Saturday, August 17, 2013

Beware of “Everyday Mathematics” | deutsch29

Beware of “Everyday Mathematics” | deutsch29:

Beware of “Everyday Mathematics”

August 17, 2013

A week ago, I was contacted by a Louisiana parent whose child was subjected to a K – 6 math “curriculum” developed by the University of Chicago Mathematics project and published by McGraw Hill, Everyday Mathematics. Three editions of Everyday Mathematics have been released, the most recent in 2007.

A major flaw with Everyday Mathematics is the teaching of inefficient mathematical algorithms (the formulas and sequential steps one uses in order to perform a math problem). In general, the kids don’t master mathematical operations; instead, they become steeped in confusing procedures. Everyday Mathematics is also calculator-dependent. This Seattle blogger notes particular deficits of the supposedly-CCSS-aligned curriculum that in 1999 was rejected outright by the math and science communities:

Almost as soon as the first edition was released, it became part of a nationwide controversy over reform mathematics. In October 1999, US Department of Education issued a report labeling Everyday Mathematics one of five “promising” new math programs. The perceived endorsement of Everyday Mathematics and a number of other textbooks by an agency of the US government caused such outrage

8-17-13 teacherken at Daily Kos

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teacherken at Daily Kos: Jets versus Sharksmost of us of a certain age will immediately recognize those three words as a reference to West Side Story, a mid-20th century retelling of the Romeo and Juliet saga, set in NYC, with "American" and Puerto Rican gangs standing for Capulets and Montagues, and the tragic consequences that flow therefrom, despite the very human connection of Tony and Maria.

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What Is and Is Not Fair | Connected Principals

What Is and Is Not Fair | Connected Principals:

What Is and Is Not Fair

August 18, 2013

By sblankenship

Throughout my many conversations with teachers, I have heard time and time again how they feel bad for the rest of the class because they spend much time and energy on just a few disruptive students. These teachers are correct, it’s not fair.
According to Michael Linsin, “When you attend to poorly behaved students more often, you’re communicating to them in a subtle but clear way that they’re different, that they don’t have what it takes to control themselves like other students, so they need extra attention.”
So, why exactly do some teachers warn, argue, escalate and interrupt instruction to repetitively lecture more often to misbehaving-prone students or give them more attention than other students? I believe these teachers are doing the very best they know how. Therefore, it’s time to reveal the secret strategy to creating conditions conducive to learning. The solution is to simply treat them just like everyone else. Allow your most challenging students to feel what it’s like to be a regular student.
Michael Linsin states, “To do this, you must follow your classroom management plan to the letter. Stick to it no matter what, and acknowledge your students when they do something well. Stop pulling them aside to explain this or that, stop lecturing or trying to get assurances from them, and stop telling them how wonderful they are because they sat quietly for 15 minutes during a read aloud.”
Simply acknowledge them for the same things you would for any other student. Remember, students have a distinct sense of what is and what is not fair. You must act fairly for all students if you expect to be respected. Make sure that if your best student does something wrong, they too are treated like

8-17-13 Ed Notes Online

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Chicago: Rahm sends police to protect crew sent to destroy historic community center... Rahm, Barbara Byrd Bennett order destruction of 'La Casita'

Reports all day coming in from Substance on this open warfare by the ed deformer/neo-liberals on the community. You can follow events on the Substance web site.Two years ago at our last meetings in Chicago we went to La Casita for a few hours to talk to people - George Schmidt gave us a tour. I will hunt down that video and post it tomorrow.We are at war. It has been declared on us. We are in midd

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8-16-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: AFT Drops Hammer on Dearborn Federation of School EmployeesIf I could Photoshop guess whose face you'd see?Randi must think she is Lincoln after the Fort Sumpter attack. Are you surprised that our wonderful national union leaders in the AFT would resort to goon tactics when questions of secession arise within a local? These AFT people showed up at 1107 Washington , the DFSE office

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8-15-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Neo-liberalism and Ed Deform and Krugman on Rand Paul's "Better Dead than Fed"Ed Deform's connection to neo-liberalism can be defined in one dirty word: CHOICE CORE in Chicago began with 8 people reading Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine" to try to make sense of what was being done to the schools because so much of it didn't make sense educationally or even rationally, the idea of a g

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8-14-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Naison Calls for John King's RemovalWe've had 3 DUD NYSTATE Ed Comms in a row since 1995. Time to move on.Dear Speaker Silver and Assembly Member Nolan It is time to remove John King Education Commissioner of the State of New York. Commissioner King purposely decided to score state tests in such a way as to insure that the majority of the students in the state failed. The resu

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8-13-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: A Weekend (not with Bernie) in ChicagoMoi, Yelena, AJ, James, Camille, Megan, Julie, Gloria, Jia (Sean caught a flight)I have so much to say about the trip to Chicago I made with a big crew from MORE this past weekend but so much of it would be boring -- like you don't really want to know just how much beer I drank. And how much fun it was to hang out with year old Jack who can no

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8-12-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Rob Rendo on Common CoreCommon Core or no Common Core, standards for what children should know by a certain age (skills or content) have always been in flux and controverted.The CCSS is, I think, on an extreme part of that spectrum of flux.The consensus reality and research that more or less corroborates what, for example, a fifth grader should be able to do in math or ELA, has be

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Nite Cap 8-17-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change

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"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."

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The Mismeasure of Education – SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE

The Mismeasure of Education – SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: The Mismeasure of EducationJULY 16, 2013 BY JIM HORN 9 COMMENTSLast updated July 27, 2013. The book is now available at online bookstores. Amazon and Barnes & Noble have it, but the best price is at the publisher, Information Age: $39.15. Description below is from the publisher.From the publisher, Information Age:286 pages, w/i

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St. Marcus Marches to Demand Acquisition of Malcolm X Building From MPS | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

St. Marcus Marches to Demand Acquisition of Malcolm X Building From MPS | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: St. Marcus Marches to Demand Acquisition of Malcolm X Building From MPSFiled under: MPS Buildings,Privatization,Vouchers — millerlf @ 2:33 pm August 17: 35 staff, students and supporters from St. Marcus Lutheran School marched from their campus at 2251 North Palmer to the Malcolm

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Statement from Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund to the SHU Isolation Unit Installation on the Capitol Steps in Sacramento | DailyCensored.com

Statement from Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund to the SHU Isolation Unit Installation on the Capitol Steps in Sacramento | DailyCensored.com - Breaking Censored News, World, Independent, Liberal News: Statement from Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund to the SHU Isolation Unit Installation on the Capitol Steps in SacramentoBy Mike Holman,In solidarity with the SHU Isolation Unit Instal

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8-17-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face

SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: The Unintended Lessons from Florida: Class Grades, pt. 2 | the becoming radicalThe Unintended Lessons from Florida: Class Grades, pt. 2 | the becoming radical.by plthomasedd / 1h As “scary” as it gets, a blank parent report. #optoutSee how easy this is? No consequences, just a blank report. That’s all. So, parents, what are you waiting for? An invitation?by Chalk F

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Diane in the Evening 8-17-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Alan Singer: What’s Missing from Common CoreAlan Singer of Hofstra University has written positively about the Common Core. But he realizes that something very important is missing from them: Any interest in education for democracy. The a core is heavily focused on skills, not content. The skills of citizenship are not among them.b

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Teachers For Social Justice: CPS has demolished Whittier Elementary's "La Casita" parent center and library

Teachers For Social Justice: CPS has demolished Whittier Elementary's "La Casita" parent center and library: CPS has demolished Whittier Elementary's "La Casita" parent center and libraryAUGUST 17, 2013 LEAVE A COMMENTURGENT:La Casita at Whittier school was demolished today around 9:30 am without notice or previous meeting with the community, as Alderman Solis and CPS promised. The construction cr

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: American Demolition at La Casita

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: American Demolition at La Casita: American Demolition at La CasitaAmerican Demolition -- What's in a name?Rahm always seems to high-tail it out of town whenever he's about to drop another bombshell on the community. That way he doesn't have to face the media the next day or be held accountable for his dirty deeds until things cool down. I guess that what he pays his

by mike simpson / 4h

Communist China and Chicago Democrats bulldoze schools for private profit | Reclaim Reform

Communist China and Chicago Democrats bulldoze schools for private profit | Reclaim Reform: Communist China and Chicago Democrats bulldoze schools for private profitPosted on August 17, 2013by Ken PrevitiDemocratic Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is following the same thuggish cruelty as Communist China. Bulldozing a school and destroying a community, even though residents had recently received a writt

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8-17-13 Saturday Special Corporate Reform School Girls News Breakout

8-10-13 Saturday Special Corporate Reform School Girls News BreakoutDaily Kos: La Casita Demolished Saturday Morning By RahmDaily Kos: La Casita Demolished Saturday Morning By Rahm (PICS): La Casita Demolished Saturday Morning By Rahm (PICS)byHyde Park JohnnyFollow Email 1 Comments / 1 NewLA CASITA IS NO MORE. By a little after ten o'clock in the morning, Board of Education contractors had lev

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Daily Kos: La Casita Demolished Saturday Morning By Rahm

Daily Kos: La Casita Demolished Saturday Morning By Rahm (PICS): La Casita Demolished Saturday Morning By Rahm (PICS)byHyde Park JohnnyFollow Email 1 Comments / 1 NewLA CASITA IS NO MORE. By a little after ten o'clock in the morning, Board of Education contractors had leveled the library that had been created by the demands of a community that did not have one in a city where more than 150 of

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Calif. Supplemental Ed. Providers Lose Under NCLB Waiver - Marketplace K-12 - Education Week

Calif. Supplemental Ed. Providers Lose Under NCLB Waiver - Marketplace K-12 - Education Week: Calif. Supplemental Ed. Providers Lose Under NCLB WaiverBy Michele Molnar on August 8, 2013 11:30 AM | No commentsDUH!Providers of supplemental education services in the Golden State had the ground shift beneath them this week when the U.S. Department of Education granted a No Child Left Behind Act waiver

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Perdido Street School 8-17-13

Perdido Street School: What Happens After Parents Get Their Children's Common Core Test Scores?Two weeks ago, NYSED Commissioner John King And Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch gleefully released the scores on their vaunted new Common Core tests.They had been bragging for months that the scores would plummet and, sure enough, they did.That's what happens when you rig the cut results to show a 30% fa

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Jersey Jazzman 8-17-13

Jersey Jazzman: Philly Burns; The Inquirer FiddlesPerhaps they haven't yet heard about this in the editorial offices of the Philadelphia Inquirer, but the city's schools are about to implode, thanks to Tea Partyin', constitution-shreddin', public-education-destroyin' wingnut Governor Tom Corbett and his fellow travelers in Harrisburg. While ignorant ideologues like Andy Smarick pretend that Philad

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Do You Assume the Best? | Connected Principals

Do You Assume the Best? | Connected Principals: Do You Assume the Best?August 17, 2013By jdelpcc flickr photo by azjdYou must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions. ~ Denis WaitleyAs a seventh grade science teacher, I spent time helping my students develop the ability to make accurate, and specific, observations. We practiced this skill through a variety of activitie

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2nd Banana 8-17-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2 #1u

BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANA RECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTHow closing schools hurts neighborhoodscoopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 10 hours agoHow closing schools hurts neighborhoods: How closing schools hurts neighborhoods Posted by Valerie Strauss on March 6, 2013 at 6:00 am 0 Comments More [image: (thenotebook.org)] (thenotebook.org) On Thursday, the Philadelphia school district’s governing bo

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Neo liberalism and The Production of Living Knowledge - Online University of the Left

Neo liberalism and The Production of Living Knowledge - Online University of the Left: Neo liberalism and The Production of Living KnowledgePosted by carl4davidsonGigi Roggero: The Production of Living Knowledge: The Crisis of the University and the Transformation of Labor in Europe and North AmericaTranslated by Enda Brophy, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 2011. 194pp., $69.50 HB. ISBN 978

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Tell Mayor Nutter not to let Gov. Corbett make Philly the next Detroit. Defend families, teachers, and public schools.Daily Kos Action

Daily Kos Action: Tell Mayor Nutter not to let Gov. Corbett make Philly the next Detroit. Defend families, teachers, and public schools.Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has two votes on the School Reform Commission—votes he hasn’t been using to defend Philadelphia’s public schools. He and Gov. Tom Corbett have failed Philadelphia students and families and now they are holding schools hostage for

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What’s Good 4 the Goose… | EduShyster

What’s Good 4 the Goose… | EduShyster: What’s Good 4 the Goose…Should what’s good for the goose be good for the gander?Reader: it is one of the tragic ironicalisms of our time that the same education officials who are so eager to impose strict accountability measures on the teachers in their states are denied the experience of being held accountable themselves. In state after state, a persistent c

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Philly School Board Staffing Moves Raise Ire of Teachers’ Union

Philly School Board Staffing Moves Raise Ire of Teachers’ Union « CBS Philly: Philly School Board Staffing Moves Raise Ire of Teachers’ Union(Members of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers express their anger during Thursday night’s School Reform Commission meeting. Credit: Mike DeNardo) By Mike DeNardoPHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Philadelphia teachers’ union is mulling its legal options now that

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Morning Wink 8-17-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAYLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-17-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: James Meredith: Public Schools Are Being “Destroyed by Greed, Fraud, and Lies”CIVIL RIGHTS HERO CALLS FOR EMERGENCY NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION Just Awarded Harvard’s Hig

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-17-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: James Meredith: Public Schools Are Being “Destroyed by Greed, Fraud, and Lies”CIVIL RIGHTS HERO CALLS FOR EMERGENCY NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION Just Awarded Harvard’s Highest Education Honor, James Meredith Challenges Parents and Teachers to Demand Answers to 21 Questions and Take Back Control of Public Schools

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1912 Eighth-Grade Exam Stumps 21st-Century Test-Takers | toteachornototeach

1912 Eighth-Grade Exam Stumps 21st-Century Test-Takers | toteachornototeach: 1912 Eighth-Grade Exam Stumps 21st-Century Test-Takers by Cavan SieczkowskiAre you smarter than an eighth grader? How about an eighth grader who graduated in 1912? A copy of an eighth-grade exam from that year shows test-taking wasn’t so easy for those early-20th-century students.Bullitt County History Museum, located in

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Seattle Schools Community Forum 8-17-13

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday CommentI don't do this often but because I saw this huge number of hits with a fairly large number of comments on one post, I wanted to put this out there.This week's Tuesday Open Thread has been one of the most read and commented posts we have had in a long time. The number of hits is so hit as to preclude it being the same 20 people coming back, again and

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Radical Scholarship 8-17-13

Radical Scholarship: Radical ScholarshipFrom that moment on, I was no longer a liberal, a believer in the self-correcting character of American democracy. I was a radical....The situation required not just a new president or new laws, but an uprooting of the old order, the introduction of a new kind of society—cooperative, peaceful, egalitarian.-- Howard Zinn (1994), You Can't Be Neutral on a Movi

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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… 8-17-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYSorry Again About The Multiple EmailsSorry again for the multiple emails. This post is a test one being sent out by Edublogs staff to confirm the problem has been fixed. It’s another example of why I recommend Edublogs so highly — their customer service is unmatchable!by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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The Answer Sheet By Valerie Strauss 8-17-13

The Answer Sheet: SIGN OF THE TIMESMaryland university buying bulletproof whiteboardsIt's a new take on school security.By Valerie Strauss 26 mins ago0 CommentsShare:More »BAD DATAThe big problem with new evaluations of teacher prep programsBuried in small type the fact that some of the data isn't actually all that trustworthy.By Valerie Strauss 22 hours ago5 CommentsShare:More »A TESTING NIGHTMAR

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8-17-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Another cup of coffee for the road. La Casita.La Casita at Whittier School in Pilsen. Parents and police. Your sister sees the future Like your mama and yourself. You’ve never learned to read or write There’s no books upon your shelf. And your pleasure knows no limits Your voice is like a meadowlark B

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Pilsen parents call fieldhouse demolition a ‘betrayal’ — CPS cites safety concerns - Chicago Sun-Times

Pilsen parents call fieldhouse demolition a ‘betrayal’ — CPS cites safety concerns - Chicago Sun-Times: Pilsen parents call fieldhouse demolition a ‘betrayal’ — CPS cites safety concernsBY MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA Staff Reporter August 17, 2013 12:08AM00Share24918Police keep protesters at bay as crews prepare the Whittier Elementary School fieldhouse for demolition. Sun-Times Photo by Maudlyne Ihejirika

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-17-13

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FITCHILDREN’S ORAL HEALTH CARE: Not this year. Maybe next year? …but on the cheap!Dental disease is the leading factor in school attendance and is critical to academic performance among low-income students – so lets not provide the ‘essential benefit’ next year (even to kids with insurance) …and let’s cut reimburs

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NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education 8-17-13

NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education:NPE News BriefsPilsen parents call fieldhouse demolition a ‘betrayal’ — CPS cites safety concerns | Chicago Sun-TimesBY MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA Staff Reporter August 17, 2013 12:08AM Updated: August 17, 2013 12:45AM The demolition of the Whittier Elementary School fieldhouse in Pilsen began under cover of night late Friday. The mission from Chicag

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This Week's Education Research Report 8-17-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTAutistic Kids Best IQ Peers at Math, Show Different Brain OrganizationChildren with autism and average IQs consistently demonstrated superior math skills compared with nonautistic children in the same IQ range, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital."There

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All Week 8-17-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: All Week 8-10-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTERClass Grades | the becoming radicalClass Grades | the becoming radical.by plthomasedd / 43min EdWeek and the Gates Love Affair that Just Won’t Go AwayIn the Digital Education blog at Education Week, Q&A: Bill Gates on Teaching, Ed Tech, and Philanthropy provides Gates with yet another platform to (this

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 8-17-13 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2

Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGWhat Chris Cerf Did Not Admit About Democracy PrepJersey Jazzman has done his usual thorough job of researching the New Jersey Department of Education’s job of importing Democracy Prep to Camden. Here is his conclusion (but read what leads up to his conclusion): Democracy Prep’s practices includes more spending per pupil,

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NYC Educator: Pass Assembly Bill A.7994

NYC Educator: Pass Assembly Bill A.7994: Pass Assembly Bill A.7994After having written my local Assembly person, Brian Curran, to fire Reformy John King, he wrote back the following:Thank you for your recent email. I appreciate and encourage your initiative and participation in the legislative process. The Assembly Bill A.7994 was referred to the education committee in June of this year. This bi

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Run Schools Like Businesses? Sure. Here's How. - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

Run Schools Like Businesses? Sure. Here's How. - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Run Schools Like Businesses? Sure. Here's How.By Nancy Flanagan on August 16, 2013 7:56 PMGuest post from Dale Rogers.Dale Rogers is currently in 32nd year of teaching with 20+ years at Novi High School in Novi Michigan. He achieved National Board Certification for Career and Technical Education in

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Nite Cap 8-16-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change

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 CAPTODAYThe Wrong Answer | Deborah Meier on EducationThe Wrong Answer | Deborah Meier on Education: The Wrong AnswerPosted on August 16, 2013 by debmeierDear readersI’m overwhelmed with the self-imposed task of sorting out my “life”—all the papers and books t

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