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
3-9-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Malloy Administration: Clark Elementary Parents – You must accept Friendship Charter School or elseParents, teachers and the community that makes up Hartford’s Clark Elementary School in Hartford are still reeling from the Malloy Administration’s threat that the Clark “Turnaround Committee” must agree to turn their local Hartford neighborhood school over to Washington D.C.’s Friendship
3-9-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: The common core: An untried curriculum plus nonstop testingSent to the Salt Lake Tribune, March 9, 2014M. Donald Thomas is right: "Common Core supporters (are) providing misinformation" (March 7). In addition to the points he makes, there are other serious problems.First, the common core standards are untested. There were no pilot studies. Second, the common core require
SKrashen: The common core: An untried curriculum plus nonstop testing
SKrashen: The common core: An untried curriculum plus nonstop testing: The common core: An untried curriculum plus nonstop testingSent to the Salt Lake Tribune, March 9, 2014M. Donald Thomas is right: "Common Core supporters (are) providing misinformation" (March 7). In addition to the points he makes, there are other serious problems.First, the common core standards are untested. There
Dedicated teachers opposing CCSS need your help. | Reclaim Reform
Dedicated teachers opposing CCSS need your help. | Reclaim Reform: Dedicated teachers opposing CCSS need your help.Posted on March 9, 2014by Ken PrevitiThe good teachers opposing CCSS based high stakes testing desperately need your help.Teachers who oppose the CCSS based state mandated high stakes test are being threatened with the stripping of their teacher certification which would end their tea
All I Really Need to Know about Corporate Education Reform (and why we should fight it) I Learned in Kindergarten
Badass Teachers Association: All I Really Need to Know about Corporate Education Reform (and why we should fight it) I Learned in KindergartenBy: Dr. Yohuru WilliamsSometimes the simplest explanations are the best ones. Robert Fulghum’s hugely popular All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten offers the basis for a brief but illuminating mediation on Corporate Education Reform and why t
Marie Corfield: Eulogy for Public Education Part 2: What happens when a child vomits on a test? Bag it & send it to Trenton!
Marie Corfield: Eulogy for Public Education Part 2: What happens when a child vomits on a test? Bag it & send it to Trenton!: Eulogy for Public Education Part 2: What happens when a child vomits on a test? Bag it & send it to Trenton!Some of the New Jersey educators who testified at the State Board of Ed meeting on March 5thYesterday’s post focused on written testimony and letters that peo
3-9-14 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. Mayor Preckwinkle? Twelve powerful images of women in the labor movement. PBS is still hiding their cozy financial dealings with the pension thieves. Ex-guerrilla favorite to win El Salvador’s presidential election. Billionaires are bullying teachers in California. Five bad ideas about
David vs. Goliath, Inc. | EduShyster
David vs. Goliath, Inc. | EduShyster: David vs. Goliath, Inc. Can a scrappy little army bring down #edreform inc.?Reader: I have a confession to make. My path has not been a righteous one. In fact the last time I attended a church service was in the 5th grade, when, as a *plus one* with my best friend’s family, I would pass a confused, incense-choked hour thinking longingly of the donuts that wait
The Daily Censored » A Fascist Coup for the Privateers of Education
The Daily Censored » A Fascist Coup for the Privateers of Education: A Fascist Coup for the Privateers of EducationWhat was once considered the Commons and therefore belonging to the People of San Francisco, is now the personal fiefdom of one Robert Agrella, ”Special Trustee With Extraordinary Powers”, over the administration of San Francisco City College.Several weeks back a group of Students an
Leadership Attitude(s) | Connected Principals
Leadership Attitude(s) | Connected Principals: Leadership Attitude(s)by Johnny Bevacqua • March 9, 2014 • 0 CommentsOriginally published by Johnny Bevacqua on Figuring It OutI have a style issue. No, I’m not walking around wearing my 1980′s acid washed jeans or rugby pants…(oh the good old days…)The “style” issue I am referring to has to do with leadership. To be blunt – I don’t think I have a le
Jimmy Kimmel Live - A Message from Your Kids' Teachers
Jimmy Kimmel Live - A Message from Your Kids' TeachersJimmy Kimmel Live's YouTube channel features clips and recaps of every episode from the late night TV show on ABC.Subscribe for clips from the monologue, the interviews, and musical performances every day of the week. Watch yourfavorites parts again, or catch-up on any episodes you may have missedChannel: http://www.youtube.com/jimmykimmelliveS
3-9-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Just a BloggerAs Diane Ravitch said, when starting the Network for Public Education (NPE), We are many. There is power in our numbers. Together,we will save our schools.I felt very embraced at the 500-person conference. We were parents, teachers, bloggers, public education writers and activists. We want a bigger and more diverse tent. What was amazing was to he
Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » How Does PISA Put the World at Risk (Part 1): Romanticizing Misery
Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » How Does PISA Put the World at Risk (Part 1): Romanticizing Misery: How Does PISA Put the World at Risk (Part 1): Romanticizing Misery9 MARCH 2014 67 NO COMMENTPISA, the OECD’s triennial international assessment of 15 year olds in math, reading, and science, has become one of the most destructive forces in education today. It creates illusory
3-9-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: 11 key questions on standardized testing for Congress to answerThe nonprofit Network for Public Education, a coalition of education organizations fighting the privatization of public schools, has asked key congressional committees to hold formal hearings on the overuse of high-stakes standardized tests as a result of federal and state laws. The advocacy group was founded last by
3-9-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: This Has Me Concerned: “Study Links Teacher ‘Grit’ with Effectiveness, Retention”The SAME day The Washington Post republished my piece on the potential misuse of teaching Social Emotional Learning Skills, Education Week reported on new research titled Study Links Teacher ‘Grit’ with Effectiveness, Retention. My Washington P
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 3-9-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: ARTS AT THE CORE: Dr. Deasy’s elementary arts plan …and a PowerPoint about the budgetfrom LAUSD, presented w/o commentby smf / 0min 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 3-8-144LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT Arne blinks! FEDERAL OFFICIALS END STAND OFF, GREEN-LIGHT CALIFORNIA TESTING PLAN A
Rotten to the Core: Stop federal dictates on Georgia education | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Rotten to the Core: Stop federal dictates on Georgia education | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Rotten to the Core: Stop federal dictates on Georgia education Previous PostsSAT makes essay optional, returns to 1600 scale and looks more like Common CoreMarch 5, 2014Wow. Atlanta reveals 14 football players at Grady used false addressesMarch 5, 2014State school chief: Anti-standards bill "would thr
Were SAT Changes for the Kids or to Help the College Board Make More Money?
Were SAT Changes for the Kids or to Help the College Board Make More Money?: Were SAT Changes for the Kids or to Help the College Board Make More Money?By Jack Meserve | More Articles March 7, 2014 | Comments (0)Wednesday, the College Board, the group responsible for the SAT, announced changes that included removing difficult vocabulary and making the essay portion of the exam optional. Most news
Data show poorer families are bearing the brunt of college price hikes | Hechinger Report
Data show poorer families are bearing the brunt of college price hikes | Hechinger Report: Data show poorer families are bearing the brunt of college price hikesBy Jon Marcus and Holly K. HackerThis story also appeared at:America’s colleges and universities are quietly shifting the burden of their big tuition increases onto low-income students, while many higher-income families are seeing their co
3-9-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Teaching Students, Missionary Zeal, and the Cult of PersonalityTeaching Students, Missionary Zeal, and the Cult of Personality. via Teaching Students, Missionary Zeal, and the Cult of Personality.by plthomasedd / 3min All Week 3-8-14 @ THE CHALK FACE@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: All Week @ THE CHALK FACE Predatory Reform Strikes Again: Kahn Academy and College BoardKahn
3-9-14 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): Teaching Students, Missionary Zeal, and the Cult of PersonalityAs a teacher educator, I now spend much of my spring visiting schools and observing my seniors who are learning to teach in extended field experiences (my university’s version of student teaching). What I hav
Honest Practicum – Visualized – How Bill Gates Bought the Common Core
Honest Practicum – Visualized – How Bill Gates Bought the Common Core: Visualized – How Bill Gates Bought the Common CoreLike so many people, when I read Mercedes Schneider‘s posts on Bill Gates and the Common Core I struggled with a jumble of emotions.Surprise.Disgust.Awe.Anger.I’m a visual learner which meant I had to reread her dissections several times for it all to sink in. I wanted to visual
Morning Wink 3-9-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS3-9-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in FloridaScathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Stealth Florida Charter School Ammendment Cuts Out Local School Board ControlThe zealots who carry the water for Florida’s for-profit charter schools never met an unseeml
3-9-14 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: Stealth Florida Charter School Ammendment Cuts Out Local School Board ControlThe zealots who carry the water for Florida’s for-profit charter schools never met an unseemly expansion of charter schools they didn’t like. Just remember their efforts the past two sessions to
3-9-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: You Mean, That Jessica Tisch? Bratton Chooses TischNYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton names Jessica Tisch as deputy commissioner of information and technologyOh, you mean that Jessica Tisch?Jessica Tisch Calls For Bloomberg 3rd Term - Ed Notes OnlineApr 15, 2008Today's Post includes an op-ed calling for voters to decide on term limits so Bloomberg can run again. The piece claims Bloom
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-9-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Myra Blackmon on the Corporate Takeover of American EducationMyra Blackmon, who writes regularly for the Athens Banner-Herald in Georgia, returned from the Network for Public Education conference in Austin ready to write about what she learned and how it applied to Georgia. She realized that the Common Core is just a symptom of a l
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": I’ll Be A Guest On This Wednesday’s #PTchat On TwitterI’ll be a guest on this Wednesday’s #PTchat on Twitter. We’ll be discussing the difference between parent engagement and parent involvement. Hope you can join us!by Larry Ferlazzo / 5h YESTERDAY“N.J. Lawmaker Wants Parent Involvement Included in Teachers’ Reviews”Last we
3-9-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: The New York State Education Department Common Core Modules - Meant To Dumb Down A Whole Generation Of ChildrenHere's a comment NYCDOEnuts left on this Perdido Street School post yesterday on the NYSED modules:At my school, I have two 9th grade classes where I am required to teach to the modules. They are so dry and tedious, that on days when I follow the curriculum (knowing
Avoid The Hype: Online Learning’s Transformational Potential (Michael Horn) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Avoid The Hype: Online Learning’s Transformational Potential (Michael Horn) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Avoid The Hype: Online Learning’s Transformational Potential (Michael Horn)From time to time, posts that I write prompt responses. Especially when writing about K-12 access and use of new high-tech devices, software, and their supposed revolutionary impact. Here is suc
GERM Spreading, New Zealand Infected | InterACT
GERM Spreading, New Zealand Infected | InterACT: GERM Spreading, New Zealand InfectedMARCH 9, 2014by David B. CohenPasi Sahlberg at Stanford University, 2012. (photo by the author)Pasi Sahlberg, the well-known Finnish education expert and author of Finnish Lessons, has described the negative trends in education reform as GERM – the Global Education Reform Movement. You can see his TEDx talk “GERM
You’ve Received a Flipagram! | Continuing Change
You’ve Received a Flipagram! | Continuing Change: My Weekend In Austin, TX at NPE Conference #flipagram made with @flipagramMusic: Queen – We Will Rock Youhttp://flipagram.com/f/GrWRmt5SMa
The Racist Narrative of ‘Failing Schools’ | educarenow
The Racist Narrative of ‘Failing Schools’ | educarenow: The Racist Narrative of ‘Failing Schools’Posted on March 9, 2014 | 1 CommentWe hear it all of the time- we need to find ways to support ‘failing schools.’ And yet, there is little questioning of the assumptions underlying this phrase. Still, because of the uncritical acceptance of the existence of failing schools, lots of people are hard at
CURMUDGUCATION: What We Don't Know About Normal
CURMUDGUCATION: What We Don't Know About Normal: What We Don't Know About NormalI only just heard about Joe Henrich and his groundbreaking work, but I plan to educate myself further. Henrich's work has implications for anyone who works with human beings and their brains. So, teachers.Let me try to simplify Henrich's work and then I'll try to explain why we should care.Normal Isn't Henrich was doin
JIMMY STEWART REALLY SCREWED AMERICA...POLITICALLY - Perdaily.com
JIMMY STEWART REALLY SCREWED AMERICA...POLITICALLY - Perdaily.com: JIMMY STEWART REALLY SCREWED AMERICA...POLITICALLY(Mensaje se repite en Español)Over the last seven years as I have become more and more embroiled in conflict with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the reaction to my allegations of endemic corruption of this public education bureaucracy has consistently been met from
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Was Rahm lying about a deal with Preckwinkle?
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Was Rahm lying about a deal with Preckwinkle?: Was Rahm lying about a deal with Preckwinkle?Last week's interview with S-T City Hall reporter Fran Spielman, Rahm claimed Toni Preckwinkle has promised him that she won't run against him.“She has said that and I believe she’s a person of her word. … I believe she’s not running.I wrote (prophetically?) : "If he's t
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NPE 2014 National Conference Photo Gallery - The Network For Public Education
The Network For Public Education | NPE 2014 National Conference Photo Gallery: NPE 2014 National Conference Photo GalleryMarch 9, 2014 NPE National ConferenceOn March 1 & 2, 2014 Education advocates from across the country gathered at The University of Texas at Austin for the Network for Public Education 2014 National Conference. Over 100 panelists shared their experiences and expertise, new f
Mother Crusader: Expansiongate?
Mother Crusader: Expansiongate?: Expansiongate?My good blogging buddy Jersey Jazzman has been trying to make sense of outgoing Commissioner Cerf's decision to deny expansion to a suburban Hebrew language immersion charter (Hatikvah) when he approved the expansion of an urban dual language charter (HoLa) that, at least on the surface, seem very similar.Two charters, both causing economic distress t
Fight the Privatization of Education: Oppose the Nomination of Ted Mitchell
The Nation: Fight the Privatization of Education: Oppose the Nomination of Ted MitchellIn October, the Obama administration nominated Ted Mitchell, the chief executive of the NewSchools Venture Fund, to become Under Secretary of the Department of Education. While the nomination has flown largely under the radar, the choice represents an alarming sign that the administration is favoring greater pri
V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: There May Be More You Can Learn How to Do in Five Weeks than Teach for America!
V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: There May Be More You Can Learn How to Do in Five Weeks than Teach for America!: There May Be More You Can Learn How to Do in Five Weeks than Teach for America!Teach for America has two new pilot programs. Within the new cohort of recruits, there will be a subset engaged in a year-long preparation, including more classroom experience, the study of "learning theo
The Rise of the BAT - Video Collection
The Rise of the BAT Movie trailer for all my fellow BATsPlay all 6:46TheBadassTeachers You Shouted Me Down Governor Christie. Now Listen.2:01TheBadassTeachers What Is the Badass Teacher Association?0:49TheBadassTeachers What is a BAT?2:41TheBadassTeachers A BAT Montage1:34Keith Hughes The Badass Teacher Association1:14TheBadassTeachers Are You a BadAss Teacher?1:04Lance Wren From a Few to Many1:0
Vergara v California continues: Public schools vs billionaires :: The Political Carnival
Vergara v California continues: Public schools vs billionaires :: The Political Carnival: Vergara v California continues: Public schools vs billionairesPosted by GottaLaff · Thursday, March 6th, 2014 at 2:00 pm · 0 Comments Share/BookmarkAs promised, here is an update on Public schools vs billionaires: Vergara v California. Please follow the link for the back story.My first Vergara post caused a b
Marie Corfield: A Eulogy for Public Education Part l: Why is the NJ State Board of Ed Using Napalm to Cut the Grass?
Marie Corfield: A Eulogy for Public Education Part l: Why is the NJ State Board of Ed Using Napalm to Cut the Grass?: A Eulogy for Public Education Part l: Why is the NJ State Board of Ed Using Napalm to Cut the Grass?Along with approximately 50 other education professionals from the New Jersey Education Association, members of the Newark Teachers Union (AFT-NJ), and parents and other concerned ci
What's Really Behind Education Policy in Newark?
What's Really Behind Education Policy in Newark?: What's Really Behind Education Policy in Newark?Saturday, 08 March 2014 09:12By Andrew Elrod , Truthout | News Analysis52font size Print Email(Photo: State Farm / Flickr)Ever since Newark Public Schools (NPS) Superintendent Cami Anderson's December announcement of her district's turnaround program, "One Newark," parents and teachers hav
Student Activism 2 from Schoolhouse Live DIANE RAVITCH AT NPE CONFERENCE, MARCH 2, 2014
Schoolhouse Live: Student Activism 2 from Schoolhouse Live DIANE RAVITCH AT NPE CONFERENCE, MARCH 2, 2014NOTE: DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, THE FINAL MINUTES OF THE SPEECH WERE NOT RECORDED. APOLOGIES TO DR. RAVITCH AND NPE. SCROLL DOWN FOR REMAINING MINUTES, COURTESY OF FILMMAKER BILL BAYKAN. VISIT THE SITE FOR HIS UPCOMING DOCUMENTARY "THE PUBLIC SCHOOL WARS" AT PUBLICSCHOOLWARS.COM.
Nite Cap 3-8-14 #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 CAPBadass Teachers AssociationBadass Teachers Association: The Minion’s that Run BATsBy Marla Kilfoyle, General Manager of BATs Melissa Tomlinson, Asst. General Manager of BATsRecently, in a contentious thread on BATs, we were referred to as minion
