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
California should delay Common Core tests for at least 2 years | EdSource Today
California should delay Common Core tests for at least 2 years | EdSource Today: California should delay Common Core tests for at least 2 yearsMay 19th, 2014 | Add a Comment | By Doug McRae / commentaryDoug McRaeSince June 2011 when California joined the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, the target date for implementation of computer-adaptive Common Core tests has been spring 2015. With that
Opposition to Common Core Growing Among NEA Members | Truth in American Education
Opposition to Common Core Growing Among NEA Members | Truth in American Education: Opposition to Common Core Growing Among NEA MembersFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on May 19, 2014 • 0 Comments1341NEA President Dennis Van RoekelMike Antonucci notes an increase in opposition to the Common Core among members of the National Education Association seen in a recent survey the
Education Roundup for 5-16-14 - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
Education Roundup for 5-16-14 - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): Education Roundup for Week Ending May 16, 2014SACRAMENTO—The California Department of Education (CDE) today issued this week's roundup of education-related announcements of public interest.CDE Staffer Receives National AwardThe CDE congratulates one of its own this week, as specialist Lesley Taylor was selected as the 2014 recipient
Why Did Corporate Reformers Overlook Newark's Children and Families? | John Thompson
Why Did Corporate Reformers Overlook Newark's Children and Families? | John Thompson: Why Did Corporate Reformers Overlook Newark's Children and Families?Posted: 05/19/2014 2:20 pm EDT Updated: 1 hour agoAs the climax approached in Dale Russakoff's compelling New Yorker article,"Schooled," a Newark mother asked the key question of Superintendent Cami Anderson, "Did you think this th
Big money pours into California schools chief race as challenger gains steam | State News | FresnoBee.com
Big money pours into California schools chief race as challenger gains steam | State News | FresnoBee.com: Big money pours into California schools chief race as challenger gains steamBY ALEXEI KOSEFFakoseff@sacbee.comMay 19, 2014 Updated 6 hours agoRead more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/05/19/3932475/big-money-pours-into-california.html?sp=/99/406/552/#storylink=cpy Among California’s eight
Many teachers face a retirement savings penalty when leaving the profession - The Washington Post
Many teachers face a retirement savings penalty when leaving the profession - The Washington Post: Many teachers face a retirement savings penalty when leaving the professionBy Andrew J. Rotherham and Chad Aldeman, Published: May 16Andrew J. Rotherham is a co-founder and partner at Bellwether Education, a nonprofit working with education organizations. Chad Aldeman is an associate partner at Bellw
Mending School | Taking Note
Mending School | Taking Note: Mending Schoolby JOHN MERROW on 19. MAY, 2014 in 2014 BLOGSWhen do complaints about ‘too much’ standardized bubble testing become strong enough to bring about change? Now that some students are spending more than 10% of their school ‘instructional’ time on test-prep and testing, have we reached the tipping point? Now that some students are reported to be taking 20 d
5-19-14 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): Another week, another LA Unified school board meetingIt’s hard to believe after last week’s marathon 10-hour session, but LA Unified school board members will be meet again tomorrow with a full agenda. Most of the issues before the board are much less contentious than those addressed a week ago. They incl
5-19-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Wait What? Dannel Malloy and Arne Duncan will hold press event in Hartford Today – May 19, 2014Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy, who introduced the most anti-teacher, anti-public education “reform legislation” of any Democratic governor in the nation will join Arne Duncan, the anti-teacher, anti-public education United States Secretary of Education, for a joint appearance in Harford today.
No ESEA Waiver for Wyoming Until They Toe Federal Line | Truth in American Education
No ESEA Waiver for Wyoming Until They Toe Federal Line | Truth in American Education: No ESEA Waiver for Wyoming Until They Toe Federal LineFiled in Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level by Shane Vander Hart on May 19, 2014 • 0 Comments4972By Shane Vander HartThe Casper Star Tribune released a document they received indicating that Wyoming would not receive an ESEA waiver. In a memo f
It's Time for a New Accountability in American Education | Randi Weingarten
It's Time for a New Accountability in American Education | Randi Weingarten: It's Time for a New Accountability in American EducationVoices across the country are raising concerns about the new Common Core State Standards. But if you listen carefully to the conversations, the main concern is not about the standards, themselves, but about the consequences of high-stakes tests attached to the standa
Segregation Nation: Recap and video from visit to @MSNBC @MHPshow #afamedchat | Cloaking Inequity
Segregation Nation: Recap and video from visit to @MSNBC @MHPshow #afamedchat | Cloaking Inequity: Segregation Nation: Recap and video from visit to @MSNBC @MHPshow #afamedchatFrom MSNBC:Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, segregation remains in some public schools. ProPublica’s Nikole Hannah-Jones, The Advancement Project’s Judith Browne Dianis, Julian Vasquez Helig from the Educationa
Douglas County principal on leave amid investigation into teacher evaluations - 7NEWS Denver TheDenverChannel.com
Douglas County principal on leave amid investigation into teacher evaluations - 7NEWS Denver TheDenverChannel.com: Douglas County principal on leave amid investigation into teacher evaluationsCastle Rock, Colo. - 7NEWS has confirmed the principal of Douglas County's Rock Ridge Elementary School has been put on administrative leave.Multiple sources confirmed Amber Sorg was put on leave Friday after
5-19-14 The Whole Child Blog — A Matter of Choice — Whole Child Education
A Matter of Choice — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGA Matter of ChoiceMay 19, 2014 by Whole Child SymposiumPost written by Walter McKenzieWhat if I told you the answer to all that ails public education is choice? Not dollars. Not standardization. Not test scores. Choice. Surprisingly effective in its simplicity.The current education equation is not simple by any stretch of the imaginat
Morning Wink 5-19-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 5-19-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Bob Braun: Cami Will Lay Off 500, including 200 TeachersThe election for Mayor of Newark is over, but state-appointed superintendent Cam Anderson reminds everyone she is still in charge of the s
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 5-19-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Bob Braun: Cami Will Lay Off 500, including 200 TeachersThe election for Mayor of Newark is over, but state-appointed superintendent Cam Anderson reminds everyone she is still in charge of the schools. Bob Braun reports that Cami will cut 500 Newark public schools employees, “including 200 teaching positions, 200 central office emp
The Language of School “Reform” Distracts Us from the Needs of Children and Their Schools | janresseger
The Language of School “Reform” Distracts Us from the Needs of Children and Their Schools | janresseger: The Language of School “Reform” Distracts Us from the Needs of Children and Their SchoolsPosted on May 19, 2014 by janressegerDespite its name, if you drive along Lakeview Road between St. Clair and Superior in Cleveland, Ohio, you cannot see Lake Erie. Today your view will be of boarded up h
5-19-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Haverford commencement speaker calls some students ‘immature’ and arrogant’The commencement address at Haverford College in Pennsylvania wasn’t your typical commencement address on Sunday. One of the speeches at the event was delivered by William G. Bowen, the former president of Princeton University, who was chosen after the first choice for speaker, Robert J. Birgeneau, became
5-19-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Stats on People Who Pushing Making Money Off Public SchoolsFrom Diane Ravitch: The trade journal Alpha recently reported that the hedge fund industry’s top 25 earners collected $21.15 billion, a whopping 50 percent over their total the year before.A hedge fund manager in 2013 needed to take in $300 million just to make the top 25. Ten years ago, in 2004, an aspiri
5-19-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Madeloni Beats TURNcoat Paul Toner for MTA PresidentAmazing and wonderful! From CPS: Congratulations to Barbara Madeloni, president-elect, and Janet Anderson, vice president-elect of the Massachusetts Teachers Association. Madeloni, the former director of the Secondary Teacher Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was elected at the MTA's annual meeting of
5-19-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Learn About Synonyms & The World Cup In My Latest NY Times Post For ELLsLearn about synonyms and the World Cup in my latest New York Times post for English Language Learners. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About The 2014 World Cup In Brazil. You can see all my previous 40 NY Times posts here.by Larry Ferla
5-19-14 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.: Drugs in the war on poor kids.“For now, we’re left with one of the ironies of income inequality: a rare instance of poor children getting more of something than they need.” More than 10,000 American children ages 2 and 3 are being medicated for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). They are
5-19-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: UFT Contract - What's Missing - How About Discipline?The amount of short-sighted "trust" the UFT/Unity crowd is giving this administration is astounding. We have learned from almost 50 years in the UFT - if it's not in the contract, there are no guarantees -- even if it's in the contract, many have learned that the loose language and loopholes allows the DOE to drive tru
5-19-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: An Open Letter to TFAers Tempted to Diagnose ADHD, Among Other IssuesDear Teach for America (TFA) Corps Member: In 1985, I graduated from high school. So did TFA founder, Wendy Kopp. She and I happen to be only five weeks apart in age. In April 2014, I published a book. Kopp has her own chapter. She attended college at Princeton from 1985-89. I also attended college, at […]5 by d
5-19-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs
With A Brooklyn Accent: Should Labor Historians Encourage A Boycott of Teach for America?In the last few years, Teach for America has gone out of its way to send its Corps members into cities which have fired large numbers of veteran union teachers- among them Chicago, Newark and Washington DC. Basically, the organization has become a source of replacement labor for cities seeking to close schools
empathyeducates – School Closures: A New Version of Separate and Unequal
empathyeducates – School Closures: A New Version of Separate and Unequal: School Closures: A New Version of Separate and UnequalPhotograph; Students walk through the Loop March 25, 2013, to protest plan to close 50 Chicago elementary schools. | Scott Olson/Getty ImagesYour Take: Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, black communities are fighting a new threat that is destroying educationa
5-18-13 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: Rigorizing Eight Year OldsOne of the most odious policies to emerge from the Reformster swamp is the mandatory retention of all third graders who don't pass the Big Test in reading. And now Mary Laura Bragg, the director of Florida's program, has popped up to help us all understand just how anti-child this policy is.She has popped up in North Carolina (motto: Strapping schools to a
5-19-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: John Liu To Run Against Tony Avella In PrimaryFrom Ken Lovett at the Daily News: Former City Controller John Liu has decided to run for state Senate, a source close to him told the Daily News. Liu, 47, will primary Queens Democrat incumbent Tony Avella, who angered party leaders earlier this year by joining a faction of breakaway Dems who jointly control the Senate with the
Is DR Alison Coviello; Principal and Ed.D Stalling Complying With Discovery? southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Is DR Alison Coviello; Principal and Ed.D Stalling Complying With Discovery?Discovery is;A category of procedural devices employed by a party to a civil or criminal action, prior to trial, to require the adverse party to disclose information that is essential for the preparation of the requesting party's case and that the other party alone knows or possesses.Simple
New Phrase Emerges to Describe Anti-Common Coreites: “Barbarians at the Gate” | Missouri Education Watchdog
New Phrase Emerges to Describe Anti-Common Coreites: “Barbarians at the Gate” | Missouri Education Watchdog: New Phrase Emerges to Describe Anti-Common Coreites: “Barbarians at the Gate”inShareDefinition of Barbarians at the Gate: deal makers and publicity flaks….industrial powerhouse…savage fight for the control of RJT Nabisco, the largest takeover in Wall Street History.THAT’S how Arizona Superi
An Open Letter to TFAers Tempted to Diagnose ADHD, Among Other Issues | deutsch29
An Open Letter to TFAers Tempted to Diagnose ADHD, Among Other Issues | deutsch29: An Open Letter to TFAers Tempted to Diagnose ADHD, Among Other IssuesMay 18, 2014Dear Teach for America (TFA) Corps Member:In 1985, I graduated from high school. So did TFA founder, Wendy Kopp. She and I happen to be only five weeks apart in age.In April 2014, I published a book. Kopp has her own chapter.She attende
Reclaim the Promise of Brown v. Board | Randi Weingarten
Reclaim the Promise of Brown v. Board | Randi Weingarten: Reclaim the Promise of Brown v. BoardHow is it that, 60 years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision that ended the legal basis for separate but equal schooling, some public schools in the United States have gleaming labs, libraries and laptops while others lack textbooks, toilet paper and teachers certified in their subjects? What
NYC Educator: Will the New Contract Divide and Conquer?
NYC Educator: Will the New Contract Divide and Conquer?: Will the New Contract Divide and Conquer?Is the name of U.F.T.'s Unity an oxymoron? Does Unity fail to see how the new contract will divide and conquer its own constituency or has it intentionally planned it this way? A.T.R.s will be separated from the rest of the rank and file by a seemingly second-class system of due process. They seem
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES 60 years after Brown
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES 60 years after Brown: WEEKEND QUOTABLES 60 years after BrownGrandparent Ollie Clements at Gresham sit-inDonna Brazile "Sixty years later, 'separate and unequal' is still alive...privatizing our school systems results in increased segregation, not improved opportunities." -- CNNGary YoungeRacism is far more than old white men using the N-wo
Opposing visions for education on view in state superintendent race - Los Angeles Times
Opposing visions for education on view in state superintendent race - Los Angeles Times: Opposing visions for education on view in state superintendent raceState superintendent candidate Marshall Tuck shakes hands with opponent Lydia Gutierrez and incumbent Tom Torlakson following a candidates forum in Los Angeles. Each of the candidates represents vastly different views on how to improve student
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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 CAP5-18-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacherFred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Sunday reads.Pension theft is now called “pension smoothing.” You never would
