Literacy Educators Coalition for inviting me, and a big thank you to Andrew Johnson for encouraging me to talk about my r...2 weeks ago
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Google Unveils A Hub Of Tons Of Resources Related To The 250th Anniversary Of The U.S. - Google has unveiled quite an extensive site today providing access to tons of exhibits and resources related to the United States 250th anniversary celeb...2 weeks ago
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Statement on the NYS Comptroller’s audit of NYC’s Privacy and Security of Student Data - For immediate release: May 4, 2025 For more information: Leonie Haimson, leonie@classsizematters.org; 917-435-9329 The audit from the State Comptrolle...2 weeks ago
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Kent State President claps back at Vivek. It's about damn time. - I don't know if Ted Diacon read 10th Period prior to his defiant op-ed, but it sure has a 10th Period flavor to it! Never been more proud to have a KSU deg...3 weeks ago
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Read and Learn from the Past - I just finished reading “The Boys in the Light” by Nina Willner. This is a wonderful World War II story of survival, faith, and brotherhood. I highly recom...3 weeks ago
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April’s Parent Engagement Resources - ‘Easy, Positive, and Judgment Free.’ How Families Can Support Their Children is one of my Ed Week posts. Virtual Parent-Teacher Conferences That Build Fami...3 weeks ago
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Three Days Left To Get A Free Copy Of My Autobiographical E-book On Amazon! - I know. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you get plenty of opportunities to read my writing for free. And maybe that’s plenty for you, and a pretty...4 weeks ago
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Stop the Charter School Cash Grab - NPE celebrates Women's History month by highlighting the accomplishments of 10 inspiring women from Jane Addams to Ida B. Wells to Christa McAuliffe. The...5 weeks ago
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Reflections on America, the world, and life - I acknowledge that I rarely post here anymore. Folks should remember that I am approaching my 80th birthday in less than 9 weeks, I am still teaching ful...1 month ago
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We can't afford day care when we have endless wars to fight. - Trump calls day care one of those "little scams".1 month ago
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Meta and Google Found Liable for Addictive Content Delivery - On March 25, 2026, mega tech companies Meta and Google were found liable for engineering the presentation of information on their platforms in such a way a...1 month ago
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On Dignity [On CEC3 And The Racial Justice Work Ahead Of Us] - A few weeks ago, I found myself underneath a dead whale. For New Yorkers, they know I’m talking about the American Museum of Natural History ... Read Mor...1 month ago
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Peace Treaty: Why Schools Don’t Change (Even When Everyone Knows They Should) - People love to say “schools resist change.” It sounds like a personality flaw—lazy, stubborn, old-fashioned. But schools aren’t hard to change because educ...2 months ago
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Calling All Baseball Romance Readers... - Guess who has a new spicy book for you, just in time for Spring Training.2 months ago
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The Problem with "the Science of Reading" - The problem with “the science of reading” is that it’s not new.3 months ago
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Shutting Down The Site - Ten years ago, I ran for a seat on the LAUSD School Board of Education with the goal to *Change the LAUSD*. I am proud of the campaign we ran. We achieve...4 months ago
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A colleague looks back at 2025 - Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more I get knocked down But I get up again BETSY WOLF DEC 31READ IN APP I’ve been quiet for most of 2025. Much of ...4 months ago
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The Company You Keep - Even though the filing period for the 2026 elections isn't until April, let's all pay close attention. The candidates lining up to run will tell you more a...5 months ago
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This Is What Democracy Looks Like - The polls for Prop 50, CA’s ballot initiative that counters MAGA’s illegal gerry-mandering in Texas, opened Tuesday, November 4, 2025,… The post This Is ...6 months ago
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Dear NJ Teachers and Their Families: You MUST Not Vote For Jack Ciattarelli - To all NJ public school staff and their families: *You must not vote for Jack Ciattarelli. He will do serious, lasting damage to you personally, and the ...6 months ago
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Blogoversary #19 — Time to Move on - Times have changed. I had a nice long run here, but let’s face it, it ended a while ago. So I’ve moved. I’m not writing much any more, but when I do it wil...8 months ago
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McGrath and Kaminsky: Key Names in the School Policy Debate - The landscape of American school policy is no longer shaped only behind closed doors. It’s debated in town halls, on social media, and through public prote...11 months ago
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"Didn't do *that*," part 1: new Schofield case developments reveal crucial 10th Circuit/Ledger lie - The record is clear. Jeremy Scott confessed at least 40 times in a 2017 hearing. He never recanted. The Ledger must retract its lie to force Judge Kevin Ab...1 year ago
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Achieve 3000 Answers Key (Updated 2023) - Are you on the hunt for the most recent Achieve 3000 answers for the year 2023? Your search is over! ... Read more1 year ago
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Il Papa è Morto - Francis brought a distinct pastoral outlook to his papacy. A simple man, he lived in a small apartment in the guesthouse. He sought to make the church acce...1 year ago
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Kemenangan Member Birutoto Main PG Soft Speed Winner - Kemenangan Member Birutoto Main PG Soft Speed Winner Birutoto – Situs Slot Gacor Terpercaya The post Kemenangan Member Birutoto Main PG Soft Speed Winner...1 year ago
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Mike Shulman the ARISE UFT Judenrat - I was surprised to learn that Mike Shulman has aligned himself with ARISE. I previously supported him, advocating that the Castle Doctrine could have bee...1 year ago
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How Do We Fight Trump? - Dear Friends, I don’t know when and why it hit me. But I suddenly realized how serious Trump is about changing the country into something that horrifies. I...1 year ago
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Can Students Expect a Relevant Education to be Delivered by Irrelevant Educators? - As a veteran teacher of forty years in the classroom, let me be clear, teachers are not completely at fault for becoming irrelevant in their profession. It...1 year ago
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The US Department of Education Should not be Eliminated. Still, it must be reformed. - If you don’t have an attention span that lasts long enough to learn what I’m teaching in this post, start with the conclusion first. Then if you want to re...1 year ago
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Malcolm & John David Washington Talk NFL, Christopher Nolan & ‘The Piano Lesson’ - 'The Washington brothers built their careers apart—until an irresistible project drew them together. In The *Piano Lesson*, they tackle a father’s thorny...1 year ago
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AIN’T IT AWFUL - As the terrible feelings of dread and angst spread across the world the great majority of the American people feel powerless before the onslaught of those ...1 year ago
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Did Darryl Willie lie or interfere in the whistleblower investgation? Why not both? - Willie said below to Action News Jax [image: image.png] It's troubling for quite a few reasons. First he is saying the board knew about the complaint an...1 year ago
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Could This Be Gadfly’s End? Top 12 Articles From 2023 Read By Fewer Than Ever - After 9 years of pounding my head against the wall - well, it seems like the wall is winning.2 years ago
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Redesigning School Governance: Beyond Mayoral Control - From time to time the legislature passes a bill with a sunset provision, unless the law is reauthorized by a specific date the law reverts to the law it re...2 years ago
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POSTPONED: Florida’s Impact on Social Studies - POSTPONED: discussion with Florida and DC educators and advocates on the impact of Florida's new laws Continue reading2 years ago
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Vote NO on the UFT Contract. Here is Why: - The best reason to vote no on this contract is this: UFT Unity* lied* to us in 2018. They misrepresented that contract. It was predicated on deals we wer...2 years ago
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Testimony to the CPS Truancy Task Force - I prepared testimony for one of two public hearings held by the Chicago Public Schools Truancy Task Force, a body mandated by state legislation. The meetin...3 years ago
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Tennis Memories from a Time When Racism and Anti-Semitism Still Prevailed - I learned tennis at a public park in Brooklyn- Lincoln Terrace- where the teaching pro was a mailman named Phil Rubell. Almost all the kids who took lesson...3 years ago
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There Is A Teacher Shortage.Not. - THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. And just to be sure you understand, it’s not that teachers don’t want to teach. It’s not that there aren’t enough teachers cer...3 years ago
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Want to know the condition of a Philly school building? New map to help. - [image: Two students walk by a Philadelphia school building.] Aging infrastructure has been an issue for Philadelphia schools for years. A new interactive...4 years ago
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STREET LIFE - My mom told me, “You should treat all people equally, but don’t bring a “colored” into the house.” I believed … Continue reading →4 years ago
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Schools Matter: Reflecting on Green Dot’s Disastrous Locke Takeover - *“Green Dot came and made it into more of a jail.” — Chris* My history of opposing the Green Dot Charter School Corporation back when I was an activist i...4 years ago
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Book Banning Turns to Dick and Jane - Breaking News: Dateline February 4, 2022 - Parents in Dimwitty, Alabama have asked the Dimwitty Board of Education to ban the children's primer *Fun with...4 years ago
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Have You Heard Has a New Website - TweetHave You Heard has a new website. Visit us at www.haveyouheardpodcast.com to find our latest episodes and our entire archive. And be sure to check out...4 years ago
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Follow me at Substack - I've moved. Follow me at Substack I'm now posting regularly at Substack. You can subscribe for free to my new Edu/Pol blog at michaelklonsky.substack.com ...4 years ago
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I’ve moved. - I’m on Substack now. You can continue to receive periodic posts for free. Or you can read every post and comment for $5 a month, $60 a year. fredklonsky.su...4 years ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights - The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined to win...4 years ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights - The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined to win...4 years ago
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Aspiring Teachers Get New Help Paying For College - [image: colorful classroom pattern] *; Credit: shuoshu/Getty Images* Cory Turner | NPR New rules kick in today that will help aspiring teachers pay for c...4 years ago
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Major victory over a corporate charter school chain and their trade association - Original post at Robert’s page on Medium. On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, I got my second big win in court against a charter school corporation. It was also a ...5 years ago
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Tips Akses Situs Judi Qq Tanpa Perlu Takut Nawala - Kegiatan berjudi slot melalui situs judi qq online, sekarang sudah dilakukan oleh banyak penjudi Indonesia. Tentu, Kamu yang sedang membaca artikel ini a...5 years ago
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The Threat of Integration - I have lived in the same house in the Miracle Mile section of Los Angeles for over 30 years, where up until now I have had little or no interaction with th...5 years ago
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New Teacher Evaluation Report Released by the Network for Public Education - A new report on current teacher evaluation systems throughout the US was just released by the Network for Public Education. The report is titled, “Teachers...5 years ago
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www.job-applications.com - https://www.job-applications.com/bed-bath-and-beyond-job-application/5 years ago
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Teacher Creates National Database Tracking COVID-19 Outbreaks in Schools - Kansas educator Alisha Morris's online coronavirus news-tracker goes viral, now hosted on a new NEA website.5 years ago
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Correction for July 10th Post on School District Audit - On July 10, 2020 we published a post “School District Caught Manipulating Attendance Records to Get More Money” which incorrectly cited Valley Park School ...5 years ago
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We fight for a democracy worthy of us all! - The nation stands at a crossroads, said NEA President Lily Eskelsen GarcÃa in her final keynote address to the 2020 NEA Representative Assembly and it’s up...5 years ago
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Giving Private Schools Federal Emergency Funds Slated for Low-income Students Will Shortchange At-risk Kids - Low-income Seattle students began to pick up bagged lunches in March after their school closed. Karen Ducey/Getty Images Derek W. Black, University of Sout...6 years ago
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The Passing Of Chaz 1951-2020 Age 69 - I am the son of Chaz and like to inform you that he passed away this afternoon from the COVID virus. My father passed in peace beside his loved ones. We ar...6 years ago
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Let The Next Round Of Anti-Semitic Ads Begin - All four pro-public education candidates came in first in their LAUSD school board elections, but two will face run-offs in November.6 years ago
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The Fight For Our Children - *The number of suicides among people ages 10 to 24 nationally increased by 56 percent between 2007 and 2017, according to a new federal report showing the ...6 years ago
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Love Grow Your Own (but not without the actual growth part) - The Governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, recently announced a grow-your-own type of program for teachers. According to this piece: On Monday, Governor Ral...6 years ago
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Another attempted cash grab by the corporate ed crowd in Washington State: House Bill 2788 - The League of Women Voters has opposed charter schools because they don’t have boards elected by the voters but instead the corporation running the schools...6 years ago
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Some of Our Graduates Don't Even Know How to Tighten a Nut - Are schools neglecting practical knowledge and skills? Many of our students are graduating from high school with extremely limited practical knowledge essen...6 years ago
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Read to Self: Just a Kid and a Book. - Date: Monday, January 5, 2020 Place: My classroom Student: Mrs.Mims, could we start doing Read to Self again because I got this great book for Christmas an...6 years ago
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Reminiscences - I just finished dumping the rest of my lesson plans. I guess I held on to the calculus ones for so long because I spent so much time working on them an...6 years ago
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Just Asking for some Teachers I know. - Recently Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers stated, We must … recognize that part of supporting our kids in the classroom means supporting the educators who t...6 years ago
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Charging a terrified 10-year-old girl as a criminal is a very bad look for state attorney Dennis Ward - What the hell is going on? As a parent, I feel very comfortable using this exact wording to ask this … Continue reading →6 years ago
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Cara Menang Bermain Judi Bola Online - Bermain judi bola online tentu saja memiliki kesenangannya tersendiri baik itu mendapatkan keuntungan maupun ketika menantikan hasil skor pada sebuah perta...6 years ago
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Blaming Schools for Student Absences is Like Denouncing Doctors for Disease by Steven Singer - Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.com/2019/08/25/blaming-schools-for-student-absences-is-like-denouncing-doctors-for-disease/?fbclid=IwAR1LV...6 years ago
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Jersey journalist roughed up at session sponsored by charter school groups - The sponsors of an event that doesn’t like journalists An independent New Jersey journalist was roughed up, his video camera was seized, and he was ejected...6 years ago
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K12 Inc. Data Breach Puts thousands of students at risk - It's hard to believe school districts are still contracting with this horrible company. K12 Inc. is the largest for-profit online alternative to actual pub...6 years ago
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A Critique of Standards-Based Grading - It first happened to me about ten years ago. I was beginning my third year of teaching in a new school in Washington, DC. Social studies teachers were si...6 years ago
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Reduced time for testing? Not so fast. - NYSED and Commish Elia continue to say that the NYS Assessments are of reasonable length, I completely disagree. Here is what NYSED states are average expe...7 years ago
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A Response to NorthJersey.com's Explosive "Cashing in on Charter Schools" Series - From NorthJersey.com's Cashing in on Charter Schools series Please note: THIS is what journalism looks like. For the better part of a *DECADE* I have wa...7 years ago
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This Week in Education Organizing - February 15, 2019 - Coalition for Education Justice to Release Report on CRE Eighty-five percent of public school students in New York City are Black, Latinx, or Asian and y...7 years ago
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The World According to Michelle Rhee - The men behind the curtain fashioning the brave new world of corporate run education in America! Michelle Rhee is the founder of StudentsFirst, The New T...7 years ago
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Libraries, books and overcoming the effect of poverty - *Published in the New York Times, September 20, 2018* *To the Editor:* *Re “Why libraries still matter.” [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/opinion/sund...7 years ago
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TSJ's 17th Annual Curriculum Fair - *TSJ's 17th Annual Curriculum Fair* *** REGISTER HERE *** *From Puerto Rico to Chicago:* *Reclaiming and Reimagining Our Communities* Saturday, November 1...7 years ago
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Whose Opinions Matter in Education World? - It's hard to identify education heroes and sheroes. And perhaps even harder to pinpoint just whose work is slanted, paid-for and dishonest.7 years ago
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Book Review: The History of Institutional Racism in U.S. Public Schools (2018, Garn Press) by Susan DuFresne - I recently had the privilege of reading Dufresne’s powerful illustrated history of educational and institutional racism in the United States. Dufresne blen...7 years ago
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Corruption on Top of Corruption: How Rahm’s Response to Sexual Abuse of Students Reveals His Core Function - Rahm Emanuel’s response to the Chicago Tribune investigation that found CPS failed to protect hundreds of students from sexual abuse is cowardly. It is co...7 years ago
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New Local Businesses in Sacramento - Starting a new local business in Sacramento is a monumental task, but can be accomplished with footwork, perseverance and knowledge. One must learn the loc...7 years ago
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Lesson Plan: Rhyme and Rhythm in Poetry - I’ve started a recent unit on poetry with my class. I’m not a poet, and I’m not a poetry fan (I don’t hate it, but I’m a prose gal), so this makes it harde...8 years ago
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The Apotheosis of Betsy DeVos - Betsy Devos has drawn few headlines in recent months, and that is a good thing for the Secretary of Education. Her tenure began with Vice President Mike P...8 years ago
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A Teacher’s Tale in the Midst of the Terror in our Schools - Students’ active-shooter plan for teacher in wheelchair: ‘We will carry you’ Reprinted from Allison Slater Tate Feb. 21, 2018 at 4:58 PM Like teachers all ...8 years ago
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Social Emotional Data. The new Cash Cow in the Corporate Assessment Industry - Recently I was asked to allow my son to participate in a survey at school. The "opt in" survey form specifically stated, "the questions on the survey rela...8 years ago
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Education Is a Civic Question - In their final post to end Bridging Differences' decade-long run, Deborah Meier and Harry Boyte urge readers to put the energy, talents, wisdom, and hard w...8 years ago
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Site News: New Home for Education News & Commentary - Quick! Get over there! The daily education news roundup and education commentaries that you're probably looking for are now being published over at The Gra...8 years ago
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Should We Be Grateful? - In an odd turn of events, and with little explanation, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has decided to return the state’s School Reform Office back to the Dep...8 years ago
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Parents Deserve to Know Who Is Being Appointed to State Board of Ed - I spent a rather surreal day at NJ Senate's Judiciary Committee meeting yesterday. This Committee, headed by Democrat Nick Scaturi, is responsible for a...8 years ago
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An Open Letter to NC Lawmakers - An Open Letter to NC State Lawmakers and NC State Superintendent Mark Johnson: I am a NC native, voter, and public school teacher. I am addressing you all ...8 years ago
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My Next Bestseller) - The Secret to Fixing Schools (My next bestseller) Prologue I just finished watching a fascinating documentary on Netflix entitled, “The Secret”. The film p...9 years ago
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CPS Targets Special Education Teacher Sarah Chambers - Here are the remarks from an action we did today at River Point Plaza, a new development that used over $30 million in TIF funds. CPS claims we are broke...9 years ago
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Farewell, Sleep - Today is the official last day of my spring break. I've done a scientific survey: My natural bedtime is 2 AM, and my natural wake up time is 9:41 AM. Tom...9 years ago
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March is nearly over and I didn't do anything for WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH - I was inspired when I saw this meme I guess it can be called of WOMEN IN STEM and "IT'S OKAY TO BE SMART" And I began thinking about how the only subjec...9 years ago
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REPORT: States With the Best and Worst Schools - States With the Best (and Worst)Schools By *Evan Comen, Michael B. Sauter, Samuel Stebbins and Thomas C. Frohlich* January 20, 2017- http://247wallst.com ...9 years ago
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Test Refusal = People Power - In recent months, social media has been ablaze with talk of regular folk taking action to resist the Trump agenda. Protests are a daily occurrence, and ev...9 years ago
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Attitude Determines Altitude* (*conditions apply)… and the Importance of Humane District Themes - It has been a tumultuous few years in the South Brunswick community, specifically the South Brunswick School District. All you have to do is google the dis...9 years ago
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What Is To Be Done? Trump, the Election, and the Student Loan Crises - President-elect Donald Trump delivering acceptance speech in New York, NY on November 9 (Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Ever since now Presi...9 years ago
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Prison Gerrymandering: Incarceration Weakens Vulnerable Voting Communities - One person equals one vote: seems simple enough. Unfortunately, that hasn’t worked out for many Americans throughout history, specifically women and peop...9 years ago
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Random Musings and Observations. . . . - I’ve been gone a while from the blogging scene. Some of my more regular readers no doubt noticed but did not hassle me about it. Thank you for that. Sinc...9 years ago
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WTU Headquarters On The Auction Block: Union Prez Liz Davis Doesn't Pay Property Tax! - *June 30th is the last official day of WTU Prez Davis' constitutional term. Malcolm Barnes explores this unfortunate scandal in the article below. What r...9 years ago
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AB 934: A LEGISLATIVE FIX FOR VERGARA? - By Michael Stratford | in the Politco Morning Education Report | via email 05/24/2016 10:00 AM EDT :: Two national education groups are backing a Califor...9 years ago
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To simply say you have a growth mindset does not mean you actually have one - By definition, you cannot have a growth mindset when learning is anchored to standardized tests. Standardized tests are a one … Continue reading →10 years ago
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MY NEW BLOG - My new blog will consist of fictitious headlines, meant to be a blend of humor and satire. I apologize ahead of time if any other satirical site has simila...10 years ago
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Thank you - Dear Readers, Thank you for visiting *The Perimeter Primate*. This blog is being retired for the time being. Although I no longer post here, I do still s...10 years ago
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A brief appearance in the Black Panther documentary - 1969 press conference: From left: Fred Hampton and Bobby Rush (Black Panthers); Cha Cha Jiminez (Young Lords Organization); Mike Klonsky (SDS) I have a s...10 years ago
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Duncan and Gates Plan Documercial About Teachers: "Gotcha!" - DailyCensored.com - Breaking Censored News, World, Independent, Liberal News
Duncan and Gates Plan Documercial About Teachers: "Gotcha!" - DailyCensored.com - Breaking Censored News, World, Independent, Liberal News:
This Friday 3/8/13 Night MORE Happy Hour in the Bronx!!!!.southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com:
This Friday 3/8/13 Night MORE Happy Hour in the Bronx!!!!
This Friday 3/8/13 Night MORE Happy Hour in the Bronx!!!!
by noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher)
Come one, come all to the first MORE Happy Hour in the Beautiful Bronx this Friday night, March 8, 2013.
Come with an open mind and hear what we have to say. There will be no hard sell, no commitments asked. But. I guarantee you after you hear the shit I have been through and my colleagues have you will go MORE.
Tell the guys at The Clock Bar Frank Sinatra Jr sent you and get a free glass of wine. j/k
MORE Bronx Happy Hour
Friday, March 8th 4 - 7pm
The Clock Bar, 112 Lincoln Ave., btwn Bruckner Blvd. and 134th St. Just take the 6 train to 138th St-3rd Ave and walk down to Lincoln Ave or hop the Bx15 which stops in front of the bar!
www.morecaucusnyc.org
The UFT Elections are just around the corner, and the Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE) is running in the elections! We aim to to build a fighting, democratic union that vigorously defends public education. Our current leadership squanders our union dues on bloated officer salaries, double pensions, and more. They depend on back room dealing and compromises which have steadily eroded our working conditions and our students' learning conditions. Instead we will funnel these squandered resources to mobilize the rank and file fight for a fair contract, against evaluations based on standardized test scores and for quality public education for all students.
Come join us for a discussion about the elections and how to build for MORE.MORE Bronx Happy Hour
Friday, March 8th 4 - 7pm
The Clock Bar, 112 Lincoln Ave., btwn Bruckner Blvd. and 134th St. Just take the 6 train to 138th St-3rd Ave and walk down to Lincoln Ave or hop the Bx15 which stops in front of the bar!
Come with an open mind and hear what we have to say. There will be no hard sell, no commitments asked. But. I guarantee you after you hear the shit I have been through and my colleagues have you will go MORE.
Tell the guys at The Clock Bar Frank Sinatra Jr sent you and get a free glass of wine. j/k
MORE Bronx Happy Hour
Friday, March 8th 4 - 7pm
The Clock Bar, 112 Lincoln Ave., btwn Bruckner Blvd. and 134th St. Just take the 6 train to 138th St-3rd Ave and walk down to Lincoln Ave or hop the Bx15 which stops in front of the bar!
www.morecaucusnyc.org
The UFT Elections are just around the corner, and the Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE) is running in the elections! We aim to to build a fighting, democratic union that vigorously defends public education. Our current leadership squanders our union dues on bloated officer salaries, double pensions, and more. They depend on back room dealing and compromises which have steadily eroded our working conditions and our students' learning conditions. Instead we will funnel these squandered resources to mobilize the rank and file fight for a fair contract, against evaluations based on standardized test scores and for quality public education for all students.
Come join us for a discussion about the elections and how to build for MORE.MORE Bronx Happy Hour
Friday, March 8th 4 - 7pm
The Clock Bar, 112 Lincoln Ave., btwn Bruckner Blvd. and 134th St. Just take the 6 train to 138th St-3rd Ave and walk down to Lincoln Ave or hop the Bx15 which stops in front of the bar!
Live-Tweeted Election Night Coverage - LA School Report
Live-Tweeted Election Night Coverage - LA School Report:














Live-Tweeted Election Night Coverage
Alexander Russo at LA School Report - 2 minutes ago
Watch live Twitter coverage from @laschoolreport here, in between blog updates.
LAUSD School Board: Election Coverage Tonight
LA School Report at LA School Report - 4 hours ago

Visit LA School Report for live updates on the vote tally for the three School Board races, via the Office of the City Clerk of Los Angeles, starting at 8:30pm PST. We’re also live-tweeting election results @LASchoolReport.
Deasy in Danger? It Might Depend on Vladovic
Hillel Aron at LA School Report - 4 hours ago

Much of the media coverage in the runup to today’s School Board primary election has focused on its possible impact on the fate of Superintendent John Deasy, who is appointed by the seven-member Board. The focus isn’t all that surprising — Continue... more »
Wednesday Event Features Villaraigosa & Deasy
LA School Report at LA School Report - 5 hours ago

There’s a Wednesday March 6 event at UCLA called “Partnering for Schools.” Scheduled guests include Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAUSD Supt. John Deasy. Should be pretty interesting, no matter how things turn out tonight.
Listen: A Reporter’s Take on Today’s Elections
LA School Report at LA School Report - 6 hours ago
LA School Report‘s HIllel Aron talked about today’s LAUSD School Board elections on KCRW’s “Which Way, LA?” show last night. The segment begins at about the 23 minute mark.
Watch: What’s At Stake in Today’s School Board Election
LA School Report at LA School Report - 7 hours ago
KCET explores what’s at stake in today’s Los Angeles School Board election, including snippets from the District 4 candidates, UTLA President Warren Fletcher, education advocate Diane Ravitch, and local parents. You can skim the transcript here.
Westside Teachers Dial for Zimmer
Hillel Aron at LA School Report - 7 hours ago

About 20 teachers sat down in the back room of a Carrow’s restaurant in Santa Monica last night making phone calls reminding registered voters to vote for UTLA-backed District 4 incumbent Steve Zimmer. Volunteers were given cell phones, a list of Continue... more »
Listen: District 4 Candidates Answer Parent Questions
LA School Report at LA School Report - 7 hours ago

Still undecided about how to vote in District 4? One helpful blogger put together some parent-focused questions for District 4 candidates Steve Zimmer and Kate Anderson. The questions – on parent fundraising, curriculum narrowing, teacher evaluation, and charter school co-location and expansion – are Continue... more »
Multiple Union Endorsements Give Runoff Options
Hillel Aron at LA School Report - 8 hours ago

The teachers union’s entire strategy for defeating District 2 incumbent Monica Garcia is predicated on the race going to a runoff. They’ve spent much of their money attacking her record, and if — as most insiders are predicting — Garcia fails Continue... more »
Morning Read: Voters Head to Polls for School Board, Mayor
Samantha Oltman at LA School Report - 9 hours ago
With Reform Fervor in the Air, Local School Board Elections See Record Outside Spending This year, huge amounts of money and passion are flowing down the ballot into the school board elections — part of an all-out war over public Continue... more »
LAT Reports Late $300K Donation from State Charter Association*
Alexander Russo at LA School Report - 9 hours ago
Check out this just-completed chat with LA Times education reporter Howard Blume, which includes news that the state charter association has donated $300,000 to the Coalition for School Reform. On Monday, LA School Report broke the news that Rupert Continue... more »
March 5th: Find Your Polling Place Here
LA School Report at LA School Report - 1 day ago

Election Day is upon us – and with three School Board races on the ballot this year, LA School Report is here to help you find your polling place. Click here enter your address.
Will Garcetti Get UTLA Help Tomorrow?
LA School Report at LA School Report - 1 day ago
According to LA Weekly‘s Patrick Range McDonald, there’s no doubt that Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti flip-flopped on the controversial parent trigger mechanism last week. The only thing in doubt heading into tomorrow’s primary vote is whether or not the change Continue...more »
Outside Spending Up $400K Since Friday – Nears $5 Million
Samantha Oltman at LA School Report - 1 day ago

Outside interest groups have spent $4.8 million so far on the three LAUSD Board races — an increase of $400,000 just over the weekend. So far, UTLA has spent $994,000 on two races — District 2 (East LA) and District Continue... more »
Update: Direct Fundraising Lags Behind
LA School Report at LA School Report - 1 day ago

New disclosure reports available from LA City Ethics reveal that direct fundraising by candidates — limited to $1,000 per individual contributor — continues to lag far behind outside fundraising, which is unlimited. One possible interpretation is that candidates are hoping Continue... more »
Watch: Celebrity Endorsements for Everyone
LA School Report at LA School Report - 1 day ago
District 4 challenger Kate Anderson has Eva Longoria. District 4 incumbent Steve Zimmer has John Lithgow. Now, District 2 incumbent Monica Garcia has singer John Legend.
Election Showdown for School Board Gets New York Times Coverage
LA School Report at LA School Report - 1 day ago

The front section of today’s New York Times includes a big story about the primary day voting for LAUSD School Board that’s going to take place tomorrow. The piece notes that protecting the efforts of Superintendent John Deasy has become Continue... more »
Coalition Fields Effort to Avoid Runoffs
Karen Jordan at LA School Report - 1 day ago

In a tall office building overlooking Olympic Boulevard, a group of more than a dozen volunteers sat in a circle in a conference room being trained on how to best reach voters on the phone and in the field. One Continue... more »
Opinion: “Outsiders” vs. Special Interests
Alexander Russo at LA School Report - 1 day ago

On Friday, former LAUSD Board Members Yolie Flores and Marlene Canter weighed in with an oped in the LA Daily News: ”When people with no vested, personal interest in the outcome try to help elect reform-minded candidates, they are branded Continue... more »
Morning Read: All Eyes on School Board Primary
Samantha Oltman at LA School Report - 1 day ago
National Attention and Cash in Los Angeles School Vote Much of the attention will also be on the three races for the school board, a battle that involves the mayor, the teachers’ union and a host of advocates from across Continue... more »
Schools Matter: MA Resistance to High Stakes Grows Among Professors
Schools Matter: MA Resistance to High Stakes Grows Among Professors:
MA Resistance to High Stakes Grows Among Professors
MA Resistance to High Stakes Grows Among Professors
by Jim Horn
Please share this widely. JH
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Dear friends and colleagues,
Thank you once again for supporting the Massachusetts Statement Against High-Stakes Testing. We wanted you to know that on February 19th, we sent out this press release to the MA Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, as well as to state and national media outlets, education reporters, and blogs. The media attention has been fantastic, including a story in the Boston Globe. You can find a sampling of the coverage here.
With media and blog attention, we expect that the list will grow (note: we're up to 145 endorsers). If you can continue to spread the word among friends and colleagues, that will help us make the biggest statement possible and get the attention of those who can make the changes we seek.
And for those of you who haven't seen it yet, Ken Bernstein's "Warnings from the Trenches", a letter to college professors from a high school teacher, has caused quite a stir. We thought you might be interested. Here's an article from Inside Higher Education about Bernstein's piece and the response he's gotten from professors around the country.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/19/high-school-teacher-alerts-professors-limitations-generation-no-children-left-behind
Thank you so much for your continued support with this effort.
Best regards,
Chris Buttimer
Nancy Carlsson-Paige
Thank you once again for supporting the Massachusetts Statement Against High-Stakes Testing. We wanted you to know that on February 19th, we sent out this press release to the MA Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, as well as to state and national media outlets, education reporters, and blogs. The media attention has been fantastic, including a story in the Boston Globe. You can find a sampling of the coverage here.
With media and blog attention, we expect that the list will grow (note: we're up to 145 endorsers). If you can continue to spread the word among friends and colleagues, that will help us make the biggest statement possible and get the attention of those who can make the changes we seek.
And for those of you who haven't seen it yet, Ken Bernstein's "Warnings from the Trenches", a letter to college professors from a high school teacher, has caused quite a stir. We thought you might be interested. Here's an article from Inside Higher Education about Bernstein's piece and the response he's gotten from professors around the country.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/19/high-school-teacher-alerts-professors-limitations-generation-no-children-left-behind
Thank you so much for your continued support with this effort.
Best regards,
Chris Buttimer
Nancy Carlsson-Paige
Lisa Guisbond
Monty Neill
A Suspension of Time and School | The Jose Vilson
A Suspension of Time and School | The Jose Vilson:
A Suspension of Time and School
Empty ChairYou weren’t supposed to come back.
Even though you were on our school’s roster, rumor had it that your guardian put you in a different school, and you’d no longer half-bounce into my class, calling one of your friends a “nigga-what-the-fuck” for something they allegedly did to you.
Before you came back, you only knew me as the second math teacher, the Black-possibly-Dominican guy who came in to help your math teacher at the time. You’d go off on one of your classmates, and I’d refocus you with a “Why are you doing that?! You’re so close, and you’re not even going to finish?!” You’d get back to work and go “Alright, fine” and get back to work.
Your reputation preceded you long before eighth grade, in hallway fights and missed classes, in snickers and
A Suspension of Time and School
by Jose Vilson

Even though you were on our school’s roster, rumor had it that your guardian put you in a different school, and you’d no longer half-bounce into my class, calling one of your friends a “nigga-what-the-fuck” for something they allegedly did to you.
Before you came back, you only knew me as the second math teacher, the Black-possibly-Dominican guy who came in to help your math teacher at the time. You’d go off on one of your classmates, and I’d refocus you with a “Why are you doing that?! You’re so close, and you’re not even going to finish?!” You’d get back to work and go “Alright, fine” and get back to work.
Your reputation preceded you long before eighth grade, in hallway fights and missed classes, in snickers and
Special Episode of At the Chalk Face with Carol Burris 03/05 by Chalk Face | Blog Talk Radio
Special Episode of At the Chalk Face with Carol Burris 03/05 by Chalk Face | Blog Talk Radio:

Special Episode of At the Chalk Face with Carol Burris

3.5.13: Another very special episode of At the Chalk Face, your favorite progressive education talk radio show, this time with Carol Burris, of NY Principals and APPR fame.
Big Education Ape Nite Cap 3-5-13 #SOSCHAT #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

Why Sending Your Child to a Charter School Hurts Other Children | Alternet
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago

Why Sending Your Child to a Charter School Hurts Other Children | Alternet: Why Sending Your Child to a Charter School Hurts Other Children Parents should fight for quality education for all, not just their own kids. Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/iofoto *February 28, 2013* | On a blog post challenging the role of charter schools in education reform, a parent named Dienne left a comment about choosing to remove a child from “a test-prep, drill-to-kill, twelve times a year testing factory” public school, and then posed a powerful question: “I’d ask you what exactly am I supposed t... more »
UPDATE: Protesters sit in outside the mayor's office | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago

Protesters sit in outside the mayor's office | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Protesters imply SRC is bulldozing schools by thenotebook Inside City Hall right now, a small group of protesters are staging a sit-in, a criticism of the mayor's support for the District's mass school-closings plan. Outside City Hall, the rally to Occupy Nutter is also in full swing. Here's a great photo from the protest, tweeted by the PFT. read more Protesters sit in outside the mayor's officeby Paul Socolar on Mar 05 2013 Posted in Latest news A crowd of about 20 opponents of the School Dist... more »
Big Education Ape - SPECIAL Mid Day Banana Break 3-5-13 #soschat #edreform
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago

*Big Education Ape - Mid Day Banana Break* The History of the Term “Failing Schools” by dianerav Kevin Kosar, who earned his Ph.D. at NYU in a study of federal education policy, researched the use of the term “failing schools.” It was seldom used until 1990. Since then, as you can see when you open the link, it has become a commonplace term. This is clearly political, since test scores for every group are higher today than they were in 1990, graduation rates are higher, and dropout rates are lower. “Failing schools” is a term that enables privatizers to take over more public prop... more »
Arne Duncan: The newest rhetoric vs. the reality
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 4 hours ago

Arne Duncan: The newest rhetoric vs. the reality: Arne Duncan: The newest rhetoric vs. the reality Posted by Valerie Strauss on March 5, 2013 at 1:35 pm [image: Arne Duncan (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post)] Arne Duncan (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) Education Secretary Arne Duncan appeared at a Washington Post-sponsored conference on families today, and he sounded (mostly) highly reasonable: Early childhood education is the absolute “best long-term investment” that the country can make for kids, families and the economy, he said. (Not, apparently, the billions of dollars he spen... more »
Diane in the Evening 3-5-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 5 hours ago

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Viva Eastside Memorial High School! by dianerav On other posts, I have told the story of Eastside Memorial High School in Austin, Texas. The school board and superintendent (Broad-trained) decided to give the school to a charter chain called IDEA. This was not popular with the community. Many families in the neighborhood pulled their children out of the IDEA charter in protest and sent them elsewhere. In the November election, the community elected a school board member opposed to the charter takeover, and the ... more »
Three Strategies for Encouraging and Developing Student Voice — Whole Child Education
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 5 hours ago

Three Strategies for Encouraging and Developing Student Voice — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG [image: Dawn Imada Chan]Three Strategies for Encouraging and Developing Student Voice March 5, 2013 by Dawn Imada Chan Even though student-centered learning is the foundation of student voice, the complexity and demands of teaching often make focusing on student voice yet another "add-on" for educators. However, as Toshalis and Nakkula (2012) assert, "student voice is the antithesis of depersonalized, standardized, and homogenized educational experiences because it begins and... more »
Deborah Meier on Standardized Testing Best of the Ed Blogs | National Education Policy Center
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 6 hours ago

Best of the Ed Blogs | National Education Policy Center: Best of the Ed Blogs *Best of the Ed Blogs* features a frequently updated selection of interesting and insightful blog posts on education policy. The views expressed by the bloggers on our blog roll are thoughtful, original, and entirely their own. We hope you make *Best of the Ed Blogs* your first stop for concise takes on today's most important education topics. Deborah Meier on Standardized Testing Best of the Ed Blogs Diane Ravitch March 5, 2013 Data Driving: At the Intersection of Arbitrary and Meaningful Best of the Ed ... more »
Special ed advocacy groups set ambitious plan for more federal funding SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 6 hours ago
SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Special ed advocacy groups set ambitious plan for more federal funding As the nation headed toward the fiscal cliff late last week and most educators were scrambling to cover the eventual reductions in federal funds that are sure to accompany sequestration, two major special education groups unveiled an ambitious policy agenda for next year – most of it pressing for more money, not less. The joint release came from the Council for Exceptional Children, which represents over 30,000 professionals and calls itself the “voice and vision of spec... more »
PSAT for 3-5-13 + North Side P.O.W.E.R. forum Sunday against charter school expansion Parents United for Responsible Education
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 6 hours ago

Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » North Side P.O.W.E.R. forum Sunday against charter school expansion: PSAT for 3-5-13: Send me your ISAT stories by admin [image: psat_logo]This is ISAT week and a lot of students, parents and teachers are thinking about opting out of the state tests. PURE believes that standardized testing should be limited and that parents should have the right to opt their children out of any standardized tests. We support SB2156, a bill to limit standardized testing in Illinois. *Part 1 of today’s PSAT* – please contact your state senators ... more »
Regulation Nation: New federal rules for school food will cost millions, group says | Fox News
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 6 hours ago

Regulation Nation: New federal rules for school food will cost millions, group says | Fox News: *Regulation Nation: New federal rules for school food will cost millions, group says* By Shannon Bream Published March 05, 2013 FoxNews.com - Newly proposed federal regulations aimed at the snack foods and drinks served in the nation's schools could come with a hefty price tag. The American Action Forum estimates the regulations, which include caps on serving sizes and calorie counts, will cost schools $127 million and require more than 926,000 hours of paperwork. Sam Batkins, d... more »
When America is One Giant Ticker Tape — University of Phoenix, Massive On-line Education, the Failure of Democracy | Dissident Voice
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 7 hours ago

When America is One Giant Ticker Tape — University of Phoenix, Massive On-line Education, the Failure of Democracy | Dissident Voice: When America is One Giant Ticker Tape — University of Phoenix, Massive On-line Education, the Failure of Democracy by Paul Haeder Okay, okay, today es muy interesante, lleno de literatura y periodismo. Full of literature and journalism. Yes, yes, Mister Welfare Man, I am doing job searches to validate myself as a human being. You know, three job applications a week to meet the sequester-fragile unemployment insurance. I do more than three a week, t... more »
Modern School: Union Busting by Liberal NY Governor
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 7 hours ago

Modern School: Union Busting by Liberal NY Governor: Union Busting by Liberal NY Governor by Michael Dunn Huck/Konopacki Labor Cartoons New York Governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, proposed legislation last week that would impose a new teacher evaluation system for New York City if the teachers’ union, UFT, refuses to accept the conditions of Mayor Bloomberg’s evaluation plan. Last month, Cuomo punished New York school children by withholding $250 million from their city’s school budget because the mayor and the UFT failed to come to an agreement by his arbitrary deadline. When this failed... more »
UPDATE: Does #edweek add any value? + #Sequestration #edreform, the “cartoon” – @ the chalk face
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 7 hours ago

#Sequestration #edreform, the “cartoon” – @ the chalk face: Does #edweek add any value? by Timothy D. Slekar Someone has to say it! Stop calling experiments that use value added data *“research”* unless you are willing to state up front that “the findings you are about to see have absolutely NO VALUE in understanding the complicated work of teaching and learning.” Just today, EdWeek let us know that, New teachers become much more effective with a few years of classroom experience, but aworking paper[image: Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader] by a team of researchers suggests the most—a... more »
UPDATE: FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Tuesday, March 5, 2013
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 7 hours ago

FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: *Parents allege massive enrollment fraud at Carpenter Community Charter in Studio City* Education Headlines *Tuesday, March 5, 2013* Contra Costa County superintendent frustrated by snub related to charter reportTensions between the Contra Costa County Office of Education and the Mt. Diablo school district have intensified after the county superintendent was snubbed when a recent report was created for the district. Facebook threat at El Camino High taken seriously; youth arrestedThe swift arrest Sunday of a local teenager who th... more »
John Thompson: Texans Debunk Test-Driven Reform - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 7 hours ago

John Thompson: Texans Debunk Test-Driven Reform - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: John Thompson: Texans Debunk Test-Driven Reform by Anthony Cody *Guest post by John Thompson.* Addressing the Save Texas Schools rally in Austin on Feb. 23, Superintendent John Kuhn nailed the essence of test-driven "reform." "Some people have forgotten that good teachers actually exist. They spend so much time and effort weeding out the bad ones that they've forgotten to take care of the good ones. This bitter accountability pesticide is over-spraying the weeds and wilting the entire g... more »
Seattle School District orders teacher to stop teaching class... | www.wpxi.com
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Seattle School District orders teacher to stop teaching class... | www.wpxi.com: Seattle School District orders teacher to stop teaching class on race - 0 0 0 22 View Larger [image: Center School students] Center School students SEATTLE — A required class on race was suspended at one Seattle public school just two weeks before it was scheduled to end. The Center School class was stopped last Monday on orders from School Superintendent Jose Banda after a student said teacher Jon Greenberg had created an intimidating environment. KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Deborah Horne ... more »
Joy Resmovits: John Legend On Education; North Dakota Withdraws No Child Left Behind Waiver Request: Ed Today
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Joy Resmovits: John Legend On Education; North Dakota Withdraws No Child Left Behind Waiver Request: Ed Today: John Legend On Education; North Dakota Withdraws No Child Left Behind Waiver Request: Ed Today by Joy Resmovits *John Legend, Saving Your Schools?* Musician John Legend appeared at USC last night to promote his education reform agenda, according to the Daily Trojan. "If we think demography is destiny, we will allow our school system to confirm that belief," Legend said, echoing basically the entire reform movement. He serves on the board education advocacy group Stand fo... more »
High School Student Disarms Gunman…Gets Suspended? | TheBlaze.com
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High School Student Disarms Gunman…Gets Suspended? | TheBlaze.com: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DISARMS GUNMAN…GETS SUSPENDED? Mar. 2, 2013 10:12am Madeleine Morgenstern - 1.7K - 64.3K - 285 - 30 - - - 724 [image: Florida High School Student Disarms Gunman...Gets Suspended?] Image source: WFTX-TV A Florida high school student wrestled a loaded gun away from another teen on the bus ride home this week and was slapped with a suspension in return. The 16-year-old Cypress Lake High student in Fort Myers, Fla. told WFTX-TV there was “no doubt” he saved a life after grappl... more »
UPDATE: Rahm’s BFF + The IEA’s Uncle Charlie. | Fred Klonsky
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The IEA’s Uncle Charlie. | Fred Klonsky: Dan Biss asks for input. Mark supplies it. by Fred Klonsky From Senator Dan Biss: *Senate Bill 35 (comprehensive pension reform). Like most people, I continue to believe that resolving Illinois’ terrible pension problem is the most important step toward righting our fiscal ship. As soon as I arrived in the Senate, I filed SB35 — and last Wednesday, I filed Amendment 1to reflect the most recent negotiations. This proposal has received a lot of attention — some positive, and some negative — from workers who believe it demands too much sacrifi... more »
CUNY Pathways Showdown Looms as Another College Governance Body Declares Opposition |
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CUNY Pathways Showdown Looms as Another College Governance Body Declares Opposition |: CUNY Pathways Showdown Looms as Another College Governance Body Declares Opposition by Angus Johnston Pathways, the CUNY administration’s controversial system-wide general education plan, is supposed to be in place by this fall, but that goal will only be met by ignoring the stated views — and governance prerogatives — of a growing number of faculty and student governance bodies in the CUNY system. Yesterday the College Senate at LaGuardia Community College in Queens — a joint student-faculty ... more »
National Standards, Local Control - Bridging Differences - Education Week
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National Standards, Local Control - Bridging Differences - Education Week: National Standards, Local Control by Deborah Meier Dear Deborah, Now that I am into my first "Bridging" venture, I see the value of the format. Many discussions of education founder on both differing perspectives and a tyranny of language. Our prior discussion of the re-authorization of the No Child Left Behind Act leads me to see important agreement even if described as disagreement, but I also see some talking past each other, and I finally see some fundamental differences. Let me begin with a very import... more »
Four charter schools will be launched under initiative started by Mayor Bloomberg - NYPOST.com
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Four charter schools will be launched under initiative started by Mayor Bloomberg - NYPOST.com: Classy Mike wants to fund own schools - By YOAV GONEN, Education Reporter - Last Updated: 3:41 AM, March 5, 2013 - Posted: 1:31 AM, March 5, 2013 EXCLUSIVE Mayor Bloomberg is backing — and also wants to bankroll — the creation of four charter high schools, The Post has learned. The state Education Department has received applications to open the schools as part of the mayor’s Young Men’s Initiative, which is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and George Soros’ Open Society Fo... more »
MORNING UPDATE: LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-5-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
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Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] The Smear Tactics of Corporate Reformers by dianerav Jersey Jazzman has pulled together an impressive collection of smears, wherein the corporate reformers’ attack machine tried to silence and/ or intimidate their critics. JJ’s recitation brought to mind some of the many brushes I have had with the smear machine. The first occurred in 2007, when I realized that someone in the NYC Department of Education was following me to my lectures and taping them. I saw t... more »
Louisiana Educator: Congratulations to LFT; The Fight for Public Education Continues
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Louisiana Educator: Congratulations to LFT; The Fight for Public Education Continues: Congratulations to LFT; The Fight for Public Education Continues by Michael Deshotels The Louisiana Federation of Teachers and its president Steve Monaham deserve to be commended for anexcellent legal challenge to Governor Jindal's Act 1 of 2012. Judge Caldwell agreed with the Federation claim that the new law was unconstitutional and should be struck down in its entirety because it addressed several subjects instead of the one issue per bill required by the Constitution. Act 1 was a very bad l... more »
Late donations bolster pro-Deasy school board candidates - latimes.com
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Late donations bolster pro-Deasy school board candidates - latimes.com Late donations bolster pro-Deasy school board candidates [image: Mayor Bloomberg Your Money Sucks! (Learn More click picture)] Two eleventh hour donations have added financial muscle to a campaign seeking to bolster Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy through the results of Tuesday’s Board of Education elections. The Sacramento-based California Charter Schools Assn. has donated $300,000. And New York City-based News America Inc. has donated $250,000, according to reports filed Monday with the Los Angeles City Et... more »
What it means for parents to support teachers + Our Public Ed Hero of the Day: Senator Vincent Hughes | Parents United for Public Education
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Our Public Ed Hero of the Day: Senator Vincent Hughes | Parents United for Public Education: Our Public Ed Hero of the Day: Senator Vincent Hughes by parentsunitedphila [image: Hughes at Gompers] Senator Vincent Hughes visits Gompers Elementary, one of 29 schools slated for closure. (Source: senatorhughes.com) Color us grateful. In response to last week’s jaw-dropping summary of the District’s preliminary contract proposals to Philadelphia teachers, Senator Vince Hughes tweeted: What it means for parents to support teachers by helengym [image: This sign from last summer's Chicago T... more »
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss? | Gary Rubinstein's Blog
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Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss? | Gary Rubinstein's Blog: Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss? by Gary Rubinstein A few days ago The Pope of the Catholic church and The Pope of Teach For America, Wendy Kopp, both stepped down. I was not always thrilled with the direction that Wendy Kopp was steering the organization in, and I publicly aired my grievances in my open letter to her. I was pleased with her lengthy response. Though she evaded my most important questions, she did admit that TFA needs to do a better job with highlighting alumni who have different views tha...more »
Worst is over: Sharp decline in districts in financial straits | EdSource Today
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Worst is over: Sharp decline in districts in financial straits | EdSource Today: Worst is over: Sharp decline in districts in financial straits - by John Fensterwald by John Fensterwald The number of school districts in financial distress has fallen significantly after cresting last year, according to a state report released Monday. [image: Qualified (in yellow) certifications and negative (in red) district financial certifications from 1999-2000 through last year. This year's totals for the first interim for 2012-13, not shown, are 117 qualified and seven negative. Chart by FCM... more »
Daily Kos: So maybe I am not as smart as people think
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Daily Kos: So maybe I am not as smart as people think: So maybe I am not as smart as people think by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) because I cannot understand how anyone can think a democratic republic can continue when those with more money get to buy elections and officials and write the rules and laws to their benefit while screwing the vast majority of the people. If we are supposed to have the equal protection of the law why is some money more privileged than other money when it comes to taxation? Is Capital really so much more valuable than LABOR that the former can pay 15%... more »
“Is this really all there is?” + The School-to-Workforce Pipeline: At Least it isn’t Prison – @ the chalk face
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The School-to-Workforce Pipeline: At Least it isn’t Prison – @ the chalk face: Guest Post: Nichole Berg. “Is this really all there is?” by Timothy D. Slekar As a teacher in this new political climate of school reform, teacher-bashing, high stakes testing, and arbitrary merit pay, I frequently find myself wondering, “Is this really all there is? I mean, did I really spend all those years building my professional repertoire and meaningful relationships with kids just to have it all taken away and replaced with pacing guides and a barrage of initiatives and chores that occupy so much ... more »
Is school reform about replacing blackness?
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Is school reform about replacing blackness?: Is school reform about replacing blackness? Posted by Valerie Strauss on March 5, 2013 at 8:00 am 1 Comments More [image: Fifth-graders from Watkins Elementary School in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News)] Fifth-graders from D.C.’s Watkins Elementary School (By Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News) Here is an original look at the modern school reform movement. It was written by Natalie Hopkinson is a Washington-based writer, and author of “Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City”. This appeared on The ... more »
UPDATE: The Myopic Menace of Order Schools Matter: What Happens If the Billionaires Boys Club Takes Over Los Angeles Schools?
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Schools Matter: What Happens If the Billionaires Boys Club Takes Over Los Angeles Schools?: The Myopic Menace of Order by Storm White man got no dreaming, Him go 'nother way. White man, him go different. Him got road belong himself. I have never been able to discover any Aboriginal word for *time* as an abstract concept. And the sense of 'history' is wholly alien here.... ...The Dreaming conjures up the notion of a sacred, heroic time of the indefinitely remote past, such a time is also, in a sense, still part of the present. One cannot 'fix' The Dreaming in time: it was, and is... more »
UPDATE: Has it come to this…? + Vallas Gets Illegal 3 year contract on 5 to 4 vote - Wait, What?
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Vallas Gets Illegal 3 year contract on 5 to 4 vote - Wait, What?: And last but not least, in Finch/Vallas land… jonpelto at Wait, What? - 13 minutes ago Categories: - Bridgeport - Mayor Bill Finch - Paul Vallas Speaking of $100,000 After helping Mayor Finch and five of the six Democrats on the Bridgeport Board of Education push through an illegal 3 year contract for Paul Vallas on a vote of 5 to 4, Joshua Thompson, Finch’s “education point person” continues to have a biography up on a national website calling himself; Deputy [...] *(Read more...)* And while cutting essential servic... more »
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Vallas pulls a fast one in Bridgeport
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Vallas pulls a fast one in Bridgeport: Vallas pulls a fast one in Bridgeport by Mike Klonsky VallasThey pulled a fast one in Bridgeport last night. At a "special" meeting of the board, called to head off any further debate, school privatizer/profiteer *Paul Vallas* was handed a new 3-year contract. The 5-4 vote came just days after the Connecticut Working Families Party mounted an all-out campaign to derail a contract extension for Vallas. Board members *Maria Pereira, Sauda Baraka and John Bagley*, all members of WFP, voted against the extension, alo... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Another Day; Another Reformy Smear!
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Jersey Jazzman: Another Day; Another Reformy Smear!: Another Day; Another Reformy Smear! by Duke Good mroning, America! So, what are *you* going to do today for our nation's children? Me, I'll be destroying American society by indoctrinating the tykes in socialist rhetoric from my cushy, union-protected, ultra-high-paid job-for-life as a public school teacher! But maybe you'll spend your day nobly saving the kids from lazy and evil teachers like me! You'll be promoting excellence and accountability by suing protectors of the status quo for talking to their town councilperson... ... more »
'Blackboard Wars': Oprah's Education Reality Show Reveals Reform Isn't Always Students-First | Education on GOOD
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'Blackboard Wars': Oprah's Education Reality Show Reveals Reform Isn't Always Students-First | Education on GOOD: 'Blackboard Wars': Oprah's Education Reality Show Reveals Reform Isn't Always Students-First [image: blackboard.wars] As an educator in New Orleans, I've been asked dozens of times, "What do you think of *Blackboard Wars*," the documentary series featured on Oprah's OWN Network about troubled John McDonough High school. My first and most enduring reaction to *Blackboard Wars* is fatigue. I'm simply tired of New Orleans education reform, the spectacle. This is not becau... more »
REALITY, NOT THEORY, WHY LAUSD IS HIRING SUBSTITUTES - Perdaily.com
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REALITY, NOT THEORY, WHY LAUSD IS HIRING SUBSTITUTES - Perdaily.com: REALITY, NOT THEORY, WHY LAUSD IS HIRING SUBSTITUTES by Leonard Isenberg [image: David Holmquist.jpg] *(Mensaje se repite en Español)* * * *L.A. Subs website has several posts under the title: "Theory Why LAUSD Is Hiring." There is no theory as to why the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is hiring substitute teachers- it's a financially motivated reality. They are hiring lots of subs to take the place of top of the salary scale teachers like many of you that they got rid of, because it's much cheaper wit... more »
March 14th: Colorado Students Stand Up for Education | United Opt Out National
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March 14th: Colorado Students Stand Up for Education | United Opt Out National: March 14th: Colorado Students Stand Up for Education admin at United Opt Out National - 1 hour ago March 4th, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WHAT : Students standing up for our education WHEN : March 14th, 2013 from 11am – 2:30pm WHERE : West Steps of the Colorado State Capitol On February 23rd, students gathered to discuss what … MORE Bess Altwerger: Why I am Coming to Occupy the Dept. of Ed. in DC admin at United Opt Out National - 1 hour ago How could I NOT come to Occupy the DOE in DC? At this pivotal m...more »
Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 3-4-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
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*Nite Cap UPDATE**UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE* *sequester* * * * * Wealth Inequality in America [Video] by Edit Barry This is why every American who makes a middle class living should care about millionaires’ and billionaires’ dabbling in education reform. Why sequestration is hogwash. Why anyone who tells you there is no money for school buildings or public school teachers or health care or medical benefits is full of it. There is more than enough to go around. Commence reality check. Popout Walmart Foundation vs. Walton Foundation by dianerav Earlier today when I posted about Pres... more »
Engaging Parents In School… » This Week’s #PTchat On Twitter
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Engaging Parents In School… » This Week’s #PTchat On Twitter: This Week’s #PTchat On Twitter by Larry Ferlazzo Guest Post by Joe Mazza everythingesl.net This week on #PTchat we will be sharing strategies on how to involve the diverse families of English language learners (ELL) in order to foster the partnership between the home and school. @JudieHaynes Schools must constantly seek ways to improve the communication with ELL families and recognize how it parallels with the communication with non-ELL families. How are schools reaching out to their ELL families? Are traditional pare... more »
Guest Post By John Thompson: The Texas Standardized Test Revolt | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
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Guest Post By John Thompson: The Texas Standardized Test Revolt | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…: Guest Post By John Thompson: The Texas Standardized Test Revolt by Larry Ferlazzo School “reformers” complain that the Garfield High School teachers’ boycott of testing, and the protests by teachers, parents, and students in Georgia, New York, and Massachusetts, are bringing the backlash against bubble-in accountability to a “crescendo.” Perhaps the best education news is that 818 Texas school districts oppose the educational malpractice encouraged by standardized testing. On... more »
Are school closings the new urban renewal? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
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Are school closings the new urban renewal? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Are school closings the new urban renewal? by thenotebook *by Elaine Simon* Recent analyses show that most students from schools recommended for closing in Philadelphia would not end up in better-performing schools. They are likely to wind up in schools much like the ones they were in before, as a recent study by Research for Action shows. Most of the displaced students will not benefit academically from the closings as planned. In addition, they would have to travel a distance outside their nei... more »
Charter schools ‘undemocratic’ – @ the chalk face
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Charter schools ‘undemocratic’ – @ the chalk face: Charter schools ‘undemocratic’ by Activism in paradise - Voices from down under As part of the New Zealand government’s mindless rush to show like minded governments that they too can implement GERM without rhyme or reason, the process of establishing charter schools is underway, in as undemocratic a fashion as it is possible to imagine in the New Zealand environment. Public and expert opinion is being, and will continue to be, totally disregarded in this process. Sadly, this mindset isn’t just restricted to education, and as a resul... more »
Big Education Ape - SPECIAL Mid Day Banana Break 3-4-13 #soschat #edreform
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*Big Education Ape - Mid Day Banana Break* Sequestration Cuts Forcing Schools That Serve Military, Native American Students To Squeeze by Joy Resmovits When President Barack Obama signed an executive order Friday night mandating across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration, Henry Strom, the superintendent of public schools in Mt. Adams, Wash., was prepared. But the preparations hurt. Mt. Adams serves Washington's Yakima Reservation -- many of its students are Native Americans who live in poverty. That means that unlike most U.S. school districts, Strom counts on a fund... more »
Daily Kos: Is teaching an art or a science?
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Daily Kos: Is teaching an art or a science?: Is teaching an art or a science? by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) The thoughts in this piece were occasioned by a conversation where i was asked if I thought teaching more of an art rather than a science. I responded that the question was a false frame, and was asked to explain. My explanation comes in part from my background and formal education in music. I think what we are seeing in education is neither art nor science, but the attempt to turn education into an engineering problem. In engineering, it is of course important to have ... more »
Diane in the Evening 3-4-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
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Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Walmart Foundation vs. Walton Foundation by dianerav Earlier today when I posted about President Obama’s decision to name the Sylvia Mathews Burwell, CEO of the Walmart Foundation, to become the head of the Office of Management and Budget, I made the error of identifying her as CEO of the Walton Family Foundation. It was obviously a mistake, and readers quickly called my attention to it. I made the change at once. I didn’t realize that the Walton billionaires have two different foundations. In addition, member... more »
No Kid Hungry Starts with Breakfast — Whole Child Education
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No Kid Hungry Starts with Breakfast — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG [image: Kumar Chandran]No Kid Hungry Starts with Breakfast March 4, 2013 by Kumar Chandran [image: No Kid Hungry - Share Our Strength] More than 16 million children in the U.S. struggle with hunger, or one out of five American kids. Teachers see this hunger first-hand in their classrooms. In a recent survey, three out of five K–8 public school teachers said they taught kids who regularly came to school hungry because they weren't getting enough to eat at home. What if I told you that there was a solutio... more »
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