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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 2-12-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Carol Burris: How the NY Regents Fooled the Public on Common CoreCarol Burris explains here how the New York Board of Regents hoaxed the public into thinking they had agreed to major changes when they actually changed nothing. She writes: “The press was led to believe the Regents pulled back the passing scores on the Common Core En
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 2-12-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: TUESDAY’S BOARD MEETING: Six votes in search of a censensusI watched Tuesday’s festivities from the comfort of my couch and my fuzzy slippers, consuming mass quantities of NyQuil and drinking glass after glass of water. (Drown a Cold/Bore a fever.) The phone kept ringing with successively bad-to-worse news. The goings on at Beaudry made nothing any bet
Me on BAM Radio on Teacher Turnover | Paul Bruno
Me on BAM Radio on Teacher Turnover | Paul Bruno: Me on BAM Radio on Teacher TurnoverBy PAUL BRUNO | Published: FEBRUARY 12, 2014I made a brief appearance on Larry Ferlazzo’s BAM! Radio show to talk more about an upcoming piece about why teachers leave high-poverty urban schools.Time was short, so I thought I’d collect here, in one place, many of the interesting data points I came across while thi
2-12-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: When real teachers speak… Elected officials should listenBarth Keck is an English teacher and assistant football coach in Connecticut. He also writes commentary pieces for CT News Junkie. His pieces should be mandatory reading for every federal, state and local elected official in Connecticut. In his latest column entitled, Already Feeling Squeezed As I Attempt to ‘Align’ With Common
2-12-14 @ The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Principal: Time to hold NY education leaders accountable for Core messNew York Principal Carol Burris has chronicled the flawed implementation of school reform and the Common Core State Standards across the state for some time (here, and here and here and here, for example), and, in the following post, she tells us more. Burris, who leads South Side High School, was named New Yor
2-12-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Teach for America Contract Due to Expire but Hires can ContinueSeattle Public Schools' Agreement with Teach for America was approved by the Board on November 17, 2010. The agreement terminates on August 31, 2014 unless renewed by mutual consent of both parties. I don't believe that a majority of the current Board would vote to extend it. The Agreement has been more
2-12-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Standards as Political FootballsIn a piece published in a 2001 issue of English Journal, "Standards, Standards Everywhere, and Not a Spot to Think," I opened with a story about my daughter, then in middle school:[M]y eleven-year-old daughter, Jessica, made an observation: “All they care about is the PACT test; they don’t care if we learn anything.” She was speaking of the
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 2-12-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: The Love Affair Between Dictators and the Olympics Like Hitler’s 1936 games, Putin’s campaign to hold the Olympics in Sochi is all about adding to his personal glory, not any desire to better Russia.Garry Kasporov, former World Chess Champion and Russian (Soviet) Chess Grandmaster is also a political activist and writer. In this piece he dares to suggest that there ar
Paul Horton: Charter School Design: The New Streamlining - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Paul Horton: Charter School Design: The New Streamlining - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Paul Horton: Charter School Design: The New StreamliningBy Anthony Cody on February 12, 2014 9:30 AMGuest post by Paul Horton.Do a simple online search of "charter school design" and see what pops up. While some of the images you might see might be urban warehouse and public school gut
2-12-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: More Valentine’s Day ResourcesHere are some new additions to The Best Sites To Learn About Valentine’s Day: Valentine’s Day – Hitting The Sweet Spots is from the ASIDE blog. Last Minute Love Lessons is from Online TEFL Training. Valentine’s Day – Resources for class is from David’s ESOL Blog.by Larry Ferlazzo / 2h “Why Do T
New York Students With Disabilities May Soon Take Easier Tests Than Their Peers
New York Students With Disabilities May Soon Take Easier Tests Than Their Peers: New York Students With Disabilities May Soon Take Easier Tests Than Their PeersState Education Commissioner John King Jr., second from right, speaks during a forum on Common Core learning reforms at the Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. The meeting Thursday was King's
2-12-14 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.: John Dillon. Tax relief? Here’s a “fair” explanationBy John Dillon who posted this on his blog, Pension Vocabulary. Tax Relief for Illinois and a Revenue Fix! Tax Relief? Here’s a “Fair” Explanation… I just received my latest update from Republican Representative Dwight Kay. Representative Dwight ma
2-12-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": What Has Gotten In To These Guys? Now Leader Of Britain’s Labor Party Appears To Call For A “Parent Trigger”I just don’t understand how people who consider themselves progressive here in the United States and, now, in Great Britain can support such a fundamentally undemocratic tool as the parent trigger (where a small numbe
Charter schools association continues push to weed out low-scoring schools | EdSource Today
Charter schools association continues push to weed out low-scoring schools | EdSource Today: Charter schools association continues push to weed out low-scoring schoolsFebruary 11th, 2014 | Add a Comment | By John FensterwaldUpping its campaign to root out what it views as its lowest performing schools, the California Charter Schools Association last week criticized a San Jose school district for a
2-12-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Peter Lamphere: New York takes on Common CoreUNFORTUNATELY, THE New York State United Teachers actually has a mixed record on Common Core. Led by its largest affiliate, New York City's United Federation of Teachers (UFT), the union officially supports the Common Core, but disagrees with the implementation that has occurred, calling for a three-year moratorium on high-stakes conseq
2-12-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Does the Gates Foundation’s Evidence Argue For or Against Vergara?The corporate reform group Students Matter wants to strike down the duly-enacted laws of California that protect the rights of teachers. Their case, Vergara vs. California claims that laws protecting teachers damage poor children of color. Vergara is known as the “bad teacher” lawsuit. I have joked, however, that i
2-12-14 V.A.M.: Value Added Measure
V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: The Sounds of Failing (Based on Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence")Governor Andrew Cuomo is tenaciously holding to his APPR schemes to evaluate teachers based largely on student test scores. Last Spring, 70% of N.Y.S. students failed the Common-Core tests. If one believes in junk science, one might seek to fire 70% of the State's teachers. In sch
2-12-14 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): Standards as Political FootballsStandards as Political Footballs1 by plthomasedd / 3h2-11-14 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.
GoPublicSchool.com « An open discussion of public school issues. GoPublicSchool.com
GoPublicSchool.com « An open discussion of public school issues. GoPublicSchool.com: GPS Viewpoint – Mike Weston…CC – The wrong focus now… I am greatly troubled by the rushed implementation of the common-core standards. With common-core comes an entire new student testing, school grading and teacher evaluation paradigm; things Florida already does poorly. There are many arguments against common-co
2-12-14 Perdido Street School: The Cost Of Common Core And The Race To Top Reforms
Perdido Street School: The Cost Of Common Core And The Race To Top Reforms: The Cost Of Common Core And The Race To Top ReformsFrom State of Politics:New Yorkers for Students’ Educational Rights, an education advocacy group, is suing Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Board of Regents and state Education Commissioner John King, claiming the state has systematically shortgaged the public school system by faili
Queens Parents Say Their Kids’ Reports On Malcolm X Were Rejected Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública
Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: Queens Parents Say Their Kids’ Reports On Malcolm X Were RejectedNOTE: This is why we need a structured curriculum and teacher training that centers on Black/Latino Culture and History. Demand that the new Chancellor implement this progressive education policy by the Fall of 2014!! Added by daphne R on February 11, 2014.By David Bl
Two Important Articles Describe Widespread Attack on Core Value of Public Education | janresseger
Two Important Articles Describe Widespread Attack on Core Value of Public Education | janresseger: Two Important Articles Describe Widespread Attack on Core Value of Public EducationPosted on February 12, 2014 by janressegerHere is a particularly strong critique of what the North Carolina legislature is doing to undermine that state’s public schools. Helen Ladd, one of the chairs of the Broader,
Terry Grier Has to Go! HISD is Choking the Life Out of Our Community
Terry Grier Has to Go! HISD is Choking the Life Out of Our Community: 11 FEBRUARY 2014 WRITTEN BY JEFFREY L. BONEYTerry Grier Has to Go! HISD is Choking the Life Out of Our Communityfont size Print EmailThe Houston Forward Times (HFT) has been covering a myriad of complaints and issues involving the Houston Independent School District (HISD) and HISD Superintendent Terry B. Grier over the years
What Superintendents Do Daily (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
What Superintendents Do Daily (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: What Superintendents Do Daily (Part 1)In this blog over the past few years, I have posted accounts of a day in the life of a principal and what some teachers do daily. But I have not looked at what district superintendents do at work.In this three-part post, I will present what I have found over the years
False Compromises In The Education Debate
False Compromises In The Education Debate: False Compromises In The Education Debate Legend has, political disputes are supposed to be resolvable only when parties “meet in the middle” and shake hands on points of agreement that are possible.But in the much-contested issue of “education reform,” only one of the disputing parties in the debate tends to be implored to seek compromise.The latest exam
Louisiana Educator: The Truth About Stand for Children and Common Core
Louisiana Educator: The Truth About Stand for Children and Common Core: The Truth About Stand for Children and Common CoreJust Like Michelle Rhee's Students first only BETTERAstroturf lobbying refers to political organizations or campaigns that appear to be made up of grassroots activists but are actually organized and run by corporate interests seeking to further their own agendas. Such groups ar
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Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 2-11-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMQ&A With Randi Weingarten, head of American Federation of TeachersRandi Weingarten is president of the American Federation of Teachers, one of the most influential teachers' unions in the country. She attended the ...34min On The Postponement of Common Core AccountabilityOn Monday, New York State found out that its Board of Regents,
CCSS, STEM and the Hypocrites of Education Reform | Reclaim Reform
CCSS, STEM and the Hypocrites of Education Reform | Reclaim Reform: CCSS, STEM and the Hypocrites of Education ReformPosted on February 11, 2014by Ken PrevitiLiving on Florida’s Space Coast surrounded by many engineers who are now receiving half to two-thirds of the salaries they had a few years ago, the harsh realities of economic life are evident. As a matter of fact, under-employed and unemploy
Portland Public Schools strike preparation: District asks teachers whether they plan to work as union urges them to remove personal belongings from classrooms | OregonLive.com
Portland Public Schools strike preparation: District asks teachers whether they plan to work as union urges them to remove personal belongings from classrooms | OregonLive.com: Portland Public Schools strike preparation: District asks teachers whether they plan to work as union urges them to remove personal belongings from classroomsPORTLAND, OREGON -- February 5, 2014 -- Supporters of the teacher
Regents Reverse Course, Pull Teacher Protections from Common Core Changes - WNYC
Regents Reverse Course, Pull Teacher Protections from Common Core Changes - WNYC: Rhee-lated $tory: Michelle Rhee answers Ravitch in New Bookal$o $ee Rhee-lated $tory: Excerpts from "Rhee The Art of the Deal" a new $tory about Corporate Education Reform and the Woman that make$ it Happen!Regents Reverse Course, Pull Teacher Protections from Common Core ChangesTuesday, February 11, 2014 -
solidaridad: EmpowerED 2014 – Elevating Student Power in Los Angeles
solidaridad: EmpowerED 2014 – Elevating Student Power in Los Angeles: EmpowerED 2014 – Elevating Student Power in Los AngelesHannah Nguyen article on GenYNot about the conferenceOfficial Conference Website2014 ARE ConferenceMore Details
Nite Cap 2-11-14 #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 CAP2-11-14 Jersey JazzmanJersey Jazzman: Chris Cerf's Top Ten Reformy MomentsThe resignation of former Acting Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf deserves a contemplative and appropriately serious response.Until then, I present...Chris Cerf's Top T
2-11-14 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: Chris Cerf's Top Ten Reformy MomentsThe resignation of former Acting Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf deserves a contemplative and appropriately serious response.Until then, I present...Chris Cerf's Top Ten Reformy Moments!#10: That's Not A Knife; THIS Is a Knife!Some more insight into Cerf's world:chewytrain Dale Chu @Chiefs4Change Chris Cerf: "This is a knife fight in a
2-11-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: NYSUT and the NEA: Historical Background, Part 1People have been telling me they are confused about what is really going on in the NYSUT split. To better understand what is happening in NYSUT some of the history might help. Much of the info comes from WikiPedia, plus whatever memory I have left.This is a long one, so hang in there if you can. But I bet if you do things will be a l
PSAT for 2-11-14: Educate yourself about some Illinois General Assembly primary candidates! Parents United for Responsible Education
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for 2-11-14: Educate yourself about some Illinois General Assembly primary candidates!: PSAT for 2-11-14: Educate yourself about some Illinois General Assembly primary candidates!Early voting for the March 18th primary begins March 3, so this is a good time to educate yourself about who’s running and what they stand for, especially in
Opinion: The Battle for Public Schools & 'White Suburban Moms': Unpacking Arne Duncan’s Latest Insult - emPower magazine
Opinion: The Battle for Public Schools & 'White Suburban Moms': Unpacking Arne Duncan’s Latest Insult - emPower magazine: Opinion: The Battle for Public Schools & ‘White Suburban Moms’: Unpacking Arne Duncan’s Latest InsultWritten by Denisha JonesinShareSocial media is in frenzy over the insulting remarks made by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. As reported in the Washington Post Answer
2-11-14 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: Pam Stewart Snubs Teachers in Recognizing AP Success, ParticipationFrom an FDOE press release: Tallahassee, Fla., February 11, 2014 – Florida earned high marks for the percentage of graduates from the class of 2013 who took an Advanced Placement (AP) exam while in high s
Why False Compromises Won’t Resolve The Education Debate
Why False Compromises Won’t Resolve The Education Debate: Why False Compromises Won’t Resolve The Education DebateLegend has, political disputes are supposed to be resolvable only when parties “meet in the middle” and shake hands on points of agreement that are possible.But in the much-contested issue of “education reform,” only one of the disputing parties in the debate tends to be implored to se
Testing Resistance & Reform News: February 5 - 11, 2014 | FairTest
Testing Resistance & Reform News: February 5 - 11, 2014 | FairTest: Testing Resistance & Reform News: February 5 - 11, 2014Submitted by fairtest on February 11, 2014 - 2:12pm news otherThe ever-louder drumbeat of opposition to standardized test misuse and overuse is now being heard in more than a dozen state capitals. Across the country, governors, legislatures, and other education polic
The Great Chicago Pension Caper is Underway Chicago Teachers Union
Chicago Teachers Union | The Great Chicago Pension Caper is Underway: The Great Chicago Pension Caper is UnderwayBY CTU COMMUNICATIONS | 02/10/2014CHICAGO – The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) vowed to stand firm in its defense of the retirement security of thousands of retired public school educators in the wake of new threats by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his legislative allies to fire another 3,000
California's Progress in Advanced Placement Exams - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
California's Progress in Advanced Placement Exams - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Commends California'sSignificant Progress in Advanced Placement® Exams Over Past DecadeSACRAMENTO—Annual Advanced Placement® (AP) results released today show that the number of California public high school graduates taking and passing AP courses continues to climb, with the numb
2-11-14 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG - ED Pulse Poll Results: What Is Most Important in Building School Morale?
ED Pulse Poll Results: What Is Most Important in Building School Morale? — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGED Pulse Poll Results: What Is Most Important in Building School Morale?February 11, 2014 by Kit Harris, ASCD ResearchASCD continually seeks to provide solutions to the challenges that face educators of all levels. A recentASCD SmartBrief ED Pulse poll asked readers asked readers w
Badass Moms Association
Badass Moms Association:Badass Moms Association Badass Moms Association on Facebook: BACKGROUND: A group of mothers found each other this past year while facing school closings, budget cuts, charter school expansions, teacher layoffs and high-stake testing in Chicago Public Schools. We are from all over the city of Chicago and came together with one common goal. TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN and OUR NEIGH
2-11-14 This Week in LA - School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District)
LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): Morning Read: Wifi upgrades push iPad cost to $1.3 billionLA schools’ wifi networks to cost about $800 million The Los Angeles Unified School District’s board is scheduled to green light $66 million in wifi upgrades Tuesday, bringing the total reported costs of wifi upgrades need for its iPad proposal to
2-11-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tuesday Open ThreadOne of the most cherished memories of my childhood is gone. Shirley Temple Black died today at the age of 85. She gave laughter and hope to many after the Depression. It's hard to pick a favorite moment from her films but her dazzling dance ability was apparent when she danced with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the The Littlest Rebel.
2-11-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Steve Perry, the reader known as “Reality Ed” and disaster know as Capital PrepAs Wait, Wait? has investigated the allegations associated with Capital Prep Steve Perry and the potential violations of federal and state laws and Hartford regulations and policies at Capital Prep, readers have become accustomed to the constant comments and attacks from Steve Perry or one or more of his sup
NYC Public School Parents: Tepid recommendations from the Regents taskforce on the Common Core
NYC Public School Parents: Tepid recommendations from the Regents taskforce on the Common Core: Tepid recommendations from the Regents taskforce on the Common CoreThe most accurate story about the recommendations of the Regents taskforce on the Common Core was reported by WNYC/Schoolbook, which called them "tepid" and "tweaks.” Nevertheless they enraged Gov. Cuomo who called them “t
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Tuesday, February 11, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: School suspension rates declineEducation HeadlinesTuesday, February 11, 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.Conejo Valley Unified expects to have budget surplus next fiscal yearThe Conejo Valley Unified S
Is School Desegregation a Failed Movement? - Dana Goldstein
Is School Desegregation a Failed Movement? - Dana Goldstein: Is School Desegregation a Failed Movement?I turned in the revisions of my book to my publisher yesterday (!), so my plan for the next few weeks is to get back into the swing of daily journalism. So. Over at Slate, Tanner Colby is writing a series on "The Massive Liberal Failure on Race." His first entry was "how the left’s
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 2-11-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Zimmer’S Plan For Lausd District 1 Vacancy Facing Big Voteby LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1glP5Ze Posted on February 10, 2014 The LA Unified school board has an unusually long agenda for its monthly meeting on Tuesday, 39 items plus a handful of reports and updates. Each has consequences but few of them carry the import and emotional impact of Steve
2-11-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: “What These Children Are Like”: Rejecting Deficit Views of Poverty and Language“What These Children Are Like”: Rejecting Deficit Views of Poverty and Language. via “What These Children Are Like”: Rejecting Deficit Views of Poverty and Language.1 by plthomasedd / 34min 2-10-14 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: Progressivism and Whole Language: A ReaderProgressivism and Whole Langu
2-11-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: “What These Children Are Like”: Rejecting Deficit Views of Poverty and Language“What These Children Are Like”: Rejecting Deficit Views of Poverty and Language. via “What These Children Are Like”: Rejecting Deficit Views of Poverty and Language.1 by plthomasedd / 34min 2-10-14 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: Progressivism and Whole Language: A ReaderProgressivism and Whole Langu
2-11-14 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): “What These Children Are Like”: Rejecting Deficit Views of Poverty and Language“I am an invisible man,” begins Ralph Ellison‘s enduring modern classic Invisible Man, which transforms a science fiction standard into a metaphor for the African American condition in the U.S
California School Officials Debunk Right-Wing Lies About Transgender Student Law | Blog | Media Matters for America
California School Officials Debunk Right-Wing Lies About Transgender Student Law | Blog | Media Matters for America: California School Officials Debunk Right-Wing Lies About Transgender Student LawBlog ››› 2 hours and 9 minutes ago ››› LUKE BRINKER124Evidence continues to mount that a new California law allowing transgender public school students to use the restroom facilities that correspond to t
Monstrous Labels, Part I: Springtime for Hitler - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
Monstrous Labels, Part I: Springtime for Hitler - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Monstrous Labels, Part I: Springtime for HitlerBy Nancy Flanagan on February 11, 2014 10:24 AMPrologue, quoting from a blog I wrote in the spring of 2009:[Recently] I wrote a piece describing a particularly vociferous and opinionated group of education bloggers and commenters as "reform Nazis
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Rotten to the CORE
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Rotten to the CORE: Rotten to the CORE The following piece was written by fellow Sacramento Teacher, Lori Jablonski and appears on The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education Website:Few would argue that we need relief from the test-driven reform failure that is No Child Left Behind; unfortunately, the remedy that President Obama and Secretary of Educ
Morning Wink 2-11-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 2-11-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Teacher: Why “Stupid Bubble Tests” Are MeaninglessIn this post, which arrived a few days ago as a comment, Ron Lapekas, a retired teacher, explains why standardized tests have no value or validi
