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's National Green Ribbon Schools - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
California's National Green Ribbon Schools - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Congratulates California's National Green Ribbon SchoolsSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today commended three California schools and one school district honored by the U.S. Department of Education with its third annual Green Ribbon Schools award.Calif
El Paso ISD sends scary STAAR letter home with little kids — not | Dallas Morning News
El Paso ISD sends scary STAAR letter home with little kids — not | Dallas Morning News: El Paso ISD sends scary STAAR letter home with little kids — notBy Jeffrey WeissJWeiss@dallasnews.com3:47 pm on April 22, 2014 | Permalink1470Some scandals sound so good that you just pass them along, yes? Well, that ain’t journalism. Here’s an example:An El Paso news station put up a report today about somethi
This was clearly bad advice on bullying but do we know the... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
This was clearly bad advice on bullying but do we know the... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: This was clearly bad advice on bullying but do we know the right approach? COMMENT(4) 0 1 0 3Flyer sent home with students in Nebraska.Previous PostsColleges can’t consider race, but can weigh geography, alumni connections and athleticism. Fair? April 22, 2014Are teachers leaving classroom in droves? April
4-22-14 The Whole Child Blog — Sir Ken Robinson: Reclaiming the Elemental Purpose of Education — Whole Child Education
Sir Ken Robinson: Reclaiming the Elemental Purpose of Education — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGSir Ken Robinson: Reclaiming the Elemental Purpose of EducationApril 22, 2014 by Whole Child SymposiumPost written by Laura VarlasLike most teenagers, Sir Ken Robinson had no idea what he wanted to be when he grew up."Life is a constant improvisation. How many of you, at the age of 15,
Just Another Excuse to Bash Teachers | Live Long and Prosper
Just Another Excuse to Bash Teachers | Live Long and Prosper: Just Another Excuse to Bash TeachersThe Indianapolis Star Editorial Board apparently agrees with State Board of Education member Gordon Hendry that something must be wrong with the teacher evaluation system in Indiana since so many teachers scored as Effective and Highly Effective.Indiana’s system for evaluating how well its 55,000 publ
April forums in full bloom + PSAT for 4-22-14: Speak out on testing! Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive »
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for 4-22-14: Speak out on testing!: April forums in full bloomIt’s April. inBloom may be kaput but testing and related education forums are in full bloom! Fortunately they are all indoors so we won’t freeze! Wednesday, April 23, 7 – 8 pm: Good Morning Mission Hill film screening at Francis Parker School, 330 W Webster, followed by a pa
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: 'The reform movement in US is led by a bunch of Ivy Leaguers, obsessed with data.'
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: 'The reform movement in US is led by a bunch of Ivy Leaguers, obsessed with data.': 'The reform movement in US is led by a bunch of Ivy Leaguers, obsessed with data.'Jiang XueqinQuotable Jiang XueqinIn December, China stunned the world when the most widely used international education assessment revealed that Shanghai’s schools now outperform those of any other count
Segregation Now - ProPublica
Segregation Now - ProPublica: Segregation NowIn Tuscaloosa today, nearly one in three black students attends a school that looks as if Brown v. Board of Education never happened.by Nikole Hannah-JonesThis story is not subject to our Creative Commons license.Though James Dent could watch Central High School’s homecoming parade from the porch of his faded white bungalow, it had been years since he’d
Please Help Publish New Rethinking Schools Book | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Please Help Publish New Rethinking Schools Book | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Please Help Publish New Rethinking Schools BookFiled under: Rethinking Schools — millerlf @ 1:58 pm Help us publish this awesome book!Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality was born a few summers ago when Jody Sokolower, Rethinking Schools’ managing editor, and RS editor Melissa Bollow Tempel sat down i
4-22-14 empathyeducates – Supreme Court Upholds Ban On Affirmative Action
empathyeducates – Supreme Court Upholds Ban On Affirmative Action: Supreme Court Upholds Ban On Affirmative ActionSupreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2009, during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Pool, George Bridges)Does race matter? Is discrimination an issue? On April 22, 2014, in a 6-2 decisi
NCAA Bans K12 Inc. Online Charters: No Rose Bowl, No Final Four | Cloaking Inequity
NCAA Bans K12 Inc. Online Charters: No Rose Bowl, No Final Four | Cloaking Inequity: NCAA Bans K12 Inc. Online Charters: No Rose Bowl, No Final FourThe NCAA has banned K12 Inc. In the future, athletes that are relying on K12 online coursework will no longer be eligible to play college sports.The NCAA will stop accepting coursework from these schools starting with the 2014–15 school year. Coursewor
4-22-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tuesday Open ThreadIs your 5th grade and up student looking for a great sport that offers individual achievement as well as the benefits of participating on a team? Seattle Canoe & Kayak Club is having an Open House on Sunday, April 27th and Saturday, May 17th from 10 am -1 pm. Come join us at the Small Craft Center on Green Lake at 9:45AM. Get to see the co
4-22-14 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): LIVESTREAM coverage of today’s LAUSD school board meetingThis morning, the Los Angeles Unified School Board meets at 9 a.m. with an agenda that includes a discussion about the future of CHAMPS, a charter high school which has recently been under investigation on allegations an employee misused school fund
4-22-13 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Trials of the Traveling StudentWhat about the students who move?It's a question often raised in support of the CCSS, or just national standards in general. Don't we need national standards so that students who move won't be thrown for a loop when they change schools, even across state lines? I'm unconvinced by this argument.I'll admit up front that, as both my regular readers know,
Teachers’ Licenses No Longer Jeopardized by THE Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) |
Teachers’ Licenses No Longer Jeopardized by THE Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) Teachers’ Licenses No Longer Jeopardized by THE Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) On Friday, April 12th, the Tennessee Board of Education met and rescinded much of the policy that ties teachers’ licenses to their value-added, as determined by the growth in their students’ performance on te
4-22-14 The Whole Child Blog — Free Webinar: Connecting the Cultural Divide: What Do Great Teachers in the United States and China Do? — Whole Child Education
Free Webinar—Connecting the Cultural Divide: What Do Great Teachers in the United States and China Do? — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGFree Webinar—Connecting the Cultural Divide: What Do Great Teachers in the United States and China Do?April 22, 2014 by Klea ScharbergJoin Leslie Grant and James Stronge, authors of the new ASCD book West Meets East, in an exciting, free webi
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Tuesday, April 22, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: EdSource: Santa Ana Unified caters to parents to boost accountability meeting attendanceEducation HeadlinesTuesday, April 22, 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.Common Core boosts push for technology in
My Students Don't Know How to Have a Conversation - Paul Barnwell - The Atlantic
My Students Don't Know How to Have a Conversation - Paul Barnwell - The Atlantic: My Students Don't Know How to Have a Conversation"Students’ reliance on screens for communication is detracting—and distracting—from their engagement in real-time talk." Recently I stood in front of my class, observing an all-too-familiar scene. Most of my students were covertly—or so they thought—pecking a
4-22-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: How Much Will Shelby County Slash to Pay for the Increasing Burden of Charter Schools?During this school year now winding down, Shelby County Schools will give up $67 million to corporate charter schools in Memphis. Next year that amount will increase almost 16 percent to over $78 million, so that almost one dollar of every ten spent will be for charter schools. That's $145 milli
Organizing Resistance to Teach for America Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública
Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: Organizing Resistance to Teach for Americaby Kerry Kretchmar and Beth Sondel In July 2013, we were two of the facilitators of the “Organizing Resistance to Teach For America and Its Role in Privatization” people’s assembly at the Free Minds, Free People conference in Chicago. Our goals were to learn from those fighting for equity i
Florida charter schools - Sun Sentinel
Florida charter schools - Sun Sentinel: Chan Lowe: The truth about charter schoolsThe conviction that divine right is on one’s side can be a laudable motivator in the cause of good, but it can also rob people of perspective, and impel them to act in irrational ways.The Spanish Inquisition and the Crusades, for example, may have arisen out of relatively pure motives, but in retrospect they only sho
Morning Wink 4-22-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS4-22-14 LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Time for an Anti-Testing Movement in Upstate New YorkA reader sent this comment: Dear Diane, I was wondering if you could create a post to get the anti-testing movement that seems to be thriving
4-22-14 LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Time for an Anti-Testing Movement in Upstate New YorkA reader sent this comment: Dear Diane, I was wondering if you could create a post to get the anti-testing movement that seems to be thriving downstate to garner some more support upstate. I teach in a suburb of Rochester, NY. My school is on the “west side,” where household inco
4-22-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Gloom and Doom to InBloomFred Smith: Leonie brings Gloom and Doom to InBloom, Dragon Slayer Kills the Demon SeedThe accolades are rolling in for Leonie Haimson on the inBloom closing announcement. Leonie's campaign should written up in textbooks. She won a major war against the leading ed deformers.Just look at this list from Diane Ravitch:The company was started with a grant of $
More Cartoons on Common Core Standards | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
More Cartoons on Common Core Standards | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: More Cartoons on Common Core StandardsOne of the most viewed monthly installments of cartoons that I have posted over the past three years has been on the Common Core. Here is another batch that I have gathered. Enjoy!More More Cartoons on Common Core Standards | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom
4-22-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": inBloom Officially Folds, Blaming Everybody But Itself & Its Funders For FailureI’ve chronicled the ongoing fiasco of the Gates Foundation-founded-and-financed inBloom student data-vacuuming service called inBloom (see The Best Posts On The inBloom Data Fiasco). As usual, these guys never bothered asking parents and tea
4-22-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Taxpayer funds continue to flow to out-of-state companies for Malloy’s “education reform” initiativeThanks to Governor Malloy and Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor you can hear the wild cheering from the corporate education reform industry as millions of dollars in taxpayer funds continue to flow to out-of-state companies so that they can come here to tell Connecticut’s teachers,
4-22-14 The Answer Sheet What teachers really want
The Answer Sheet: 11 problems created by the standardized testing obsessionRon Maggiano is a veteran teacher who won the Disney Teacher Award for innovation and creativity in 2005 and the American Historical Association’s Beveridge Family Teaching Prize for outstanding K-12 teaching in 2006. After a 33-year teaching career, he resigned last year from West Springfield High School in Fairfax County,
4-22-14 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: CAIR Arrives on the Scene to Debate Florida Education PolicyIn 2007, federal prosecutors named the Council on Islamic American Relations (CAIR) an unindicted co-conspirator in an alleged criminal conspiracy to support a Palestinian Arab terrorist group, Hamas. Undeterred
4-22-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Another Shocker – NOT! Students Respond Better To Support Than ThreatsYet another study has found that threats of punishment is not a very effective motivating tactic. You can read a summary of this new study at Science Daily, Teachers’ scare tactics may lead to lower exam scores. And if you want to read about a zillion oth
4-22-14 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.: John Dillon. Poor Representative Mike Bost.. - John Dillon blogs at Pension Vocabulary. Let’s not forget just a year ago, Madigan was the chief architect of an unconstitutional pension bill that was later given after initial failure to a group of ten willing to forgo their oaths of office to patch and
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-22-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Updated coverage: DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS NO CHARGES WARRANTED OVER L.A. SCHOOL’S iPAD CONTRACT + smfs’s 2¢ …x2! The district attorney's office acts after reviewing an internal L.A. school district report on the iPad contract that is said to raise issues on the handling of the bidding process. By Howard Blume, L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/1recIrz 10:00 PM
4-22-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: REVIEW: Jimmy’s Blues and Other Poems, James BaldwinREVIEW: Jimmy’s Blues and Other Poems, James Baldwin. via REVIEW: Jimmy’s Blues and Other Poems, James Baldwin.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical1 by plthomasedd / 42min hide // saveYESTERDAYVergara v. California Part One: Thoughts on Hannah Arendt, a New Totalitarianism and Completing The Circle of DominationOriginall
4-22-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University)
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Is There an Alternative to Accountability-Based, Corporate Education Reform? | AlternetIs There an Alternative to Accountability-Based, Corporate Education Reform? | Alternet1 by plthomasedd / 21min hide // saveREVIEW: Jimmy’s Blues and Other Poems, James BaldwinFor ma
4-22-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Siena Poll: Third Party Candidate Cuts 15Poijts Out From Cuomo's TotalsJust like we've been saying all along, a decent third party candidate from the left could throw serioius frights Sheriff Andy Cuomo's way:While the latest poll from the Siena Research Institute shows Gov. Andrew Cuomo maintaining his 2-to-1 lead (58-28 percent) lead over Republican Westchester County Exec
“What the He**’s Going On Out Here?!?” ~Vince Lombardi | Connected Principals
“What the He**’s Going On Out Here?!?” ~Vince Lombardi | Connected Principals: http://connectedprincipals.com/Working in a Competency Education School: Hiring Tips for Potential Teacher CandidatesWelcome to May, the month when most school administrators begin the process of filling open positions in their schools for the upcoming school year. Maybe my administrative team and I are getting picky as
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Ownership Society gathering at the Phoenician
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Ownership Society gathering at the Phoenician: Ownership Society gathering at the PhoenicianConference attendees at the PhoenicianThanks to Gary Stager for the heads-up on the upcoming GSV Education Innovation summit, which he describes as a corporate takeover of public education being plotted in the open, is held at The Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale.Stager wr
Another “oops” in Newark school plan | Bob Braun's Ledger
Another “oops” in Newark school plan | Bob Braun's Ledger: Another “oops” in Newark school planCami–Ooops. Parents, you’ll just have to wait another month.The “One Newark” plan is a disaster for the city’s families. Now, even the district leadership all but admits it by again postponing crucial deadlines. Parents who were promised a “match” with a new school this week won’t be getting it until n
Beauchman’s agenda: Usurpation | BCS in Context
Beauchman’s agenda: Usurpation | BCS in Context: Beauchman’s agenda: Usurpation I’ve written before about SCCBOE’s October 2013 Charter Schools Study Workshop. I don’t remember seeing a meeting agenda. The discussion focused mostly on each of the SCCBOE members’ personal view of the role of SCCOE/SCCBOE vis-a-vis charters.It’s not news to a frequent reader that I believe charter schools have alway
Are teachers leaving classroom in droves? | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Are teachers leaving classroom in droves? | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Are teachers leaving classroom in droves? COMMENT(5) 0 7 10 19Are teachers leaving in record numbers?Previous PostsNot everyone can or will get a college degreeApril 21, 2014So where did your high school score? Two Early College programs, DeKalb and Atlanta, shine.April 21, 2014Never mind two Georgias. State school grades tel
NYC Educator: Here's What Tenure Really Does
NYC Educator: Here's What Tenure Really Does: Here's What Tenure Really DoesThere's a lawsuit claiming tenure discriminates against children. They say the worst teachers teach the most needy kids in the most needy areas.I teach the most needy kids, so I must be a terrible teacher too. For goodness sake, my kids can't even speak English. What could be worse than that? The answer is fairly simple. W
Shanker Blog » Will the SAT Overhaul Help Achieve Equity?
Shanker Blog » Will the SAT Overhaul Help Achieve Equity?: Will The SAT Overhaul Help Achieve Equity?Posted by Burnie Bond on April 22, 2014The College Board, the organization behind the SAT, acknowledges that historically its tests have been biased in favor of the children of wealthy, well educated elites – those who live in the best zip codes, are surrounded by books, go to the best regarded sch
It Is Spring and Big-Money Conferences on School “Reform” Bloom | janresseger
It Is Spring and Big-Money Conferences on School “Reform” Bloom | janresseger: It Is Spring and Big-Money Conferences on School “Reform” BloomPosted on April 22, 2014 by janressegerI was educated in the public schools of small town Havre, Montana, and my children were educated in the public schools of inner-ring suburban Cleveland Heights, Ohio. I am a strong believer in public education—publicl
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The Education Police State Comes to Rye NY southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: The Education Police State Comes to Rye NYRye, NY. A leafy city of about 15,000 hard by the Long Island Sound. The home of Playland, BJ Surhoff, andWellington Mara. A city in which education is taken seriously by the community. Who would have thought that the police state of education would find it's way into Rye?In May of 2013, 4 teachers were accused of "imp
Five Louisiana “Educators” Want Common Core | deutsch29
Five Louisiana “Educators” Want Common Core | deutsch29: Five Louisiana “Educators” Want Common CoreApril 21, 2014On April 21, 2014, the Baton Rouge Advocate ran an article by Will Sentell entitled, Educators Renew Support for Common Core and Its Tests.The first line of the article is comical:Five educators said Monday morning that they will urge state House and Senate members to support the Commo
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-21-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: DISTRICT ATTORNEY REVIEWS LAUSD INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON iPAD CONTRACT; ELECTS NOT TO PROSECUTEBy Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1lyzF9T Students try out iPads provided by L.A. Unified early in the school year. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times) April 21, 2014, 2:27 p.m. :: The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has reviewed an
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Let's do it again in 2015
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Let's do it again in 2015: Let's do it again in 2015WE DID IT...I love this post card that came in the mail today from the Guzzardi campaign. We sure did. Let's do it again.NOBODY'S BUYING Rahm's or McCarthy's claims about dwindling gun violence in Chicago. It all depends on whose neighborhood you're talking about. Even doctoring the data didn't help the Rahm brand.
Nite Cap 4-21-14 #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 CAPinBloom officially closes | Parents Across AmericainBloom officially closes | Parents Across America: inBloom officially closes | Parents Across America After months of parent pushback on the threat to student data privacy, a campaign spearheaded
