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Mayor De Blasio Has It Right On Charter Schools
It was Monday morning, and the folks at Morning Joe were already steamed. Joe Scarborough had his Very Serious scowl face on while Mika Brzezinski’s eyes were flashing with poised rage. Their target: newly elected New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio who had arrived for the ritual grilling now so popular on broadcast television. And the topic: first, a softball lob about expanding pre-k education (“
On Vouchers In General and Particularly the 2014 All-voucher Arizona Push
Over the past year, I have received three glossy mailouts telling me that I can “enroll my child in private school for free.” The last one included the message, “Time is running out!” and added, “Is your child stuck in a failing school? Send them to a private school for FREE.” Nothing is “for free.” Someone must pay. I live in Louisiana, so this advertisement is tailored to my state: Thanks to the
Podcast: FL Parents Holler NO To Vouchers !!
Podcast: FL Parents Say NO To Vouchers I focused on FL Voucher Expansion Bills in my podcast today. http://www.spreaker.com/user/7131496/podcast-fl-parents-say-no-to-vouchers Listen in, share and please follow link to take action: http://takeaction.fundeducationnow.org/page/speakout/voucher-expansion-bill I draw my own conclusions, provide links for reference, and embrace the snarky. #GatorBonBC
Common Core Panel Says Limit Time Teaching to Test
ALBANY, N.Y.—A panel created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to look into New York’s rollout of the Common Core curriculum recommended Monday banning standardized tests for the youngest students and capping the amount of instructional time that can be used for test prep. Cuomo created the panel last month amid widespread complaints by parents and teachers that New York rushed the rollout of the tougher stand
An Oscar Type Moment
During any talk or presentation I give I make sure that people can reach out to me to share a story, ask a question and even challenge me. I value the ways in which we don’t need to let a one time presentation but a one time presentation. Recently, someone shared a great story and I thought I’d pass it along here. It’s a story about gratitude, joy and storytelling, three of my favourite things I w
This took Teach For America 24 years to figure out?
BY VALERIE STRAUSS March 11 at 9:42 am 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 ...read more
Strategies to Reduce High-Stakes Testing | Yinzercation
News flash: I am not against testing. Most parents, teachers, and even students agree that we ought to assess what students learn. Quality assessments help children learn and provide meaningful information to teachers to help them meet the needs of individual students. Tests ought to align with the curriculum (and ideally be designed by teachers) ...read more
Understanding the Propaganda Campaign Against Public Education | Diane Ravitch’s blog
A few years ago, when I was blogging at Education Week with Deborah Meier, a reader introduced the term FUD. I had never heard of it. It is a marketing technique used in business and politics to harm your competition. The term and its history can be found on Wikipedia. FUD stands for Fear, Uncertainty, ...read more
Our Latest Response From A Sister Class — This Time From South Africa!
I’ve been sharing about an ongoing project my ELL Geography class has been doing — studying different countries, developing questions about them, and then recording videos of themselves asking those questions that we’d send to an English class in that country. It’s been a great experience for everyone involved, and I’ve previously shared some of those videos: Terrific New Videos: Using English “S
Status Quo at Elite New York Schools: Few Blacks and Hispanics
The stagnant racial demographics at the city’s nine specialized high schools led Mayor Bill de Blasio to call again for increasing their diversity.
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Diane Ravitch is a historian of education and author of the national best-seller Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools.
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The Kanawha County school district's board of ed last week introduced a proposed dress code, which also bars facial piercings, and immediately got a dressing down from the teachers union. It's not that the local teachers want to wear their weekend...
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As state lawmakers consider measures that aim to keep Washington's waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the state teachers union is working to convince them that losing the waiver wouldn't be a big deal. The union is fighting lawmakers' ...
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SAN JOSE -- The South Bay movement to fast-track the opening of charter schoolshas been dealt a setback, with a court ruling that county school boards can't override local ordinances while deciding where to place campuses.
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The same debate last year ended up with “No Vouchers.” We favor the “Little Voucher” approach put forth by Gov. Bill Haslam.
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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 CAPCash Money Kids – Florida’s Voucher Scheme | Continuing ChangeCash Money Kids – Florida’s Voucher Scheme | Continuing Change: Cash Money Kids – Florida’s Voucher SchemeMarch 11, 2014Educationeducation, Florida, parents, schools, vouchers Rat