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4-12-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week
Jersey Jazzman:Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekWhy 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 policies. She was wrong about truancy. She was wrong about student surveys and VAM. She was wrong about the effectiveness of her "reforms" while leading t
4-12-13 Curmudgucation Week
4-5-13 Curmudgucation WeekCURMUDGUCATION:Duncan to Rest of US: Shut UpLast week Arne Duncan John King shared a bill at the National Action Network gathering in NYC. King's message was "Blah blah blah standards tests blah." Same old, same old. Duncan, however, field tested a new message that translates basically to, "All youse normals, just shut up."John King's history as NY Hig
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 4-12-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog:Russia is Still Having Fun with the UkraineSo there are now up to 40,000 Russian troops equipped with all their fighting machines on the border of the Ukraine. Russia has annexed Crimea and clearly shows intent of not stopping there. Ethnically Russian cities inside of the Ukrainian border have exploded in revolt and violence has torn the streets. There are cities in the
4-12-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement":Good Recommendations On Who To Follow On Twitter For Parent Engagement IssuesResourceful folks to follow on twitter: #Opp4All @Joe_Mazza @CommSchools pic.twitter.com/huaDTjC9Ph — L.A. Ed Partnership (@PartnerwithLAEP) April 9, 20142 by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d The “Tooth Fairy” Parent Engagement StrategyRT @Joe_Mazza: Edus who &q
4-12-14 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 EducationAn infuriating admission | The Answer SheetBY VALERIE STRAUSS April 11 at 9:50 am New York State Education Commissioner John King, (Mike Groll/AP File Photo) What’s going on here? Last September, Bill Gates admitted that he doesn’t know if the school reform initiatives that he is massively f
4-12-14 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
4-12-14 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):Bus crash update: LAUSD offers no names of dead and injuredVia @NBCLA LA Unified officials had no additional information by mid-day on the fate of 19 students from 16 LAUSD high schools who were on the bus involved in a fatal crash yesterday, heading to Humboldt State University. Superintendent John Deasy
Stephen Krashen Blog 4-12-14
SKrashen:A weapon of mass distractionSent to the New York Times, April 11, 2014Yes, there's a big problem with the tests ("We need to talk about the tests," April 10). but there's a bigger problem: The whole idea of the common core. Accurately described by Susan Ohanian as “a radical untried curriculum overhaul and ... nonstop national testing," the common core is an outrageous sch
4-12-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week
With A Brooklyn Accent:With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All WeekDon't Underestimate New York City PUBLIC Schools!Today, 30 students from a public middle school called West Side Collaborative came to sit in on an upper level undergraduate course I teach, called "The Worker in American Life,." brought by their teacher, Victoria Thomas-Rahiman, who was once my student. I was concerned that th
4-12-14 Open Congress : Major Bill Actions Education This Week - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress
Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress:Bill Introduced: S. 2177: Criminal Justice and Forensic Science Reform ActA bill to establish an Office of Forensic Science and a Forensic Science Board, to strengthen and promote confidence in the criminal justice system by ensuring scientific validity, reliability, and accuracy in forensic testing, and for other purposes.1d Bill Introduced: H.R. 4282: Cre
4-12-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida ALL Week
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education:Scathing Purple Musings Color me purple in Florida ALL WeekStep Up for Students’ Cynical Last-Minute Voucher PushEven with today’s likely passage of voucher expansion in the Florida House – whose republican leadership doesn’t want anyone to know that Floridians really op
All Week @ The Answer Sheet 4-12-14
The Answer Sheet:All Week @ The Answer SheetThe new school reform model: ‘dumping the losers’Since 2011, the state-run Philadelphia public school district has adopted what is called the “portfolio model” of school reform as its “theory of change.” The model is a move away from the traditional school district, in which a centralized administration controls a set of public schools, to an arrangemen
4-12-14 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 SocietySupporting Chicago's Progressive Caucus...Flexible Arne.I got to hang out with some of my favorite folks at last night's Progressive Caucus fundraiser at Buddy Guy's. I'm glad we got there early, the room was so packed, they had to stop letting people in. A good sign for upcom
4-12-14 Wait What? All Week
Wait What?: Wait What? All WeekMalloy brags about his support for $10.10 minimum wage, but takes campaign money from Wal-MartIf you’ve been getting Dannel “Dan” Malloy’s recent campaign emails you know that the incumbent Governor is using his recent support for a higher minimum wage to raise money for his re-election campaign. What doesn’t show up in those emails is the fact that the Malloy campa
4-12-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumFriday Open ThreadDid your senior write a great college essay? Here's a link to an award for $5,000 through Medium.com. The deadline is May 19. (Great judges like Anna Quindlen, Wally Lamb, and Mary Roach.) This is not "new" news but the Gates Foundation invests in a private prison company as well as a company with 19 juve
4-12-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineReaching Kids with Street Law 101: Jeff Kaufman Featured in Article in School StoriesA fascinating piece on Jeff and his teaching career. Where did they get that MORE is left wing? They must not know about Mike Schirtzer.http://school-stories.org/2014/03/street-law-101/Reaching Kids with Street Law 101by Annum Khan Posted on 28 March 2014. It was sixth period in Jef
4-12-14 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 teacherKeeping Retirement Weird. Not at the RA.One of the good things about losing the state-wide election for IEA RA Retired delegate is that this morning I am on the back porch sipping coffee and munching on buttered toast, rather than
4-12-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekUnion Doormen And Handymen Get Contract With No GivebacksObviously a different thing than the municipal unions, but wanted to point out what looks to be a pretty good contract: The union representing doormen and handymen reached a tentative agreement Friday with the Realty Advisory Board, averting a possible strike that would have affected thousands
4-12-14 the becoming radical EMPATHYEDUCATES! | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
THE BECOMING RADICALRadical ScholarshipEMPATHYEDUCATES!the becoming radical A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by We Need to Talk About the TestBy Elizabeth Phillips | Originally Published at The New York Times. April 9, 2014 I’D like to tell you what was wrong with the tests my students took last week, but I can’t. Pearson’s $32 million contract with New York State to design the exams prohibits
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-12-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT Science Teacher’S Suspension Spurs Petition DriveCortines School's Greg Schiller was removed by L.A. Unified after two students' Science Fair projects were deemed to resemble weapons. By Howard Blume | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1gNU4zb Also see: IN TEACHER JAIL: by Gerald and Esther Schiller in 4LAKidsNews | “O
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 4-12-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYLBJ As A Teacher In TexasI knew that Lyndon Baines Johnson had been a teacher, but had never explored it further. I’ve been an admirer of much of LBJ’s work (though, obviously, not of his terrible actions in Vietnam). You can read some of my thoughts about him at This Is A Great Passage For
This Week's Education Research Report 4-12-14 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTCollege Dropout Rates Decrease as Student Readiness IncreasesStudent Aspirations, College Selectivity, and Parent Education Level All Linked to Persisting in CollegeA new ACT research report shows a clear link between student academic readiness and college dropout and transfer rates. The findings suggest students at the greatest risk of
4-12-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Schools Matter All WeekDirt Update: Doug Martin on Workers' Voice Show Today at 5 PM ESTby Doug MartinI want everyone to know I am now working on several new dirt-pieces to expose more politicians and corporate school reformers and will post them in the very near future. Since the release of my book Hoosier School Heist on March 21, I have been very busy travelling throughout Ind
All Week 4-12-14 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE : All Week @ THE CHALK FACE Georgia Moms Stand Firm Against TestingGuest post by Meg Norris It was my fourth or fifth speech about Common Core and why I had left my teaching position to fight against it. By the time I was finished, I noticed a beautiful, young couple in the second row. He looked okay, but she looked like I had just punched her […]59 by Kris Nielsen / 7h APR 10In D
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 4-12-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGDavid Berliner on PISA and PovertySince there is always a lot of chatter about what international tests scores mean, I invited David Berliner to share his views. Berliner is one of our nation’s pre-eminent scholars of education. Dear Diane, A few weeks ago you asked me a question about recent PISA test results and t
Evidence Based Education Policy and Practice: A Conversation (Francis Schrag) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Evidence Based Education Policy and Practice: A Conversation (Francis Schrag) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Evidence Based Education Policy and Practice: A Conversation (Francis Schrag) This fictitious exchange between two passionate educators over making educational policy and influencing classroom practice through careful scrutiny of evidence–such as has occurred in medi
NYC Educator: John King's NYC APPR System and the Illusion of Choice
NYC Educator: John King's NYC APPR System and the Illusion of Choice: John King's NYC APPR System and the Illusion of ChoiceWe had a department meeting on Thursday. We discussed the MOSL, the measures of student learning by which we will be judged. We're ESL teachers, and as you may know, that means our kids are English language learners. So we have to determine some way that we will be judged by
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Zero waste plan can save schools a lot of green | UTSanDiego.com
Zero waste plan can save schools a lot of green | UTSanDiego.com: By Gary Warth6:19 P.M.APRIL 11, 2014⎙PRINT💬COMMENTS Palmquist School students Casey Weichgenant, Cassandra Lindon and Deborah Harrison (left to right) show how to sort items at a recycling station at their school, where city and district officials recognized a zero waste partnership Friday. — Jamie Scott LytleOceanside — Going gree
With A Brooklyn Accent: Don't Underestimate New York City PUBLIC Schools!
With A Brooklyn Accent: Don't Underestimate New York City PUBLIC Schools!: Don't Underestimate New York City PUBLIC Schools!TODAY, 30 STUDENTS FROM A PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL CALLED WEST SIDE COLLABORATIVE CAME TO SIT IN ON AN UPPER LEVEL UNDERGRADUATE COURSE I TEACH, CALLED "THE WORKER IN AMERICAN LIFE,." BROUGHT BY THEIR TEACHER, VICTORIA THOMAS-RAHIMAN, WHO WAS ONCE MY STUDENT. I WAS CONC
IEA/NEA RA and email: Bizarre Cognitive Dissonance | Reclaim Reform
IEA/NEA RA and email: Bizarre Cognitive Dissonance | Reclaim Reform: IEA/NEA RA and email: Bizarre Cognitive DissonancePosted on April 11, 2014by Ken PrevitiIEA/NEA RA and email: Bizarre Cognitive Dissonance.This is NOT a joke or satirical essay, although I sincerely wish it was.Today, Illinois Education Association President Cinda Klickna hosted a Representative Assembly (IEA/NEA RA) presentation
Why Raising The Standards Won’t Make Kids Read | Gatsby In L.A.
Why Raising The Standards Won’t Make Kids Read | Gatsby In L.A.: Why Raising The Standards Won’t Make Kids Read I recently sat in on a class in which none of the students had done the reading. It was an 11th grade English class; they were reading a fat canonical American novel, maybe 350 pages long. And none of them had read it—at least not the chapter they were supposed to have read the night bef
LAUSD'S LATEST SCAM- CLEARLY FALSE ASSERTIONS OF TEACHER OVERPAYMENT - Perdaily.com
LAUSD'S LATEST SCAM- CLEARLY FALSE ASSERTIONS OF TEACHER OVERPAYMENT - Perdaily.com: LAUSD'S LATEST SCAM- CLEARLY FALSE ASSERTIONS OF TEACHER OVERPAYMENT(Mensaje se repite en Español)If you are a current or retired employee of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) there is yet another assault you might find yourself being subjected to- the clearly false allegation that you were overpaid
Major Kansas Papers Ignore Koch Connection to Anti-Teachers’ Rights Legislation | NationofChange
Major Kansas Papers Ignore Koch Connection to Anti-Teachers’ Rights Legislation | NationofChange: Major Kansas Papers Ignore Koch Connection to Anti-Teachers’ Rights LegislationThree major newspapers in Kansas have ignored the role of funding from the Koch brothers in the passage of legislation that strips teachers in the state of their right to due process before they are fired, a longstanding ri
Nite Cap 4-11-14 #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 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
4-11-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Does Squeezy think we are suffering from collective amnesia?Squeezy and Rauner at the Illinois Education Association Representative Assembly. The teacher delegate from downstate sitting in front of me rotated her chair around as Governor Quinn and Bruce Rauner entered the Grand Ballroom of the downtow
Parents Aren't as Afraid of Common Core as Conservatives Are - The Wire
Parents Aren't as Afraid of Common Core as Conservatives Are - The Wire: Parents Aren't as Afraid of Common Core as Conservatives AreASSOCIATED PRESSDespite fake viral test questions and fear of a government take over of education, a slight majority of parents have a positive opinion of Common Core, according to a new Gallup survey. The set of national education standards has come under scrutiny f
K-12 News Network | United Way’s Corporate NPIC Astroturf was thick in front of LAUSD last Tuesday
K-12 News Network | United Way’s Corporate NPIC Astroturf was thick in front of LAUSD last Tuesday: United Way’s Corporate NPIC Astroturf was thick in front of LAUSD last TuesdayCalifornia * Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene April 11, 2014 Los Angeles, School Boards 0“By what logic does United Way engage in an activity that is shunned by all the other charities?” — Professor Ralph E. ShafferAmid all th
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
Seize the Day | Taking Note
Seize the Day | Taking Note: Seize the Dayby JOHN MERROW on 11. APR, 2014 in 2014 BLOGSTwo related stories:The first: On a beach in Costa Rica a week or so ago, I struck up a conversation with another vacationer, a guy in his early 40’s who was walking with his daughters, who looked to be about the same age as my granddaughters. Just beach talk, until–after his daughters went into the water–he ask
Parents OPPOSE HR 10, the “Success and Opportunity Through Charter Schools” bill | Seattle Education
Parents OPPOSE HR 10, the “Success and Opportunity Through Charter Schools” bill | Seattle Education: Parents OPPOSE HR 10, the “Success and Opportunity Through Charter Schools” billThere is a bill titled “Success and Opportunity Through Charter Schools”, referred to as HR 10, to rewrite federal charter law that has strong backing by the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Republican maj
4-11-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: A KIPP Teacher Speaks of Her Nervous Breakdown and Post-KIPP Recovery, Part 1The following excerpts are from an interview conducted in February and March of this year. The findings from these in-depth conversations will comprise a significant part of a book I am writing about the experience of teaching in the No Excuses corporate reform charter schools. When Jane became a KIPP te
Day of Silence
Day of Silence: Read National Day of Silence: The Freedom to Speak (Or Not) by Lambda Legal to learn about your legal rights to participate in the Day of Silence. Are you experiencing resistance to your Day of Silence organizing or activities from your school administrators or faculty? If you are a student in a U.S. K-12 school and feel like your rights are not being respected, please click here
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
“Psychedelic Rather Than Intellectual”: A 1960s Sociologist Observes the National Student Congress |
“Psychedelic Rather Than Intellectual”: A 1960s Sociologist Observes the National Student Congress |: “Psychedelic Rather Than Intellectual”: A 1960s Sociologist Observes the National Student CongressApril 11, 2014 in StudentsPopped into Paul’s Books just now, like I always do when I’m in Madison, to check out their education section. By far the best collection of obscure student movement historie
4-11-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD
LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): Morning Read: LAUSD students in fatal California bus crashCalifornia bus crash: 5 students among 10 killed; at least 30 injured Los Angeles Unified officials said Friday that 19 of its students were aboard the bus that collided with a FedEx freight truck in Northern California. At least 10 people were kil
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Supporting Chicago's Progressive Caucus...Flexible Arne.
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Supporting Chicago's Progressive Caucus...Flexible Arne.: Supporting Chicago's Progressive Caucus...Flexible Arne.Two of my favoritesI got to hang out with some of my favorite folks at last night's Progressive Caucus fundraiser at Buddy Guy's. I'm glad we got there early, the room was so packed, they had to stop letting people in. A good sign for upcoming elections.
Louisiana Educator: Last Chance for Accountability for Charters and Vouchers
Louisiana Educator: Last Chance for Accountability for Charters and Vouchers: Last Chance for Accountability for Charters and VouchersAt its next meeting on April 16, the House Education Committee will resume its consideration of bills that would curtail abuses of the voucher and charter school programs. It is very important that supporters of our public schools ask committee members to vote "
Shanker Blog » The Middle Ground Between Opt Out And All In
Shanker Blog » The Middle Ground Between Opt Out And All In: The Middle Ground Between Opt Out And All InPosted by Matthew Di Carlo on April 11, 2014A couple of weeks ago, Michelle Rhee published an op-ed in the Washington Post speaking out against the so-called “opt out movement,” which encourages parents to refuse to let their children take standardized tests.Personally, I oppose the “opt-out” p
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
Why should we have charter schools in the first place?
Why should we have charter schools in the first place?: Why should we have charter schools in the first place?In America, anyone is free to open a new school – establish an educational philosophy, accept students, hire teachers and start teaching them. These new schools are called private schools. When this type of school is founded with a religious mission and focus, we call them parochial school
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
