BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS
California Mom “Suspended” From Son’s School Over Testing Opt-Out Forms | Caffeinated Thoughts
California Mom “Suspended” From Son’s School Over Testing Opt-Out Forms | Caffeinated Thoughts: California Mom “Suspended” From Son’s School Over Testing Opt-Out FormsMARCH 29, 2014 BY SHANE VANDER HART LEAVE A COMMENT5517Katherine Duran is a concerned mom whose 12-year-old son attends Mark Twain Elementary School in the Sacramento City Unified School District in California. She is concerned abo
New York State Senator Tony Avella Sells Out southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: New York State Senator Tony Avella Sells OutAlmost two years ago in 2012 I wrote a piece foreseeing that once the deform movement and itstesting and other inanities hits the suburbs, Westchester County in this case, then all hell will break lose across the state.And so it has.In that same piece I mentioned a (at the time) relative unknown advocate Janine Sopp and h
solidaridad: Know Any Social Justice Oriented UCLA Students? Get Them to #resistTFA
solidaridad: Know Any Social Justice Oriented UCLA Students? Get Them to #resistTFA: Know Any Social Justice Oriented UCLA Students? Get Them to #resistTFAFirst published in LA Progressive on March 28, 2014I wrote the Op-Ed following this introduction for the Daily Bruin when I first returned to UCLA as an undergraduate last September. It was patently ignored by the editorial staff, as were my req
NYC Public School Parents: State Budget Set to Divert Public School Funds for Charter School Rent
NYC Public School Parents: State Budget Set to Divert Public School Funds for Charter School Rent: State Budget Set to Divert Public School Funds for Charter School RentThe proposed budget bill was posted online overnight. The bill will require the NYC public schools to either allow space for new or expanding charter schools in our buildings or pay for market-rate rent out of our budget. Parents
NYC Educator: Representation in NYSUT for Hilton Guests Only
NYC Educator: Representation in NYSUT for Hilton Guests Only: Representation in NYSUT for Hilton Guests OnlyIf you follow this blog, you may know that I'm running for Executive Vice President of NYSUT. You're more likely to know that I object to the UFT method of bloc-voting, which I consider neither representative nor democratic. I'm more or less an acolyte of Diane Ravitch, who opposes VAM, Comm
3-29-13 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION:Van Roekel/NEA CCSS UpdateIt's been almost six whole weeks since Dennis Van Roekel stepped up to make the announcement that CCSS implementation has been botched, and to suggest some startling ideas for correcting course. It' a month and two days since he took to the US News debate club to issue a rewritten version of his statement about the botch that walked back most of the excitin
Resistance to Teach for America, Inc. Continues | Seattle Education
Resistance to Teach for America, Inc. Continues | Seattle Education: Resistance to Teach for America, Inc. ContinuesFrom Popular Resistance:Students Tour To Kick Teach For America Off CampusesUnited Students Against Sweatshops, a national college student organizing group, wants Teach for America off college campuses. In a “TFA Truth Tour” launched this week, student activists, Teach For America al
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 3-29-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog:Taliban AttacksToday, Friday the 28th, The Taliban attacked a guesthouse in Afghanistan’s used by foreigners; people working for the Roots of Peace, a U.S. aid organization whose offices are in the building. The attack took place as a suicide explosion taking place inside a car, then three others then stormed the building and held inside the five people -- th
3-29-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement":“Questioning Parental Involvement”Questioning Parental Involvement is an excellent short post by Walt Gardner at Education Week. He provides some very good critiques of a new book and research about parent involvement that I posted about a few days ago — New Book & Research On Parent Involvement, & It’s Potentially V
3-29-14 NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education
NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education:NPE News Briefsfrom The Network for Public EducationOrange teacher donates $800 bonus to group that lobbies against testing | Orlando SentinelLauren Roth, Sentinel School Zone 10:30 am, March 27, 2014 Orange County high school teacher Kevin Strang is donating a bonus he got for teaching at an A school as a protest against testing. “I’ve been
3-29-14 THE WHOLE WEEK @ The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE WEEK @ The Whole Child Blog Engage Students with Motivation 3.0In this video, Daniel Pink talks to the Patterson Foundation about the need to upgrade our approach to motivation in schools. He uses the metaphor of an outdated computer operating system to characterize motivational practices that rely on punishments and rewards to elicit desired
3-29-14 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):CA Academic Decathlon champ — and a WW I whiz, as wellThe champs, including Melissa Cheng, second from left LA Unified’s El Camino Real Charter won the 35th Annual California Academic Decathlon last week, locking in its 11th state title and a chance to claim a seventh national title at the U.S. Academic De
Stephen Krashen Blog 3-29-14
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, 200
3-29-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week
With A Brooklyn Accent:With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All WeekWhy Scripted Learning Sucks!Scripted learning SUCKS. It totally inhibits teachers from displaying the creativity they need to best reach their students. Let me give an example. I was part of a panel on Race and Activism in the 1960's at the University of Maryland. I spent six hours working on what I thought it was a great speech. I was
3-29-14 Open Congress : Major Bill Actions Education This Week - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress
Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress:Bill Introduced: S.Res. 383: A resolution designating March 2014 as "National Middle Level Education Month".A resolution designating March 2014 as "National Middle Level Education Month".4h Bill Introduced: S. 2107: Simplifying Access to Student Loan Information Act of 2014A bill to increase students' and borrowers' access to student loa
3-29-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida ALL Week
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education:Scathing Purple Musings Color me purple in Florida ALL WeekErik Fresen’s Claim of a “Pent-Up Demand” for Florida Vouchers Cannot Be VerifiedStep Up for Students, the organization which administrates Florida’s voucher program watched Friday’s hearing in the House Appropri
teacherken at Daily Kos This Week 3-29-14
teacherken at Daily Kos:teacherken at Daily Kos This WeekI suggest that you will want to read Charles M. Blowin a column for the Thursday New York Times titled Crimea and Punishment. Blow manages to do a number of things well in this column. For example, he does a very good job of pushing back against Mitt Romney's comments on Face the Nation, writing The refused-to-be-vanquished insist on being
All Week @ The Answer Sheet 3-29-14
The Answer Sheet:All Week @ The Answer SheetThe Koch brothers’ influence on college campus is spreadingThere’s been a flurry of recent stories (here, here and here, for example) about the role the billionaire Koch brothers are playing in politics by backing conservative political candidates through a number of organizations that they fund. My Post colleague Matea Gold wrote in this story: The poli
3-29-14 Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership Society All Week
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog:Schooling in the Ownership SocietyMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership SocietyRep. Grijalva, first to support NPE's call for congressional hearings on testing misuseRep. GrijalvaArizona Democrat-Rep. Raúl Grijalva became the first to support the Network for Public Education’s call for congressional hearings into the “misuse and abuse of standardized tes
3-29-14 Wait What? All Week
Wait What?: Wait What? All WeekAn Open Letter to Parents from a Connecticut ParentAn open letter to parents, Over the next few weeks, children will spend countless hours taking new tests that have no meaning. As a parent, I’ve decided that my sixth grade daughter will not be one of them. The new test, called the SBAC in some states and PARCC in others, goes hand-in-hand with the […] The post An
3-29-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumNew York has the Most Segregated Schools in the Nation (and guess where it's the worst?)In a devastating report from the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, New York State's Extreme School Segregation: Inequality, Inaction and a Damaged Future, the conclusion is that NY State has the segregated schools in the nation, both by race and poverty
3-29-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineDe Blasio Rolled - Say no to this budget deal; call the Speaker & your Assemblymember NOW!I hate to tell you I told you so, but I told you so. That Eva would never pay a dime in rent.Not only that but now de Blasio will have to pay her rent. Here's the lesson boys and girls. We can't beat the 1% in the political arena. Massive grassroots organizing is what it wo
3-29-14 Fred All Week 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.: Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacherKeeping retirement weird.This is the story I tell. I went to college originally in the 60s in California. There were a lot of diversions back then and I was diverted by all of them. After two years at Los Angeles City College, I d
3-29-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekAnd Now The Budget Agreement Is Said To Be CompleteJust moments after I posted that the education spending bill was holding up the state budget comes word that the budget agreement is now set:ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders have reached a deal on the next state budget that provides $300 million to expand prekindergarten in New
3-29-14 the becoming radical EMPATHYEDUCATES! | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
THE BECOMING RADICALRadical ScholarshipEMPATHYEDUCATES!the becoming radical A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by Standing Up to TestingPhotograph; David Rapheal, Brooklyn borough assessment implementation director for New York schools, at a meeting on the opt-out movement on Tuesday | Credit Anthony Lanzilote for The New York Times By Ginia Bellafante | Originally Published at The New York Times
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 3-29-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT HOW A DYSLEXIC NEUROSCIENTIST’S iPAD APP WILL BOOST YOUR KID’S MATH SCORES: A nonprofit demonstrates an effective program for bringing technology into the classroom.By Claire Martin / | TakePart http://bit.ly/O7bIqo (Photography by Larry Hirshowitz) March 28, 2014 :: On a recent weekday morning, a six-year-
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 3-29-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYGreat Interactive Video: “Sounds Of GREAT Britain”Sounds of GREAT Britain is a very cool series of interactive videos that allow viewers to take a customized audio and visual tour of…Great Britain. It’s very creative. I’ve embedded the first video below… The creators of the video also have
This Week's Education Research Report 3-29-14 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTStudy Finds Secret to Cutting Sugary Drink Use by TeensStudent-run ‘Sodabriety’ effort also boosted water consumptionA new study shows that teenagers can be persuaded to cut back on sugary soft drinks – especially with a little help from their friends.A 30-day challenge encouraging teens to reduce sugar-sweetened drink use lowered their
3-29-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Schools Matter All WeekKnow any social justice oriented UCLA students? Get them to #resistTFAI wrote the Op-Ed following this introduction for the Daily Bruin when I first returned to UCLA as an undergraduate last September. It was patently ignored by the editorial staff, as were my requests for modification guidelines to get it published. While I have a haunting suspicion that so
All Week 3-29-14 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE : All Week @ THE CHALK FACE College Athletes’ Academic Cheating a Harbinger of a Failed SystemCollege Athletes’ Academic Cheating a Harbinger of a Failed System. via College Athletes’ Academic Cheating a Harbinger of a Failed System.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical1 by plthomasedd / 1h YESTERDAYKatherine Duran Shares More of Her StoryI’m the mom who was “suspended” from
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 3-29-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGExperts: (Sir) Michael Barber Is Wrong about MassachusettsAndy Hargreaves, Pasi Sahlberg, and Dennis Shirley are noted for their scholarly, articulate, and outspoken opposition to the Global Education Reform Movement (GERM), which is spreading like a virus. Now, one of the chief exponents of GERM–(Sir) Michael Barber–has
YESTERDAY
Oregon Save Our Schools: Voices of Testing Season
Oregon Save Our Schools: Voices of Testing Season: Putting the Public Back in Our Public Schools!Come Join Us on Facebook! Click on the picture above. Thanks!Voices of Testing SeasonTesting season is in full swing these days. Here are some snippets of conversations heard during this time of the year. Think of what we could be hearing from students instead such as, "This is such a fun projec
Propaganda, Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt: Rahm Style – news coverage about teacher pension cuts is NOT TRUE | Reclaim Reform
Propaganda, Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt: Rahm Style – news coverage about teacher pension cuts is NOT TRUE | Reclaim Reform: Propaganda, Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt: Rahm Style – news coverage about teacher pension cuts is NOT TRUEPosted on March 28, 2014by Ken PrevitiKeeping teachers in a constant state of uncertainty, fear and doubt is part of the Shock Doctrine strategy being played out today by Rahm
3-28-14 Open Congress : Major Bill Actions Education This Week - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress
Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress:Bill Introduced: S. 2119: Head Start Improvement Act of 2014A bill to amend the Head Start Act to authorize block grants to States for prekindergarten education.10min hide // saveBill Introduced: H.R. 4214: Native Language Immersion Student Achievement ActTo promote the academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children w
Research Brief: Access to “Effective Teaching” as per VAMs |
Research Brief: Access to “Effective Teaching” as per VAMs |: Research Brief: Access to “Effective Teaching” as per VAMs Researchers of a brief released from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the primary research arm of the United States Department of Education (USDOE), recently set out to “shed light on the extent to which disadvantaged students have access to effective teaching, based o
My Favorite Posts (So Far) | Gatsby In L.A.
My Favorite Posts (So Far) | Gatsby In L.A.: My Favorite Posts (So Far) Several of my friends and relatives—okay, all of them—have complained that I post too much. Because I care, and only for that reason, I am going to take a Spring Break from posting until Monday, April 7 so that you can rest up and catch up on posts you may have missed. Below are my favorites from the year so far.For a snapsho
What You Can Do to Support Public Schools | Blog, Take Action | BillMoyers.com
What You Can Do to Support Public Schools | Blog, Take Action | BillMoyers.com: What You Can Do to Support Public SchoolsMarch 28, 2014We asked education historian Diane Ravitch what she hopes people will do after watching this week’s show. Here’s what she had to say:1.) Visit the Network for Public Education website.2.) Write letters to the editor of your local newspaper or website in support of
Nite Cap 3-28-14 #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 CAP3-28-14 The Whole Child Blog — Engage Students with Motivation 3.0 — Whole Child EducationEngage Students with Motivation 3.0 — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGEngage Students with Motivation 3.0March 28, 2014 by Klea ScharbergIn this
3-28-14 The Whole Child Blog — Engage Students with Motivation 3.0 — Whole Child Education
Engage Students with Motivation 3.0 — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGEngage Students with Motivation 3.0March 28, 2014 by Klea ScharbergIn this video, Daniel Pink talks to the Patterson Foundation about the need to upgrade our approach to motivation in schools. He uses the metaphor of an outdated computer operating system to characterize motivational practices that rely on punishments
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Your machine politics took a beating, Big Daddy. Get over it.
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Your machine politics took a beating, Big Daddy. Get over it.: Your machine politics took a beating, Big Daddy. Get over it.“Guzzardi was able to walk the district for four years, didn’t have to work, didn’t have to do anything.” -- Joe "Big Daddy" Berrios. My only response to Chicago machine boss Joe Berrios, after reading this inane piece in the Sun-Times
Turnarounds denounced - Substance News
Turnarounds denounced - Substance News: BOARDWATCH: Board's claims about 'turnaround' success are challenged by parents and community leaders while complaints about conflicts of interest are ignored... Parents, union and community leaders denounce AUSL 'network' in Black Chicago, West Side schools as new AUSL turnarounds are proposedGeorge N. Schmidt - March 27, 2014In a series of dramatic moments
3-28-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: The Koch brothers’ influence on college campus is spreadingThere’s been a flurry of recent stories (here, here and here, for example) about the role the billionaire Koch brothers are playing in politics by backing conservative political candidates through a number of organizations that they fund. My Post colleague Matea Gold wrote in this story: The political network spearheaded
3-28-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadI have many threads to write - student surveys about teachers, Charter Commission meeting, Work Session on data privacy, transportation and athletics (all had very interesting parts).It appears that LEV has joined forces with the City for the universal pre-school initiative. This is fine except that LEV has been tweeting that people should send e
Mother Crusader: We All Stand Together! Statewide Advocates Turn Out To Support Newark Public Schools
Mother Crusader: We All Stand Together! Statewide Advocates Turn Out To Support Newark Public Schools: We All Stand Together! Statewide Advocates Turn Out To Support Newark Public SchoolsIt was a great honor to participate in yesterday's NJ Ed March, which brought together education advocates from all over the state, a fact the Star-Ledger failed to mention, instead choosing only to report that &q
LAUSD board member Zimmer says stand with Beatriz against Vergara
LAUSD board member Zimmer says stand with Beatriz against Vergara: LAUSD board member Zimmer says stand with Beatriz against VergaraPosted on March 28, 2014 9:00 am by Steve ZimmerSteve ZimmerJust over a year ago, I won re-election to the Los Angeles Unified School District board. It was an unlikely victory in what may have been the most expensive school board race in U. S. history. The wealthiest
Ed Notes Online: De Blasio Rolled - Say no to this budget deal; call the Speaker & your Assemblymember NOW!
Ed Notes Online: De Blasio Rolled - Say no to this budget deal; call the Speaker & your Assemblymember NOW!: De Blasio Rolled - Say no to this budget deal; call the Speaker & your Assemblymember NOW!I hate to tell you I told you so, but I told you so. That Eva would never pay a dime in rent.Not only that but now de Blasio will have to pay her rent. Here's the lesson boys and girls. We can'
Wanted: More public school heroes | Bob Braun's Ledger
Wanted: More public school heroes | Bob Braun's Ledger: Wanted: More public school heroesDeborah Gregory Smith opens rally yesterday in Trenton with Mildred Crump, the president of the Newark City Council.It was all there yesterday in Trenton. Frustration with 20 years of failed state education policy. The invigorating idealism of young people who haven’t yet learned to accept the lies of dissemb
Public Education: Who Are the Corporate Reformers? | Blog, Connecting the Dots | BillMoyers.com
Public Education: Who Are the Corporate Reformers? | Blog, Connecting the Dots | BillMoyers.com: Public Education: Who Are the Corporate Reformers?March 28, 2014by Diane Ravitch1Former Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, center, speaks during a news conference to announce the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's donation of $51.2 million dollars to the New York City school system at Morris High School
Taveras withdraws from Adirondack education retreat featuring Cuomo, Democratic mayors | Politics - Rhode Island & US political news | Providence Journal
Taveras withdraws from Adirondack education retreat featuring Cuomo, Democratic mayors | Politics - Rhode Island & US political news | Providence Journal: Taveras withdraws from Adirondack education retreat featuring Cuomo, Democratic mayorsMarch 27, 2014 07:23 PMComments 1 103 +10 1 0 2BY PHILIP MARCELOpmarcelo@providencejournal.comPROVIDENCE, R.I. – Providence Mayor and gubernatorial c
New York Schools: The Roar of the Charters by Diane Ravitch | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books
New York Schools: The Roar of the Charters by Diane Ravitch | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books: New York Schools: The Roar of the ChartersDiane RavitchBryan Smith/ZUMA Press/CorbisNew York Mayor Bill de Blasio reading Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, Northside Center for Child Development, New York, December 3, 2013In his speech at Riverside Church last Sunday, New York Mayor Bill
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Friday, March 28, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Fensterwald: Attorneys give final arguments in Vergara suit challenging laws for teacher hiring, firinghttp://www.utla.net/vergaraEducation HeadlinesFriday, March 28, 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.S
NYC Public School Parents: Please say no to this budget deal; Call the Speaker & your Assemblymember NOW!
NYC Public School Parents: Please say no to this budget deal; Call the Speaker & your Assemblymember NOW!: Please say no to this budget deal; Call the Speaker & your Assemblymember NOW!According to today’s NY Post, the legislature is about to make the worst possible deal imaginable: considerably more per pupil funding for charters, including more than $1100 per student over three years, an
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Mass school closings 'great success' declares Byrd-Bennett
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Mass school closings 'great success' declares Byrd-Bennett: Mass school closings 'great success' declares Byrd-Bennett“None of the negative predictions have come true. In fact the opposite has happened.” -- Byrd-BennettHow do we know Chicago's mass school closings in black and Latino communities were a "success"? Because Byrd-Bennett declared them such. No
Morning Wink 3-28-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-28-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Mr. Katzoff Writes an Open Letter to Chris Matthews and MSNBCHoward Katzoff doesn’t understand why the commentators at MSNBC are so ill-informed about education issues. With the exception of Ed
