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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-4-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Protest against PISA League Tables Goes InternationalA few weeks ago, educators Heinz-Dieter Meyer of the State University of New York and Katie Zahedi, principal of the Linden Avenue Middle School in Red Hook, New York, wrote a protest letter against the international horse race inspired by OECD’s PISA examinations. They gathered
by mike simpson / 1min 
6-4-14 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.: Dancing with Christian Mitchell.We headed over to the Hideout last night for Joravsky and Dumke Second Tuesdays. The panelists were my rep-elect Will Guzzardi, AFSCME lobbyist Adrienne Alexander and pension thief State Rep Christian Mitchell. Mitchell was why I wanted to go. I think we should confront
by mike simpson / 3min 
6-4-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: Parent: Why I can’t ‘in good conscience’ leave my kids in public schoolLynne Rigby and her husband Brad live outside of Orlando, Florida, with their five children who have attended a Seminole County public elementary school. Rigby, a former public school teacher and photographer, wrote a letter to state and local officials explaining why, with great sadness, she and her husband are p
by mike simpson / 6min 
6-4-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Math Adoption - The Staff Strikes BackReviewing the updated agenda for tomorrow night's Board meeting, it looks like staff have been burning the midnight oil.First, the speakers list is full with nine people on the waitlist.  The overwhelming number of comments are to be about the math adoption.Next, on the K-5 Math Instructional Materials Adoption, there are many
by mike simpson / 8min 
6-4-14 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): Just in: School Board race heads to runoffWith 53 percent of the precincts reporting in the LA Unified school board’s District 1 race, the results indicate a runoff is in the cards between George McKenna and Alex Johnson. Latest updates available at the County Clerk’s office.  2 5h hide  //  saveJust in:
by mike simpson / 11min 
6-3-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: My Personal Journey into Eduction Activism
With A Brooklyn Accent: My Personal Journey into Eduction ActivismMy journey into education activism began  in the Spring of 2003  when I was asked to start an oral history project documenting the African American presence in Bronx Neighborhoods, which had been neglected by scholars of Bronx History as well as African American History in New York City.  The project was embraced by scores of commun
by mike simpson / 13min 
6-4-14 The Whole Child Blog — The Dilemma of Choice — Whole Child Education
The Dilemma of Choice — Whole Child Education: The Dilemma of ChoiceJune 4, 2014 by Whole Child SymposiumThe decisions we make today—for our systems, our schools, and our classrooms—will affect what all of our tomorrows will look like. This spring, ASCD hosted its inaugural Whole Child Symposium, a series of in-person and online events in which experts, policymakers, teachers, and students discuss
by mike simpson / 15min 
empathyeducates – Discipline With Our Children in Mind
empathyeducates – Discipline With Our Children in Mind: Discipline With Our Children in MindHave you ever said, did, or been something that got you in trouble? If not as an adult perhaps, at the age of four you hugged a teacher. Might that be a crime? Surely, this act merits a school suspension. It is so cruel. But it cannot compare with what is unbearable – a two-year-old violated a school rule.
by mike simpson / 17min 
6-4-14 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: Why Your Evaluation Is DumbAs you contemplate your end of the year evaluation paperwork, you are probably thinking (and not for the first time), "This doesn't make any sense." And you are correct. Current practices in teacher evaluation do not make sense-- if you assume that the purpose of these evals is to actually evaluate teachers accurately and effectively.A good eval
by mike simpson / 18min 
6-4-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: UFT Members Spoke: The UFT Leadership Couldn't Do Any Better Than This Accountable Talk yesterday:Technically, the contract passed with 77% of the vote of UFT members. I predicted 75%, which was the exact percentage of teachers who voted yes. School secretaries, paras, and social workers, who are not subject to many of the provisions that regular teachers are, voted almost 8
by mike simpson / 19min 
Market-Based Newark, NJ School Reform Epitomizes Tragic Nationwide Trend | janresseger
Market-Based Newark, NJ School Reform Epitomizes Tragic Nationwide Trend | janresseger: Market-Based Newark, NJ School Reform Epitomizes Tragic Nationwide TrendPosted on June 4, 2014 by janressegerAmerican Indian boarding schoolsDale Russakoff’s May 19th, New Yorker magazine piece, Schooled, on the public schools of Newark, New Jersey, is very much worth reading. Russakoff describes “one of the na
by mike simpson / 25min 
Cursive writing sparks new Common Core battleground :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
Cursive writing sparks new Common Core battleground :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: JUNE 04, 2014Cursive writing sparks new Common Core battlegroundby Carrie Marovich(S.C.)  Fans of handwritten prose and elegant, linking letters may have been dealt a setback this week when a bill that would have mandated cursive writing instruction in South
by mike simpson / 32min 
Russ on Reading: Lessons for Corporate Education Reformers from Hamilton Township, NJ
Russ on Reading: Lessons for Corporate Education Reformers from Hamilton Township, NJ: Lessons for Corporate Education Reformers from Hamilton Township, NJHamilton Township, New Jersey Schools Superintendent, James Parla, took a brave step the other day when he addressed the issue of defacto segregation in his school district. According to an article on nj.com the school leader said:“Test scores a
by mike simpson / 33min 
NYC Educator: Hey, Mr. Mulgrew, Can You Pause the Gloating for a Moment to Consider This?
NYC Educator: Hey, Mr. Mulgrew, Can You Pause the Gloating for a Moment to Consider This?: Hey, Mr. Mulgrew, Can You Pause the Gloating for a Moment to Consider This?Dear Mr. Mulgrew,I think we all knew the contract would pass, not because it was a good contract, but because something looks better than nothing to a demoralized, post-Bloomberg workforce.  It is a sad commentary that we have spent a
by mike simpson / 55min 
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: At the Hideout: Mitchell explains how pension theft is constitutional
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: At the Hideout: Mitchell explains how pension theft is constitutional: At the Hideout: Mitchell explains how pension theft is constitutionalIt was monthly political junkie night again at the Hideout last night. This time around it was Ben and Mick engaging soon-to-be State Rep. Will Guzzardi, Rep. Christian Mitchell, and AFSCME lobbyist Adrian Alexander. The trio fou
by mike simpson / 58min 

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Michelle Obama and Why Teachers Need To Embrace Critique - The Jose Vilson
Michelle Obama and Why Teachers Need To Embrace Critique - The Jose Vilson: Michelle Obama and Why Teachers Need To Embrace CritiqueUS First Lady Michelle ObamaEvery time someone says something, anything, about teachers, without fail, a naysayer always nags how it’s a conspiracy against teachers as a whole. For instance, a recent commercial about the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum started w
by mike simpson / 11h 
The Future With the New UFT Contract.southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: The Future With the New UFT ContractThe Crack Team is down in the dumps. Sadly, the contract that the UFT negotiated for the teachers of New York was passed by a 3-1 margin. Instead of cursing the result The Crack Team decided to do something about it.We thought that rather than once again writing about why this contract was not good yet again,  it would be better
by mike simpson / 11h 
Ed Notes Online: SUPPORT LEONIE HAIMSON CLASS SIZE MATTERS BY ATTENDING SKINNY AWARDS DINNER
Ed Notes Online: SUPPORT LEONIE HAIMSON CLASS SIZE MATTERS BY ATTENDING SKINNY AWARDS DINNER: SUPPORT LEONIE HAIMSON CLASS SIZE MATTERS BY ATTENDING SKINNY AWARDS DINNERTime out from contract vote reporting for a word for a worthy cause.OK. It's time to ante up for Leonie and the great work she does in all our interests. And to support the awardees - the great Patrick Sullivan who  single-handedly
by mike simpson / 11h 
Report: Time to End Harmful, Exclusionary School Discipline Policies | NEA Today
Report: Time to End Harmful, Exclusionary School Discipline Policies | NEA Today: Report: Time to End Harmful, Exclusionary School Discipline PoliciesJune 3, 2014 by twalker  Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Mary Ellen FlanneryIt’s beyond time to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, concludes an authoritative report released this week by the Council of State Governments
by mike simpson / 14h 
Nite Cap 6-3-14 #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 CAPGeaux Teacher!: The Truth About New Orleans SchoolsGeaux Teacher!: The Truth About New Orleans Schools: The Truth About New Orleans SchoolsA repost from Louisiana Weekly written by Kari Dequine Harden who should be commended for uncovering and re
by mike simpson / 15h 
Geaux Teacher!: The Truth About New Orleans Schools
Geaux Teacher!: The Truth About New Orleans Schools: The Truth About New Orleans SchoolsA repost from Louisiana Weekly written by Kari Dequine Harden who should be commended for uncovering and reporting the facts about the privatization and failure of the New Orleans Recovery School District. Facts that the mainstream media has at their disposal but refuses to print.New Orleans nearing a ‘privatiz
by mike simpson / 16h 
The Lunacy of an Achievement Gap | Reclaim Reform
The Lunacy of an Achievement Gap | Reclaim Reform: The Lunacy of an Achievement GapPosted on June 3, 2014by Ken PrevitiHow did YOUR child score on…?Achievement gap? This commonplace term is, in reality, meaningless when children (little human beings) are measured by the federal, state and local mandated high stakes tests (all brands) that assume that their numbers are facts.Numbers are numbers. Fa
by mike simpson / 16h 
6-3-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: With A Brooklyn Accent: New York BATS Press Release Endorsing Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones
With A Brooklyn Accent: New York BATS Press Release Endorsing Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones: New York BATS Press Release Endorsing Howie Hawkins and Brian JonesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 2, 2014More Information Contact:Dr. Mark Naison, Co-Founder of BATsMarla Kilfoyle, General Manager, BATscontact.batmanager@gmail.comBadass Teachers Association -  http://www.badassteacher.org/After a vote of its
by mike simpson / 17h 
Stronger than the Scorn: How do NJ schools really stack up? | School Finance 101
Stronger than the Scorn: How do NJ schools really stack up? | School Finance 101: School Finance 101Data and thoughts on public and private school funding in the U.S.Stronger than the Scorn: How do NJ schools really stack up?Posted on June 3, 20140      Rate ThisThis is my end of school year review for New Jersey schools. Indeed much of the data in this post is from years prior. Nonetheless, these
by mike simpson / 18h 
Parents Are Not Helpless | Truth in American Education
Parents Are Not Helpless | Truth in American Education: Parents Are Not HelplessFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on June 3, 2014 • 0 Comments61Laurie H. Rogers yesterday wrote a piece entitled “The Myth of the Helpless Parent,”  she discussed how schools impress upon students “I can” statements, but that parents need to vocalize “we can” statements in light of schools that
by mike simpson / 19h 
How Safe is Data? | Missouri Education Watchdog
How Safe is Data? | Missouri Education Watchdog: How Safe is Data?inShareFrom epic.orgThe above information makes you wonder how much of student data has been hacked.  How easy is it to hack into student data?  Is any personal data safe?  How can your student’s information be used?  From What we fear is here ~ As seen with my own eyes:What we fear is here.  It’s not an InBloom leak – probably a lo
by mike simpson / 20h 
6-3-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: NPR; Not Such Neutral Reporting on Common CoreNPR has been getting dollars (a la the Seattle Times) for education reporting from the Gates Foundation.  And boy, does it show in their Common Core reporting.First, their FAQs on Common Core read a lot like what comes from Gates.  Two, they even have one FAQ "fact" wrong which is that Oklahoma has a bill goin
by mike simpson / 21h 
League of Women Voters in Florida bust charter school myths and the legislators who stand to profit | Seattle Education
League of Women Voters in Florida bust charter school myths and the legislators who stand to profit | Seattle Education: League of Women Voters in Florida bust charter school myths and the legislators who stand to profitFrom a press release provided by the League of Women Voters:State-Wide Study on School ChoiceTallahassee, Fla — Twenty percent of the state’s charter schools close because of finan
by mike simpson / 21h 
#AskArne Sixth-graders bill education officials for time spent as standardized test guinea pigs
Sixth-graders bill education officials for time spent as standardized test guinea pigs:  Sixth-graders bill education officials for time spent as standardized test guinea pigsJun 02, 2014 10:14am PDT by Laura Clawson74310After students in two sixth-grade math classes spent a week's worth of class time field-testing a new standardized test, they're demanding payment for their time. The Ipswich, Mas
by mike simpson / 21h 
My First ALEC Conference - Journey Into a Parallel World » Resist the Privatization of America
My First ALEC Conference - Journey Into a Parallel World » Resist the Privatization of America: My First ALEC Conference – Journey Into a Parallel World Monday, 02 June 2014Corporate agenda is clear at ALEC conferenceTaking the baton from Marc Pocan (now in the U.S. House),  State Rep. Chris Taylor is now the progressive WI democrat in ALEC. This report is written by her about her experience at th
by mike simpson / 21h 
My First ALEC Conference - Journey Into a Parallel World » Resist the Privatization of America
My First ALEC Conference - Journey Into a Parallel World » Resist the Privatization of America: My First ALEC Conference – Journey Into a Parallel World Monday, 02 June 2014Corporate agenda is clear at ALEC conferenceTaking the baton from Marc Pocan (now in the U.S. House),  State Rep. Chris Taylor is now the progressive WI democrat in ALEC. This report is written by her about her experience at th
by mike simpson / 21h 
6-3-14 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: Education primary focuses on reform and spendingThis Primary election in education: Reform and spending Voters in today’s primaries are faced with a laundry list of education issues as they head to the polls. School boards from some larger districts have vacant seats that are set to be fille
by mike simpson / 22h 
Illinois Requires Public Reporting of School Discipline Data | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity
Illinois Requires Public Reporting of School Discipline Data | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: Illinois Requires Public Reporting of School Discipline DataPosted on: Tuesday June 3rd, 2014Thanks to the organizing work of Voices of Youth in Chicago Education, the Illinois legislature has passed a new law requiring public reporting of school disc
by mike simpson / 22h 
Common Core: Why the curriculum doesn't match the standard | 89.3 KPCC
Common Core: Why the curriculum doesn't match the standard | 89.3 KPCC: Common Core: Why the curriculum doesn't match the standardCory Turner | NPR | June 3rd, 2014, 7:58amCory Turner/NPRJust some of the more than 700 math books that have been reviewed for Common Core alignment by professor William Schmidt and his team at Michigan State's Center for the Study of Curriculum.CommentsAdd your comment
by mike simpson / 22h 
Who Benefits From Teacher Turnover? | Taking Note
Who Benefits From Teacher Turnover? | Taking Note: Who Benefits From Teacher Turnover?by JOHN MERROW on 03. JUN, 2014 in 2014 BLOGS, TEACHING Because complex stories invariably involve both winners and losers, journalists are schooled to ask ‘“Who benefits?” when doing their reporting.  Even in the worst of situations, some people and organizations seem to end up benefiting. For example, in a city
by mike simpson / 22h 
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Labor vs. Labor: WFP's Endorsement of Gov. Cuomo stinks
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Labor vs. Labor: WFP's Endorsement of Gov. Cuomo stinks: Labor vs. Labor: WFP's Endorsement of Gov. Cuomo stinksCuomo at pro-charter rally in Albany, joins with charter hustlers & hedge-funders in attack on Mayor de Blasio.“It’s very simple at these political conventions: you either win or you lose. Uh, and I won...” -- Gov. CuomoThe ability of the system to buy-
by mike simpson / 22h 
Reform for Other People's Children - Bridging Differences - Education Week
Reform for Other People's Children - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Reform for Other People's ChildrenBy Guest Blogger on June 3, 2014 10:28 AMAuthor and advocate Mike Klonsky again writes to Deborah Meier today. This his final post before Bridging Differences takes its annual summer break. Deborah Meier will reply on Thursday."What the best and wisest parent wants for his child, that
by mike simpson / 23h 
Chetty Et Al…Are “Et” It “Al” Again! |
Chetty Et Al…Are “Et” It “Al” Again! |: Chetty Et Al…Are “Et” It “Al” Again!As per a recent post about Raj Chetty, the fantabulous study he and his colleagues (i.e., Chetty, Friedman, and Rockoff) “Keep on Giving…,” and a recent set of emails exchanged among Raj, Diane, and me about their (implied) nobel-worthy work in this area, given said fantabulous study, it seems Chetty et al are “et” it “al”
by mike simpson / 23h 
Morning Wink 6-3-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTS6-3-14 The Whole Child Blog — Throughout Summer: Making a Difference — Whole Child EducationThroughout 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
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