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 CAP
Ten Years After: Is Genuine Teacher Leadership Dead in the Water? - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
Ten Years After: Is Genuine Teacher Leadership Dead in the Water? - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Ten Years After: Is Genuine Teacher Leadership Dead in the Water?By Nancy Flanagan on May 12, 2014 5:48 PMOK. The headline was designed to lure readers. But the question remains: Has practice-based teacher leadership come a long way in the last decade--or has the concept become c
Chester Finn Is At It Again | Truth in American Education
Chester Finn Is At It Again | Truth in American Education: Chester Finn Is At It AgainFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on May 12, 2014 • 0 Comments4Chester Finn writing at Fordham Institute’s blogcritiques Peggy Noonan’s recent piece in the Wall Street Journal.Finn writes:But she’s not right to offer absolutely no alternative—unless, of course, she’s content with American
5-12-13 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Edutopia Serves Up Grits (With Maple Syrup)If you have been looking for ways to grittify your classroom, edutopia has you covered with a new addition to its "Research Made Relevant" series (and while I guess I understand what their point is, but I have mixed feelings because nobody is out there explaining how to make water wet-- if the research is relevant, why would we h
Rocketship program is a model for inequality in education opportunity | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Rocketship program is a model for inequality in education opportunity | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Rocketship program is a model for inequality in education opportunityBy Gordon Lafer May 10, 2014 Sixty years ago this month, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kan. The ruling rejected the concept of se
America’s dangerous education myth: Why it isn’t the best anti-poverty program - Salon.com
America’s dangerous education myth: Why it isn’t the best anti-poverty program - Salon.com: America’s dangerous education myth: Why it isn’t the best anti-poverty programHere's what's behind the claim that education is the panacea to inequality -- and why it has the answer all wrong Arne Duncan (Credit: AP/Charles Rex Arbogast)If you’ve followed the education reform debate in this country, the Fin
5-12-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: WSJ Story on RttT OutcomesThere was a story in the Wall Street Journal on May 3 about Race to the Top grants that casts them in a rather dim light. A number of grant winners did not actually move forward with the promised reforms and a number of the reforms did not actually provide any positive outcomes.Surprise, surprise, surprise.A lot of this might be just the u
5-12-14 The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education
Not Worried About the EOG — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGNot Worried About the EOGMay 12, 2014 by Steven WeberAcross the United States, students have started test prep. Students march through test packet after test packet with the goal of increasing test scores on a standardized test. In North Carolina, all elementary schools administer the End-of-Grade (EOG) Test. The test is a stan
5-12-14 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): In LAT, community groups press LAUSD to help high-need studentsMore than 40 education and community groups signed a full-page ad that ran in today’s Los Angeles Times, urging the LA Unified school board to provide more support for high needs students in the up-coming budget. The ad appears a day before a
Conflicts of interest are the norm at some charter schools, where questionable spending has been unraveled - NY Daily News
Conflicts of interest are the norm at some charter schools, where questionable spending has been unraveled - NY Daily News: Conflicts of interest are the norm at some charter schools, where questionable spending has been unraveledAt the Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls, the school board in July met without informing parents and voted to hire a new business manager ... who happened to be a
The Race for the Future of Newark Public Schools
The Race for the Future of Newark Public Schools: The Race for the Future of Newark Public SchoolsMonday, 12 May 2014 09:22By Owen Davis, Truthout | News AnalysisNewark mayoral candidate Ras Baraka with Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver, who endorsed his candidacy, at Essex Sports Cafe in Newark, N.J., May 7, 2014. (Photo: Christopher Gregory / The New York Times)The forces behind free-market education
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 5-12-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: FAMILIES IN SCHOOLS TWITTER PARTY THIS AFTERNOON: Parents are worth more than spare change! + smf’s 2¢received by e-mail -------- Original message -------- From: Families In Schools Date: 05/11/2014 5:04 PM (GMT-08:00) Subject: Reminder: Twitter Party 05/12 - Parents are worth more than spare change! You are invited J
Telling the Truth About NAEP Scores | Taking Note
Telling the Truth About NAEP Scores | Taking Note: Telling the Truth About NAEP Scoresby JOHN MERROW on 12. MAY, 2014 in 2014 BLOGSWhen the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released the 12th grade reading scores last week, the supporters of the status quo were hard pressed to come up with anything positive to say. Because reading scores have flat-lined, the best that the defender
Morning Wink 5-12-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS5-12-14 LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH Diane Ravitch's blog #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Why the Common Core Standards for Grades K-3 Are WrongA group of early childhood educators explain here why the Common Core is inappropriate for children in grades K-3. This statement is an excerpt from their joi
5-12-14 LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH Diane Ravitch's blog #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Why the Common Core Standards for Grades K-3 Are WrongA group of early childhood educators explain here why the Common Core is inappropriate for children in grades K-3. This statement is an excerpt from their joint publication “Defending the Early Years.” The first mistake of the Common Core is that it “maps backwards” from what
5-12-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Meanwhile in Bridgeport… More state funds to Moales’ Kingdom Little Ones in Christ Inc.Late last week, two new articles about Reverend Kenneth Moales Jr, were posted here on Wait, What? Moales is the controversial Bridgeport political figure who serves as Mayor Bill Finch’s campaign treasurer, Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy’s cheerleader and was the titular head of the Paul Vallas “fan
5-12-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: 4 high school senior pranks that went wildYou’d think that after more than a dozen years in school, high school seniors would know what will get them into trouble and what won’t, but apparently some don’t. It’s senior prank season, and while some have been innocuous, others have led to arrests and suspensions, with one school seeing nearly 20 percent of the […]3 by Valerie Strau
5-12-14 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: On Voucher Expansion, “Floridians Will Pay For the Legislature’s Sins For Years”While the propaganda campaign is already underway by Step Up for Students to advance that narrative that more people are for voucher expansion than there really are, the editors of the Tampa
5-12-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: My Latest NY Times Post For ELLs is on Mexico, Travel & “Articles”In my latest NY Times post for English Language Learners, learn about Mexico, words that are “articles,” and how students can create reports on what they would do if they could spend 36 hours in any country. A student interactive and links to models are i
5-12-14 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.: It’s a union movement.In 2010 Karen Lewis was elected President of the Chicago Teachers Union. She headed the slate of candidates organized by the Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE). The CORE slate won 60% of the vote in a crushing defeat for the old guard leadership. Micah Uetricht tells the st
5-12-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Why Won't UFT Leadership Debate The Teachers Contract Agreement?It's not too difficult, really - if the agreement is so good, then the UFT leadership ought to send somebody out to debate the contract agreement at Francis Lewis High School this week.But apparently the UFT leadership are scared to do so, since they not only won't debate the contract, they won't even acknowledg
The Toxic Culture of Education | Missouri Education Watchdog
The Toxic Culture of Education | Missouri Education Watchdog: The Toxic Culture of EducationinShareJoshua Katz is a high school math teacher in Orange County Florida. He gave a TEDx talk recently using the metaphor of the super villain archetype to describe the forces that have given us the toxic culture that currently exists in education. The super villain releases a doom onto the world that only
How Organized Citizens Helped de Blasio Sieze Equity-Driven Public Education as Core Issue | janresseger
How Organized Citizens Helped de Blasio Sieze Equity-Driven Public Education as Core Issue | janresseger: How Organized Citizens Helped de Blasio Sieze Equity-Driven Public Education as Core IssuePosted on May 12, 2014 by janressegerIn the spring 2014 issue of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform’s VUE (Voices in Urban Education Reform), Oona Chaterjee, associate director for New York City or
The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy - Benjamin Soskis - The Atlantic
The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy - Benjamin Soskis - The Atlantic: The Importance of Criticizing PhilanthropyAn aggressive—even at times an antagonistic—engagement between the public and their benefactors shouldn’t be considered a mark of incivility. It should be considered a democratic imperative.Bill Gates during a 2003 visit to the Manhica Health Research Centre in Mozambique. (Reuter
Michelle Rhee weighs in the education debate talks Common Core | Fox News Video
Key voice in the education debate talks Common Core | Fox News Video: Michelle Rhee weighs in the education debate talks Common Core | Fox News VideoWatch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
The Trouble With Common Core - Peggy Noonan's Blog - WSJ
The Trouble With Common Core - Peggy Noonan's Blog - WSJ: The Trouble With Common CoreARTICLECOMMENTS (97)smallerLargerfacebooktwittergoogle pluslinked inEmailPrintGeorge Will made an incisive and spirited case against the Common Core on Tuesday’s “Special Report With Bret Baier. Earlier in the broadcast Michelle Rhee, whose efforts in education have earned her deserved admiration, was invited on
NYC Educator: Tell Truth About Contract, Asks UFT
NYC Educator: Tell Truth About Contract, Asks UFT: Tell Truth About Contract, Asks UFTYesterday I got a slew of messages in my inbox encouraging me to get the truth out about the new contract. Apparently the NY Post has declared the UFT has declared war on education reform, and nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.For example, a few months ago G
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESPrincipal Troy LaRaviereSo when people ask me, “Aren’t you afraid of losing your job if you speak out?” this is my answer: I did not travel across an ocean and risk my life to defend American freedoms only to return and relinquish those freedoms to an elected official and his appointed board of education. -- Sun-TimesValerie Leonar
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Recruiting students for meals program pays off for East Side Union | EdSource Today
Recruiting students for meals program pays off for East Side Union | EdSource Today: Recruiting students for meals program pays off for East Side UnionMay 11th, 2014 | Add a Comment | By John FensterwaldWith millions of dollars in extra state funding at stake, the staff of the East Side Union High School District spent months recruiting low-income students to sign up for the federal school meals p
Emeritus Professor Jack Hassard Reviews My Book | deutsch29
Emeritus Professor Jack Hassard Reviews My Book | deutsch29: Emeritus Professor Jack Hassard Reviews My BookMay 11, 2014I first read of Georgia State University Emeritus Professor Jack Hassard in connection to his work on the Gates funding of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).In my search of Gates’ CCSS spending, I examined spending specific to the keyword “Common Core” with one addition (For
Charters, Public Schools and a Chasm Between - NYTimes.com
Charters, Public Schools and a Chasm Between - NYTimes.com: Charters, Public Schools and a Chasm BetweenWhen Neil J. McNeill Jr., principal of the Middle School for Art and Philosophy in Brooklyn, learned that fewer than 4 percent of his students had passed state exams in math last year, he was frustrated.It so happened that he shared a building with one of the top-performing schools in the Browns
A Valuable Research Tool: The “Way Back Machine” | deutsch29
A Valuable Research Tool: The “Way Back Machine” | deutsch29: A Valuable Research Tool: The “Way Back Machine”May 11, 2014In exposing corporate reformers at their game, I have found that information sometimes “conveniently” disappears from websites once such information is publicized in a less-than-complimentary blog post.There is a way to view web pages that have been removed or otherwise altered
Schooling in the Ownership Society: The great $660 billion public pension rip-off
Schooling in the Ownership Society: The great $660 billion public pension rip-off: The great $660 billion public pension rip-offEdward Siedle is president of Benchmark Financial Services and is a former investigator with the Security and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management. He writes in Sunday's New York Times:Nearly a quarter of all state and local public pension assets have d
Nite Cap 5-11-14 #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 CAP4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 5-11-144LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Duncan: “Achievement gaps among ethnic groups have not narrowed.”: NATIONAL REPORT CARD FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS SHOWS STAGNATION IN MATH+READING + smf
