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Beware the Robo-Grader | Truth in American Education
Beware the Robo-Grader | Truth in American Education: Beware the Robo-GraderFiled in Common Core Assessments by Shane Vander Hart on May 22, 2014 • 0 Comments1A friend drew my attention to an op/ed in theBoston Globe about something Pearson was developing in order to grade the essay section of the PARCC exam – a robo-reader. If you think this idea is a disaster in the making the author of the op/e
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 5-22-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Rick Cohen: What Happened to Zuckerberg’s $100 Million?Rick Cohen admired an article in The Néw Yorker about Cory Booker and Chris Christie’s grand plan to overhaul the schools of Newark, which inspired Cohen to write his own reflections. Cohen has written an informative article about the fate of Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million gift
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We Need a Strong Alliance for Schools - Bridging Differences - Education Week
We Need a Strong Alliance for Schools - Bridging Differences - Education Week: We Need a Strong Alliance for SchoolsBy Deborah Meier on May 22, 2014 10:11 AMDeborah Meier continues her conversation with Mike Klonsky today. Dear Mike,You've got it more right than wrong.  I'm just as concerned about the relationship between a school and its community, but I've been paid to think about what can be do
by mike simpson / 2min 
5-22-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Resources On Ending The Year StrongI’ve got a nice collection of resources called The Best Ideas On How To Finish The School Year Strong…. Readers might find it useful.by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h hide  //  saveInfographic: “Many Languages One America”I’m adding this infographic to The Best “Language Maps”: Please include attribu
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5-22-14 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.: Jim Popham’s Tractable Teacher Evaluation.. Jim Popham at NEPC.by Fred Klonsky / 1h hide  //  saveChris Christie’s pension pay to play and how pension theft is a national scandal.I have been accused of making Illinois’ pension theft too big a deal. Some have suggested that Illinois’ pension theft is j
by mike simpson / 7min 
5-22-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: UFT Contract: Roseanne McCosh, PS 8X, Urges Colleagues to Vote NOFormer Unity Caucus member slams UFT leadership and Unity.Norm---I wrote the below and it will go into teacher mailboxes. The majority in my school are voting NO and many of them will not attend the union meetings with UFT officials to hear bullshit.  The NO campaign at PS 8 was taken up by many teachers in my school
by mike simpson / 9min 
5-22-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Segregation not about Proximity, but EquitySegregation not about Proximity, but Equity. via Segregation not about Proximity, but Equity.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical1 by plthomasedd / 49min 5-21-14 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: Why Did Cory Booker and Mark Zuckerberg Ignore Newark’s Families?Dale Russakoff’s New Yorker profile “Schooled” is a wonderful account of
by mike simpson / 16min 
5-22-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Segregation not about Proximity, but EquityFor several years, I have been showing Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later in both my introductory education course and an interim educational documentaries course at the selective private university where I teach. Two scenes ad
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5-22-14 empathyeducates
empathyeducates: Post-Apocalyptic Mindset in a Civilized WorldPhotograph; Appalachian Children. By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at the Becoming Radical. May 20, 2014The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.Henry David Thoreau, WaldenSince October 1999, when I experienced several weeks of unrelenting panic attacks, I have been negotiating my lifelong struggle with anxiety—man
by mike simpson / 19min 
5-22-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Cuomo Puts A Criminal In Charge Of The State Democratic PartyFrom State of Politics:Former Gov. David Paterson on Wednesday was formally installed by the state Democratic Committee as its next chairman, assuming the post from Harlem Assemblyman Keith Wright. Paterson, addressing the delegates on the first day of the Democratic convention here in Melville, naturally opened wi
by mike simpson / 22min 
The “New American” Educational Plan: Google, Private Think Tanks & the Federal Government. | Missouri Education Watchdog
The “New American” Educational Plan: Google, Private Think Tanks & the Federal Government. | Missouri Education Watchdog: The “New American” Educational Plan: Google, Private Think Tanks & the Federal Government.inShareIf you just open your eyes and do a little research, it’s easy to understand the blueprint of the takeover of public education and the massive amount of data mining to be do
by mike simpson / 31min 
“Rethinking Schools” Magazine: Standardized Tests Disguise Privilege as Merit | janresseger
“Rethinking Schools” Magazine: Standardized Tests Disguise Privilege as Merit | janresseger: “Rethinking Schools” Magazine: Standardized Tests Disguise Privilege as MeritPosted on May 22, 2014 by janressegerOur federal testing law, No Child Left Behind, passed under President Bush, and the programs of the Obama Administration that have amplified its dire consequences in poor communities of color—R
by mike simpson / 32min 
NYC Educator: N.Y.C.: Power to the Sleeping Giant!
NYC Educator: N.Y.C.: Power to the Sleeping Giant!: N.Y.C.: Power to the Sleeping Giant! I love NYC.  I'm not the first one to say so, nor will I be the last. NYC has been a center of cultural diversity and activism in history.  I cannot forgive the fact that our U.F.T. fails to engage its membership in activism. I look to Chicago, Karen Lewis and the C.T.U.  I look to Los Angeles and the recent U
by mike simpson / 59min 
Embattled Newark School Chief Has Important Friend in High Places - NJ Spotlight
Embattled Newark School Chief Has Important Friend in High Places - NJ Spotlight: EMBATTLED NEWARK SCHOOL CHIEF HAS IMPORTANT FRIEND IN HIGH PLACESJOHN MOONEY | MAY 22, 2014Christie expresses support for Cami Anderson and her reforms but won’t comment on her contract renewalAmid calls for embattled Newark schools Superintendent Cami Anderson to step down, the man who appointed her in 2011 went out
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: 'When you close a school you open a prison'
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: 'When you close a school you open a prison': 'When you close a school you open a prison'THE PIPELINE... Hundreds marched Monday night from Lawndale to the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center to call for an end to what they call the “school to prison pipeline.” Activists began their march with a rally at Paderewski Elementary, a school that was among the m
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YESTERDAY

Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 5-21-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMwww.tomtorlakson.com/Ronald McDonald: Explain this to the children whose classrooms you visit.Outside McDonalds Headquarters in Oak Brook, IL – an affluent suburb of Chicago – fast-food workers and their supporters are arrested and treated like enemy combatants in a foreign country by warrior uniformed police. Insane over-reaction to a r
by mike simpson / 9h 
Is Cami leaving? | Bob Braun's Ledger
Is Cami leaving? | Bob Braun's Ledger: Is Cami leaving?NTU President Joe Del GrossoThe president of the Newark Teachers Union  has sent an e-mail to its membership predicting state-appointed schools superintendent Cami Anderson will soon leave ker position.Joseph Del Grosso said he and other union officials met earlier this week both  with Acting Education Commissioner David Hespe and legislative
by mike simpson / 14h 
One Valuable History Lesson: an open letter | Reclaim Reform
One Valuable History Lesson: an open letter | Reclaim Reform: One Valuable History Lesson: an open letterPosted on May 21, 2014by Ken PrevitiTo All of the Teachers of History in Illinois:Please make time in your harried schedules of mandated arbitrary test preparation to teach one truly valuable lesson of Illinois and American history. This is also linked to current events at the culmination of th
by mike simpson / 15h 
Nite Cap 5-21-14 #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 CAPBREAKING NEWS!!!! FARINA WANTED ATR's DONE AWAY WITH!! southbronxschool.comhttp://www.southbronxschool.com: BREAKING NEWS!!!! FARINA WANTED ATR's DONE AWAY WITH!!Sources in Tweed shared starling news today with The Crack Team about how the negoti
by mike simpson / 15h 
BREAKING NEWS!!!! FARINA WANTED ATR's DONE AWAY WITH!! southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: BREAKING NEWS!!!! FARINA WANTED ATR's DONE AWAY WITH!!Sources in Tweed shared starling news today with The Crack Team about how the negotiations wentdown in regards to the ATR's.Chancellor Carmen Farina, who in the past caved to principal's demands in taking in ATR's and who at the press conference announcing the new contract said that ATR's can be removed from a s
by mike simpson / 15h 
NYC Public School Parents: Diane Ravitch's speech at the May 17 Take Back our Schools Rally
NYC Public School Parents: Diane Ravitch's speech at the May 17 Take Back our Schools Rally: Diane Ravitch's speech at the May 17 Take Back our Schools RallyDiane wearing her BAT tee-shirt in rehabThere was a great rally at City Hall Park on May 17, organized by SOS Our Schools, with numerous wonderful speakers from the Tri-state area.  But the biggest thrill for me was getting to read Diane Ravit
by mike simpson / 17h 
5-21-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: School Secretary Responds to Pro-Unity Comment, Calls for a NO VoteThey TOTALLY LEFT US OUT SINCE 2009. This Unity Union is a disgrace. They do not protect us at all.... a school secretary A new comment on your post "UFT Contract: The "VOTE NO" Caucus Says .......": To be clear, the secretaries are very upset about this contract. Aids are being given our jobs e
by mike simpson / 17h 
Death by a Thousand Cuts: Racism, School Closures, and Public School Sabotage | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity
Death by a Thousand Cuts: Racism, School Closures, and Public School Sabotage | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: Death by a Thousand Cuts: Racism, School Closures, and Public School SabotagePosted on: Wednesday May 21st, 2014Earlier this month at a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court honoring the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education,
by mike simpson / 17h 
Hespe to meet with Newark students | Bob Braun's Ledger
Hespe to meet with Newark students | Bob Braun's Ledger: Hespe to meet with Newark studentsDavis HespeActing state Education Commissioner David Hespe has agreed to meet with representatives of the Newark students who shut down a city school board meeting Tuesday night with their demands for the resignation of  state-appointed superintendent Cami Anderson.Michael Yaple, a spokesman for Hespe, said
by mike simpson / 17h 
Schools Matter: Marshall Tuck's Legacy of Bigotry and Failure
Schools Matter: Marshall Tuck's Legacy of Bigotry and Failure: Marshall Tuck's Legacy of Bigotry and FailureFirst submitted May 21, 2014 to LA ProgressivePortions of this article were contributed by Cheryl Ortega and Dr. John Fernandez."Tuck will most likely have a huge pot of money in his war chest coming from the likes billionaire boys clubbers like Broad, DFER and other corporate reformers
by mike simpson / 18h 
Koch Brothers Exposed: The Chilling New Documentary Republicans Don’t Want You to See | Democracy Now!
Koch Brothers Exposed: The Chilling New Documentary Republicans Don’t Want You to See | Democracy Now!: Koch Brothers Exposed: The Chilling New Documentary Republicans Don’t Want You to SeeThere is a chilling new documentary about the billionaire brothers, David and Charles Koch, that some Republicans do not want you to see. On Monday, Republican Rep. Candice Miller of Michigan tried to block an e
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The Return to Separate but Equal 60 Years Post Brown - emPower magazine
The Return to Separate but Equal 60 Years Post Brown - emPower magazine: The Return to Separate but Equal 60 Years Post BrownWritten by Denisha JonesinShareAs we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling Brown vs. Board of Education, which put an end to segregation of public schools, many have argued that the goals of that case have not been met as many black and brown st
by mike simpson / 19h 
Dallas attorney Mark Melton’s group releases proposed home-rule charter for Dallas ISD | Dallas Morning News
Dallas attorney Mark Melton’s group releases proposed home-rule charter for Dallas ISD | Dallas Morning News: Dallas attorney Mark Melton’s group releases proposed home-rule charter for Dallas ISDBy Matthew Haagmhaag@dallasnews.com12:59 pm on May 21, 2014 | PermalinkDallas attorney Mark Melton’s quest to repair the divisive home-rule initiative in Dallas ISD advanced Wednesday as he released a pro
by mike simpson / 19h 
Virtual Panels Discuss Choice, Equity, and Change — Whole Child Education
Virtual Panels Discuss Choice, Equity, and Change — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGVirtual Panels Discuss Choice, Equity, and ChangeMay 21, 2014 by Whole Child SymposiumBuilding on the conversation started at the earlier Whole Child Symposium Town Hall and Live events, last week's Virtual panel discussions went even further to identify what currently works in education, what we need in
by mike simpson / 20h 
empathyeducates – Evidence that the Meritocracy is Made Up of Poor People
empathyeducates – Evidence that the Meritocracy is Made Up of Poor People: Evidence that the Meritocracy is Made Up of Poor PeopleBy Paul Buchheit | Common Dreams. May 19, 2014Many wealthy Americans believe that dysfunctional behavior causes poverty. Their own success, they would insist, derives from good character and a strict work ethic. But they would be missing some of the facts. Ample evidenc
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How Do Teachers Learn to Teach? - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
How Do Teachers Learn to Teach? - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: How Do Teachers Learn to Teach?By Nancy Flanagan on May 21, 2014 1:19 PMHow do teachers really learn to teach--to teach well, cooking on all disciplinary burners, deftly handling mini-crises of apathy and frustration, creating--on the fly--engaging new ways to absorb and apply important content and skills?Is ther
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America’s Billionaire-to-National-Debt Contradiction | deutsch29
America’s Billionaire-to-National-Debt Contradiction | deutsch29: America’s Billionaire-to-National-Debt ContradictionMay 21, 2014In 1983, the Reagan Administration published the now-infamous report, A Nation at Risk, a report that declares the American education experience is “eroding” due to “a tide of mediocrity.”Here are the opening sentences of that report:Our Nation is at risk. Our once unch
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5-21-14 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): Teacher at Kennedy High School is back after district removed herA librarian and teacher at John F. Kennedy High School, Leslie Garcia, is back at school shortly after being removed over allegations that she mishandled and manipulated the record-keeping of an after school provider, ARC. Garcia said she ha
by mike simpson / 21h 
StudentsFirst: Six of our eight endorsed Georgia candidates won | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
StudentsFirst: Six of our eight endorsed Georgia candidates won | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: StudentsFirst: Six of our eight endorsed Georgia candidates wonBy Maureen DowneyMichelle Rhee has been to Georgia to advise Gov. Nathan Deal and the Legislature so it's not unexpected the Georgia branch of her StudentsFirst advocacy organization took an interest in Tuesday's primary.Here is the scorecard
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Geaux Teacher!: Corporatist Takeover of Public Education via Anita Hoge
Geaux Teacher!: Corporatist Takeover of Public Education via Anita Hoge: Corporatist Takeover of Public Education via Anita HogeI just read the following piece written by a lady named Anita Hoge.  I don't know her or anything about her beyond this piece.  I don't know what religion she is, what politics she ascribes to or what her dog is in this hunt.  I do know that she has documented all in one
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Bailout for teachers' pensions to cost California school districts - Los Angeles Times
Bailout for teachers' pensions to cost California school districts - Los Angeles Times: Bailout for teachers' pensions to cost California school districtsHOWARD BLUME, CHRIS MEGERIANcontact the reporters Under a proposal released last week by Gov. Jerry Brown, more money will flow into the teachers' retirement fund to begin closing an estimated $74-billion shortfall. (Randy Pench / MCT)California'
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NYC Public School Parents: Protest Cuomo's Failed Education Agenda at the Democratic Convention this Thursday!
NYC Public School Parents: Protest Cuomo's Failed Education Agenda at the Democratic Convention this Thursday!: Protest Cuomo's Failed Education Agenda at the Democratic Convention this Thursday!There will be a protest this Thursday, May 22nd, beginning at 10:00 a.m., outside the Huntington Hilton in Melville, Long Island, where Cuomo is going to be nominated. President Obama is expected to make a
by mike simpson / 23h 
Super Star U | EduShyster
Super Star U | EduShyster: Super Star U TFA’s partnership with the University of Minnesota sets Gopher state hearts aflutter By Sarah Lahm,EduShyster AcademyBig news from the Gopher state: the University of Minnesota and Teach for America are one step closer to sealing the deal on their new partnership! It won’t be long before young TFAers can be found strolling the not-necessarily-elite-but-still
by mike simpson / 23h 
SBAC Field Test Question is NOT from The Onion. Neither is the Teacher’s Response. | Missouri Education Watchdog
SBAC Field Test Question is NOT from The Onion. Neither is the Teacher’s Response. | Missouri Education Watchdog: SBAC Field Test Question is NOT from The Onion. Neither is the Teacher’s Response.All I can tell you is the post below is from a parent in an SBAC state.  Readers can either believe it or not.  I was taken to task on another thread for not identifying a parent or school district in a p
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5-21-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: What's going on at Highland Park?Highland Park is an elementary school at the south end of West Seattle. The attendance area, between Roxhill's and Concord's, is bordered by Highway 509 on the east, by White Center on the south, and by Delridge on the west. The school report says that the school population is 78% FRL, 27% ELL, and 14% SpEd. Only 33% of the third gr
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Morning Wink 5-21-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 5-21-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Paul Jones: A Hero Superintendent in TexasEvery once in a while a superintendent tells the parents in his district what is in his heart, not the bureaucratic blather that usually comes out autom
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