NYC Public School Parents: Justice denied! Slipshod and circular reasoning in the judge's decision on our inBloom lawsuit!: Justice denied! Slipshod and circular reasoning in the judge's decision on our inBloom lawsuit!Late Friday afternoon, we learned that Judge Breslin of the NY Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit to prevent the NY State Education Department from uploading personal student data

The Washington Teacher: Orr Elementary School: DCPS Dirty Little Secret East of the River: Orr Elementary School: DCPS Dirty Little Secret East of the RiverOrr Elementary Vault classroomBy Candi PetersonIn a February 6 post on The Washington Teacher education blog, I wrote about the Inhumane Teaching and Learning Conditions at DC's Orr elementary school. Benjamin Orr elementary school is located a

http://www.southbronxschool.com: Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, I Need, I Need.After a prolific January of posting, I am finally getting to my first blog post for the month of February and in two weeks!So much has been on my mind of late. One thing that has sat on the front of my brain for some time is theguest blog post by the Original NYCDoenuts written on January 19, 2014. There is so much I want to shar

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: In the NEA, this is what democracy looks like.Whoever thought it would be so hard to run for union delegate as a retiree? A quick review. I retired in June of 2012. I changed my union membership for active to retired. The switch didn’t get processed in time for me to run statewide as delegate to the 2

Star-Ledger to Cami Anderson: Be mine, Valentine! | Bob Braun's Ledger: Star-Ledger to Cami Anderson: Be mine, Valentine!A new look for The Star-Ledger?The Star-Ledger’s passionate, public love affair with Cami Anderson is now sliding into political porn. The newspaper’s latest editorial is a gushing, embarrassing, big wet kiss for Chris Christie’s agent in Newark. “She needs help!” cries out the

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This Week + UpdatesFrom SPS Communications:Superintendent Banda made several principal appointments Feb. 7 , including: • George Breland, Cleveland High School;• Maria Breuder, McGilvra Elementary School;• Dedy Fauntleroy, John Stanford International School; • Robert Gary, Madison Middle School; • Jo Lute-Ervin, Kimball Elementary School;• Mary McDa

Common Core Standards Update | Seattle Education: Common Core Standards UpdateFrom deutsch29 : Mercedes Schneider’s EduBlogUpdate on Common Core Status in the States: Part TwoOn February 6, 2014, I posted my first of three installments regarding the state of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in statehouses nationwide– and even in the US Senate. Reaction to CCSS includes the Huckabee-promoted

NYC Public School Parents: New York Parents Outraged by Governor’s Flawed Common Core Panel: New York Parents Outraged by Governor’s Flawed Common Core PanelFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  February 9, 2014More information contact:Eric Mihelbergel (716) 553-1123; nys.allies@gmail.comLisa Rudley (917) 414-9190; nys.allies@gmail.comNYS Allies for Public Education www.nysape.orgNew Yorkers Outraged by Governo

Students Last: Pearson Buys New York State Education Department: Pearson Buys New York State Education DepartmentCommissioner King and Chancellor Tisch wait patientlyfor their turn to speak as their new Pearson overlordannounces the takeoverAlbany, New York - Best described as "not your usual corporate takeover," Pearson PLC announced that it had acquired the New York State Education Dep

Race to the TopCorporate Education Reforms maybe the US version IMF and WB "structural adjustment policies". These policies were applied to the "Banana Republics" during the later part of the 20th century. Race to the Top has based aid to schools on "structural adjustment policies". Is the goal of Corporate Education Reforms to make America just another Banana Republi

The Answer Sheet: Is it unethical to use untested technology in the classroom?Is it unethical to use untested technology in classrooms? Answering the question is education historian Larry Cuban, who was a high school social studies teacher for 14 years and a district superintendent (seven years in Arlington, VA). He is now professor emeritus of education at Stanford University, where he has taught

National African American Parent Involvement Day Monday aims to address achievement gap | MLive.com: National African American Parent Involvement Day Monday aims to address achievement gapEvents scheduled for National African American Parent Involvement Day on Monday, Feb. 10 aim to encourage parents to be more involved in their children's education.Though the annual event is aimed particularly at

Dying Florida boy's family must prove he can't take FCAT | Orlando: Dying Florida boy's family must prove he can't take FCATEthan Rediske, 11, who was born with severe brain damage and cerebral palsy, has taken a turn for the worse in recent weeks. His mother, Andrea Rediske, said school officials told her she needed to provide more proof that Ethan was dying to exempt him from the FCAT. (FILE)By

Inspiring post of the day: North Carolina and the Rev. Dr. William Barber are delivering THE message of our times | Parents United for Public Education: Inspiring post of the day: North Carolina and the Rev. Dr. William Barber are delivering THE message of our timesPosted on February 9, 2014 by PARENTSUNITEDPHILALeave a commentA Moral Mondays march in the early days from June 2013.Need inspiration

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Some Very Useful Teaching Resources For SochiHere are the latest additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, and I think they’re particularly useful today: Teaching Sochi 2014 – news and resources round up is from The Guardian. Classroom resources for teaching the 2014 Winter Olympics

Jersey Jazzman: No Credibility Left For Tom Moran and the Star-Ledger Editorial BoardMany of you will be surprised to hear this, but I'm actually starting to feel sorry for Tom Moran, Editorial Page Editor of the Star-Ledger. His newspaper is a fiscal trainwreck, heading for the same fate as its sister paper, the New Orleans Times-Picayune (although it's hard to imagine anyone in Newark rallying t

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSStudy concludes WI charter schools are doing better because of students they select | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!Study concludes WI charter schools are doing better because of students they select | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!:  Study concludes WI charter schools are doing better because of students they select WKOW Video:  ht

Study concludes WI charter schools are doing better because of students they select | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!:  Study concludes WI charter schools are doing better because of students they select WKOW Video:  http://www.wkow.com/story/24658036/2014/02/06/study-concludes-wi-charter-schools-are-doing-better-because-of-students-they-select SPRING GREEN (WKOW) — The Forward Institut

Perdido Street School: What A Surprise That A "Blended Learning" Course Is A DisasterMayor Bloomberg loved all things techie - especially when it came to replacing humans with computers or computerized programs.So of course we got all kinds of computerized nonsense in the NYDOE during his 12 years in power and one of the more infamous was the iZone, which was a highly-touted education pr

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Public Schools Across NY See State School Aid Decline Due to Cuomo BudgetI can’t find a link for this story, but I have the newspaper in front of me. (Thanks to a reader, here is the link: http://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/84-of-li-school-districts-to-get-less-aid-than-6-years-ago-under-cuomo-budget-plan-1.6973979) It is

Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Charter Schools USA F School Does TV Spot, Fails to Mention GradeFrom Tampa Bay Times reporter Marlene Skokol: TAMPA — Woodmont Charter School, an F-rated elementary and middle school, is advertising on television for more students. The 30-second cable spot shows childre

Wait What?: Is Hartford forgoing its ethics policy for Capital Prep Steve Perry?Even a cursory review of the facts reveal that Capital Prep Principal Steve Perry is violating Hartford Board of Education policies, and potentially state laws, due to his chronic absenteeism, his inappropriate use of social media and the fact that he spends an inordinate amount of his work day promoting his profitable

Update on Common Core Status in the States: Part Three | deutsch29: Update on Common Core Status in the States: Part ThreeThis post is the last in a series of three on the state of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) across the nation. Now that states have hastily Raced to the US Department of Education in chasing US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s dangled (albeit insufficient) millions, m

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: L.A. Unified Students Pitch In To Help The HomelessSome 300 students from 36 high schools take part in a district-wide volunteer day at shelters. By Esmeralda Bermudez  | L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/1gZUyIA Alondra Morales, 17, of Los Angeles High School, has her hair tucked underneath a hair net by schoolmate Jessica Nibra, 17. The two were preparing to

@ THE CHALK FACE: DCPS and the WTU: A Negotiation Showdown or an Opportunity to Repair?During the coming negotiation rounds between DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson and the Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU) President, Elizabeth “Liz” Davis, the following issues need further elaboration: How has IMPACT 2.0 faired in the 40 lowest performing schools? What is the teacher turnover rate within these schoo

With A Brooklyn Accent: Democracy at Risk in the Nation's SchoolsBecause current Education Policies were made without the consent or input of those who experience them on the ground- teachers, students, and parents- they only way they can be implemented is through an ugly dose on of fear and intimidation, first on the teachers required to teach according to their precepts, then on the students and

the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Worst Op-Ed of 2014, Already?Worst Op-Ed of 2014, Already?.1 by plthomasedd / 1h hide  //  save2-8-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdDTHE BECOMING RADICALRadical ScholarshipEMPATHYEDUCATES!the becoming radical  A Place for a

empathyeducates: 4 Education Overhauls to Watch for in 2014By Owen Davis | Originally Published at Salon. AlterNet. February 4, 2014 8:30 AM For people looking to “disrupt” public education, it’s become requisite to bemoan the “educational status quo” — a phrase meant to evoke images of poor kids striving against the impediments of failing schools […]by empathy / 7h 2-8-14 empathyeducates All Week

DCPS and the WTU: A Negotiation Showdown or an Opportunity to Repair? | EdCentrist: DCPS and the WTU: A Negotiation Showdown or an Opportunity to Repair?Leave a commentDuring the coming negotiation rounds between DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson and the Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU) President, Elizabeth “Liz” Davis, the following issues need further elaboration: How has IMPACT 2.0 faired in the 4

NYC Educator: When a Mayor's Vision Collides with Corporate Cuomo's: When a Mayor's Vision Collides with Corporate Cuomo'sNYC has woken up and come to its senses. After 20 years of GOP mayors who hated us and everything we stood for, the city has elected a progressive-minded mayor, a mayor who seems to value not only working people, but also the people who professionally serve the city. I went to

LAUSD'S IRIS STEVENSON- GUILTY OF TEACHING WHILE BLACK...AND BEING AT THE TOP OF THE SALARY SCALE - Perdaily.com: LAUSD'S IRIS STEVENSON- GUILTY OF TEACHING WHILE BLACK...AND BEING AT THE TOP OF THE SALARY SCALE(Mensaje se repite en Español)Veteran LAUSD Crenshaw High School teacher teacher Iris Stevenson has been cooling her heals in teacher jail at LAUSD for the crime of having taken her student

He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named: Is Common Core the Lord Voldemort of... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named: Is Common Core the Lord Voldemort of education? COMMENT(4) 0 0 1 1View Larger Phil SkinnerTea Party members cheer after public comments in favor Cobb County’s decision not purchase new math textbooks for all grade levels that were aligned with Common Core during a school board

(Part 3) Attack on Teacher Pensions: IRTA Sues for Rights – Sarasota, FL meeting update | Reclaim Reform: (Part 3) Attack on Teacher Pensions: IRTA Sues for Rights – Sarasota, FL meeting updatePosted on February 8, 2014by Ken PrevitiMy takeaway from the Feb. 5th meeting is about facts versus propaganda. Fact: Illinois is NOT too broke to pay teacher pensions.Illinois Retired Teachers Association P

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 CAPAre Education Conferences Relevant? | My Island ViewAre Education Conferences Relevant? | My Island View: Are Education Conferences Relevant?February 8, 2014 by tomwhitbyI am very fortunate to be able to attend a number of Education Conferences e