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3-24-14 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.: CPS continues its ethnic cleansing of its teaching faculty. Photo: George Schmidt, Substance. The announcement late Friday that CPS was closing three more schools – calling them turn-arounds – was an attempt to bury the story of the system’s continuing efforts at the ethnic cleansing of the teaching
Oklahoma on the Verge of Stopping Common Core Implementation | Truth in American Education
Oklahoma on the Verge of Stopping Common Core Implementation | Truth in American Education: Oklahoma on the Verge of Stopping Common Core ImplementationFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on March 24, 2014 • 0 Comments Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (R) sent out a press release Friday regarding House Bill 3399 thatpassed the Oklahoma House and will be considered by the Oklahom
Obama & Duncan Merely Pretend to Address School Inequity | janresseger
Obama & Duncan Merely Pretend to Address School Inequity | janresseger: Obama & Duncan Merely Pretend to Address School InequityPosted on March 24, 2014 by janressegerPresident Barack Obama’s proposed 2015 federal budget includes a new $300 million Race to the Top Opportunity initiative described as promoting equity in public schools. While funding is frozen for the Department of Educatio
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-24-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: SAT, ACT Sued for Selling Student DataA lawsuit was filed against the SAT and ACT for selling confidential data of students to colleges. Some states mandate that all students must take one of these tests, whether they are college bound or not. Students assume that their names and scores will be shared with colleges to which they ap
3-24-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Guinea Pigs (aka Connecticut students) – it is time to log into the Common Core Test of a testToday is the day… In nearly every public school in Connecticut students will put aside the learning process during the coming weeks in order to become guinea pigs for the Common Core Smarter Balanced Field Test of a test and the entire corporate education reform industry. In some states only 1
3-24-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Ravitch: The best reason to oppose the Common Core StandardsThe growing opposition to the Common Core State Standards does not all stem from the same criticisms or even from the same political wing. Included in the anti-Core camp are conservatives, moderates and liberals who don’t offer identical critiques of the initiative. Some don’t like it academically; some don’t like it pol
3-24-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Islamic Schools Already Participating in Florida’s Voucher ProgramBob Stover, the executive editor of Florida Today, uncovered something that many Floridians will find troubling. Stover writes this in his piece critical of Rep. Ritch Workman’s (R-Melbourne) position on v
3-24-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Students Learn About Antonyms & Write About Their Perfect School In My Latest NY Times Post For ELLsStudents learn about antonyms, in addition to writing about what they think are the qualities of an excellent school, in my latest New York Times post for English Language Learners. An interactive and teaching ideas are i
3-24-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: As the NYSUT World Turns: Some NYC Unity Caucus Delegates May Bolt and Vote Stronger TogetherLeroy Barr Offer to Unity RA DelegatesReports are surfacing that a small faction of Unity may just vote their conscience and damn the consequences at the April 5 NYSUT Representative Assembly.Unity Caucus held a meeting at 52 Broadway (UFT HQ) after last Wednesday's (March 19) Delegate Ass
3-23-13 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Why CCSS Can't Be DecoupledDon't think of them as standards. Think of them as tags.Think of them as the pedagogical equivalent of people's names on facebook, the tags you attach to each and every photo that you upload.We know from our friends at Knewton what the Grand Design is-- a system in which student progress is mapped down to the atomic level. Atomic level (a term that Knewto
3-24-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Poll Shows Cuomo Would Be Vulnerable To Third Party CandidateNot enough to knock him off, but maybe enough to ruin Sheriff Andy's plans for a big 2014 re-election victory to set him up for a 2016 presidential run: A wealthy Democratic activist commissioned a poll that shows a third-party leftist candidate could eat into what Gov. Cuomo is hoping will be a commanding victory
The School District’s big Trust problem | Parents United for Public Education
The School District’s big Trust problem | Parents United for Public Education: The School District’s big Trust problemPosted on March 24, 2014 by PRIDEVENTURES1Leave a comment“Who will be the first to step up and earn our students’ trust and prove that our children are the most important? Who will start a new era of trust to create a public education model we all can take pride in?”Trust is an imp
Schools serving as enrollment hubs for Obamacare :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
Schools serving as enrollment hubs for Obamacare :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: MARCH 24, 2014Schools serving as enrollment hubs for Obamacareby Kimberly Beltran(Calif.) Sacramento high school student Juzely Duran is all in. So is state schools chief Tom Torlakson.Each in their own way is supporting the “All In for Health” campaign, a majo
More Than Half of Asian American Teens are Bullied in School
More Than Half of Asian American Teens are Bullied in School: MORE THAN HALF OF ASIAN AMERICAN TEENS ARE BULLIED IN SCHOOLSaw this infographic posted on the Giant Robot's Twitter last week... We've seen this statistic shared before, but it's worth repeating and reinforcing. And seriously, it hasn't become any less upsetting.According to survey data released in 2011 by the US Justice Department and
NYC Educator: The Sad Tale of UFT-Unity's Robo Voters
NYC Educator: The Sad Tale of UFT-Unity's Robo Voters: The Sad Tale of UFT-Unity's Robo Voters--> By special guest blogger Arwen E.Welcome to the NYSUT Convention in NYC. Your UFT-Unity representatives were programmed after last Wednesday's Delegate Assembly, and will be arriving at the appointed time.April 4th-6th, 2014, Mid-Town Manhattan-->The Unity Caucus, representing about one third of NYS
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: THE STRANGE ANONYMITY OF CHICAGO GUN VIOLENCE
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: THE STRANGE ANONYMITY OF CHICAGO GUN VIOLENCE: THE STRANGE ANONYMITY OF CHICAGO GUN VIOLENCEStock footage (DNAinfo)Gun violence continues to plague Chicago's communities and with it comes a strange anonymity regarding both the dead and maimed as well as the shooters. Over the weekend, 21 more people were shot, 2 of them fatally. I hate to relate this story simply in
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“TFA Truth Tour” to Expose Dark Side of Corporate Education Reform | United Students Against Sweatshops
“TFA Truth Tour” to Expose Dark Side of Corporate Education Reform | United Students Against Sweatshops: “TFA Truth Tour” to Expose Dark Side of Corporate Education ReformBy Robert Ascherman and Karen LiStarting tomorrow, USAS is launching the next stage in our campaign to fight back against corporate robber barons of education reform on our campuses: the Teach for America Truth Tour. The tour wil
Millions of kids to test new education assessments | Nation & World | The Seattle Times
Millions of kids to test new education assessments | Nation & World | The Seattle Times: Millions of kids to test new education assessmentsWhat's on the new Common Core-based exams? More than 4 million kids in U.S. schools soon will have a clue.WASHINGTON —What's on the new Common Core-based exams? More than 4 million kids in U.S. schools soon will have a clue.Field testing begins this coming
Hey Harrison NY! I'm Opting Out My Son and So Can You! southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Hey Harrison NY! I'm Opting Out My Son and So Can You!This can be done. This should be done. Parents of Harrison NY, Westchester County, and NYC, please read. This is important. You can take back control of your child's education. I have been wanting to opt out my son of the NYS exams for a number of years. Actually every year since he started testing. He is in 7th
Setting the Record Straight: Lottie Beebe Does Not Support Common Core | deutsch29
Setting the Record Straight: Lottie Beebe Does Not Support Common Core | deutsch29: Setting the Record Straight: Lottie Beebe Does Not Support Common CoreMarch 23, 2014On March 22, 2014, the Monroe News-Star quoted Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) member and St. Martin Parish Superintendent Lottie Beebe in such a manner as to incorrectly portray Beebe as supporting the
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: [Nigeria] Water - So Important, So Ignored
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: [Nigeria] Water - So Important, So Ignored: [Nigeria] Water - So Important, So IgnoredIn Nigeria, water is a serious issue. There's not enough drinking water in Nigeria for the people to live off of. Sunday, March 22nd was the United Nation's World Water Day and yet again is passed by without any action from Nigeria. Water is obviously a vital resource to human survival
A Response to “Correcting the Facts about the One Newark Plan: A Strategic Approach To 100 Excellent Schools” | School Finance 101
A Response to “Correcting the Facts about the One Newark Plan: A Strategic Approach To 100 Excellent Schools” | School Finance 101: A Response to “Correcting the Facts about the One Newark Plan: A Strategic Approach To 100 Excellent Schools”Originally posted on New Jersey Education Policy Forum:Full report here: Weber.Baker.OneNewarkResponseFINALREVIEWMark Weber & Bruce BakerOn March 11, 2014,
Chicagoland: Watch the non-military Rambo movie for the Clueless. | Reclaim Reform
Chicagoland: Watch the non-military Rambo movie for the Clueless. | Reclaim Reform: Chicagoland: Watch the non-military Rambo movie for the Clueless.Posted on March 23, 2014by Ken PrevitiChicagoland is the expensive propaganda show disguised as Realty TV News by CNN which is in desperate need of improved ratings and money.Chicagoland is about the need for a tough guy who “does what he has to do” w
Nite Cap 3-23-14 #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 CAPRegister to Vote | Voter Registration Forms | RegistertoVote.org http://bit.ly/1dlx9AkStanford Professor Linda Darling-Hammond at Vergara v. California |Stanford Professor Linda Darling-Hammond at Vergara v. California |: Stanford Professor Linda
Stanford Professor Linda Darling-Hammond at Vergara v. California |
Stanford Professor Linda Darling-Hammond at Vergara v. California |: Stanford Professor Linda Darling-Hammond at Vergara v. CaliforniaAs you recall from my most recent post, this past Tuesday (March 18, 2014 – “Vergara Trial Day 28“), David C. Berliner, Regents’ Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University (ASU), testified for six hours on behalf of the defense at Vergara v. California. He spoke
NYC Public School Parents: The Mayor's speech at Riverside Church today; "we will not accept the neighborhood school that fails them"
NYC Public School Parents: The Mayor's speech at Riverside Church today; "we will not accept the neighborhood school that fails them": The Mayor's speech at Riverside Church today; "we will not accept the neighborhood school that fails them"Mayor de Blasio spoke today at Riverside Church about the need for systemic education reform, including expanding preK, afterschool program
The Daily Censored » Zero-tolerance, the school-to-prison-pipeline, charter schools and the war on children
The Daily Censored » Zero-tolerance, the school-to-prison-pipeline, charter schools and the war on children: Zero-tolerance, the school-to-prison-pipeline, charter schools and the war on childrenThe featured image is of students expelled under zero-tolerance policies engaging in military training as punishmentIt was tougher to sponge it all up after I had talked to ‘Frank’ (we will call him Frank
Unmeasured Success: What Standardized Testing Doesn’t Assess | Connected Principals
Unmeasured Success: What Standardized Testing Doesn’t Assess | Connected Principals: Unmeasured Success: What Standardized Testing Doesn’t Assessby Tom Martellone • March 23, 2014 • 0 CommentsThis year, I’ve been working with my school staff to implement strategies that will raise student achievement and be reflected on MCAS, our state standardized assessment. The staff have been working diligent
Marie Corfield: Rally for NJ Public Education Part 3: ‘Bad Teachers’ & ‘Failing Students’ are the WMDs of Ed 'Reform'
Marie Corfield: Rally for NJ Public Education Part 3: ‘Bad Teachers’ & ‘Failing Students’ are the WMDs of Ed 'Reform': Rally for NJ Public Education Part 3: ‘Bad Teachers’ & ‘Failing Students’ are the WMDs of Ed 'Reform'Thirteen years ago, after the horrific attacks of 9/11, the Bush/Cheney/Condi triumvirate sold the nation on a war based on a lie: that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction
Geaux Teacher!: Fallacies Or Conspiracies?: NAEP, PISA & ACT/SAT Tests
Geaux Teacher!: Fallacies Or Conspiracies?: NAEP, PISA & ACT/SAT Tests: Fallacies Or Conspiracies?: NAEP, PISA & ACT/SAT TestsThis was written in response to concerns by some legislators who are working with their constituencies (finally) to sponsor bills for this Louisiana legislative session that will remove our state from the flawed policies associated with the adoption of Common Core S
3-23-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Race in our Public SchoolsMore news on race and children in America.I offer this information as news. I have tried not to editorialize much here but to listen to what others are saying. Somewhere in this country, people are suspending preschoolers and most of them are children of color or Special Education students. (I didn't even know you could suspend a pre-sc
CORE waiver is bad idea | Letters to the Editor | FresnoBee.com
CORE waiver is bad idea | Letters to the Editor | FresnoBee.comCORE waiver is bad ideaThe Fresno Unified CORE waiver hurts kids. Superintendent Michael Hanson characterizes the waiver as a plan to improve education, but in reality the waiver is a business model designed to privatize education, which ultimately harms Fresno Unified children.The California Office to Reform Education waiver is a plan
In Defense of Teaching
In Defense of TeachingSee what happens when a high school art teacher and a high school English teacher collaborate to let the public know how they feel about the current state of education. Are your faculty meetings this entertaining?
Relentless | EduShyster
Relentless | EduShyster: Relentless Education Reform, Inc. vs. democracy—now playing on a screen near youWhen Netflix bazillionaire Reed Hastings proclaimed recently that, by their sheer relentlessness, charter school warriors will succeed in eliminating the scourge of elected school boards from the earth, the reaction from critics was swift and furious. “Like a shiny red apple that’s rotten to th
Louisiana Educator: Destroying the Teaching Profession in Louisiana
Louisiana Educator: Destroying the Teaching Profession in Louisiana: Destroying the Teaching Profession in LouisianaDestroying the teaching profession? That's a pretty sensational pronouncement. My background as a science teacher requires me to provide evidence when I make such a dramatic claim. Lets look at the evidence:Starting with Act 54 of 2010, our State, in an effort to win Race to the Top
Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » How Does PISA Put the World at Risk (Part 3): Creating Illusory Models of Excellence
Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » How Does PISA Put the World at Risk (Part 3): Creating Illusory Models of Excellence: How Does PISA Put the World at Risk (Part 3): Creating Illusory Models of Excellence23 MARCH 2014 144 NO COMMENTFew numbers in the world command as much power as PISA scores, not even the number of Olympic medals or Nobel Prize winners in the world today. It
3-23-14 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.: Sunday reads.NYC Educator runs for union office. More like him should. They pissed away $3 million supporting the candidate from ALEC, an idea the membership wouldn’t buy. The bill is the best charter bill of the season and deserves your immediate support. David Sirota. Annual pension shortfall = $4
Chicago 4th Grade Activist-Scholar, Asean Johnson, and his mother, Shoenice Reynolds, Give the Moving and Informative Keynote at the NYCORE - Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública
Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: Great Keynotes From the NYCORE2014 Radical Possibilities ConferenceChicago 4th Grade Activist-Scholar, Asean Johnson, and his mother, Shoenice Reynolds, Give the Moving and Informative Keynote at the NYCORE-Organized Radical Possibilities Conference held on March 15, 2014 in Brooklyn, NY.
What’s Wrong with Grit?
Grit Academic Success: What’s Wrong with Grit?By Vicki Zakrzewski Grit is all over the news these days–the “latest fad in schools, ” according to author Alfie Kohn. With research suggesting that grit is linked to academic success, many policy makers, school leaders, and educators are crossing their fingers that this might be the silver bullet needed to give a boost to struggling students.Yet a clo
Chicago Teachers Union | Response on Candid Video of Karen Lewis
Chicago Teachers Union | Response on Candid Video of Karen Lewis: Media » Response on Candid Video of Karen LewisChicago Teachers Union President spoke to U.S. Education Secretary about candid remarksClick here to watch President Lewis' address at the Rethinking Schools - Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference.Click here for Edward McClelland's take on the flap.Click here for a statement
3-23-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Another MUST READ comment from the Wait,What? reader known as jrp1900One of yesterday’s Wait,What? posts was entitled, “Election Year: Incumbent or challenger – You MUST READ this column.” The article re-posted a column written by Sarah Darer Littman and began with the statement. In a stunning piece written by pro-public education advocate and CT Newsjunkie columnist Sarah Darer Littma
3-23-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Kindergarten teacher: My job is now about tests and data — not children. I quit.Susan Sluyter is a veteran teacher of young children in the Cambridge Public Schools who has been connected to the district for nearly 20 years and teaching for more than 25 years. Last month she sent a resignation letter ( “with deep love and a broken heart”) explaining that she could no longer align
3-23-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: New Obamacare ResourcesHere are new additions to The Best Interactives Showing How Obamacare Works: Obamacare: Enrollment numbers and Medicaid expansion is from CNN.by Larry Ferlazzo / 13min Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 3-22-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLarry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching E
Federal complaint filed on behalf of parents who speak Spanish and Vietnamese | The Lens
Federal complaint filed on behalf of parents who speak Spanish and Vietnamese | The Lens: Federal complaint filed on behalf of parents who speak Spanish and VietnameseBy Katy Reckdahl, Contributor 1 HOUR AGO PRINTMatthew Hinton/The AdvocateUsing an app that scans an English text and translates it into Spanish, Ramon Leon helps his son with homework at the VAYLA office in eastern New Orlean
Michelle Gunderson: Chicago School Officials Question Children Who Opt Out: Intimidation? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Michelle Gunderson: Chicago School Officials Question Children Who Opt Out: Intimidation? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Michelle Gunderson: Chicago School Officials Question Children Who Opt Out: Intimidation?By Anthony Cody on March 23, 2014 10:23 AMGuest post by Michelle Gunderson.Chicago Public School officials sank to a new and unprecedented low this week. Children whose paren
RPNPS Voices: SUPER BLINKING RED ALERT ON HB6005 *
RPNPS Voices: SUPER BLINKING RED ALERT ON HB6005 *: SUPER BLINKING RED ALERT ON HB6005 **(I will update this post as other people submit their witness slips.)Ok, I'm ratcheting up the threat level from Red Alert to SUPER BLINKING RED ALERT on HB 6005, the Charter Accountability Act, which has a hearing in the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee on Monday, April 24, which is in two d
Morning Wink 3-23-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-23-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Jason Stanford: A Hard Choice in Texas: $100 for a Graphic Calculator or $15 for an App?Jason Stanford is a political journalist in Texas who keeps a close watch on the nexus between money, poli
