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
My Book on VAMs on Pre-Order, and Available on May 4, 2014 |
My Book on VAMs on Pre-Order, and Available on May 4, 2014 |: My Book on VAMs on Pre-Order, and Available on May 4, 2014 The book I spent all last year writing, titled “Rethinking Value-Added Models in Education: Critical Perspectives on Tests and Assessment-Based Accountability” is to be released by my publisher, Routledge, on May 4, 2014, although it is now available for pre-order.For those of y
4-20-13 Curmudgucation : How To Do Real Teacher Evaluation
CURMUDGUCATION: How To Do Real Teacher Evaluation: How To Do Real Teacher EvaluationThe fans of Reformy Stuff are not wrong about everything. For example, they are correct that the general state of teacher evaluation in this country was pretty useless. Their mistake was replacing Inertly Useless with Actively Destructive. The old system was a simple two step process (1- check for teacher pulse; 2-
WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION- DON'T REMEMBER THE ALAMO - Perdaily.com
WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION- DON'T REMEMBER THE ALAMO - Perdaily.com: WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION- DON'T REMEMBER THE ALAMO(Mensaje se repite en Español)Although the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that supposedly ended the Mexican-American War was signed in 1848, it seems like the last battle of this war is still being fought in Texas, where Texas School Board member David Bradley expresses the 10-5 Re
“Love is Come Again, Like Wheat that Springeth Green”. An Easter Reflection. | Missouri Education Watchdog
“Love is Come Again, Like Wheat that Springeth Green”. An Easter Reflection. | Missouri Education Watchdog: “Love is Come Again, Like Wheat that Springeth Green”. An Easter Reflection.inShare Happy Easter from Missouri!My favorite Easter hymn was sung at church today, Now the Green Blade Riseth. It speaks of hope in the midst of despair:John MacLeod Campbell Crum (1872-1958)© Oxford University Pr
Schooling in the Ownership Society: What happened to McGrory's Miami Herald story on Feds' charter investigation? I asked...
Schooling in the Ownership Society: What happened to McGrory's Miami Herald story on Feds' charter investigation? I asked...: What happened to McGrory's Miami Herald story on Feds' charter investigation? I asked...Fernando Zulueta, president of Academica, gets a drink at the bar in Cain at The Cove, an exclusive beach club in the Bahamas' Atlantis resort. Academica held a leadership retreat for pr
Teacher Pensions: Illinois Democrats and Florida Tea Party Republicans are Twins | Reclaim Reform
Teacher Pensions: Illinois Democrats and Florida Tea Party Republicans are Twins | Reclaim Reform: Teacher Pensions: Illinois Democrats and Florida Tea Party Republicans are TwinsPosted on April 20, 2014by Ken PrevitiKen Previti:Fifteen months later, the twins are still pretending to be two separate parties, with two separate education agendas, with two separate sets of ideologies, and two separat
De La Torre’s fateful recommendation | BCS in Context
De La Torre’s fateful recommendation | BCS in Context: De La Torre’s fateful recommendation Former Santa Clara County Schools Superintendent Charles Weis (left) was relieved of duty when Xavier De La Torre (right) was hired as his replacement in June 2012. Weis had his share of problems at SCCOE (and at his previous gig), some of which are chronicled here.De La Torre came to SCCOE after a three ye
4-20-14 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: Academica Charter Schools Under Federal InvestigationFrom Mary McGrory in the Miami Herald: TALLAHASSEE — The state’s largest charter school management company has come under scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Education for potential conflicts of interests in its busin
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-20-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: “Obamacore”: REPUBLICANS SEE POLITICAL WEDGE IN COMMON COREBy JONATHAN MARTIN | New York Times | http://nyti.ms/1nhrkqJ “You have this unlikely marriage of folks on the far right who are convinced this is part of a federal takeover of local education, who have joined hands with folks on the left associated with teachers unions who are trying to sev
4-20-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Happy Easter…And a belated happy Passover, Holi, Paryusan, Ostara and other spring holidays to all my readers. Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love! – Chief Sitting Bull May the longer days and brighter light bring […] The post Happy Easter… appeared first on Wait What?.by jonpelto
4-20-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Newark Citizens United Against CorpEd Miseducation PlanSigned by 77 local ministers:by Jim Horn / 0min 4-19-14 Schools Matter All WeekSchools Matter: Schools Matter All WeekCitizen Jack's analysis of Michelle Rhee's recent mendaciousness"In an even more disturbing revelation heard on the tape Rhee laughs about when the tape was removed hurting the children and some even start
Morning Wink 4-20-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSMy Easter Post | deutsch29My Easter Post | deutsch29: My Easter PostApril 20, 2014Today is Easter, the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Who claimed to be the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament.George Friedric Handel wrote about Him in the famous musical composition, Messiah,first performed on Easter Sunday in the Musick Hall
My Easter Post | deutsch29
My Easter Post | deutsch29: My Easter PostApril 20, 2014Today is Easter, the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Who claimed to be the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament.George Friedric Handel wrote about Him in the famous musical composition, Messiah,first performed on Easter Sunday in the Musick Hall in Dublin on April 13, 1742.I believe Jesus is the Messiah. On Septe
4-20-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Advice from a Charter Teacher in Ohio: Regulate Us!This teacher read the post about Gulen charter schools and wrote the following comment: This is so eerily similar to my job-it is a shame that there is poor oversight in these types of schools. I work in a Ohio-based charter school. I’m under great stress due to this under perfor
4-20-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: A defense of public education against ‘the wolves of Wall Street’Sara Stevenson is the librarian at O. Henry Middle School in Austin, Texas, who is sick and tired of assaults on the very notion of public education. Here are her reflections on the value of public education and what is being done to it in the name of ”‘reform.” By Sara Stevenson As a lifelong […]by Valerie Strau
4-20-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Susan's Sunday SpecialSome good reading for a Sunday morning from Susan Ohanian.The fact that the announcement I sent out yesterday never arrived is a sign of the site's current troubles. Sometimes it works fine; other times it is very slow loading. Thanks to Eric's hard work, we are moving to a new server. But this takes time and money so please be patient.I know I could go with
4-20-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Three Good New Resources On Wealth & Income InequalityHere are some new additions to The Best Resources About Wealth & Income Inequality: Get Rich, Live Longer: The Ultimate Consequence of Income Inequality is from The Atlantic. The short guide to Capital in the 21st Century is from Vox. Economist Receives Rock Star
4-20-14 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 book review section. This is Not a Test. This is Not a Test. Jose Vilson. Haymarket Books Professor Bill Schubert, who is my professional mentor, advocated the very Deweyian idea of teacher lore as a basis for educational research. Schubert’s idea is to extend to teachers “a progressive faith
NYC Educator: More Media Mendacity--Charter Lobbyist Says Public Schools Pick and Choose
NYC Educator: More Media Mendacity--Charter Lobbyist Says Public Schools Pick and Choose: More Media Mendacity--Charter Lobbyist Says Public Schools Pick and ChooseYou have to love the audacity of a charter proponent twisting logic to this point. He opens with a story of Bill de Blasio's son in Stuyvesant. It's true Stuyvesant is selective, but it's also true that Stuyvesant is far from representa
4-20-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: My progressive friends prefer demagoguery over truth on education reformMy progressive friends in the broader media have it frequently wrong on corporate education reform, touting views that are hardly socially just. Instead, they mine their neoliberal connections to peddle the same corporate canards. It is obvious to me that mainstream progressive media are so disinterested in e
4-20-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs
With A Brooklyn Accent: Game On!!! How Common Core Changed the Face of Education Activism in the USTeachers never were treated with much respect in the United States, but until recently they weren't demonized or singled out as responsible for the nation's problems and weaknesses. What has changed? That public education is now viewed as a major opportunity for profitable investment if it can be pri
4-20-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Andrew Cuomo's Budget Causes SUNY Tuition IncreasesFrom Newsday: Students at Suffolk County Community College will face a tuition increase of $250 this fall, bringing the annual charges to $4,390 at the two-year school. The tuition hike is part of the $208.4 million 2014-15 operating budget that college trustees sent to county officials Friday. The increase comes even though
Pastors: Cami must stop! | Bob Braun's Ledger
Pastors: Cami must stop! | Bob Braun's Ledger: Pastors: Cami must stop!Christie hugs Rev. CarterScores of Newark’s religious leaders—including nationally known ministers and a major supporter of Gov. Chris Christie’s re-election–have repudiated as potentially “catastrophic” the state-imposed “One Newark” plan to close neighborhood schools and “launch” new charter schools in the state’s largest cit
Russ on Reading: David Brooks Hearts Common Core
Russ on Reading: David Brooks Hearts Common Core: David Brooks Hearts Common CoreIf you haven’t heard already, New York Times columnist, David Brooks, the liberals' favorite conservative, wrote a column yesterday supporting the Common Core and characterizing critics on the right and left as members of a “circus.”My blogger colleagues Mercedes Schneider (deutsch29) and Aaron Barlow (Academe blog)
Viewpoints: What Sac City schools lose - Viewpoints - The Sacramento Bee
Viewpoints: What Sac City schools lose - Viewpoints - The Sacramento Bee: Viewpoints: What Sac City schools loseBy Jonathan RaymondSpecial to The BeePublished: Sunday, Apr. 20, 2014 - 12:00 amAfter my first 100 days as superintendent in theSacramento City Unified School District, I remember thinking that if we were going to change a culture of “good is good enough” to one of “greatness” – which al
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Choosing Democracy: The Illusion of Public Higher Education
Choosing Democracy: The Illusion of Public Higher Education: The Illusion of Public Higher EducationHoratio AlgerThe Illusion of Public Higher EducationByRodolfo F. AcuñaThe United States is the land of illusions. Like Disneyland, it is more fiction than reality. The American Dream is part of surreal world, constructed as a form of social control that distorts the memory Americans blinding to the
Nite Cap 4-19-14 #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 CAPMarie Corfield: An open letter to Rowan University President, Dr. Ali A. HoushmandMarie Corfield: An open letter to Rowan University President, Dr. Ali A. Houshmand: An open letter to Rowan University President, Dr. Ali A. HoushmandDear Dr. Housh
