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Something In Me Snapped Today: No More ‘Education Reform’ CityWatch
CityWatch: Something In Me Snapped Today: No More ‘Education Reform’ Written by Julie Vassilatos 08 Apr 2014Font SizeEDUCATION POLITICS-Something in me snapped today and I realized that I am finished using the phrase "education reform." That's how folks refer to the constellation of ideas firmly entrenched in the White House right now, upheld by almost every governor of every state, red
The Factoid World of Michael Goodwin of the New York Post southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: The Factoid World of Michael Goodwin of the New York PostI buy two newspapers on Sunday. The Daily News, I read in the car while my son is in Sunday School and The Times to read throughout the day. The Post, except for Phil Mushnick is a waste of my time.But this past Sunday I was able to read a free copy of the Post. I forgot where I was but I came across Michael
LAUSD TARGETS PHENOMENAL TEACHER GREG SCHILLER - Perdaily.com
LAUSD TARGETS PHENOMENAL TEACHER GREG SCHILLER - Perdaily.com: LAUSD TARGETS PHENOMENAL TEACHER GREG SCHILLER(Mensaje se repite en Español)When I was in high school my science teacher had us do an experiment to illustrate that a molecule of water was in fact made up of: two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen. We accomplished this experiment by running a small current of electric through wate
As California standardized testing gains steam, help center 'inundated' with teacher calls | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
As California standardized testing gains steam, help center 'inundated' with teacher calls | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: As California standardized testing gains steam, help center 'inundated' with teacher callsAdolfo Guzman-Lopez | April 9th, 2014, 5:44pmGetty ImagesStudents type on computers.It's week three for California’s new web-based standardized tests and some schools are reporting hair-pullin
Conspiracy Theories: Who Hacked the United Opt Out National Website
Conspiracy Theories: Who Hacked the United Opt Out National WebsiteJust a heads up - our website has been destroyed by hackers. If you are able to view the United Opt Out National website, you are currently viewing a cached site/ghost site. It could disappear at any moment - we don't know how long that will last. We will try to get the 50 state guides uploaded to this FB group over the next few
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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 CAP4-11-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacherFred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Does Squeezy think we are suffering from collective amnesia?Squeezy and Raune
Morning Wink 4-6-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS4-6-13 Curmudgucation WeekCURMUDGUCATION: Six Heads of the Reformy HydraPublic education really does have many enemies these days, and while it may sometimes seem like they are a large amorphous mass, there are distinctions to be made. These six groups have come together in a perfect storm to bring us to the mess that is our current high stakes test driven
Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 4-7-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMCharter-Mania, High-Stakes Testing and Teacher-Bashing: Can Rhee’s Approach Be Stopped?Is public education doomed to destruction? Has it already been done in? Everyone has an opinion. The question is will the Vergara v. California court decision permanently define what might be? Will education equity be set free? Stanford Professor Linda
Charter school truths hit the front page Parents United for Responsible Education
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Charter school truths hit the front page: truths hit the front pageToday was not a good day for charter school public relations folks.The Chicago Tribune’s front page carried the above headline (left) on a story that described the discipline policy of the Noble Network of Charter Schools as “extreme,” “stricter than zero tolerance,” and “ou
John Thompson Reviews John Kuhn's "Fear and Learning" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
John Thompson Reviews John Kuhn's "Fear and Learning" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: John Thompson Reviews John Kuhn's "Fear and Learning"By Anthony Cody on April 10, 2014 6:43 PMGuest post by John Thompson. It was Texas that led American schools into the valley of fear and test-driven loathing. It was a Texan, Diane Ravitch, who rallied teachers when it seemed
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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 CAP4-11-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacherFred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Does Squeezy think we are suffering from collective amnesia?Squeezy and Raune
NYC Public School Parents: Pictures and words from our amazing rally yesterday; protesting Gov. Cuomo's forced charter takeover of our public schools
NYC Public School Parents: Pictures and words from our amazing rally yesterday; protesting Gov. Cuomo's forced charter takeover of our public schools: Pictures and words from our amazing rally yesterday; protesting Gov. Cuomo's forced charter takeover of our public schoolsYesterday, we held a terrific rally with hundreds of parents and kids, filling the steps of the NY Public Library, outraged at
Peabody School Committee Calls Mitchell Chester’s Role with PARCC a Conflict of Interest | Truth in American Education
Peabody School Committee Calls Mitchell Chester’s Role with PARCC a Conflict of Interest | Truth in American Education: Peabody School Committee Calls Mitchell Chester’s Role with PARCC a Conflict of InterestFiled in Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level by Shane Vander Hart on April 11, 2014 • 0 Comments42Dave McGeneyThe Peabody School Committee member Dave McGeney called into questio
Looking at the Best Teachers and Who They Teach | Center for American Progress
Looking at the Best Teachers and Who They Teach | Center for American Progress: Looking at the Best Teachers and Who They TeachPoor Students and Students of Color are Less Likely to Get Highly Effective TeachingSOURCE: AP/Rich PedroncelliSecond-grade teacher Vickie Boudouris goes over a worksheet her students were doing in an English-language-learner summer-school class at the Cordova Villa Elemen
Everything You Want to Know about VAM Research |
Everything You Want to Know about VAM Research |: Everything You Want to Know about VAM ResearchPosted on April 11, 2014 by Audrey Amrein-BeardsleyA few weeks ago Diane Ravitch requested that I construct a list of the Top 10 and Top 25 research articles about VAMs, largely to inform others needing research to become more informed about (and defend themselves against) VAMs.In turn, I constructed tw
Morning Wink 4-11-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS4-11-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLarry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: April’s Infographics & Interactives Galore – Part ThreeThere are just so many good infographics and interactives out there that I’ve begun a new semi-regular feature called “Infographics & Inter
4-11-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: April’s Infographics & Interactives Galore – Part ThreeThere are just so many good infographics and interactives out there that I’ve begun a new semi-regular feature called “Infographics & Interactives Galore.” You can see others at A Collection Of “The Best…” Lists On Infographics and by searching “infographics” on
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Friday, April 11, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: EdSource: Southern California districts seeking parent input on funding plansEducation HeadlinesFriday, April 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.Fresno County educators, Sikh leaders vow to work agai
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-11-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Sherm Koons: Down the Rabbit Hole with PARCCSherm Koons left this comment. Check out Sherm’s blog, Tales from the Classroom. He is a veteran high school English teacher in Ohio. Down the Rabbit Hole with PARCC. It’s taken me a while to begin to wrap my head around what’s really going on with PARCC and what makes it so absolutely
NYC Public School Parents: More than 37 NYC principals say NO! to the Commissioner; the state exams are unfair & flawed & need to undergo public scrutiny
NYC Public School Parents: More than 37 NYC principals say NO! to the Commissioner; the state exams are unfair & flawed & need to undergo public scrutiny: More than 37 NYC principals say NO! to the Commissioner; the state exams are unfair & flawed & need to undergo public scrutinyThe day after NY Education Commissioner King in a widely-covered speech claims the state's Common Core
John Thompson Reviews John Kuhn's "Fear and Learning" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
John Thompson Reviews John Kuhn's "Fear and Learning" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: John Thompson Reviews John Kuhn's "Fear and Learning"By Anthony Cody on April 10, 2014 6:43 PMGuest post by John Thompson. It was Texas that led American schools into the valley of fear and test-driven loathing. It was a Texan, Diane Ravitch, who rallied teachers when it seemed
States in West and Midwest Lead Nation in Teacher Respect
States in West and Midwest Lead Nation in Teacher Respect: States in West and Midwest Lead Nation in Teacher RespectNevada, Louisiana residents see less respect for their educatorsby Stephanie Kafka, Jordan Jeromchek, and Susan Sorenson12>This article is part of a weeklong series analyzing how education leaders, students, and teachers evaluate education in America. The series will feature American
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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 CAPMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: What? Is Duncan really bailing out on Common Core?Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: What? Is Duncan really bailing out on Common Core?: What? Is Duncan really bailing out on Common Core?“I believe the Common Core State
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: What? Is Duncan really bailing out on Common Core?
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: What? Is Duncan really bailing out on Common Core?: What? Is Duncan really bailing out on Common Core?“I believe the Common Core State Standards may prove to be the single greatest thing to happen to public education in America since Brown v. Board of Education.” -- Arne Duncan, June 25, 2013“I’m just a big proponent of high standards. Whether they’re common or not i
Gulen Movement 101: Session Two THE PERIMETER PRIMATE
THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: Gulen Movement 101: Session Two: Gulen Movement 101: Session TwoNavigating the webinar00:00 – 18:27 min.: Recap from Session One (overview of Fethullah Gulen and the Gulen Movement, overview of the GM's US activities)18:28 – 37:10 min.: Concept Schools history, founders, etc.37:11 – 1:00:45 min: The specific theology of the Gulen Movement (presented by Tim Furman)1:00:46 –
4-10-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Required Reading on Common CoreOne of the most calm, well-thought out op-eds on Common Core that I have read from Elizabeth Phillips, principal in NYC's PS 321. Read the entire thing but here are highlights:So teachers watched hundreds of thousands of children in grades 3 to 8 sit for between 70 and 180 minutes per day for three days taking a state English Languag
4-10-14 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: Glitches slowing use of Common Core testsAs testing gains steam, help center ‘inundated’ with teacher calls It’s week three for California’s new web-based standardized tests and some schools are reporting hair-pulling moments. “Our students are becoming frustrated,” said Bonnie Tanaka, princ
Morning Wink 4-10-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-10-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Education Law Center: States with Most Unequal Funding Won RTTT GrantsThe Education Law Center noted in 2012 that there was a pattern to the distribution of Race to the Top grants: The states an
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-10-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Education Law Center: States with Most Unequal Funding Won RTTT GrantsThe Education Law Center noted in 2012 that there was a pattern to the distribution of Race to the Top grants: The states and districts with the most unequal funding won a large share of RTTT grants. ELC writes: Since 2009, the US Department of Education’s (USDOE
4-10-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Mercedes Schneider Dissects Sol Stern's Lack of Knowledge on Common CoreStern, I have to tell you– you are so out of the loop... Mercedes Schneider Sol Stern has been a sparring partner for many years - since the days when he went after teacher seniority as the worst thing to happen to public education. Sol is a delightful adversary. But we have had some blow-ups over the years--
A Revolution Against Corporate Education Focuses On Its Achilles Heel | PopularResistance.Org
A Revolution Against Corporate Education Focuses On Its Achilles Heel | PopularResistance.Org: A Revolution Against Corporate Education Focuses On Its Achilles HeelUNCATEGORIZED EDUCATION By Roshan Bliss, www.PopularResistance.orgApril 10th, 2014 Powered by TranslateAbove: Education protest in ChicagoDenver Gathering Seeks to Galvanize Corporate Education Reform ResistanceLate last month, over 10
Charles M. Blow: "We Should Be In a Rage"
Charles M. Blow: "We Should Be In a Rage": Charles M. Blow: "We Should Be In a Rage"byteacherkenFollow Email 80 Comments / 80 NewVoter apathy is a civic abdication. There is no other way to describe it.That is how he begins this column for Thursday's New York Times.Trust me, please. This is a column that needs to be read in its entirety, that is not possible to easily sum
As California standardized testing gains steam, help center 'inundated' with teacher calls | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
As California standardized testing gains steam, help center 'inundated' with teacher calls | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: As California standardized testing gains steam, help center 'inundated' with teacher callsAdolfo Guzman-Lopez | April 9th, 2014, 5:44pmGetty ImagesStudents type on computers.It's week three for California’s new web-based standardized tests and some schools are reporting hair-pullin
Sacramento City Unified to abandon high-profile consortium plan - Education - The Sacramento Bee
Sacramento City Unified to abandon high-profile consortium plan - Education - The Sacramento Bee: Sacramento City Unified to abandon high-profile consortium planBy Loretta Kalblkalb@sacbee.comPublished: Wednesday, Apr. 9, 2014 - 5:16 pmThe Sacramento City Unified School District announced Wednesday it will abandon a plan to work with seven other California school districts on employing new perform
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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 CAPTobacco Use Prevention Grants - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)Tobacco Use Prevention Grants - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Tobacco-Use Prevention GrantsConcern raised on proliferation of other ni
“Dump the losers”: Where do District and City leaders really stand? | Parents United for Public Education
“Dump the losers”: Where do District and City leaders really stand? | Parents United for Public Education: “Dump the losers”: Where do District and City leaders really stand?Posted on April 9, 2014 by HELENGYMLeave a commentHow shocked should we be really?On Friday, Philadelphia School Partnership’s Mark Gleason embraced a stunningly blunt description of the District’s “portfolio model” at a sessi
Something In Me Snapped Today: No More ‘Education Reform’ CityWatch
CityWatch: Something In Me Snapped Today: No More ‘Education Reform’ Written by Julie Vassilatos 08 Apr 2014Font SizeEDUCATION POLITICS-Something in me snapped today and I realized that I am finished using the phrase "education reform." That's how folks refer to the constellation of ideas firmly entrenched in the White House right now, upheld by almost every governor of every state, red
Revoked Rights For Educators | My Island View
Revoked Rights For Educators | My Island View: Revoked Rights For EducatorsApril 9, 2014 by tomwhitbyAt what point in time did schools obtain the power to suspend a teacher’s constitutional right to free speech? I know that social media is relatively new to our modern history, which is reason to give some institutions a little breathing space to catch up to all of social media’s ramifications on o
4-9-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Behind the CCSS Corporate Curtain: Gates, TURN, and the AFT Innovation FundI know it doesn’t seem healthy to continue to speak of the roles that national teacher union groups are playing in our current corporate education reform takeover, but this is kind of important, for three big reasons: (1) Most teachers have never heard of what I’ll be writing about here, because it’s not a
4-9-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools Work Session/Committee Meeting UpdatesThe Work Sessions scheduled for today now have their agendas available.One is the Risk Management; Insurance Coverage Review. On the face of it, this department seems to be doing a good job. I only say "seems" because insurance is not my area so it's hard to discern any issues. Two items of note:Pag
Morning Wink 4-9-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSFCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance TeamFCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: L.A. Unified board to study adding student representativeEducation HeadlinesWednesday, April 9, 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
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: L.A. Unified board to study adding student representativeEducation HeadlinesWednesday, April 9, 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.Fensterwald: Deal in L.A. Unified designed to protect 37 high-needs scho
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-9-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: John Thompson: Chetty and Kane Are Out of Touch with Real WorldJohn Thompson, teacher and historian, here reviews the testimony in the Vergara trial of economists Raj Chetty and Tom Kane. They are believers in economic models for judging teacher quality. Thompson concludes they are seriously out of touch with the real world of teac
4-9-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “Poverty-related Challenges Sap Instructional Time in High Schools”Poverty-related Challenges Sap Instructional Time in High Schools is the headline of an article in Education Week on a new study that finds teachers in high-poverty schools like ours end up with thirty minutes of less instructional time each day than those i
Day of Silence (April 11, 2014) | GLSEN
Day of Silence (April 11, 2014) | GLSEN: Day of Silence (April 11, 2014)Silence can create change!That’s why every year hundreds of thousands of students across the world take a vow of silence on a Friday in April. This quiet but powerful, student-led action raises awareness about the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bullying, harassment and discrimination.Anyone can organize a Day of Silence activit
BREAKING!! MY FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF MICHELLE RHEE'S CULT southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: BREAKING!! MY FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF MICHELLE RHEE'S CULTBear with me here as I put into context the audacity, the hubris, the obfuscation I witnessed today of hacks representing Students First.As many of you know, I am incarcerated at 4360 Broadway which happens to be PS 48 in Manhattan. Coming in this morning there were a phalanx of talking head media congregated
Arne Duncan Plays the Common Core Distancing Game | deutsch29
Arne Duncan Plays the Common Core Distancing Game | deutsch29: Arne Duncan Plays the Common Core Distancing GameApril 8, 2014On April 2, 2014, Louisiana has witnessed the lame demonstration of “Common Core distancing” from the governor (Bobby Jindal) who signed the state onto “the standards” (CCSS) in 2009– before they were written.In 2010, US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan accepted Louisiana’
TODAY: House and Senate approve teacher pension pillage in Illinois – as campaign contributors are awarded tax monies | Reclaim Reform
TODAY: House and Senate approve teacher pension pillage in Illinois – as campaign contributors are awarded tax monies | Reclaim Reform: TODAY: House and Senate approve teacher pension pillage in Illinois – as campaign contributors are awarded tax moniesPosted on April 8, 2014by Ken PrevitiIn spite of state and federal constitutional protections, active teachers will pay more into their pension fun
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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 CAPSPECIAL Mid Day Banana Break 4-8-13 #soschat #edreformBig Education Ape - Mid Day Banana BreakWEA Supports Families Opting out of State TestingI had heard about this vote this past weekend but couldn't find info on it at the WEA website. From KU
SPECIAL Mid Day Banana Break 4-8-13 #soschat #edreform
Big Education Ape - Mid Day Banana BreakWEA Supports Families Opting out of State TestingI had heard about this vote this past weekend but couldn't find info on it at the WEA website. From KUOW:The state’s largest teachers’ union has passed a motion to support parents and students who opt out of statewide standardized tests. The union also promotes opting out of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Co
Kids Under Pressure
Kids Under Pressure: Kids Under PressureApril 8, 2014 by Mark Naison Leave a CommentUnder Pressure: Does Test Stress at School Added to Economic Stress at Home Constitute a Toxic Combination?During the last decade, America’s public school students have seen a steady increase in the amount of testing they have to endure. As a result of state policies and federal mandates, schools have transformed c
Statisticians' Group Issues Statement on Use of 'Value Added' Data for Teachers - Teacher Beat - Education Week
Statisticians' Group Issues Statement on Use of 'Value Added' Data for Teachers - Teacher Beat - Education Week: Statisticians' Group Issues Statement on Use of 'Value Added' Data for TeachersBy Stephen Sawchuk on April 8, 2014 2:38 PMIf you've been following this blog, then you know that there are few more controversial policy shifts of late than the integration of "value added" methodo
GOP hopeful Bruce Rauner’s Noble Street charter network scores $400,000 at the expense of low-income, minority children
Chicago Teachers Union | www.ctunet.com: GOP hopeful Bruce Rauner’s Noble Street charter network scores $400,000 at the expense of low-income, minority childrenCHICAGO—As the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) pushes for reform in Illinois charter school law and increased accountability to the public from charter networks, there is increasing concern among parents and fair education advocates over disci
4-8-14 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): Groups stage a rally to show impact of LAUSD drop outsThe sound of classroom silence. As part of a rally by parents, education advocates and civil rights groups who represent Communities for Los Angeles Student Success, or CLASS, 375 desks were set up this morning at the LAUSD headquarters in downtown Los
I am pro-child, and I opt out | Twin Cities Daily Planet
I am pro-child, and I opt out | Twin Cities Daily Planet: I am pro-child, and I opt outBy Sarah Lahm, Eyes on EducationApril 07, 2014Tonight, I will be in St. Cloud, speaking to a group of parents about how and why to opt their children out of the upcoming MCA (Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment) tests.I have also recently connected with parents in a district just north of the Twin Cities, who say
4-8-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Curriculum and Instruction Policy Committee meeting notesThe Board Curriculum and Instruction Policy Committee met yesterday (Monday, April 7). The agenda included an update on Creative Approach Schools, information on the application for a SIG grant by Rainier Beach High School, an update on Special Education program placement, and an update and further discussion
4-8-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Corporate Welfare Charter Schools--the Vampire Squid of Educationfrom Alan Singer at HuffPo:On Sunday, March 23, 2014 in a speechat Riverside Church in Manhattan, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, faced with declining public opinion poll numbers, made nice to charter school companies and their wealthy backers. He told congregants that his administration and the charter movement h
Morning Wink 4-8-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-8-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: exas Superintendent Asks for Help in Stopping Failed VAMThis superintendent posted a request for help. I will be posting a summary of research on value-added-measurement later today. I think it i
Do Students Still Have Free Speech in School? - David R. Wheeler - The Atlantic
Do Students Still Have Free Speech in School? - David R. Wheeler - The Atlantic: Do Students Still Have Free Speech in School?Social media has eroded young people's privacy—and advocates are trying to win it back. Adam Hunger/ReutersIn 1965, when Mary Beth Tinker was 13 years old, she wore a black armband to her junior high school to protest the Vietnam War. The school promptly suspended her, but
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-8-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: exas Superintendent Asks for Help in Stopping Failed VAMThis superintendent posted a request for help. I will be posting a summary of research on value-added-measurement later today. I think it is fair to say that while economists like VAM (they measure productivity), education researchers overwhelmingly oppose VAM because they kno
Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 4-7-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMCharter-Mania, High-Stakes Testing and Teacher-Bashing: Can Rhee’s Approach Be Stopped?Is public education doomed to destruction? Has it already been done in? Everyone has an opinion. The question is will the Vergara v. California court decision permanently define what might be? Will education equity be set free? Stanford Professor Linda
The Factoid World of Michael Goodwin of the New York Post southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: The Factoid World of Michael Goodwin of the New York PostI buy two newspapers on Sunday. The Daily News, I read in the car while my son is in Sunday School and The Times to read throughout the day. The Post, except for Phil Mushnick is a waste of my time.But this past Sunday I was able to read a free copy of the Post. I forgot where I was but I came across Michael
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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 CAP4-7-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekJersey Jazzman: Why Is Michelle Rhee Wrong About Everything?Michelle Rhee is consistently wrong about everything.She was wrong about teaching to the test. She was wrong about her grading of state education po
Charter school truths hit the front page Parents United for Responsible Education
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Charter school truths hit the front page: truths hit the front pageToday was not a good day for charter school public relations folks.The Chicago Tribune’s front page carried the above headline (left) on a story that described the discipline policy of the Noble Network of Charter Schools as “extreme,” “stricter than zero tolerance,” and “ou
NYC Public School Parents: District 2 principals fight back! Parents, Rally with your school on Friday morning vs awful State ELA exam
NYC Public School Parents: District 2 principals fight back! Parents, Rally with your school on Friday morning vs awful State ELA exam: District 2 principals fight back! Parents, Rally with your school on Friday morning vs awful State ELA examSee letter from most of the Elementary school principals in Community School District 2 below; D2 takes up a large slice of Manhattan from the southern tip t
Ask Arne: Procuring Privacy | ED.gov Blog
Ask Arne: Procuring Privacy | ED.gov Blog: Ask Arne: Procuring PrivacyWhen I think of privacy a few images pop into my head: a “do not disturb” sign, the settings on my social media accounts, or me locking the bathroom door so that my kids can’t come barging in after me.But the term “privacy” has taken on new meaning in the digital age, and is now accompanied by terms like big data, devices, and
Conspiracy Theories: Who Hacked the United Opt Out National Website
Conspiracy Theories: Who Hacked the United Opt Out National WebsiteJust a heads up - our website has been destroyed by hackers. If you are able to view the United Opt Out National website, you are currently viewing a cached site/ghost site. It could disappear at any moment - we don't know how long that will last. We will try to get the 50 state guides uploaded to this FB group over the next few
4-7-14 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): Morning Read: Less than 40% of Students are College ReadyCollege-Readiness not keeping up in California Fewer than 4 in 10 California high school students are completing the requirements to be eligible for the state’s public universities, fueling worries of a shortage of college-educated workers when the
Common Core & Data Collection | Truth in American Education
Common Core & Data Collection | Truth in American Education: Common Core & Data CollectionFiled in Privacy/SLDS by Jane Robbins on April 7, 2014 • 0 Comments181A particularly troubling aspect of the Common Core scheme is the emphasis on massive data-collection on students, and the sharing of that data for various purposes essentially unrelated to genuine education. U. S. Secretary of Educa
Morning Wink 4-7-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-7-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Hoover, Alabama: “I Just Want to Teach”I encountered this article on Twitter, and a reader was kind enough to forward it in the comments section. http://ow.ly/vcl92 I Just Want to Teach…..Not
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-7-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Hoover, Alabama: “I Just Want to Teach”I encountered this article on Twitter, and a reader was kind enough to forward it in the comments section. http://ow.ly/vcl92 I Just Want to Teach…..Not Give Useless Tests: The Current Plight of Alabama’s Hoover City School Teachers Part One: Changes in the Elementary Program by Deborah G.
LAUSD TARGETS PHENOMENAL TEACHER GREG SCHILLER - Perdaily.com
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Common core or SMARTER Balanced? Maybe it’s neither :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
Common core or SMARTER Balanced? Maybe it’s neither :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: APRIL 07, 2014Common core or SMARTER Balanced? Maybe it’s neitherby Lee Funk(Calif.) As the state steps back to revise its assessment of the school accountability system with the advent of common core and SMARTER Balanced assessments, there is an opportunity
Under new law, school nurses aim to stop rise in vaccination opt-outs | EdSource Today
Under new law, school nurses aim to stop rise in vaccination opt-outs | EdSource Today: Under new law, school nurses aim to stop rise in vaccination opt-outsApril 6th, 2014 | Add a Comment | By Jane Meredith AdamsInterested in vaccination rates at your child’s school? Want to see how vaccination rates vary between charter, private and public schools throughout California? Check out the EdSource va
New Issue of Cream and Cherries: CPS: Expulsion rate higher at charter schools - Chicago Tribune
CPS: Expulsion rate higher at charter schools - Chicago Tribune: CPS: Expulsion rate higher at charter schoolsDisparity sure to become fuel in ongoing education debateFebruary 26, 2014|By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah and Alex Richards, Tribune reporters 140Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett said she inherited "a really punitive zero-tolerance code of conduct" and that the district
Another Lawsuit in Tennessee |
Another Lawsuit in Tennessee |: Another Lawsuit in Tennessee As per Diane Ravitch’s blog, “The Tennessee Education Association filed a second lawsuit against the use if value-added assessment (called TVAAS in Tennessee), this time including extremist Governor Haslam and ex-TFA state commissioner Huffman in their suit.As per a more detailed post about this lawsuit, “The state’s largest association
Why do the Koch brothers want to end public education?
This film and investigation connects the dots and reveals why the Koch brothers are trying to end public education and how their wealth winds up in the hands of Jim Crow. Watch the video, then call David Koch and tell him to stop funding school resegregation now. His number is 212-319-1100. Discuss at: http://facebook.com/KochBrothers More at: http://KochBrothersExposed.com/education
The Classroom of the Future: Student Centered or Device Centered? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
The Classroom of the Future: Student Centered or Device Centered? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: The Classroom of the Future: Student Centered or Device Centered?By Anthony Cody on April 6, 2014 7:10 PMA basic question is emerging as our schools are urged to embrace the Common Core and the computer-based learning systems aligned to the standards. Are these digital devices becoming
Nite Cap 4-6-14 #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 CAPAll in the Family | Deborah Meier on EducationAll in the Family | Deborah Meier on Education: All in the FamilyPosted on April 6, 2014 by debmeierDear readers, friends, and all,A story about “All In the Family” caught my eye. (New Yorker, The Gre
All in the Family | Deborah Meier on Education
All in the Family | Deborah Meier on Education: All in the FamilyPosted on April 6, 2014 by debmeierDear readers, friends, and all,A story about “All In the Family” caught my eye. (New Yorker, The Great Divide, by Emily Nussbaum, April 7, 2014) It retells an anecdote that I’ve used many times, but somewhat differently. She recounts how this clever satire by liberal Norman Lear intended to defuse a
4-6-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Please Vote for Prop 1Why?1) We should not be cutting back on public transportation. It's just ridiculous when so many people count on it especially to get to work.2) The Times says you should vote no. That pretty much should be your tip-off to vote Yes. From The Slog:Their reasoning? Metro should cut more costs before asking for money, and Prop 1, which include
The Daily Censored » The San Francisco State Strike of 1968 vs. City College of San Francisco 2014
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4-6-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Michelle Rhee still doesn’t get itMichelle Rhee still doesn’t get it. The former D.C. schools chancellor and now leader of a national organization that pushes corporate school and attacks teachers unions, just wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post that uses bad analogies and a number of straw men to argue against the growing “opt out” movement in which parents are refusing […]
4-6-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: On DIscontinue - MORE's Paul Hogan - Mr. de Blasio: Tear Up This BlacklistMy fellow MOREista retiree Paul Hogan urges you to sign a petition against the DOE blacklist, where any principal has the power to ruin a non-tenured teacher's entire career with a swoop of a computer stroke. Paul is another outstanding MORE activist, thoughtful, analytical, smart -- the kind of person MORE
Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee still doesn’t get it
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4-6-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week
Jersey Jazzman: Uncommon Comes To Camden: Let The Segregation Begin!Camden's State Superintendent, Paymon Rouhanifard, shares much in common with his friend form the good old days in NYC, Newark State Superintendent Cami Anderson. Anderson, for example, believes she can simply ignore the law whenever she wants, as she does not answer to the citizens of Newark, with whom she has lost all credibilit
Marie Corfield: The school to prison pipeline just got a whole lot shorter
Marie Corfield: The school to prison pipeline just got a whole lot shorter: The school to prison pipeline just got a whole lot shorterListen… do you hear it? CLICK! Buzzzzz... Whirrr… Do you see it? Locks! Cameras! Action!All across America public schools are looking more like prisons. With every school shooting more and more security measures are being put in place, and that effort ratcheted up e
Morning Wink 4-6-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS4-6-13 Curmudgucation WeekCURMUDGUCATION: Six Heads of the Reformy HydraPublic education really does have many enemies these days, and while it may sometimes seem like they are a large amorphous mass, there are distinctions to be made. These six groups have come together in a perfect storm to bring us to the mess that is our current high stakes test driven
Pointing To Your True North | Connected Principals
Pointing To Your True North | Connected Principals: Pointing To Your True Northby Sandra Trach • April 6, 2014 • 0 Comments Instructionally savvy educators know that personalized learning is the heart of student success. As schools strive to customize education through instructional design, technology efforts and professional learning, highly successful schools know that these initiatives in
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-6-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Good News: You Will Never Need to Think for Yourself Again!Deborah Meier brought to my attention this series of workbooks that contain 180 days of Common Core worksheets in math and English. What a relief for anxious teachers! No more worrying about what to do. Here are the daily activities you need. No more planning or thinking. A
4-6-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Susan Ohanian – “On 21st Century Drones, Destroyers and Teachers”Teacher, author, and public school advocate Susan Ohanian is one of the nation’s leading voices in the battle to take back control of the public education system from the corporate education reform industry. She is also a winner of the NCTE George Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Lang
4-6-14 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 Week In Web 2.0In yet another attempt to get at the enormous backlog I have of sites worth , I’ve recently begin a regular feature called “The Week In Web 2.0.” (you might also be interested in The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2013). I also sometimes include tech tools that might not exactly fit the defin
Charter School Refugees - NYTimes.com
Charter School Refugees - NYTimes.com: Charter School Refugees LAST week, the New York State Legislature struck a deal ensuring thatcharter schools in New York City would have access to space, either in already crowded public school buildings or in rented spaces largely paid for by the city. Over the next few years, charters are expected to serve an increasing proportion of city students — perhaps
Nite Cap 4-5-14 #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 CAPOur Contract = a Social Justice Document | Classroom StruggleOur Contract = a Social Justice Document | Classroom Struggle: Our Contract = a Social Justice DocumentWhat is the future of collective bargaining? According to the Saint Paul Federatio
Parents defend Santa Monica teacher who fought with student - latimes.com
Parents defend Santa Monica teacher who fought with student - latimes.com: Parents defend Santa Monica teacher who fought with studentParents of several Santa Monica High School students are coming to the defense of a teacher who was placed on leave Friday after he was recorded on video in a physical altercation with a student.The incident took place in a classroom at the school and was videorecor
4-5-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week
Jersey Jazzman: Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekCharter School "Success": There's ALWAYS a CatchCamden's public school district is being systematically dismantled to become a "portfolio" district of "choice." This is, of course, all part of the formerly secret plan that was implemented by Former Acting Commissioner Chris Cerf -- a plan paid for by his mentor and patron
Fordham’s Mike Petrilli: Selling Common Core in States with Better Standards | deutsch29
Fordham’s Mike Petrilli: Selling Common Core in States with Better Standards | deutsch29: Fordham’s Mike Petrilli: Selling Common Core in States with Better StandardsApril 5, 2014This post is about the for-profit “reform”-promoting think tank, the Fordham Institute.The Fordham Institute likes to grade.Mind you, Fordham doesn’t bother to grade itself. But it does promote the grading of teacher trai
Preschool Suspensions: Yes, They're Happening, and the Consequences Aren't Fun and Games - Yahoo News
Preschool Suspensions: Yes, They're Happening, and the Consequences Aren't Fun and Games - Yahoo News: Preschool Suspensions: Yes, They're Happening, and the Consequences Aren't Fun and GamesBy Suzi Parker | Takepart.com23 hours agoTakepart.comIt may seem absurd, but each year thousands of preschool children are suspended from school. Kids as young as four years old are sent home for so-called mis
Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality: Support the publication of this new book for educators | I AM AN EDUCATOR
Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality: Support the publication of this new book for educators | I AM AN EDUCATOR: Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality: Support the publication of this new book for educatorsBy I AM AN EDUCATOR on April 5, 2014VIDEO: Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and SexualitySupporters of social justice education will be thrilled to learn that Rethinking Schools is currently wo
2nd Banana 4-5-14 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2
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Fishin’ 4 Schools | EduShyster
Fishin’ 4 Schools | EduShyster: Fishin’ 4 Schools The CEO of Charter Schools USA puts his yacht, Fishin’ 4 Schools, up 4 saleHave you ever encountered a story so sadly tragic that you were forced to break your own rule regarding pre-noon winebox decanting? I have… Hankies at the ready, reader, for we are *going there.* I’m talking about the super sad true tale of Charter Schools USA founder and C
Morning Wink 4-5-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS4-5-13 Curmudgucation WeekCURMUDGUCATION:WaPo Wastes Space on That WomanWhy? Just.... why??When the media need somebody to comment on modern surgical techniques, editors do not bark out, "Find me a surgeon with a super-high mortality rate who left the profession in disgrace!" ESPN bosses do not holler, "Find me a failed t-ball coach to do co
4-5-13 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION:WaPo Wastes Space on That WomanWhy? Just.... why??When the media need somebody to comment on modern surgical techniques, editors do not bark out, "Find me a surgeon with a super-high mortality rate who left the profession in disgrace!" ESPN bosses do not holler, "Find me a failed t-ball coach to do commentary for pro football!" And yet, time and again, media outl
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 4-5-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog:Afghanistan: A Photographer's LegacyAssociated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus was killed in Afghanistan on Friday, apparently gunned down by an Afghan policeman. She and Kathy Gannon, a Canadian journalist, were shot while traveling in a government convey as they covered preparations for the Afghanistan presidential election on Saturday. Gannon was wounded and i
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 4-5-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog:Afghanistan: A Photographer's LegacyAssociated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus was killed in Afghanistan on Friday, apparently gunned down by an Afghan policeman. She and Kathy Gannon, a Canadian journalist, were shot while traveling in a government convey as they covered preparations for the Afghanistan presidential election on Saturday. Gannon was wounded and i
4-5-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement":A Parent-Teacher Conference Without NumbersTwo recent posts by parents at other blogs both made the point that they are tired of having the focus of their conversations on measuring their children by numbers. In What parents don’t want to hear at parent-teacher conferences, Journo Adviser says: When my wife and I sat down at
4-5-14 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 EducationMore protests after thousands opt out of New York Common Core testing | 7online.comNEW YORK (WABC) — A new round of protests are underway Friday one day after elementary school students completed the latest Common Core testing. The biggest complaint from teachers is that they were not given
4-5-14 THE WHOLE WEEK @ The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE WEEK @ The Whole Child Blog Insights on Writing: A Core SkillWriting powerfully is a skill that teachers know every student needs to develop if he or she is to have the best chances in life. Yet, paradoxically, it's one of the skills that students most often resist practicing. The April 2014 issue of Educational Leadership examines the many w
4-5-14 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):Deasy releases draft of LAUSD’s next budget, with new moneySuperintendent John Deasy LA Unified Superintendent John Deasy made public today the first draft of a $6.8 billion budget for the 2014-15 school year, a presentation that offered the first glimpse of how the new Local Control Funding Formula is goi
Stephen Krashen Blog 4-5-14
SKrashen:Testing Talk: A Weapon of Mass DistractionThe testing discussion: A Weapon of Mass DistractionStephen KrashenWe are invited to give our opinions about the content of common core tests on a website called "testing talk" (http://testingtalk.org). We are not invited to discuss whether we need the tests or for that matter whether we should have the common core. For those who haven't
4-5-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week
With A Brooklyn Accent:With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All WeekA Tale of Two School Systems:The disparity between the amount of testing taking place in the nation's public schools and between the top private schools where most policy makers and business leaders send their children is simply shocking! Not only do none of these elite schools use Common Core, they never rate their teachers on the basi
4-5-14 Open Congress : Major Bill Actions Education This Week - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress
Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress:Bill Sent To President: S. 1557: Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals.April 01, 2014: Presented to President.2d Bill Introduced: S. 2164: Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2014A bill
4-5-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida ALL Week
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teacherken at Daily Kos This Week 4-5-14
teacherken at Daily Kos:teacherken at Daily Kos This WeekA remarkable op ed on gay marriageI slept with a gay man for six months in Afghanistan. No one asked. He did not tell. So begins A Marine silent no longer on gay marriage, a Washington Post op ed by Roger Dean Huffstetler, a former Marine Corps sergeant, who is also a serious Southern Baptist. He talks about TWO men who he thought he knew we
All Week @ The Answer Sheet 4-5-14
The Answer Sheet:All Week @ The Answer SheetTeachers refuse to administer standardized testsThree teachers from P.S. 364 Earth School in New York have informed their administration and Chancellor Carmen Fariña that they will not proctor Common Core state standardized tests this year — or ever — saying in a letter (see below) that they “can no longer implement policies that seek to transform the br
4-5-14 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 SocietyMy memo to Sheldon AdelsonThe wing-nut billionaire is in the market for a few good Republican pols. I guess his stable is running low on horses. He's got a few old nags but no winners in his gold-plated paddock. So when they read his want ads, GOPers sprinted as fast as their
4-5-14 Wait What? All Week
Wait What?: Wait What? All WeekState Board of Education is tone-deaf to needs of the childrenWendy Lecker, fellow public school advocates and columnist has done it again! In here latest MUST READ column published in this weekend’s Stamford Advocate and other Hearst media outlets, Wendy shines the light of truth on the Malloy administration’s unrelenting effort to undermine and privatize Connectic
4-5-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumMore Insights from Common Core Testing in NYCThis is truly a fascinating article from the New York Times as they interviewed students about testing.I love the way it opens:William Summitt and Simon Sanders said they were ready. Their fourth-grade class at the Children’s School, near Park Slope in Brooklyn, had prepared for the state re
4-5-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineNYC Parent Urges Farina and King to Cancel Upcoming Math ExamThere was no rigor applied to the development of these tests, nor does the practice of high-stakes testing in general stand up to critical analysis....I was offended by your remarks earlier this week to the effect that while parents' opinions should be respected, children should come to school prepared to
4-5-14 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 teacherThe Illinois Policy Institute. The moral relativism of the corporate class.For some reason having to do with Facebook algorithms, the FB page of the Illiinois Policy Institute – a right-wing stink tank – frequently appears more of
4-5-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekWeingarten And Mulgrew Look To Take Us BackwardIf and when the pro-Andrew Cuomo forces backed by UFT President Michael Mulgrew and AFT President Randi Weingarten take over the NYSUT this weekend, the fight that NYSUT President Richard Iannuzzi and others in the NYSUT leadership have shown against Andrew Cuomo, SED Commissioner King and Regents Chanc
4-5-14 the becoming radical EMPATHYEDUCATES! | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-5-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT Deasy Releases Draft Of Lausd’S Next Budget, With New Moneyby Vanessa Romo, LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1skr4bw [THE SUPERINTENDENT’S PROPOSED BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS 2014-2015 – are posted here: http://t.co/4WX9QQxA0D] April 4, 2014 6:50 pm :: LA Unified Superintendent John Deasy made public today the f
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 4-5-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
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This Week's Education Research Report 4-5-14 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTA Research Agenda for the Common Core State Standards: What Information Do Policymakers Need? As part of a broader project to better connect the research on Common Core State Standards (CCSS) to policy and practice, Center on Education Policy met with individuals from organizations representing state and local education policymakers to
4-5-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Schools Matter All WeekCommon Core Corporate Standards Floating Around in an Evidence Free Zone A compacted version of this op-ed was published by the Memphis Commercial Appeal.Arguments for Common Core Offer No Evidence that Learning Will ImproveJim HornThe implementation of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) represents the most grand curriculum experiment in educational history
All Week 4-5-14 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE : All Week @ THE CHALK FACE Remember the musicians who changed their tuneAs organizations jumble and revise their official positions, remember those who tried to stifle you in the past. Forgive, cooperate, but never forget those who told you that, for instance, opting out was a great and radical evil. Remember those who called you crazy, passionate with no sense, and tried to teas
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 4-5-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGA Teacher Offers Sound Advice to Tom FriedmanJohn Ogozalek teaches in upstate Néw York. He read Tom Friedman’s column in the Néw York Times on Sunday and had a strong reaction of cognitive dissonance, as in, why can’t Tom be consistent? Tom Friedman’s describes a thrilling ride on a nuclear submarine, where there is no ro