Friday, June 27, 2014

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-27-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Tom Scarice: The Greatest Crime Against Education, Educators, and Students Is….Tom Scarice, superintendent of schools in Madison, Connecticut, here speaks out and names the criminal corruption of education into a test-taking industry that has no goal other than test scores. He knows that as the stakes go higher, people succumb to t
by mike simpson / 8min 
6-27-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? Squelching dissent in Bridgeport City Hall (by Carmen Lopez)This commentary piece first appeared in the CT Post on June 25, 2014  The 1949 movie “All the King’s Men,” based on the novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren, opens with the main character, Willie Stark, confronting political corruption in a small southern town. Stark, played by Broderick Crawford, claims tha
by mike simpson / 17min 
6-27-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: A disturbing look at Common Core tests in New YorkThe promise of new standardized tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards  was that they would show which students were ready for college and career and which weren’t. But in New York, a look at the tests shows how the state is failing to meet that promise. This was written by Carol Burris and […]by Valerie Strauss / 25min hide
by mike simpson / 19min 
6-27-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools and Building Leadership TeamsBuilding Leadership Teams (BLTs) exist at every SPS school (or should).There should be parent/community representation at every SPS school's BLT (or should).  That representation should NOT be controlled by the principal.There should be bylaws written and readily available for anyone to be able to access about the decisi
by mike simpson / 21min 
6-27-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Video: Experience A Little Bit Of What Someone With Autism Feels….I’m adding this video to The Best Sites For Walking In Someone Else’s Shoes:by Larry Ferlazzo / 8h 6-24-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLarry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: This
by mike simpson / 25min 
6-27-14 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.: Reforming admissions.. Through interviews with teachers and students at the High School of American Studies, this documentary explores efforts to reform the admissions system for New York City’s elite specialized high schools.by Fred Klonsky / 2h hide  //  saveLetter to the editor. What if the Hinsdal
by mike simpson / 28min 
6-27-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": “Power Of Community” Is A Must-Read ReportI’ve written a lot about the tremendous parent engagement work of the St. Paul teachers union. They’ve just come out with a must-read report on their work titled Power Of Community. I’m adding it to The Best Reasons Why Parents Should Be Looked At As Allies & Not Targets Of Blam
by mike simpson / 30min 
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-27-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Including Teachers In The Student Mental-Health ContinuumCommentary By Thomas J. Cottle and Jennifer Greif Green | Education Week http://bit.ly/1qiI2HS Published Online: June 20, 2014  ::  The location changes, but the story is a familiar one: An angry young man*—sometimes a teenager—guns down others in a public place. Whether it's Troutdale, Ore.; Isla
by mike simpson / 35min 
6-27-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Who Are We? We Are the ResistanceWho Are We? We Are the Resistance. via Who Are We? We Are the Resistance.1 by plthomasedd / 42min 6-26-14 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: The Troubling Realities of School SegregationI read this story twice and also read this blog to learn more about the situation and it has left me with many unanswered questions. But first let me see if I have
by mike simpson / 35min 
6-27-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: The Challenges Facing the NEA and the AFT at Their National Conventions
With A Brooklyn Accent: The Challenges Facing the NEA and the AFT at Their National Conventions As teachers unions prepare to meet this summer, they face three great challenges, which are also opportunities:The rapidly growing grass roots movement against the Common Core Standards, which has already led several states to withdraw from CCSS, and has probably doomed its creators vision of CCSS as a
by mike simpson / 39min 
Detroit For-Profit Charter School Spends Big On Ads | PopularResistance.Org
Detroit For-Profit Charter School Spends Big On Ads | PopularResistance.Org: For-profit charter school corporation’s Detroit media ad buy now has a price tag: several hundred thousand dollarsIt’s Day Four of the explosive Detroit Free Press exposé of Michigan charter schools and also Day Four of the National Heritage Academies complete takover of the websites of Detroit’s two biggest newspapers wi
by mike simpson / 43min 
6-26-14 The Whole Child Blog — Becoming Better Listeners
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: Becoming Better ListenersPost written by Melinda Moran At its heart, differentiation is about knowing your students—not only where they are relative to learning goals, but also who they are as learners, or better yet, as people. Because our students are really people "under construction," differentiation is most successful when we continually
by mike simpson / 44min 
6-27-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University)
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Who Are We? We Are the ResistanceDiane Ravitch’s post about the debate over the Gates moratorium includes a comment from John Thompson that deserves close attention: In a note to me, John Thompson pointed out that our side, which doesn’t have a name, cherishes the clash
by mike simpson / 47min 
6-27-14 empathyeducates
empathyeducates: Why Kids Care More About Achievement Than Helping OthersSeattle Municipal Archives/Flickr With thanks to my parents who often practiced as they preached. Mom and Dad often reflected, in raising a child you need to think – Does my tone of voice, body language, and facial expression, all together, communicate what I believe? If as a […]by empathy / 6h YESTERDAY18 Things White People
by mike simpson / 48min 
6-27-14 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Buy Mercedes Schneider's BookMercedes Schneider is pissed.There are many things that come through in her book A Chronicle of Echoes, but what's most immediately palpable is her anger at what has been done to public education in this country. And as each chapter unrolls, it's impossible not to see why she is so angry.Schneider is one of the most important bloggers in the edublogosph
by mike simpson / 48min 
6-27-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: The UFT MUST Endorse Andrew Cuomo For GovernorI am calling for the UFT to enthusiastically and vocally endorse Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for re-election this November.Sure Cuomo has shown himself to be anti-union, anti-teacher and anti-traditional public schools during his tenure as governor.And sure it makes no sense that a teachers union would continue to support a politici
by mike simpson / 52min 
Financial Corruption and Academic Failure in Charter Sector Beg for Oversight | janresseger
Financial Corruption and Academic Failure in Charter Sector Beg for Oversight | janresseger: Financial Corruption and Academic Failure in Charter Sector Beg for OversightPosted on June 27, 2014 by janressegerEarlier this week, tracking an extraordinary investigative series on charter schools by theDetroit Free Press (still ongoing today) , this blog commented: “Although the federal government has
by mike simpson / 57min 
Trusting Teachers With Collective Autonomy | Education Evolving
Trusting Teachers With Collective Autonomy | Education Evolving: Trusting Teachers With Collective AutonomyMotivating students and personalizing learning is necessary to improve student achievement. This is bound to enlarge and to change the teacher's role. Inside school the teachers know the students best, and should be free to adapt and innovate according to their students' needs.This runs again
by mike simpson / 1h 
NYC Educator: When's the Best Time to Activate UFT Activists?
NYC Educator: When's the Best Time to Activate UFT Activists?: When's the Best Time to Activate UFT Activists?I'm amazed at how we're under attack on so many different fronts. Aside from Vergara and its copycats, the US Supreme Court appears to be contemplating making the United States a Right to Work country. This is really not what its supporters would have you believe. If dues are optional, a l
by mike simpson / 1h 
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Finally, a viable opponent for Mayor One-Percent?
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Finally, a viable opponent for Mayor One-Percent?: Finally, a viable opponent for Mayor One-Percent?“I’m a little sick of the mayor and I don’t see anyone stepping up,” Lewis told the Chicago Sun-Times by telephone Thursday evening. “I am seriously thinking about it.”"Do we want 'Star Wars' museums or public, neighborhood schools? Do we want presidential librari
by mike simpson / 1h 

YESTERDAY

Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 6-26-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORM18 Things White People Should Know/Do Before Discussing RacismAmericans, for decades now, have aspired to be colorblind, just not completely. Oh we long to see pretty pink crocuses and yellow daffodils flowers bloom in the spring. We want to walk through tall green grasses and bathe in the bright sun. We want to wear colorful […]by empat
by mike simpson / 10h 
6-26-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week
Jersey Jazzman: Why Do We Need Tenure? Ask Elizabeth's TeachersMy post about Mike Mignone, the brave teacher and union leader in Belleville, NJ who is up on tenure charges, went viral this week. Mignone has been on unpaid leave pending his hearing; he alleges it's because he asked dared to question his school board about an outrageous surveillance system that includes a camera and microphone in ev
by mike simpson / 12h 
Karen Lewis "Seriously" Considering Mayoral Run | NBC Chicago
Karen Lewis "Seriously" Considering Mayoral Run | NBC Chicago: Karen Lewis "Seriously" Considering Mayoral RunChicago Teachers Union president met with election attorneys, source says
by mike simpson / 13h 
Poverty & Race- What Education Can’t Do | educarenow
Poverty & Race- What Education Can’t Do | educarenow: Poverty & Race- What Education Can’t DoPosted on June 26, 2014 | Leave a commentIn staying with the theme of poverty and education that I addressed in myprevious post, I want to make readers aware of two different writings that have come out that explode the myth that education by itself is the tool of leverage that can alleviate povert
by mike simpson / 14h 
More Evidence of the Trouble with ‘Student-Centered’ Teaching | Paul Bruno
More Evidence of the Trouble with ‘Student-Centered’ Teaching | Paul Bruno: More Evidence of the Trouble with ‘Student-Centered’ TeachingBy PAUL BRUNO | Published: JUNE 26, 2014I’ve long had many related-but-separate complaints about ‘student-centered’ teaching practices. A new study in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis lends new evidence to several of them. (You can also check out good w
by mike simpson / 15h 
Photo Essay: Chinese School is Lesson for US Policymakers | Cloaking Inequity
Photo Essay: Chinese School is Lesson for US Policymakers | Cloaking Inequity: Photo Essay: Chinese School is Lesson for US PolicymakersThe Chinese are serious about vocational (aka career and technical education). The United States is not. Vocational education in the United States has a long history of being used as holding bin for African American students by purposefully providing inferior educ
by mike simpson / 15h 
Malloy offers ‘Connecticut Core’ as Common Core fix | The CT Mirror
Malloy offers ‘Connecticut Core’ as Common Core fix | The CT Mirror: Malloy offers ‘Connecticut Core’ as Common Core fixBy: MARK PAZNIOKAS | June 26, 2014With cover from the state’s two largest teachers unions, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Thursday kicked off “Connecticut Core,” the administration’s latest effort to quell the political and policy clamor over how Common Core curriculum standards should
by mike simpson / 15h 
Nite Cap 6-26-14 #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 CAPWill Philly delegation 'play ball' on budget to win dollars for city schools? | Philadelphia Public School NotebookWill Philly delegation 'play ball' on budget to win dollars for city schools? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Will Philly de
by mike simpson / 16h 
Will Philly delegation 'play ball' on budget to win dollars for city schools? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Will Philly delegation 'play ball' on budget to win dollars for city schools? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Will Philly delegation 'play ball' on budget to win dollars for city schools?By Kevin McCorry for NewsWorks on Jun 26, 2014 06:13 PMShare on emailMore Sharing ServicesCOMMENTS (0)PRINTPhoto: WikiMedia CommonsFacing a $66 million budget shortfall that threatens to turn schools into &
by mike simpson / 16h 
A top-down plan for charters’ growth | Edwize
A top-down plan for charters’ growth | Edwize: A top-down plan for charters’ growth [This editorial originally appeared in the June 26 issue of the New York Teacher.]Over the last 15 years, as the number of charter schools around the country has multiplied, the movement has increasingly become dominated by charter school networks such as Success Academy and Uncommon Schools as opposed to independe
by mike simpson / 16h 
Where Is The Charter School Movement Heading? | Taking Note
Where Is The Charter School Movement Heading? | Taking Note: Where Is The Charter School Movement Heading?by JOHN MERROW on 26. JUN, 2014 in 2014 BLOGSHow much does a sign reading “CHARTER SCHOOL” reveal about the education being offered inside the building? My answer: About as much as a ’RESTAURANT’ sign reveals about the food it serves. That is,nothing at all. This sad state of affairs makes me
by mike simpson / 17h 
Lesson 1: You’re Dead in the Water Without a Great Principal | Gatsby In L.A.
Lesson 1: You’re Dead in the Water Without a Great Principal | Gatsby In L.A.: Lesson 1: You’re Dead in the Water Without a Great PrincipalYou know how they say that people come to look like their dogs? A parallel truism is that any organization comes to look like its leader. For some reason, though this idea is axiomatic in corporate life—who would attribute the success of Apple to its highly eff
by mike simpson / 18h 
Robert Gibbs To Lead National Campaign Against Teachers Unions | FDL News Desk
Robert Gibbs To Lead National Campaign Against Teachers Unions | FDL News Desk: Robert Gibbs To Lead National Campaign Against Teachers UnionsBy: DSWright Thursday June 26, 2014 10:02 amShare on facebookhare on emailRobert Gibbs and President ObamaWhile it is not surprising that those who worked for a corporate Democrat like President Barack Obama have moved on to shilling for Big Business after t
by mike simpson / 18h 
Expanded Learning Grants Awarded - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
Expanded Learning Grants Awarded - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Millions in Grants for Expanded Learning Programs in CaliforniaSACRAMENTO—Hundreds of California public schools will be awarded funds to bolster student learning outside of the regular school hours, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said today as he announced 333
by mike simpson / 19h 
6-26-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: UpdatesMarch and Rally to Gates Foundation To note: there is the march and rally to protest the ed reform work of the Gates Foundation today, starting at 5 pm at Westlake Park.  The march will then go to the Gates Foundation on Mercer at 5th.  There will be speeches and some kind of flash mob dance. The police are warning of possible traffic issues.   From Diane Ra
by mike simpson / 19h 
Everyone’s a Winner! The Kids vs. Bad Teachers Lawsuit Hits the Road | EduShyster
Everyone’s a Winner! The Kids vs. Bad Teachers Lawsuit Hits the Road | EduShyster: Everyone’s a Winner! The Kids vs. Bad Teachers Lawsuit Hits the Road Well that certainly didn’t take long. Just two weeks after California’s kids celebrated their victory vs. bad teachers, the kids vs. tenure lawsuits are hitting the road. And that’s great news, reader. Because just as the California case produced l
by mike simpson / 19h 
Poll finds Common Core opposition rising | EdSource
Poll finds Common Core opposition rising | EdSource: Poll finds Common Core opposition risingJune 26, 2014 | By John Fensterwald | No Comments SHARE THIS ARTICLEHere are some key results of the poll of Californians’ views on education conducted by the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education and Policy Analysis for California Education. For more details of the survey, see bel
by mike simpson / 20h 
Support for Common Core Plummets with Parents of School-Aged Kids | Truth in American Education
Support for Common Core Plummets with Parents of School-Aged Kids | Truth in American Education: Support for Common Core Plummets with Parents of School-Aged KidsFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on June 26, 2014 • 0 Comments3Rasmussen just released a poll taken June 21-22 of 1000 Americans that shows support for Common Core is plummeting among parents with school-aged chil
by mike simpson / 20h 
6-26-14 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): LA Unified creating online tool for parents to track student progressIn the coming school year, LA Unified plans to launch the Parent Access Support System Portal (PASSport), an interactive online tool to make it easier for parents to get more involved in their children’s education. As a one-stop portal,
by mike simpson / 21h 
Gates Funded Pro Common Core Group Changes Name in Rebranding Effort - Politichicks.tv
Gates Funded Pro Common Core Group Changes Name in Rebranding Effort - Politichicks.tv: Gates Funded Pro Common Core Group Changes Name in Rebranding EffortJune 25, 2014 at 5:00 am / by Kathryn PorterAbout Kathryn PorterColorado PolitiChick Kathryn Porter is the Colorado state director for Parent Led Reform. She has a master’s degree in special education and is a former charter school teacher. Kat
by mike simpson / 21h 
Common Core National Canine Standards - to funny not to re-post :)
Common Core National Canine Standards - to funny not to re-post :): Attention dog owners: Common Core National Canine StandardsAcknowledging that recent implementation of the Common Core State Standards is reshaping the landscape of public education in the United States, I, along with a secret group of politicians and “philanthropists,” a panel of experts, have designed and not tested The Common C
by mike simpson / 21h 
The Forgotten Story of the Freedom Schools - John N. Hale - The Atlantic
The Forgotten Story of the Freedom Schools - John N. Hale - The Atlantic: The Forgotten Story of the Freedom SchoolsFifty years ago, students in the American South boycotted their classrooms and demanded higher educational standards. Whatever happened to those ideals?Bruce Solomon—a schoolteacher from Brooklyn, New York—teaches at a Freedom School in Jackson, Mississippi, in August 1964. (AP)Young
by mike simpson / 22h 
99Rise - Demand Democracy
99Rise - Demand Democracy: About 99RiseAmerica is in crisis, and our democracy on the auction block. We’re here to do something about it.99Rise is a network of activists and organizers dedicated to building a mass movement to reclaim our democracy from the domination of big money.We believe that only by getting big money out of politics – by winning a democracy that responds to the real needs of &
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6-26-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Corporate Education Reform: the "civil rights issue" up until it actually addresses civil rights issues like segregation"Children have a right and a need to have quality schools in their neighborhood." — Francis Howell School District White school district sends black kids back to failed schools The one upside to the article is that it clearly puts to lie the co
by mike simpson / 23h 
Morning Wink 6-26-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-26-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: John Thompson and Peter Greene Debate the Gates MoratoriumWhen the Gates Foundation proclaimed the need for a two-year moratorium on the stakes associated with Common Core testing, it created a
by mike simpson / 23h 





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