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
Why We Chose to Opt Out | Jason Endacott
Why We Chose to Opt Out | Jason Endacott: Why We Chose to Opt OutPosted: 04/16/2014 5:01 pm EDT Updated: 04/16/2014 5:59 pm EDTunitedoptout.com/OPT OUT GUIDES BY STATE Thousands of children in our state are headed into schools today to take standardized tests mandated by the federal government under No Child Left Behind. Our fourth grade son won't be one of them.Opting your children out of standar
Wage theft is wage theft regardless of the ages of the teachers. | Reclaim Reform
Wage theft is wage theft regardless of the ages of the teachers. | Reclaim Reform: Wage theft is wage theft regardless of the ages of the teachers.Posted on April 27, 2014by Ken PrevitiThe legislative mandate of taking money as deferred compensation to keep it safe as a future pension while promising that it will not be there when it is needed is wage theft. Active teachers across America have thi
Deeper Than Deep Learning | InterACT
Deeper Than Deep Learning | InterACT: Deeper Than Deep LearningAPRIL 27, 2014by David B. CohenA more philosophical post than usual – for what it’s worth.This morning I had the opportunity to listen to a talk by Elane Geller, a Holocaust survivor originally from Poland, and now a resident of Southern California. I’ve heard Holocaust survivors speak a number of times in my life, and it’s always a pr
About the Book | A Fighting Chance By Elizabeth Warren
About the Book | A Fighting Chance By Elizabeth Warren: About the BookClick here to read the prologue for free (PDF)Listen to an excerpt or download:An unlikely political star tells the inspiring story of the two-decade journey that taught her how Washington really works—and really doesn’tAs a child in small-town Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren yearned to go to college and then become an elementary sch
Left-Right Alliance for Education: Multi-Partisan Opposition
Left-Right Alliance for Education: Multi-Partisan Opposition: Multi-Partisan OppositionThe Left-Right Alliance was formed as a spontaneous gathering of education advocates. Each of the participants volunteered their time to work toward our purpose and process, the effort received no funding. Our hope is that the work we have completed here will be a message that Stop Common Core efforts nationwide
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-27-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Photo: OBAMA & THE MARSHMALLOW GUNphoto from Getty Images by Sal Loeb I wonder we could get a grant from the National Rifle Association …or the Stay Puft Marshmallow Foundation – to mount one of these puppies in the balcony of the Beaudry Boardroom?by smf / 7min 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-26-144LAKids - some of the news that doesn
4-28-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin'
Jersey Jazzman: Two Questions For Arne DuncanSecretary of Education Arne Duncan gave an interview to Andrea Mitchell this past week that once again attempts to shift the blame for America's inequitable education outcomes on to everything and anything except the most obvious thing:Yeah, sure, that's the problem: the schools of education. I mean, what else could possibly explain this:Obviously, the
The Great Big Lovin’ Walheart | EduShyster
The Great Big Lovin’ Walheart | EduShyster: The Great Big Lovin’ Walheart The Walton family hearts America’s poor kids. Their parents? Not so much.When we last paid a call on our good friends the Waltons, we found them in a fine, beneficent fettle indeed. Armed with Walmart profits equivalent to the wealth of the bottom 42% of American families combined, the Waltons felt moved to wrap their arms a
States on the VAMwagon Most Likely to Receive Race to the Top Funds |
States on the VAMwagon Most Likely to Receive Race to the Top Funds |: States on the VAMwagon Most Likely to Receive Race to the Top Funds Since 2009, the US Department of Education via its Race to the Top initiative has given literally billions in federal, taxpayer funds to incentivize states to adopt its various educational policies, as based on many non-research-based or research-informed refor
Better Prepared Teachers? Coffee Chat with Arne and Andrea
Better Prepared Teachers? Coffee Chat with Arne and Andrea: Better Prepared Teachers? Coffee Chat with Arne and AndreaAPRIL 27, 2014 BY NANCY BAILEY LEAVE A COMMENTThe other day I watched Andrea Mitchell interview Arne Duncan. It’s always difficult for me to listen to authorities on teaching who have never been teachers, or who have never even studied what it takes to be a teacher. When they blov
Sacrificing Our Children | educarenow
Sacrificing Our Children | educarenow: Sacrificing Our ChildrenPosted on April 27, 2014 | Leave a commentCan we finally move beyond the illusion that the privatization of public schools is for the benefit of kids?All of the empirical evidence says we should.Can we finally be honest about that fact that for profit charters simply move money from that which is set aside for the common good to corpor
Storified Charters and Traditional Schools Debate: Michelle Rhee vs. Julian Vasquez Heilig et al. | Cloaking Inequity
Storified Charters and Traditional Schools Debate: Michelle Rhee vs. Julian Vasquez Heilig et al. | Cloaking Inequity: Storified Charters and Traditional Schools Debate: Michelle Rhee vs. Julian Vasquez Heilig et al.A debate/conversation started Friday evening with my response to a @MichelleRhee tweet about her tiredness with the traditional school versus charter school debate. I tweeted that I wa
Henry A. Giroux: Neoliberalism, Democracy and the University as a Public Sphere
Henry A. Giroux: Neoliberalism, Democracy and the University as a Public Sphere: Henry A. Giroux: Neoliberalism, Democracy and the University as a Public SphereTuesday, 22 April 2014 09:44By Victoria Harper, Truthout | Interview79font size Print EmailHenry A. Giroux. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)This story wasn't funded by corporate advertising, but by readers like you. Can you help sustai
4-27-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: NY Post: Mulgrew, Farina Say Teachers "Should Embrace" New Evaluation SystemThis is buried at the bottom of a pierce about the city paying three leases for Eva Moskowitz and Success Academies:Meanwhile de Blasio, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña and teachers union boss Michael Mulgrew spoke of “unity” at the United Federation of Teachers spring conference Saturday
4-27-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELLI’ve started a somewhat regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention: Lizzie Pinard recounts a question/answer session with Sugatra Mitra at a recent language conference in this post. I’m ad
4-27-14 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. The Clipper’s Donald Sterling joins with Supreme Court majority. He’s caught on TMZ audio tape saying, “Don’t let Black students into state universities. No more of that f—– affirmative action.” Gordon Lafer on Miwaukee’s Rocketship Charter scam. Koch brothers and others influence judge
Scathing Report Finds School Privatization Hurt Poor Kids | Common Dreams
Scathing Report Finds School Privatization Hurt Poor Kids | Common Dreams: Scathing Report Finds School Privatization Hurt Poor Kidsby Ruth Conniff(Credit: UCLA / public domain)Gordon Lafer, a political economist and University of Oregon professor who has advised Congress, state legislatures, and the New York City mayor's office, landed at the airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this week bringing wi
Morning Wink 4-27-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-27-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane 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 qu
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
