James Baldwin said it best:
"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."
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The Network For Public Education | NPE CALLS FOR CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS
The Network For Public Education | PRESS RELEASE – NPE CALLS FOR CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS: NPE CALLS FOR CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGSMarch 2, 2014 NPE NewsPRESS RELEASEPress Conference to be held in the Thompson Conference Center at 3:30 pm, Sunday, March 2.AUSTIN, TX The Network for Public Education (NPE) closed out its first National Conference here with a call for Congressional hearings to investigate
Modeling the Education They Want To Be: The Great Chicago Teachers Union Transformation
Modeling the Education They Want To Be: The Great Chicago Teachers Union Transformation: Modeling the Education They Want To Be: The Great Chicago Teachers Union TransformationSunday, 02 March 2014 00:00By Eleanor J Bader, Truthout | Book Reviewfont size Print Email(Book cover via Verso Books)Micah Uetricht's "Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity" relates the stirring
Don’t Sit for Testing-Stand Up for Teachers and Children | United Opt Out National
Don’t Sit for Testing-Stand Up for Teachers and Children | United Opt Out National: DON’T SIT FOR TESTING-STAND UP FOR TEACHERS AND CHILDRENDo you want to know how to tell the difference between a testing “reformer” and a testing resistor?Easy…. Reformers are paid (and handsomely) to be spokespersons for Pearson, Achieve, PARCC, and the myriad of other corporate interests that have hatched Common
Don’t Sit for Testing-Stand with Chicago | educationalchemy
Don’t Sit for Testing-Stand with Chicago | educationalchemy: Don’t Sit for Testing-Stand with ChicagoDo you want to know how to tell the difference between a testing “reformer” and a testing resistor?Easy…. Reformers are paid (and handsomely) to be spokespersons for Pearson, Achieve, PARCC, and the myriad of other corporate interests that have hatched Common Core standards and the new rounds of te
Karen Lewis & John Kuhn on Vimeo @ #npeconference
Karen Lewis & John Kuhn on Vimeo: Karen Lewis & John Kuhn Karen Lewis & John Kuhn from Vincent Precht on Vimeo.
Reform Laws Needed - Gulen Charter Schools
Reform Laws Needed - Gulen Charter Schools: Reform Laws Neededto prevent abuses such as occur at Gulen charter schoolsThis page gives model legislation for charter schools, based on the careful consideration of loopholes that Gulen charter schools and other charter schools have exploited and abused.Lobbying organizations such as ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) and the NAPCS (Natio
Mitch Albom and the N-Word | educarenow
Mitch Albom and the N-Word | educarenow: Mitch Albom and the N-WordPosted on March 2, 2014 | Leave a commentThis morning’s Detroit Free Press has an interesting article from Mitch Albom,“Examining the NFL’s Debate for Penalties for N-Word.” In the article, Mitch writes of his discomfort with the NFL’s new rule fining the on-field use of the N-word, while decrying any use of the N-word.There’s lot
Read Across America Tour Rolls Into Oklahoma | NEA Today
Read Across America Tour Rolls Into Oklahoma | NEA Today: Read Across America Tour Rolls Into OklahomaMarch 2, 2014 by twalker Filed under Featured News, NEA's Read Across America, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Brenda ĂlvarezAfter covering almost 800 miles of ground, NEA’s Read Across America Cat-a-Van Tour 1 capped off a week’s worth of reading celebrations on Friday in Oklahoma with two school v
3-2-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": “Research Findings From Learning at Home: Families’ Educational Media Use in America”Q & A With Lori Takeuchi: Research Findings From Learning at Home: Families’ Educational Media Use in America is from the Harvard Family Research Project. Here’s the part most useful to educators: How can practitioners support families
Marie Corfield: Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. Is My Hero Of The Day!
Marie Corfield: Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. Is My Hero Of The Day!: Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. Is My Hero Of The Day!Thank you, Congressman Donald Payne, Jr.! We need more like this!Good news: as the battle between Superintendent Anderson and the parents, community and teachers of Newark escalates, more elected officials in NJ are realizing that Cami and Christie aren't doing “a heckuva job” in reformy New
CURMUDGUCATION: "If not CCSS, then what?"
CURMUDGUCATION: "If not CCSS, then what?": "If not CCSS, then what?"If not the CCSS, then what?This refrain comes back and back and back again, echoing this morning over the interwebs all the way from the NPE conference in Austin. Today it's Randi Weingarten, but it could just as easily be Dennis Van Roekel (well, if he ever went to anything or spoke to anybody outside of NEA P
Dear President Obama: The Problem's Poverty, Not Absentee Dads | Crooks and Liars
Dear President Obama: The Problem's Poverty, Not Absentee Dads | Crooks and Liars: Dear President Obama: The Problem's Poverty, Not Absentee DadsBy Melinda D. Anderson March 1, 2014 6:00 am 86Share2 166Share1 262“My Brother's Keeper” is no substitute for jobs, housing, and access to quality education and training, and it won’t have any meaningful impact on the appalling racism and conditions in th
from the Reformish Lexicon | Bob Shepherd | Praxis
from the Reformish Lexicon | Bob Shepherd | Praxis: from the Reformish Lexicon The idle FoolIs whipt at school.–from the first textbook published in the Americas, The New England Primer; motto of the Reformish movement in K-12 Education (“Back to the future. I mean way, way back.”)Work on the Reformish (or Rheeformish) Lexicon is proceeding apace thanks to the intrepid work of a great many researc
3-2-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “Mythbusters” Music Video: “It’s Time For Science!”Check out this fun Mythbusters music video, made by Melody Sheep:by Larry Ferlazzo / 23min Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 3-1-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLarry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE
3-2-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week
Jersey Jazzman: Chris Cerf's Final Spin: Mt. OliveSo yesterday was the first day of the rest of Chris Cerf's life: the former NJ Education Commissioner left his post to take a job at Amplify, the Rupert Murdoch-owned company run by former NYCDOE Chancellor (and Cerf's former boss) Joel Klein. Amplify sells tablet computers designed, among other things, to help districts prepare their students for
Union Issues Education Policy | Video | C-SPAN.org
Union Issues Education Policy | Video | C-SPAN.org: Union Issues and Education PolicyRandi Weingarten talked about issues facing organized labor and teachers unions in 2014. Topics included implementation of Common Core educational standards, teacher testing and assessment, the minimum wage, health care, and the American Federation of Teachers' role in the 2014 midterm elections.C-SPAN Radio’s Nan
CURMUDGUCATION: Selling Is Not Doing
CURMUDGUCATION: Selling Is Not Doing: Selling Is Not DoingIn yesterday's New York Times, Suzanne Mettler provided one more explanation of why school choice doesn't-- and won't-- work.Mettler is looking at how college has become the "great unleveler," an education system that reinforces a caste system instead of breaking down walls. That's in no small part because the percentage of househ
3-2-14 The Answer Sheet 3-1-14
The Answer Sheet: Your kid is being bullied at school — but not in the way you thinkHow bad is the standardized testing obsession in public education? Really bad, says James Arnold, the former superintendent of Pelham City Schools in Pelham, Ga., in the following post. A version of this appeared on his blog. By James Arnold Are you defined by a test? If you were born before 1985, chances are the
Pile of Old Books vs. Citizens as Critical Participants in the Great Education Debates | Cloaking Inequity
Pile of Old Books vs. Citizens as Critical Participants in the Great Education Debates | Cloaking Inequity: Pile of Old Books vs. Citizens as Critical Participants in the Great Education DebatesFor a scholar, hiding research behind journal pay walls and subscriptions is safety. As comfortable and warm as cuddling up with a blanket and a book in front a fireplace on a cool fall evening. Should facu
Ain't Gonna Teach to the Test No More - CPS ISAT Boycott
CPS students are among the most over-tested in the nation.Standardized tests waste valuable classroom time and cost school districts millions of dollars.Despite the fact that CPS admits the ISAT is not longer tied to any relevant procedures or consequences, it will still be making students grades 3-8 take this entirely unnecessary test March 3-14.CPS parents are organizing in record numbers to opt
Morning Wink 3-2-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSClick Here to Watch Live!schoolhouseliveThe Best of Public Educationon twitter: #NPECONFERENCE3-2-14 Wait What? All WeekWait What?: Connecticut to end non-credit remedial courses at public collegesNo really…. A Connecticut law passed in 2012 made it illegal for Connecticut public colleges to provide non-credit remedial courses starting in 2014. Long time
3-2-14 Wait What? All Week
Wait What?: Connecticut to end non-credit remedial courses at public collegesNo really…. A Connecticut law passed in 2012 made it illegal for Connecticut public colleges to provide non-credit remedial courses starting in 2014. Long time Wait, What? readers may remember the discussion on the blog. Led by Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy and the Democratic controlled General Assembly, Connecticut
3-2-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Oldie But Goodie: What Eva Moskowitz, Success Academies And Cancer Have In CommonA Perdido Street School post from October 11, 2013:Eva Moskowitz - A Cancer In The School System Eva Moskowitz's charter schools - uncontrolled cancerous growth:Like many public school parents and veteran educators, Lynn Manuell is fed up with the special treatment granted charter schools during
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-2-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Secrets of Test Success at Success AcademyEva Moskowitz, an attorney who served on the New York City Council and was chair of the education committee, opened her own chain of charter schools in Harlem in 2006. Moskowitz is an interesting, brilliant woman with a Ph.D. in history. Her chain initially was called Harlem Success Academy
3-2-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Sunday reads.12 Years a Slave is my pick for best picture in the Oscars tonight. There’s a Republican Party in Illinois. It’s called the Democratic Party. Rahm should stick to Polar Plunges with Jimmy Fallon and leave the schools alone. Hasn’t he learned? Every time he intervenes, he only make things
3-2-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Portelos on SCI LiesIf you had sat through the 23 day3020a trial and listened to the evidence, there were many "break out laughing" moments at the farce the DOE was engaging in. But more of that another time.Many people who have dealt with the office of the Special Commissioner of Investigations (SCI), which goes after school employees, don't believe there arehonest brok
teacherken at Daily Kos This Week 3-2-14
"The Terms of our Surrender": "The Terms of our Surrender"byteacherkenFollowI am no fan of Ross Douthat, but this column in today's New York Times is well worth the read. I will not quote much. He begins IT now seems certain that before too many years elapse, the Supreme Court will be forced to acknowledge the logic of its own jurisprudence on same-sex marriage and redefine
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 3-2-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: The (Woeful) Status Of Adult Education In Lausdfrom the associated administrators of LA weekly update | http://is.gd/s1BvkS 27 February 2014 :: There are currently more than 14,000 adults and concurrent students on waiting lists for classes in the Division of Adult and Career Education. However, there are only ten Adult Education Service Areas present
Documenting Colorado teacher effectiveness: How much is enough? - The Denver Post
Documenting Colorado teacher effectiveness: How much is enough? - The Denver Post: Documenting Colorado teacher effectiveness: How much is enough?By Kevin Simpson and Zahira TorresThe Denver PostPOSTED: 03/02/2014 12:01:00 AM MST | UPDATED: ABOUT 6 HOURS AGO7 COMMENTSTeacher Terace Viney works with John Evans Middle School student Nick Consonero, 11, on a pretest in her reading intervention cl
Sacramento City Unified School District, California, Selects Infinite Campus for Its Student Data Management System
Sacramento City Unified School District, California, Selects Infinite Campus for Its Student Data Management System: Sacramento City Unified School District, California, Selects Infinite Campus for Its Student Data Management SystemThe Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD), located in California’s state capital of Sacramento, has selected Infinite Campus as their district-wide student in
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Rahm and Rauner ride the same money train
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Rahm and Rauner ride the same money train: Rahm and Rauner ride the same money trainThere's a Republican Party in Chicago. It's called the Democratic Party.Among it's top leaders are Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Republican candidate for governor, billionaire union buster, Bruce Rauner. Both are backed by the same wealthy corporate donors, especially those who are corp
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Russ on Reading: Dispatches from the Front NPE Conference in Austin, Texas
Russ on Reading: Dispatches from the Front: Dispatches from the FrontRuss on Reading goes to the Network for Public Education Conference in Austin, TexasI am feeling so fortunate to be here in Austin with so many passionate advocates for public education. There is literally a public education hero around every corner. Today I met superstar superintendent John Kuhn, author of Test and Punish, which
Twitter Chat 3.3.14 at 8:30PM EST – Authentic Incorporation of #StuVoice into Corporate Work Student Voice
Student Voice: Twitter Chat 3.3.14 at 8:30PM EST – Authentic Incorporation of #StuVoice into Corporate Work Join us this Monday, March 3rd, at 8:30PM EST using the #StuVoice hashtag to talk about authentic incorporation of #StuVoice into corporate work. This special chat will be joined by corporations live from SXSW Edu to provide insight into the conversation. - See more at: http://stuvoice.org/b
Network for Public Education endorses Ras Baraka for Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
The Network For Public Education | Network for Public Education endorses Ras Baraka for Mayor of Newark, New Jersey: Network for Public Education endorses Ras Baraka for Mayor of Newark, New JerseyFebruary 10, 2014 NPE EndorsementsThe Network for Public Education enthusiastically endorses Ras Baraka for Mayor of the great city of Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Baraka currently serves on the Newark City C
CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: About Gulen charter schools + Gulen 101 webinar video
CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: About Gulen charter schools + Gulen 101 webinar video: About Gulen charter schools + Gulen 101 webinar video(Video added 1/30/2014)Some of the videos shown during the presentation have been deleted from the video, but you will find them online.Portion of Gulen sermonPortion of scholar Joshua Hendrick's talk at Gulen conference sponsored by the Rumi Forum Portion of Dr. Oz
Fethullah Gulen: Turkey's prime minister says all schools run by arch-rival must close | Al Jazeera America
Turkey's prime minister says all schools run by arch-rival must close | Al Jazeera America: Turkey's prime minister says all schools run by arch-rival must closeMarch 1, 2014 8:30PM ETErdrogan wants academies run by exiled critic Fethullah Gulen to shutterTopics: Turkey InternationalA Turkish protester holds up a banner with pictures of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish cleri
Getting to the Heart of Education: Listening to the Whole At-Risk Student — Whole Child Education
Getting to the Heart of Education: Listening to the Whole At-Risk Student — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGGetting to the Heart of Education: Listening to the Whole At-Risk StudentFebruary 25, 2014 by Stephen Sroka"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." —AristotleMany at-risk students in schools are crying out for help with their real-life iss
The False Markets of Market Based Reforms | School Finance 101
The False Markets of Market Based Reforms | School Finance 101: The False Markets of Market Based ReformsPosted on March 1, 20140I’ve not spent a great deal of time talking about “corporate reform,” “privatization” or “market based reform,” mainly because I find these labels unproductive and oversimplified. Most of which occurs in our public and private sectors (also a simplification) and provisio
Coop’s Childhood Part 4 – Boys, Bushes, Baseball & Beyond | Lefty Parent
Coop’s Childhood Part 4 – Boys, Bushes, Baseball & Beyond | Lefty Parent: Coop’s Childhood Part 4 – Boys, Bushes, Baseball & BeyondMarch 1st, 2014 at 15:11Lilac bushes in Almendinger ParkThe brooding and mostly repressed sexuality of America in the 1950s that I was born into, was being transformed by a sexual revolution that was taking form in the early 1960s. The seeds of this insurrectio
Few Great Picks Among Teacher Movies | InterACT
Few Great Picks Among Teacher Movies | InterACT: Few Great Picks Among Teacher MoviesMARCH 1, 2014tags: Edutopia, moviesby David B. CohenOver at Edutopia, there’s a discussion brewing about which film would deserve the Oscar for Best Teacher Movie. The conversation spilled over to Twitter a bit as well. Some of the movies are more broadly about education, not just teaching, of course. I have to sa
The truth about ADHD: Over-diagnosis linked to cause championed by Michelle Rhee - Salon.com
The truth about ADHD: Over-diagnosis linked to cause championed by Michelle Rhee - Salon.com: The truth about ADHD: Over-diagnosis linked to cause championed by Failed DC Chancellor Michelle RheeResearchers have discovered a disturbing link between over-diagnosis and the proliferation of standardized testingCAROLINE MILLERThere has been a lot of public agonizing lately about the steep rise in diag
Nite Cap 3-1-14 #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 CAPClick Here to Watch Live!schoolhouseliveThe Best of Public EducationTeach For America's unspoken alliance with the one percent | MyFDLTeach For America's unspoken alliance with the one percent | MyFDL: Teach For America’s unspoken alliance with t
