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 CAP
Cash Money Kids – Florida’s Voucher Scheme | Continuing Change
Cash Money Kids – Florida’s Voucher Scheme | Continuing Change: Cash Money Kids – Florida’s Voucher SchemeMarch 11, 2014Educationeducation, Florida, parents, schools, vouchers Rate ThisIt’s simple. One word. Profits.I created a “Storify” to describe the FL vouchers scheme.http://storify.com/GatorBonBC/selling-off-our-schoolsFL Parents Say NO to Vouchers –Take action here:http://takeaction.fun
PSAT for 3-11-14: Keep up the ISAT pressure! + Study: More than half of Illinois homeless students lack needed school services
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Study: More than half of Illinois homeless students lack needed school services: PSAT for 3-11-14: Keep up the ISAT pressure! The ice and snow are not letting up in Chicago and neither is the ICE the ISAT campaign! Please read and share this letter to the editor in today’s Tribune, which I submitted on behalf of More Than a Score. Then sig
Hillsboro schools experience largest student-to-teacher ratio of all metro-area districts | OregonLive.com
Hillsboro schools experience largest student-to-teacher ratio of all metro-area districts | OregonLive.com: Hillsboro schools experience largest student-to-teacher ratio of all metro-area districts Hillsboro has the highest average class size of the 11 largest school districts in the metro area.That's according to an analysis by The Oregonian earlier this month, which found that crowded classrooms
empathyeducates – Tense Moments in de Blasio’s TV Interview
empathyeducates – Tense Moments in de Blasio’s TV Interview: Tense Moments in de Blasio’s TV InterviewThe war on teachers, unions, and public education, if it exists, is evidence in an interview, or more so in the message, ‘trend on the tax relief our charter schools receive and we will retaliate.’ Close any charter schools or do not give these institutions the option to co-locate and the wrath of
The Network For Public Education | We are many. There is power in our numbers. Together, we will save our schools.
The Network For Public Education | We are many. There is power in our numbers. Together, we will save our schools.: NPE’s Leonie Haimson on the Ed Show: Money’s big role in the Charter School fight | MSNBC by admin / 3min NPE 2014 National Conference: Karen Lewis & John Kuhn Conference Address (Video) by admin / 3min NPE 2014 National Conference: Diane Ravitch Keynote Address (Video) by admin
SPECIAL Mid Day Banana Break 3-11-14 #RealEdTalk #edreform
Big Education Ape - Mid Day Banana BreakWhat really matters? Equitable & Adequate Funding!Below is a section of a paper I’ve been working on the past few weeks (which will be presented in Philadelphia in April) Some of the content below is also drawn from: http://www.shankerinstitute.org/images/doesmoneymatter_final.pdf =============== Over the past several decades, many states have pursued su
3-10-14 The Whole Child Blog — Build School Morale by Attending to the 5 Cs — Whole Child Education
Build School Morale by Attending to the 5 Cs — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGBuild School Morale by Attending to the 5 CsMarch 11, 2014 by David CulberhouseMorale isn't built in isolation ... and neither is it something tangible that we can point to and say, "There it is!" Rather, it is a force that builds and rises out of the ashes of our daily actions and interactions.As e
The Art of Leaking | Taking Note
The Art of Leaking | Taking Note: The Art of Leakingby JOHN MERROW on 11. MAR, 2014 in 2014 BLOGS, CHEATING, CURRENT EVENTSIt’s the nature of organizations and bureaucracies to close ranks, just as it’s in the DNA of reporters to want more and more information. Add to that mix the factors of self-interest and idealism. When reporters pry, officials withhold, and secrets are leaked, the result can
Schooling in the Ownership Society: I can almost hear Bill Gates saying, "What do you mean you don't want our money?"
Schooling in the Ownership Society: I can almost hear Bill Gates saying, "What do you mean you don't want our money?": I can almost hear Bill Gates saying, "What do you mean you don't want our money?"Vicki Phillips, who runs the Gates Foundation’s education division, said her team is “disappointed by Randi’s decision.” -- PoliticoOur big investment in school reform. "hasn'
Drop in Districts in Financial Trouble - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
Drop in Districts in Financial Trouble - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Reports SignificantDrop in Number of Districts in Financial JeopardySACRAMENTO—A new report shows that the number of California school districts in financial jeopardy has dropped sharply for the second year in a row, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today.T
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 3-11-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Striking The Balance In School Budgeting Control Cross & Joftus http://edstrategies.net is a national education consulting firm. The C&J Blog gives partners and associates a way to share insights learned from working with a very diverse set of clients–including small rural districts, large urban districts, states, foundations, and national non
Sacramento News & Review - Candidate Ali Cooper could make Jay Schenirer's re-election a real contest - Bites - Opinions - December 12, 2013
Sacramento News & Review - Candidate Ali Cooper could make Jay Schenirer's re-election a real contest - Bites - Opinions - December 12, 2013: Candidate Ali Cooper could make Jay Schenirer's re-election a real contestThe labor activist is going up against the Sacramento City Council incumbentBy Cosmo Garvin cosmog@newsreview.comFor a while, it looked like Jay Schenirer would get a free ride to
3-11-14 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: Rising truancy draws Capitol attentionRise in elementary school truancy prompts raft of bills Warning that truancy has reached a crisis level in California elementary schools, state Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris and half a dozen lawmakers proposed a raft of bills Monday aimed at keeping kids i
With A Brooklyn Accent: Letter from a Los Angeles English Teacher to his Students:
With A Brooklyn Accent: Letter from a Los Angeles English Teacher to his Students:: Letter from a Los Angeles English Teacher to his Students:A letter to my students of Los Angeles Unified:You have been failed.You have been failed not by the school or your teachers (or their boogeyman union), but by people far removed from the world you inhabit. These people in plush houses and all the creature co
The Smear Campaign Against Mayor Bill de Blasio | Diane Ravitch
The Smear Campaign Against Mayor Bill de Blasio | Diane Ravitch: The Smear Campaign Against Mayor Bill de Blasio Perhaps you have seen the headlines and the television interviews about how New York City's new mayor, Bill de Blasio, is closing charter schools, evicting poor minority children, destroying their dreams for the future, and their chance to escape failing public schools.Almost all the co
3-11-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tuesday Open ThreadA reader let me know that his/her home got a call from Universal Survey (according to their phone message they do "marketing and political opinion" surveys. The caller said they were doing a survey for SPS. The reader did not continue the call. Anyone else? As well, the APP blog had a comment that one person had not received their s
No Struggle, No Progress — I had a six-minute debate last night with James...
No Struggle, No Progress — I had a six-minute debate last night with James...: No Struggle, No ProgressA blog about politics, education, racism, and more.I had a six-minute debate last night with James Merriman of the New York City Charter School Center on the show, “All In With Chris Hayes”.You can watch the whole thing online here:MSNBC: Battle wages over NYC charter schoolsOf course there are a
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Tuesday, March 11, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Gov. Brown again takes aim at testing overload in schools | EdSource TodayEducation HeadlinesTuesday, March 11, 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.Alpine teachers, district 'getting back on track'Healing
Education Research Report: Marketers Are Busy in Schools
Education Research Report: Marketers Are Busy in Schools: Marketers Are Busy in SchoolsSchoolhouse commercialism continues virtually unabated, despite the harm it does, and neither federal nor state lawmakers are moving to further control the practice, according to a new report released today.The pervasiveness of commercialism in education has become so broad, its threat so great, and its reported
Home-rule flexibility for Dallas ISD could mean ignoring some of required Texas state curriculum | Dallas Morning News
Home-rule flexibility for Dallas ISD could mean ignoring some of required Texas state curriculum | Dallas Morning News: Home-rule flexibility for Dallas ISD could mean ignoring some of required Texas state curriculumBy Jeffrey WeissJWeiss@dallasnews.com10:16 am on March 11, 2014 | Permalink110So yesterday, I asked the folks at Support Our Public Schools what kinds of changes might be considered if
Gov. Brown again takes aim at testing overload in schools | EdSource Today
Gov. Brown again takes aim at testing overload in schools | EdSource Today: Gov. Brown again takes aim at testing overload in schoolsMarch 10th, 2014 | Add a Comment | By Louis FreedbergGovernor Brown took aim at excessive testing in the schools – an ongoing theme of his governorship – and warned lawmakers in Sacramento and Washington not to burden teachers with more demands than they are already
CURMUDGUCATION: Bad Threats
CURMUDGUCATION: Bad Threats: Bad ThreatsI'll get you my pretty and your little dog too!It's a lesson from Teacher Basics 101. Don't make a threat if you can't live with the consequences.Do not tell your students that if they don't hand in the homework, you'll fail them for the year. Don't tell your students that everybody runs a four-minute mile or everybody's off the team. And never, ever tell an
3-11-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Breaking News: Diane Ravitch Has Breaking News about RandiActing as Randi Weingarten's unofficial press agent, Diane Ravitch faithfully catalogs Randi's continued bobbing and weaving to preserve her standing with the billionaires who made her, while maintaining her job as President of AFT. Tough task, especially since the teachers who pay Randi's $400,000 salary are fed up with th
Morning Wink 3-11-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-11-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: NC Charter Warned Due to Low EnrollmentsA charter run by politically connected Baker Mitchell was warned that it may have to close due to low enrollment. Mitchell is a close associate of state b
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-11-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: NC Charter Warned Due to Low EnrollmentsA charter run by politically connected Baker Mitchell was warned that it may have to close due to low enrollment. Mitchell is a close associate of state budget director Art Pope, a multimillionaire who founded the libertarian John Locke Foundation and whose campaign contributions pushed the l
| VAMboozled! A blog by Audrey Amrein-Beardsley
| VAMboozled! A blog by Audrey Amrein-Beardsley: Florida’s Released Albeit “Flawed” VAM DataPosted on March 11, 2014 by Audrey Amrein-BeardsleyThe Florida Times-Union’s Lead Op-Ed Letter on Monday was about why the value-added data recently released by the Florida Department of Education has, at best, made it “clearer than ever that the data is meaningless,” made even more unfortunate by the nearl
How Ohio’s “Reading” Cut Score Got Set to Determine Who Will Repeat Third Grade | janresseger
How Ohio’s “Reading” Cut Score Got Set to Determine Who Will Repeat Third Grade | janresseger: How Ohio’s “Reading” Cut Score Got Set to Determine Who Will Repeat Third GradePosted on March 11, 2014 by janressegerThanks to Ohio’s Plunderbund blog, we now know how the decision was made to determine how Ohio’s Third Grade Guarantee will work. This is Governor John Kasich’s plan to require all child
3-11-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Bribing the guinea pigs (aka our students)Governor Malloy, his Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, and the corporate education reform industry are fond of claiming that the Common Core and massive Common Core testing scheme is about making sure students are “College and Career Ready.” As a result of their warped belief in more and more standardized testing, most Connecticut towns
3-11-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: This took Teach For America 24 years to figure out?This took Teach For America 24 years to figure out? The nonprofit organization — which was founded in 1990 and is famous for recruiting young people, giving them five weeks of summer training and then placing them in high-needs schools in low-income communities — has decided that just maybe some of its recruits need more […] b
3-11-14 Open Congress : Major Bill Actions - Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress
Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress: Bill Introduced: H.R. 4108: Breath of Fresh Air ActTo establish a grant program for nebulizers in elementary and secondary schools.3h hide // saveBill Introduced: S. 2038: Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills ActA bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.3h Bill Introduced: S.Res. 372: A
3-11-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: The “All-Time” Best Places To Find The Most Popular (& Useful) Resources For EducatorsI’ve been posting annual lists of The Most Popular (& Useful) Resources For Educators for a number of years. There are a number of ways to gauge “popularity.” I just view these lists as opportunities to check-out some new sites, an
3-11-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Classroom teachers will be heard.For years leaders of the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association have claimed that their members support Common Core State Standards. There never was much evidence provided for the claim. Yet they continued. At last year’s NEA Representat
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": Schools in Chicago & Colorado Making It VERY Difficult For Parents To “Opt-Out”It appears that some schools are making it very difficult for parents to “opt-out” of standardized testing for their child. I’m not sure if this attitude is the best one to take to further parent engagement…. Read about what’s happening in Co
3-11-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: NY Times on Chris Pavone bookI've known Chris Pavone since he was 3 years old when his mom, Vera Pavone, brought him to a meeting of Another View in District 14, the beginning of a 43 year political and personal relationship with Vera and her partner at the time, Paul Baizerman. These were the guys who had the most influence on me politically and in many ways personally. I won't g
Marie Corfield: 'Cosmos', The Spanish Inquisition and Education 'Reform' in NJ
Marie Corfield: 'Cosmos', The Spanish Inquisition and Education 'Reform' in NJ: 'Cosmos', The Spanish Inquisition and Education 'Reform' in NJWithin the first 5 minutes of the new ‘Cosmos’ series hosted by astrophysicist, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, he takes a not-too-subtle jab at creationists and climate deniers when he describes the explorers and dreamers over the course of human history who dared
3-10-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: American Hustle: Ignoring Poverty in U.S. Needs More than 50-Year AnniversaryAmerican Hustle: Ignoring Poverty in U.S. Needs More than 50-Year Anniversary. via American Hustle: Ignoring Poverty in U.S. Needs More than 50-Year Anniversary.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical1 by plthomasedd / 1h 3-10-14 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: A User-friendly Tutorial on IRS 990sOn
3-11-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week
With A Brooklyn Accent: A First Year Bronx Teacher Who Loves Her Kids Says "Enough"There comes a point when you've been shoved around by your job so much that you stop caring. It's scary when that day is a Tuesday in March and you're a teacher. I've been bullied. I've been ignored. My kids IEPs are a catastrophe (I don't do them, we have a "team" for that). I've been told I can
W.T.F. V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: Jen Hogue's Parting Words and Requiem for Valueaddedmeasure.blogspot.com
V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: Jen Hogue's Parting Words and Requiem for Valueaddedmeasure.blogspot.com: Jen Hogue's Parting Words and Requiem for Valueaddedmeasure.blogspot.comDear Reader (from Jen Hogue),I was told by my friend, Adam Bergstein, Monday, March 10, 2014, that our blog site must go black since he can find no way (even through contact with Google) to keep it up and simultaneously disas
3-11-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): American Hustle: Ignoring Poverty in U.S. Needs More than 50-Year AnniversaryIt is 2014, and publications such as Education Week are offering 50th-year anniversary looks at the War on Poverty. It is 2014, and race and racism remain words that shall not be spoken, lingeri
3-11-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Ask Eva Moskowitz About The Attrition Rate At Success AcademiesFrom State of Politics:At 6:30 a.m., Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School scholars will appear on MSNBC’s Morning Joe with their principal, Andrew Malone. Yesterday the hosts of the Morning Joe Clown Show beatup on Mayor de Blasio over the Success co-location issue.Today, they let Eva use the program for
Shanker Blog » SIG And The High Price Of Cheap Evidence
Shanker Blog » SIG And The High Price Of Cheap Evidence: SIG And The High Price Of Cheap EvidencePosted by Matthew Di Carlo on March 11, 2014A few months ago, the U.S. Department of Education (USED) released the latest data from schools that received grants via the School Improvement (SIG) program. These data — consisting solely of changes in proficiency rates — were widely reported as an indicati
Title 1 Services for Students in Private Schools - Improving Academic Achievement (CA Dept of Education)
Title 1 Services for Students in Private Schools - Improving Academic Achievement (CA Dept of Education): Title 1 Services for Students in Private SchoolsLegislation and Resources for eligible private school children.Private School Services for Students: Title I requires that local educational agencies (LEAs) provide eligible private school children with Title I educational services or other benef
Ras Baraka - educator, progressive, candidate for mayor
Ras Baraka - educator, progressive, candidate for mayor: Ras Baraka - educator, progressive, candidate for mayorbyteacherkenFollow Email 6 Comments / 6 NewSometimes we encounter a unique voice, even in politics, one which we might not be expecting, but to which we should pay attention, and even more, give our support.On Saturday I was one of a small group of DC-area education bloggers who had
Testing, Truth, and Consequences - Bridging Differences - Education Week
Testing, Truth, and Consequences - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Testing, Truth, and ConsequencesBy Guest Blogger on March 11, 2014 9:20 AMRobert Pondiscio of CitizenshipFirst writes again to Deborah Meier today.Not so fast, Deb. As much as I'm eager to find common ground with you, I'm not quite ready to agree with your summary, "we both oppose making profits from educating our nati
NYC Educator: What About the War on PUBLIC Schools?
NYC Educator: What About the War on PUBLIC Schools?: What About the War on PUBLIC Schools?Everywhere you turn it's poor Eva Moskowitz. How can mean old Bill de Blasio treat her so shabbily? After all, the woman has to scrape by on 499K per annum, and that's only 99K more than President Obama earns. It was certainly poor judgment for Carmen Fariña to say the kids were on their own, but she's since
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Let Teachers Teach!...Moses, Ayers, Ravitch, Cunningham...
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Let Teachers Teach!...Moses, Ayers, Ravitch, Cunningham...: Let Teachers Teach!...Moses, Ayers, Ravitch, Cunningham...At yesterday's Let Us Teach rally in Pilsen protesting CPS threats to punish teachers who support parents and boycott useless standardized testing (h/t Michael Harrington)Moses... Good news from DePaul College of Ed Dean Paul Zionts. Civil Rights lead
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Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 3-10-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMThe Common Core Equity SwindleThe farther into this experiment we get, the more devastating this latest sorting mechanism appears to be. Every time you stamp "college ready" on a student who has cleared the bar, the students that did not make it past that hurdle are stamped "unworthy."52 by Anthony Cody / 1h What we r
Chris Hayes: Battle wages on over NYC charter schools | MSNBC
Battle wages on over NYC charter schools | MSNBC: Battle wages on over NYC charter schoolsChris Hayes and panel discuss the ongoing battle over charter schools in New York City.Friction erupts between Cuomo and de BlasioChris Hayes and his panel discuss the relationship between New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Money's big role in the Charter School fight | MSNBC
Money's big role in the Charter School fight | MSNBC: Money’s big role in the Charter School fightConservatives turn their effort to destroy public education into a Civil Rights law suit, targeted against Mayor DeBlasio. Ed Schultz and panel discuss.
AFT - A Union of Professionals - Weingarten, Sen. Warren help launch 'Higher Ed, Not Debt'
AFT - A Union of Professionals - Weingarten, Sen. Warren help launch 'Higher Ed, Not Debt': Weingarten, Sen. Warren help launch 'Higher Ed, Not Debt'AFT President Randi Weingarten and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spoke March 6 at the Washington, D.C., launch of "Higher Ed, Not Debt," a new multiyear campaign advocating for affordable access to higher education for all, without the bur
East Baton Rouge Parish Teachers are under siege and need our help | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
East Baton Rouge Parish Teachers are under siege and need our help | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsEast Baton Rouge Parish Teachers are under siege and need our helpPosted on March 9, 20141For the past month I’ve been interviewing and receiving testimonials from East Baton Rouge Teachers in most of the non-magnet high schools. This investigation star
Nite Cap 3-10-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
James Baldwin said it best: "For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAP3-10-14 The Whole Child Blog —Keep Students and Parents (and Teachers) Initiative Fatigue Free — Whole Child EducationKeep Students and Parents (and Teachers) Initiative Fatigue Free — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGKeep Students and
