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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 2-14-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: A Beautiful Poem for You Today (3)Another much loved poem is Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.” Marlowe lived from 1564-1593. Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That hills and valleys, dale and field, And all the craggy mountains yield. There will we sit upon the rocks,
2-14-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: One of the Constants in Life: Chris Cerf is Still a CrookChris Cerf jumps around more than a bedbug. Now he is leaving as NJ State Ed Commissioner. And everywhere he goes he leaves scandalous doo-doo in his wake. After a tenure working for fellow crook Chris Christie, Cerf is jumping the Christie ship and going back to work for his former crook boss, Joel Klein, to run Amplify in
2-14-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": The “Family Time Machine”February 14, 20141The Family Time Machine is a well-put-together interactive site that families can access to identify educational and fun activities that they can do together.It’s sponsored by The National Center for Families and Learning.You can learn more about it at an Education Week post titled
2-14-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Photo Galleries Of The WeekObviously, photos can be great educational tools with English Language Learners and with any students (see The Best Ways To Use Photos In Lessons). I post about many photo galleries, also called slideshows. To do it in a little more organized way, though, I recently began this weekly feature calle
2-14-14 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.: IEA endorses Illinois state chairman of ALEC for governor. Today the Illinois Education Association will announce its endorsement of Kirk Dillard in the Republican primary for governor of Illinois. Kirk Dillard is a current Republican Illinois State Senator who voted no on Senate Bill 1 – pension the
2-14-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: More than 500 New York State principals slam Common Core testing frenzyWhile Stefan Pryor, Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, and the Connecticut State Department of Education are instructing Connecticut superintendents and principals to mislead and lie to parents in an attempt to scare parents from opting their children out of the standardized testing frenzy, a group of more
2-14-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Mark Weber on the Destructive NJ Ed Commish, Chris Cerf (Broad Academy '04)from NJ Spotlight: The state education chief’s so-called reforms may have stirred up something more powerful than frustration and resignation Chris Cerf says he’s not leaving his post as New Jersey’s Commissioner of Education because of Bridgegate, and I believe him. When Cerf departs at the end of March, he
Krugman: Inequality, Dignity and Freedom
Krugman: Inequality, Dignity and Freedom: Krugman: Inequality, Dignity and FreedombyteacherkenFollow Email 16 Comments / 16 NewIn this New York Times column this morning the Nobel Laureate in Economics takes apart the one percent and the Republican party in how they view - and talk about - work. Starting with remarks by Paul Ryan on "the dignity of work" Krugman lays out the framewo
2-14-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Reformist @teachplus puts out some pretty thin gruel on the impact of testingTeacher leadership organization and reformist Teach Plus put out a recent study on the amount of time actually spent on testing in urban districts. It’s interesting that so much (relatively, speaking) fanfare surrounded this report because, well, it’s not really all that powerful. After reading through i
2-14-14 V.A.M.: Value Added Measure
V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: The Dataman at Home, #1Happy Valentine's Day to all the intrepid Data Men and Data Women of the World, machine men and machine women. They have "machine minds and machine hearts," sadly incapable of understanding anything that does not have some numerical value attached to it.by Adam Bergstein / 3h The Dataman at Home, #2by Adam Bergstein / 3h The Dataman at
2-14-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, Ed
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): remnant 53: “’God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’”remnant 53: “’God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’”.1 by plthomasedd / 19min hide // saveremnant 52: “I’ll be the cup if you should bleed”remnant 52: “I’ll be the cup if you should bleed”.1 by plthomasedd / 1h 2-13-14
2-14-14 GoPublicSchool.com « An open discussion of public school issues. GoPublicSchool.com
GoPublicSchool.com « An open discussion of public school issues. GoPublicSchool.com: GPS Reader Viewpoint – Mike Weston…Hillsborough County, FL (Tampa) is home to the 8th largest district in the country with 15,000 teachers and a $3 billion budget. The Gates funded teacher evaluation system is an emotional nightmare for teachers… Here is Florida BAT Admin. Mike Weston with some note on what is com
2-14-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Sheriff Andy Smiling TodayAfter de Blasio's self-inflicted school closure mess, Sheriff Andy is smiling wide:Gov. Cuomo on Thursday said Mayor de Blasio’s city-centered plans for prekindergarten will not pass muster with state lawmakers. Cuomo, during a conference to update reporters on storm conditions, used some of his strongest language to date to criticize the mayor’s P
A Peek into How the Education Sector Works | janresseger
A Peek into How the Education Sector Works | janresseger: A Peek into How the Education Sector WorksPosted on February 14, 2014 by janressegerMany of us have the sense that profit has become increasingly involved in the world of education, but while the term “education sector” has come into our lexicon, we have only the vaguest idea about the many ways profit is driving privatization in and around
Correcting the Oklahoma Chamber’s False Claims About Common Core | Truth in American Education
Correcting the Oklahoma Chamber’s False Claims About Common Core | Truth in American Education: Correcting the Oklahoma Chamber’s False Claims About Common CoreFiled in Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level by Jenni White on February 14, 2014 • 0 Comments2Recently, the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce produced a brochure called, "Preparing Students for Success"Please no
New professional standards for CA principals approved :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
New professional standards for CA principals approved :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: New professional standards for CA principals approvedby Tom Chorneau(Calif.) Setting a clear expectation that schools should be a place of safety and fairness, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing adopted Thursday new standards for school principals tha
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John Thompson: Vergara Show Trial Highlights Gates Foundation Snake Oil - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
John Thompson: Vergara Show Trial Highlights Gates Foundation Snake Oil - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: John Thompson: Vergara Show Trial Highlights Gates Foundation Snake OilBy Anthony Cody on February 13, 2014 10:57 PMGuest post by John Thompson.I hope the judge in Vergara v. California understands that the plaintiffs want to do more than strike down five laws that protect the rig
Reflections on My Common Core Debate for the West St. Tammany Chamber | deutsch29
Reflections on My Common Core Debate for the West St. Tammany Chamber | deutsch29: Reflections on My Common Core Debate for the West St. Tammany ChamberFebruary 13, 2014Below is a post that I wrote for Brietbart regarding my February 4th debate on Common Core. The debate occurred in the Louisiana parish in which I both live and teach, St. Tammany. (The somewhat-edited version posted in Breitbart c
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: If You Tell Them They're Stupid: Our Kids Hear Every Word!
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: If You Tell Them They're Stupid: Our Kids Hear Every Word!: If You Tell Them They're Stupid: Our Kids Hear Every Word!Sometimes I get frustrated with my class when it seems as if they are not listening to me.You know. When 6 of them ask a question which had already been answered. Or when they ask you for directions after you have just given them.I have my methods
Make Teachers Your Valentines | Reclaim Reform
Make Teachers Your Valentines | Reclaim Reform: Make Teachers Your ValentinesPosted on February 13, 2014by Ken PrevitiTeachers deserve all the love and recognition they can receive. Make ALL of the teachers in your life your Valentines.Remember those teachers who influenced you, who met your needs? If you don’t know how to contact them, make the nearest teachers you meet your Valentines. Teachers
Nite Cap 2-13-14 Revised #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 Revised
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 CAPLegislative Data Sheets - CalSTRS.comLegislative Data Sheets - CalSTRS.com: Legislative Data SheetsSnapshots of CalSTRS members and benefit recipients sorted by Senate and Assembly districts.CalSTRS membership includes California public school e
Legislative Data Sheets - CalSTRS.com
Legislative Data Sheets - CalSTRS.com: Legislative Data SheetsSnapshots of CalSTRS members and benefit recipients sorted by Senate and Assembly districts.CalSTRS membership includes California public school educators from prekindergarten through community college.What’s My District?Search tool provided by the California State Legislature to find your Assembly and Senate districtsSenate DistrictsD
There’s a Train A Coming | Parents Across America
There’s a Train A Coming | Parents Across America: There’s a Train A Coming This opinion piece was shared with us by PAA Florida Affiliate leader Lourdes Pérez Ramírez. She writes, “Here’s an opinion piece that Rick Roach, the only school board member who has had the guts to take a standardized test and failed, and who also has the guts to sternly oppose these high-stake tests, sent me.”There’s a
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: On the Wolverine
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: On the Wolverine: On the WolverineHeading for Detroit on the Wolverine for the NDSG meeting. I love trains. A ticket to Motown -- $28 each way. Plus I got free upgrade from previous trips. I can't drive it for that and the travel time is about the same. Wish we had high-speed rail with a Chicago hub. I'd hardly ever fly.Detroit power outage. A metaphor?Power Struggle
What were guinea pigs doing at the State House? (a newsletter from Providence Student Union) | The IDEA Blog
What were guinea pigs doing at the State House? (a newsletter from Providence Student Union) | The IDEA Blog: What were guinea pigs doing at the State House? (a newsletter from Providence Student Union)Posted by Shawn Strader on Feb 11, 2014 - 09:58 AMProvidence Student Union never ceases to amaze me... In my opinion they are some of the most intoxicating change-makers to follow, and so I love any
2-13-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs: Why NY Principals Founder Carol Burris sees the Ball/Zeldin Bill in the NY State Legislature as a Step Forward:
With A Brooklyn Accent: Why NY Principals Founder Carol Burris sees the Ball/Zeldin Bill in the NY State Legislature as a Step Forward:: Why NY Principals Founder Carol Burris sees the Ball/Zeldin Bill in the NY State Legislature as a Step Forward:It is the closest thing to a true moratorium that I have seen and it will strike a huge blow against standardized testing and evaluating teachers by tes
Abandoning Children’s Privacy – redqueeninla
Abandoning Children’s Privacy – redqueeninla: Abandoning Children’s PrivacyWritten by redqueeninla in Education The time has come for my youngster to confront immanent militaristic ipad “deployment” and all this implies for privacy and responsibility, coercion and choice, for mother and for child.LAUSD’s district IT spokesman concedes upon questioning, that privacy concerns revert almost immediate
H.Res.476: Denouncing the President's coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards by conferring preferences in Federal grants and flexibility waivers.. OpenCongress
H.Res.476: Strongly supporting the restoration and protection of State authority and flexibility in establishing... OpenCongress: Bill Introduced: H.Res. 476: Strongly supporting the restoration and protection of State authority and flexibility in establishing and defining challenging student academic standards and assessments, and strongly denouncing the President's coercion of States into adopti
We need real answers from the US Department of Education! - The Action Network
We need real answers from the US Department of Education! - The Action Network: We need real answers from the US Department of Education!Gregory Smith, Director, FOIA Service CenterIntegrity in Education recently launched an investigative campaign focused on the US Department of Education. Recognizing how many top staffers have direct ties to corporate front groups, we want to understand the full
Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools Math Adoption Committee WorkI attended the Math Adoption Committee meeting a week ago. I stayed about 2 hours (out of a daylong meeting). I didn't have high hopes at the beginning as the meeting seemed disorganized and slow to start. The meeting was monitored by staffers Anna Box and Shauna Heath. They first went over the discussion from the Boar
A Tale of Two States: Equity Outperforms Inequity | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity
A Tale of Two States: Equity Outperforms Inequity | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: A Tale of Two States: Equity Outperforms InequityPosted on: Thursday February 13th, 2014New York and New Jersey sit just on opposite sides of the Hudson River, but the two states are much further apart when it comes to investing in children and education. Arepor
2-13-14 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG - Insights on Building School Morale
Insights on Building School Morale — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGInsights on Building School MoraleFebruary 13, 2014 by Klea ScharbergTeacher morale matters. So how can schools improve it? The February 2014 issue ofEducational Leadership explores why schools must become happier places for educators and how they can make it happen. Articles in this issue discuss both the reality that
Penetrating the Smokescreen | Taking Note DC, CHEATING, MICHELLE RHEE
Penetrating the Smokescreen | Taking Note: Penetrating the Smokescreenby JOHN MERROW on 25. APR, 2013 in 2013 BLOGS, 2013 DC, CHEATING, MICHELLE RHEEA great deal has happened since “Michelle Rhee’s Reign of Error” appeared in this space two weeks ago.DC Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson testified under oath that she learned of Sandy Sanford’s long-buried memo from my blog this past January. My sou
2-13-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: King Corn: Common Core SyrupI read an article by Alice Crites about the influence of big business (corn and sugar) on the food policies and productions. I was astounded at how, within the first minute of reading about how BIG BUSINESS manipulates legislation and public perception in food production, I was able to see how that system of corruption […]3 by educationalchemy / 7min 2
Controversial Education Maven Michelle Rhee Riles Up Minnesota
Controversial Education Maven Michelle Rhee Riles Up MinnesotaControversial education expert Michelle Rhee, founder of Students First and former chancellor of the Washington, D.C. public school system, brought her combative education reform rhetoric to Minnesota last week, drawing a vocal protest from opponents and challenging state educators to alter teacher seniority systems that Rhee said contr
2-13-14 This Week in LA - School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD
LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): Vergara trial resumes today with more ‘expert’ testimonyBeatiz Vergara, the lead plaintiff The Vergara v California trial continues this morning, with Dan Goldhaber, an expert in education policy at the University of Washington, continuing his testimony after the court took a day off yesterday Following h
Alabama Board of Education Member Wants Truce on Common Core to Preserve Status Quo | Truth in American Education
Alabama Board of Education Member Wants Truce on Common Core to Preserve Status Quo | Truth in American Education: Alabama Board of Education Member Wants Truce on Common Core to Preserve Status QuoFiled in Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level by Shane Vander Hart on February 13, 2014 • 0 Comments1Alabama Board of Education member Mary Scott Hunter wants a truce among board member
Have you heard?: Jeff Santos & Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig on Revolution Radio Network | Cloaking Inequity
Have you heard?: Jeff Santos & Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig on Revolution Radio Network | Cloaking Inequity: Have you heard?: Jeff Santos & Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig on Revolution Radio NetworkTake a listen to our live radio conversation from Tuesday 2/11/14 about vouchers, charters, testing and accountability.Part 1 of the conversation: https://soundcloud.com/revolution-radio-network/jeff-sa
House Democrats to Duncan: States are backsliding on help for low achievers - The Washington Post
House Democrats to Duncan: States are backsliding on help for low achievers - The Washington Post: House Democrats to Duncan: States are backsliding on help for low achieversJ. Scott Applewhite/AP - Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.By Lyndsey Layton, Published: February 12 E-mail the writerHouse Democratic leaders are worried t
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Thursday, February 13, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: California leads nation in new charter schools and studentsEducation HeadlinesThursday, February 13, 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.Monterey Peninsula USD working through its math problemStudents are
Morning Wink 2-13-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 2-13-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Who Are the Education Entrepreneurs?Well, of course, there re scores of education entrepreneurs, the men and women who dream up lever was to make profits from the field of public education. They
