Nite Cap UPDATE
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE
CORPORATE ED REFORM
The people buying Newark for Jeffries
Charles Ledley as a young man working for the Clintons Want to know who is buying Newark for Shavar Jeffries? These are the people who run Education Reform Now, the organization that gave Newark First nearly a million dollars that, in turn, Newark First used to buy attack ads against Ras Baraka in a last-ditch effort to […]
Schools Matter: Chicago Teachers Join National Opposition to Commo...: BY CTU COMMUNICATIONS | 05/07/2014 CHICAGO – Today, members of the House of Delegates (HOD) of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) passe...
By Laura S. Washington | Chicago Sun Times. May 3, 2014 5:48PM It’s Rahm Emanuel’s hot mess. Crime is out of control, the summer is close at hand. The mayor faces heated discontent from unions, education activists and parents, particularly black folks. A year ago, Emanuel and […]
Today was open topic day at the NJ State BOE, which means anyone can testify about any education topic. The board has their regular meeting in the morning, then public testimony in the afternoon. Due to NJASK testing, there was a small contingent of NJEA members present along with concerned parents and citizens.It started with a resolution to recognize May 2014 as Physical Education and Sport Mont
The power of a union derives from the power of its membership acting together. But also, its ability to get the support of a wider part of the community.So, the main job of a union is to build solidarity among its membership and with its natural allies. In the case of a teachers’ union the natural allies are parents, community, students, other unions and workers, and other teacher unions throughou
Portland schools superintendent criticizes Metropolitan Learning Center parents over complaints about principal
Parents have clashed with Principal Macarre Traynham since she arrived at Metropolitan Learning Center three years ago.
Sources have confirmed that an unknown number of Philadelphia educators have been told to turn themselves in Thursday in connection with a criminal investigation by the state attorney general of cheating on standardized tests in Philadelphia schools. The imminent arrests were first reported Wednesday evening by the Inquirer. read more
Hear The ATRS!!! They Have Real Concerns!
Ooh, The Crack Team has had quite a lot of fun the last few days deciphering the new contract and how it affects ATR's. In fact it has been like shooting fish in a barrel it's been that easy.But The Crack Team needs to rest up and we here at SBSB figure it's time to let those most affected by the wheels of the UFT Unity bus have their turn. In fact, they have had their turn, we are just reprinting
Teacher fired for using broom to stop student fight wants her job back
Two students started fighting violently in a Detroit high school classroom, knocking over desks, and a teacher grabbed a broom to try to break it up. She struck one of the fighting boys and was fired for her action. Now she wants her job back — and she’s getting a lot of unexpected support. According […]
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Sun-Times tells Karen Lewis to "tone it down".
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Sun-Times tells Karen Lewis to "tone it down".: Sun-Times tells Karen Lewis to "tone it down".Sun-Times KMAIn the eyes of the Sun-Times editorial board, CTU Pres. Karen Lewis has gotten too uppity and disrespectful for Rahm's Chicagoland Plantation. In yesterday's editorial, the board told Lewis in no uncertain terms, as only a parent could scold
Weingarten Wants Common Core; Lewis Says We’re Done | deutsch29
Weingarten Wants Common Core; Lewis Says We’re Done | deutsch29: Weingarten Wants Common Core; Lewis Says We’re DoneMay 7, 2014In spring 1991, I completed my student teaching at Ascension High School in Gonzales, Louisiana. I taught Lord of the Flies, a creepy novel about the dangers of groupthink.So often when I think of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Unity Caucusmindset of unquestioned
The Opt-Out Update: The AFT finally pushes back, “Rigor” in Portland, WA State, Alabama and New York fight back | Seattle Education
The Opt-Out Update: The AFT finally pushes back, “Rigor” in Portland, WA State, Alabama and New York fight back | Seattle Education: The Opt-Out Update: The AFT finally pushes back, “Rigor” in Portland, WA State, Alabama and New York fight backIt looks like teachers and the teachers union, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), have FINALLY smelled the coffee and decided to push back.The Ameri
Oregon Save Our Schools: Where is the Time for Learning?
Oregon Save Our Schools: Where is the Time for Learning?: Where is the Time for Learning?Recently a teacher friend and I were asked about how much time is spent on testing in our classrooms. This discussion could have been prompted by an article that appeared in the Washington Post last summer. While we don’t have the kind of detail discussed in this article, between the two of us, we as teachers
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: "I Salute Those Who Stay!" Appreciating Tenacious Teachers!
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: "I Salute Those Who Stay!" Appreciating Tenacious Teachers!: "I Salute Those Who Stay!" Appreciating Tenacious Teachers!This is not to take away anything from those who quit.You have quit for only reasons you know, or have shared with thousands of viewers on Youtube, in articles, or on talk shows.I attended the 74th annual Eastern Regional Con
Education Buzz / AFT urges use of social media to protest kidnapping of Nigerian school girls #BringBackOurGirls,
Education Buzz / AFT urges use of social media to protest kidnapping of Nigerian school girls: AFT urges use of social media to protest kidnapping of Nigerian school girlsPublished: May 7, 2014, 2:01 pm, by Carol McGrawThe American Federation of Teachers is asking people to protest the kidnapping of Nigerian school girls.The AFT and Education International are urging people to take Instagram photo
NYC Public School Parents: My kids used to love school ...Now it's half a year consumed in drudgery of test prep.
NYC Public School Parents: My kids used to love school ...Now it's half a year consumed in drudgery of test prep.: My kids used to love school ...Now it's half a year consumed in drudgery of test prep.Last week, Louis CK tweeted about the low quality Common Core worksheets assigned to his daughters for test prep. A parent on Facebook identified them as iReady workbooks, produced by Curriculum Ass
empathyeducates – Charter Schools Fail: New Reports Call Their ‘Magic’ Into Question
empathyeducates – Charter Schools Fail: New Reports Call Their ‘Magic’ Into Question: Charter Schools Fail: New Reports Call Their ‘Magic’ Into QuestionKendra Herber teaches at New Choices Community School, which the state is suing to close.| Mark Lyons for The New York TimesBy Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at The Education Opportunity Network. May 7, 2014When members of the U.S. House of Rep
Nite Cap 5-7-14 #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 CAPIs it time for the Money Fairy already? Capitol Alert: California races surpass $5.5 million in independent spendingCapitol Alert: California races surpass $5.5 million in independent spending: California races surpass $5.5 million in independent
