Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Nite Cap 1-15-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2


James Baldwin said it best: 

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


A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAP




empathyeducates – Americans With and Without Children Can Get Similar Life Satisfaction
empathyeducates – Americans With and Without Children Can Get Similar Life Satisfaction: Americans With and Without Children Can Get Similar Life SatisfactionAll things being equal – they are not. Happiness is not satisfaction, contentment, or fulfillment. Failure is not a fiasco; nor are you a flop if you do not pursue as others think will take them to the top. Indeed, some people like apples; ot
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War on Poverty Helps the Youngest Children, But We Can Do More | First Focus
War on Poverty Helps the Youngest Children, But We Can Do More | First Focus: War on Poverty Helps the Youngest Children, But We Can Do MoreBy Kevin LindseyJanuary 15, 2014This is the second in a series of First Focus blog posts commemorating the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty and offering modern ways to continue fighting child poverty. The first blog in the series can be found here.Last w
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The influence of Michelle Rhee and Chris Christie: Education reformers’ revolving door - Salon.com
The influence of Michelle Rhee and Chris Christie: Education reformers’ revolving door - Salon.com: The influence of Michelle Rhee and Chris Christie: Education reformers’ revolving doorNew group probes connections between for-profit education corporations and federal policymakersJOSH EIDELSON A new progressive education group, formed to fight business-backed bipartisan education reform consensus,
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SKrashen: Comments on "Arne Duncan: School Expectations Are Too Low in the United States"
SKrashen: Comments on "Arne Duncan: School Expectations Are Too Low in the United States": Comments on "Arne Duncan: School Expectations Are Too Low in the United States"From US NEWS and WORLD REPORT, Jan 14, 2014My comments posted on:http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/01/14/arne-duncan-school expectations-are-too-low-in-the-united-statesARE TEACHERS STUPID?"... teac
by mike simpson / 2h 
Teachers For Social Justice: Bronzeville Education Summit &UIC Students of Color Forum
Teachers For Social Justice: Bronzeville Education Summit &UIC Students of Color Forum: Bronzeville Education Summit &UIC Students of Color ForumJANUARY 15, 2014 LEAVE A COMMENTBronzeville Education Summit: Monday, Jan 20, 11-3Mollison School, 4415 S. King Dr.UIC Students of Color Forum: Jan 30, 5-7PMUIC College of Ed, 1040 W. Harrison, Rm 3233Two important events! See flyers below!! 
by mike simpson / 2h 
NYC Educator: The Fine Art of Whiteboard Maintenance
NYC Educator: The Fine Art of Whiteboard Maintenance: The Fine Art of Whiteboard MaintenanceIf you are fortunate enough to have a whiteboard instead of a blackboard, and by that I do not mean a Smartboard, you have the blessing of a chalkless classroom. Now some people like chalk, and I don't begrudge them, but it doesn't work well for me. For some reason, my awful handwriting is more legible when
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Another charter school applicant: Coral Academy of Science… and the Gulen Movement | Seattle Education
Another charter school applicant: Coral Academy of Science… and the Gulen Movement | Seattle Education: Another charter school applicant: Coral Academy of Science… and the Gulen MovementThis evening starting at 5:30 PM in Renton at the Puget Sound Educational Service District located at 800 Oakesdale Ave SW, Renton, WA 98057, there will a hearing of charter school applications for Coral Academy of
by mike simpson / 3h 
Cleveland High School senior: Students will stand on the picket line with teachers if strike comes (Q&A, video) | OregonLive.com
Cleveland High School senior: Students will stand on the picket line with teachers if strike comes (Q&A, video) | OregonLive.com: Cleveland High School senior: Students will stand on the picket line with teachers if strike comes (Q&A, video)Ian Jackson, a Cleveland High School senior, helped lead a rally in solidarity with Portland teachers during Monday night's school board meeting. Jacks
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Tackling Child Poverty: Having That Vision Thing | Bruce Lesley
Tackling Child Poverty: Having That Vision Thing | Bruce Lesley: Tackling Child Poverty: Having That Vision ThingPosted: 01/15/2014 11:24 am Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared "all-out war on human poverty and unemployment in these United States" as something that "can and must be done." Despite a group of defeatists declaring failure, the fact is that major
by mike simpson / 4h 
Chicago to expand charters as other cities expose their corruption - Substance News
Chicago to expand charters as other cities expose their corruption - Substance News: 'That’s 17 charter schools in Columbus closed in one year, which records show is unprecedented...' While Chicago plans further expansion of charter schools, Columbus has just closed 17 of them, mostly because of incompetence and corruptionGeorge N. Schmidt - January 15, 2014One week from today (January 15, 2014),
by mike simpson / 4h 
Privatization News: Appleton Newspaper Calls for Rejection of Independent Charters | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Privatization News: Appleton Newspaper Calls for Rejection of Independent Charters | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Privatization News: Appleton Newspaper Calls for Rejection of Independent ChartersFiled under: Charter Schools — millerlf @ 1:12 pm Appleton Post Crescent Editorial: Reject independent charter schoolsJanuary 14, 2014The latest attempt to privatize public education in Wis
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This Week In Education: Thompson: Why Teachers Need Ravitch & Weingarten
This Week In Education: Thompson: Why Teachers Need Ravitch & Weingarten: Thompson: Why Teachers Need Ravitch & WeingartenDiane Ravitch's recent blog post (Why I Defend Randi)  concisely affirms principle and pragmatism. Ravitch will not attack her personal friend Randi Weingarten. She praises Randi's leadership. She reminds us of the necessity of teachers' unions, while criticizing ideolo
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Shanker Blog » Teacher Turnover In DCPS
Shanker Blog » Teacher Turnover In DCPS: Teacher Turnover In DCPSPosted by Matthew Di Carlo on January 15, 2014Teacher turnover – the rates at which teachers leave the profession and switch schools – is obviously a very important outcome in education. Although not all turnover is necessarily a “bad thing” – some teachers simply aren’t cut out for the job and leave voluntarily (or are fired) – unus
by mike simpson / 5h 
1-15-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Full Interview with Former Charter Teacher at Brooklyn Ascend, Part IIn the following interview, a teacher shares her story about working at Brooklyn Ascend, one of the total compliance, "no excuses" charter schools in Brooklyn.  Emily Talmage (formerly Emily Kennedy), who now happily teaches third grade in a Lewiston, Maine public school, has given permission to post her
by mike simpson / 5h 
Savvy Squash reveals John White’s latest attempt to hide and under serve Special Education students and manipulate the Accountability system in defiance of federal ESEA waiver | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
Savvy Squash reveals John White’s latest attempt to hide and under serve Special Education students and manipulate the Accountability system in defiance of federal ESEA waiver | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Savvy Squash reveals John White’s latest attempt to hide and under serve Special Education students and manipulate the Accountability system in defiance of federal ESEA waiverPosted on January 15, 20
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Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee invites Twitter queries, gets a screenfull - The Washington Post
Michelle Rhee invites Twitter queries, gets a screenfull - The Washington Post: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee invites Twitter queries, gets a screenfullBy Lyndsey Layton, Wednesday, January 15, 8:57 AM E-mail the writerMichelle Rhee’s call this morning at 10:25 on Twitter, saying “I’m around for a bit, does anyone have any questions for me?” was like dumping pretzels on a beach filled with hu
by mike simpson / 5h 
Bad Charters, Bad Charters, “Whatcha gonna do when they come for you” | Cloaking Inequity
Bad Charters, Bad Charters, “Whatcha gonna do when they come for you” | Cloaking Inequity: Bad Charters, Bad Charters, “Whatcha gonna do when they come for you”Texas Senator Dan Patrick will be holding a fact finding hearing about the connections between Harmony Public Schools, The Pelican Educational Foundation and Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Bravo to Sena
by mike simpson / 5h 
So you think you can teach middle school? | Ward 8 DC Teacher
So you think you can teach middle school? | Ward 8 DC Teacher: So you think you can teach middle school?Leave a commentDo you want to become a public middle school teacher? Do you think you have what it takes to educate the future minds of America? Do you think you can handle thirty rambunctious teenagers in a classroom? Before you sign up for this assignment, let me explain why each grade is very
by mike simpson / 5h 
Milwaukee voucher school disappears after getting $2 million in taxpayer money | The Raw Story
Milwaukee voucher school disappears after getting $2 million in taxpayer money | The Raw Story: Milwaukee voucher school disappears after getting $2 million in taxpayer moneyBy David EdwardsWednesday, January 15, 2014 12:20 ESTA voucher-funded Milwaukee school that had gotten more than $2 million in taxpayer money disappeared “in the dead of the night” last month, its former landlord said this wee
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FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, January 15, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Fensterwald: State Board poised to elevate parents’ role in setting district prioritiesFensterwald: Hundreds expected to speak their 1-minute piece to State BoardEducation HeadlinesWednesday, January 15, 2014FCMAT provides links to California K-12 news stories as a service to the industry. However, some stories may not be accessible because o
by mike simpson / 7h 
The Beginning Of An End To Sanction-Driven Education? | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity
The Beginning Of An End To Sanction-Driven Education? | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: The Beginning Of An End To Sanction-Driven Education?Posted on: Wednesday January 15th, 2014Jeff Bryant, Education Opportunity NetworkLast week, the Obama administration took an important step for the well-being of the nation’s youth – especially those who a
by mike simpson / 8h 
Morning Wink 1-15-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 1-15-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Marc Epstein: The Disaster of Bloomberg’s Control of the SchoolsMarc Epstein, a teacher for many years at Jamaica High School (targeted for closure) here describes the Bloomberg years in anew Yo
by mike simpson / 9h 
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 1-15-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Marc Epstein: The Disaster of Bloomberg’s Control of the SchoolsMarc Epstein, a teacher for many years at Jamaica High School (targeted for closure) here describes the Bloomberg years in anew York City public schools and how difficult it will be to unravel the changes he imposed: Bloomberg’s School Disaster When Mayor-elect de Blas
by mike simpson / 9h 
1-15-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Michele Rhee’s StudentsFirst “education reform” group gives Louisiana a B-, Connecticut a D+Michele Rhee and her corporate education reform industry advocacy group are back with their annual “report card.” Over the last three years Rhee and StudentsFirst (called GNEPSA here in Connecticut) have been one of Governor Malloy’s strongest supporters, helping to fund the most expensive lobby
by mike simpson / 9h 
1-15-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: A creepy letter school sent to parentsThis is an actual letter sent to parents from a school in Georgia. The parent who provided it asked to remain anonymous, along with the school — but administrators know who they are.   Real GA school letter threatens to hold back kids if parents don’t teach test taking strategies at home. #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/kAo5xGkUl2 — […]    10 by V
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1-15-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Jam-packed exciting C & I meetingThe C & I meeting on Monday began with a change to the agenda. An update on Advanced Learning was added as an eighth discussion item.Yearbook Contract. I learned a lot. The staff brought forward the news that they will recommend a one-year extension of the contract with the yearbook publisher at about $400,000 from the ASB b
by mike simpson / 9h 
1-15-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Are Stew’s Standards All About Keeping Florida’s Race to the Top Cash?Fifteen percent. That’s the number of changes allowed in Common Core Standards ambiguous loosely defined copyright and the estimated amount of largely cosmetic changes Florida education commissioner Pa
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Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 1-15-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: untitledIn Kingston, Jamaica a mosquito-borne virus appears to be spreading quickly in the Caribbean during the winter tourism season just weeks after epidemiologists first found local transmission occurirng in the French dependency of St. Martin. Scientists said that St. Martin now has as many as 200 cases of chikungunya, a virus found mainly in Africa and Asia that ca
by mike simpson / 9h 
1-15-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “Parents Can Teach Educators ‘Lessons About Learning and Life’”Parents Can Teach Educators ‘Lessons About Learning and Life’ is part three in my Ed Week series on parent engagement. Today’s post features contributions from Catherine Compton-Lilly, Dr. Sherrel Bergmann, Dr. Judith Brough and Maurice J. Elias.by Larry Ferlazz
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1-15-14 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: Christie's Useless School Time Proposal in Three GraphsSo Chris Christie implemented "Operation Ignore Bridgegate" today at his State of the State address with a proposal that was sure to make reformies swoon:Despite the improvements we are seeing in Newark and Camden, I believe we need to take bigger and broader steps to adjust our approach to K-12 education to address t
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1-15-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: The Trib’s Eric Zorn. “Bruce Rauner is generous.”From Mike Klonsky’s blog: No surprise here. It’s the Trib’s Eric Zorn. He identifies with the Republican billionaire’s clout problems. I didn’t have to play that game with my elder son, who easily tested into Payton in 2004, but I can’t blame many of th
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1-15-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: PS 106 Update: The Network Up to Ears in Coverup With a Tisch on the ChainIn addition to the Mayor in control of our schools, his appointed Chancellors, Deputies and Sups, what about the Networks that provide support and oversight, in al things pedagogical and not in the current operational structure? Bill Colavito is the NL of the old PSO CEI-PEA whose Board includes:Seymour Flie
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 1-15-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: LAUSD SCHOOL BOARD IGNORES BOND COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS; GIVES SUPERITENDENT ALL THE iPADS HE THINKS HE NEEDS WHENEVER HE THINKS HE NEEDS THEMBoardmembers Galatzan and Zimmer work out an amendment “…to just leave it up to the superintendent”. L.A. school board moves forward with computer effort The board votes to distribute iPads to 38 more campuses,
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1-15-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: The Triumph of Conscience, Martin Luther King Jr.The Triumph of Conscience, Martin Luther King Jr.. via The Triumph of Conscience, Martin Luther King Jr.. via The Triumph of Conscience, Martin Luther King Jr..1 by plthomasedd / 55min  1-14-14 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: Smagorinsky on Authentic Teacher EvaluationSmagorinsky on Authentic Teacher Evaluation. via Smagorinsky o
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1-15-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): The Triumph of Conscience, Martin Luther King Jr.The Triumph of Conscience, Martin Luther King Jr. The Triumph of Conscience, Martin Luther King Jr. — Our freedom was not won a century ago, it is not won today; but some small part of it is in our hands, and we are marchi
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1-15-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Bruce Springsteen Sings The "Governor Christie Traffic Jam"by reality-based edu... / 17min Eva Moskowitz's "Middle East War"Rachel Monahan and Ben Chapman in a piece about Eva Moskowitz and her charter school company have this doozy: For eight years, she’s been the lightning rod of the charter movement, raising millions from hedge funders and foundations
by mike simpson / 9h 
Schooling in the Ownership Society: What's at stake in privatization?
Schooling in the Ownership Society: What's at stake in privatization?: What's at stake in privatization?I don't think so and neither does CounterpunchThe Jan.14th edition of Counterpunch asks and answersNothing short of genuine education itself is at stake. What particularly vitiates the learning process is the introduction of a corporate culture or “market” forces that insist on measuring “studen
by mike simpson / 9h 
Oregon Save Our Schools: More Money? For What?
Oregon Save Our Schools: More Money? For What?: More Money? For What?Recently, Kari Chisholm wrote a piece for Blue Oregon about education funding titled, "Bottom Line for Our Schools? What We Need Here is More Money."  We at Oregon SOS feel we are definitely underfunding our schools to levels way below the Quality Education Model, but there is more to think about than that.  One Oregon
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The Slippery Slope of the Common Core :: Frederick M. Hess
The Slippery Slope of the Common Core :: Frederick M. Hess: The Slippery Slope of the Common Coreby Frederick M. Hess  •  Jan 15, 2014 at 8:55 amCross-posted from Education Week Print Send RSS ShareSince the Common Core standards were unveiled in 2010, advocates have insisted that it's a "state-led" effort. President Obama declared in the 2011 State of the Union, "These standards we
by mike simpson / 9h 
State Board poised to elevate parents’ role in setting district priorities | EdSource Today
State Board poised to elevate parents’ role in setting district priorities | EdSource Today: State Board poised to elevate parents’ role in setting district prioritiesJanuary 14th, 2014 | Add a Comment | By John FensterwaldBerkeley Unified Superintendent Donald Evans speaks to parents last month at a forum on the new spending law. Some districts have already begun to engage parents in the budget p
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SKrashen: Extensive Reading in English as Foreign Language by Adolescents and Young Adults: A Meta-Analysis
SKrashen: Extensive Reading in English as Foreign Language by Adolescents and Young Adults: A Meta-Analysis: Extensive Reading in English as Foreign Language by Adolescents and Young Adults: A Meta-AnalysisStephen Krashen (2007)International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching 3(2): 23–29. (2007) Also in: Free Voluntary Reading, S. Krashen, 2011. Libraries UnlimitedA review of studies of extensiv
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2014: The Year All Children Shall Officially Be Above Average | janresseger
2014: The Year All Children Shall Officially Be Above Average | janresseger: 2014: The Year All Children Shall Officially Be Above AveragePosted on January 15, 2014 by janressegerGeorge Wood, superintendent of schools in rural Federal Hocking, Ohio,  executive director of the Forum for Education and Democracy and board chair of the Coalition of Essential Schools has written a short, inspiring essa
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Pension wars and Moore
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Pension wars and Moore: Pension wars and MoorePuerto Rican teachers strike: "No somos criminales, somos maestros." "We're not criminals."The attacks on public worker pensions, especially teachers' pensions, has become a centerpiece of corporate reform strategy aimed at degrading the teaching profession, eroding public space and undermining union c
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Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 1-14-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMOhio charters leading in the race to the bottom with a little help from their friendsAs I posted here three years ago, to get a charter in Ohio, all you need it seems, is lots of money for local Republican campaigns and a white hat.When it comes to crappy, low-performing, and mismanaged charter schools, Ohio certainly leads the race to t
by mike simpson / 17h 
Pro-Public Education? Pro-Teacher? Anti-High Stakes Testing? Huh? | Reclaim Reform
Pro-Public Education? Pro-Teacher? Anti-High Stakes Testing? Huh? | Reclaim Reform: Pro-Public Education? Pro-Teacher? Anti-High Stakes Testing? Huh?Posted on January 14, 2014by Ken PrevitiHow can quality public education for all be a solid part of our children’s lives? How can qualified career teachers find support and respect? How can insanely expensive and corporately profitable charters and hi
by mike simpson / 22h 
NYC Public School Parents: My appearance on MSNBC and Daily News oped: Why de Blasio is right to charge rent to co-located charters:
NYC Public School Parents: My appearance on MSNBC and Daily News oped: Why de Blasio is right to charge rent to co-located charters:: My appearance on MSNBC and Daily News oped: Why de Blasio is right to charge rent to co-located charters:A  shortened version of the oped below is published in today's Daily News; along with the StudentsFirst opposing view. Also below is my brief appearance Saturday
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Teachers Receive Presidential Honors - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
Teachers Receive Presidential Honors - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Congratulates Two CaliforniaMath and Science Teachers Receiving Presidential HonorsSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today congratulated two outstanding California educators recently named by President Barack Obama as recipients of the 2012 Presidential Award
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Nite Cap 1-14-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
James Baldwin said it best: "For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAPK-12 News Network | A Closer Look at Common Core’s ‘Close Reading’ Strategy Reveals Deep FlawsK-12 News Network | A Closer Look at Common Core’s ‘Close Reading’ Strategy Reveals Deep Flaws: A Closer Look at Common Core’s ‘Close Reading’ Strategy
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