2-4-14 @ The Chalk Face

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Teachers aren’t Cattle! (VAMs 101)

If you ever need a simple explanation for how VAMs are highly unreliable, then look no further! This is, by far, the best video I’ve seen on this issue. It’s definitely worth watching & sharing!   Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, we – teachers – are not cattle! We’re more than shady measurement “tools.” […]

2 by Angel Cintron Jr. / 24min 

Media Alert: On ASCD Media Alert

This is not satire, and if I had made this up, no one would have thought it was funny because, well, you just can’t make this stuff up. I got a MEDIA ALERT email from ASCD announcing “Common Core Experts Available for Interviews.” This seems pretty important because ASCD uses all caps, bold, and even […]

2 by plthomasedd / 1h 

Gates Scholar, Tom Kane, Wants Schools to Replicate His MET Experiment

I would have nothing but praise for the Gates Foundation Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project if it only claimed to be doing theoretical research. Neither would I have a real complaint with the work of the MET’s director, Tom Kane, if he saw it as basic research, not policy research. Kane seems to be […]

3 by John Thompson / 1h hide  //  save

Toni Morrison, the White Gaze, Race, and Writing

Toni Morrison, the White Gaze, Race, and Writing. via Toni Morrison, the White Gaze, Race, and Writing.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

1 by plthomasedd / 2h 

IEJ Vol 12, No 2 (2013): The local vernaculars of high-stakes testing

IEJ Vol 12, No 2 (2013): The local vernaculars of high-stakes testing. via IEJ Vol 12, No 2 (2013): The local vernaculars of high-stakes testing.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

1 by plthomasedd / 2h 

YESTERDAY

School Choice: Do “The Rules Matter”?

The proposal from Senators Lamar Alexander and Tim Scott — offered during “National School Choice Week” — for turning nearly half of the federal K-12 spending into school vouchers was notable for its explicit embrace of assumptions that the GOP had often been hesitant to discuss.  When offering their plans at the American Enterprise Institute, […]

8 by clubred88 / 8h 

2-3-14 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: My Endorsement for Governor of New MexicoI know what you’re thinking: “Why are you endorsing a candidate?  You’re just an independent blogger who likes to rabblerouse!” And you would be right.  But, c’mon, give me some credit.  I’m also a community activist and organizer who likes to rabblerouse. I also pay attention–very close attention–to the goings on in my state of […]39 by K

by mike simpson / 8h