What Does It Mean to Be an iCitizen? — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGWhat Does It Mean to Be an iCitizen?January 31, 2014 by Klea ScharbergWhat is the iCitizen Project? Whole Child Podcast guest Beth Sanders, a high school social studies teacher at Tarrant High School in Alabama who was named an Apple Distinguished Educator Class of 2013 and 2013 Teacher of the Year for Tarrant City S

Ed Notes Online: Is Iannuzzi Toast?Iannuzzi’s only path to victory was to form a solid wall of EVERY non-NYC local larger than about 500 members (there are about 50 of them) and then use that momentum to start peeling off individual delegates elsewhere. Fuhgeddaboudit....It’s illustrative that few people even know, or particularly care, who Karen Magee is or what she plans to do as NYSUT president

Cut my throat and ask me to donate my blood to the throat cutter. Today! Now! Or… the bad guys win. | Reclaim Reform: Cut my throat and ask me to donate my blood to the throat cutter. Today! Now! Or… the bad guys win.Posted on January 31, 2014by Ken PrevitiTeachers and most other people receive emails such as this daily – or even more often. It seems that the majority of the financial crises (most

Chicago Public Schools CEO announces Latino Advisory Committee–with no Latino teachers « NewsTaco: Chicago Public Schools CEO announces Latino Advisory Committee–with no Latino teachersBy Ray Salazar, NewsTacoIn her January newsletter to teachers, Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett announced a Latino Advisory Committee designed to “provide counsel in the following focus areas in parti

Sac City Unified Shares a Secret-the CORE Waiver Was Signed | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education: Sac City Unified Shares a Secret-the CORE Waiver Was Signedpublished by Kate_Lenox on Fri, 01/31/2014 - 1:36pmWe solved a mystery today, folks. Since there had been no public discussion of the CORE waiver at board meetings and no vote to adopt it by the board, we wondered if SCUSD had r

Weingarten: Stop blaming teachers | News Blog | Rochester City Newspaper: Weingarten: Stop blaming teachersPOSTED BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO ON FRI, JAN 31, 2014 AT 10:50 AMRochester’s teachers are not to blame for the city’s current economic problems, said Randi Weingarten this morning during a stop at the Children’s School of Rochester. Weingarten is president of the American Federation of Teachers,

The 20 Richest Americans Are Greedy Takers — Not Inspirational 'Makers' | Alternet: The 20 Richest Americans Are Greedy Takers — Not Inspirational 'Makers'They have all taken from the public or from employees, or through taxes or untaxed inheritances.PrintPhoto Credit: By Kees de Vos from The Hague, The Netherlands (Bill Gates delivering key note) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses

Can Governor Cuomo Do New York Students’ Common Core Homework? | Truth in American Education: Can Governor Cuomo Do New York Students’ Common Core Homework?Filed in Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level by Shane Vander Hart on January 31, 2014• 0 Comments21Can New York Governor Andrew Cuomo do the homework that is being assigned to students across his state?That’s exactly what Stop

Ed Roundup for 1-31-14 - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): Education Roundup for Week Ending January 31, 2014SACRAMENTO—The California Department of Education (CDE) today issued this week's Education Roundup of education-related announcements of public interest.State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Urges Public Input on Civic LearningState Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today annou

New Jersey’s Education Cerf-dumb » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names: New Jersey’s Education Cerf-dumbby MICHELLE RENEE MATISONS and SETH SANDRONSKYIn this class bludgeoning era of public education, when repression is used to silence dissent and school employee and student displacement is the new normal, anyone following predatory education reform tactics knows private money is trying

What’s So Great About America? opening argument, Dartmouth, January 30 2014 | Bill Ayers: What’s So Great About America? opening argument, Dartmouth, January 30 2014Such a huge subject, and such a lovely question— when a dialogue on that expansive question was first proposed to me, my initial impulse was to make a list.Let’s see…OK: I’ll start my what’s-so-great list with Chicago; yes, Chicago—bec

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Questions my media friends need be asking: Questions my media friends need be askingPresident Obama -- You've often called education, "the civil rights issue of our time." Where do you stand on Civil Rights Movement hero James Meredith's call for an American Child’s Education Bill of Rights?IEA Pres. Ken Swanson (right) applauds passage of SB7NEA President

LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): Union candidates gang up on Fletcher and, of course, DeasyBill Gaffney, one of ten candidates for president of UTLA The Los Angeles teachers union election process is long – from February to July – and a lot like a reality show, with multiple voting rounds to knock out candidates/contestants, until finall

As the School Turns | EduShyster: As the School Turns The reviews are in: education reform in Massachusetts has jumped the sharkIt’s time for yet another episode in our long-running—and fast moving—reality series: As the School Turns. In today’s episode we visit two Boston schools that have been turning, returning and turning again. And we meet the guest stars who will at last usher our schools ou

Louisiana Progress Social Media videos available | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsLouisiana Progress Social Media videos availablePosted on January 31, 20140For those of you who missed the Social Media Summit put by Louisiana Progress this past weekend during our Louisiana Blizzard:  Here’s the link to all the footage in smaller byte-sized YouTube chu

The Answer Sheet: Why Common Core isn’t the answerThe Common Core State Standards have become targets for criticism from all corners of the political spectrum for various reasons. Here’s a different take, from Marion Brady, a veteran classroom teacher, who has written history and world culture textbooks (Prentice-Hall),  professional books, numerous  nationally distributed columns (many are availa

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadFor the artists in your house, two guys, feet, a rake and some unusual mediums to work in.  A thing of beauty is not always a joy forever.Saturday Community meeting - Director Sue Peters' first one at Queen Anne library from 11 am to 12:30 pm.What's on your mind?by Melissa Westbrook / 26min 1-30-14 Seattle Schools Community ForumSeattle Schools Co

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: The State Of Education In The State Of The Union + The State Of Adult Ed In LausdFrom the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles Weekly Update Week of February 3, 2014 | http://bit.ly/1igKGaE Thursday, January 30, 2014 :: In President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech on January 28, 2014, he referenced education less often than in previous year

FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Baron: NCLB co-author says he never anticipated federal law would force testing obsessionEducation HeadlinesFriday, January 31, 2014FCMAT provides links to California K-12 news stories as a service to the industry. However, some stories may not be accessible because of newspapers' subscription policies.Finance director at fiscally fragile dis

When Someone Poops in the Closet: A Teacher's Tale - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: When Someone Poops in the Closet: A Teacher's TaleBy Anthony Cody on January 30, 2014 12:22 PMLaurel Sturt taught for eleven years in the Bronx. Her new book, Davonte's Inferno, Ten Years in the New York Public School Gulag, shares in close detail her experience working in a high poverty school under

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 1-31-14 Diane Ravitch's blog #EDCHAT #P2Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: New York Plans Cradle-to-Grave Data Tracking of StudentsHere is another reason to opt your children out of state testing. The state plans to collect data on every student throughout their lives, on the nutty belief that someone

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: New York Plans Cradle-to-Grave Data Tracking of StudentsHere is another reason to opt your children out of state testing. The state plans to collect data on every student throughout their lives, on the nutty belief that someone somewhere will figure out from this Big Data “what works.” This massive collection of data reflects the N

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: From The Archives: “Getting students to engage — not just comply”I’ve recently re-started an effort I’ve tried to do previously by regularly highlighting previous posts and articles I’ve shared in previous years that I think might be worth a second look. Getting students to engage — not just comply is a piece I wrote for Th

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Madigan’s $1.5 billion gift to corporations.Since we know that Democratic Speaker Mike Madigan believes in nothing but power and money, it is probably fair to assume there is some political calculation in his proposal to cut the Illinois corporate tax rate in half. But I can tell you that there is not

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": I Don’t Think Taking & Throwing Out Students’ Lunches Because Their Parents Owe The School Money Is A Good IdeaBy now, you may have already heard about what happened in Salt Lake City this week — the parents of a number of students owed money on their children’s lunch account and, because of that, after those students w

Wait What?: Shhhh: Whatever you do, don’t mention class, classism or class warfareNewspaper headlines in today’s Stamford Advocate: Street bonuses heat up January real estate market in Greenwich, Darien Stamford homeless shelters over capacity In 2013, the stock market hit “52 all-time record highs” and had its best year in 18 years.  As a result, Greenwich realtors report the sales of high prices

Schools Matter: KIPP Teacher's Nude Photos Shared by StudentsSomething that is not in the Doug Lemov miracle book of behaviors to make you a great teacher is the admonition to leave your phone home, at least the one with your nude pics.  Perhaps this KIPP high school teacher did not have time to download her nudies to a personal phone after another evening of being on call to 10 PM.  Anyway, the p

Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: “Businessmen, Bean-Counters, Buffoons, and Bible-Thumpers Taking Over Florida Public Education”Author, columnist radio and TV talk show host Stephen L. Goldstein lives in Fort Lauderdale. He has penned a blistering opinion piece for the Sun-Sentinel about those who have

the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): The Words They Know (1944)The Words They Know (1944).by plthomasedd / 2min 1-30-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdDthe becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, F

With A Brooklyn Accent: "School Choice" Is Not only About Charters and VouchersWhere are all the advocates of "school choice" when inner city parents and students organize in defense of their neighborhood schools threatened with closing, as they have done in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and now Newark? Somehow, they only mobilize when inner parents want charters or vouchers

Perdido Street School: Why I No Longer Watch FootballWhen I was a kid, I used to love watching football on TV.  I reveled in the spectacle, the hype, the excitement, and yes, the violence of it all.My dad hated football and would always say to me whenever I was watching a game, "That's just like the Roman gladiator games.  It's barbaric, bread and circuses stuff they feed the masses to keep t

Remarks by the President on a World-Class Education | The White House: Remarks by the President on a World-Class EducationMcGavock Comprehensive High SchoolNashville, Tennessee4:45 P.M. CSTTHE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  (Applause.)  It is good to be in Nashville!  (Applause.)  And it’s good to be here at Big Mac.  (Applause.)  I want to thank Reverend Sinkfield for your words of prayer. I want

70 People Brave Frigid Weather to Raise Concerns about School Choice | janresseger: 70 People Brave Frigid Weather to Raise Concerns about School ChoicePosted on January 31, 2014 by janressegerWednesday was so cold in greater Cleveland that schools were closed across the region, but by 7:00 PM, 70 people had arrived at our high school cafeteria whose doors had been opened for the second week of ou

GoPublicSchool.com « An open discussion of public school issues. GoPublicSchool.com:  LA school officials in the dark over computer inventories…Annie Gilbertson at KPCC – Southern California Public Radio… “Los Angeles Unified School District officials said they don’t have a complete accounting of computers at schools because they stopped counting during budget cuts – and a new survey meant to get

empathyeducates – A Grandmother’s Plea For Justice – Education is a Human Right: A Grandmother’s Plea For Justice – Education is a Human RightIrene Robinson (left) waits with granddaughter Akilra Roberts for the bus. Because the bus only runs at the beginning and end of the regular school day, Akilra has trouble getting home from after-school activities. (Armando L. Sanchez / Hechinger Report) On

Does Being an Individual Matter Anymore? | educarenow: Does Being an Individual Matter Anymore?Posted on January 31, 2014 | Leave a commentI’ve come to think of the Common Core (and the standards movement as a whole) in three different layers, with each deepening layer being more difficult to see and to articulate.  These layers are simplistic and certainly not all-inclusive, but they do allow me

An Urgent Need for Short-Cycle Clinical Trials in Education | Brookings Institution: An Urgent Need for Short-Cycle Clinical Trials in EducationMore TopicsEducationK-12 Educationeducation researcheducation reformeducation standardseducation systemstudent learningteacher standardsteachersteaching qualityShare on emailShare on twitterShare on facebookShare on linkedinShare on google_plusone_shareSha

NCLB co-author says he never anticipated federal law would force testing obsession | EdSource Today: NCLB co-author says he never anticipated federal law would force testing obsessionJanuary 30th, 2014 | 3 Comments | By Kathryn BaronRep. George Miller, D-Martinez, visited with EdSource Today staff shortly after announcing his retirement after 40 years in Congress. Credit: Lillian Mongeau, EdSource

17.6% INCREASE FOR LAUSD TEACHERS- WHAT IS UTLA PRESIDENT WARREN FLETCHER SMOKING? - Perdaily.com: 17.6% INCREASE FOR LAUSD TEACHERS- WHAT IS UTLA PRESIDENT WARREN FLETCHER SMOKING?Letter from UTLA President Warren Fletcher and my response:Dear UTLA member,The following letter from UTLA President Warren Fletcher to LAUSDSuperintendent John Deasy was sent today:1/29/2014Dr. John DeasySuperintendent

NEA President Dennis Van Roekel shares his thoughts on President Obama's fifth State of the Union address and Opportunity Agenda.The Countdown to NEA’s Read Across America 2014 Has Begun!By Anita Merina In Bakersfield, Calif., Bakersfield Elementary Teachers Association president Michelle Johnson is planning a reading block party featuring storybook characters and book giveaways. In Sioux City, Io

Schools Matter: Kaya Henderson Implicated in Rhee Cheating Scandal that Will Not Die: Kaya Henderson Implicated in Rhee Cheating Scandal that Will Not DieFrom CBS WASHINGTON — An elementary school principal’s claim that she saw teachers erasing answers on students’ test sheets had reached District of Columbia Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson’s desk within 24 hours of the alleged incident in late

NYC Public School Parents: Did Obama blame parents for education low-performance in his State of the Union? And why I said he should send Duncan to Mars: Did Obama blame parents for education low-performance in his State of the Union? And why I said he should send Duncan to MarsOn Tuesday night, Obama gave a brilliant State of the Union address. But I can't say I appreciated what he said about edu

An Update on New Jersey’s SGPs: Year 2 – Still not valid! | School Finance 101: School Finance 101Data and thoughts on public and private school funding in the U.S.An Update on New Jersey’s SGPs: Year 2 – Still not valid!Posted on January 31, 20140      Rate ThisI have spent much time criticizing New Jersey’s Student Growth Percentile measures over the past few years, both conceptually and statist

One adult bully trashes a child’s lunch X 30 children = SLCSD | Reclaim Reform: One adult bully trashes a child’s lunch X 30 children = SLCSDPosted on January 30, 2014by Ken PrevitiImagine an adult bully trashing an innocent child’s lunch. Openly. In front of all the other children who looked on helplessly.Now imagine that it happened in an affluent American city that is the home site of a cathedr

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 CAPNew report highlights stagnation for early childhood programs | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCCNew report highlights stagnation for early childhood programs | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: New report highlights stagnation for early childhood programsDeepa Fer