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Choice: For Shareholders or Stakeholders? - Bridging Differences - Education Week
Choice: For Shareholders or Stakeholders? - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Choice: For Shareholders or Stakeholders?By Deborah Meier on March 27, 2014 10:03 AMDeborah Meier writes again to Robert Pondiscio of Democracy Prep.Dear Robert,We agree again—in defense of messiness!I quote from a wonderful article by one of my favorite teachers, the late Alice Seletsky: "What I like about tea
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-27-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Karen Wolfe: Why Liberals Don’t Like the Common CoreKaren Wolfe, a parent in Los Angeles, tries to understand why liberals and progressives find themselves opposed to Common Core and lumped together with the Tea Party, with whom they otherwise have no agreement. While the Tea Party opposes the Common Core because they fear a federa
3-27-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: The war on students who are opted out of the Common Core TestFor weeks the Malloy administration has been engaged in an immoral and unethical campaign to mislead parents into believing they do not have the right to opt their children out of the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Field Test of a test. Now it appears that some school districts are punishing those students who were [
3-27-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: The End of My Brief Acting Career: How to Succeed... Heads for Final WeekendSo I am a few days away from ending my preoccupation with this once in a lifetime theater experience, so bear with me. Even though in the play, I've managed to do a bunch of video. Here is one I shot Sunday when I had to miss the performance due to a party but got there in time to shoot part of Act II. Her
3-27-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: March Madness: Millions of kids being used as Common Core testing guinea pigsIf you think a bunch of college basketball teams facing off in a tournament is March Madness, consider this: Starting this week and going into June, more than 4 million students in 36 states and the District of Columbia are “field testing” (read it: being used as human guinea pigs) English and math stand
3-27-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: NYTimes Editorial Board Goes Soft on 4 Year OldsMaybe Brent Staples is getting sentimental in his middle age, but the Editorial Board is suddenly all misty-eyed about pre-K and kindergarten urban children being kicked out of school for any breach of the total compliance system perfected in the KIPP reform schools.I, too, worry about these children, but I worry, too, about the ones
3-27-14 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: The Desperate Attempt to Save Voucher Expansion BeginsMiami republican Erik Fresen “tweaked” voucher expansion. From Kathleen McGrory in the Miami Herald: ….late Wednesday, Rep. Erik Fresen combined the voucher language with a separate bill creating education savings acc
3-27-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Virtual Reality & EducationFacebook’s recent purchase of a virtual reality company has been in the news this week. I have to admit I hadn’t been paying much attention to it until I heard this segment on the PBS News Hour, Facebook invests in a virtual reality future with $2 billion Oculus Rift acquisition. I’ve embedded
3-27-14 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.: Revenue, revenue, revenue. And tax fairness.Bruce Rauner’s budget address. Illinois’ financial problem is rooted in a lack of sufficient revenue and tax fairness. Quinn’s budget address yesterday starts to acknowledge what we have said. He was right to call for keeping the 5% income tax place. Illino
Jeff Bryant and Amy Stuart Wells Show How Test-and-Punish Contributes to School Segregation | janresseger
Jeff Bryant and Amy Stuart Wells Show How Test-and-Punish Contributes to School Segregation | janresseger: Jeff Bryant and Amy Stuart Wells Show How Test-and-Punish Contributes to School SegregationPosted on March 27, 2014 by janressegerIn an important and insightful piece yesterday for the Education Opportunity Network, How ‘Education Reform’ Perpetuates Racial Disparity, Jeff Bryant examines a n
3-26-14 empathyeducates - A Common Core for All of Us
empathyeducates: Segregation. Integration. Desegregation – NY Schools Most Segregated In AmericaBy Lilly Workneh | Originally Published at The Grio. March 26, 2014 at 12:30 PM A recent study reveals that some states face a deeper racial divide in public schools than others – listing New York as the leading state with the most segregated schools in the […]by empathy / 7h 3-26-14 empathyeducates -
3-27-13 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Poop SandwichIf you wanted to trick someone into eating poop, you would not just hand them a bowl of poop unless you also had a gun to point at the person's head.No, it would be easier to trick them by hiding the poop inside something yummy like soup or a casserole. Or you could make a poop sandwich. Just hide the poop between two perfectly good slices of tasty bread (white, rye, p
3-27-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Call Sheldon Silver And Ask Why Tests Only Count For TeachersI am glad that they are taking the high stakes from the CCSS tests away for two years for children.But they are keeping those stakes for teachers, so if you are a teacher in the New York State public school system, you may have 40% of your evaluation based upon a battery of performance assessments and state Common
New York State’s Extreme School Segregation:Inequality, Inaction and a Damaged Future Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública
Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: New York State’s Extreme School Segregation:Inequality, Inaction and a Damaged Future New-York's-Extreme-School-Segregation-2014.pdfNew York has the most segregated schools in the country: in 2009, black and Latino students in the state had the highest concentration in intensely-segregated public schools (less than 10% white enroll
Don’t Miss! Rally for School Funding 3/27 and GOTV 3/29 | Parents United for Public Education
Don’t Miss! Rally for School Funding 3/27 and GOTV 3/29 | Parents United for Public Education: Don’t Miss! Rally for School Funding 3/27 and GOTV 3/29Posted on March 27, 2014 by PARENTSUNITEDPHILALeave a commentTODAY! Tax the Frackers, Fund our schools!(Editorial cartoon: John Cole)FUND OUR SCHOOLS/TAX MARCELLUS SHALE RALLYThursday, MARCH 27 @ 4 PM440 N. Broad Street (rain location, SDP auditorium
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: A retired educator speaks out. Quinn steps up.
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: A retired educator speaks out. Quinn steps up.: A retired educator speaks out. Quinn steps up.No vote was taken yesterday on the bill to abolish the state's ALEC-initiated Charter Commission. Maybe today. Word is that we need 3 more votes. Still time to call senators: Senator Mike Noland (D-Elgin) - (847) 214-8864 Senator Iris Martinez (D-Chicago) - (773) 463-0720 Se
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Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 3-25-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMWhat’s Going On In The Florida House? Did Someone Say Ethics? Charter School Concerns?FloriDuh is up to it again … Read more here: http://bobsidlethoughtsandmusings.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/floridas-most-obvious-charter-school-conflict-of-interest-to-date/by gatorbonbc / 26min I suggest that you will want to read Charles M. Blowin a colu
Uniform standards urged for reclassifying English learners | EdSource Today
Uniform standards urged for reclassifying English learners | EdSource Today: Uniform standards urged for reclassifying English learnersMarch 26th, 2014 | Add a Comment | By John FensterwaldSchool districts have discretion in determining when English learners can be reclassified as proficient in English, meaning they no longer need help in gaining fluency. But the different criteria that districts
Charter school report was wrong | UTSanDiego.com
Charter school report was wrong | UTSanDiego.com: Charter school report was wrong The growth of charter schools in San Diego was greatly exaggerated in a report issued three months ago by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, according to the organization that issued a corrected study on Wednesday.The group released a report in December claiming that the San Diego Unified School Distri
ONE Common Core Story: Melissa Wilkins "Deer Creek Parent: My Education Experience"
Melissa Wilkins "Deer Creek Parent: My Education Experience"
Another Defender of Eva Shows His Ignorance and Bias southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Another Defender of Eva Shows His Ignorance and BiasMy mother used to tell me two things;"Never argue with meshugah people and always wear clean underwear in case the New York Post drives a bus over you and all the lackeys that read that paper talk about what a poor mother I am for sending you out of the house in dirty underwear."Unfortunately, I did not
Chicago ‘Opt Out’ Mom Speaks up for Teachers and Kids at Chicago Board of Ed Meeting – Video | Continuing Change
Chicago ‘Opt Out’ Mom Speaks up for Teachers and Kids at Chicago Board of Ed Meeting – Video | Continuing Change: Chicago ‘Opt Out’ Mom Speaks up for Teachers and Kids at Chicago Board of Ed Meeting – VideoMarch 26, 2014Educationchicago, chicago schools, opt out, rousemary vega, schools,teachers, testing, unitedoptout Rate ThisChicago has got it going on …By it – I mean a huge ‘Opt Out’ movem
Ethan’s Law: Florida’s petty legislators refuse to use Ethan’s name | Reclaim Reform
Ethan’s Law: Florida’s petty legislators refuse to use Ethan’s name | Reclaim Reform: Ethan’s Law: Florida’s petty legislators refuse to use Ethan’s namePosted on March 26, 2014by Ken PrevitiPoliticians in Florida are dysfunctional, petty and cruel.When the story of the infliction of a mandated high stakes testing on a dying, blind, brain damaged child with cerebral palsy, Ethan Rediske, finally r
Coop’s Childhood Part 5 – Burns Park & Divorce | Lefty Parent
Coop’s Childhood Part 5 – Burns Park & Divorce | Lefty Parent: Coop’s Childhood Part 5 – Burns Park & DivorceMarch 26th, 2014 at 16:06While the events of the U.S. civil rights movement and theVietnam War were roiling the larger society, the first big event that I was privy to in our little family’s cataclysm was in early April of 1964 around my ninth birthday, bearing helpless witness to m
Nite Cap 3-26-14 #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 CAP3-26-14 The Whole Child Blog — Don't Settle for the Okey-Doke in a Third Narrative of American Education — Whole Child EducationDon't Settle for the Okey-Doke in a Third Narrative of American Education — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLO
3-26-14 The Whole Child Blog — Don't Settle for the Okey-Doke in a Third Narrative of American Education — Whole Child Education
Don't Settle for the Okey-Doke in a Third Narrative of American Education — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGDon’t Settle for the Okey-Doke in a Third Narrative of American EducationMarch 26, 2014 by Whole Child SymposiumAn independent school leader and public school parent, Chris Thinnes (@CurtisCFEE) is the head of the Upper Elementary School and academic dean at the Curtis School in L
Back to the Future - STUDENT VOICE
Back to the Future: Back to the FutureIn Quebec, Canada, the Marois government just announced there will be a mandatory history class for all CEGEP, a form of post-secondary school, students starting this September. This new course would very likely be focusing on “contemporary Quebec history” from the 1970s to today, a period often neglected by high school teachers in order to prepare students fo
Ban all charters. Now. | Bob Braun's Ledger
Ban all charters. Now. | Bob Braun's Ledger: Ban all charters. Now.It’s time to change the narrative. Let’s begin tomorrow at noon in Trenton. Let’s begin telling the truth about charter schools.Those who would exploit public education both to reap profits from its annual revenues of more than $500 billion annually and to advance a low-tax agenda for the wealthy have already seized much of the hi
Preview: Public Schools for Sale? | Moyers & Company | BillMoyers.com
Preview: Public Schools for Sale? | Moyers & Company | BillMoyers.com: Preview: Public Schools for Sale?March 26, 2014Public education is becoming big business as bankers, hedge-fund managers and private-equity investors are entering what they consider to be an “emerging market.” As Rupert Murdoch put it after purchasing an education technology company, “When it comes to K through 12 education
PCAPS statement on the District’s Seeking Court Approval for Imposing Work Rules | WeArePCAPS
PCAPS statement on the District’s Seeking Court Approval for Imposing Work Rules | WeArePCAPS: PCAPS statement on the District’s Seeking Court Approval for Imposing Work RulesPosted on March 26, 2014by wearepcapsTeachers at CAPA demonstrating for full funding The decision of the Philadelphia School District to seek Supreme Court approval for scrapping collective bargaining and unilaterally imposin
NYC Public School Parents: Letter to Assembly Leaders about their proposed elimination of the Contracts for Excellence (C4E) Law
NYC Public School Parents: Letter to Assembly Leaders about their proposed elimination of the Contracts for Excellence (C4E) Law: Letter to Assembly Leaders about their proposed elimination of the Contracts for Excellence (C4E) LawToday we sent a letter to Assembly leaders, protesting their proposal to eliminate all traces of the Contracts for Excellence (C4E) from the state budget. Why they have
NYC Educator: UFT Leadership Sends Us Charter Ad
NYC Educator: UFT Leadership Sends Us Charter Ad: UFT Leadership Sends Us Charter AdOver the last week I've been approached by multiple member who've received a mailing from UFT offering jobs at "University Prep" charter school, formerly "Green Dot New York" charter school. They want to know whether or not their dues money is being used to send out these mailings. I don't know,
Competency Education Supports Both Traditional and CTE Learning | Connected Principals
Competency Education Supports Both Traditional and CTE Learning | Connected Principals: Competency Education Supports Both Traditional and CTE Learningby Brian Stack • March 26, 2014 • 0 CommentsAmanda is a typical high school student who loves spending time with her friends, participating in a variety of clubs and activities, and doing well in school. Since a very young age, she has wanted to fol
3/26/2014 – When ‘Reform’ Perpetuates Racial Inequity
3/26/2014 – When ‘Reform’ Perpetuates Racial Inequity: 3/26/2014 – When ‘Reform’ Perpetuates Racial InequityMarch 26, 2014 SubscribeTHIS WEEK: Demographics Affect Teacher Retention … Education Inequality Is Racial … Taxpayers Fund Creationism … Charter Pay Stays Secret … Community Colleges In CrisisTOP STORYHow ‘Education Reform’ Perpetuates Racial DisparityBy Jeff Bryant“America was shocked, shoc
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: What's a nice kid like you doing in a place like this?
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: What's a nice kid like you doing in a place like this?: What's a nice kid like you doing in a place like this?Kamryn (left) and her pal Delaney. A SMALL TALK SALUTE goes out to Caprock Charter School third-grader Kamryn Renfro who had shaved her head over the weekend to show support for good friend 11-year-old Delaney Clements who lost her hair from chemotherapy. The
solidaridad: Fortunately LAUSD District 1 voters can choose educators instead of the opportunists and ethically challenged candidates
solidaridad: Fortunately LAUSD District 1 voters can choose educators instead of the opportunists and ethically challenged candidates: Fortunately LAUSD District 1 voters can choose educators instead of the opportunists and ethically challenged candidatesMy comments on KPCC's "LA school board candidate responds to questions about credentials"Fortunately District One voters will have a ra
Truthiness and Lies - Integrity in Education
Truthiness and Lies - Integrity in Education: Truthiness and LiesTo err is human, the saying goes. We all make mistakes. When honest people make a mistake, they own up to it and make the needed corrections.So far, Jeb Bush’s Foundation for ‘Excellence’ in Education (FEE) has done the exact opposite.To recap: Last week, FEE launched an ad campaign promoting high-stakes testing, as part of a campaig
Newly minted teachers in 2012 on average owe $429 a month | Education By The Numbers
Newly minted teachers in 2012 on average owe $429 a month | Education By The Numbers: Newly minted teachers in 2012 on average owe $429 a monthSource: New America FoundationShould future teachers be taking out massive loans to get their master’s of education degrees?A March 26, 2014 report by the New America Foundation points out that as much as 40 percent of the $1 trillion in student debt outsta
Appeals court expands parent rights to ‘stay put’ rule :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
Appeals court expands parent rights to ‘stay put’ rule :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: MARCH 26, 2014Appeals court expands parent rights to ‘stay put’ ruleby Tom Chorneau(Pa.) In what may prove a sweeping expansion of parental rights under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a federal appellate court has ordered a school distri
These Seattle Teachers Boycotted Standardized Testing -- and Sparked a Nationwide Movement | Activism, Blog | BillMoyers.com
These Seattle Teachers Boycotted Standardized Testing -- and Sparked a Nationwide Movement | Activism, Blog | BillMoyers.com: These Seattle Teachers Boycotted Standardized Testing — and Sparked a Nationwide MovementMarch 26, 2014by Diane BrooksThis post first appeared at Yes! Magazine.Kris McBride, Garfield's academic dean and testing coordinator, at left, and Jesse Hagopian, Garfield history teac
A Compelling Reason to Oppose Common Core | Truth in American Education
A Compelling Reason to Oppose Common Core | Truth in American Education: A Compelling Reason to Oppose Common CoreFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on March 26, 2014 • 0 Comments1I’m not a Diane Ravitch fan. She and I are in disagreement on most things, but further proof that the Common Core has made for some strange bedfellows I think she’s spot on here.They were written
3-26-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools' Advanced Learning UpdatesMany updates on Advanced Learning via the Superintendent's Friday update (thanks to Mirmac 1 for finding this). It is a litany of woes about many issues affecting AL (some of their own making and some the district. One of them, lack of cooperation from schools, needs some attention from someone.) Emphasis mine:From Advan
3-25-14 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: UC finance chief heading group to help LA kidsUC financial chief leaving to head up educational foundation Peter Taylor, the UC system’s chief financial officer and executive vice president, said Tuesday that he is leaving the university to run a Los Angeles-based education foundation that w
Michelle Rhee I Double Dog Dare You!
Michelle Rhee, I Double Dog Dare You!Every time you cut a check for a Candidate for Public Office, You post it on your Students First Website.Register to Vote | Voter Registration Forms | RegistertoVote.org http://bit.ly/1dlx9Ak
Schools In This State Are More Segregated Than Schools In The South
Schools In This State Are More Segregated Than Schools In The South: Schools In This State Are More Segregated Than Schools In The SouthNEW YORK -- The nation's most segregated schools aren't in the deep south -- they're in New York, according to a report released Tuesday by the University of California, Los Angeles' Civil Rights Project.That means that in 2009, black and Latino students in New Yo
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, March 26, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Meeting postponed again, Sweetwater teachers picketEducation HeadlinesWednesday, March 26, 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.San Juan district selects Kern as superintendentKent A. Kern, interim leader
3-26-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Snow Blind: “Trapped in the Amber of This Moment”Snow Blind: “Trapped in the Amber of This Moment”. via Snow Blind: “Trapped in the Amber of This Moment”.1 by plthomasedd / 8min 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 sc
3-26-14 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): Snow Blind: “Trapped in the Amber of This Moment”What is wrong with the following claims? The rich and successful are rich and successful because of their work ethic. The poor are poor because they fail to take advantage of the American Dream. Women are paid less than me
uprisingradio.org » Critiquing Common Core: How One Billionaire Changed Public School Curricula
uprisingradio.org » Critiquing Common Core: How One Billionaire Changed Public School Curricula: Critiquing Common Core: How One Billionaire Changed Public School CurriculaFeature Stories | Published 20 Mar 2014, 10:20 am | No Comments - Print this Page | Listen to this segment with Diane RavitchListen to the entire program with Host Sonali KolhatkarWhile most people believe that our public e
Morning Wink 3-26-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-26-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Pre-K Makes Sense, But Some on the Right Don’t Want to Believe the EvidenceGrover Whitehurst of the Brookings Institution has become the GOP’s go-to guy for proclamations against universal pre-k
