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Discovering Hidden Allies | Missouri Education Watchdog
Discovering Hidden Allies | Missouri Education Watchdog: Discovering Hidden AlliesinShareA New York mother of a third grader shared this story on Facebook. The lesson of the story is; you never know what you will get when you speak up.This mother had opted her son out of standardized testing in January and only recently discovered that his homework had transition to being all about preparation fo
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-14-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Paul Thomas: The War on Teachers in the Age of Value-AddedPaul Thomas follows Anthony Cody’s previously cited post by describing the unrelenting attack on teachers, which has intensified with the use of statistically inappropriate measures. He writes: “As Cody notes above, however, simultaneously political leaders, the media, and t
4-14-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Indypendent Comprehensive Coverage of the Common Core/Opt-Out MovementCommon Core resistance reflects an awareness of the metastasis of standards-based reforms into broader swaths of the American school system. “The changes in public education beginning to touch suburban communities, white or black” says Royal, “have touched us already in urban communities.” Opt-out parents like B
4-14-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Malloy’s public school privatization effort hits StamfordMalloy administration gives Bronx charter school chain a green-light to “save” Stamford. The Malloy administration’s extraordinary efforts to increase the number of charter schools and privatize even more of the state’s public education system took a giant leap forward at the last State Board of Education meeting. In a farce that
4-14-14 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.: “Don’t compare me to the Almighty. Compare me to the alternative.” – Squeezyby Fred Klonsky / 23min 4-13-14 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.: Sunday reads.On April 12, 1983 Ch
4-14-13 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: Edupreneuring Hard Rock Instructional BoondoggleryAre you too non-rich to attend Camp Philos, the philosophical retreat for educational thought leaders at Lake Placid this summer? Then 2014 Rock the Core! may be for you! If nothing else-- it provides an object lesson in edtrepreneurship in action.Rock the Core will take place June 9-11 at the Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi MS. 2014 Ro
The Answer Sheet 4-14-14
The Answer Sheet: The big losers in NYC charter fight: students with disabilitiesWith big bucks from Wall Street supporters behind her, charter network operator Eva Moskowitz won a fight she started with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio over charter schools. De Blasio got politically hurt in the battle after being steamrolled by Moskowitz and Gov. Andrew Cuomo — but in the end, it isn’t de Blasio who
4-14-14 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 FourThere 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
4-14-14 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): L.A. teachers union president ready to step aside for challengerVia the Los Angeles Times | By Howard Blume Los Angeles teachers’ union president Warren Fletcher said he will no longer actively campaign for reelection, clearing the path for challenger Alex Caputo-Pearl to become the next leader of United
4-14-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week
Jersey Jazzman: Repost For Tax Day: The Teacher Supply Tax Credit & Why We Aren't SaintsI'm reposting this from December of last year in "celebration" of Tax Day tomorrow.Via Fred Klonsky, here's yet another way to screw teachers out of money:STATELINE (WIFR) -- Local teachers may be forced to spend more of their own money on school supplies next year, now that a federal tax break is
Thoughts inspired by Paul Krugman
Thoughts inspired by Paul Krugman: Thoughts inspired by Paul KrugmanbyteacherkenFollow Email 6 Comments / 6 Newwho in his column this morning wrote, as quoted by bobswern,…In short, we’re giving huge sums to the financial industry while receiving little or nothing — maybe less than nothing — in return. Mr. Philippon puts the waste at 2 percent of G.D.P. Yet even that figure, I’d argue, underst
empathyeducates – Parental Involvement Is Overrated
empathyeducates – Parental Involvement Is Overrated: Parental Involvement Is Overrated“Parent Involvement” can take many directions. Do we teach our children to be autonomous or do we ostensibly “help” them? “Too much is never enough” has become an American tradition. Too much love, too much guidance…are we hurting our children? Researchers have studied this question and ask us to consider our own
4-14-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Cuomo Fears A Third Party Candidate Could Make Him Lose Re-ElectionAn extraordinary column from Fred Dicker in the NY Post:After his worst week in office since becoming governor, Andrew Cuomo is now viewed for the first time by important Democrats as potentially vulnerable to Republican challenger Rob Astorino, The Post has learned. The changing sentiment results from the ex
Districts should make early learning a priority in their local accountability plans | EdSource Today
Districts should make early learning a priority in their local accountability plans | EdSource Today: Districts should make early learning a priority in their local accountability plansApril 13th, 2014 | Add a Comment | By Ted Lempert and Mark Friedman /commentaryTed LempertThe achievement gap is a term used so regularly in the education world that its realities can sometimes lose their significan
janresseger | "That all citizens will be given an equal start through a sound education
janresseger | "That all citizens will be given an equal start through a sound education is one of the most basic, promised rights of our democracy. Our chronic refusal as a nation to guarantee that right for all children…. is rooted in a kind of moral blindness, or at least a failure of moral imagination…. It is a failure which threatens our future as a nation of citizens called to a common p
Shanker Blog » What Is A Standard Deviation?
Shanker Blog » What Is A Standard Deviation?: What Is A Standard Deviation?Posted by Matthew Di Carlo on April 14, 2014Anyone who follows education policy debates might hear the term “standard deviation” fairly often. Most people have at least some idea of what it means, but I thought it might be useful to lay out a quick, (hopefully) clear explanation, since it’s useful for the proper interpretat
Crazy Crawfish's Blog | Zesty Louisiana Education Politics
Crazy Crawfish's Blog | Zesty Louisiana Education Politics: "Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education Politics"Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education Politics Bio of a Crawfish – Part IA wise man once asked me (like a few hours ago) what is my story and why am I running for an elective position on BESE. To paraphrase his point, it’s one thing to criticize someone else (espe
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESFrench Economist Thomas PikettyEconomist Thomas PikettyThere is a fundamentalist belief by capitalists that capital will save the world, and it just isn't so. Not because of what Marx said about the contradictions of capitalism, because, as I discovered, capital is an end in itself and no more." -- The Guardian, Occupy was rig
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“These are not budget cuts. These are human rights abuses happening to children in our own city.” | Parents United for Public Education
“These are not budget cuts. These are human rights abuses happening to children in our own city.” | Parents United for Public Education: “These are not budget cuts. These are human rights abuses happening to children in our own city.”Posted on April 13, 2014 by PARENTSUNITEDPHILALeave a commentThe American Educational Research Association national meeting came to Philadelphia last weekend and Pare
L.A. teachers union president ready to step aside for challenger - latimes.com
L.A. teachers union president ready to step aside for challenger - latimes.com: L.A. teachers union president ready to step aside for challengerComments1EmailShare12L.A. teachers union president Warren Fletcher, seen here at a candidates' forum, has ended his active campaigning for reelection. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times / March 4, 2014)By Howard BlumeApril 13, 2014, 7:31 p.m.Los Angeles
Education: States' standardized tests have a negative impact on parents' civic engagement -- ScienceDaily
Education: States' standardized tests have a negative impact on parents' civic engagement -- ScienceDaily: Education: States' standardized tests have a negative impact on parents' civic engagementDate:April 7, 2014Source:University of Massachusetts AmherstSummary:New research has found that parents of public school students in states with more extensive and stringent student assessment systems exp
Peg with Pen: NBI #10 at CEA: Withdraw from PARCC
Peg with Pen: NBI #10 at CEA: Withdraw from PARCC: NBI #10 at CEA: Withdraw from PARCCI spoke at the CEA Delegate Assembly twice this weekend. My second time was for NBI #10 Withdraw from PARCC. I was very nervous. The entire delegate assembly protocol is new to me and I jumped in - trying to do my part and become a union member who advocates for children and helps to create change which will allo
New Report Rebukes Central Feature of 'Race to the Top' | Diane Ravitch
New Report Rebukes Central Feature of 'Race to the Top' | Diane Ravitch: New Report Rebukes Central Feature of 'Race to the Top'The central feature of the Obama administration's $5 billion "Race to the Top"program was sharply refuted last week by the American Statistical Association, one of the nation's leading scholarly organizations. Spurred on by the administration's combination of fe
Nite Cap 4-13-14 #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 CAPvox.com: PARCC Tests Are “Working”! | deutsch29vox.com: PARCC Tests Are “Working”! | deutsch29: vox.com: PARCC Tests Are “Working”!April 13, 2014On April 11, 2014, vox.com, a supposedly “data-driven news site started this month (April 2014) by Ez
vox.com: PARCC Tests Are “Working”! | deutsch29
vox.com: PARCC Tests Are “Working”! | deutsch29: vox.com: PARCC Tests Are “Working”!April 13, 2014On April 11, 2014, vox.com, a supposedly “data-driven news site started this month (April 2014) by Ezra Klein, ” posted this propagandastic wonder regarding Partnership for Assessment for College and Careers (PARCC) field testing.The piece is entitled, Common Core Tests Are in Classrooms– And They’re
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-13-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: SANTA MONICA COACH MAY BECOME A HERO FOR EXASPERATED TEACHERS: A teacher at Santa Monica High School was placed on leave Friday after what a district official called an "utterly alarming" confrontation involving the teacher and a student.By Robin Abcarian, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1nlCHeh April 5, 2014, 6:52 p.m. :: No doubt, the situation w
Boston finds that quality preschool is worth the effort | 89.3 KPCC
Boston finds that quality preschool is worth the effort | 89.3 KPCC: Boston finds that quality preschool is worth the effortDavid Scharfenberg | NPR | April 13th, 2014, 12:46pmJesse Costa/WBURUsing a projector, Jodi Doyle points out shadows on the ceiling to students in her preschool class at the Eliot School in Boston. Boston has become a beacon for the universal preschool movement, but so far it
Happy TJ DAY: Quotations on Education « Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
Quotations on Education « Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello: Quotations on Education1782. (Notes on the State of Virginia) "Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories. And to render them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree."1785 August 19. (to Peter Carr) "An honest hear
Wary feelings on Camp Philos
Wary feelings on Camp Philos: Wary feelings on Camp PhilosSunday, April 13, 2014By Sara Foss (Contact)Gazette Reporter I love summer camp, and I love philosophy.So when I learned of a weekend-long event in the Adirondacks called Camp Philos, I wondered what it was all about. Would attendees spend their evenings gathered around a campfire, discussing Plato and Aristotle? Would they engage in debat
How to Criticize “Big Philanthropy” Effectively | Dissent Magazine
How to Criticize “Big Philanthropy” Effectively | Dissent Magazine: How to Criticize “Big Philanthropy” EffectivelyBill Gates (DFID, 2010, Wikimedia Commons)By Joanne Barkan - April 9, 2014 Criticizing philanthropy (or philanthropists) of any kind is tricky. To most people, a negative appraisal sounds off-base and churlish—yet another instance of “No good deed goes unpunished.” Criticizing the i
4-13-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs
With A Brooklyn Accent: Another Reason Why Public School Teachers are Silenced: They Might Expose the Wounds of PovertyA disinterested observer, coming from another place or time, would find it odd that the voices of American public school teachers are systematically excluded by those making education policy. No better example of this is the "Education Reform" gathering sponsored by NY G
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Week 28 in Class: The YouTubes
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Week 28 in Class: The YouTubes: Week 28 in Class: The YouTubes This week’s share will be YouTube videos. YouTube videos can be a great source of short videos on topics that can help illuminate a larger topic your teaching. Here’s how I used them:Right now we’re finishing up a unit on music (Beyond the Notes in the Open Court reading series). YouTube is a g
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater: Test boycotters are the new revolutionaries - Opinion - The Buffalo News
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater: Test boycotters are the new revolutionaries - Opinion - The Buffalo News: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater: Test boycotters are the new revolutionariesAmy Ludwig VanDerwater for My View As a writing teacher and children’s author working in schools for the past 15 years, I have had the opportunity to talk with many teachers and administrators about the Common Core, testing in New York
Protesters Want Gates Foundation To Stop Investing In Private Prisons | PopularResistance.Org
Protesters Want Gates Foundation To Stop Investing In Private Prisons | PopularResistance.Org: Protesters Want Gates Foundation To Stop Investing In Private PrisonsImmigrant rights activists protested the Gates Foundation for their support of notorious private prison company GEO Group. (Photo: Alex Garland via Presente.org)RESIST! CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PRISONS, PETITION By Lornet Turnbull, /seattle
The Answer Sheet 4-13-14
The Answer Sheet: Where kids get suspended for not sitting up straightSome school disciplines are lenient. Some are strict. And then there’s the Noble Charter School network in Chicago. At the 14 Noble campuses, kids get suspended for infractions such as not sitting up straight in class, being a minute late and not looking at the teacher when instructed. And until last week, students ordered into
4-13-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: The Best Resources For Learning About The Blood MoonA “Blood Moon” will be occurring tomorrow night, and I thought readers might find this list helpful. You might also be interested in: The Best Sites For Learning About A Lunar Eclipse The Best Images Of The Ring Of Fire Eclipse The Best Resources About The “Supermoon” The
4-13-13 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: From One Reluctant Warrior to AnotherAnthony Cody posted A Call to Battle for reluctant Warriors earlier this week, and it got me to really thinking about my own reluctant warrior status, and what I would say to someone else just entering the fray.I'm not a fighter. On those personality tests that measure such things, I usually emerge as a peacemaker. But from day one, teaching hav
4-13-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week
Jersey Jazzman: Data Wars, Episode IBruce Baker wrote a post yesterday about the appropriate use of data that really should be read by all engaged in education policy debates:My next few blog posts will return to a common theme on this blog – appropriate use of publicly available data sources. I figure it’s time to put some positive, instructive stuff out there. Some guidance for more casual users
Morning Wink 4-13-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS4-13-14 Wait What?Wait What?: The growing list of reasons to vote against Dannel “Dan” Malloy’s re-electionThe growing list of reasons to vote against Dannel “Dan” Malloy’s re-election Malloy’s “education reform” legislation has earned him the title of the most anti-teacher, anti-public education, pro-charter school Democratic governor in the nation. Mall
