Friday, January 3, 2014

Nite Cap 1-3-14 #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



2014 Resolution: Tame Your To-Do List | Connected Principals
2014 Resolution: Tame Your To-Do List | Connected Principals: 2014 Resolution: Tame Your To-Do Listby Sam LeDeaux • January 2, 2014 • 0 CommentsIf you are passionate about what you do all day everyday with and for kids, it is easy to feel constant pressure and stress; however, now feels different.  Today’s external demands and expectations can feel importunate, at times.  It can be easy to feel ov
by mike simpson / 2min 
Beware of Data Sharing Cheerleaders Offering Webinars | deutsch29
Beware of Data Sharing Cheerleaders Offering Webinars | deutsch29: Beware of Data Sharing Cheerleaders Offering WebinarsJanuary 3, 2014Perhaps the most sobering component of the privatization push is its unprecedented demand for data collection (data “mining”) on American students. Data mining is not just an American issue. However, on the American front, two education activists have been at the f
by mike simpson / 42min 
SKrashen: STEM Fever
SKrashen: STEM Fever: STEM FeverSent to the Wall Street Journal, Jan. 3Sandra Stotsky thinks that the "Common Core Doesn't Add UP to STEM Success" (Jan 3) and that all high school  students should be required to take trigonometry and precalculus to be ready for the brave new world of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.Even if the STEM crisis were real, this is not a good idea. Of
by mike simpson / 50min 
7 Myths About the FAFSA and Applying for Financial Aid | ED.gov Blog
7 Myths About the FAFSA and Applying for Financial Aid | ED.gov Blog: 7 Myths About the FAFSA and Applying for Financial AidPosted on January 3, 2014 by Guest BloggerI’m currently a junior in college, which means the 2014-15 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSASM) will be the last time I complete the FAFSA. However, my sister is going to be starting college in the fall and will be filli
by mike simpson / 54min 
1-3-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: New Haven politician lands a top job with Education Commissioner Stefan PryorA former five-term member of the New Haven City Alderman who lost a Democratic Primary for the New Haven City Clerk’s job on September 10th has landed a state job with Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education.  Sergio Rodriguez managed to get submit his job application for the new position by the September
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1-3-14 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG Personalized Learning: A View from the Factory Floor — Whole Child Education
Personalized Learning: A View from the Factory Floor — Whole Child Education: Personalized Learning: A View from the Factory FloorPersonalized learning seems like such a perfect model of teaching and learning. In fact, "student-driven, competency-based learning that can happen any time, anywhere" seems too good to be true. As teachers we read about schools implementing personalized learn
by mike simpson / 2h 
Here's Exactly How Much the Government Would Have to Spend to Make Public College Tuition-Free - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic
Here's Exactly How Much the Government Would Have to Spend to Make Public College Tuition-Free - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic: Here's Exactly How Much the Government Would Have to Spend to Make Public College Tuition-FreeAnd the grand total is... A mere $62.6 billion dollars!According to new Department of Education data, that's how much tuition public colleges collected from undergraduates in 2
by mike simpson / 3h 
No, YOU Shut Up! (What Matters In Education Discussions) - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson
No, YOU Shut Up! (What Matters In Education Discussions) - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: No, YOU Shut Up! (What Matters In Education Discussions)by JOSE VILSON on JANUARY 3, 2014in JOSEOne of my favorite moments last year was meeting Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis. At the time, her name was floated around as the author of my book’s foreword. I was super-excited to get the chance
by mike simpson / 4h 
Zero-tolerance school discipline policies not increasing safety, new report argues | MLive.com
Zero-tolerance school discipline policies not increasing safety, new report argues | MLive.com: Zero-tolerance school discipline policies not increasing safety, new report arguesLANSING -- A quarter-century after the rise of zero-tolerance school discipline policies, new research indicates the crackdown on misbehavior in schools has not increased school safety.The Vera Institute of Justice, a nati
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January 2014 Meeting Agenda - Resources (CA Dept of Education)
January 2014 Meeting Agenda - Resources (CA Dept of Education): January 2014 Meeting AgendaAmerican Indian Education Oversight Committee (AIEOC) public meeting agenda for January 13, 2014.American Indian Education Oversight CommitteeMeeting AgendaMonday, January 13, 201410:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.California Department of Education1430 N Street, Room 1101Sacramento, CA 95814Agenda ItemsThe order of busi
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Full Show: State of Conflict: North Carolina | Moyers & Company | BillMoyers.com
Full Show: State of Conflict: North Carolina | Moyers & Company | BillMoyers.com: Full Show: State of Conflict: North CarolinaJanuary 3, 2014North Carolina, long considered the South’s most moderate state, has taken a hard right turn, but Moral Mondays protesters are fighting back. Is this where American politics is heading? Also on the show, the paint industry is ordered to clean up its mess.
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1-3-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadOver at the Times, they had an end-of-the year wrap-up for their "Education Lab" adventure with the Gates Foundation.  They ask the question, "What else would you like to see Education Lab tackle in the coming year?"How about truthfulness about your venture?You would think a joint venture with OSPI accessing and using SPS stude
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1-3-14 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.: No way is Cutler coming back.Appearing on Ken Davis’ Chicago Newsroom a few weeks back I made a prediction about the legal prospects for SB1, the pension bomb sponsored by the Illinois Democrats and supported by Republicans like Bruce Rahner and the Representative from ALEC, Darlene Senger. I told Ken
by mike simpson / 6h 
City College of San Francisco to keep accreditation while awaiting trial - San Jose Mercury News
City College of San Francisco to keep accreditation while awaiting trial - San Jose Mercury News: City College of San Francisco to keep accreditation while awaiting trialBay City News ServicePOSTED:   01/03/2014 05:57:06 AM PST | UPDATED:   ABOUT 3 HOURS AGO City College of San Francisco students and teachers were given a reprieve Thursday when a Superior Court judge issued a preliminary injunctio
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1-3-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: National Threat Alert: The Mind Trust’s CEE-Trust, George Bush, and Bill GatesBy Doug MartinThe Indianapolis-based Mind Trust plays a major part in my forthcoming book Hoosier School Heist,but many people don’t realize that the group founded by former Democratic mayor Bart Peterson and David Harris is a national leader in the school privatization movement through its CEE-Trust (Cit
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Morning Wink 1-3-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 1-3-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: New York Parent to Mrs. Obama: Save Our Children!Jill Berardi is the parent of a child in kindergarten in New York. She is also the assistant principal of a middle school in Red Hook, New York, i
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 1-3-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: New York Parent to Mrs. Obama: Save Our Children!Jill Berardi is the parent of a child in kindergarten in New York. She is also the assistant principal of a middle school in Red Hook, New York, in the Hudson Valley. Here she appeals directly to Michelle Obama to take action to help children like her own. Please feel free to share t
by mike simpson / 7h 
The Observation Gap? | Ward 8 DC Teacher
The Observation Gap? | Ward 8 DC Teacher: The Observation Gap?by ANGEL CINTRON JR • JANUARY 3, 2014Illustrations by Cathy GendronThe Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has become the black hole of education discussions or “debates.” In fact, I’d submit that we spend far too much time and energy arguing for, or against, the CCSS that we’re neglecting other critical aspects of our profession. Case i
by mike simpson / 7h 
1-3-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Student privacy concerns grow over ‘data in a cloud’Privacy concerns have been growing over a $100 million student database – largely funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and operated by a  nonprofit organization, inBloom Inc. —  that contains detailed information about millions of students. Most of the states that had signed up to participate in a pilot program have
by mike simpson / 7h 
1-3-14 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: Top Florida Charter School Lobbyist Moves to Fundraiser for Senate Education Budget WriterFrom Matt Dixon in the St. Augustine Record: TALLAHASSEE — A lobbyist who until recently represented a host of charter-school organizations has been hired to do political work for t
by mike simpson / 7h 
1-3-14 Major Education Bill Actions - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress
Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress: Bill Introduced: H.R. 3663: Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch ActTo prohibit regulations establishing certain limits for the school lunch program, and for other purposes.7h hide  //  saveBill Introduced: H.R. 3660: ALLERGY ActTo amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies to implement a policy on a
by mike simpson / 7h 
How Teachers and Parents Work Together for Student Success | NEA Today
How Teachers and Parents Work Together for Student Success | NEA Today: How Teachers and Parents Work Together for Student SuccessJanuary 3, 2014 by twalker  Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Edward GrahamSusan TerLouw takes a proactive approach to fostering collaboration with her students’ parents.“I have found texting to be an amazing way to get connected with parents,” say
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1-3-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “Simon’s Cat” Videos Are Perfect For English Language LearnersAs regular readers know, I’m a big fan of using short video clips with English Language Learners as a language-development activity (you can read more at The Best Popular Movies/TV Shows For ESL/EFL (& How To Use Them) ). One of my favorite instructional stra
by mike simpson / 7h 
1-3-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: The Hero Superintendent DebunkedSupt Miles, the dancing queenMiles’ first year in Dallas was a nasty one. One-quarter of the district’s principals were gone after that year, including some favorites in South Dallas and Oak Cliff, where schools earned high marks from the state. Their departures sparked a fight with black community leaders like Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley
by mike simpson / 7h 
1-3-14 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: COURT REVERSES CONVICTIONS OF EX-BEVERLY HILLS SCHOOLS CHIEF + smf’s 2¢Jeffrey Hubbard was convicted in 2012 of misappropriating public funds, but justices agree with his lawyers that he was not responsible for authorizing payouts. By Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/1cqynGa Jeffrey Hubbard, right, in court in 2012; a state appellate court
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1-3-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Conditions of Teaching Are Conditions of Learning: On StudentsConditions of Teaching Are Conditions of Learning: On Students. via Conditions of Teaching Are Conditions of Learning: On Students.1 by plthomasedd / 51min  1-2-14 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: @johnkuhntx Teaching: The Card GameBy John Kuhn In the spirit of “War” and “Old Maid,” I present a card game called “Teach
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1-3-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs:
With A Brooklyn Accent: Thoughts on Socialism, Liberty, and Government and Corporate Powe   As long as there is a huge concentration of wealth at the top of the society, as we have now in the US, we cannot assume that centralized government initiatives will have positive consequences. Government at all levels has become the tool of powerful corporations.  This makes the historic socialist identifi
by mike simpson / 8h 
1-3-14 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): Conditions of Teaching Are Conditions of Learning: On StudentsI’m not prone to New Year’s resolutions, but I have decided that with the arbitrary designation of a new calendar year, I have a way to focus on new commitments, specifically in how I interact in the virtual w
by mike simpson / 8h 
1-3-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Snow DayNEW snow totals. 7-9" in #Queens, #Bronx, & #Brooklyn http://t.co/9clr0yZqEG @ABC7NY @Evansweather @JeffSmithABC7 @AmyFreeze7— Lee Goldberg (@LeeGoldbergABC7) January 3, 2014No school anywhere in the area - even NYC public schools.Would have been nice of the new mayor to make the call for closure before 4:45 AM.Some teachers have to make a decision on whethe
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United Opt Out in Denver, CO: March 28th to 30th, 2014 | United Opt Out National
United Opt Out in Denver, CO: March 28th to 30th, 2014 | United Opt Out National: UNITED OPT OUT IN DENVER, CO: MARCH 28TH TO 30TH, 2014Join us for our third annual event in protest of corporatized education reform. Our first two Occupy the DOE events were held in Washington, DC. In 2014, we’re taking our fight to the Mile High City as we join friends and colleagues in their struggles against priv
by mike simpson / 8h 
How much do dropouts cost us? The real numbers behind ‘pay now or pay later’ | Education Lab Blog | Seattle Times
How much do dropouts cost us? The real numbers behind ‘pay now or pay later’ | Education Lab Blog | Seattle Times: How much do dropouts cost us? The real numbers behind ‘pay now or pay later’Posted by Claudia RowePlenty of educators opine vaguely about the costs to society when a student drops out of school. But in 2011, an economist and professor of public policy at Columbia University dug into t
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Check Out NY Daily News Coverage of Public Education in NYC | janresseger
Check Out NY Daily News Coverage of Public Education in NYC | janresseger: Check Out NY Daily News Coverage of Public Education in NYCPosted on January 3, 2014 by janressegerAs our local newspapers fade away (Ours in Cleveland prints every day but inexplicably delivers only on Sunday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.), many of us go to the New York Times on-line almost as if it is our own daily pap
by mike simpson / 8h 
NYC Educator: The Eternal Question--To Go or Not to Go?
NYC Educator: The Eternal Question--To Go or Not to Go?: The Eternal Question--To Go or Not to Go? Update: Very cool to see Mayor Bill de Blasio actually shoveling snow in front of his Brooklyn home on CBS 2. Doubtless it's for show, and he says he's going to share with Dante, but it's impressive.Can you imagine Emperor Bloomberg doing that? Neither can I. The only show we got from Mayor Money was
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Waiting for a Chicago de Blasio?
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Waiting for a Chicago de Blasio?: Waiting for a Chicago de Blasio?Interesting piece in yesterday's S-T,"Chicago lefties look for their own Bill de Blasio". Dan Mihalopoulosobviously has his ear to the ground.A nation — or at least the left-leaning activists of this one big city — is eager to turn its lonely eyes to someone who can take on the Chicago mayor
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1-2-13 Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: South Korea's take on online gamingSouth Korea is considering on passing a law that categorizes gaming as an antisocial addiction like gambling, drugs, and alcohol. In 2011, an annual study showed that 2% of South Koreans aged 10-19 were either at risk of addiction, or needed treatment for excessive gaming. The government is aiming for a society where everyone is clean
by mike simpson / 18h 
Nite Cap 1-2-14 #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 CAPThe handwritten note…going old school in 2014! | Connected PrincipalsThe handwritten note…going old school in 2014! | Connected Principals: The handwritten note…going old school in 2014!by Amber Teamann • January 2, 2014 • 0 CommentsIn the fast p
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