James Baldwin said it best:
"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."
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Why did so many sacrifice their lives? | Reclaim Reform
Why did so many sacrifice their lives? | Reclaim Reform: Why did so many sacrifice their lives?Posted on May 25, 2014by Ken PrevitiWhy did so many sacrifice their lives?For us. For American ideals.Please make a list of all the things Americans did NOT sacrifice their lives for. Make America better. Do not allow all of those who sacrificed their lives to have died in vain.They did NOT sacrifice the
5-25-14 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 EducationHey, Buddy: Can You Spare $2.5 Billion? | Jersey JazzmanNow that Chris Christie’s utterly fraudulent budgeting has been laid bare, we’re left with a problem: how will New Jersey make up for its two decade-old pension holiday? It’s nice to talk about bi-partisan commissions and proclaim that
Stephen Krashen Blog 5-25-14: The problem is not a lack of technology. The problem is poverty.
SKrashen: The problem is not a lack of technology. The problem is poverty.: The problem is not a lack of technology. The problem is poverty.Comment on "Education Needs to Change as Fast as Technology," by Zack Sims. Posted athttp://www.forbes.com/sites/techonomy/2014/05/23/education-needs-to-change-as-fast-as-technology/Mr. Sims hasn't done his homework. He points out that the "US i
5-25-14 Jersey Jazzman - Hey, Buddy: Can You Spare $2.5 Billion?
Jersey Jazzman: Hey, Buddy: Can You Spare $2.5 Billion?Now that Chris Christie's utterly fraudulent budgeting has been laid bare, we're left with a problem: how will New Jersey make up for its two decade-old pension holiday?It's nice to talk about bi-partisan commissions and proclaim that "everyone must make sacrifices," but that's really just a way for pundits to avoid giving a straight
5-25-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Dr. Walter Mischel, Creator Of Famous Marshmallow Test, Is Writing A BookDr. Walter Mischel, creator of the famous marshmallow test used by many of us in classroom lessons, is writing a book that will be published in September. It’s titled The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control. I’ve written many posts over the years
The Answer Sheet 5-25-14
Answer Sheet: What school reformers can learn from pokerSchool reformers have made student outcomes the big focus of their efforts, targeting teachers for failure to improve student achievement. But teachers say they ignore the inputs — the issues students bring into a classroom and the training/resources of teachers. Here’s a look about the problem with outcome-based assessment, by Ben Spielberg
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 5-25-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: From the far side of the pond: EDUCATION’S CULTURE OF OVERWORK IS TURNING CHILDREN AND TEACHERS INTO GHOSTSIf schools slowed down and focused on a deeper kind of flourishing, they might be more productive (if not very Goveian) by Melissa Benn, The Guardian, http://bit.ly/1lLwrtM ●●smf’s translation: GOVEIAN: of or pertaining to the Rt. Hon. Michael Go
Teacher Education Leaders Speak Out: Kevin Kumashiro on Teacher Preparation, edTPA and Reform - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Teacher Education Leaders Speak Out: Kevin Kumashiro on Teacher Preparation, edTPA and Reform - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Teacher Education Leaders Speak Out: Kevin Kumashiro on Teacher Preparation, edTPA and ReformBy Anthony Cody on May 25, 2014 9:43 AMTeacher preparation has emerged as a target of those seeking to disrupt and transform the education system in our nation. In th
5-25-14 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.: Sunday reads.The Spanish Civil War, 1936. Grit. The new Common Core standard. 29 seconds on pensions and the Koch bros. Tax cheaters Hall of Fame. The hypocrisy of the Illinois Policy Institute. Selective promise keeping. Dear Parents and Friends of PISD, Next week, you will be receiving your child’s
Morning Wink 5-25-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 5-25-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Jonathan Lovell: The Magic of Learning to ListenJonathan Lovell has been leading writing workshops for many years. In this delightful post, he describes his struggle to finish his own dissertati
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 5-25-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Jonathan Lovell: The Magic of Learning to ListenJonathan Lovell has been leading writing workshops for many years. In this delightful post, he describes his struggle to finish his own dissertation, and the flights of fancy that kept blocking his path. He uses graphics creatively to reflect his state of mind. You watch his thinking
5-25-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": Associated Press Feature On “Promise Neighborhoods”I’ve written a lot about Promise Zones & Neighborhoods (see My Best Posts On The Harlem Children’s Zone & Other “Promise Zones”) – both critical and supportive. The Associated Press just published a feature on them in three separate parts: What to know about Promise
5-25-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Wait What? All WeekA reporter and a teacher highlight why we need new leadership for ConnecticutThe story could be called “Hooray for one hundred thousand dollar pensions” or “How Governor Malloy pulled a fast one on the people of Connecticut.” Hartford Courant investigative reporter Jon Lender lays out the details in his story, “New Law To Restrict Excessive Judges’ Pensions Has Holes
5-25-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Have we seen this movie before? Did it star Shirley Jones and Robert Preston?Please forgive me, but I'm old, and old people like to natter on about the past. It's just what we do. We like to imagine that our experience has value. We see things and we think "Hey, I've seen this before!" That's bad enough, but then we feel compelled to tell you about it.Bac
5-25-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: To Forbes: The problem is not a lack of technology. The problem is poverty.Comment on "Education Needs to Change as Fast as Technology," by Zack Sims. Posted athttp://www.forbes.com/sites/techonomy/2014/05/23/education-needs-to-change-as-fast-as-technology/Mr. Sims hasn't done his homework. He points out that the "US is ranked by the Organization for Economic Coopera
Oklahoma Goes Where No State Legislature Has Gone Before | Missouri Education Watchdog
Oklahoma Goes Where No State Legislature Has Gone Before | Missouri Education Watchdog: Oklahoma Goes Where No State Legislature Has Gone BeforeinShareWhat just happened in the Oklahoma legislature is stunning and the reverberations will spread to other states.It’s astounding when concerned citizens have to celebrate a state legislature reclaiming control of what is rightfully theirs to control: t
5-25-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Misreading the Never-Ending Drop-Out “Crisis”Misreading the Never-Ending Drop-Out “Crisis”. via Misreading the Never-Ending Drop-Out “Crisis”.by plthomasedd / 1h All Week 5-24-14 @ THE CHALK FACE@ THE CHALK FACE : All Week @ THE CHALK FACE NCTQ Gets Caught in a Data Collecting LieThe National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) will be “grading” university-level, traditional teach
5-25-14 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): Misreading the Never-Ending Drop-Out “Crisis”Prompted by Peter Greene’s Why Students Drop Out, further evidence that evidence doesn’t matter for the Obama administration of Secretary Duncan, I post below an entry for the Daily Kos from 4 February 2012. The political and
5-25-13 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: CAP Serves Some CCSS BaloneyThe Center for American Progress came down hard for the Common Core last week, providing yet another field test for the 100% baloney sandwich that is the Core's urban poor talking point menu.In "The Common Core Is An Opportunity for Educational Equity,", CAP asserts, "The Common Core State Standards hold promise for low-income students, st
More Nonsense | Live Long and Prosper
More Nonsense | Live Long and Prosper: More NonsenseKNOWLEDGE IS ALL THAT MATTERSA nonsensical majority on the Indiana State Board of Education has demeaned, devalued, and insulted every professional educator in the state of Indiana. Six of the eleven members of the State BOE believe that anyone with a college degree can be a teacher.These people apparently don’t care that good teachers should be
NYC Educator: VAMalot!--the Arne Duncan Musical
NYC Educator: VAMalot!--the Arne Duncan Musical: VAMalot!--the Arne Duncan MusicalMore and more statisticians and studies are proving what most career teachers knew from the get-go: VAM is a SHAM (see here for example). Still, Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, clings to it like a captain aboard a ship which is sure to sink. Sadly, the UFT enshrined test-based teacher evaluations in its new co
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How a ‘New Secessionist’ Movement Is Threatening to Worsen School Segregation and Widen Inequalities | The Nation
How a ‘New Secessionist’ Movement Is Threatening to Worsen School Segregation and Widen Inequalities | The Nation: (Photo Courtesy of Don Harder, CC2.0)A new secessionist movement, anchored in the South, provides yet another reminder that “separate” still means “unequal” when it comes to the racial dynamics of the nation’s public schools.The small middle-class town of Gardendale, Alabama, outside
The Ripple Effects of Rising Student Debt - NYTimes.com
The Ripple Effects of Rising Student Debt - NYTimes.com: The Ripple Effects of Rising Student DebtWhat are the roads not taken because students must take out loans for college? A collection of studies shows that the burden of student debt may well cause people to make different decisions than they would otherwise — affecting not just individual lives but also the entire economy.For one thing, it a
Why are Common Core math problems like this? $$$$$$$$$$ | Reclaim Reform
Why are Common Core math problems like this? $$$$$$$$$$ | Reclaim Reform: Why are Common Core math problems like this? $$$$$$$$$$Posted on May 24, 2014by Ken PrevitiWhy are Common Core math problems like this? $$$$$$$$$$2+2=4 cannot be copyrighted, sold, and re-sold.The CCSS formatted math being published in print and online is copyrighted, sold and re-sold.It’s not about kids, parents, teachers o
Looks Like Oklahoma Could Be First to Really Dump Common Core | deutsch29
Looks Like Oklahoma Could Be First to Really Dump Common Core | deutsch29: Looks Like Oklahoma Could Be First to ReallyDump Common CoreMay 24, 2014On May 23, 2014, both the Oklahoma House (71-18) and Senate (31-10) voted to dump the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).All that is left is for Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin to sign the legislation, HB 3399, into law. (Fallin was not governor when Okla
Nite Cap 5-24-14 #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 CAP5-24-14 Saturday Matinée Special "Corporate ED Reform: Something's Fishy!" News BreakoutSaturday Matinée Special "Corporate ED Reform: Something's Fishy!" News BreakoutThe Problem with Outcome-Oriented Evaluations | InterACTTh
