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NYC Educator: In Which I Give NYC an Interest-Free Loan of $40,000
NYC Educator: In Which I Give NYC an Interest-Free Loan of $40,000: In Which I Give NYC an Interest-Free Loan of $40,000That's what I'm doing, isn't it? After all, the cops, the firefighters, and the sanitation workers got an 8% raise four years ago. I won't get mine until 2020, according to this agreement.And don't think I'm generous, because you won't get yours either. Now if you haven't yet rea
5-3-14 Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/blog/teacherkenVA-08 - a resident looks at the Dem primary to replace Jim MoranI live in the 8th Congressional District of Virginia. At the end of this, his 12th term, Jim Moran is retiring. The district is heavily Democratic, having been carried by Obama in 2010 69-30. It contains all of the cities Falls Church and Alexandria, all of Arlington County (where I live), and
5-3-14 Jersey Jazzman NJ Ed News Round-up Jammin' All Week
Jersey Jazzman:Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekDerrell Bradford Takes Manhattan!Hey, New York! Yeah, I'm talking to you! You and me, we got a beef:See, you guys are always shipping your reformy types across the Hudson to us here in New Jersey and, frankly, we're all sick of it. We're up to our necks in these corporate education reformers, with their "no excuses" and "think-tanky rese
5-3-13 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION:Not One Size Fits AllI often criticize the core (and other standards-- while I know some decent, intelligent people like the idea of some sort of national standards, I do not) by calling it a "one size fits all" solution.But I'm wrong.It's a handy shorthand phrase-- just four words and everybody knows what you mean. But it's not precisely correct."One size fits all&qu
5-3-14 NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education
NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education:NPE News Briefsfrom The Network for Public EducationTeaching is harder than working in high tech — by a teacher who worked in high tech | The Answer SheetBY VALERIE STRAUSS After spending 25 years in high-tech — primarily in the wireless and Global Positioning System (GPS) industries – Dave Reid became a high school mathematics teacher and is
5-3-14 THE WHOLE WEEK @ The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education:THE WHOLE WEEK @ The Whole Child Blog Putting the Child into Whole Child: Give Students Voice to Improve Your PracticeRecently I was having a discussion with a colleague who is new to the building. This teacher is confident, self-assured, and has decades of experience more than me. We teach the same children, so we meet frequently for RTI and team meeti
5-3-14 This Week in 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):Parents, with some help, offer views on LAUSD spending planIt was “pencils down” day yesterday, for the members of the Parent Advisory Committee, who completed their first opportunity to weigh in on LA Unified’s Local Control and Accountability Plan, the so-called LCAP required of Gov. Jerry Brown‘s new Lo
Stephen Krashen Blog 5-3-14
SKrashen:Four years of math?Sent to the Washington Post, May 2, 2014.Maryland will now require all high school students to take four years of math ("Maryland to require math for all years of high school; universities also adjust rules," May 2). The fourth year, moreover, must be "non-trivial," such as algebra 2, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus, statistics and college algeb
5-3-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week
With A Brooklyn Accent:With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All WeekOn 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 polic
5-3-14 Open Congress : Major Bill Actions Education This Week - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress
Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress:Bill Introduced: H.R. 4481: Head Start Improvement Act of 2014To amend the Head Start Act to authorize block grants to States for prekindergarten education.10d APR 22Bill Introduced: H.R. 4366: Strengthening Education through Research ActTo strengthen the Federal education research system to make research and evaluations more timely and relevant to State an
5-3-14 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:Scathing Purple Musings Color me purple in Florida ALL WeekDr. 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 Fuente
All Week @ The Answer Sheet 5-3-14
The Answer Sheet:All Week @ The Answer SheetTeaching is harder than working in high tech — by a teacher who worked in high techAfter spending 25 years in high-tech — primarily in the wireless and Global Positioning System (GPS) industries – Dave Reid became a high school mathematics teacher and is now in his third year of teaching. It didn’t take him long to realize just how hard teaching really i
5-3-14 Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership Society All Week
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog:Schooling in the Ownership SocietyMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership Society'Tech vultures' LEAP towards profitability in ChicagoMillions of dollars intended to support innovations in resourced-starved public schools has long been funneled to privately-run charter schools. One of the chief funnelers in Chicago is non-educator Phyllis Lockett, a former
5-3-14 Wait What? All Week
Wait What?: Wait What? All WeekMalloy’s Teacher evaluation system is fundamentally and fatally flawedIn her latest MUST READ commentary piece, fellow public education advocate, Wendy Lecker, lays out the facts about Governor Malloy’s unfair, inappropriate and fatally flawed teacher evaluation system. Like the junk bonds that helped take down Wall Street, Connecticut’s teacher evaluation system i
5-3-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumDirector Blanford's Community Meeting TomorrowJust a heads up on Director Blanford's community meeting tomorrow at the Douglass-Truth Library from 10 am to noon. I was told that at the Work Session on Capital Projects (which I am sorry to have missed because it sounds like there were not enough hard questions and more than enough funny
5-3-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineKit Wainer: Historical Reference to Previous Contract StrugglesKit's history is an important starting point for the upcoming contract struggle. I have a different take on some of Kit's analysis - remember - my history of contract struggles goes back to the early 70s. But it is too nice a day and I am too lazy to get into it - though I may do a separate post at where
5-3-14 Fred All Week 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.: Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacherSupport the people who serve the NEA staff.- From UniteHere Local 23. Seasons Culinary, the food service company that operates the cafeteria in the National Education Association headquarters building in Washington DC, is refusing
5-3-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekUFT Contract Open ThreadPretty negative reaction to the contract news at my school.The feeling I get is, quite a few people are angry enough to vote no.What were you hearing out there?2 by reality-based edu... / 18h 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 n
5-3-14 the becoming radical EMPATHYEDUCATES! | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
THE BECOMING RADICALRadical ScholarshipEMPATHYEDUCATES!the becoming radical A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by We Socialize Girls To Be Better at School But Set Them Up For Failure in the Real WorldCredit: Shutterstock By Sarah Jane Glynn | Originally Published at Think Progress. April 30, 2014 2:43 PM The New York Times’s Upshot blog reported on Tuesday that the “behavior gap” (which includes
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 5-3-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT Sb 1174: Senate Panel Moves Bill To Restore Multilingual K-12 Classroomsby Kimberly Beltran | SI&A Cabinet Report :: http://bit.ly/1nRILOP MAY 01, 2014 (Calif.) :: A bill that would repeal the core tenets of a 15-year-old ban on the use of bilingual education in the state’s K-12 school system cleared
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 5-3-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAY‘The Grading System We Need to Have’‘The Grading System We Need to Have’ is my latest Education Week Teacher post. It features Rick Wormeli and others. Here are some excerpts:by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h Oops — May Day Was Yesterday & I Forgot To Share My Updated “Best” ListYesterday was May
This Week's Education Research Report 5-3-14 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTSmall classes can have an important and lasting impact on student achievementSmall classes, especially in the first four years of school, can have an important and lasting impact on student achievement, a new report shows.In a review of over 100 papers from 1979-2014, education expert Dr David Zyngierfrom Monash University’s Faculty of
5-3-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Schools Matter All WeekFour years of math?Sent to the Washington Post, May 2, 2014.Maryland will now require all high school students to take four years of math ("Maryland to require math for all years of high school; universities also adjust rules," May 2).The fourth year, moreover, must be "non-trivial," such as algebra 2, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus
All Week 5-3-14 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE : All Week @ THE CHALK FACE Incompetent Pearson “Wins” PARCC Contract. Big Surprise.In his six-minute videoed speech on the necessity of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), billionaire Bill Gates patiently explains that it is not enough for individual states to implement their own standards because “scale is good for free market competition.” Here is the reality of “free marke
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 5-3-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGBias in Reporting at Chalkbeat?Chalkbeat is a news organization that covers New York City and recently expanded to Memphis. It was previously called Gotham Schools. Daniel Katz of Seton Hall University recently complained that Chalkbeat is biased in favor of charter schools. He notes that it is funded by the Gates Foundat
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Incompetent Pearson “Wins” PARCC Contract. Big Surprise. | deutsch29
Incompetent Pearson “Wins” PARCC Contract. Big Surprise. | deutsch29: Incompetent Pearson “Wins” PARCC Contract. Big Surprise.May 2, 2014In his six-minute videoed speech on the necessity of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), billionaire Bill Gates patiently explains that it is not enough for individual states to implement their own standards because “scale is good for free market competition.
Nite Cap 5-2-14 #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 CAPHow the Creation of Social Justice Caucuses in Unions Is Revitalizing an Aging Labor Movement | AlternetHow the Creation of Social Justice Caucuses in Unions Is Revitalizing an Aging Labor Movement | Alternet: How the Creation of Social Justice C
How the Creation of Social Justice Caucuses in Unions Is Revitalizing an Aging Labor Movement | Alternet
How the Creation of Social Justice Caucuses in Unions Is Revitalizing an Aging Labor Movement | Alternet: How the Creation of Social Justice Caucuses in Unions Is Revitalizing an Aging Labor Movement"We are the antithesis of the union thug. We are the people who aren’t out for ourselves, who aren’t only about our jobs. "Photo Credit: Atomazul / Shutterstock.comApril 26, 2014 | Earlier
Welcome the Class of 2014 « The National Teacher Hall of Fame
Current News « The National Teacher Hall of Fame: Welcome the Class of 2014Posted on March 28, 2014 by admin | Leave a replyWe would like to welcome the newest inductees into the Hall of Fame. These five educators are what we are all about!!!! Congratulations and Welcome! Follow the links next to their names to see local coverage and images of their announcement ceremonies.Jan Alderson is a 45 yea
5-2-14 The Whole Child Blog — Putting the Child into Whole Child: Give Students Voice to Improve Your Practice — Whole Child Education
Putting the Child into Whole Child: Give Students Voice to Improve Your Practice — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGPutting the Child into Whole Child: Give Students Voice to Improve Your PracticeMay 2, 2014 by Eric RussoRecently I was having a discussion with a colleague who is new to the building. This teacher is confident, self-assured, and has decades of experience more than me. We t
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Gated communities for children of privilege
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Gated communities for children of privilege: Gated communities for children of privilegeAld. Pat DowellDowell is not about to use such divisive language. She just wants results. -- Sun-Times reporter Fran SpielmanJulie Woestehoff, executive director of PURE, is a straight shooter. She's quoted in PE&O, letting us know that since CPS leaders vacated the Consent De
Myths of Technology Series: “Don’t Talk To Strangers” | Connected Principals
Myths of Technology Series: “Don’t Talk To Strangers” | Connected Principals: Myths of Technology Series: “Don’t Talk To Strangers”by George Couros • May 2, 2014 • 0 CommentsFor ISTE 2014 in Atlanta, I will be presenting on the “Myths of Technology and Learning”. As I am really thinking about what I will be sharing at the conference, I wanted to write a series of blog posts that will help myself a
Steel Parents Say No to Turning their school over to Charter Company | WeArePCAPS
Steel Parents Say No to Turning their school over to Charter Company | WeArePCAPS: Steel Parents Say No to Turning their school over to Charter CompanyPosted on May 2, 2014by wearepcapsThis was a great victory for the parents, staff and Nicetown community members who value their neighborhood school and don’t want to see it sold off to a charter company. It was also a victory for the movement again
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 5-2-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: PLAN TO USE ‘NEED INDEX’ TO GO BEFORE LAUSD BOARD + far more than 2¢ from a 4LAKids readerby LA School Report | http://bit.ly/Si8Qdl Posted on May 1, 2014 12:17 pm :: In a surprise move, LA Unified school board will consider a resolution that supports the use of an alternative formula, known as the “Student Need Index,” in deciding how to distribute sc
ACT – The Ultimate Gatekeeper | Missouri Education Watchdog
ACT – The Ultimate Gatekeeper | Missouri Education Watchdog: ACT – The Ultimate GatekeeperinShareAny good business person knows the importance of risk management. A lot of risk management involves shifting liability, for high risk things that must be done, to someone else. A simplistic example is skyscraper window cleaning. The windows must be cleaned, but as building management you don’t want to
NYC Public School Parents: Please join us Tuesday & speak out against new law requiring NYC give charter schools preference for space!
NYC Public School Parents: Please join us Tuesday & speak out against new law requiring NYC give charter schools preference for space!: Please join us Tuesday & speak out against new law requiring NYC give charter schools preference for space!Please distribute to all parents! Parents and elected officials are holding a press conference Tuesday May 6 at Tweed to speak out against the new
Naison EduNews 5/3/14 - Camp Philos - YouTube
Naison EduNews 5/3/14 - Camp Philos - YouTube: Naison EduNews 5/3/14 - Camp Philos May 4th weekend, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is sponsoring a "Philosophers Camp on Education Reform". Mark Naison, Professor of African American Studies and History at Fordham and co-founder of Badass Teachers Association comments on THE NEWS!
5-2-14 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: LAT endorses Tuck for state public education chiefMarshall Tuck for state superintendent of public instruction Opinion: Torlakson has been an able administrator, and after years as a state legislator, his relationships in Sacramento give him some influence on lawmaking. He deserves praise fo
5-2-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: The Contract: Retro Pay is a LIE!From a former colleague who I haven't heard from in years:Retro Pay is a lie!From what I understand of the new UFT Teacher's Contract?? It's crap.There is no Retro Pay!Retro pay is pay for timed served. They want me to work another 4 years to make up that pay. If I retire or leave the system, I get 1% of the "Retro Pay” for 2013.Now what about
5-2-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Malloy to retired teachers – No really I do respect you, just not that much….Three months ago, in a move to try and “win over” the support of retired teachers, Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy proposed a targeted tax break designed to benefit those who spent their careers teaching in Connecticut’s public schools. In February, the vote seeking governor explained his support for the partial
5-2-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadSPS press release on math adoption. Next steps:Next, the recommendation goes to the IMC for its approval that the math adoption process was appropriately followed. From there, the Superintendent will review the recommendation, which will then be introduced to the full School Board at its May 21 meeting. The board is scheduled to vote on the math
Imagine IEP’s & IGP’s Everywhere | My Island View
Imagine IEP’s & IGP’s Everywhere | My Island View: Imagine IEP’s & IGP’s EverywhereMay 2, 2014 by tomwhitbyI recently read a number of mission statements from randomly selected schools to see if there was some sort of pattern in what schools view as their mission. One thing that many had in common was a distinction between the learners and the educators. I guess that is fitting in the sens
May 17th Reclaim the Promise! | WeArePCAPS
May 17th Reclaim the Promise! | WeArePCAPS: May 17th Reclaim the Promise!Share this:
Steel parents file grievance against SAC charter vote | Parents United for Public Education
Steel parents file grievance against SAC charter vote | Parents United for Public Education: Steel parents file grievance against SAC charter votePosted on May 2, 2014 by PARENTSUNITEDPHILALeave a commentYesterday almost 200 families voted in the first ever parent vote about whether to turn the last public school in Nicetown over to charter operator, Mastery Charter, which is seeking to complete t
New Kickinthepants Poll 2016 Clinton Bush, Duncan 2016
New Kickinthepants Poll 2016 Clinton Bush, Duncan 2016
Buffalo teachers union claims discrimination at charter schools | Buffalo News, Buffalo Weather | WIVB-TV News 4 Buffalo, NY | WIVB.com
Buffalo teachers union claims discrimination at charter schools | Buffalo News, Buffalo Weather | WIVB-TV News 4 Buffalo, NY | WIVB.com: Buffalo teachers union claims discrimination at charter schoolsBUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A study conducted by the Buffalo Teachers Federation claims charter schools are discriminating against students with disabilities and ESL students.President Phil Rumore told New
Choosing Kindergarten – Or Not | Taking Note
Choosing Kindergarten – Or Not | Taking Note: Choosing Kindergarten – Or Notby JOHN MERROW on 02. MAY, 2014 in 2014 BLOGS, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONWhich of these two kindergarten classes would you want your 5-year-old child or grandchild to be in? Option one is a classic kindergarten classroom, rich with tactile art and full of color, energy and happy noise. Some kids are fingerpainting with inte
5-2-14 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.: Johnny’s Grill.State Representative-elect Will Guzzardi at Johnny’s Grill, now closed. When you’re close to a thing you can’t always see it change until there is that moment. Your kids grow up and suddenly you notice that they are teenagers and then they are gone. When did that happen? I go to the gym
Raise Your Voice, Sing Our Song At The Lake Placid Picket.
RAISE YOUR VOICE, SING OUR SONG AT THE LAKE PLACID PICKET.: VERY IMPORTANT EVENT: COME TO LAKE PLACID ON SUNDAY MAY 4TH TO PROTECT YOUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SING OUT LOUD THIS SONG: (Please turn on captions)WE LIKE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. FIGHT THE TEST!
Morning Wink 5-2-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 5-2-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane 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
