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James Baldwin said it best: 

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

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Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 1-5-14

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: Romney's attempt at diversityOn  Melissa Harris-Perry's show on MSNBC she showed a picture of the Romney family Christmas card: a photo of the family and grandchildren.  In the picture was Kiernan, an african child adopted by Romney's son. Melissa jokes that Kieran is a "token" attempt at diversity. Melissa later releases the statement "Showing the photo

by mike simpson / 3min 

Unkle Adams - I Am Stronger (Official Anti-Bullying Music Video)

Unkle Adams - I Am Stronger (Official Anti-Bullying Music Video)Unkle Adams - I Am Stronger is now on iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/i-a...Link up with Unkle Adams on:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnkleAdamsTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/unkleadamsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/unkleadamsTake the pledge to stop bullying at https://www.IamStronger.ca and LIKE their facebook p

by mike simpson / 17min 

I’m no Common Core fan, but give it a chance - The Washington Post

I’m no Common Core fan, but give it a chance - The Washington Post: I’m no Common Core fan, but give it a chanceAND THE CHOIR SINGS ONBy Jay Mathews, Sunday, January 5, 12:20 PM E-mail the writerAs our national battle over the Common Core standards escalates this year, remember that new standards and curricula rarely improve schools. What does work is families becoming more affluent, teachers beco

by mike simpson / 1h 

Tell-All from Oakland TFA Teacher: “I didn’t do my research” “Left by Winter Break” | Cloaking Inequity

Tell-All from Oakland TFA Teacher: “I didn’t do my research” “Left by Winter Break” | Cloaking Inequity: Tell-All from Oakland TFA Teacher: “I didn’t do my research” “Left by Winter Break”Here is another tell-all that does not appear in TFA’s glossy brochures or promotion materials. I realize that proponents of TFA will likely argue that these stories from TFA corp members are no different than an

by mike simpson / 4h 

1-5-14 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Can a non sequitur be apropos?comic by wiley miller | http://bit.ly/1ezTh5sby smf / 1h 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 1-4-144LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT  THE LAUSD BOARD OF ED NEEDS TO MAKE A DECISION …and that decision should be to appoint a representative to fill Marguerite LaMott

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My Secret Favorites From 2013, Because You Love Long Reads - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson

My Secret Favorites From 2013, Because You Love Long Reads - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: My Secret Favorites From 2013, Because You Love Long Readsby JOSE VILSON on JANUARY 5, 2014in JOSEWhen I posted my top ten blogs from 2013, Bill Fitzgerald wondered if these were also my favorites. Silly. Of course not. I love almost all my posts. Hopefully so do you. In case you didn’t, though, I sifte

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1-5-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: What the McCleary Decision was AboutIt will soon be the start of a new legislative session in Olympia, which, of course, means that the Legislature will take another run at doing the absolute minimum they can do and still claim to be making progress towards their obligation under the McCleary decision.It also means that there will be a bunch of people - all of the

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1-5-14 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.: Sunday reads.Glen Brown. The sinners of the last round lie completely sealed in ice… Canto XXXIV, Circle 9: The Inferno Chicago schools making AYP (Adequate Yearly Pooping). When he was young and smoked dope, I bet David Brooks was not the kind of guy you would want to get high with. You know the kind

by mike simpson / 7h 

Join us Monday (1.6.13) at 8:30 EST for our first #StuVoice Twitter chat of the New Year - Student Voice

Student Voice: MONDAY: Students as Partners in Education Policy Making  Join us Monday (1.6.13) at 8:30 EST for our first #StuVoice Twitter chat of the New Year. We’ll be discussing how to integrate student voices into existing reform platforms, particularly with regards to collaborating with passionate adults.We’re excited to share that this chat will include a simultaneous, livestreamed Google

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1-5-14 Schools Matter

Schools Matter: Pearson's aimsweb Behavior ModuleIf you like Pearson's DIBELS-style nonsense reading test for young children, you are sure to find a place for Pearson's Behavior Module for turning children in test-passing robots.  Like Pearson's other product lines in the aimsweb suite, it is entirely web-based so that your children's records can be stored for as long as there is a reason to manip

by mike simpson / 7h 

1-5-14 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): Trickle-Down Administration: Education Reform in a Culture of Distracting Outrage“One of the strange things about our politics is the disconnect between what sorts of things lead us, collectively, to express outrage and what sorts of things we don’t notice,” David Kaib b

by mike simpson / 7h 

House Of Cards - Corporate Deform in America - Trailer by BATA

House of Cards is a series of short videos created to bring to the forefront the key players in the corporate reform movement. Each week a new player will be featured along with information concerning their words and actions that have been aimed at the destruction of our public schools. Video created by Terri Michal. No copyright infringement intended. For informational purposes only.

by mike simpson / 7h 

Morning Wink 1-5-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH Diane Ravitch's blog 1-5-14Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Paul Thomas: An Educators’ Agenda for 2014Paul Thomas proposes that educators must set goals for other crucial sectors of our society. After all, there is such low confidence in other institutions, and it is our joint responsibility to do w

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH Diane Ravitch's blog 1-5-14

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Paul Thomas: An Educators’ Agenda for 2014Paul Thomas proposes that educators must set goals for other crucial sectors of our society. After all, there is such low confidence in other institutions, and it is our joint responsibility to do what we can to restore confidence for the good of society. If we do not solve the crisis of ou

by mike simpson / 8h 

I wonder if Secretary Duncan heard our students’ stories? | Ward 8 DC Teacher

I wonder if Secretary Duncan heard our students’ stories? | Ward 8 DC Teacher: I wonder if Secretary Duncan heard our students’ stories?Leave a commentLast spring, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited my school. Following the unfortunate tragedy that occurred at Sandy Hook, the purpose of his visit was to meet with students, and staff, to discuss school and gun violence. The video below (4:2

by mike simpson / 8h 

1-5-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: How Fighting Education Reform In NY State Is Like Getting A Shift In Medical Marijuana PolicyThe NY Times reported last night that Governor Andrew Cuomo is shifting his stance on medical marijuana in New York State:ALBANY — Joining a growing group of states that have loosened restrictions on marijuana, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York plans this week to announce an executive

by mike simpson / 8h 

1-5-14 Wait What?

Wait What?: Parents with direct experience with Capital Prep continue to speak outOver the past few weeks, more than a dozen parents whose children have or are attending Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut have written to tell their stories or ask which public agencies are responsible for investigating their concerns about what is occurring at Steve Perry’s Hartford school. 

by mike simpson / 8h 

1-5-14 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: Is Moraitis HB 377 Charter School Bill Inspired By ALEC?Rep. George Moraitis will be asked sometime this week why he left any mention of “charter schools” in HB 377 and instead referred to them as “private, not-for profit elementary, middle and high schools.” Never mind

by mike simpson / 8h 

1-5-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: From The Archives: “Eight Things Skilled Teachers Think, Say, and Do”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. Eight Things Skilled Teachers Think, Say, and Do is an article I w

by mike simpson / 8h 

1-5-14 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: The Carmen Farina FilesHer management took the form of a Machiavellian benevolence — the kind of approach you imagine is taught to aspiring executives in certain classes at Wharton, whereby the party about to be demoted or fired is encouraged to believe that what is happening is the best possible result for him or her. At P.S. 6, Ms. Farina got rid of only three teachers outright,

by mike simpson / 8h 

teacherken at Daily Kos 1-5-14: One Marine's Dying Wish

Daily Kos: One Marine's Dying Wish: One Marine's Dying Wishis the title of this must-read column by Frank Bruni in today's New York Times It is about Hal Faulkner, a 79 year old who is dying of cancer. Faulkner enlisted in the Marines in 1952 and was discharged in 1965, having served more than 3 years and risen from private to sergeant, showing how highly he was regarded. There were no real blots

by mike simpson / 8h 

1-5-14 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: I wonder if Secretary Duncan heard their stories?Last spring, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited my school. Following the unfortunate tragedy that occurred at Sandy Hook, the purpose of his visit was to meet with students, and staff, to discuss school and gun violence. The video below (4:23 minutes) is a condensed version of the hour-long discussion. The full video (51:36

by mike simpson / 8h 

SKrashen: The Spectacular Role of Libraries in Protecting Students from the Effects of Poverty

SKrashen: The Spectacular Role of Libraries in Protecting Students from the Effects of Poverty: The Spectacular Role of Libraries in Protecting Students from the Effects of PovertyStephen KrashenPublished in: iLeader: Journal of School Library Association of New South Wales 1(4): 3-6 (2012)Poverty is by far the most powerful predictor we have of school performance. This has been established in stu

by mike simpson / 8h 

V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: What Came First: The Chicken, the Egg or the Altruism of a Charter School CEO?

V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: What Came First: The Chicken, the Egg or the Altruism of a Charter School CEO?: What Came First: The Chicken, the Egg or the Altruism of a Charter School CEO?I only knew two Kip’s ever, one was the real hairy lead singer of Winger and the other was that strange kid in my 8th grade Algebra class. Now there is a new, well somewhat old KIPP in town. Just try and guess wha

by mike simpson / 8h 

Finding Her Teaching Voice - NYTimes.com

Finding Her Teaching Voice - NYTimes.com: VOCATIONS: THE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERPeter DaSilva for The New York TimesElizabeth Solis says the “teacher-student evangelical style” of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, became “the foundation of my teaching ability later in life.”By PERRY GARFINKELPublished: January 4, 2014Elizabeth Solis, 30, is an assistant principal and history teacher atArise, a charter high sch

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History Content and Teaching: A Historic Struggle | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

History Content and Teaching: A Historic Struggle | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: History Content and Teaching: A Historic StruggleThe past two posts have made the point that content and pedagogy are joined at the hip. Yet in science and math, too often, policymakers and reformers have focused on content rather than the art and craft of teaching that content in the mistaken

by mike simpson / 9h 

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The Professors: A Reality Show Concept | Cloaking Inequity

The Professors: A Reality Show Concept | Cloaking Inequity: The Professors: A Reality Show ConceptThe hullabaloo about the Duck Dynasty reality show got me to thinking.  It turns out that the Duck Dynasty controversy may all be just part of the entertainment business— a carefully orchestrated marketing scheme. How about an education reality show that isn’t 100% pretend and follows the “stress, fai

by mike simpson / 20h 

1-4-13 Saturday Special Sneak Preview Special Double Feature Corporate Reform News Breakout

Saturday Sneak Preview Special Corporate Reform School Girls News BreakoutSpecial  Sneak Preview - Witch Hunter starring Campbell Brown  News BreakComing to a theater near you!Chicago School Rations Bathroom Visits to Help Prepare for Common Core Tests - Living in Dialogue - Education Week TeacherChicago School Rations Bathroom Visits to Help Prepare for Common Core Tests - Living in Dialogue - Ed

by mike simpson / 20h 

Chicago School Rations Bathroom Visits to Help Prepare for Common Core Tests - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Chicago School Rations Bathroom Visits to Help Prepare for Common Core Tests - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Chicago School Rations Bathroom Visits to Help Prepare for Common Core TestsBy Anthony Cody on January 4, 2014 8:54 PMHow far will schools go to prepare for Common Core tests? From a teacher in Chicago, I received the following memo, delivered to faculty this week.Dear Facult

by mike simpson / 21h 

Pope Francis, Clerical Education, and KIPP | A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues

Pope Francis, Clerical Education, and KIPP | A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues: A "Fuller" Look at Education IssuesExamining K-12 and higher ed issues across the country by Dr. Ed FullerPope Francis, Clerical Education, and KIPPPosted on January 4, 20140      1 VoteWhat does Pope Francis’ views on clerical education have to do with No Excuses charter schools you ask?In a rece

by mike simpson / 21h 

2nd Banana 1-4-14 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2 #1u

BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTParents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: "Pearson is developing performance-based assessments for all grades..."Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: "Pearson is developing performance-based assessments for all grades...": "Pearson is developing performance-based assessments for all grades...&

by mike simpson / 21h 

Nite Cap 1-4-14 #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 Curse of Paul Vallas: the Boomerang of Personal Greed | Reclaim ReformThe Curse of Paul Vallas: the Boomerang of Personal Greed | Reclaim Reform: The Curse of Paul Vallas: the Boomerang of Personal GreedPosted on January 4, 2014by Ken Previti

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