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StudentsFirst's "likes" on Facebook: Pathetic Popularity Contest - Momma Bears
StudentsFirst's "likes" on Facebook: Pathetic Popularity Contest - Momma Bears: StudentsFirst's "likes" on Facebook: Pathetic Popularity Contest03/18/2014 Momma Bears has often wondered about the gullible people who fall for the StudentsFirst sales pitch. StudentsFirst is an underhanded, astroturf organization funded by corporate billionaires (HERE and HERE). How on earth do
Nite Cap 3-18-14 #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 CAPCURMUDGUCATION: Who Is Diane Ravitch?CURMUDGUCATION: Who Is Diane Ravitch?: Who Is Diane Ravitch?At Reclaiming Public Education 101 (my website for ed reform neophytes), I'm trying to create and collect materials to answer some of the questions n
Morning Wink 3-19-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-19-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: KrazyTA Explains What Bill Gates Wants for His Own ChildrenThe most famous line ever written by John Dewey was this: “What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the commu
Vergara v. California: The most dangerous lawsuit you probably haven't heard of
Vergara v. California: The most dangerous lawsuit you probably haven't heard of: Vergara v. California: The most dangerous lawsuit you probably haven't heard ofbyDante AtkinsFollowforDaily Kos Email 91 Comments / 91 NewEducation privatizers are using the courts to get at a larger slice of the apple.Ask yourself one question: what's the biggest challenge preventing children from economically di
Morning Wink 3-18-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-18-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: A Very Different Cuomo, Once Upon a TimeThirty years ago, the governor of New York addressed the Democratic National Convention, held in New York City. His name was Mario Cuomo. His theme was “A
3-16-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Videos Of The WeekIn yet another effort to get at my backlog of resources to share, I recently began this feature to share useful videos. I’ll still periodically highlight certain ones on their own, but the rest will be found on this regular post: Here’s an interesting video with Neil Degrasse Tyson that might, or might not
3-19-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Infographic: “The Global Guide to Hand Gestures”I’m adding this infographic to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures: Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually.by Larry Ferlazzo / 2h 3-18-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Tea
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings wants to ‘steadlily’ replace school boards with charter schools | The Raw Story
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings wants to ‘steadlily’ replace school boards with charter schools | The Raw Story: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings wants to ‘steadlily’ replace school boards with charter schoolsBy Arturo GarciaMonday, March 17, 2014 21:11 EDT Video from a gathering of charter school administrators shows Netflix CEO Reed Hastings telling charter school administrators they should be working toward
PSAT for yesterday: This is why we have elections Parents United for Responsible Education
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for yesterday: This is why we have elections: PSAT for yesterday: This is why we have electionsTuesday really got past me – though I did vote. And this is why we have elections, folks – so that once in a while there are legislative proposals like 6 out of 7 of the ones mentioned below, that actually address important issues in useful w
Colorado Dept. of Ed. & Your Child’s Data: The Golden Record | United Opt Out National
Colorado Dept. of Ed. & Your Child’s Data: The Golden Record | United Opt Out National: COLORADO DEPT. OF ED. & YOUR CHILD’S DATA: THE GOLDEN RECORD We bring to you a video featuring Dan Domagala, the Chief Information Officer of the Colorado Department of Education. Within this 14 minute video Domagala outlines clearly the broad plan to connect your child’s data in a longitudinal format t
Behind the Test – Kicking off my new blog series. #BehindTheTest | Continuing Change
Behind the Test – Kicking off my new blog series. #BehindTheTest | Continuing Change: Behind the Test – Kicking off my new blog series. #BehindTheTestMarch 21, 2014Educationeducation, Florida, optout, parents, teachers, testingI have recently considered doing a regular pod cast on education. I debated a name for this new series. Tonight, I decided on a name. While listening to my favorite podcast,
3-21-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: March’s Best Tweets — Part FourEvery month I make a few short lists highlighting my choices of the best resources I through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to thos
Testing: From Bad to Worse | Live Long and Prosper
Testing: From Bad to Worse | Live Long and Prosper: Testing: From Bad to WorseThis month third grade students in Indiana have had their instruction interrupted so that they could take the ISTEP Applied Skills tests, and the Indiana IREAD-3 test.Next month the second part of the ISTEP will be administered (testing window: April 28 through May 13).A YEAR’S WORTH OF TESTINGLast school year (2012-13)
6 Reasons why the Common Core Standards are a big fail: The facts down and dirty | Seattle Education
6 Reasons why the Common Core Standards are a big fail: The facts down and dirty | Seattle Education: 6 Reasons why the Common Core Standards are a big fail: The facts down and dirtyPhotos of students with their grades posted in the hallway of Beechwood Pre-K-5 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania per their test scores with students with the highest test scores on top and going down from there. The Wall of
Repay schools their stolen property taxes now, while times are good | EdSource Today
Repay schools their stolen property taxes now, while times are good | EdSource Today: Repay schools their stolen property taxes now, while times are goodMarch 20th, 2014 | 4 Comments | By Jennifer Bestor19Jennifer BestorShould California schoolchildren be the state’s interest-free lenders of first resort? Most people would say no. Yet they are.Should California, in opposition to the equitable scho
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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 CAPCT News Junkie | OP-ED | Politicians Underestimate Common Core Opposition at Their PerilCT News Junkie | OP-ED | Politicians Underestimate Common Core Opposition at Their Peril: OP-ED | Politicians Underestimate Common Core Opposition at Their Pe
Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee Sees Fishy Bangladeshi Like Spike As Anti-Reform Swarm | Pith in the Wind | Nashville Scene
Rhee Sees Fishy Bangladeshi Like Spike As Anti-Reform Swarm | Pith in the Wind | Nashville Scene: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee Sees Fishy Bangladeshi Like Spike As Anti-Reform SwarmPOSTED BY STEVEN HALE ON FRI, MAR 21, 2014 AT 11:04 AMDid Michelle Rhee's education organization StudentsFirst buy thousands of Facebook "likes" from a click farm in Bangladesh?Opponents of Rhee's "
How is the Russian takeover of Crimea like the new SCUSD LCAP Parent Group power grab?
How is the Russian takeover of Crimea like the new SCUSD LCAP Parent Group power grab?If you didn't see the Board Meeting it will be available on Tuesday 3-25-14: SCUSD's Propaganda Chief Gabe Ross declared elected parent representatives (DAC, DLAC, Site Councils) The "Usual Suspects" and appointed a "parent" group to fulfill the Corporate Education Reform Agenda. I am persona
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-21-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Florida: Parents and Teachers Stopped the Voucher BillKathleen McGrory of the Miami Herald shows how parents and teachers stopped the voucher bill in Florida. ““We really saw this as an attack on public education,” said Mindy Gould legislative affairs for the PTA. “The testing issue had become a sticking point. “John Kirtley, who h
Morning Wink 3-21-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-21-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Florida: Parents and Teachers Stopped the Voucher BillKathleen McGrory of the Miami Herald shows how parents and teachers stopped the voucher bill in Florida. ““We really saw this as an attack o
A Kindergartner’s Nightmare | Seattle Education
A Kindergartner’s Nightmare | Seattle Education: A Kindergartner’s NightmareIs this education? Is this what we want for our children and grandchildren?Teachers have called the testing regime child abuse and here you get to read about it firsthand.A teacher’s recount of the first day of Common Core Testing as posted on the Badass Teachers (BATS) Facebook page:“I’m aiming for the short version here.
American Schools Are STILL Racist, Government Report Finds
American Schools Are STILL Racist, Government Report Finds: American Schools Are STILL Racist, Government Report FindsPosted: 03/21/2014 12:01 am EDT Updated: 03/21/2014 12:59 am EDTPublic school students of color get more punishment and less access to veteran teachers than their white peers, according to surveys released Friday by the U.S. Education Department that include data from every U.S. sc
Vergara trial: Stanford education reseacher defends California teacher dismissal system | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Vergara trial: Stanford education reseacher defends California teacher dismissal system | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Vergara trial: Stanford education reseacher defends California teacher dismissal systemAdolfo Guzman-Lopez | March 20th, 2014, 4:17pmRebecca Hill/KPCCA Stanford education researcher testified Thursday that the existing teacher dismissal system already works swiftly in a well-managed s
Nite Cap 3-20-14 #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 CAPCommunity Forum on the CORE Waiver's Urges Public Action | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public EducationCommunity Forum on the CORE Waiver's Urges Public Action | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education: Community Forum on the CORE
Community Forum on the CORE Waiver's Urges Public Action | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education
Community Forum on the CORE Waiver's Urges Public Action | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education: Community Forum on the CORE Waiver's Urges Public Actionpublished by Kate_Lenox on Thu, 03/20/2014 - 1:36pm The takeaway from last night's Community Forum on the California Office to Reform Education NCLB Waiver was that this waiver, and the commission that oversees it, str
Public denied access to LA school officials' iPad software demonstration | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Public denied access to LA school officials' iPad software demonstration | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Public denied access to LA school officials' iPad software demonstrationAnnie Gilbertson | March 20th, 2014, 3:11pmTom Pennington/Getty ImagesMembers of the L.A. Unified school board and a committee investigating the iPad project were given the first demonstration of the tablet's educational softwar
Fixing Our Schools
Fixing Our Schools: Fixing Our SchoolsBy Mark Naison“Cooking School” — Bigstock PhotoAfter a wonderful long weekend , I thought it might be appropriate to momentarily drop my Junkyard Dog/Badass Teacher persona and offer some positive ideas about how to improve our educational system.I think we need to drop the test-based, one-size-fits-all model of education and allow for far more experimentation
Can NC charter school pay stay secret? | CharlotteObserver.com
Can NC charter school pay stay secret? | CharlotteObserver.com: Can NC charter school pay stay secret?By Ann Doss Helmsahelms@charlotteobserver.comPosted: Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2014Slideshow« Prev of 2 Next »David T. Foster III - dtfoster@charlotteobserver.comStudentFirst Academy, a charter school that opened in west Charlotte, has faced questions over pay. The former top administrators were paid m
3-20-14 CURMUDGUCATION: Pearson's Vision for the World
CURMUDGUCATION: Pearson's Vision for the WorldMercedes Schneider recently directed the blogosphere's attention to a Pearson paper from February of 2014, "Impacts of the Digital Ocean on Education." If you're wondering just what Pearson (and by extension, the various government bodies that they own) envisions for our collective future, this document sheds plenty of light.There are 44 page
Morning Wink 3-20-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-20-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: California: The Language Police Are on the Job!A teacher in California sent me the latest state testing guidelines and was disturbed to see the large number of forbidden topics. I was not surpri
3-20-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Learning About The Spring SeasonToday’s the first day of Spring, and I’ve just updated The Best Sites For Learning About The Spring Season. Additional suggestions are welcome.by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h YESTERDAYI’m Interviewed In Podcast “Parent Involvement Versus Parent Engagement: Is There Really a Difference?”I was a guest d
Karma Smacks Los Angeles Times Reporter Jason Felch southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Karma Smacks Los Angeles Times Reporter Jason FelchKarma usually has a way of coming back and kicking you in the butt. This week Los Angeles Times reporter Jason Felch felt Karma's full wrath.For those that do not recall, Jason spearheaded a Los Angeles Times report in August of 2010 using data of that funky science of value added measurements to determine who is a
The Network For Public Education | PRESS RELEASE: Member of Congress joins with NPE and calls for public hearings on the misuse and abuse of standardized tests
The Network For Public Education | PRESS RELEASE: Member of Congress joins with NPE and calls for public hearings on the misuse and abuse of standardized tests: PRESS RELEASE: Member of Congress joins with NPE and calls for public hearings on the misuse and abuse of standardized testsMarch 19, 2014 NPE Call for Hearings, Press ReleaseMarch 19, 2014Contact:Robin Hiller phone: 520-668-4634 email: ro
3-19-14 The Whole Child Blog — Town Hall Discussion: Bringing the Questions Together — Whole Child Education
Town Hall Discussion: Bringing the Questions Together — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGTown Hall Discussion: Bringing the Questions TogetherMarch 19, 2014 by Whole Child SymposiumDownload the Town Hall Discussion Now [Right-Click to Save]The decisions we make today—for our systems, our schools, and our classrooms—will affect what all of our tomorrows will look like tomorrow. This month
Cami’s bad week | Bob Braun's Ledger
Cami’s bad week | Bob Braun's Ledger: Cami’s bad weekArne DuncanUS Education Secretary Arne Duncan met last Saturday with Cami Anderson, the state-appointed superintendent of Newark schools, and suggested she might be moving too fast to privatize the city’s schools with her “One Newark” plan. To which, according to sources at the meeting, Cami told Duncan he was wrong. A few days later, just hour
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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 CAPTeachers' Letters to Bill Gates | Educators from the US and beyond: please share your teaching stories with Mr. Bill Gates.Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates | Educators from the US and beyond: please share your teaching stories with Mr. Bill Gates.
Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates | Educators from the US and beyond: please share your teaching stories with Mr. Bill Gates.
Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates | Educators from the US and beyond: please share your teaching stories with Mr. Bill Gates. How have the policies of the Gates Foundation influenced your classroom, your students, your teaching, your schools, and your communities?: NYC teacher: “THIS is what the Common Core is doing to our children; it’s heartbreaking and wrong”Posted on March 19, 2014by Teachers'Le
3-19-14 empathyeducates
empathyeducates: Liberals and Tea Party Find Common Ground with Common CoreBy Karen Wolfe | Originally Published at LA Progressive. March 19, 2014 Few if any political issues have brought together liberals and the tea party to the extent that the Common Core State Standards have. How can something be equally objectionable to political opposites? Tea partiers ideologically […]by empathy / 45min hid
Public School Defenders Launch Movement in Austin | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Public School Defenders Launch Movement in Austin | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Public School Defenders Launch Movement in AustinFiled under: Public Education — millerlf @ 2:36 pm The Progressive March 2014Deep in the heart of Texas, in the very center of what public-school advocate Diane Ravitch called the “education-industrial complex,” public-school activists from every corner o
The Answer Sheet 3-19-14 School reformers love ‘choice,’ except when …
School reformers love ‘choice,’ except when …: School reformers love ‘choice,’ except when …School “reformers” love to promote “choice.” Charters. Vouchers. Tuition tax credits. It’s all about giving parents choices, right? Well, not always. Reformers don’t actually like choice quite so much when: * Parents decide they want to opt their children out of taking a high-stakes standardized test that h
3-19-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Wilson-Pacific MeetingThought I'd open a thread for anyone who attended that meeting to weigh in.As I posted elsewhere, I am baffled by the use of Wilson-Pacific fields for Lincoln High. Why not Woodland Park? Or, near me, they are going to lid the reservoir near Roosevelt High. Why not dedicate one of those fields to Lincoln? I said I think the district is doing
3-19-14 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): LA Unified, YMCA to break ground on new Westside facilityUniversity High School A large empty dirt lot sits at the Southwest corner of University High School’s campus in West Los Angeles. It won’t be empty for long. The Westside Family YMCA and LA Unified are set to break ground this summer on a 60,000 sq
PSAT for yesterday: This is why we have elections Parents United for Responsible Education
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for yesterday: This is why we have elections: PSAT for yesterday: This is why we have electionsTuesday really got past me – though I did vote. And this is why we have elections, folks – so that once in a while there are legislative proposals like 6 out of 7 of the ones mentioned below, that actually address important issues in useful w
StudentsFirst's "likes" on Facebook: Pathetic Popularity Contest - Momma Bears
StudentsFirst's "likes" on Facebook: Pathetic Popularity Contest - Momma Bears: StudentsFirst's "likes" on Facebook: Pathetic Popularity Contest03/18/2014 Momma Bears has often wondered about the gullible people who fall for the StudentsFirst sales pitch. StudentsFirst is an underhanded, astroturf organization funded by corporate billionaires (HERE and HERE). How on earth do
Morning Wink 3-19-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-19-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: KrazyTA Explains What Bill Gates Wants for His Own ChildrenThe most famous line ever written by John Dewey was this: “What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the commu
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-19-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: KrazyTA Explains What Bill Gates Wants for His Own ChildrenThe most famous line ever written by John Dewey was this: “What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all its children. Any other ideal for our schools is narrow and unlovely; acted upon, it destroys our democracy.” Our frequen
3-19-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Infographic: “The Global Guide to Hand Gestures”I’m adding this infographic to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures: Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually.by Larry Ferlazzo / 2h 3-18-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Tea
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Guzzardi wins in a rout
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Guzzardi wins in a rout: Guzzardi wins in a rout-- M. Klonsky photoState House - District 39 - Dem PrimaryMarch 18, 2014 - 11:04PM CTIllinois - 91 of 91 Precincts Reporting - 100%Name Votes Vote %Guzzardi, Will 5,245 61%Berrios, Toni (i) 3,402 39%All you had to do was walk into the Logan Square Auditorium on Kedzie last night and take a look around to see why Will Gu
3-18-14 Wait What? The Malloy Administration’s Big Lie: Parents Can’t Opt Out. - Wait What?
The Malloy Administration’s Big Lie: Parents Can’t Opt Out. - Wait What?: The Malloy Administration’s Big Lie: Parents Can’t Opt Out.Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor and his band of corporate education industry reforms continue their crusade to persuade Connecticut parents that they don’t have the right to opt out their children from the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assess
The Education of Mr. Gates | Truth in American Education
The Education of Mr. Gates | Truth in American Education: The Education of Mr. GatesFiled in Common Core State Standards by Ze'ev Wurman on March 19, 2014 • 0 CommentsI read the advice Bill Gates offered at AEI couple of days back, and I thought Mr. Gates can benefit from some education. My response is bold and italicized.———————OK. So what is the Common Core? It’s a very simple thing. It’s a wri
Privacy Legislation: How to protect your children and negotiate from a position of strength (Data opt-out) | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
Privacy Legislation: How to protect your children and negotiate from a position of strength (Data opt-out) | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsPrivacy Legislation: How to protect your children and negotiate from a position of strength (Data opt-out)Posted on March 18, 20142Tomorrow the Louisiana House Education Committee is poised to hear testimony on se
Research Study: VAM-Based Bias |
Research Study: VAM-Based Bias |: Research Study: VAM-Based Bias Researchers from Indiana and Michigan State University, in a study released in the fall of 2012 but that recently came through my email again (thanks to Diane Ravitch), deserves a special post here as it relates to not only VAMs but also the extent to which all VAM models yield biased results.In this study (albeit still not peer revi
Big pushback against Christie, Cami | Bob Braun's Ledger
Big pushback against Christie, Cami | Bob Braun's Ledger: Big pushback against Christie, CamiA protester holds an anti-Anderson sign at Broad and Market.Several hundred protesters yesterday shut down Newark’s central business district in a rush-hour demonstration aimed at showing the growing strength of the organized opposition to the Christie Administration’s “One Newark” plan that would close
Hashtag Mayor Joe Petty | Worcester MagWorcester Mag #sayno2joe
Hashtag Mayor Joe Petty | Worcester MagWorcester Mag: Hashtag Mayor Joe Petty1 Written by Walter Bird Jr. · 03/17/2014 · 10:56 amPosted By Walter Bird Jr.A minor local Twitter firestorm has erupted over Mayor Joe Petty's move to have the School Committee reconsider votes it took more than a week ago related to a controversial new test for students.The hash tag #sayno2joe has been created on T
Waters accuses LA County of discriminating against minority-run Head Start centers | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Waters accuses LA County of discriminating against minority-run Head Start centers | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Waters accuses LA County of discriminating against minority-run Head Start centersDeepa Fernandes with KPCC staff | March 18th, 2014, 5:21pmDeepa FernandesCongresswoman Maxine Waters surrounded by irate parents and their toddlers at the Los Angeles County Office of Education's Office in Do
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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 CAPCURMUDGUCATION: Who Is Diane Ravitch?CURMUDGUCATION: Who Is Diane Ravitch?: Who Is Diane Ravitch?At Reclaiming Public Education 101 (my website for ed reform neophytes), I'm trying to create and collect materials to answer some of the questions n
CURMUDGUCATION: Who Is Diane Ravitch?
CURMUDGUCATION: Who Is Diane Ravitch?: Who Is Diane Ravitch?At Reclaiming Public Education 101 (my website for ed reform neophytes), I'm trying to create and collect materials to answer some of the questions newby ed reform students might have. I'm not a fan of cults of personality-- any time I'm in a group that drops its mission to sing a hymn of praise to its leaders, I get itchy. But I also kno
These Seattle Teachers Boycotted Standardized Testing—and Sparked a Nationwide Movement | I AM AN EDUCATOR
These Seattle Teachers Boycotted Standardized Testing—and Sparked a Nationwide Movement | I AM AN EDUCATOR: These Seattle Teachers Boycotted Standardized Testing—and Sparked a Nationwide MovementBy I AM AN EDUCATOR on March 18, 2014[This article was written for Education Uprising, the Spring 2014 issue of YES! Magazine. To support many of the MAP test boycott leaders who are now running for offic
3-18-14 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): LA Unified board talking lawsuits, budget, MelendezThelma Melendez The LA Unified Board meets this morning, with much of their business scheduled for a closed door session. In private, the six members will discuss various legal cases involving the district as well as updates on labor contracts and student
Morning Wink 3-18-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-18-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: A Very Different Cuomo, Once Upon a TimeThirty years ago, the governor of New York addressed the Democratic National Convention, held in New York City. His name was Mario Cuomo. His theme was “A
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-18-14 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 Very Different Cuomo, Once Upon a TimeThirty years ago, the governor of New York addressed the Democratic National Convention, held in New York City. His name was Mario Cuomo. His theme was “A Tale of Two Cities,” ironically, the same campaign theme as Bill de Blasio in 2013. He denounced tax breaks for the rich. He spoke of cari
The Answer Sheet 3-18-14
The Answer Sheet: 50 terrible ideas for improving schoolsA valuable new book called “50 Myths & Lies That Threaten America’s Public Schools” takes a stark look at some of the worst ideas being promoted by school reformers around the country as ways to improve the public education. The book — from which I am going to run a series of excerpts — […] 31 by Valerie Strauss / 5hThe Answer She
3-18-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “To Help ELLs, We Need To Understand ‘How Language Learning Works’”To Help ELLs, We Need To Understand ‘How Language Learning Works’ is my latest post over at Education Week Teacher. Today, staff from Stanford’s “Understanding Language,” Mary Cappellini and Paul Boyd-Batstone share their thoughts. I’ve also included comment
3-18-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: NYSUT: MORE Challenges Unity, VP Candidate Arthur Goldstein to Appear at PSC Candidate Forum TonightOverall, Revive did not look ready for prime time. If this is the best they can do, then we may be in even more peril than now if they take over NYSUT in April. The four incumbents in Stronger Together and Arthur Goldstein looked very comfortable up on the stage while Pallotta and
3-18-14 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): “To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true…” Bayard Rustin1 by plthomasedd / 2h hide // save“The best lack all conviction…” William Butler YeatsThe Second Coming William Butler Yeats1 by plthomasedd / 4h 3-17-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedag
Warning: Do Not Be Beguiled by David Brooks | janresseger
Warning: Do Not Be Beguiled by David Brooks | janresseger: Warning: Do Not Be Beguiled by David BrooksPosted on March 18, 2014 by janressegerI do not pretend fully to understand Newark, New Jersey’s mayoral politics. I’m a Clevelander and David Brooks is a New Yorker, and we are both outsiders. But this morning, as a Clevelander, I need to correct what I’ll be generous and call an oversimplifica
Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 3-17-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORM“Efforts To Close The Achievement Gap In Kids Start At Home”I’ve been a little skeptical about the effort in Providence to have children wear clothes with built-in audio recorders to county the number of words heard at home (you can see those pieces at The Best Resources For Learning About The “Word Gap”). NPR just ran a piece on it titl
You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson
You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves Youby JOSE VILSON on MARCH 17, 2014in JOSEAfter a difficult day “at the office,” I sat on my couch and did next to nothing. My e-mail count ran up. My food got cold. My son played with his cars, and, while I partook in a little chasing around the apartment, I soon fell into the couch again,
FROM THE BAT CAVE Schoolhouse Live
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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 3-15-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
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Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTStudents' grades and health improve with later high school start timesLater high school start times improve student grades and overall health, according to a new University of Minnesota study, released today. The three-year project, using data from more than 9,000 students attending eight high schools in three states, found that, when s
3-15-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Schools Matter All WeekNonstop hi-tech testingSent to the Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2014Not mentioned in the Times' editorials (March 13, 14) is the astonishing amount of testing required by the Common Core and the requirement that testing must be done online. No Child Left Behind "only" required tests at the end of year in reading and math in grades 3-8 and once in
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@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: All Week @ THE CHALK FACE Bill Gates Tries to Fashion Teacher Support for His Beloved Common CoreOne would think that if teachers supported the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), then teachers would take the initiative to rally around said CCSS. Not so. It seems that we need Bill Gates to tell us that we need CCSS. He did so today (Friday, March 14, 2014), i
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 3-15-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGAn Innocent/Guilty PleasureA couple of years ago, I read an article in The New Yorker about the federal government’s efforts to shut down health-food cooperatives that sell raw milk. The story focused on California, where SWAT teams descended on sellers of raw milk and locked them up. What is “raw milk,” I wondered. It is