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#140: A Dwarf Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Wikipedia argues that academics are often charged with over-complicating problems and expressing them in obscure language. So which academics have come down from the proverbial “ivory tower” and taken on involvement in the public space in a relevant and meaningful way? The 2014 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence ranking system released by Edweek today seeks to understand […]
Charles M. Blow: As The Political World Turns
In his Thursday Thursday New York Times column Blow takes on Chris Christie. He begins by writing Well, that didn’t take long. After wall-to-wall Obamacare disaster ruminations, the terrain of the political landscape is shifting, as it always does, and refocusing attention on some familiar themes. The larger-than-life, straight-from-the-hip, quick-with-the-tongue paladin of the Palisades, Chris C
inBloom and Data Mining: A Common Core Cousin
This week I posted this piece about a January 9, 2014, webinar promoting data mining– a webinar with Gates money all over it. (Here is a briefer follow-up to the post.) The initial post had a record number of comments, some of which were made by an inBloom representative. The comments prompted me to further investigate some of the nuances of inBloom, including key funding for and individuals assoc
Breaking!! Still No Physical Education At Ps 154 In The Bronx!!
Back on November 30, 2013 these pages informed the world that the students at PS 154 in the Bronx are being deprived of having a physical education program.To remind all, the physical education teacher had retired and no foresight had been taken to find a qualified replacement. Sadly, the students of PS 154 were left with nothing.It is well documented that the children of the inner city are more p
Today: EWA Webinar on Student Data and Privacy
As more school districts share data with parents and teachers, privacy advocates warn that they run the risk of violating students’ privacy. How big of a concern is it? Should parental rights trump educators’ efforts to track students? What should the federal role be? Today's webinar, at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, will look at these issues, with a particular focus on how the rollout of assessments l
Radio Disney's pro-fracking elementary school tour sparks outrage | Al Jazeera America
Radio Disney's pro-fracking elementary school tour sparks outrage | Al Jazeera America: Radio Disney's pro-fracking elementary school tour sparks outrageby Peter Moskowitz @PeterMoskowitz January 8, 2014 9:15PM ETRadio Disney made 26 stops across Ohio with a pro-fracking group to promote oil and gas to elementary school studentsTopics: Fracking Oil OhioJoe Raedle/Getty ImagesAn educational program
Rethinking ZERO TOLERANCE at last (and after a lot of damage has been done) | Bill Ayers
Rethinking ZERO TOLERANCE at last (and after a lot of damage has been done) | Bill Ayers: Rethinking ZERO TOLERANCE at last (and after a lot of damage has been done)The New York Times finally wrote this week about the wreckage left in the wake of zero tolerance school policy. If they’d been paying attention, someone on the editorial board might have benefited from reading the book below (published
An Urban Teacher's Education: I Don't Have Enough Time to Be a Good Teacher
An Urban Teacher's Education: I Don't Have Enough Time to Be a Good Teacher: I Don't Have Enough Time to Be a Good TeacherWhen I got into teaching, I was bewildered by all of the things supposedly good teachers did in their classrooms.From professors and mentor teachers and administrators, I learned at least three new things that good teachers did every day for a long time.A few examples:- Good te
Deadly Paulus-Vallasitis bacteria continues spreading across states | Reclaim Reform
Deadly Paulus-Vallasitis bacteria continues spreading across states | Reclaim Reform: Deadly Paulus-Vallasitis bacteria continues spreading across statesPosted on January 8, 2014by Ken PrevitiThe deadly bacterial disease that cripples and kills school districts as it drains their education funds is spreading again.Today is even stranger than yesterday. The Paulus-Vallasitis bacteria which has gone
Why I’m Learning Spanish and Not Math | Gatsby In L.A.
Why I’m Learning Spanish and Not Math | Gatsby In L.A.: Why I’m Learning Spanish and Not Math Remember how excited I was about the Khan Academy math program? Even though I’d always hated math, their practice tests full of hints made it fun for me to learn. Yes, fun! I said that about math!Brimming with enthusiasm, I vowed right in these here pages to keep doing math until I hit a wall.Can I be
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: To be attacked by Eric Cantor is a good thing
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: To be attacked by Eric Cantor is a good thing: To be attacked by Eric Cantor is a good thingEric Cantor's ratings in the dumper.Cantor's attack shows that Mayor de Blasio is on the right track. The wing-nut House Majority Leader is simply going to bat for his hedge-fund school reformer friends in N.Y. who have been riding high and raking in public dough under Mayor B
Digital Leadership with Eric Sheninger | Connected Principals
Digital Leadership with Eric Sheninger | Connected Principals: Digital Leadership with Eric Sheningerby jjohnson • January 9, 2014 • 0 CommentsEric Sheninger is releasing a new book this month:Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times. The Principalcast Podcast will be interviewing Eric on Sunday, January 12, 2014 at 8:30 PM CST on teachercast.tv.The reason we chose to interview Er
1-8-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs
With A Brooklyn Accent: First Draft of New York Teachers Petition Refusing Merit PayFirst Draft of Teachers Petition Refusing Merit PayAs public school teachers in the State of New York we categorically reject Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to give merit pay for teachers rated “Highly Effective” on the State’s flawed teacher evaluation system. We oppose this not only because merit pay creates a
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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."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAPSchooling in the Ownership Society: More on digedu...Schooling in the Ownership Society: More on digedu...: More on digedu...Guest post by Donald Davidson, a Chicago school parent.Digedu is in at least six CPS public schools already (Lane Tech AC