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
Newark Students Occupy School Board Meeting | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity
Newark Students Occupy School Board Meeting | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: Newark Students Occupy School Board MeetingPosted on: Thursday May 22nd, 2014Newark, NJ, is a city at a crossroads. For the past several years under the direction of state-appointed Superintendent Cami Anderson, the school district has followed the national trend of r
Glenn Beck's Angry and Ignorant Book About Common Core | Diane Ravitch
Glenn Beck's Angry and Ignorant Book About Common Core | Diane Ravitch: Glenn Beck's Angry and Ignorant Book About Common CorePosted: 05/21/2014 5:16 pm EDT Updated: 05/21/2014 5:59 pm EDTPrint ArticleOver the years, we have seen a steady dumbing down of American culture, especially in the mass media. Whether newspapers, radio, or television, we have lost many of our well-educated, cultured, well-
5-22-14 The Whole Child Blog — Creating a Better Tomorrow Today in the Middle Level: Lessons from Donald Sterling and the Los Angeles Clippers — Whole Child Education
Creating a Better Tomorrow Today in the Middle Level: Lessons from Donald Sterling and the Los Angeles Clippers — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGCreating a Better Tomorrow Today in the Middle Level: Lessons from Donald Sterling and the Los Angeles ClippersMay 22, 2014 by Dru TomlinMost of us know the story by now. Donald Sterling, the former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, was recen
5-22-14 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: Flunking GeographyIf you want to find the grubby handprints of Rich People on education, look at the issue of geography.It has become fashionable for Reformsters to decry the influence of geography, to say that students should not be stuck with a school based on zip code, that community schools are quaint and all, but their time has passed. From Denver to Newark, Reformsters are ta
5-22-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: A Prelude to TN Bonus Pay ReportFrom a clip in the Memphis Commercial Appeal:The retention bonusTennessee offered last year to keep strong teachers in low-performing schools likely was a factor for more than 70 teachers who signed on for another year in inner-city schools, most of them in Memphis.Of the 365 teachers that took the state up on the offer, 20 percent of them are more l
Sweeping New Bill Seeks To Help Students With Disabilities, But It May Not Go Far Enough
Sweeping New Bill Seeks To Help Students With Disabilities, But It May Not Go Far Enough: Sweeping New Bill Seeks To Help Students With Disabilities, But It May Not Go Far EnoughSen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) speaks at an event in the Capitol Visitor Center to call on the minimum wage to be increased to $10.10 per hour. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) | Tom Williams via Getty Images The bipartisan
Tennessee Commissioner Huffman’s Accountability Immunity |
Tennessee Commissioner Huffman’s Accountability Immunity |:Tennessee Commissioner Huffman’s Accountability Immunity Following up on my most recent post, about the video capturing Tennessee’s Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman’s “Inspiring” TEDxNashville Talk, a VAMboozled! follower sent me a follow-up article linked here, “about the nightmare schools here in Tennessee have had with big testing/d
empathyeducates – Enforcing School Dress Codes Teaches Girls to be Ashamed, Not ‘Modest’
empathyeducates – Enforcing School Dress Codes Teaches Girls to be Ashamed, Not ‘Modest’: Enforcing School Dress Codes Teaches Girls to be Ashamed, Not ‘Modest’We need to stop telling girls that their existence is problematic to men. Photograph: AlamyBy Jessica Valenti | Originally Published at The Guardian. May 21, 2014Dress codes assume that male students’ education needs to be protected. What g
Test Score Gate – for John White, Failure was not an option | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
Test Score Gate – for John White, Failure was not an option | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsTest Score Gate – for John White, Failure was not an optionPosted on May 22, 20140I first learned about the Test Score Gate Friday May 16th while I was investigating some LODE payroll fraud, textbook kickback, using grants to reward allies and as bribes, and a
5-22-14 The Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: Guess how many memos USDA sent to schools about healthy school lunches?Federally funded school lunches have been in the news because Republicans in the U.S. House just voted to allow some schools to get a waiver from a law that requires lunches served to students to meet new health standards. Why? Apparently some schools can’t make enough money serving healthy foods because kids don’
Massachusetts Teachers Association Takes On High Stakes Tests, School Takeovers - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Massachusetts Teachers Association Takes On High Stakes Tests, School Takeovers - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Massachusetts Teachers Association Takes On High Stakes Tests, School TakeoversBy Anthony Cody on May 22, 2014 10:45 AMOn Tuesday I shared news from Connecticut teachers who had succeeded in passing resolutions pushing back on high stakes testing and the Common Core. This
5-22-14 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: Racial tensions rise at Watts middle schoolRacial tensions are rising at Watts middle school Fanning racial tensions at a Watts middle school, several African American parents asserted Wednesday that Latino administrators are unfairly targeting their children and unofficially suspending them
SCOTUS on high-stakes tests: They “eradicate” “insidious” “racism” | Cloaking Inequity
SCOTUS on high-stakes tests: They “eradicate” “insidious” “racism” | Cloaking Inequity: SCOTUS on high-stakes tests: They “eradicate” “insidious” “racism”It has been common knowledge for a long time that high-stakes tests have a disparate impact on students of color. What is interesting about high-stakes testing is that proponents recently reframed the gap in the NCLB-era from being from discrimin
5-22-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: State Releases Audit of Seattle Schools' Federal ProgramsState Auditor Troy Keller released his office's report on SPS's "financial statements and compliance with federal laws and regulations."It's a lengthy report but that is because it contains page after page of district financial reports. It makes for interesting reading if you have the time. Page
5-22-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Wait What? Democratic State Central Committee’s legacy of using donations to fight pro-public education DemocratsOne of the newer Wait, What? readers raised a question in the comment section of the blog this week. They took offense when one of the blog’s longest standing, and most respected readers, realsaramerica pointed out that Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy and the State Democrats d
Teacher Tenure / Continuing Contract database
Teacher Tenure / Continuing Contract database: Related Analysis50-State Reports on Teacher Tenure / Continuing Contract Policies1. Requirements for earning nonprobationary status2. Notification of nonrenewal and hearing3. Appeal forum4. Other continuing contract provisions forum5. Reasons for dismissal6. Reduction in force7. Last known revisionRelated ReportsTrends in State Teacher Tenure LawsTeac
Morning Wink 5-22-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSBeware the Robo-Grader | Truth in American EducationBeware the Robo-Grader | Truth in American Education: Beware the Robo-GraderFiled in Common Core Assessments by Shane Vander Hart on May 22, 2014 • 0 Comments1A friend drew my attention to an op/ed in theBoston Globe about something Pearson was developing in order to grade the essay section of the PARCC e
Beware the Robo-Grader | Truth in American Education
Beware the Robo-Grader | Truth in American Education: Beware the Robo-GraderFiled in Common Core Assessments by Shane Vander Hart on May 22, 2014 • 0 Comments1A friend drew my attention to an op/ed in theBoston Globe about something Pearson was developing in order to grade the essay section of the PARCC exam – a robo-reader. If you think this idea is a disaster in the making the author of the op/e
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 5-22-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Rick Cohen: What Happened to Zuckerberg’s $100 Million?Rick Cohen admired an article in The Néw Yorker about Cory Booker and Chris Christie’s grand plan to overhaul the schools of Newark, which inspired Cohen to write his own reflections. Cohen has written an informative article about the fate of Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million gift
We Need a Strong Alliance for Schools - Bridging Differences - Education Week
We Need a Strong Alliance for Schools - Bridging Differences - Education Week: We Need a Strong Alliance for SchoolsBy Deborah Meier on May 22, 2014 10:11 AMDeborah Meier continues her conversation with Mike Klonsky today. Dear Mike,You've got it more right than wrong. I'm just as concerned about the relationship between a school and its community, but I've been paid to think about what can be do
5-22-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Resources On Ending The Year StrongI’ve got a nice collection of resources called The Best Ideas On How To Finish The School Year Strong…. Readers might find it useful.by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h hide // saveInfographic: “Many Languages One America”I’m adding this infographic to The Best “Language Maps”: Please include attribu
5-22-14 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.: Jim Popham’s Tractable Teacher Evaluation.. Jim Popham at NEPC.by Fred Klonsky / 1h hide // saveChris Christie’s pension pay to play and how pension theft is a national scandal.I have been accused of making Illinois’ pension theft too big a deal. Some have suggested that Illinois’ pension theft is j
5-22-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: UFT Contract: Roseanne McCosh, PS 8X, Urges Colleagues to Vote NOFormer Unity Caucus member slams UFT leadership and Unity.Norm---I wrote the below and it will go into teacher mailboxes. The majority in my school are voting NO and many of them will not attend the union meetings with UFT officials to hear bullshit. The NO campaign at PS 8 was taken up by many teachers in my school
5-22-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Segregation not about Proximity, but EquitySegregation not about Proximity, but Equity. via Segregation not about Proximity, but Equity.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical1 by plthomasedd / 49min 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
5-22-14 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): Segregation not about Proximity, but EquityFor several years, I have been showing Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later in both my introductory education course and an interim educational documentaries course at the selective private university where I teach. Two scenes ad
5-22-14 empathyeducates
empathyeducates: Post-Apocalyptic Mindset in a Civilized WorldPhotograph; Appalachian Children. By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at the Becoming Radical. May 20, 2014The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.Henry David Thoreau, WaldenSince October 1999, when I experienced several weeks of unrelenting panic attacks, I have been negotiating my lifelong struggle with anxiety—man
5-22-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Cuomo Puts A Criminal In Charge Of The State Democratic PartyFrom State of Politics:Former Gov. David Paterson on Wednesday was formally installed by the state Democratic Committee as its next chairman, assuming the post from Harlem Assemblyman Keith Wright. Paterson, addressing the delegates on the first day of the Democratic convention here in Melville, naturally opened wi
The “New American” Educational Plan: Google, Private Think Tanks & the Federal Government. | Missouri Education Watchdog
The “New American” Educational Plan: Google, Private Think Tanks & the Federal Government. | Missouri Education Watchdog: The “New American” Educational Plan: Google, Private Think Tanks & the Federal Government.inShareIf you just open your eyes and do a little research, it’s easy to understand the blueprint of the takeover of public education and the massive amount of data mining to be do
“Rethinking Schools” Magazine: Standardized Tests Disguise Privilege as Merit | janresseger
“Rethinking Schools” Magazine: Standardized Tests Disguise Privilege as Merit | janresseger: “Rethinking Schools” Magazine: Standardized Tests Disguise Privilege as MeritPosted on May 22, 2014 by janressegerOur federal testing law, No Child Left Behind, passed under President Bush, and the programs of the Obama Administration that have amplified its dire consequences in poor communities of color—R
NYC Educator: N.Y.C.: Power to the Sleeping Giant!
NYC Educator: N.Y.C.: Power to the Sleeping Giant!: N.Y.C.: Power to the Sleeping Giant! I love NYC. I'm not the first one to say so, nor will I be the last. NYC has been a center of cultural diversity and activism in history. I cannot forgive the fact that our U.F.T. fails to engage its membership in activism. I look to Chicago, Karen Lewis and the C.T.U. I look to Los Angeles and the recent U
Embattled Newark School Chief Has Important Friend in High Places - NJ Spotlight
Embattled Newark School Chief Has Important Friend in High Places - NJ Spotlight: EMBATTLED NEWARK SCHOOL CHIEF HAS IMPORTANT FRIEND IN HIGH PLACESJOHN MOONEY | MAY 22, 2014Christie expresses support for Cami Anderson and her reforms but won’t comment on her contract renewalAmid calls for embattled Newark schools Superintendent Cami Anderson to step down, the man who appointed her in 2011 went out
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: 'When you close a school you open a prison'
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: 'When you close a school you open a prison': 'When you close a school you open a prison'THE PIPELINE... Hundreds marched Monday night from Lawndale to the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center to call for an end to what they call the “school to prison pipeline.” Activists began their march with a rally at Paderewski Elementary, a school that was among the m
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Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 5-21-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMwww.tomtorlakson.com/Ronald McDonald: Explain this to the children whose classrooms you visit.Outside McDonalds Headquarters in Oak Brook, IL – an affluent suburb of Chicago – fast-food workers and their supporters are arrested and treated like enemy combatants in a foreign country by warrior uniformed police. Insane over-reaction to a r
Is Cami leaving? | Bob Braun's Ledger
Is Cami leaving? | Bob Braun's Ledger: Is Cami leaving?NTU President Joe Del GrossoThe president of the Newark Teachers Union has sent an e-mail to its membership predicting state-appointed schools superintendent Cami Anderson will soon leave ker position.Joseph Del Grosso said he and other union officials met earlier this week both with Acting Education Commissioner David Hespe and legislative
One Valuable History Lesson: an open letter | Reclaim Reform
One Valuable History Lesson: an open letter | Reclaim Reform: One Valuable History Lesson: an open letterPosted on May 21, 2014by Ken PrevitiTo All of the Teachers of History in Illinois:Please make time in your harried schedules of mandated arbitrary test preparation to teach one truly valuable lesson of Illinois and American history. This is also linked to current events at the culmination of th
Nite Cap 5-21-14 #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 CAPBREAKING NEWS!!!! FARINA WANTED ATR's DONE AWAY WITH!! southbronxschool.comhttp://www.southbronxschool.com: BREAKING NEWS!!!! FARINA WANTED ATR's DONE AWAY WITH!!Sources in Tweed shared starling news today with The Crack Team about how the negoti
