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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 5-2-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Thank You, Louis C.K.!!! Just Posted on Huffington PostPlease read my commentary on what Louis C.K. has done to expand the debate about Common Core. It was just posted on Huffington Post at the top of the page. In my view, he has just smashed the carefully crafted narrative that the only critics of Common Core standards and tes
5-2-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: May’s Best Tweets — Part OneEvery month I make a few short lists highlighting my choices of the best resources I through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those f
5-2-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: 6 reasons to reject Common Core K-3 standards — and 6 rules to guide policyThe Common Core State Standards for students in kindergarten through Grade 3 have come under severe criticism by early childhood education experts who say that they are not developmentally appropriate. Even some supporters of the Core initiative, including American Federation of Teachers President Randi We
5-2-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: The Prospect Heights T Party Dumps the TestsTeachers at a New York City high school fired a shot across the bow of the concept of a nationalized education industry Thursday, becoming the first in that state to refuse to administer a standardized test tied to the controversial Common Core national standards.The boycott by teachers at Prospect Heights International School in Brooklyn
5-2-14 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: Dr. Rosa Castro Feinberg: With Best Wishes to Valentin: Conflicts Between ESOL and Florida Voucher LawReprinted in its entirety with permission from Dr. Rosa Castro Feinberg In respond to my columns, Julio Fuentes, President & CEO of the Hispanic Council for Reform a
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Biggest laugh of the day -- Vallas fundraising letter
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Biggest laugh of the day -- Vallas fundraising letter: Biggest laugh of the day -- Vallas fundraising letterBiggest laugh yesterday came from opening the mail and finding a campaign fundraising letter from Paul Vallas. He wants me to send a check to his campaign for IL lieutenant governor (he must not read my blog). V says he wants the money to head off Republican bi
5-2-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Welcome to SC: A Heaping Stumbling-Bumbling Mess of IneptitudeWelcome to SC: A Heaping Stumbling-Bumbling Mess of Ineptitude. via Welcome to SC: A Heaping Stumbling-Bumbling Mess of Ineptitude.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical1 by plthomasedd / 1h 5-1-14 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: Discussing Research Methodology with the Gates FoundationRick Hess, in “A Small Requ
5-2-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs
With A Brooklyn Accent: On the Hunt for "Bad Teachers"The percentage of "Bad Teachers" in our public schools is probably no higher than Bad Principals, Bad Superintendents, Bad Commissioners, Bad Politicians, and Bad Philanthropists. Yet people in every walk of life seem obsessed with getting rid of them. This isn't a well thought out policy position. it is more like a form of
5-2-14 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): Token Outrage and “Oafish” RacistsThe recent racism controversy over Donald Sterling prompted me to examine more on two Americas and ask, Where Is Outrage for Systemic Racism? To that question, I found a powerful and important response by Ta-Nehisi Coates: This Town Need
5-2-13 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: Another Plutocrat for USDOEAlyson Klein at EdWeek reports that Robert Gordon has been chosen to serve as assistant secretary for planning, evaluation and policy development at the US DOE.Gordon's previous work credits include the Office of Management and Budget, where he seems to have been a man behind the scenes for the various Fiscal Cliff negotiations. More recently he's been a
5-2-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Here's How You Know The UFT Contract Deal Is A Bad One - The NY Post Likes ItOne of the measures of any UFT contract deal is what the neo-liberals at the Daily News and Times and the neo-cons at the Post think about it.If these editorial boards, who never saw a merit pay proposal they didn't like, a teacher they didn't want to fire or a traditional public school they didn't
What Selfies Can Teach us About Education
What Selfies Can Teach us About Education: What Selfies Can Teach us About EducationBut first, let me make a personal reflection.A selfie is an image that serves as a form of external self-expression. This trend may seem jovial to many of an older generation; however, to educators it should verify that students are bursting at the seams to communicate. If many students are excited to express thems
Seven challenges to getting the Common Core right | EdSource Today
Seven challenges to getting the Common Core right | EdSource Today: Seven challenges to getting the Common Core rightMay 1st, 2014 | 1 Comment | By Morgan Polikoff / commentaryMorgan PolikoffThe rollout of the Common Core standards offers California – and most of the nation – an opportunity to address some of the issues that have plagued education reform in the past. Foremost among these issues is
NYC Scraps 3rd Grade Guarantee As Ohio Adopts It–Based on ALEC Model Law | janresseger
NYC Scraps 3rd Grade Guarantee As Ohio Adopts It–Based on ALEC Model Law | janresseger: NYC Scraps 3rd Grade Guarantee As Ohio Adopts It–Based on ALEC Model LawPosted on May 2, 2014 by janressegerOhio’s acting state superintendent of public instruction, Michael Sawyers claims that Ohio’s new 3rd Grade Guarantee will help Ohio’s children. After all, Governor John Kasich has consistently alleged th
NYC Public School Parents: NYS Assessment blues and statement from NYSAPE on latest exam fiasco & call for John King & Tisch to resign
NYC Public School Parents: NYS Assessment blues and statement from NYSAPE on latest exam fiasco & call for John King & Tisch to resign: NYS Assessment blues and statement from NYSAPE on latest exam fiasco & call for John King & Tisch to resignThanks to Howie Ratem for the below video and song; and NY State Allies for Public Education for their statement below on the latest fiasco f
Teachers For Social Justice: UIC Social Justice Initiative Events
Teachers For Social Justice: UIC Social Justice Initiative Events: UIC Social Justice Initiative EventsMAY 1, 2014 LEAVE A COMMENTFollow us on TwitterFriend us on FacebookUniversity of Illinois-ChicagoUpcoming SJI Events @UICGreetings,Join us at our Teaching and Learning Freedom event on May 7th at the WBEZ Little Village Bureau. Next week's Eyes on the Prize community dialogue facilit
Teachers For Social Justice: UIC Social Justice Initiative Events
Teachers For Social Justice: UIC Social Justice Initiative Events: UIC Social Justice Initiative EventsMAY 1, 2014 LEAVE A COMMENTFollow us on TwitterFriend us on FacebookUniversity of Illinois-ChicagoUpcoming SJI Events @UICGreetings,Join us at our Teaching and Learning Freedom event on May 7th at the WBEZ Little Village Bureau. Next week's Eyes on the Prize community dialogue facilit
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The 2008 Common Core Sales Job: Part One | deutsch29
The 2008 Common Core Sales Job: Part One | deutsch29: The 2008 Common Core Sales Job: Part OneMay 1, 2014In 2008, the National Governors Association (NGA), the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and Achieve, Inc., released a report, Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring U.S. Students Receive a World-class Education.The Gates and GE foundations funded the report.The content of this report
Retroactively Paying It Forward (On The City - UFT Contract) - The Jose Vilson
Retroactively Paying It Forward (On The City - UFT Contract) - The Jose Vilson: Retroactively Paying It Forward (On The City – UFT Contract)by JOSE VILSON on MAY 1, 2014in MR. VILSONMichael Mulgrew, Carmen Farina, and Bill de BlasioIn case it hasn’t already flooded your airwaves already, the De Blasio administration and the United Federation of Teachers reached a tentative agreement to finally get
New Contract! ATR's Thrown Under the Bus! VOTE NO!!! southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: New Contract! ATR's Thrown Under the Bus! VOTE NO!!!I have always said that I will take respect and dignity over a big pay raise in our new contract. Today we found out we are getting neither.I was with my wife in Valhalla, having just gotten in the car, when the contract announcement came over the radio. I delayed our trip home to tweet and text information that w
5-1-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Change the Stakes Next General Meeting - Friday May 2, 6-8pm - CUNY Grad centerGreetings All, As today marks the first day of the math state test, Change the Stakes begins to move the conversation to "What's next?" Opt out numbers tripled in NYC and almost 35,000 statewide, parents found support in many schools, some difficulties in other schools, teachers spoke out, pr
Teachers may begin a “Quinn for #5″ Prison Fan Club | Reclaim Reform
Teachers may begin a “Quinn for #5″ Prison Fan Club | Reclaim Reform: Teachers may begin a “Quinn for #5″ Prison Fan ClubPosted on May 1, 2014by Ken PrevitiPat Quinn could be Illinois Governor #5 to be jailed. Teachers may even start a “Quinn for #5″ Fan Club. They would jail him for one set of reasons; federal prosecutors are considering a separate set of reasons.Why? According to federal prosecu
Testimony to the CPS Truancy Task Force Parents United for Responsible Education
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Testimony to the CPS Truancy Task Force: Testimony to the CPS Truancy Task ForceStudent drawing from Wheelock Bebell Haney studyI prepared testimony for one of two public hearings held by the Chicago Public Schools Truancy Task Force, a body mandated by state legislation. The meeting, held in a bank community room on the South Side, attract
Classified School Employees of the Year for 2014 - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
Classified School Employees of the Year for 2014 - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces California'sClassified School Employees of the Year for 2014SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced the selection of six outstanding classified school employees in recognition of their roles in school operations and student suc
Nite Cap 5-1-14 #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 CAPNYC Educator: Mr. Mulgrew Writes Me a Letter About the ContractNYC Educator: Mr. Mulgrew Writes Me a Letter About the Contract: Mr. Mulgrew Writes Me a Letter About the ContractThere is an agreement on a new teacher contract between the city and
NYC Educator: Mr. Mulgrew Writes Me a Letter About the Contract
NYC Educator: Mr. Mulgrew Writes Me a Letter About the Contract: Mr. Mulgrew Writes Me a Letter About the ContractThere is an agreement on a new teacher contract between the city and the UFT, one that gets us the 8% that's eluded us all these years, and establishes some crap pattern for the following years. Having gone so very long without a raise, it's hard to imagine UFT voting against it. There
Getting Kindergarteners “College and Career Ready" | Truth in American Education
Getting Kindergarteners “College and Career Ready" | Truth in American Education: Getting Kindergarteners “College and Career Ready”Filed in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on May 1, 2014 • 0 Comments231Yvonne Gasperino from Stop Common Core in New York State shared this picture with me last week. Harley Avenue Primary School (part of the Elwood Union Free School District) i
Scathing Report Finds Rocketship, School Privatization Hurt Poor Kids | The Progressive
Scathing Report Finds Rocketship, School Privatization Hurt Poor Kids | The Progressive: Scathing Report Finds Rocketship, School Privatization Hurt Poor KidsGordon 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, late last night bringing with him a brie
The New Conscientious Test Objectors at International High School in NYC! | I AM AN EDUCATOR
The New Conscientious Test Objectors at International High School in NYC! | I AM AN EDUCATOR: The New Conscientious Test Objectors at International High School in NYC!By I AM AN EDUCATOR on May 1, 2014A couple of days ago a New York area code popped up on my cell phone. I didn’t recognize the number—but when a teacher on the other end of line said that she was organizing a testing boycott at her h
My Forthcoming Speaking Engagement in AZ about VAMs |
My Forthcoming Speaking Engagement in AZ about VAMs |: My Forthcoming Speaking Engagement in AZ about VAMs If you reside in Arizona or plan to travel here soon, I invite you to join me as I discuss my new book, Rethinking Value-Added Models in Education: Critical Perspectives on Tests and Assessment-Based Accountability (available this Sunday, May 4th). To read more about this book, please click h
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: May Day Warning: 'We're rapidly returning to the conditions of Ludlow days.'
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: May Day Warning: 'We're rapidly returning to the conditions of Ludlow days.': May Day Warning: 'We're rapidly returning to the conditions of Ludlow days.'Ludlow: The striking miners and their families, 1914BILL MOYERS' blog has an excellent piece on the 100th anniversary of the Ludlow strike and massacre, by Erik Loomis, "US Workers Were Once Massacred Fighting
Paul Horton: A Teacher Writes to Arne Duncan - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Paul Horton: A Teacher Writes to Arne Duncan - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Paul Horton: A Teacher Writes to Arne DuncanBy Anthony Cody on May 1, 2014 12:23 PMGuest post by Paul Horton.Dear Mr. Duncan,I just wanted to drop you a note to let you know what sane teachers are doing these days.I attended a rally last night at Union Square Fieldhouse that brought together concerned teach
NSBA issues guide for schools on data privacy :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
NSBA issues guide for schools on data privacy :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: MAY 01, 2014NSBA issues guide for schools on data privacyby Alisha Kirby(Va.) Making consistent strides toward bringing modern technology to the classroom isn’t a simple task, and neither is adjusting to obstacles that come with it, such as protecting students’ on
5-1-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Is the $1 trillion student loan debt really a crisis?When you read about the more than $1 trillion student loan debt in the United States, the word “crisis” invariably appears. But is it? Donald E. Heller, dean of the College of Education at Michigan State University, offers a different view of the common media portrayal of the issue. By Donald Heller For the last […]by Valerie S
Becoming a 'Badass' Teacher - Education Week Teacher
Becoming a 'Badass' Teacher - Education Week Teacher: Becoming a 'Badass' TeacherBy Laura Thomas“You are the only one in your school to speak up at faculty meetings (although many people who remained silent come up to you afterward to tell you how happy they are you did).”“You tell administrators at your school what you really think, not what they want to hear.”“Your colleagues come to you constan
Teachers Union President Paid Less than Most Charter School Bosses
Teachers Union Boss Randi Weingarten: My Salary's Only $360K: American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten, who was paid $543,150 last year, defended her compensation by claiming her pay is $360,000 and other reported expenses simply prove the union’s “transparency.”As part of a series of April 28 Twitter posts demanding Congress hike the federal minimum wage to $10.10, Service
5-1-14 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): Morning Read: LAUSD budget aims at helping foster childrenLAUSD foster kids to get more help from school social workers Los Angeles Unified’s plan to help some of its most troubled students — foster kids — calls for creating a corps of social workers and manning 17 centers in poverty-stricken neighborhood
California Distinguished Schools for 2014 - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
California Distinguished Schools for 2014 - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces California Distinguished Schools for 2014SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today named 424 public elementary schools California Distinguished Schools for their strong commitment and innovative approaches to improving student academic achievemen
5-1-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Math Adoption UpdateOddly, nothing from SPS. But here's a post from committee member, Rick Burke. Thanks, RickThe district has not yet announced the results from the K-5 Math Adoption Committee (MAC) meeting on last Friday, but it was a public meeting, so there is no reason I can't share the outcome of committee deliberations and some of my personal opinions abou
The Cuomology of State Aid (or Tales from Lake Flaccid) | School Finance 101
The Cuomology of State Aid (or Tales from Lake Flaccid) | School Finance 101: The Cuomology of State Aid (or Tales from Lake Flaccid)Posted on May 1, 20140 Rate ThisWe’ve heard much bluster over time about school funding in New York State, and specifically how money certainly has no role in the policy debate over how to fix New York State schools, unless it has to do with providing more money
#ThankATeacher and Share on Teacher Appreciation Day | ED.gov Blog
#ThankATeacher and Share on Teacher Appreciation Day | ED.gov Blog: #ThankATeacher and Share on Teacher Appreciation DayPeter Markes (@PeterMarkes) the 2014 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, and Edmond North High School Orchestra Director, tweeted his #ThankATeacher sign during a visit to the U.S. Department of Education headquarters.Tuesday, May 6, is National Teacher Appreciation Day, and we want yo
Morning Wink 5-1-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 5-1-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: FairTest: Protests Against Testing Madness Continues to GrowThe following report comes from FairTest, which keeps track of news about testing a Ross the nation and advocates for sensible testing
