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6-3-14 The Whole Child Blog — Throughout Summer: Making a Difference — Whole Child Education
Throughout Summer: Making a Difference — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGThroughout Summer: Making a DifferenceJune 3, 2014 by Klea ScharbergAsk educators why they went into teaching, and the majority will respond that they wanted to make a difference in the lives of young people. That initial idealism, however, is often challenged by the realities of heavy workloads, classroom discipli
by mike simpson / 0min 
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-3-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Edushyster: Graduation Rate at Boston Charters No Better Than Public SchoolsMassachusetts is preparing to lift the cap on charter schools, the assumption being that they have cracked the code to educating the neediest children. The Boston Globe has been cheerleading for the charter sector, along with the usual hedge funders and phi
by mike simpson / 2min 
6-3-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: UFT Contract: Will OT/PT Chapter Turn it Down?UFT  leaders seem worried this will happen. What are the implications if the UFT has to go back to the bargaining table?I scheduled this to go up around 10AM when I will be on the subway.I mentioned this in this morning's first post (UFT Contract: A Day At the Count - What I Learned - Updated) but didn't  want to see this get lost in t
by mike simpson / 4min 
6-3-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Photo Galleries Of The WeekObviously, photos can be great educational tools with English Language Learners and with any students (see The Best Ways To Use Photos In Lessons). I post about many photo galleries, also called slideshows. To do it in a little more organized way, though, I recently began this weekly feature calle
by mike simpson / 8min 
6-3-14 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.: Strike vote. Things are heating up in suburban Hinsdale. A sign of things to come in Chicago suburbs?It’s not that it never happens. But it is rare for a strike vote by teachers before the old contract has expired. That is the case in suburban Hinsdale District 86, where the school board appears to be
by mike simpson / 9min 
6-3-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Rick Scott’s “Education Investment” a “Paper Tiger”The editors of the Lakeland Ledger focus on Polk County Schools  woes they will experience under the education budget which Governor Rick Scott signed yesterday. Florida legislators have been patting themselves on the ba
by mike simpson / 12min 
6-3-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Wait What? New York Working Families Party fails to move Cuomo on education but endorses anywayWhen it comes the to the rise of the corporate education reform industry, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy continually jockey for 1st and 2nd place as to which one is more anti-teacher and anti-public education. While Cuomo has poured more money into
by mike simpson / 14min 
6-3-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: 6th graders seeking payment for taking Common Core field testsSome sixth grade students in Massachusetts who spent hours over several days taking practice versions of newly developed Common Core tests decided that they should be paid for their work and are seeking payment for serving as “guinea pigs.” The Ipswich Chronicle reported in this story about what happened after students at
by mike simpson / 15min 
6-3-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Parent Insists Her Child Will No Longer Be Pearson Lab RatThere was a time not so long ago when the post-test curriculum could take hold after the March madness of state testing, when teachers could do a few of the interesting units and projects that once engaged children from September through February. Now school after test time is increasingly filled with even more rigorometry a
by mike simpson / 17min 
6-3-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Education in Black and White: Beware the RoadbuildersEducation in Black and White: Beware the Roadbuilders. via Education in Black and White: Beware the Roadbuilders.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radicalby plthomasedd / 47min hide  //  saveKindness as Antidote to Fatalism of “Grit”Kindness as Antidote to Fatalism of “Grit”. via Kindness as Antidote to Fatalism of “Grit”.File
by mike simpson / 20min 
6-3-14 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): Education in Black and White: Beware the RoadbuildersNettie sees the world in a stark black and white once she faces and confronts the missionary zeal being done to the people who are native to Africa. The letters exchanged between Nettie and Celie, which constitute The
by mike simpson / 22min 
6-3-14 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: The LeastI have a friend who posits a simple rule for relationships-- the person who has the least concern has the most power. The person who has less interest has more control.I'm not sure how useful the rule is for understanding romance, but it certainly does deconstruct plenty of other relationships. If dishes in the sink don't bother me, I can let them sit well past the science
by mike simpson / 23min 
6-3-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: UFT Contract Vote: Predictions And The Roadmap For The FutureExpected to be announced today: The teachers union’s new $9 billion contract with the city is expected to be ratified Tuesday. The secret ballots of more than 100,000 eligible members of the United Federation of Teachers will be scanned by the American Arbitration Association in lower Manhattan. Union officials hop
by mike simpson / 25min 
Anthony Cody Reviews A Chronicle of Echoes | deutsch29
Anthony Cody Reviews A Chronicle of Echoes | deutsch29: Anthony Cody Reviews A Chronicle of EchoesJune 2, 2014Anthony Cody spent 24 years working in Oakland schools, 18 of them as a science teacher at a high-needs middle school. A National Board- certified teacher, he now leads workshops with teachers on Project Based Learning. He is the co-founder of the Network for Public Education. With educati
by mike simpson / 33min 
NYC Educator: Pre-K Needs to Be in a Real School, Led by Real Teachers
NYC Educator: Pre-K Needs to Be in a Real School, Led by Real Teachers: Pre-K Needs to Be in a Real School, Led by Real TeachersConsidering the Daily News expose of conditions in pre-K facilities, Mayor Bill de Blasio ought to reconsider how universal pre-K should be run. In fact, there's little reason why pre-K ought not to have the same controls, if not more, than existing city schools. There ou
by mike simpson / 38min 
Louisiana Educator: The “Success” of the Louisiana Recovery District is a Great Big Fraud!
Louisiana Educator: The “Success” of the Louisiana Recovery District is a Great Big Fraud!: The “Success” of the Louisiana Recovery District is a Great Big Fraud!The Louisiana Department of education has just released the results of the state accountability testing called LEAP and ILEAP. The report includes a percentile ranking of each of the public school systems in the state according to the per
by mike simpson / 38min 
Marie Corfield: Note to Cami: 100 excellent ways to create 100 excellent schools
Marie Corfield: Note to Cami: 100 excellent ways to create 100 excellent schools: Note to Cami: 100 excellent ways to create 100 excellent schoolsJersey Jazzman delivered yet another blistering critique of Cami Anderson's disastrous One Newark plan calling it "illogical, innumerate, secretive, and ill-conceived". Sir Duke once again fills his post with charts, graphs, data, links to stud
by mike simpson / 52min 
Ohio’s “Dropout Recovery” Charters Increase State’s Dropout Rate, Swallow Tax Dollars | janresseger
Ohio’s “Dropout Recovery” Charters Increase State’s Dropout Rate, Swallow Tax Dollars | janresseger: Ohio’s “Dropout Recovery” Charters Increase State’s Dropout Rate, Swallow Tax DollarsPosted on June 3, 2014 by janressegerDoug Livingston, the education writer for the Akron Beacon Journal and Ohio’s top education journalist, recently reported on the financial scam at Ohio’s so-called “dropout reco
by mike simpson / 53min 
Stellar History Teaching in Failing Schools (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Stellar History Teaching in Failing Schools (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Stellar History Teaching in Failing Schools (Part 2)Taking pills and sprays to remedy illness is ubiquitous in the U.S.  Ah, if there were only such quick cure-alls for lousy teaching. Say, like aerosol cans that can spray “good” teaching into a classroom.Or maybe principals can ship cans of
by mike simpson / 59min 
Alarming Number Of Urban Teachers Are 'Chronically Absent'
Alarming Number Of Urban Teachers Are 'Chronically Absent': Alarming Number Of Urban Teachers Are 'Chronically Absent'Political battles over teaching in the last decade have focused on complexities of pensions, evaluations and standardized testing, often ignoring a basic but critical issue: Attendance.Teachers in the nation's 40 largest school districts came to school 94 percent of the time in the
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NJEA, AFT: How about a robo-call apology for backing Cory Booker? | Bob Braun's Ledger
NJEA, AFT: How about a robo-call apology for backing Cory Booker? | Bob Braun's Ledger: NJEA, AFT: How about a robo-call apology for backing Cory Booker?NJEA President Wendell SteinhauerThe New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) spends a fortune of members’ dues money on what loosely could be called “communications”–advertising, promotion, public relations, marketing, and other methods of getting
by mike simpson / 12h 
Do Teachers Need Dress Codes to Know What to Wear at School? | NEA Today
Do Teachers Need Dress Codes to Know What to Wear at School? | NEA Today: Do Teachers Need Dress Codes to Know What to Wear at School?June 2, 2014 by twalker  Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Edward GrahamAlthough the vast majority of educators dress in professional attire for the classrooms and schools where they work, some schools districts are nonetheless drafting and imp
by mike simpson / 15h 
Nite Cap 6-2-14 #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 CAP6-2-14 Seattle Schools Community ForumSeattle Schools Community Forum: Mining Student Data Stories from KUOW and Politico (highly recommended) and information I learned about what's in a TFA contract today about student data.  One is the KUOW pie
by mike simpson / 16h 
6-2-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Mining Student Data Stories from KUOW and Politico (highly recommended) and information I learned about what's in a TFA contract today about student data.  One is the KUOW piece about ConnectEDU and SPS.  It fleshed out what I had reported and had a couple of interesting comments.   Again:For the past three years, the school district has uploaded middle and high sc
by mike simpson / 16h 
Book Review: Mercedes Schneider's "A Chronicle of Echoes" Offers Tools for Defense Against Corporate Reform - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Book Review: Mercedes Schneider's "A Chronicle of Echoes" Offers Tools for Defense Against Corporate Reform - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Book Review: Mercedes Schneider's "A Chronicle of Echoes" Offers Tools for Defense Against Corporate ReformBy Anthony Cody on June 2, 2014 5:00 PMFans of Harry Potter will recall the most valuable class at Hogwarts: "Def
by mike simpson / 16h 
Journey For Justice and Advancement Project File Title VI Complaints Against School Closures | Advancement Project
Journey For Justice and Advancement Project File Title VI Complaints Against School Closures | Advancement Project: Journey For Justice and Advancement Project File Title VI Complaints Against School Closures 37  74    5  160On behalf of Journey for Justice organizations, Advancement Project filed three complaints under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination in use of fed
by mike simpson / 17h 
D.C. officials allege improper diversion of charter funds - The Washington Post
D.C. officials allege improper diversion of charter funds - The Washington Post: D.C. officials allege improper diversion of charter fundsKent Amos, founder of one of the oldest and largest D.C. charter school networks, allegedly funneled millions of school dollars to a for-profit management company he owns, according to a complaint filed Monday by D.C. Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan.Amos founde
by mike simpson / 17h 
empathyeducates – New Orleans Nearing a ‘Privatized’ Public School System
empathyeducates – New Orleans Nearing a ‘Privatized’ Public School System: New Orleans Nearing a ‘Privatized’ Public School SystemStudents change classes during the first day of school at Landry-Walker High School on August 12, 2013. (Photo by Kathleen Flynn, Nola.com / The Times-Picayune)Introductory Reflection by Raynard Sanders, Ed.D., Host of The New Orleans ImperativeIn this week’s Louisiana
by mike simpson / 18h 
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-2-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Report: Ppic Surveys School Policies On English Learners’ Classificationfrom California Institute for Federal Policy Research/California Capitol Hill Bulletin Volume 21, Bulletin 15 - http://www.calinst.org/bul2/b2115.shtml May 29, 2014  ::  In a recent report entitled “Pathways to Fluency: Examining the Link Between Language Reclassification Policies a
by mike simpson / 18h 
empathyeducates – Florida League of Women Voters Blasts Charter School Movement
empathyeducates – Florida League of Women Voters Blasts Charter School Movement: Florida League of Women Voters Blasts Charter School MovementBy Jeffrey S. Solochek | Originally Published at Tampa Bay Times. Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:49amFollowing a year of research, the Florida League of Women Voters issued a report this week that’s highly critical of the state’s charter school movement. Education
by mike simpson / 18h 
Schooling in the Ownership Society: SEC charges UNO with fraud. $37.5M from charter school 'investors"
Schooling in the Ownership Society: SEC charges UNO with fraud. $37.5M from charter school 'investors": SEC charges UNO with fraud. $37.5M from charter school 'investors"Once you get past all the rhetoric about "business models" and charters sharing "innovations" with traditional schools, you're left with this.Everyone in Chicago knows that UNO is too big to jail. But
by mike simpson / 20h 
6-2-14 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: Suspension rates in LAUSD fall, raising questionsL.A. Unified suspension rates fall but some question accuracy In the heart of Watts, where violence in nearby housing projects can spill over onto campuses, two of the city’s toughest middle schools have long dealt with fights, drugs and even
by mike simpson / 21h 
Understanding the Common Core: Resources from AR Ally | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity
Understanding the Common Core: Resources from AR Ally | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: Understanding the Common Core: Resources from AR AllyPosted on: Friday May 23rd, 2014The Common Core State Standards have been adopted by 44 states and the District of Columbia. To say they're contentious is to put it mildly. For various reasons, a nationwid
by mike simpson / 21h 
Edcamp at The US DOE | My Island View
Edcamp at The US DOE | My Island View: Edcamp at The US DOEJune 2, 2014 by Tom Whitby @tomwhitbyAbout a year ago Adam Bellow and I were discussing the possibility and the benefits of doing an Edcamp at the site of the United States Department of Education. Adam had just met with some members of the Department and I was in touch with many of them from the connected educator month committee on which
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6-2-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Invoking “Oliver Rule (Expanded)” for Education Reform DebateInvoking “Oliver Rule (Expanded)” for Education Reform Debate. via Invoking “Oliver Rule (Expanded)” for Education Reform Debate.by plthomasedd / 2min hide  //  saveEducation’S “Open Door” Policy Opened The Door For Corporate Ed ReformersEDUCATION’S “OPEN DOOR” POLICY OPENED THE DOOR FOR CORPORATE ED REFORMERS.2 by Davi
by mike simpson / 21h 
6-2-14 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): Invoking “Oliver Rule (Expanded)” for Education Reform DebateWhile it is becoming increasingly common and frustrating that the most perceptive views of political and public claims and policies come from satirical programs and their figure-heads (as I have noted recently)
by mike simpson / 21h 
Interactive: See the state's best performing public schools - Data Center - The Sacramento Bee
Interactive: See the state's best performing public schools - Data Center - The Sacramento Bee: Interactive: See the state's best performing public schoolsPublished: Friday, May. 30, 2014 - 3:39 pmLast Modified: Monday, Jun. 2, 2014 - 8:23 amWhen it comes to stellar performances on public school student tests, the Bay Area dominates.California public schools take end-of-course tests each year. Sta
by mike simpson / 22h 
Morning Wink 6-2-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-2-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Ohio’s Charter Dropout FactoriesOhio has some of the worst charter schools in the country, which avoid accountability because their owners contribute generously to elected officials. Among the wo
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