Schools Matter: I met reactionary Fernando Espuelas' challenge, now will he demand the same of Gates, Zuckerberg, and Dell?
First published April 26, 2014 on Schools Matter "Another issue involves concerns that charter schools may be screening students by requiring parents to provide information related to special education eligibility and services on the lottery application. Over the past two years, a review of applications has found a considerable number of schools requiring such information despite efforts by
@ THE CHALK FACE: Humanities and LSAT reflect Critical Thinking versus Core Knowledge debate
First published April 28, 2014 on @ THE CHALK FACE "In short, the real literacy crisis occurs whenever we deploy a pedagogy that asks our students only to consume texts and not to produce them as well." — Richard E. Miller The ABA Journal recently posted a piece entitled "Students with these college majors had the highest LSAT scores" that discusses the findings of Pepperdine
A helpful meme for supporting bilingualism and SB 1174
The Bilingual Brain http://t.co/7ojIUrvWEp … #LAUSD h/t @ThePsych2go pic.twitter.com/l3PZBdk8vE— Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) April 28, 2014
Professional Loss and Grief in Teachers (a survey)
I [Jacqueline Owen] am working on a doctoral research project inspired by Diane Ravitch’s book, Death and Life of the Great American School System (2011). If the public school system–as many of us knew it, at least–is dead or near death, it would stand to reason that public school teachers who remember the system as it was prior to No Child Left Behind (2002) have experienced loss and grief. If yo