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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-25-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Massachusetts Kindergarten Teacher: I QuitI am really sorry to have to publish posts like this. I don’t want to see any teacher quit, especially the veteran teachers who are needed to help new teachers learn the ropes. And yet, there is a massive outflow of teaching talent from our public schools, caused by the soul-deadening testi
White House Report: Race to the Top Setting the Pace for Gains across the Education System | The White House
White House Report: Race to the Top Setting the Pace for Gains across the Education System | The White House: White House Report: Race to the Top Setting the Pace for Gains across the Education SystemMore support for educators and increases in student achievement are among signs of progress as anniversary of President Obama’s signature education reform approachesWASHINGTON, DC – In the four years
3-25-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: How much time and money can Malloy and Pryor Waste on the Common Core Test of a TestMaybe they really don’t understand how public schools function or maybe they really don’t understand the impact inadequate state funding has on Connecticut’s public schools. Or maybe they just don’t care… When you see one of state’s elected officials you might want to give them a big “thank you” for put
3-25-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: The new extremists in education debateA member of the Ohio House of Representatives, Republican Rep. Andrew Brenner, wrote a post on his blog under this headline: “Public education in America is socialism, what is the solution?” He wrote in part: Parents send their children to public schools throughout the United States, to school districts funded by taxation. Most of the […]
3-25-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Grindstones Make GritWith Seligman disciple, Angela Duckworth, teaming up with KIPP co-father, Dave Levin, the industrial child psychologists have an able researcher and an experimental site to figure out how to roughen up the grindstone to reduce more urban children to piles of grit. At this point, we don't know what the how much grit will be ground out by subjecting children to y
3-25-14 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.: Illinois set to put major limits on charter schools. Act now.Illinois charter school operators are about to face major legislative restrictions on their expansion of operations. This is big. But you must make your phone calls and file witness slips. HB 3754, a bill sponsored in the House by State Repr
3-25-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “8 Tips for Reaching Out to Parents”8 Tips for Reaching Out to Parents is a very good list of suggestions by educator David Cutler that has been published by Edutopia. Here is one of his suggestions: 6. Call Home to Report Good News Parents rarely receive a positive call home. Twice a semester, I make a point to call and te
3-25-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: What to Expect When Your State is Being Run AmokI had the unique experience of living in several states as the reform onslaught took hold over America’s public schools. Each state had its nuances, its preferences, its prejudices, and its own structure. I also had the priviledge of living in New York State just as the shit was hitting the fan and parents decided […]32 by Kris Ni
3-25-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week
With A Brooklyn Accent: My Long and Convoluted Parth To Anti-Racist Scholarship and ActivismSpeech at the University of MarylandDr Mark Naison The subject of my talk today is my own evolution as an anti-racist activist, which led from cautious participation in the Northern Civil Rights movement, to involvement in the Columbia Strike and NY and National SDS as a theoretician on race and Black natio
3-25-13 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Can Hillary Be Trusted?The twitterverse erupted briefly yesterday when Hillary Clinton, appearing at the Globalization of Higher Education conference in Irving, Texas, dropped a few bricks of praise upon the head of co-host Jeb Bush. Specifically, she lauded him for his dedication to and passion for education and the reform thereof. Upon hearing those words, many Democratic fans of
3-25-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: The Old Paradigms For Education Cannot Work In This WorldThe editorials from the NY Post about de Blasio and Farina get more vicious and ridiculous by the day. Today's is about how ruthless competition among schools and putting extra stress on students is the key to success for children:In the course of admitting he didn’t have a good reason for taking a good school away fro
Eugene Robinson take down Paul Ryan
Eugene Robinson take down Paul Ryan: Eugene Robinson take down Paul RyanbyteacherkenFollow Email 29 Comments / 29 NewBlaming poverty on the mysterious influence of “culture” is a convenient excuse for doing nothing to address the problem.That is the first paragraph of Paul Ryan’s culture attack is an excuse to do nothing about poverty, Robinson's Tuesday Washington Post column, which I strongl
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Common Core Mathematics
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Common Core Mathematics: Common Core MathematicsThis is in response to Mercedes Deutsch’s call for input from teachers on our experience with Common Core Mathematics The Standards: Is it really thinner?Going from California to the CCSS-M standards does have “less”. They’ve taken out a lot from integers. Students don’t have to do any operations, they just wo
Choice Is Messy. So Be It. - Bridging Differences - Education Week
Choice Is Messy. So Be It. - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Choice Is Messy. So Be It.By Guest Blogger on March 25, 2014 9:03 AMRobert Pondiscio of Democracy Prep writes again to Deborah Meier today.Dear Deborah,False dichotomy alert!Your last post, "Why Voting Beats 'Voting With One's Feet,'" implies an either/or proposition. If you were able to maintain perfect staff and paren
Russ on Reading: False Choice: Vouchers Will Destroy Public Education
Russ on Reading: False Choice: Vouchers Will Destroy Public Education: False Choice: Vouchers Will Destroy Public EducationMy response to a pro-voucher newspaper editorial.Yesterday the Times of Trenton printed an editorial arguing for expanded “universal school choice transfers”, a euphemism for vouchers. In the opinion piece’ Israel Teitelbaum, secretary of Alliance for Free Choice in Education,
Vouchers and Tax Credits Threaten Religious Liberty and Sense of a Shared Public Space | janresseger
Vouchers and Tax Credits Threaten Religious Liberty and Sense of a Shared Public Space | janresseger: Vouchers and Tax Credits Threaten Religious Liberty and Sense of a Shared Public SpacePosted on March 25, 2014 by janressegerThe idea of religious liberty in American public education is basic. This is the promise that the U.S. Constitution protects children from the teaching of somebody else’s r
District, Philadelphia teacher's union talks could go 'nuclear' - Philly.com
District, Philadelphia teacher's union talks could go 'nuclear' - Philly.com: District, Philadelphia teacher's union talks could go 'nuclear'Bill Green (right), chairman of the School Reform Commission. His tough talk helped get concessions from the principals' union. (STEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographer)For the city's 11,000-member teachers' union, the clock is ticking.Budget season is closing in
New Common Core exams will test whether a robo-grader is as accurate as a human | Hechinger Report
New Common Core exams will test whether a robo-grader is as accurate as a human | Hechinger Report: New Common Core exams will test whether a robo-grader is as accurate as a humanBy Jill BarshayMillions of elementary, middle and high school students in 14 states and Washington, D.C. may have their essays graded by computers next year if initial tests of robo-grading prove to be accurate.A multi-st
Cartoons about Families and Schools | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Cartoons about Families and Schools | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Cartoons about Families and SchoolsFor this monthly feature of cartoons, I pulled together a bunch that got me smiling, chuckling, and occasionally laughing out loud. About half of them are about parent-child relationships in the home; the other half are about teachers and students from ex-middle school teac
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Time to get rid of the IL State Charter Commission
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Time to get rid of the IL State Charter Commission: Time to get rid of the IL State Charter CommissionOn March 20th, HB 3754 that would dissolve the ALEC-created Illinois State Charter School Commission passed the House by a vote of (78-33). Today the bill is being heard in the Illinois Senate Education Committee. You can tell members of the Senate Education Committ
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SKrashen: 21st Century Skills?
SKrashen: 21st Century Skills?: 21st Century Skills?Stephen KrashenYogi Berra: "It's hard to predict, especially about the future.""I contend that, instead of insisting on more and more standardization, we should be increasing variety, flexibility, and choice in what we offer in our schools (Noddings, 2009, p.243)." ... useful knowledge changes as societies change" (Zhao,
Diane Ravitch: The Common Core Standards “should have no legitimacy” | Seattle Education
Diane Ravitch: The Common Core Standards “should have no legitimacy” | Seattle Education: Diane Ravitch: The Common Core Standards “should have no legitimacy”From The Fatal Flaw of the Common Core Standards by Diane Ravitch:The reason to oppose the Common Core standards is because they violate the well-established and internationally recognized process for setting standards in a way that is transp
Red Alert from Tim Furman.
Red Alert from Tim Furman. SB2627 ends the undemocratic State Charter School Commission and puts its duties back at the ISBE. Should affirm local control. Already passed in the House now we need to get it passed in the Senate. Here are the directions again:(1)Click on the link below. It takes you to "Illinois 98th General Assembly Witness Slip" form for SB 2627.http://my.ilga.gov/Witness
Attend April 1st Forum on MPS and Urban Education | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Attend April 1st Forum on MPS and Urban Education | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Attend April 1st Forum on MPS and Urban EducationFiled under: MPS — millerlf @ 7:35 pm College of Education Co-Sponsors Event: Lessons from Elsewhere. What Milwaukee Can Learn from Work on Improving Urban Education Systems NationwideWith Milwaukee facing a fresh search for a public schools superintenden
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Testimony on data privacy to Illinois Senate Education Committee
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Testimony on data privacy to Illinois Senate Education Committee: Testimony on data privacy to Illinois Senate Education CommitteePURE, MTAS, and PAA strongly believe that parents must have control over any use of their children’s school data outside of the school building and the district.PURE and other parent groups are very concerned tha
Nite Cap 3-24-14 #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 CAPHite suspending seniority rules for September, going to Supreme Court | Philadelphia Public School NotebookHite suspending seniority rules for September, going to Supreme Court | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Hite suspending seniority rule
Hite suspending seniority rules for September, going to Supreme Court | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Hite suspending seniority rules for September, going to Supreme Court | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Hite suspending seniority rules for September, going to Supreme Courtby Dale Mezzacappa on Mar 24 2014 Posted in LettersShare on emailMore Sharing ServicesCOMMENTS (9)PRINTWith labor negotiations stalled, Superintendent William Hite said Monday that he intends to impose a system for assigni
Blogging: Who Should, and Why | My Island View
Blogging: Who Should, and Why | My Island View: Blogging: Who Should, and WhyMarch 24, 2014 by tomwhitbyIf there is one subject that most bloggers have written about, it is probably the act of blogging. I know for me, as well as many of my blogging friends, it is nothing like we imagined before we were immersed in the “blogosphere”. Bloggers start their blogs for many different and personal reason
State Launches Field Tests - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
State Launches Field Tests - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): California Schools Set to Launch Trial Run of New Generation of AssessmentsLOS ANGELES—The Smarter Balanced Field Test will launch Tuesday, marking an important milestone in California's transition to a new assessment system as it assesses technological capacity and the quality of test questions, and helps students and teachers prepare
3-24-14 The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education
Lead the Next Change in Education — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGLead the Next Change in EducationMarch 24, 2014 by ASCD Whole Child BloggersIf you could change one thing about education, what would it be? How do you engage other educators? Are you ready to lead?ASCD Emerging Leaders are accomplished educators with 5–15 years of experience who are highly involved in ASCD and the educ
3-24-14 This Week in 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): One district’s spending priority under local control: social workersVia EdSource | By John Fensterwald One of the first school districts to finish a draft of the spending and accountability plan required by the state’s new school funding law is proposing to hire social workers to deal with the effects of
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": “Chicago Public Schools had the law on its side, but wisdom was nowhere to be found”A few days ago, I posted about the inappropriate actions by the Chicago Public Schools in interviewing elementary schoolchildren — without parental permission — about a standardized test boycott (see I Don’t Get A Sense That The Chicago Scho
The Common Core: Are They Even Really Standards? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
The Common Core: Are They Even Really Standards? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: The Common Core: Are They Even Really Standards?By Anthony Cody on March 24, 2014 12:10 PMThe original sin, the fatal flaw, the hamartia of the Common Core has been defined, at last, with scientific precision and unimpeachable reference.Diane Ravitch this morning has revealed the basic accepted process
New Report Highlights Increased Use of School Spending on Police: 20,000 CA Students Arrested in 2009-2010 | Classroom Struggle
New Report Highlights Increased Use of School Spending on Police: 20,000 CA Students Arrested in 2009-2010 | Classroom Struggle: New Report Highlights Increased Use of School Spending on Police: 20,000 CA Students Arrested in 2009-2010 This new report by the Black Organizing Project / Labor Community Strategy Center is a must-read, as it presents data on the role of police officers in schools and
Flipping, Follow Up, Modeling, and Reflection | Connected Principals
Flipping, Follow Up, Modeling, and Reflection | Connected Principals: Flipping, Follow Up, Modeling, and Reflectionby Dwight Carter • March 24, 2014 • 0 CommentsAt Gahanna Lincoln High School, several teachers have implemented the Flipped Classroom model. They and Assistant Principal, Aaron Winner (@aaronwinner), shared their Flipped experiences at our January staff meeting and the response was ve
Study Shows Common Core Actually Slows Improvement | Missouri Education Watchdog
Study Shows Common Core Actually Slows Improvement | Missouri Education Watchdog: Study Shows Common Core Actually Slows ImprovementinShareThere is a Michigan State University study done by Schmidt and Houang in 2012 that is often sited as justification of Common Core Standards effectiveness at improving student performance in math. The study looked at student scores on the National Assessment of
3-24-14 Empathyeducates! |
empathyeducates: Colonizing the Black Natives: Reflections from a former NOLA Charter School Dean of StudentsPhotograph by Lacy Atkins By Griff519 also known as Ramon | Originally Published at Cloaking Inequality. March 24, 2014 Are some charters’ practices new forms of colonial hegemony? When examining current discipline policies and aligned behavioral norms within charter school spaces, postcolo
PSAA Meeting Minutes--February 20, 2014 - Public Schools Accountability Act (CA Dept of Education)
PSAA Meeting Minutes--February 20, 2014 - Public Schools Accountability Act (CA Dept of Education): PSAA Meeting Minutes--February 20, 2014Minutes of the Advisory Committee for the Public Schools Accountability Act (PSAA) of 1999.PSAA Advisory Committee Members Present:Co-Chair: Ting Sun, Educational Programs Director, Natomas Charter SchoolCo-Chair: Kenn Young, Superintendent, Riverside County Of
3-24-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools and "Refusal" to Take TestsI asked SPS for a comment on what the policies are for parents who want to opt their students out of standardized testing. (Although MAP is not mentioned, these answers probably apply.) Here is the reply (and I'm happy to see this district not being punitive):Currently for the MSP, we do not have “opt out” but
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Monday, March 24, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Fensterwald: One superintendent’s spending priority under local control - social workersEducation HeadlinesMonday, March 24, 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.State, feds investigate Central Unified for
Colonizing the Black Natives: Reflections from a former NOLA Charter School Dean of Students | Cloaking Inequity
Colonizing the Black Natives: Reflections from a former NOLA Charter School Dean of Students | Cloaking Inequity: Colonizing the Black Natives: Reflections from a former NOLA Charter School Dean of StudentsAre some charters’ practices new forms of colonial hegemony? When examining current discipline policies and aligned behavioral norms within charter school spaces, postcolonial theory is useful b
3-24-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: “Grit”: Demanding Superhuman from African Americans, Impoverished“Grit”: Demanding Superhuman from African Americans, Impoverished. via “Grit”: Demanding Superhuman from African Americans, Impoverished.1 by plthomasedd / 27min 3-23-14 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: Of the thousands of slacktivists, we only have 1,756 signatures?I know what you’re going to say: petitions don’t
NYC Public School Parents: Contact your legislators today! Urge them to require provisions in budget bill to strengthen student privacy!
NYC Public School Parents: Contact your legislators today! Urge them to require provisions in budget bill to strengthen student privacy!: Contact your legislators today! Urge them to require provisions in budget bill to strengthen student privacy!We have heard that there is going to be privacy language in the budget bill due April 1 -- just one week from tomorrow. Please call your legislators in
3-24-14 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): “Grit”: Demanding Superhuman from African Americans, ImpoverishedWhile writing about Black Pathology and the Closing of the Progressive Mind, Ta-Nehisi Coates concludes his piece with a resounding rejection of the “grit” narrative:by plthomasedd / 0min 3-23-14 the becomi
3-24-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Maryland Has Some of the Best Public School Protection Laws in the NationAP has a piece in WaPo that pretend that two most voracious advocacy groups for corporate welfare charters represent research groups: Center for Education Reform and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. In pointing out that CER's charter welfare queen, Jeanne Allen, has labeled Maryland among the
Report: $1 billion in taxpayer money went to anti-science private schools last year | The Raw Story
Report: $1 billion in taxpayer money went to anti-science private schools last year | The Raw Story: Report: $1 billion in taxpayer money went to anti-science private schools last yearBy Travis GettysMonday, March 24, 2014 10:38 EDTTaxpayers are helping to pay for courses and textbooks that encourage students to mistrust science, mathematics, and the secular world itself – and those efforts seem l
Morning Wink 3-24-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS3-24-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacherFred 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-aroun
