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 CAP
Education rally at state capitol | KRQE News 13
Education rally at state capitol | KRQE News 13: Education rally at state capitolBy Crystal GutierrezUpdated: Saturday, February 15, 2014, 10:24 pmPublished: Saturday, February 15, 2014, 7:44 pmSANTA FE (KRQE) – A massive rally outside the State Capitol took place today.Thousands of teachers and supporters called out the Governor and her plan for the education budget.President of the American Fede
My March Speaking Schedule | deutsch29
My March Speaking Schedule | deutsch29: My March Speaking ScheduleFebruary 16, 2014How cool is it to be able to write such a post title?I have two events in March, both out-of-state (i.e., not in Louisiana).First, I will be a panelist at the first Network for Public Education Conferencein Austin, Texas, on Saturday, March 1 and Sunday, March 2. I am scheduled to be on a couple panels. However, the
NYC Public School Parents: Videos of Interviews of candidates for the Board of Regents
NYC Public School Parents: Videos of Interviews of candidates for the Board of Regents: Videos of Interviews of candidates for the Board of RegentsNext month, four members of the board of Regents will finish their five year terms and are applyingto be re-appointed. The Board of Regents appoint the Chancellor and are in charge of setting education policy for the state. All four current members wh
Is Gates Money Going to Influence the National Board? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Is Gates Money Going to Influence the National Board? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Is Gates Money Going to Influence the National Board?By Anthony Cody on February 16, 2014 3:17 PMA billionaire by the name of Tom Perkins recently made headlines with his suggestion that since people like him pay more taxes, they ought to have more political power. His idea to make things more fair
Stephen Krashen Blog 2-16-14: Charters: Another point of view
SKrashen: Charters: Another point of view: Charters: Another point of viewSent to the Wall Street Journal, Feb. 16, 2014Mathew Kaminski's enthusiasm for Success Academy and for charters in general, ("Teachers Union Enemy No. 1", February 15) presents only part of the story.The high test scores achieved by Success Charter Schools in New York has been thoroughly discussed in a series of bl
‘Data walls’ in Massachusetts shame students with low test scores - Yahoo News
‘Data walls’ in Massachusetts shame students with low test scores - Yahoo News: Data walls’ in Massachusetts shame students with low test scores 2 hours agoView photo.‘Data walls’ in Massachusetts shame students with low test scoresAt least one psychopathically cruel person involved in the Holyoke, Mass. public school system thinks it is a good idea to use “data walls” to motivate students.A data
2-16-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Life In Steven Fulop's Snow-Ridden Jersey CityMayor Steven Fulop's Jersey City government has issued a warning to Jersey City residents today Sunday, February 16th, 2014:The City is working to remove snow from corners and has implemented a snow removal plan to haul snow to vacant lots owned by the City, State and County. Today, with the snow from last night and the freezing
All Week @ The Answer Sheet 2-16-14
The Answer Sheet: Why Presidents’ Day is slightly strangeMost federal holidays are clear-cut. On the Fourth of July, for example, Americans celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. On the other hand, Presidents’ Day is a slightly strange holiday for three main reasons: *There is no universal agreement on the actual name of the holiday. * There is no universal agreement on
2-16-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum This Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This WeekClosed.No Director Community meetings on Saturday, either.At the Rachel Maddow show, they have a section, This Week in God (which goes with our theme of Seattle Schools this Week) and here's a good one:Anti-evolution activists have pushed a variety of measures over the last several decades, hoping to either eliminate or water down science-c
John White’s Latest Course Choice Push Equals Large-scale, Free High School Labor | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
John White’s Latest Course Choice Push Equals Large-scale, Free High School Labor | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsJohn White’s Latest Course Choice Push Equals Large-scale, Free High School LaborPosted on February 16, 20140crazycrawfish:White is literally all over the chart with his latest industry and career path rollout. Now he appears to be pushin
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 2-16-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: REPAIRS NOT iPADS? The world is watching …and there’s an app for that!by smf for 4LAKids 16 Feb 2014 :: The Repair Not iPads Facebook Page [http://on.fb.me/1gr3YtW] has grabbed the notice of the powers-that-be at a Beaudry; folks in the Facilities Services Division and LAUSD Maintenance & Operations are watching. Folks in Superintendent’s office
A Hand Up Is Not a Handout | Randi Weingarten
A Hand Up Is Not a Handout | Randi Weingarten: A Hand Up Is Not a HandoutRandi Weingarten Americans love the notion that we can all pull ourselves up by the bootstraps. Yet in this time when millions of jobs have vanished in the United States, supports for struggling Americans are crumbling, and education budgets have been squeezed and slashed, we need to focus on another enduring American ideal--
2-16-14 Wait What? All Week
Wait What?: The truth is that Capital Prep Steve Perry’s “school performance” comes up shortWhen it comes to the performance of Capital Prep Magnet School, Steve Perry is known for his rhetoric. Perry says “his” students do better than students at traditional public schools. However, by measure after measure, it turns out that his hyperbole is nothing but a lie. When Steve Perry is introduced at
3 Things We Should Stop Doing in Professional Development | Connected Principals
3 Things We Should Stop Doing in Professional Development | Connected Principals: 3 Things We Should Stop Doing in Professional Developmentby George Couros • February 16, 2014 • 1 CommentSpending the last week in Oslo, Norway, with the visionary Ann Michaelsen and other school leaders here, I have really thought about the way that we deliver professional development, and to be honest, some of the
2-16-14 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.: What will the people think of us if we tell them lies?In a post on the IEA’s Kirk Dillard endorsement, Glen Brown comments and quotes from something I wrote: “It’s a plan that will fail. In the 2010 Republican Primary there were about 750,000 voters in Illinois. We can expect roughly the same in March
2-16-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week
Jersey Jazzman: Chris Cerf: Just Another Guy Walking Through The Revolving DoorIf you are at all surprised by this, you simply haven't been paying attention: Amplify, the educational consulting company soon to be headed by state Education Commissioner Chris Cerf, has been working with the Jersey City school district, which is partly run by the state, as part of a pilot program since January.The
More on Conflicts of Interest When Philanthropists Sponsor the News | janresseger
More on Conflicts of Interest When Philanthropists Sponsor the News | janresseger: More on Conflicts of Interest When Philanthropists Sponsor the NewsPosted on February 16, 2014 by janresseger$3.5 millionYesterday this blog covered the story by David Sirota about the Public Broadcasting Service’s solicitation of a grant of $3.5 million from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation to pay for a series,
Morning Wink 2-16-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS2-16-14 Perdido Street School WeekPerdido Street School: UFT Stands For - Utterly Failing TeachersJames Eterno posts that he received the following note from a teacher passing along an administrator's demands to the staff for Danielson walk-throughs:Dear Staff,Please note that I will be looking at the following in a walk through tomorrow.Please have these
2-16-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: UFT Stands For - Utterly Failing TeachersJames Eterno posts that he received the following note from a teacher passing along an administrator's demands to the staff for Danielson walk-throughs:Dear Staff,Please note that I will be looking at the following in a walk through tomorrow.Please have these items labeled in a central location where I do not have to interrupt instruc
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 2-16-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Why PBS/WNET Returned $3.5 Million to John Arnold’s FoundationInvestigative Journalist David Sirota wrote a brilliant series of articles about PBS taking $3.5 million about pension reform from the foundation of billionaire JohnArnold, a former Enron trader. After stonewalling, PBS decided there was a perception of conflict of inter
2-16-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Face to Face With Finland's Education SystemSo I've been going to rehearsals almost every night for the Rockaway Theatre Company Production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying". One of the young ladies who sings along with the men's chorus in the number "Brotherhood of Man" does a solo that will knock your socks off.Recently I had an opportunit
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 2-16-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: This Weekend’s New Sochi ResourcesHere are the latest additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games: Our Favorite Moments of the Sochi Olympics (So Far) is from The Atlantic. Crazy Olympic team uniforms at Sochi is from The BBC. Jamaica Has an Official Song to Sync to Its Bobsled Run is
2-16-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Florida "Justice" ReduxA couple of questions to consider in the Jordan Davis murder by Michael Dunn:How does a jury convict of attempted murder charges (which it did) and fail to convict on murder charges (which it did not), when there is a dead body of the atttemptee in the room bleeding on the floor?If a black man in Florida, or anywhere else, shot with deadly force int
All Week 2-16-14 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE: #Edreform is Omni Consumer Products #robocopI’m not too excited about the Robocop reboot. It seems like it lost the original’s wit, humor, and surprisingly serious commentary about a largely predicted dystopian future. All right, enough serious talk about a movie with a car called the 6000 SUX. Although, very close to what soon became a reality: the SUV. But in honor […]1 by Shau
2-16-14 V.A.M.: Value Added Measure
V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: What Does P.B.S. Really Stand For: The Public Broaccasting Service or Pension B.S.?by Adam Bergstein / 4h 2-15-14 V.A.M.: Value Added MeasureV.A.M.: Value Added Measure: Humpty Dumpty Sat On a Wall (Courtesy of a Suburban Mother Goose)Below is an excerpt from one of two poems, referencing Greek mythology on a high-school PARCC Common-Core test (http://www.parcconline.
2-16-14 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): The Mistrial of Jordan Davis: More Evidence Problems for Denying RacismIn On the Killing of Jordan Davis by Michael Dunn, Ta-Nehisi Coates confronts the injustice of simply being born an African American son: Jordan Davis had a mother and a father. It did not save him. T
The Lego Movie: Making Education Reform Simple | Connected Principals
The Lego Movie: Making Education Reform Simple | Connected Principals: The Lego Movie: Making Education Reform Simpleby Sam LeDeaux • February 16, 2014 • 0 CommentsI’m not much of a movie guy, but I did see The Lego Movie last weekend. My son left with a list of new toys he wants, and I left thinking about the educational metaphor I just watched. If you have not seen the movie, don’t fret; I won’t
Portland Public Schools to present critical new offer today, with threat of Thursday teachers strike looming: PPS News | OregonLive.com
Portland Public Schools to present critical new offer today, with threat of Thursday teachers strike looming: PPS News | OregonLive.com: Portland Public Schools to present critical new offer today, with threat of Thursday teachers strike looming: PPS NewsFebruary 14, 2014 - In preparation for a strike scheduled on Feb. 20, teachers at Grant High School held a symbolic walk-out at 3:20 Friday after
NYC Educator: Brunch in NYC Schools
NYC Educator: Brunch in NYC Schools: Brunch in NYC SchoolsThe NY Daily News has discovered that lunch is served very early in city schools. I'm not particularly sure why, under 20 years of GOP mayors, that this escaped their attention. This is not remotely new. It turns out that, when you overload buildings and fail to create sufficient space, you can't fit kids on a reasonable schedule. When you
Are Your Schools Underfunded? Then Organize! | NEA Today
Are Your Schools Underfunded? Then Organize! | NEA Today: Are Your Schools Underfunded? Then Organize!February 16, 2014 by twalker Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Amy JordanOn a cold Saturday morning, more than 100 educators, parents and students showed up to school board meeting in Loudoun County, Virginia, a big turnout for a meeting like this. Forty-three people spoke d
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John White’s Latest Course Choice Push Equals Large-scale, Free High School Labor | deutsch29
John White’s Latest Course Choice Push Equals Large-scale, Free High School Labor | deutsch29: John White’s Latest Course Choice Push Equals Large-scale, Free High School LaborFebruary 15, 2014Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and his hand-selected, anti-public-school sidekick, State Education Superintendent John White, really want their so-termed “online education” dollar siphon, Course Choice, to
solidaridad: Deasy says depriving PSO and AAPL of profits violates LAUSD kids' civil rights. I say these things violate them
solidaridad: Deasy says depriving PSO and AAPL of profits violates LAUSD kids' civil rights. I say these things violate them: Deasy says depriving PSO and AAPL of profits violates LAUSD kids' civil rights. I say these things violate them
Missouri bill to create ‘parental warning’ requirement to teach evolution debated | The Raw Story
Missouri bill to create ‘parental warning’ requirement to teach evolution debated | The Raw Story: Missouri bill to create ‘parental warning’ requirement to teach evolution debatedBy George ChidiSaturday, February 15, 2014 22:04 EST Education in science will be opt-out in Missouri, if a bill requiring schools to notify parents if “the theory of evolution by natural selection” is being taught at th
Replacing the 3 R’s With the 3 C’s | My Island View
Replacing the 3 R’s With the 3 C’s | My Island View: Replacing the 3 R’s With the 3 C’sFebruary 15, 2014 by tomwhitbyI was very fortunate to recently to meet Richard Peritz at FETC. Richard is a television producer for the EduTech Foundation. Rather than write about my interview conducted by Dr. Cindy Burfield. Much of the interview refers to transferring from 20th century learning to the 21st. It
CalSTRS shortfall will require a shared responsibility | EdSource Today
CalSTRS shortfall will require a shared responsibility | EdSource Today: CalSTRS shortfall will require a shared responsibilityFebruary 15th, 2014 | Add a Comment | By Rob Bonta / commentary1Assemblymember Rob BontaThe California Teachers Retirement System, or CalSTRS, is facing a significant unfunded liability with respect to its Defined Benefit Program. CalSTRS has a shortfall in funding of appr
IL Teachers’ Union gives $1/4 Million to ALEC Chairman. Betrayal or Incompetence? | Reclaim Reform
IL Teachers’ Union gives $1/4 Million to ALEC Chairman. Betrayal or Incompetence? | Reclaim Reform: IL Teachers’ Union gives $1/4 Million to ALEC Chairman. Betrayal or Incompetence?Posted on February 15, 2014by Ken PrevitiHanding the Illinois Chairman of ALEC, Kirk Dillard, a quarter of a million dollars is the single most debilitating blow to active and retired teacher morale that any public empl
Welcome to Teaching & Learning 2014
Home : Teaching and Learning: "We are delighted to announce that BILL GATES will be speaking at the Teaching & Learning conference, which opens exactly four weeks from today at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Mr. Gates will be delivering a keynote talk at the 1:00 plenary session on Friday, March 14th."Mr. Gates joins an all-star line-up of keynoters inc
Nite Cap 2-15-14 #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 CAPTeacher Depression in New York City southbronxschool.comhttp://www.southbronxschool.com: Teacher Depression in New York CityI have been reading MORE's demands for the new contract and find most of it pretty logical and to the point. But one thing
