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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-27-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Does Anyone Still Believe in VAM? The “Center for American Progress” Does.Despite the fact that major scholarly organizations have debunked value-added measurement as a way of identifying and quantifying teacher quality, there are still a few lonely defenders of VAM. There is the U.S. Department of Education, which bet nearly $5 bi
4-27-13 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: Brookings Research Reveals Teachers Are the ProblemBrookings will release a new book this week with the charming title Teachers versus the Public: What Americans Think about Schools and How To Fix Them.And yes-- that title tells us where we're going right off the bat-- teachers really are the problem. In fact, teachers aren't just the opposition-- teachers aren't even American. Per
All Week 4-27-14 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE: Video: Bill Gates “Explains” Common CoreIn the following six-minute video at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in March 2014, Bill Gates demonstrates his privileged view of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Gates has contributed over $4.3 million to AEI, with over $1 million in 2012 for “exploring the challenges of Common Core,” among other issues, so it is only fitti
4-27-14 Wait What? All Week
Wait What?: Today it is Face the State and Fox61 Capital ReportTwo of Connecticut’s leading Sunday news shows will include segments on the 2014 race for governor in Connecticut. Fox61 Capital Report TV at 10:30am WFSB 3 Face the State at 11:00am From WFSB Dennis House’ Bloghttp://dennishouse.tv/: Democrat may challenge Malloy, saying he can’t win re-election It’s no secret Governor Malloy faces a
4-27-14 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: Florida Senate Voucher Sponsor Earmarked $2.3 Million for Voucher Eligible Sports AcademyFrom Matt Dixon in the Tampa Tribune: TALLAHASSEE _ Powerful state Sen. Bill Galvano says he had nothing to do with a client of his private law firm securing millions during the 2013
NYC Educator: Taco Bell Is the Common Core of Fast Food
NYC Educator: Taco Bell Is the Common Core of Fast Food: Taco Bell Is the Common Core of Fast FoodI keep seeing commercials for Taco Bell breakfast, and while I watch them, from time to time, my mind says I should go try one of those things. Here's the problem. I'm actually quite fond of Mexican food, and every few years something tells me to go in and try one of those things. Actually, the last t
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Gordon Lafer On EPI Milwaukee Private Charter Schools Report
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Gordon Lafer On EPI Milwaukee Private Charter Schools Report: Gordon Lafer On EPI Milwaukee Private Charter Schools ReportDon't miss this excellent Wisconsin Public TV interview with EPI economist and ed researcher Gordon Lafer criticizing "blended learning" at Rocketship charters.Backers of these reforms are particularly enamored of a new type of char
empathyeducates – Is There an Alternative to Accountability-Based, Corporate Education Reform?
empathyeducates – Is There an Alternative to Accountability-Based, Corporate Education Reform?: Is There an Alternative to Accountability-Based, Corporate Education Reform?There is. Here’s what it might look like.By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published atThe Becoming Radical. August 20, 2013 and AlterNet. April 22, 2014During three decades of accountability based on standards and high-stak
Russ on Reading: Trouble in River City: The Manufactured Crisis in Education
Russ on Reading: Trouble in River City: The Manufactured Crisis in Education: Trouble in River City: The Manufactured Crisis in EducationPerhaps you remember Professor Harold Hill, the charming con man from The Music Man, the Tony Award winning musical and popular film. In this story, set the early 1900s, Phony Professor Hill hatches a scheme to convince the community to buy band instruments and u
Marie Corfield: #NJEdTruthSquad: Just Gimme Some Truth, Jersey! #NJEdTruth
Marie Corfield: #NJEdTruthSquad: Just Gimme Some Truth, Jersey!: #NJEdTruthSquad: Just Gimme Some Truth, Jersey!#NJEdTruthSquad #NJEdTruthRemember these hash tags.Education 'reform' may be stifling creativity and collaboration in the classroom, but it's had an unintended consequence: it's made many of us stronger advocates for public education outside the classroom. All across the country educati
Video: Bill Gates “Explains” Common Core | deutsch29
Video: Bill Gates “Explains” Common Core | deutsch29: Video: Bill Gates “Explains” Common CoreApril 27, 2014In the following six-minute video at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in March 2014, Bill Gates demonstrates his privileged view of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).Gates has contributed over $4.3 million to AEI, with over $1 million in 2012 for “exploring the challenges of Comm
Another View: Withdrawing from federal waiver best for students - California Forum - The Sacramento Bee
Another View: Withdrawing from federal waiver best for students - California Forum - The Sacramento Bee: Another View: Withdrawing from federal waiver best for studentsBy Patrick KennedySpecial to The BeePublished: Sunday, Apr. 27, 2014 - 12:00 amIt’s disappointing that former Superintendent Jonathan Raymond, who resigned in December, has chosen to characterize the Sacramento City Unified School D
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The Weekly Update: No money for Common Core in Seattle, Broad left Seattle in the cover of darkness and has reappeared in Oregon, ACT for Kindergartners, Creationism in schools and the US as an Oligarchy. How much more fun can one have? | Seattle Education
The Weekly Update: No money for Common Core in Seattle, Broad left Seattle in the cover of darkness and has reappeared in Oregon, ACT for Kindergartners, Creationism in schools and the US as an Oligarchy. How much more fun can one have? | Seattle Education: The Weekly Update: No money for Common Core in Seattle, Broad left Seattle in the cover of darkness and has reappeared in Oregon, ACT for Kind
4-26-13 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": “Protecting Classrooms From Corporate Takeover: What Families Can Learn from Teachers’ Unions”Protecting Classrooms From Corporate Takeover: What Families Can Learn from Teachers’ Unions is a good article in YES Magazine that was written by Amy Dean. It’s gives a number of very good examples of teachers unions working with
A Most Repugnant Story of Teacher Abuse and Termination southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: A Most Repugnant Story of Teacher Abuse and TerminationWhat I am about to share here I suggest that you read on an empty stomach. It is one of the most revolting, repugnant, teacher abuse stories I have heard of in the 5 1/2 years I have been blogging. This story comes to SBSB courtesy ofFrancesco Portelos' new website; Don't Tread on Educators.So many of us belie
A Student-Data Collector Drops Out - NYTimes.com
A Student-Data Collector Drops Out - NYTimes.com: A Student-Data Collector Drops OutLily PadulaTo hear executives at inBloom tell it, their $100 million education technology start-up is shutting down after only 15 months of operation because it was too far ahead of its time.The seed money for this nonprofit corporation came from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, along with the Carnegie Corpor
Great Schools for America | Teachers United Against Teach for America
Great Schools for America | Teachers United Against Teach for America: Teachers United Against Teach for AmericaPosted on April 26, 2014 by dmayerTeach for America, Inc. is the flagship of the education reform movement. The organization replaces professional teachers with unqualified college grads in the classrooms of some of our nation’s most disadvantaged children. This practice harms students a
Billionaires influence judges to approve wage theft from teachers | Reclaim Reform
Billionaires influence judges to approve wage theft from teachers | Reclaim Reform: Billionaires influence judges to approve wage theft from teachersPosted on April 26, 2014by Ken PrevitiJudges are being openly influenced by major corporations and their billionaire owners to decide against constitutional protections. Openly influencing. Not secret plots and conspiracies. These are in-your-face inf
Nite Cap 4-26-14 #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 CAPMonday, 4.28.14: Is STEM the Answer? Student Voice Live!: Connected ClassroomsStudent Voice Live!: Connected Classrooms: Student Voice Live!: Connected ClassroomsMonday, 4.28.14: Is STEM the Answer?Government programs, news reports, and televisio
Monday, 4.28.14: Is STEM the Answer? Student Voice Live!: Connected Classrooms
Student Voice Live!: Connected Classrooms: Student Voice Live!: Connected ClassroomsMonday, 4.28.14: Is STEM the Answer?Government programs, news reports, and television commercials stress the need for more students to study STEM fields. But, how about the other disciplines that need their share of talented graduates? Does the pressure for some students to study STEM subjects come at the expense o
Testimony to the Senate Education Committee 4-25-14 Parents United for Responsible Education
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Testimony to the Senate Education Committee 4-25-14: Testimony to the Senate Education Committee 4-25-14Presented at the Illinois Senate Education Committee Subject Matter Hearing on Student Testing April 25, 2014SB 2156 and SB 3460 (Cunningham)Good afternoon. My name is Julie Woestehoff and I am the Executive Director of Parents United for
SAVING COMMUNITY SCHOOLS reposted from May 2013
SAVING COMMUNITY SCHOOLS reposted from May 2013: SAVING COMMUNITY SCHOOLS reposted from May 2013by EDWARDBERGER on APRIL 26, 2014Organizing Communities To Save Good Schoolsby EdwardBerger on May 16, 2013Destroy the good to reform the weak? What can communities that have good schools do to stop the destruction of their schools and the weakening of their societies? Is the movement to reform educatio
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Wal Mart special on charter schools
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Wal Mart special on charter schools: Wal Mart special on charter schoolsNew York Times education writer, Mokoto Rich reveals the extent to which the billionaire Walton Family underwrites the entire national charter school enterprise. For example, in Washington D.C....In effect, Walton has subsidized an entire charter school system in the nation’s capital, helpin
Welcome to Relay Medical College & North Star Community Hospital | School Finance 101
Welcome to Relay Medical College & North Star Community Hospital | School Finance 101: Welcome to Relay Medical College & North Star Community HospitalPosted on April 26, 20140Arne Duncan has one whopper of an interview available here: http://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/better-preparing-our-nations-educators-237066307522Related to his new push to evaluate teacher preparatio
John Thompson: Are Turnarounds and Tea Party Turmoil Driving Teachers Out? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
John Thompson: Are Turnarounds and Tea Party Turmoil Driving Teachers Out? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: John Thompson: Are Turnarounds and Tea Party Turmoil Driving Teachers Out?By Anthony Cody on April 26, 2014 1:10 PMGuest post by John Thompson.Which sets of school reforms are inflicting the most damage on teachers and students? Has the right wing Tea Party's most extreme assau
Refusing to Kiss the Chimp—Professionals, Crazy Stunts, and High-Stakes Testing
Refusing to Kiss the Chimp—Professionals, Crazy Stunts, and High-Stakes Testing: WHAT????Refusing to Kiss the Chimp—Professionals, Crazy Stunts, and High-Stakes TestingAPRIL 25, 2014 BY NANCY BAILEY LEAVE A COMMENTYears ago, back before test motivation had anything to do with calculated stunts, a friend of mine, who did some nice things for our school, brought in an adorable chimpanzee. It was a r
Forget test scores: fight poverty and keep education public | The Chronicle Herald
Forget test scores: fight poverty and keep education public | The Chronicle Herald: Forget test scores: fight poverty and keep education publicTwo opinion pieces in last Saturday’s Chronicle-Herald, one an editorial and the other by Paul Bennett, spoke of the difficult learning conditions in some of Nova Scotia’s most impoverished neighbourhoods. Both are to be commended for highlighting the clear
2nd Banana 4-26-14 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTLabor Day 2013 Quotes, Sayings, Pictures, Images | Labour DayLabor Day 2013 Quotes, Sayings, Pictures, Images | Labour Day: Labor Day Poems, Poetry For Kids, ChildrenLatest Collection of Labor Day Poems, Poetry For Kids, Children, Labor Day 2013 Short, Long Poems Quotes, Songs Lyrics In Hindi, English, Labor Day Poems For School Kids, Child
Morning Wink 4-26-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS4-26-14 Daily Kos: Charles M. Blow responds to Cliven BundyCharles M. Blow responds to Cliven Bundy: Charles M. Blow responds to Cliven Bundyand gives America a lesson on slavery. His New York Times column is titled A Rancher's Romantic Revisionism except there is nothing romantic either about the real history of slavery or of the distortions some have use
