Saturday, June 7, 2014

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6-7-14 Jersey Jazzman NJ Ed News Round-up Jammin' All Week
Jersey Jazzman:Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekSo Why Didn't the Police Ever Investigate Michelle Rhee?Remember the "amusing" story of how Michelle Rhee, in her first year of teaching in Baltimore, taped her students' mouths shut? How she tried to find the "humor" in making her second graders bleed? Remember when Alex Russo told us, when he heard about the story: "I'm not s
by mike simpson / 13min 
6-7-13 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION:Curmudgucation WeekData-Driven DiscriminationIf you needed any more reason to be wary of the massive upsuck of student data from the education system, The Weekly Wonk offers more reason to fear our Data Overlords.  Seeta Peña Gangadharan, and Samuel Woolley, a pair of data wonks, have written "Decoding Discrimination in the Digital Age," a brief overview of some of the con
by mike simpson / 17min 
6-7-14 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 EducationOpinion: Chancellor Should Take a Stand on Field Testing | WNYCSchools Chancellor Carmen Fariña missed a crucial opportunity this week, as field tests started in schools across the city. She should have told parents and school leaders that they could choose whether to let their children part
by mike simpson / 20min 
6-7-14 THE WHOLE WEEK @ The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education:THE WHOLE WEEK @ The Whole Child Blog Free Webinar: Technology Integration to Meet the Needs of the Common CoreJoin ASCD Faculty member Andrew Miller for an exciting, free webinar to learn how to integrate technology in your classroom to support students' needs and the Common Core. Monday, June 9, 2014, 3:00 p.m. eastern time Register now! In this webin
by mike simpson / 21min 
6-7-14 This Week in 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):Ca’s reduction of student suspensions leads most statesVia EdSource | By Susan Frey A report released this week by The Council of State Governments Justice Center calls on school districts across the nation to hold themselves accountable for a positive school climate as well as test scores. “Research and d
by mike simpson / 23min 
6-7-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida ALL Week
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education:Scathing Purple Musings  Color me purple in Florida ALL WeekRick 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.
by mike simpson / 25min 
All Week @ The Answer Sheet 6-7-14
The Answer Sheet:All Week @ The Answer SheetNewseum in D.C. to create free 9/11 curriculum for teachersIn an effort to teach current and future generations of young people about what happened to the United States in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the Newseum in Washington D.C. will create a new interactive online curriculum that will be available for free to teachers and students everywh
by mike simpson / 27min 
6-7-14 Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership Society All Week
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog:Schooling in the Ownership SocietyMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership SocietyBridging DifferencesQuick Review: 'Exit Strategy' Looks At A Doomed SchoolGuest blogger Susan Klonsky reviews Exit Strategy If there has been another theater piece about the impact of school closings,  I haven’t heard about it. Ike Holter’s Exit Strategy at Jackalope Theater t
by mike simpson / 29min 
6-7-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?:  Wait What? All WeekIpswich, Mass sixth grade students demand payment for taking Common Core Field TestsIn a Boston Tea Party like moment, a group of sixth-grade students from Ipswich, Massachusetts are making a stand.  Like Connecticut’s public schools students, they were used as unpaid lab rats in this spring’s Common Core test of the test. Under the laws and regulations of the Unite
by mike simpson / 33min 
6-7-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumSeattle Schools and SecurityA reader put up a letter from Queen Anne Elementary principal, David Elliott, that was written in light of yesterday's Seattle Pacific U shootings (QA Elementary is fairly close by as is Coe Elementary).  Mr. Elliott calmly explains what they did once the event became known to this (and this happened as scho
by mike simpson / 38min 
6-7-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineFred Smith Calls Farina on Field Test Waste of Learning TimeFrom Schoolbook. Go Fred. No time now but I will add to this later about the Bronx teacher who was fired years ago because 4 of his 8th grade classes refused to take the field tests. Search ed notes for Doug Avella if interested. I've been too busy with the contract stuff so have neglected the great work Fr
by mike simpson / 40min 
6-7-14 Fred All Week 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.: Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacherTen minute drawing. Rahm’s city of lights.by Fred Klonsky / 12min Keeping retirement weird. The kids play their ukes with the old guy.  The west end of the parking lot of the huge old Harrison High School in Little Village was fil
by mike simpson / 42min 
6-7-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekZephyr Teachout Wants To Make Testing/Teacher Evaluation Protest A Centerpiece Of An Anti-Cuomo CampaignJummy Vielkind at Capital NY:ALBANY—Zephyr Teachout says it will be at least another week before she decides whether to mount a left-flank challenge to Governor Andrew Cuomo. “My decision is based on whether I can put together the resources to mou
by mike simpson / 45min 
6-7-14 the becoming radical EMPATHYEDUCATES! | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
THE BECOMING RADICALRadical ScholarshipEMPATHYEDUCATES!the becoming radical  A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by Death to Common Core! Long Live Failed Education Policy!From the beginning of the call for and debate about Common Core, I have taken a clear stand against the promise of standards-based reform; for example, Why Common Standards Won’t Work: A call for national standards ensures that w
by mike simpson / 47min 
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-7-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT  New Orleans Rebuilds Education System With Charter Schoolsfrom the PBS NewsHour |http://to.pbs.org/1kKIFb1 June 5, 2014 at 6:29 PM EDT  ::  On September, New Orleans will be the country’s first all-charter school district. The evolution was accelerated after Hurricane Katrina, when state officials and others s
by mike simpson / 57min 
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 6-7-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYThe Best Social Studies Sites Of 2014 — So FarHere’s one more in my series of mid-year “Best” lists (you can see all 1,300 of the lists here). You might also be interested in these previous posts: The “All-Time” Best Social Studies Sites The Best Social Studies Sites Of 2013 – Part Two The
by mike simpson / 1h 
This Week's Education Research Report 5-31-14 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTInteractive teaching methods help students master tricky calculusThe key to helping students learn complicated math is to understand how to apply it to new ideas and make learning more interactive, according to a new study by UBC researchers. Pre-class assignments, small group discussions and clicker quizzes improve students’ ability to
by mike simpson / 1h 
6-7-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter:  Schools Matter All WeekArne and the summer slidePosted on: http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2014/06/05/the-impact-of-the-summer-slide/ Arne Duncan has suggested that year-round school is the solution to the summer slide.  Thanks to the common core, year-round school will make things worse. Research tells us that those living in poverty have the least access to books. Students livin
by mike simpson / 1h 
All Week 6-7-14 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE : All Week @ THE CHALK FACE Dr. Krashen’s Solutions Work! Preempt “summer learning loss” by addressing poverty, and ensuring access to books!Providing more access to interesting reading material by investing in public libraries and librarians is an excellent way to deal with summer learning loss. — Dr. Stephen D. Krashen Let’s talk about serendipity. This morning at teacher sent m
by mike simpson / 1h 
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 6-7-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGGeorge Joseph: Exposé of Trafficking in TeachersThis is an amazing story, written by investigative reporter George Joseph. It seems there are recruitment agencies that go to other nations, the Philippines especially, hire good teachers, charge outrageous placement fees, and send them to work in American schools. He writes
by mike simpson / 1h 

YESTERDAY

Nite Cap 6-6-14 #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 CAPWe Don’t Have Time To Wait For Schools to Improve. But Real Change Happens Slowly. And There Are No Cookie-Cutter Solutions. | Gatsby In L.A.We Don’t Have Time To Wait For Schools to Improve. But Real Change Happens Slowly. And There Are No Cooki
by mike simpson / 15h 
We Don’t Have Time To Wait For Schools to Improve. But Real Change Happens Slowly. And There Are No Cookie-Cutter Solutions. | Gatsby In L.A.
We Don’t Have Time To Wait For Schools to Improve. But Real Change Happens Slowly. And There Are No Cookie-Cutter Solutions. | Gatsby In L.A.: We Don’t Have Time To Wait For Schools to Improve. But Real Change Happens Slowly. And There Are No Cookie-Cutter Solutions. “There’s no harder thing than being a teacher in South L.A.,” Robert Vidaña says bluntly as we squeeze interviews into his packed sc
by mike simpson / 15h 
Jindal Already Fell Off the Common Core Tightrope | Truth in American Education
Jindal Already Fell Off the Common Core Tightrope | Truth in American Education: Jindal Already Fell Off the Common Core TightropeFiled in Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level by Shane Vander Hart on June 6, 2014 • 0 Comments1051Jeff Sadow has a piece up at The Hayridethat discusses the tightrope that Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA) has taken on the Common Core State Standards.  At f
by mike simpson / 17h 
Shanker Blog » A Moral Panic Over Real Accountabilty?
Shanker Blog » A Moral Panic Over Real Accountabilty?: A Moral Panic Over Real Accountability?Posted by Leo Casey on June 6, 2014The late conservative British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was famous for declaring “there is no alternative” as she executed her laissez-faire economic policies of austerity and privatization, redistributing wealth and helping to concentrate power into the hands of
by mike simpson / 17h 
6-6-14 Jersey Jazzman : : So Why Didn't the Police Ever Investigate Michelle Rhee?
Jersey Jazzman: So Why Didn't the Police Ever Investigate Michelle Rhee?: So Why Didn't the Police Ever Investigate Michelle Rhee?Remember the "amusing" story of how Michelle Rhee, in her first year of teaching in Baltimore, taped her students' mouths shut? How she tried to find the "humor" in making her second graders bleed? Remember when Alex Russo told us, when he heard abou
by mike simpson / 17h 
Celebrating parent voice! Parents: We believe in public schools | Parents United for Public Education
Celebrating parent voice! Parents: We believe in public schools | Parents United for Public Education: Celebrating parent voice! Parents: We believe in public schoolsPosted on June 6, 2014 by PARENTSUNITEDPHILALeave a commentYesterday parent at the Luis Muñoz Marìn School voted last night 223-70 to remain a District public school. The vote mirrored a similar blow-out vote by parents at the Edward
by mike simpson / 17h 
New Orleans nearing a ‘privatized’ public school system | New Orleans' Multicultural News Source | The Louisiana Weekly
New Orleans nearing a ‘privatized’ public school system | New Orleans' Multicultural News Source | The Louisiana Weekly: New Orleans nearing a ‘privatized’ public school system2nd June 2014   ·   0 CommentsinShare73By Kari Dequine HardenContributing WriterEditor’s Note: This story has been updated with additional comments and reporting that does not appear in the print edition.As the Recovery Scho
by mike simpson / 18h 
Ed Roundup for 6-6-14 - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
Ed Roundup for 6-6-14 - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): Education Roundup for the Week Ending June 6, 2014SACRAMENTO—The California Department of Education (CDE) today issued this week's roundup of education-related announcements of public interest.California Schools Awarded Health Science Pathway GrantsTo help California to address the critical shortage of workers in the healthcare industry, th
by mike simpson / 19h 
6-6-14 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Louisiana Showcases Utter Failure of School "Reform"The New Orleans Recovery School District has proven (again) that Reformsters cannot deliver on a single one of their promises.What I'm reporting today has been reported elsewhere-- in particular I recommend Michael Deshotels' report on his blog Louisiana Educator-- but there are some pieces of news that need to be repeat
by mike simpson / 21h 
Russ on Reading: I Blog; therefore, I Am
Russ on Reading: I Blog; therefore, I Am: I Blog; therefore, I Am       Descartes said, “I think; therefore, I am.” I want our students to say, “I read and write; therefore, I can think.”Rene DescartesYesterday I managed to get myself in the middle of a heated discussion with several of my colleagues over how learning takes place. It was a seminar provided by my university for teachers who frequen
by mike simpson / 21h 
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: QUICK REVIEW: “EXIT STRATEGY” LOOKS AT A DOOMED SCHOOL
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: QUICK REVIEW: “EXIT STRATEGY” LOOKS AT A DOOMED SCHOOL: QUICK REVIEW: “EXIT STRATEGY” LOOKS AT A DOOMED SCHOOLGuest blogger Susan Klonsky reviews Exit Strategy If there has been another theater piece about the impact of school closings,  I haven’t heard about it. Ike Holter’s “Exit Strategy” at Jackalope Theater takes place entirely in the teachers’ lounge of a dilap
by mike simpson / 21h 
6-6-14 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: More than 300 CA organizations back Common CoreHundreds of organizations sign statement backing Common Core More than 300 California business, nonprofit and children’s groups have signed a statement supporting the Common Core State Standards and staying the course amid the discord over Commo
by mike simpson / 21h 
CTA Supporting Professional Capital: Part 1 | InterACT
CTA Supporting Professional Capital: Part 1 | InterACT: CTA Supporting Professional Capital: Part 1JUNE 6, 2014tags: CTA, evaluation, Miraglia, professional capitalby ACT Guest Blog PostsChris MiragliaToday’s guest blog post comes from Chris Miraglia. Chris is an intermediate school US history teacher from Santa Ana USD.  A prior contributor and frequent commenter at this blog, Chris also writes a
by mike simpson / 21h 
NYC Public School Parents: Crisis in school overcrowding; likely to be even worse in future if proposed capital plan adopted
NYC Public School Parents: Crisis in school overcrowding; likely to be even worse in future if proposed capital plan adopted: Crisis in school overcrowding; likely to be even worse in future if proposed capital plan adoptedFor immediate release:                                     June 5, 2014 For more information: Leonie Haimson, leonie@classsizematters.org; 917-435-9329Nearly half a million NYC
by mike simpson / 21h 
6-6-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadTomorrow is the Board retreat; that should be interesting to attend.  It's from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm at the JSCEE.  Agenda.  It appears the bell time analysis is to be presented in the morning and prioritized.  After the math adoption, I'm sure there are priorities to be shifted.  They have lunch at 12:30 and start work again on priorities at 12:45
by mike simpson / 22h 
6-4-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? Malloy must take responsibility for many of the these hospital layoffsWhen Governor Malloy proposed his bait and switch “provider tax” strategy he promised hospitals that they would be “held harmless.”  The goal he said was simply to maximize federal reimbursement rates. But two years later, the impact of Malloy’s decision to renege on that promise is leading to massive layo
by mike simpson / 22h 
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-6-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: OpEd: LAUSD MUST USE FUNDING TO SUPPORT FOSTER YOUTH + smf’s 2¢Guest Commentary by Andrea Zetlin in the LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/1pLyMvs 6/5/14, 9:05 AM PST  ::  On any given day, there are approximately 55,000 children and youth in foster care in California. Although they comprise about one percent of the total student population served by our pub
by mike simpson / 22h 
6-6-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: I Now Have a Facebook PageI now have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bymercedeskschneider The page features my book, A Chronicle of Echoes, and my blog, . As of this writing, my page has 91 likes. I even have my first hashtag:  #chronicleofechoes I still have no Twitter account. Twitter moves so fast with its little messages, and I haven’t time to keep up […]2 by deutsc
by mike simpson / 22h 
6-6-14 The Whole Child Blog — Free Webinar: Technology Integration to Meet the Needs of the Common Core — Whole Child Education
Free Webinar: Technology Integration to Meet the Needs of the Common Core — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGFree Webinar: Technology Integration to Meet the Needs of the Common CoreJune 6, 2014 by Klea ScharbergJoin ASCD Faculty member Andrew Miller for an exciting, free webinar to learn how to integrate technology in your classroom to support students' needs and the Common Core.Monday,
by mike simpson / 22h 
What Can The GM Experience Teach Us? | Missouri Education Watchdog
What Can The GM Experience Teach Us? | Missouri Education Watchdog: What Can The GM Experience Teach Us?inShareBusiness leaders in Missouri have sounded an alarm. They cannot find the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) talent they need to stay competitive.So says a Vital Signs report by Change The Equation whose members are the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies who are committed t
by mike simpson / 22h 
6-6-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2014 – So FarIt’s that time of year again when I start posting mid-year “The Best….” lists. There are over 1,300 lists now.  You can see them all here. As usual, in order to make this list, a site had to be: * accessible to English Language Learners and non-tech savvy users. *
by mike simpson / 23h 
6-6-14 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.: Hinsdale board member: Our salary and benefits should be lower than other districts.As I have been reporting, Hinsdale High School District teachers gave their union leadership full backing last week in the union’s bargaining with their board. With nearly every member voting, a strike authorization vo
by mike simpson / 23h 
I Now Have a Facebook Page | deutsch29
I Now Have a Facebook Page | deutsch29: I Now Have a Facebook PageJune 6, 2014I now have a Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/bymercedeskschneiderThe page features my book, A Chronicle of Echoes, and my blog. As of this writing, my page has 91 likes.I even have my first hashtag:  #chronicleofechoesI still have no Twitter account. Twitter moves so fast with its little messages, and I haven’t ti
by mike simpson / 23h 
Morning Wink 6-6-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTS6-6-14 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): Death to Common Core! Long Live Failed Education Policy!From the beginning of the call for and
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