James Baldwin said it best:
"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."
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California Statewide Average Indirect Cost Rates - Indirect Cost Rates (ICR) (CA Dept of Education)
California Statewide Average Indirect Cost Rates - Indirect Cost Rates (ICR) (CA Dept of Education): California Statewide Average Indirect Cost RatesListing of California's statewide average indirect cost rates for the five most current years, for purposes of food service programs.Following is a recap of California's statewide average indirect cost rates for the five most current years. For food s
4-17-14 The Whole Child Blog — A Legacy of Caring and Learning — Whole Child Education
A Legacy of Caring and Learning — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGA Legacy of Caring and LearningApril 17, 2014 by Torva Felton"The things he sees are not just remembered; they form part of his soul."—Maria MontessoriBeing with Guilford County Schools since 1998, my heart and soul has been dedicated to teaching here at Washington Elementary School, now known as Washington Mont
PARCC Place | EduShyster
PARCC Place | EduShyster: PARCC Place A cozy, clubby place where everyone is, well, connected and conflicts of interest don’t apply…Welcome to PARCC Place, reader! It’s acozy, clubby place where everyone is, well, connected, united in a shared urgency over the fiercely urgent cause of our time: college and career readiness. In fact, so urgent is the cause of our time that the old rules about, say
4-17-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Common Core in Portland - Why So Silent Seattle?I had been seeing a lot of Twitter buzz around Portland School District and the outspokeness of one Board member but now it's ramping up.(The Seattle Times put it in their ed news roundup but blandly said, "Portland school board members express concern over Common Core.")What is fascinating to me is the sile
Jersey Jazzman: Charter Schools: The New Battle of Trenton
Jersey Jazzman: Charter Schools: The New Battle of Trenton: Charter Schools: The New Battle of TrentonSo you guys have all seen this:On Christmas Day, 1775, George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River, starting at what is known now as Upper Makefield, PA. The general led his forces south along the banks of the river, eventually sneaking up on the Hessians, the German mercenary troo
Allegra Allesandri Pfiefer transformed a struggling school into the first public Waldorf-inspired high school in the nation.
Clients in Conversation: Building on a Shared Vision | 3BL Media: Clients in Conversation: Building on a Shared VisionTWEET ME:Learn how two @RSFSocFinance investors have used community to create new initiatives that defy expectation: http://bit.ly/1qFMULTIMEDIA FROM THIS RELEASE1 2ARTICLEThursday, April 17, 2014 - 10:15amThis article was originally published in the Winter 2014 RSF Quarterly.Inter
Colorado Coalition Says PARCC Testing is Not Teaching - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Colorado Coalition Says PARCC Testing is Not Teaching - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Colorado Coalition Says PARCC Testing is Not TeachingBy Anthony Cody on April 17, 2014 12:08 PMCall on Governor Hickenlooper For Support.Guest post by authors listed below.Proponents of the controversial Common Core aligned PARCC test suggest that it is a "more rigorous" standardized test
4-17-14 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): Report: Brown decision at 60, what have we learned?Via Economic Policy Institute | By Richard Rothstein May 17 is the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision that prohibited Southern states from segregating schools by race. The Brown decision annihilated the
Juvenile Justice Education Programs in the United States and Across the South Do More Harm Than Good
Southern Education Foundation - Southern Education Foundation: Juvenile Justice Education Programs in the United States and Across the South Do More Harm Than GoodJuvenile Justice Education Programs in the United States and Across the South Do More Harm Than Good ATLANTA-April 17, 2014-With awareness growing that schools are disciplining and suspending minority students at alarming rates, a report
The Definition of the American System of Government: Revise That ELA Aligned History Curriculum! | Missouri Education Watchdog
The Definition of the American System of Government: Revise That ELA Aligned History Curriculum! | Missouri Education Watchdog: The Definition of the American System of Government: Revise That ELA Aligned History Curriculum!inShareTwo Princeton researchers have published a report that the United States is not a constitutional republic or a democracy. America now operates as an oligarchy. From Pr
Marie Corfield: NPU Parents & NSU Students concur: Superintendent Cami Anderson is destroying Newark’s schools.
Marie Corfield: NPU Parents & NSU Students concur: Superintendent Cami Anderson is destroying Newark’s schools.: NPU Parents & NSU Students concur: Superintendent Cami Anderson is destroying Newark’s schools.Make up snow days! SGO’s! End of third marking period! Summative! Lions, tigers and bears—oh my! No wonder I couldn’t get this blog post done sooner.…Where are all her supporters? I wa
“A self-fulfilling conflict of interest”: Charter schools, testing mania, and Arne Duncan - Salon.com
“A self-fulfilling conflict of interest”: Charter schools, testing mania, and Arne Duncan - Salon.com: “A self-fulfilling conflict of interest”: Charter schools, testing mania, and Arne DuncanRep. Raul Grijalva sounds off to Salon on starved public schools and White House's "market-based philosophy"Raul Grijalva, Arne Duncan (Credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster/Jacquelyn Martin)Obama’s education s
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Fresno teachers union opposes extension of No Child Left Behind waiverEducation HeadlinesThursday, April 17, 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.County board of ed approves Sweetwater mapsThe county board
Morning Wink 4-17-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-17-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: How Corporate Interests Beat NYC’s Progressive Mayor and How He Can RecoverThis article was written by an independent education researcher who requests anonymity. It is unfortunate that the poli
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-17-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: How Corporate Interests Beat NYC’s Progressive Mayor and How He Can RecoverThis article was written by an independent education researcher who requests anonymity. It is unfortunate that the politics of education have become so intermingled with powerful forces that researchers remain silent or hide their identities to escape retrib
solidaridad: Surveying the candidates for the LAUSD Special Election for District 1
solidaridad: Surveying the candidates for the LAUSD Special Election for District 1: Surveying the candidates for the LAUSD Special Election for District 1First submitted April 13, 2014 to LA Progressive"Someone said to me chartering schools re-institutes segregation, we need to think about that." — The late, Honorable Marguerite Poindexter LaMotteAs the runner up in the2013 LAUSD Distri
4-17-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": Kellogg Foundation Announces Nearly $4 Million In Grants For Parent Involvement ProgramsI’ve previously posted about the Kellogg Foundation’s initiative to fund parent involvement/engagement programs targeting families with children age eight and below. They just announced a new set of grants and I thought it would be usefu
4-17-14 Ed Notes Online: Jean Anyon "Radical Possibilities" Updated
Ed Notes Online: Wall Street Journal on ATRs: Deconstructing the Inherent BiasThe ATR Issue Heats Up as astro-turf Ed Deformer groups (E4E, Students First, TNTP) Attack on all fronts. Educators 4 Excellence-New York, an advocacy group of more than 8,000 teachers... Leslie Brody, WSJWTF-- E4E is a group that has practically zero representation in NYC schools despite massive amounts of funding and f
4-17-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Do private money and Title I money break even?In a word, no. The two kinds of money don’t represent an apples-to-apples comparison because different rules govern how they can be spent, but the raw totals show that schools that get public money do come out a little bit ahead – especially since they don’t have to raise it themselves. Even though this article […]by Shaun Johnson /
4-17-14 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: United Front in Jacksonville Opposes Field Test FollyFrom Denise Smith Amos in the Florida Times-Union: Decrying what they call an untested test, leaders in Duval schools and teachers union — and some parents — urged voters Wednesday to flood state legislators’ phones an
4-17-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Book Reviews – & Shakespeare – In Three PanelsI’ve previously posted about Lisa Brown’s “Three Panel Book Reviews” that formerly appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle. They’re great models for student projects. I recently learned about how another artist uses this “three panel” idea, though Mya Gosling uses it to summ
4-17-14 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.: GTCR is Rauner’s Baine Capital. So Squeezy gives him a state contract. Shaking up Springfield?The Better Government Association is reporting this morning: Bruce Rauner, the Republican challenger for governor, stands to profit from a lucrative state contract awarded last year by the administration of h
4-17-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Corporate Education Reform Industry group starts radio campaign in support of new charter schoolsSurprise, surprise… An out-of-State charter school advocacy group has started an advertising campaign to support the Malloy administration’s decision to give Steve Perry his own privately run, but taxpayer funded, charter school in Bridgeport. According to a reports from the CT Mirror and H
The Answer Sheet 4-17-14
The Answer Sheet: Seven things kids need to read betterFor two decades, Ellie Herman was a writer/producer for television shows including “The Riches,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Chicago Hope” and “Newhart.” Her fiction has appeared in literary journals, among them The Massachusetts Review, The Missouri Review and the O.Henry Awards Collection. In 2007, she decided, “on an impulse,” she wrote, to b
4-17-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: NYT Talking about the Tests as Weapons of Mass DistractionThe New York Times editors appear to be catching on to the fact that the proliferation and misuse of high stakes testing are not only a huge waste of resources that are actually doing more harm than good, but are also a "distraction" from the very real problems of poverty and inequality. It's about time.To the Ed
4-17-13 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: CT Makes New Strides in GrittologySandwiched in the midst of a puff piece about Connecticut's new elite cadre of Common Core teacher shills is this important paragraph:Getting on the list was competitive. According to a news release from the Department of Education, teachers "were chosen through a competitive statewide application on the basis of their content knowledge, grit,
4-17-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Cuomo May Break CSEA Contract Pattern For MTA, Has Implications For City Contract NegotiationsJames Eterno at ICEUFT posted this morning that in its municipal contract negotiations the city is offering the pattern first set by Governor Cuomo and CSEA back in 2010 - a five year contract with 0% for the first three years, 2% in the fourth year and 2% in the fifth year.Cuomo sa
Charles M. Blow:"Minimum Wage, Maximum Outrage"
Charles M. Blow:"Minimum Wage, Maximum Outrage": Charles M. Blow:"Minimum Wage, Maximum Outrage"byteacherkenFollow Email 17 Comments / 17 NewNo one should ever endure the kind of economic humiliation that comes with working a full-time job and making a less-than-living wage.There is dignity in all work, but that dignity grows dim when the checks are cashed and the coins are
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Rauner makes big profits off the jailing of children
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Rauner makes big profits off the jailing of children: Rauner makes big profits off the jailing of childrenThanks to a lucrative state contract given him by none other than Gov. Quinn, Republican billionaire Bruce Rauner is making millions in the prison/industrial complex. Quinn says he didn't know Rauner was still associated with GTCR. Rauner formerly headed GTC
Shanker Blog » What Is Implicit Bias, And How Might It Affect Teachers And Students? (Part II - Solutions)
Shanker Blog » What Is Implicit Bias, And How Might It Affect Teachers And Students? (Part II - Solutions): What Is Implicit Bias, And How Might It Affect Teachers And Students? (Part II – Solutions)Posted by Esther Quintero on April 17, 2014In my first post on this topic, I argued that teachers are better positioned than, say, doctors or judges, to learn specifics about the individuals they serve
empathyeducates – Civil Rights Complaint Targets New Orleans Charter Group Collegiate Academies
empathyeducates – Civil Rights Complaint Targets New Orleans Charter Group Collegiate Academies: 12345PreviousNextCivil Rights Complaint Targets New Orleans Charter Group Collegiate AcademiesAll Photographs represent aspects within the civil rights complaint. Tuesday, December 17, 2013. (Photo by Ted Jackson, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)What do we do when an ugly reality comes face-to-face with
Some Advice for Common Core Supporters | Paul Bruno
Some Advice for Common Core Supporters | Paul Bruno: Some Advice for Common Core SupportersBy PAUL BRUNO | Published: APRIL 17, 2014Yesterday at TWIE I gave CCSS supportersa hard time for seeming to give up the affirmative case for the new standards:These days supporters seem to dedicate most of their time to assuring us that the CCSS are not to blame for “fuzzy” math curriculua or “whole language
Economic and Racial Inequality Obliterate Opportunity in America: Do We Care? | janresseger
Economic and Racial Inequality Obliterate Opportunity in America: Do We Care? | janresseger: Economic and Racial Inequality Obliterate Opportunity in America: Do We Care?Posted on April 17, 2014 by janressegerThe 50th anniversary this month of the passage of the Civil Rights Act has produced some soul-searching journalism. How is it our society has made so little progress?In an early April interv
Polling Center: Leaving Tests Behind | The Texas Tribune
Polling Center: Leaving Tests Behind | The Texas Tribune: Polling Center: Leaving Tests Behindby Jim Henson and Joshua BlankApril 17, 2014 Comment Republish Email Tweet RecommendEnlargephoto by: Jerod FosterBayless Elementary teacher Holly Guillmen identifies and explains the use of the contents of the Waterwise home water conservation kit provided to students by the High Plains Underground Water
At Shanker: Are Americans (and Texans) as Stupid as the Media Tells Us We Are? | Cloaking Inequity
At Shanker: Are Americans (and Texans) as Stupid as the Media Tells Us We Are? | Cloaking Inequity: At Shanker: Are Americans (and Texans) as Stupid as the Media Tells Us We Are?The media onslaught letting Americans know that they are dunces has gone on for decades. How stupid are we? You might be surprised that the news about our public education system in the United States is not actually as bad
NYC Educator: Rhee's Two Takes on her Taping Incident
NYC Educator: Rhee's Two Takes on her Taping Incident: Rhee's Two Takes on her Taping Incident by guest blogger Arwen E.Michelle Rhee popped up in The Washington Post this month glorifying the same standardized tests from which so many parents seek to shelter their children. It is so strange to me, in this day and age, that one who started her career with a glaring example of child abuse could co
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: SAVING GRESHAM
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: SAVING GRESHAM: SAVING GRESHAMTuesday's protest to save Gresham (Sun-Times)DIEDRUS BROWN...the principal of embattled Gresham Elementary on Chicago's south side, continued her very vocal fight Tuesday to save her school from undergoing a so-called “turnaround” — but this time with about 40 teachers, parents and students marching with her.SUSPENSIONS...Dozens o
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Arne Debunkin’ | Gary Rubinstein's Blog
Arne Debunkin’ | Gary Rubinstein's Blog: Arne Debunkin’A little over three years ago, I first encountered Arne Duncan when he spoke at the TFA 20 year alumni summit and described the miracle school Urban Prep. He implied that this school had a 100% graduation rate and a 100% college acceptance rate, which inspired me to investigate this clam leading to my very first school debunking. My research
Nite Cap 4-16-14 #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 CAP4-16-14 The Whole Child Blog — Imagine Today's Children at 25 — Whole Child EducationImagine Today's Children at 25 — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGImagine Today’s Children at 25April 16, 2014 by Whole Child Symposium"What do we
