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
BREAKING NEWS!!!! FARINA WANTED ATR's DONE AWAY WITH!! southbronxschool.com
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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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
Dallas attorney Mark Melton’s group releases proposed home-rule charter for Dallas ISD | Dallas Morning News
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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'
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
Super Star U | EduShyster
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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
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
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
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 5-21-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: 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 automatically. Paul Jones is the superintendent of the Paris Independent School District in Texas. He posted a letter to the parents in his dist
5-21-14 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.: Even Eric Zorn admits Lisa Madigan’s police powers argument is nonsense. Though he still drinks Civic Committee Kool-Aid.Responding to the suits by the IEA, IRTA, IFT and others representing teachers and public employees, Attorney General Lisa Madigan admitted that pension theft violates the pension p
5-21-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": Potentially Useful Fundraising IdeasSchool Fundraisers That Broke the Mold—and the Bank shares some potentially useful fundraising ideas that parents might be interested in trying-out. Thanks to Alexander Russo for the tip.2 by Larry Ferlazzo / 4h5-19-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement&qu
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 5-21-14
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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 Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million investment in Newark school reform, and how and why it failed. It implicitly asks what did the founder of Facebook, and other elites, not know about school improvement and if they will develop an interest in why t
5-21-14 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): RECOMMENDED: Vonnegut’s Graduation Speeches and DrawingsSmall and unexpected resurrections of a kind help lighten the weight of the inevitable consequence of aging, those losses of people and things that you know must happen but you regret nonetheless. One such loss for
5-21-14 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: EWA Holds Common Core Pep RallyThe Education Writer's Association has carried lots of water for the pro-test, pro-corporate, pro-Core, anti-public ed crowd, so there's no real surprise when it was time for a discussion about the state of CCSS, their convention panel of "experts" includes six CCSS shills and one actual voice for public education.Monday's panel included Den
5-21-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Third Party Candidate Makes Cuomo/Astorino Race As Close As 13 PointsNo wonder Cuomo and his henchmen are trying to talk WFP leaders into endorsing him and not, say, Howie Hawkins (or putting some other third party candidate on their ballot line):ALBANY— Gov. Cuomo’s huge lead over Republican challenger Rob Astorino would drop to 13 percentage points if the Working Families
5-21-14 Wait What?
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5-21-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Chicago principal publicly slams Mayor Emanuel and says he is ‘insulting’ educatorsA scathing letter (see below) by a Chicago school principal charging Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his administration with ignoring and disrespecting teachers and principals has sparked a discussion in the city about school reform and how it is being implemented. The principal is Troy A. LaRaviere of Bla
5-21-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL — Gold Mine Included!I’ve started a somewhat regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention: I’m starting off with a goldmine. Check out this tweet and go the link — you won’t regret it: Stan
Cursive Writing and Coding (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Cursive Writing and Coding (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Cursive Writing and Coding (Part 2)Here is a recent “Letter to the Editor” in the New York Times.In the 21st century, every student should learn to program, for three reasons. Computational thinking is an essential capability for just about everyone. Programming is an incredibly useful skill: fields from ant
Tennessee’s Education Commissioner Gives “Inspiring” TEDxNashville Talk |
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Unequal Opportunity the Norm: Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey | janresseger: Unequal Opportunity the Norm: Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New JerseyPosted on May 21, 2014 by janressegerIn my favorite passage from Linda Darling-Hammond’s book, The Flat World and Education, she wonders, “what we might accomplish as a nation if we could finally set aside what appears to be our de fact
Cami wanted disruption–and, last night, she got it | Bob Braun's Ledger
Cami wanted disruption–and, last night, she got it | Bob Braun's Ledger: Cami wanted disruption–and, last night, she got itMembers of the Newark Students Union inside the lobby of school headquartersNewark’s school superintendent belongs to that tribe of self-proclaimed and irresponsible school reformers who contend public schools must be “disrupted” before they can be improved–and she has done so
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Chicago, a year after the closings
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Chicago, a year after the closings: Chicago, a year after the closings“School closings have done nothing to improve the education of CPS students, nor have they saved money, but the same policies that led to massive closures continue to be implemented.” -- CTU ReportTwo major reports came out of Chicago this week. The first from the CTU, finds that despite promises,
solidaridad: Tomorrow Markham MS Community to Protest PLAS Policies started under Marshall Tuck
solidaridad: Tomorrow Markham MS Community to Protest PLAS Policies started under Marshall Tuck: Tomorrow Markham MS Community to Protest PLAS Policies started under Marshall TuckMarkham PLAS Protest Marshall Tuck Policies Press Conference Flyer
NYC Educator: The UFT and Learned Helplessness
NYC Educator: The UFT and Learned Helplessness: The UFT and Learned HelplessnessA colleague of mine told me yesterday about an experiment in which dogs were shocked when they tried to leave their cages. After a while, their cages were left open and the dogs didn't leave anymore. She said it was called "learned helplessness." It sounds like a fair description of the 83% of our colleagues
Lawmaker: Time to restore support for school nurses :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
Lawmaker: Time to restore support for school nurses :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: MAY 21, 2014Lawmaker: Time to restore support for school nursesby Kimberly Beltran(Calif.) A student with a severely fractured arm would be lucky in this state to have access to a school nurse who could provide proper intervention and care.So would a student
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MULGREW DROPS THE ATR BALL AGAIN!! VOTE NO ON THE CONTRACT!! southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: MULGREW DROPS THE ATR BALL AGAIN!! VOTE NO ON THE CONTRACT!!I did what I was supposed to do yesterday. I got home about 4:30 ignored my wife and son and went into the office to watch UFT & Friends on the computer.I made sure that all three modes, Twitter, email, and the phone, were working so that I might share what was on my mind.Yes, I truly thought of making
Nite Cap 5-20-14 #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 CAP5-20-14 Perdido Street SchoolPerdido Street School: De Blasio Looks To Create Job Training Programs That WorkDe Blasio says many of the jobs programs from the past (i.e., Bloomberg's) didn't work:The city is spending half a billion a year to plac
