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 CAP
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
4-13-14 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. Malloy’s decision to hand Connecticut’s public education system
Only a Test Question | EduShyster
Only a Test Question | EduShyster: Only a Test Question A teacher wreaks havoc upon her students’ college-and-career readiness by denying them the test prep they’ve come to expect…By Sarah LahmIn a shocking display of misplaced priorities and poor judgment, a teacher in [INSERT NAME OF CITY OR TOWN HERE] made an irreparable error this week. Instead of *teaching to the test,* as she had been subtly
American Statistical Association (ASA) Position Statement on VAMs |
American Statistical Association (ASA) Position Statement on VAMs |: American Statistical Association (ASA) Position Statement on VAMs Inside my most recent post, about the Top 14 research-based articles about VAMs, there was a great research-based statement that was released just last week by the American Statistical Association (ASA), titled the “ASA Statement on Using Value-Added Models for Edu
4-13-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Times editorial on Initiative 1351The Seattle Times wrote an editorial to discourage people from signing petitions to put Initiative 1351, Class Size Reduction, on the ballot. The editorial was, of course, full of lies, misrepresentations, and unprincipled statements.I don't know where other people stand on initiatives. Lots of states don't have an initiati
Peg with Pen: UOO to CEA: How Can We Help?
Peg with Pen: UOO to CEA: How Can We Help?: UOO to CEA: How Can We Help?The CEA Delegate Assembly just ended here in Denver. I was a delegate this year. My first time. I met a lot of amazing folks and learned a lot. We attempted to get an NBI passed that stated:OPT OUT: CEA will work with various parent groups and CDE in clarifying the rights of parents to opt out their children from taking standa
4-13-14 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.: Sunday reads.On April 12, 1983 Chicago elected Harold Washington as mayor. Charter schools are an investment opportunity. Corporate school reformers lover choice, right? Not really. DFER’s summer camp for corporate school reformers. Chicagoland. Whites only. Fox discusses race and politics. You have m
Marcos Breton: Sacramento’s teachers have won this battle - Marcos Breton - The Sacramento Bee
Marcos Breton: Sacramento’s teachers have won this battle - Marcos Breton - The Sacramento Bee: Marcos Breton: Sacramento’s teachers have won this battleBy Marcos Bretonmbreton@sacbee.comPublished: Sunday, Apr. 13, 2014 - 12:00 amYou might have missed it, but there was a sea change within the Sacramento City Unified School District last week.Some call it a complete surrender by the district to the
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-13-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Billionaires Rule! How Governor Cuomo and Hedge Fund Managers Protected Charter SchoolsI am late posting this article because it appeared about the time I started dealing with health issues (a bad fall that took out the ACL in my left knee). It deserves wide reading because it is an accurate portrait of the money and power behind t
4-13-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: LA Teacher Gains Public Support for Standing Up to Student DisruptorGroundswell of support for teacher who wrestled disruptive student to the floor shows the public is fed up with the disciplinary problems and bureaucracies that impede education....When the cellphone video made the evening news, the student's family was offered support by the district's superintendent — who public
4-13-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Assessing the Model: A KIPP Teacher Speaks of Her Nervous Breakdown and Post-KIPP Recovery, Part 3"I would say that working at KIPP was the most horrible experience of my life. I would tell people that, I would tell a friend especially that the message is good with KIPP, that you want to send all kids to and through college. But it is at such great personal sacrifice that it’s
4-13-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Rick Scott’s 2012 FCAT Rankings Show Poverty MattersOcala Star-Banner editor Brad Rogers remind his readers of Rick Scott’s ill-fated 2012 release of FCAT rankings by district, and he’s not attempted that stunt since. Scathing Purple Musings speculated that the decision
4-13-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Devaluing Teachers in the Age of Value-AddedDevaluing Teachers in the Age of Value-Added. via Devaluing Teachers in the Age of Value-Added.1 by plthomasedd / 57min 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 te
4-13-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Devaluing Teachers in the Age of Value-Added“We teach the children of the middle class, the wealthy and the poor,” explains Anthony Cody, continuing: We teach the damaged and disabled, the whole and the gifted. We teach the immigrants and the dispossessed natives, the tr
4-13-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Former Moreland Commissions Erupt In Fury Over Cuomo's Interference In Panel WorkI don't know how deeply US Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara intends to probe Cuomo and his aides over their interference into the Moreland Commission work, but from accounts of former Moreland Commissioners given to Ken Lovett in the Daily News, it seems there's a lot there: ALBA
empathyeducates – Raising a Moral Child
empathyeducates – Raising a Moral Child: Raising a Moral ChildBy Adam Grant | Originally Published at The New York Times. April 11, 2014What does it take to be a good parent? We know some of the tricks for teaching kids to become high achievers. For example, research suggests that when parents praise effort rather than ability, children develop a stronger work ethic and become more motivated.Yet a
All the Children are Above Average | Connected Principals
All the Children are Above Average | Connected Principals: All the Children are Above Averageby John Marschhausen • April 13, 2014 • 0 Comments“Where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.”Those are the closing words Garrison Keillor spoke each night on his radio show A Prairie Home Companion. He was summarizing the fictional hometown Lake W
Parents Outraged Over Gov. Cuomo’s Meddling to Secure Privileges for Charters at Expense of Public Schools « NYC Coalition for Educational Justice
Parents Outraged Over Gov. Cuomo’s Meddling to Secure Privileges for Charters at Expense of Public Schools « NYC Coalition for Educational Justice: Parents Outraged Over Gov. Cuomo’s Meddling to Secure Privileges for Charters at Expense of Public Schools** Statement by the NYC Coalition for Educational Justice, City’s Largest Parent-led Organization ** (NY, NY)- Following today’s New York Times ar
A Response to Michael Petrilli’s and Michael Brickman’s Op Ed in the STL Post Dispatch. What Do They REALLY Know About Missouri Education? | Missouri Education Watchdog
A Response to Michael Petrilli’s and Michael Brickman’s Op Ed in the STL Post Dispatch. What Do They REALLY Know About Missouri Education? | Missouri Education Watchdog: A Response to Michael Petrilli’s and Michael Brickman’s Op Ed in the STL Post Dispatch. What Do They REALLY Know About Missouri Education?inShareThis is a follow-up post to Commissioner Nicastro’s acceptance speech in July 2009 in
NYC Educator: Arwen Invites a Conversation About Union Democracy
NYC Educator: Arwen Invites a Conversation About Union Democracy: Arwen Invites a Conversation About Union Democracy--> by special guest blogger Arwen E.I received an e-mail from the UFT's Janella Hinds and Sterling Roberson the other day. It began:"Dear Arwen,Educator-driven unionism!"It mentioned current contract negotiations next. (We've waited for this awhile, but I understand fu
Mother Crusader: Failed Los Angeles 'Education Entrepreneur' Tries To Make A New Start In New Jersey
Mother Crusader: Failed Los Angeles 'Education Entrepreneur' Tries To Make A New Start In New Jersey: Failed Los Angeles 'Education Entrepreneur' Tries To Make A New Start In New JerseyThe latest round of charter applications have been announced, and as NJ Spotlight's John Mooney points out, New Jersey charters have become entirely an urban affair, with an ever increasing number of state and natio
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Why Is Public Television Against Public Schools?
PBS Against Public Schools: Why Is Public Television Against Public Schools?By Peter Dreier Alison Garfinkel: Kindergarten Drama Teacher & Middle SchoolEnglish and History Teacher at McKinley SchoolYou’d think that public television would support public education, but you’d be wrong. The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) has gotten in bed with the billionaires and conservatives who want to priv
Nite Cap 4-12-14 #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 CAPBooks on Democracy and Education | Deborah Meier on EducationBooks on Democracy and Education | Deborah Meier on Education: Books on Democracy and EducationPosted on April 12, 2014 by debmeierDear friends and readers,I’m in the process of putting
