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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 5-27-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: New Mexico: Another VAM DisasterThus far, the concept of VAM–or value-added measurement–has an unbroken record of failure. Wherever it has been tried, it has proven to be inaccurate and unstable. Teacher and student records are erroneous. Teachers are judged based on students they never taught. VAM demoralizes teachers, who underst

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5-27-14 Wait What? Former state Rep. Jonathan Pelto explores third-party run for governor

Wait What?: Former state Rep. Jonathan Pelto explores third-party run for governorRavitch on Pelto: “Hope Every governor who abandons public education faces a similar challenge”The nation’s leading pro-public education advocate has used her blog to tell her 80,000 readers about our work here in Connecticut. Diane Ravitch’s latest piece is entitled, “Jonathan Pelto Mulls Third Party Challenge to G

by mike simpson / 4min

5-27-14 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: Feds Warn Charter Schools About Not Serving Special Needs KidsWrites Chris Staiti for Bloomberg News: U.S. charter schools must provide special-education services and avoid discrimination in admissions, academic services and athletics whether or not they receive federal

by mike simpson / 6min

5-27-14 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: What’s Really Wrong with Advanced Placement Courses and College Board?What’s Really Wrong with Advanced Placement Courses and College Board?. via What’s Really Wrong with Advanced Placement Courses and College Board?.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical1 by plthomasedd / 2h hide // saveYESTERDAYThe 2008 Common Core Sales Job: Part ThreeIn 2008, the National Governors Asso

by mike simpson / 9min

5-27-14 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): What’s Really Wrong with Advanced Placement Courses and College Board?“Fraudulent schemes come in all shapes and sizes,” asserts John Tierney, adding, ” To work, they typically wear a patina of respectability. That’s the case with Advanced Placement [A.P.] courses, one o

by mike simpson / 11min

5-27-13 Curmudgucation

CURMUDGUCATION: Test (In)SecurityOne of the features of High Stakes Testing is a level of security usually associated with large bales of money, important state secrets, and the recipe for Bush's Baked Beans. On facebook, in the category of "Ethical Dilemmas Nobody Ever Thought She'd Face," teachers are arguing about whether it's okay to photograph or copy any of the PARCC or SBA exams.

by mike simpson / 14min

5-27-14 Perdido Street School Week

Perdido Street School: Daily News Misses A Big Part Of ELA Regents Score Plummet StoryThe Daily News claims cheating teachers were the main reason scores on the 2013 ELA Regents exam fell: Scores on English Regents exams for high schoolers plummeted when the city cracked down on grade-fudging teachers, a Daily News analysis shows. Thousands of public school students failed the high-stakes state te

by mike simpson / 16min

In Memoriam of WWII Latino Veterans and Their Families | Cloaking Inequity

In Memoriam of WWII Latino Veterans and Their Families | Cloaking Inequity: In Memoriam of WWII Latino Veterans and Their FamiliesThank you to all of the veterans who have courageously served our country. This post is dedicated to my tía Minnie Cadena who recently passed and was a participant in the University of Texas Voce Oral History Project and my tío John G. Reyes who was KIA 1944.This post i

by mike simpson / 20min

Send Your Email to Governor Fallin about Common Core | Missouri Education Watchdog

Send Your Email to Governor Fallin about Common Core | Missouri Education Watchdog: Send Your Email to Governor Fallin about Common CoreinShareRestore Oklahoma Public Education (ROPE) has a request for those in other states opposed to Common Core: Contact Governor Mary Fallin for her signature on HB3399 which would eradicate Common Core from Oklahoma. She can set the precedence for other states t

by mike simpson / 24min

Obama Administration’s College Rating Proposal Threatens Core Educational Values | janresseger

Obama Administration’s College Rating Proposal Threatens Core Educational Values | janresseger: Obama Administration’s College Rating Proposal Threatens Core Educational ValuesPosted on May 27, 2014 by janressegerAs May turns to June and summer weather arrives, this blog will take a week-long break. Back on Tuesday, June 3.Over the weekend, the NY Times reported on Education Secretary Arne Duncan

by mike simpson / 25min

Urban, Rural Schools Connected by Inequality - Bridging Differences - Education Week

Urban, Rural Schools Connected by Inequality - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Urban, Rural Schools Connected by InequalityBy Guest Blogger on May 27, 2014 8:20 AMAuthor and advocate Mike Klonsky again writes to Deborah Meier today. The two are currently co-blogging on Bridging Differences.Deb,In last week's post, you write, "we've both avoided looking at the picture as it plays out in

by mike simpson / 31min

What Parents Should Know About School Bonds And Our LAUSD Citizens’ Oversight Committee: – redqueeninla

What Parents Should Know About School Bonds And Our LAUSD Citizens’ Oversight Committee: – redqueeninla: What Parents Should Know About School Bonds And Our LAUSD Citizens’ Oversight Committee:Written by redqueeninla in Education, LAUSDThere is a political brouhaha going on right now that really deserves your attention. Your attention as a parent, as a taxpayer, as a citizen.It involves a pretty o

by mike simpson / 33min

Now you have the NCLB waiver, now you don’t :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet

Now you have the NCLB waiver, now you don’t :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: Now you have the NCLB waiver, now you don’tby Kimberly Beltran(Wash.) K-12 schools here are adjusting their budgets to deal with the $40 million impact of having their federal No Child Left Behind waiver revoked.But any staffing or programs lost to the impending shi

by mike simpson / 36min

The 2008 Common Core Sales Job: Part Three | deutsch29

The 2008 Common Core Sales Job: Part Three | deutsch29: The 2008 Common Core Sales Job: Part ThreeMay 27, 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.I have examined this report in two previous posts. In Part One of m

by mike simpson / 55min

Research: INEQUALITY IN TEACHING AND SCHOOLING: SUPPORTING HIGH-QUALITY TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP IN LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS - @coolcatteacher

Research: INEQUALITY IN TEACHING AND SCHOOLING: SUPPORTING HIGH-QUALITY TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP IN LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS - @coolcatteacher: Research: INEQUALITY IN TEACHING AND SCHOOLING: SUPPORTING HIGH-QUALITY TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP IN LOW-INCOME SCHOOLSExcerpted from A Notion at Risk: Preserving Public Education as an Engine for Social Mobility, Richard D. Kahlenberg, Editor2000by Linda Darling-

by mike simpson / 59min

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESGov. Chris Christie to Mayor Baraka"I also made very clear to [Baraka] that it is the state government that runs the school system in Newark, and that while I will talk with him and hear his ideas, that we are the deciders on what happens in the school system.” -- Thom HartmanChicago Alderman "Slow Eddie" Burke“There

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School librarians a rare find in California public schools | EdSource Today

School librarians a rare find in California public schools | EdSource Today: School librarians a rare find in California public schoolsMay 26th, 2014 | Add a Comment | By Lillian MongeauShare on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on pinterest_shareMore Sharing Services0School librarian Shannon Englebrecht reminds Tori Reese, 8, that she has several books overdue.Englebrecht allows student

by mike simpson / 8h

Unlikely Allies Uniting to Fight School Changes - NYTimes.com

Unlikely Allies Uniting to Fight School Changes - NYTimes.com: Unlikely Allies Uniting to Fight School ChangesRick Womick, a Republican lawmaker, and Emily Mitchell, a teacher, both oppose changes in education policy in Tennessee. CreditJoe Buglewicz for The New York TimesSMYRNA, Tenn. — She is a fan of MSNBC, supports abortion rights and increased government spending in schools, and believes unio

by mike simpson / 9h

Marie Corfield: Rigor: The death of public education (no really)

Marie Corfield: Rigor: The death of public education (no really): Rigor: The death of public education (no really)Photo CreditWhat's worse than education 'reform'? Educators who drink the reformy Kool-Aid.As a product of 12 years of Catholic education in New Jersey the 60s and 70s I learned a thing or two about the roots of the English language. While I didn't have any art, music, science, PE or h

by mike simpson / 11h

UFT Rank and File Needs Gene Hackman.southbronxschool.com

http://www.southbronxschool.com: UFT Rank and File Needs Gene HackmanMy son had a baseball tournament upstate this weekend and while enjoying the free pre-made, formerly frozen free breakfast at the Quality Inn of Fishkill yesterday morning I decided against Poughkeepsie Journal in favor of my Sunday true and tried Daily News.reading theAfter reading the sports section I turned to the op-ed page t

by mike simpson / 11h

Kimble's Corner: University of Western Topeka Spring 2014 Commencement

Kimble's Corner: University of Western Topeka Spring 2014 Commencement: University of Western Topeka Spring 2014 Commencement On Saturday, I was lucky enough to be invited to speak at the University of Western Topeka's 2014 graduation. This is a great school and there's a reason that it's known as the University of Michigan of Kansas. You can visit the UWT web page athttp://www.uwesterntopeka.org/

by mike simpson / 11h

Anti-Common Core Link Banned by Facebook: We Must be Winning the War | Missouri Education Watchdog

Anti-Common Core Link Banned by Facebook: We Must be Winning the War | Missouri Education Watchdog: Anti-Common Core Link Banned by Facebook: We Must be Winning the WarinShareSee this notice? Plans to eliminate common core and adopt common core standards are detected to be “unsafe” by Facebook security standards.Dr. Sandra Stotsky refused to sign off on the ELA Common Core Standards. She publishe

by mike simpson / 13h

Nite Cap 5-26-14 #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 CAPIf no one is looking at your Twitter account, it could be for a couple of reasons. | Connected PrincipalsIf no one is looking at your Twitter account, it could be for a couple of reasons. | Connected Principals: If no one is looking at your Twitt

by mike simpson / 15h

If no one is looking at your Twitter account, it could be for a couple of reasons. | Connected Principals

If no one is looking at your Twitter account, it could be for a couple of reasons. | Connected Principals: If no one is looking at your Twitter account, it could be for a couple of reasons.by George Couros • May 26, 2014 • 0 CommentsMost organizations or schools feel that jumping on the social media bandwagon is something that they should do because it is becoming the norm for others. If you thin

by mike simpson / 15h

empathyeducates – For the First Time, Public Education Revenue Decreases in 2012, Census Bureau Reports

empathyeducates – For the First Time, Public Education Revenue Decreases in 2012, Census Bureau Reports: For the First Time, Public Education Revenue Decreases in 2012, Census Bureau ReportsOriginally Published at United States Census Bureau.Public elementary and secondary education revenue declined in fiscal year 2012 for the first time since 1977, when the U.S. Census Bureau began collecting pub

by mike simpson / 16h

DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Parental Support and Involvement: Should Teachers Just Make Do Without It?

DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Parental Support and Involvement: Should Teachers Just Make Do Without It?: Parental Support and Involvement: Should Teachers Just Make Do Without It?More and more, the buck seems to start and end with teachers.We seem to be the only ones held "accountable" for all that goes on in our classrooms, and it is frustrating!It's become the norm to send a chil

by mike simpson / 16h

Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » “Not Interested in Being #1:” Shanghai May Ditch PISA

Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » “Not Interested in Being #1:” Shanghai May Ditch PISA: “Not Interested in Being #1:” Shanghai May Ditch PISA25 MAY 2014 2,775 ONE COMMENT“Not interested in #1 on International Tests, Focusing on Reducing Academic Burden: Shanghai May Drop Out of PISA” is the headline of a story in Xinmin Wanbao[original story in Chinese], a popular newspaper i

by mike simpson / 18h

Labor and English Language Teaching | Dissident Voice

Labor and English Language Teaching | Dissident Voice: Labor and English Language Teachingby Myles Hoenig / May 26th, 2014The state of English Language Teaching (ELT) (and teaching content, electives overall) is going through a serious, almost radical, transformation. Long gone are the days where union chapters, building reps and others who represent a teaching staff have the backing of their aff

by mike simpson / 19h

Labor and English Language Teaching | Dissident Voice

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The Answer Sheet 5-26-14

Answer Sheet: Rating colleges is ‘like rating a blender’ — Education Department officialThis is what Jamienne Studley, a deputy under secretary at the Education Department, told a group of college presidents who were meeting to talk about President’s Obama’s plan to rate colleges with the apparent aim of driving out of business schools that don’t meet the administration’s definition of success, a

by mike simpson / 19h

5-26-14 Ed Notes Online Week

Ed Notes Online: UFT Contract Exit Polls Contradict NY Times Article on ContractAt my school, the xxxxxx, the chapter elected to conduct an "exit poll" to assess how we as a chapter voted on the contract proposal. These are the unofficial results of the xxxx vote.Total UFT members: ....45 Total voting "YES" - ......16Total voting "NO" - ........26Abstentions: ........

by mike simpson / 21h

John White’s Journey: Why he decided to ask his Louisiana Department of Education to alter student test scores | Crazy Crawfish's Blog

John White’s Journey: Why he decided to ask his Louisiana Department of Education to alter student test scores | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsJohn White’s Journey: Why he decided to ask his Louisiana Department of Education to alter student test scoresPosted on May 26, 20141Believe it or not, John White did not start off with the intent of trying to

by mike simpson / 21h

5-26-14 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): Memorial Day 2014: A ReaderIf we could find a space to honor peace, to honor peace by taking action so that peace was the norm of humanity… 21st century “Children’s Crusade”: A curriculum of peace driven by critical literacy, P. L. Thomas Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonneg

by mike simpson / 21h

Teacher Education Leader Francisco Rios: edTPA Leads Schools to Teach to the Test - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Teacher Education Leader Francisco Rios: edTPA Leads Schools to Teach to the Test - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Teacher Education Leader Francisco Rios: edTPA Leads Schools to Teach to the TestBy Anthony Cody on May 26, 2014 10:33 AMYesterday I began a series of interviews with leaders of schools of education. As I noted, these schools have been targeted by those seeking to "

by mike simpson / 21h

5-26-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles About Education PolicyHere are some recent good posts and articles on education policy issues: Who Gets To Graduate is by Paul Tough and appears in The New York Times. He raises many useful points, but misses others. Those “misses” are pointed out in a good response in T

by mike simpson / 21h

“Warning: The Literary Canon Could Make Students Squirm” NYT, May 18, 2014 | Bill Ayers

“Warning: The Literary Canon Could Make Students Squirm” NYT, May 18, 2014 | Bill Ayers: “Warning: The Literary Canon Could Make Students Squirm” NYT, May 18, 2014The call for “trigger warnings”—a recent censorious trend gaining traction on American college campuses—is designed to alert students of any potentially troubling, unsettling, or upsetting course materials. The impetus is benign enough,

by mike simpson / 21h

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 5-26-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Editorial - CONGRESS’ ASSIGNMENT: SCHOOL REFORM. Why not start with No Child Left Behind?Los Angeles Times Editorial | http://lat.ms/1tdNl8k President Obama is seen visiting a school in Maryland. Congress is considering several education bills this year. (Chip Somodevilla / EPA) May 26, 2014 :: School reform shouldn't be this hard Congress is taking

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UCLA Professor Emeritus Jim Popham: His Testing and Teacher Evaluation Infomercial |

UCLA Professor Emeritus Jim Popham: His Testing and Teacher Evaluation Infomercial |: UCLA Professor Emeritus Jim Popham: His Testing and Teacher Evaluation Infomercial Jim Popham, Emeritus Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is best known for his decades of research on testing and assessment. Many of you might be familiar with his wor

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5-26-14 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: High-Stakes Tests, English Language Learners and Florida Voucher ExpansionTampa Tribune reporter Anastasia Dawson is emerging as one of Florida’s top education reporters. Even though FCAT was administered for the last time in March, Dawson writes how one vulnerable group

by mike simpson / 23h

Marie Corfield: In honor of retiring educators everywhere

Marie Corfield: In honor of retiring educators everywhere: In honor of retiring educators everywhereThe function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.~ Martin Luther King, Jr.I was a little quiet on Facebook and Twitter the past couple of weeks because I was busy planning and hosting the Hunterdo

by mike simpson / 23h

Top Ten Memorial Day Songs | The Nation

Top Ten Memorial Day Songs | The Nation: Top Ten Memorial Day SongsArmy 1st Sargeant Shelly Jenkins places flags on graves at Arlington National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Memorial Day, first known as Decoration Day, originated in the North after the Civil War to commemorate fallen Union soldiers. By the twentieth century the holiday had been extended to honor all A

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Morning Wink 5-26-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 5-26-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: How Rahm Emanuel Favors Campaign Donors Over KidsThis post by Ken Previti directed me to a hugely important story that I had missed. David Sirota of Pando and Ben Joravsky of The Chicago Reader

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