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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-11-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: NC Charter Warned Due to Low EnrollmentsA charter run by politically connected Baker Mitchell was warned that it may have to close due to low enrollment. Mitchell is a close associate of state budget director Art Pope, a multimillionaire who founded the libertarian John Locke Foundation and whose campaign contributions pushed the l
| VAMboozled! A blog by Audrey Amrein-Beardsley
| VAMboozled! A blog by Audrey Amrein-Beardsley: Florida’s Released Albeit “Flawed” VAM DataPosted on March 11, 2014 by Audrey Amrein-BeardsleyThe Florida Times-Union’s Lead Op-Ed Letter on Monday was about why the value-added data recently released by the Florida Department of Education has, at best, made it “clearer than ever that the data is meaningless,” made even more unfortunate by the nearl
How Ohio’s “Reading” Cut Score Got Set to Determine Who Will Repeat Third Grade | janresseger
How Ohio’s “Reading” Cut Score Got Set to Determine Who Will Repeat Third Grade | janresseger: How Ohio’s “Reading” Cut Score Got Set to Determine Who Will Repeat Third GradePosted on March 11, 2014 by janressegerThanks to Ohio’s Plunderbund blog, we now know how the decision was made to determine how Ohio’s Third Grade Guarantee will work. This is Governor John Kasich’s plan to require all child
3-11-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Bribing the guinea pigs (aka our students)Governor Malloy, his Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, and the corporate education reform industry are fond of claiming that the Common Core and massive Common Core testing scheme is about making sure students are “College and Career Ready.” As a result of their warped belief in more and more standardized testing, most Connecticut towns
3-11-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: This took Teach For America 24 years to figure out?This took Teach For America 24 years to figure out? The nonprofit organization — which was founded in 1990 and is famous for recruiting young people, giving them five weeks of summer training and then placing them in high-needs schools in low-income communities — has decided that just maybe some of its recruits need more […] b
3-11-14 Open Congress : Major Bill Actions - Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress
Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress: Bill Introduced: H.R. 4108: Breath of Fresh Air ActTo establish a grant program for nebulizers in elementary and secondary schools.3h hide // saveBill Introduced: S. 2038: Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills ActA bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.3h Bill Introduced: S.Res. 372: A
3-11-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: The “All-Time” Best Places To Find The Most Popular (& Useful) Resources For EducatorsI’ve been posting annual lists of The Most Popular (& Useful) Resources For Educators for a number of years. There are a number of ways to gauge “popularity.” I just view these lists as opportunities to check-out some new sites, an
3-11-14 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.: Classroom teachers will be heard.For years leaders of the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association have claimed that their members support Common Core State Standards. There never was much evidence provided for the claim. Yet they continued. At last year’s NEA Representat
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": Schools in Chicago & Colorado Making It VERY Difficult For Parents To “Opt-Out”It appears that some schools are making it very difficult for parents to “opt-out” of standardized testing for their child. I’m not sure if this attitude is the best one to take to further parent engagement…. Read about what’s happening in Co
3-11-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: NY Times on Chris Pavone bookI've known Chris Pavone since he was 3 years old when his mom, Vera Pavone, brought him to a meeting of Another View in District 14, the beginning of a 43 year political and personal relationship with Vera and her partner at the time, Paul Baizerman. These were the guys who had the most influence on me politically and in many ways personally. I won't g
Marie Corfield: 'Cosmos', The Spanish Inquisition and Education 'Reform' in NJ
Marie Corfield: 'Cosmos', The Spanish Inquisition and Education 'Reform' in NJ: 'Cosmos', The Spanish Inquisition and Education 'Reform' in NJWithin the first 5 minutes of the new ‘Cosmos’ series hosted by astrophysicist, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, he takes a not-too-subtle jab at creationists and climate deniers when he describes the explorers and dreamers over the course of human history who dared
3-10-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: American Hustle: Ignoring Poverty in U.S. Needs More than 50-Year AnniversaryAmerican Hustle: Ignoring Poverty in U.S. Needs More than 50-Year Anniversary. via American Hustle: Ignoring Poverty in U.S. Needs More than 50-Year Anniversary.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical1 by plthomasedd / 1h 3-10-14 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: A User-friendly Tutorial on IRS 990sOn
3-11-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week
With A Brooklyn Accent: A First Year Bronx Teacher Who Loves Her Kids Says "Enough"There comes a point when you've been shoved around by your job so much that you stop caring. It's scary when that day is a Tuesday in March and you're a teacher. I've been bullied. I've been ignored. My kids IEPs are a catastrophe (I don't do them, we have a "team" for that). I've been told I can
W.T.F. V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: Jen Hogue's Parting Words and Requiem for Valueaddedmeasure.blogspot.com
V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: Jen Hogue's Parting Words and Requiem for Valueaddedmeasure.blogspot.com: Jen Hogue's Parting Words and Requiem for Valueaddedmeasure.blogspot.comDear Reader (from Jen Hogue),I was told by my friend, Adam Bergstein, Monday, March 10, 2014, that our blog site must go black since he can find no way (even through contact with Google) to keep it up and simultaneously disas
3-11-14 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): American Hustle: Ignoring Poverty in U.S. Needs More than 50-Year AnniversaryIt is 2014, and publications such as Education Week are offering 50th-year anniversary looks at the War on Poverty. It is 2014, and race and racism remain words that shall not be spoken, lingeri
3-11-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Ask Eva Moskowitz About The Attrition Rate At Success AcademiesFrom State of Politics:At 6:30 a.m., Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School scholars will appear on MSNBC’s Morning Joe with their principal, Andrew Malone. Yesterday the hosts of the Morning Joe Clown Show beatup on Mayor de Blasio over the Success co-location issue.Today, they let Eva use the program for
Shanker Blog » SIG And The High Price Of Cheap Evidence
Shanker Blog » SIG And The High Price Of Cheap Evidence: SIG And The High Price Of Cheap EvidencePosted by Matthew Di Carlo on March 11, 2014A few months ago, the U.S. Department of Education (USED) released the latest data from schools that received grants via the School Improvement (SIG) program. These data — consisting solely of changes in proficiency rates — were widely reported as an indicati
Title 1 Services for Students in Private Schools - Improving Academic Achievement (CA Dept of Education)
Title 1 Services for Students in Private Schools - Improving Academic Achievement (CA Dept of Education): Title 1 Services for Students in Private SchoolsLegislation and Resources for eligible private school children.Private School Services for Students: Title I requires that local educational agencies (LEAs) provide eligible private school children with Title I educational services or other benef
Ras Baraka - educator, progressive, candidate for mayor
Ras Baraka - educator, progressive, candidate for mayor: Ras Baraka - educator, progressive, candidate for mayorbyteacherkenFollow Email 6 Comments / 6 NewSometimes we encounter a unique voice, even in politics, one which we might not be expecting, but to which we should pay attention, and even more, give our support.On Saturday I was one of a small group of DC-area education bloggers who had
Testing, Truth, and Consequences - Bridging Differences - Education Week
Testing, Truth, and Consequences - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Testing, Truth, and ConsequencesBy Guest Blogger on March 11, 2014 9:20 AMRobert Pondiscio of CitizenshipFirst writes again to Deborah Meier today.Not so fast, Deb. As much as I'm eager to find common ground with you, I'm not quite ready to agree with your summary, "we both oppose making profits from educating our nati
NYC Educator: What About the War on PUBLIC Schools?
NYC Educator: What About the War on PUBLIC Schools?: What About the War on PUBLIC Schools?Everywhere you turn it's poor Eva Moskowitz. How can mean old Bill de Blasio treat her so shabbily? After all, the woman has to scrape by on 499K per annum, and that's only 99K more than President Obama earns. It was certainly poor judgment for Carmen Fariña to say the kids were on their own, but she's since
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Let Teachers Teach!...Moses, Ayers, Ravitch, Cunningham...
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Let Teachers Teach!...Moses, Ayers, Ravitch, Cunningham...: Let Teachers Teach!...Moses, Ayers, Ravitch, Cunningham...At yesterday's Let Us Teach rally in Pilsen protesting CPS threats to punish teachers who support parents and boycott useless standardized testing (h/t Michael Harrington)Moses... Good news from DePaul College of Ed Dean Paul Zionts. Civil Rights lead
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Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 3-10-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMThe Common Core Equity SwindleThe farther into this experiment we get, the more devastating this latest sorting mechanism appears to be. Every time you stamp "college ready" on a student who has cleared the bar, the students that did not make it past that hurdle are stamped "unworthy."52 by Anthony Cody / 1h What we r
Chris Hayes: Battle wages on over NYC charter schools | MSNBC
Battle wages on over NYC charter schools | MSNBC: Battle wages on over NYC charter schoolsChris Hayes and panel discuss the ongoing battle over charter schools in New York City.Friction erupts between Cuomo and de BlasioChris Hayes and his panel discuss the relationship between New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Money's big role in the Charter School fight | MSNBC
Money's big role in the Charter School fight | MSNBC: Money’s big role in the Charter School fightConservatives turn their effort to destroy public education into a Civil Rights law suit, targeted against Mayor DeBlasio. Ed Schultz and panel discuss.
AFT - A Union of Professionals - Weingarten, Sen. Warren help launch 'Higher Ed, Not Debt'
AFT - A Union of Professionals - Weingarten, Sen. Warren help launch 'Higher Ed, Not Debt': Weingarten, Sen. Warren help launch 'Higher Ed, Not Debt'AFT President Randi Weingarten and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spoke March 6 at the Washington, D.C., launch of "Higher Ed, Not Debt," a new multiyear campaign advocating for affordable access to higher education for all, without the bur
East Baton Rouge Parish Teachers are under siege and need our help | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
East Baton Rouge Parish Teachers are under siege and need our help | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsEast Baton Rouge Parish Teachers are under siege and need our helpPosted on March 9, 20141For the past month I’ve been interviewing and receiving testimonials from East Baton Rouge Teachers in most of the non-magnet high schools. This investigation star
Nite Cap 3-10-14 #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 CAP3-10-14 The Whole Child Blog —Keep Students and Parents (and Teachers) Initiative Fatigue Free — Whole Child EducationKeep Students and Parents (and Teachers) Initiative Fatigue Free — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGKeep Students and
3-10-14 The Whole Child Blog —Keep Students and Parents (and Teachers) Initiative Fatigue Free — Whole Child Education
Keep Students and Parents (and Teachers) Initiative Fatigue Free — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGKeep Students and Parents (and Teachers) Initiative Fatigue FreeMarch 10, 2014 by Kevin ParrLast week I entered a meeting feeling pretty good about my teaching life. I was sticking with my goals for the year, trying some new things outside my comfort zone, and achieving some success doing
How Big Companies Like Microsoft, Pearson Are Gearing to Profit from Our Children’s Successes and Failures | Alternet
How Big Companies Like Microsoft, Pearson Are Gearing to Profit from Our Children’s Successes and Failures | Alternet: How Big Companies Like Microsoft, Pearson Are Gearing to Profit from Our Children’s Successes and FailuresSalivating profiteers are going after public schools with the voracious appetites of hungry teenagers.COMMENT NOW!COMMENT NOW!digg A A AEmailPrintPhoto Credit: Shutterstock
What Dallas ISD might look like with home-rule: Support Our Public Schools offering more thoughts | Dallas Morning News
What Dallas ISD might look like with home-rule: Support Our Public Schools offering more thoughts | Dallas Morning News: What Dallas ISD might look like with home-rule: Support Our Public Schools offering more thoughtsBy Jeffrey WeissJWeiss@dallasnews.com5:16 pm on March 10, 2014 | PermalinkThe initial revelation that a committee has been working to turn Dallas ISD into pretty much the legal equiv
Schooling in the Ownership Society: No Austin City Limits at Rahm's fundraiser in Texas
Schooling in the Ownership Society: No Austin City Limits at Rahm's fundraiser in Texas: No Austin City Limits at Rahm's fundraiser in TexasCash cow for Rahm's Texas pals.What's Rahm doing at SXSW? What else? He's stuffing his election war chest at an Austin fundraising party put on by a group of heavy hitters who do bazillions in business up in Chicago.According to Sunday's Trib:The event will be
RAMPANT CHEATING IN L.A. TEACHER'S UNION, CITY WIDE ELECTIONS - Perdaily.com
RAMPANT CHEATING IN L.A. TEACHER'S UNION, CITY WIDE ELECTIONS - Perdaily.com: RAMPANT CHEATING IN L.A. TEACHER'S UNION, CITY WIDE ELECTIONSThe union power slate has been visiting campuses since September of last year, ok? These same individuals had a dinner "meeting" with LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy, although what they talked about, no one knows for certain.... While its purely spec
Truancy bills propose to revamp data collection in California schools | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Truancy bills propose to revamp data collection in California schools | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Truancy bills propose to revamp data collection in California schoolsAnnie Gilbertson | March 10th, 2014, 2:20pmElizabeth/Table4Five/Flickr Creative CommonsLos Angeles County has a truancy rate of 20.5 percent among elementary school students, almost double that of neighboring Orange County.New state l
CURMUDGUCATION: Grit-- Not Just For Students!
CURMUDGUCATION: Grit-- Not Just For Students!: Grit-- Not Just For Students!New leaps forward have been made in grittology, the study of that elusive quality, the lack of which gives reformy leaders cause to castigate schoolchildren across the country.Holly Yettick reports at EdWeek that University of Pennsylvania researchers Claire Robertson-Kraft and Angela Duckworth have published a study of gr
Pink Hula Hoop 2: Follow the money. | Bob Braun's Ledger
Pink Hula Hoop 2: Follow the money. | Bob Braun's Ledger: Pink Hula Hoop 2: Follow the money.Pink Hula Hoop–a crime?The Pink Hula Hoop isn’t about education. It’s about money for privatized charter schools. Money and how connections among powerful people beget more money. It starts at the top, with Gov. Chris Christie who, while starving traditional public schools of operating and construction
solidaridad: Professional educator Lydia Gutierrez versus profit minded businessman Marshall Tuck
solidaridad: Professional educator Lydia Gutierrez versus profit minded businessman Marshall Tuck: Professional educator Lydia Gutierrez versus profit minded businessman Marshall TuckI'm currently not endorsing anyone in the race for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, but there is one individual whose life-long mission to destroy public education must be stopped. That individua
Real Data from Real Teachers | Gatsby In L.A.
Real Data from Real Teachers | Gatsby In L.A.: Real Data from Real Teachers Want a quick snapshot of what good teachers are really doing in the classroom? So far this year, I’ve observed English teachers across the socioeconomic spectrum in L.A. I’ve observed classrooms in district schools, charter schools, magnets, pilots, private schools and continuation school. I’m no scientist, but here are
Advocates Letter Urging Action to Protect CHIP | First Focus #CHIP
Advocates Letter Urging Action to Protect CHIP | First Focus: Organizations in Every State Urge Leaders to Protect CHIPMore than 400 national, state, and local organizations united in urging Congress and the White House to protect CHIP funding, which will drop 70 percent next year if Congress fails to act. See who from your state signed the letter. Share on Twitter: Leaders in every state urge The
What do our One Newark Reports tell us? | School Finance 101
What do our One Newark Reports tell us? | School Finance 101: What do our One Newark Reports tell us?Posted on March 9, 2014 Rate ThisMy doctoral student Mark Weber and I have just completed our second report evaluating the impact of the proposed One Newark plan on Newark schools, teachers and the students they serve. In this post, I will try to provide a condensed summary of our findings and
NYC Public School Parents: Why our lawsuit against 36 co-locations continues; please sign onto our letter of support!
NYC Public School Parents: Why our lawsuit against 36 co-locations continues; please sign onto our letter of support!: Why our lawsuit against 36 co-locations continues; please sign onto our letter of support!I will be on the EdShow on MSNBC at 5:30 PM tonight, Monday March 10, talking about these issues; please watch! Saturday's Co-location Town Hall meetingObscured in the furious rhetoric of the
Red or Blue Pill?: Broad Latino Collaborator Responds to Co-opt Post (Fishburne theme) | Cloaking Inequity
Red or Blue Pill?: Broad Latino Collaborator Responds to Co-opt Post (Fishburne theme) | Cloaking Inequity: Red or Blue Pill?: Broad Latino Collaborator Responds to Co-opt Post (Fishburne theme)A Broad Latino collaborator recently responded to my critique of billionaire reformers and their corroborators of color. In the piece Billionaires co-opt minority groups into campaign for education reform I
3-10-14 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): Morning Read: LAUSD iPads content still unavailableLAUSD iPads: Officials chose incomplete software over competitors When the Los Angeles Unified School District set out last year to buy tablets for every teacher and student, officials drew up a scoring system to rate 19 hardware and software options. The
Uncommon Core Heightens Race and Class Math Divide | Alan Singer
Uncommon Core Heightens Race and Class Math Divide | Alan Singer: Uncommon Core Heightens Race and Class Math DivideASSOCIATED PRESSThe uproar over high-stakes testing associated with Common Core in New York State and complaints that children are being tested on things they were not taught, has obscured the deepening of racial, ethnic and class divisions in education in New York and the United Sta
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Monday, March 10, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Fensterwald: Crisis over - California gets waiver for Common Core field tests without penaltiesEducation HeadlinesMonday, March 10, 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.Tam High embroiled over teacher firi
3-10-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Support Chicago Boycott of ISATSupport Chicago Teachers’ Test Boycott: Call and Sign PetitionChicago teachers, joined by parents and students, are boycotting the Illinois ISAT tests at several schools. The district is threatening teachers with loss of certification, and bullying and intimidating parents and students who have opted out or wish to opt out of the ISAT.They need your s
Educators Stand In Solidarity With Chicago Test Refusers | I Am An Educator
EDUCATORS STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH CHICAGO TEST REFUSERS | I AM AN EDUCATOR: EDUCATORS STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH CHICAGO TEST REFUSERSBy I AM AN EDUCATOR on March 10, 2014In a public petition released today, more than fifty educators and researchers, including some of the most well-respected figures in the field of education, pledged support for the boycott of the Illinois Standards Achievement Tes
Morning Wink 3-10-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-10-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Slate: Parent Creates Mild Hysteria in Colorado by Opting Her Daughter Out of State TestsLisa T. McElroy, a law professor, decided that her children would not take the state tests during the yea
