New! Must read Ani McHugh!
Ani McHugh from her must-read blog, TeacherBiz… “Written testimony to the NJ State Board of Education for Lobby Day–February 5th, 2014″ “I ask you to consider these questions: would you want your own children to be subjected to the reforms being implemented in New Jersey? Do any parents wish for their children to go to a school that relies too much on standardized testing–and cuts programs and pe
A teacher exposes ‘value-added’ idiocy…
Valerie Strauss in The Washington Post… “VAMboozled is a blog about teacher evaluation, accountability and value-added models written by Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, associate professor at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. The following post was on her blog, from a teacher in Arizona who is not identified. The teacher reveals the idiocy of the ‘value-added’ method of evalua
Miami – Police union publicizes crime in schools amid negotiations…
David Smiley in The Miami Herald… “The union representing schools police officers is reporting a marked increase in the number of guns seized from within Miami-Dade County Public Schools in the first half of the school year. But police brass say those numbers are inflated, even if confiscations are trending upward. The disconnect reflects a new and unusual union media campaign that is as much abou
FCC to boost fund for broadband in schools…
Cecilia Kang in The Washington Post… “The plan to be announced Wednesday by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is to increase to $2 billion from $1 billion the portion of the E-Rate program for broadband grants. The FCC said the two-year increase in broadband grants will not come from an increase in rates charged to wireless and phone customers. Consumers’ monthly bills include a line-item charge for the fe
Stealing from teachers…
Adam Kirk Edgerton at The Huffington Post… “When teachers sit down to complete their federal taxes this year, they will see one big change: the $250 classroom supply deduction. The failure to extend this tax break for teachers has gone largely unnoticed. It should be a source of outrage…” Read it. What do you think? Read and share comments here… The post Stealing from teachers… appeared first on G
NC group urges teachers to reject contract offers…
Emery P. Dalesio in The Charlotte Observer… “A group representing North Carolina teachers said Monday it is expanding efforts to fight a state law that phases out job protections in place for more than 40 years in favor of employment contracts that supporters say will promote sharper classroom performance…” Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/02/03/4660967/nc-group-urges-teachers
Preschool push moving ahead in many states…
Richard Perez Pena and Motoko Rich in The New York Times… “Preschool is having its moment, as a favored cause for politicians and interest groups who ordinarily have trouble agreeing on the time of day. President Obama devoted part of his State of the Union address to it, while the deeply red states of Oklahoma and Georgia are being hailed as national models of preschool access and quality, with o
