Monday, January 20, 2014

Nite Cap 1-20-14 #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




NYC Educator: What Will Your Students Remember About You?
NYC Educator: What Will Your Students Remember About You?: What Will Your Students Remember About You?I wish I'd written this piece. It's perfect. As we struggle through the nonsense of corporate reforms favored by our billionaire ex-mayor, as village idiot John King musters the audacity to suggest his baseless untested programs would please Martin Luther King Jr., as Arne Duncan plays basketball
by mike simpson / 9min 
Kimble's Corner: Pick Up Your Paint Brush and Honor Reverend King
Kimble's Corner: Pick Up Your Paint Brush and Honor Reverend King: Pick Up Your Paint Brush and Honor Reverend KingThe liberal media, for obvious reasons, likes to portray Reverend Martin Luther King as a social reformer who fought for the rights of African-Americans in the South and then in the last 3 years of his life, took his campaign national and fought for workers' rights, and end to poverty
by mike simpson / 11min 
Is StudentsFirst Conceding Permanent Achievement Gaps? | Paul Bruno
Is StudentsFirst Conceding Permanent Achievement Gaps? | Paul Bruno: Is StudentsFirst Conceding Permanent Achievement Gaps?By PAUL BRUNO | Published: JANUARY 20, 2014Or don’t.I missed this when it first came out, but back in October StudentsFirst apparently released a report called A Personalized Future for Education. If you cut through the platitudes about “teaching with a 19th century model” des
by mike simpson / 14min 
1-20-14 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG - This Week Celebrate Kindness — Whole Child Education
This Week Celebrate Kindness — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGThis Week Celebrate KindnessJanuary 20, 2014 by Kristen PekarekThis week—January 20–24th—is designated as No Name-Calling Week(NNCW), an initiative of whole child partner Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) that provides students, teachers, staff, and parents with a week of resources and opportunities to show
by mike simpson / 1h 
Salon.com: National Charter Management Organizations Exposed | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Salon.com: National Charter Management Organizations Exposed | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Salon.com: National Charter Management Organizations ExposedFiled under: Charter Schools — millerlf @ 3:43 pm CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS WEBSITEThe truth about charter schools: Padded cells, corruption, lousy instruction and worse resultsCharter schools are sold as an answer. With awful discipli
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Thoughts on the “civil rights issue of our time” Parents United for Responsible Education
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Thoughts on the “civil rights issue of our time”: “civil rights issue of our time”My wonderful pastor husband read the excerpt below from Dr. King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” in his sermon yesterday.Dr. King’s words are painfully appropriate for our own church right now, but also for the state of education reform, where wealthy white
by mike simpson / 2h 
Politically Hyperventillating – redqueeninla
Politically Hyperventillating – redqueeninla: Politically HyperventillatingWritten by redqueeninla in LAUSD I am an LAUSD parent, and I am scared.They say you have to name your problem, and this is it.  I feel that I am part of an overwhelmingly vast educational institution, that has been usurped by corporate political forces.  And I feel there is no one out there protecting my interests, the educ
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Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 1-20-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: The Future of GlassholesBy now, most of us have heard of Google’s latest endeavor to give us what we…may or may not need: smart glasses. These futuristic ‘Google Glasses’ allow users to access a world of holographic information, making it possible to use the internet (and more) without having to drag out those cumbersome smartphones. Though critics have been quick to po
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Tonight: Continuing the College Affordability Conversation Student Voice
Student Voice: Tonight: Continuing the College Affordability Conversation Last week we had a chat with the US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. Join us this Monday (tonight at 8:30PM EST) as we continue the conversation about college affordability with Grant Lichtman and Dante Barry. We will be discussing things such as how college should be valued, and whether there are adequate alternatives t
by mike simpson / 3h 
teacherken at Daily Kos 1-20-14: "Teachers teach. Well-trained teachers teach better. Great teachers change lives."
Daily Kos: "Teachers teach. Well-trained teachers teach better. Great teachers change lives.": "Teachers teach. Well-trained teachers teach better. Great teachers change lives."That is a quote from page 34 of my friend Dave Greene's new book, Doing the Right Thing: A Teacher Speaks, for which I will provide a review in this space in the next week or so. It is also my new sig li
by mike simpson / 3h 
When You Fail, I Fail – Approach To Leadership | Connected Principals
When You Fail, I Fail – Approach To Leadership | Connected Principals: When You Fail, I Fail – Approach To Leadershipby sblankenship • January 20, 2014 • 0 CommentsAs school leaders, we must realize we are in this together.  If we can create the following conditions, we can experience success together.Supervision of Instruction occurs between 8:00 and 3:00 or it doesn’t get done!The power to chang
by mike simpson / 3h 
1-20-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: For Martin Luther King, it wasn’t “bad” segregation vs. “okay” segregation.It was June 23, 1963 and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was leading the Great March on Detroit, which has also been called “The Walk to Freedom.” Speaking to a crowd of more than 25,000 people at Cobo Hall in Detroit King said: “For we have come to see that segregation is not only sociologically […]The post For Mart
by mike simpson / 4h 
The Story of Matthew, the Bravest Little Guy in New York. | Truth in American Education
The Story of Matthew, the Bravest Little Guy in New York. | Truth in American Education: The Story of Matthew, the Bravest Little Guy in New York.Filed in Common Core State Standards by truthed on January 20, 2014 • 0 Comments82By Michael BohrThere is a very brave young man in NY by the name of Matthew. He is 12 years old and has some serious learning challenges that he was in control of and learn
by mike simpson / 5h 
1-20-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Thank You, Reverend Kingby Melissa Westbrook / 20min 1-19-14 Seattle Schools Community ForumSeattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This WeekMonday, January 20thNo School in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. DayWednesday, January 22ndSchool Board Meeting, starting at 4:15 pm.  Agenda.  Note: there is to be an Executive Session after the Board meeting for 30
by mike simpson / 5h 
On Inefficiencies and Value Added In Private Schools: A follow up on the Chubb research summit | School Finance 101
On Inefficiencies and Value Added In Private Schools: A follow up on the Chubb research summit | School Finance 101: On Inefficiencies and Value Added In Private Schools: A follow up on the Chubb research summitPosted on January 20, 20140 Reblogged from Private Schooling & the Public Interest:Bruce D. Baker, RutgersA few weeks back I posted a rather harsh critique of a summit convened by NAIS
by mike simpson / 6h 
Fighting for the dream continues | Teaching Between the Lines
Fighting for the dream continues | Teaching Between the Lines: Fighting for the dream continuesposted in CCSS, Common Core, Heroes of Education, High Stakes Testing, My Story,NCLB, Reading, Visions of Education, Writing by LauraThis was my very first blog post, written in 2011, in response to my growing frustrations and fears over NCLB.  I had met and spoken with Stephen Krashen, who encouraged me
by mike simpson / 6h 
Honoring MLK: Remembered For the Extremist That He Was | Cloaking Inequity
Honoring MLK: Remembered For the Extremist That He Was | Cloaking Inequity: Honoring MLK: Remembered For the Extremist That He Was“The question is not whether we will be extremists… but what kind of extremists we will be…” Would MLK be a “school reformer” in the mold of Rahm, Bloomberg, Rhee or Broad?  Do you think he would be a member of the anti-union Democrats for Education Reform? Or anti-unio
by mike simpson / 6h 
When Schools Stay Open on Martin Luther King Day - Emily Richmond - The Atlantic
When Schools Stay Open on Martin Luther King Day - Emily Richmond - The Atlantic: When Schools Stay Open on Martin Luther King Day“It always seems like Martin Luther King day is the first one they are willing to give up.”EMILY RICHMOND Today is a federal holiday, which means schools are closed in Washington, D.C. However in some states, districts have abandoned plans to observe Martin Luther King
by mike simpson / 7h 
The greatest MLK speeches you never heard - CNN.com
The greatest MLK speeches you never heard - CNN.com: The greatest MLK speeches you never heardBy John Blake, CNNupdated 8:14 AM EST, Mon January 20, 2014American civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is best known for his role in the African-American civil rights movement and nonviolent protests. His life's work has been honored with a national holiday, schools and public buildings n
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Court ruling in New Orleans could have big consequences for the city’s schools | Hechinger Report
Court ruling in New Orleans could have big consequences for the city’s schools | Hechinger Report: Court ruling in New Orleans could have big consequences for the city’s schoolsBy Hechinger ReportLast week’s Louisiana appeals court ruling that the New Orleans school board improperly dismissed thousands of teachers in the wake of Hurricane Katrina vindicated the fired educators and their supporters
by mike simpson / 7h 
Martin Luther King 2.0, Now with More Excellence | EduShyster
Martin Luther King 2.0, Now with More Excellence | EduShyster: Martin Luther King 2.0, Now with More ExcellenceNo one could lead a civil rights movement like Martin Luther King Jr. But let’s face it: the movement he led was old school. The civil rights issue of our time is the achievement gap, and closing it often requires doing the opposite of what Dr. King stood for.Which raises some important q
by mike simpson / 7h 
Diane Ravitch and technology: Once more into the breach… | Dangerously Irrelevant
Diane Ravitch and technology: Once more into the breach… | Dangerously Irrelevant: Diane Ravitch and technology: Once more into the breach…I’m trying to see Diane Ravitch’s pro-technology stance. I really am. I thought she was more tempered in Reign of Error. She actually noted some positive affordances of instructional technologies for students and teachers and also appropriately noted concerns a
by mike simpson / 7h 
Morning Wink 1-20-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 1-20-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Are You Sick of Highly Paid Teachers?Thanks to Jennie Shanker for tweeting this to me. It appeared in the Daily Kos. It shows how to adjust the wages of teachers.7 by dianeravitch / 1h Edward Jo
by mike simpson / 8h 
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 1-20-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Are You Sick of Highly Paid Teachers?Thanks to Jennie Shanker for tweeting this to me. It appeared in the Daily Kos. It shows how to adjust the wages of teachers.7 by dianeravitch / 1h Edward Johnson: What Does Dr. King’s Legacy Mean Today?Edward Johnson is a community activist in Atlanta who fights tirelessly for a wiser approach
by mike simpson / 8h 
1-20-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Why Christie’s school ‘fix’ is misguidedNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie recently proposed extending the school year and school day in State of the State speech as reforms intended to improve student achievement, though he didn’t provide details or make any mention of how he would fund it. Here’s a piece questioning the notion that simply adding seat time works. This was written […
by mike simpson / 8h 
1-20-14 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: The New York Common Core Story That Frightens Florida GOP LawmakersIt’s come to this in New York: To say John King Jr. is New York’s embattled education commissioner is an understatement. A statewide teachers’ union is making plans to take an unprecedented no-confidence
by mike simpson / 8h 
1-20-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good Posts & Articles on Education PolicyHere are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues: Everything you need to know about Common Core is by Diane Ravitch. I’m adding it to The Best Articles Sharing Concerns About Common Core Standards. Beware Chinese data: Its scho
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1-20-14 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.: Illinois election choices.Bev Johns is a frequent contributor to this blog. She mostly keeps me and you up to date on the attempts by the ISBE to raise the class size limits that currently are in place for special education students. She also writes frequently about the election for governor of illino
by mike simpson / 8h 
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": “Learning is family affair at Broomfield library”Learning is family affair at Broomfield library is a recent article in a local Colorado newspaper. Here’s how it begins: The sign on the door says the library is for kids, but at Broomfield’s Children’s Library, reading is a family affair. In addition to putting beloved books
by mike simpson / 8h 
1-20-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Duking it Out in NYSUT - At the Top: Duking it Out in NYSUT - At the TopOn Saturday evening PJSTA (Port Jefferson Station) President Beth Dimino delivered the following message to the members of the PJSTA… For the record, the PJSTA will NOT endorse a slate of NYSUT Officers, led by Andy Pallotta, that endorse and use our vote cope money to pad Cuomo’s war chest! The PJSTA is leadi
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1-20-14 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED APPROVES $700,000 iPAD PURCHASE: Offers parents lease-to-own optionParents who wish to purchase pay $708 @ $20 per month. There is no funding source identified to anything beyond the pilot year By Kelsey Brugger | The Santa Barbara Independent http://bit.ly/1mkrqJl Thursday, January 16, 2014  ::  Santa Barbara Unified School Distri
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1-20-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Dream Deferred, MLK Day 2014: “This rigid refusal to look at ourselves”Dream Deferred, MLK Day 2014: \”This rigid refusal to look at ourselves\”. via Dream Deferred, MLK Day 2014: “This rigid refusal to look at ourselves”.1 by plthomasedd / 20min My MLK Post: An Assignment for Test-Driven ReformersOn this day dedicated to the memory of a remarkable man who gave his life (literall
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1-20-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs
With A Brooklyn Accent: The False Prophets of School ReformIt is astonishing to see people who have never taught, or have taught a few years and left, become the major forces shaping education in the United States.. They are guided by a policy ethos,which, if you were describing it in biblical terms, would be regarded as False Idolatry. While holding the human skills great teaching involves in con
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1-20-14 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): Dream Deferred, MLK Day 2014: “This rigid refusal to look at ourselves”“What happens to a dream deferred?” asks Langston Hughes in “Harlem.” As a poem of social consciousness, “Harlem” may often be reduced to literary analysis or an artifact of the Harlem Renaissance; as
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1-20-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Hey Governor Cuomo, Where's The Merit Pay Money Coming From?The Jamestown Post-Journal wants to know:Danielle O'Connor, superintendent of Frewsburg Central School, said the logic of promising bonus pay to teachers while her district is still struggling with a $1.2 million gap elimination adjustment is less than sound. "We would certainly be able to strengthen our distri
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESAmiri Baraka's son Ras, delivers his eulogy (Video).Ras Baraka "Every nurse that would come in the room he said, 'Hey, my son is running for mayor. He came to the hospital with a bag of (political) literature." -- NJ.comMichael Eric Dyson We’ve deliberately dismembered him [Dr. Martin Luther King] through manipulation of
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Academia's indentured servants - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Academia's indentured servants - Opinion - Al Jazeera English: Academia's indentured servantsOutspoken academics are rare: most tenured faculty have stayed silent about the adjunct crisis, notes Kendzior.Last Modified: 11 Apr 2013 11:19Sarah KendziorSarah Kendzior is an anthropologist who recently received her PhD from Washington University in St Louis.RSS   "To work outside of academia, even
by mike simpson / 9h 
Alternatives to Teach for America | NGS Movement
Alternatives to Teach for America | NGS Movement: Alternatives to Teach for AmericaTeach For America has an average acceptance rate of less than 15%, the majority of the applicants from Ivy league schools…tough odds for the majority of young people. The good news is there are plenty of other ways to work to address the education disparity in this country and even in other parts of the world.  Some
by mike simpson / 9h 
My MLK Post: An Assignment for Test-Driven Reformers | deutsch29
My MLK Post: An Assignment for Test-Driven Reformers | deutsch29: My MLK Post: An Assignment for Test-Driven ReformersJanuary 20, 2014On this day dedicated to the memory of a remarkable man who gave his life (literally) for the sake of civil rights and social equity, I expect that education privatizers will use the opportunity to promote themselves as “overcoming” opposition to their self-serving,
by mike simpson / 9h 
The Shriver Report – Pushing Back Against Poverty
The Shriver Report – Pushing Back Against Poverty: Pushing Back Against PovertyJOYA MISRA, PHD | 01.20.2014© michaeljung – Fotolia.comIn 2010, more than one in five U.S. children lived in poverty – substantially more than in most other wealthy countries. Poverty affects children in a variety of ways, including poor nutrition, housing, health and educational outcomes. No mother would choose poverty
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New Jersey Civil Rights Attorney Says School Reform Must Consider Real Issues: Segregation and Poverty | janresseger
New Jersey Civil Rights Attorney Says School Reform Must Consider Real Issues: Segregation and Poverty | janresseger: New Jersey Civil Rights Attorney Says School Reform Must Consider Real Issues: Segregation and PovertyPosted on January 20, 2014 by janressegerOn this day as we reflect upon the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, an article by New Jersey civil rights attorney Paul Tracte
by mike simpson / 9h 
Teen Birth Rates Drop, But Districts Fight Parent Dropouts - High School Notes (usnews.com)
Teen Birth Rates Drop, But Districts Fight Parent Dropouts - High School Notes (usnews.com): Teen Birth Rates Drop, But Districts Fight Parent DropoutsBy KELSEY SHEEHYJanuary 20, 2014 RSS Feed PrintWorking with teen parents to develop a plan and support can help districts fight dropouts.Critics slam MTV's "16 and Pregnant" for glamorizing teen pregnancy, but a new study suggests the hit
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Legislative Alert: HB 2133 Student Privacy Bill: Contact the House Education Committee now | Seattle Education
Legislative Alert: HB 2133 Student Privacy Bill: Contact the House Education Committee now | Seattle Education: Legislative Alert: HB 2133 Student Privacy Bill: Contact the House Education Committee nowWhat is the issue with student privacy?There are a few:It used to be that students’ grades, disciplinary records, teachers comments and test scores on standardized tests were kept in files that coul
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YESTERDAY

NYCDOEnuts Is Back And Has Something to Say! southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: NYCDOEnuts Is Back And Has Something to Say!A special welcome and a special thank you for guest blogging, to one of The Crack Team's favorite bloggers, OLDNYCDOEnuts who was the originator ofNYCDOEnuts blog. Kind of like the two Darrin Stevens. With OLD NYCDoenuts as Dick York.The Crack Team is lying around the SBSB newsroom yesterday when an email from DOEnuts com
by mike simpson / 18h 
V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: Dr. King's Dream?
V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: Dr. King's Dream?: Dr. King's Dream?"If you can ride at the front of the bus, but you cannot read, you are not free."  (Arne Duncan)Let's use the imagery of Arne Duncan.  Let us imagine students in the United States all riding somewhere.  Let us imagine that their transportation symbolizes their school.  Public-school students are riding on public buses. Afte
by mike simpson / 19h 
1-19-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Selections from, comments on Ravitch, Everything you need to know about the common coreExcerpts from, and a few friendly comments on, Diane Ravitch's essay, Everything you need to know about the common core.  (Comments marked with "SK").  My hope is that this very strong essay will turn the tide.http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/01/18/everything-you
by mike simpson / 22h 
United We stand; Divided We Fall: Remember the castrated dog. | Reclaim Reform
United We stand; Divided We Fall: Remember the castrated dog. | Reclaim Reform: United We stand; Divided We Fall: Remember the castrated dog.Posted on January 19, 2014by Ken Previti“United we stand; divided we fall.”What is there to not understand?The Chicago Tribune on 12/3/13 depicted the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union (AFSCME), a part of the AFL-CIO, as a cas
by mike simpson / 22h 
The question no one in Georgia wants answered: How much does... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
The question no one in Georgia wants answered: How much does... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: The question no one in Georgia wants answered: How much does it cost to educate students to excellence? COMMENT(3) 0 0 0 NewView Larger How do we educate to excellence?Previous PostsRural Schools: They are driving students to success in Pinto, not Cadillac. But they are still trying. January 18, 2014Turni
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SKrashen: Selections from, comments on Ravitch, Everything you need to know about the common core
SKrashen: Selections from, comments on Ravitch, Everything you need to know about the common core: Selections from, comments on Ravitch, Everything you need to know about the common coreExcerpts from, and a few friendly comments on, Diane Ravitch's essay, Everything you need to know about the common core.  (Comments marked with "SK").  My hope is that this very strong essay will turn the
by mike simpson / 22h 
Nite Cap 1-19-14 #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 CAP1-19-14 Seattle Schools Community ForumSeattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This WeekMonday, January 20thNo School in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. DayWednesday, January 22ndSchool Board Meeting, starting at 4:15 pm.  Agenda.  Note
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