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Monday, June 9, 2014

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6-9-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Listening to a Teacher from a “No Excuses” Charter SchoolValerie Strauss has raised a key problem with the education reform movement in the U.S.: The central experts in the education system, teachers, are essentially ignored. I have a long history now of rejecting the ch
by mike simpson / 3min 
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-9-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Jeff Bryant: The Unwinding of “School Reform”Jeff Bryant demonstrates that “school reform” (aka privatization) has hit a rough patch. Despite the giant publicity machine of the well-funded “reformers,” their claims are falling apart. Louisiana’s all-charter Recovery School District is in fact one of the lowest performing districts
by mike simpson / 6min 
Answer Sheet 6-9-14
Answer Sheet: Ravitch: Time for Congress to investigate Bill Gates’ role in Common CoreThe critical role that Bill Gates played in the creation and implementation of the Common Core State Standards initiative is the subject of this story by my Post colleague Lyndsey Layton. She explains how Gates was persuaded  in 2008 by  Gene Wilhoit, then-director of the Council for Chief State School Officers,
by mike simpson / 9min 
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: DYETT HIGH SCHOOL SET TO CLOSE
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DYETT HIGH SCHOOL SET TO CLOSE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DYETT HIGH SCHOOL SET TO CLOSEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Jitu Brown, 773.317.6343E-mail: brothajitu@gmail.comMONDAY, JUNE 9, 2014                                          Walter Dyett High School Set to Close, Making Way for an Underperforming Contract SchoolParents and Students Charge
by mike simpson / 11min 
6-9-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: My Latest NY Times Post For English Language Learners Is On PetsMy latest NY Times post for English Language Learners features a student interactive on pets. It also shares teaching ideas for writing, drawing and creating videos about family pets. You can see all forty-two of my previous NY Times posts here.by Larry Ferlazz
by mike simpson / 13min 
6-9-14 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.: 1. Suleyman Turhanogullari, president of the Turkish American Federation of the Midwest. 2. Salim Ucan of Concept Schools3. F*ck You, Lewis!4. Bilal Eksili, of the FBI-raided charter in Indianapolis. Also associated with Niagara. Leader of many, many junkets for policymakers.5. Tamer Copuroglu, presid
by mike simpson / 15min 
Why Would WashPost Wait Three Months to Release a Gates Interview? | deutsch29
Why Would WashPost Wait Three Months to Release a Gates Interview? | deutsch29: Why Would WashPost Wait Three Months to Release a Gates Interview?June 9, 2014On Saturday, June 7, 2014, Lyndsey Layton of the Washington Post published this article based on a 28-minute interview she had with billionaire Common Core State Standards (CCSS) funder, Bill Gates. In the interview, Gates spills quite a bit
by mike simpson / 21min 
6-9-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Maxine Greene and the “Frozen Sea Inside of Us”Maxine Greene and the “Frozen Sea Inside of Us”. via Maxine Greene and the “Frozen Sea Inside of Us”.4 by plthomasedd / 2h hide  //  saveYESTERDAYWhy Would WashPost Wait Three Months to Release a Gates Interview?On Saturday, June 7, 2014, Lyndsey Layton of the Washington Post published this article based on a 28-minute interview she
by mike simpson / 26min 
6-9-13 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Never Mind the SATToday's Slate includes an intriguing report of the non-traditional application process for Bard College. Rebecca Shuman presents the new elective small-college alternative:Bard College, a highly selective liberal-arts school in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, is about to enter the second year of a revolutionary college-admissions experiment: four wickedly challengi
by mike simpson / 28min 
6-9-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: UFT President Mulgrew Takes On The Test From State of Politics:At 10 a.m., UFT President Michael Mulgrew will be joined by Sen. Adriano Espaillat, Assemblymen Karim Camara, Ron Kim, and other legislators to announce the introduction a bill that would mandate the use of multiple academic measures rather than the current single multiple-choice test, Stuyvesant High School, 345
by mike simpson / 30min 
Feminist high school boys declare: “I am a feminist” « Feminist Teacher
Feminist high school boys declare: “I am a feminist” « Feminist Teacher: Feminist high school boys declare: “I am a feminist”Thinks boys can’t be feminists? The seven boys who have taken my high school feminism class in the last two years disagree. They even got together to make a video to share the ways in which feminism has made an impact on their lives as young men.“My reason for taking the fem
by mike simpson / 34min 
Louisiana Educator: The New Bill Gates Public Education System
Louisiana Educator: The New Bill Gates Public Education System: The New Bill Gates Public Education SystemThis blockbuster article in the Washington Post gives the true history of the Common Core Standards. It shows how the entire public education system has been bought out, bullied, and snookered into a huge ill advised change in policy by one super wealthy, arrogant school dropout! If you really
by mike simpson / 38min 
Philly Rally for Full Funding, Local Control and a Nurse in Every School | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity
Philly Rally for Full Funding, Local Control and a Nurse in Every School | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: Philly Rally for Full Funding, Local Control and a Nurse in Every SchoolPosted on: Monday June 9th, 2014Govs. Corbett and Christie Are Coming to Philadelphia.Join Us for a Rally to Demand Full Funding, Local Control!At the Union League at
by mike simpson / 41min 
We Can Identify Likely Dropouts and Ensure They Stay in School to Graduate | janresseger
We Can Identify Likely Dropouts and Ensure They Stay in School to Graduate | janresseger: We Can Identify Likely Dropouts and Ensure They Stay in School to GraduatePosted on June 9, 2014 by janressegerRobert Balfanz, who directs the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University,reported in Saturday’s NY Times that “half of the African-American boys who veer off the path to high school grad
by mike simpson / 44min 
5 things you should know about L.A. schools' budget debate | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
5 things you should know about L.A. schools' budget debate | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: 5 things you should know about L.A. schools' budget debateAnnie Gilbertson | June 9th, 2014, 5:00amKen Teegardin/flickr Creative CommonsLos Angeles Unified school board will debate Tuesday how to spend next year's $6.8 billion dollar budget. It includes an estimated $332 million bump from Sacramento, a portion of
by mike simpson / 47min 
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESIs Rahm toast?Maggie HabermanIn Chicago, [Rahm Emanuel]is the ham-fisted gentrifer who’s been tripped up by the city’s entrenched racial politics. -- PoliticoEric Levitz at SalonBut a political system designed for gridlock, the grossly disproportionate influence of the rich, and Americans’ ideological aversion to class politics con
by mike simpson / 49min 

YESTERDAY

SKrashen: LA Times editorial and some reactions re bilingual education and SB 1174
SKrashen: LA Times editorial and some reactions re bilingual education and SB 1174: LA Times editorial and some reactions re bilingual education and SB 1174" Over the last 16 years, academic research has largely found that good bilingual programs are just as effective at teaching English skills, and often slightly better at it, than classes that immerse students in English."This is bette
by mike simpson / 8h 
Spring Cleaning at the NYCDOE southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Spring Cleaning at the NYCDOECome one, come all to the; NYCDOE SPRING CLEANING RALLY!This Tuesday, June 10, 2014 from 4:30-5 PM EDT in front of the Tweed Courthouse on Chambers St. (Take 4, 5, or 6to City Hall or A train toChambers St.)Endorsed by DTOE, MORE, Change the Stakes, and the Badass Teacher's Association.The hundreds of lawyers hired by the Bloomberg admi
by mike simpson / 8h 
To Jindal: Dump Common Core, PARCC, and White | deutsch29
To Jindal: Dump Common Core, PARCC, and White | deutsch29: To Jindal: Dump Common Core, PARCC,and WhiteJune 8, 2014Governor Bobby Jindal is apparently trying to muster up the courage to remove Louisiana from the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and associated Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) assessments that he signed Louisiana on for in the first place.Of c
by mike simpson / 8h 
Can you get fired for talking to a reporter? | Twin Cities Daily Planet
Can you get fired for talking to a reporter? | Twin Cities Daily Planet: Can you get fired for talking to a reporter?By Sarah Lahm, TC Daily PlanetJune 08, 2014So, what’s it like working for the clampdown?For the past few weeks, I’ve wanted to pose this question to my friends and contacts who work for the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS).Why? Because the district, via communications chief Stan All
by mike simpson / 10h 
The “Almost Outrageous” Opposition to Bill Gates’ Market-Based Ed Reform | Educating The Gates Foundation
The “Almost Outrageous” Opposition to Bill Gates’ Market-Based Ed Reform | Educating The Gates Foundation: THE “ALMOST OUTRAGEOUS” OPPOSITION TO BILL GATES’ MARKET-BASED ED REFORMLindsey Layton inteviewed Bill Gates about his involvement in the Common Core,ending her article with Bill and Melinda’s motivation behind their financial backing of it. Lindsey reports:“Gates dismissed any suggestion tha
by mike simpson / 12h 
6-8-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Will politics prevent justice from being served – the Kenneth Moales Story Continues - Wait What?:   Wait What? All WeekWill politics prevent justice from being served – the Kenneth Moales Story ContinuesThe controversy surrounding Reverend Kenneth Moales, Jr. expands even further Documents on file with the Connecticut Superior Court and the City of Bridgeport reveal that while Reverend Kenneth Mo
by mike simpson / 13h 
On watching “Mr. Holland’s Opus” in Jersey in June | Bob Braun's Ledger
On watching “Mr. Holland’s Opus” in Jersey in June | Bob Braun's Ledger: On watching “Mr. Holland’s Opus” in Jersey in JuneThe fictionThe realityBy now, hundreds of teachers throughout the state, most non-tenured, have received non-renewal notices. A few tenured teachers also are likely to lose jobs because their positions have been eliminated. But thousands of older, more experienced teachers hav
by mike simpson / 13h 
Nite Cap 6-8-14 #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 CAP6-8-14 Jersey Jazzman Chartery Snake Oil: Tennessee GradeJersey Jazzman: Chartery Snake Oil: Tennessee Grade: Chartery Snake Oil: Tennessee GradeYou know what really bugs me these days? Especially in the world of education "reform"?Smug
by mike simpson / 15h 
6-8-14 Jersey Jazzman Chartery Snake Oil: Tennessee Grade
Jersey Jazzman: Chartery Snake Oil: Tennessee Grade: Chartery Snake Oil: Tennessee GradeYou know what really bugs me these days? Especially in the world of education "reform"?Smugness.I'm not talking about pride. Pride is great (to a point). Everyone who works at a school should be proud of their students, their staff, their leaders. If you talk up the good things happening at your schoo
by mike simpson / 17h 
Common Core Does Include Data Collection. It’s the Foundation for the Data & Accountability Systems. | Missouri Education Watchdog
Common Core Does Include Data Collection. It’s the Foundation for the Data & Accountability Systems. | Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core Does Include Data Collection. It’s the Foundation for the Data & Accountability Systems.inSharePut away those tin foil hats.  It’s confirmed.  Data tracking will be done (if it’s not already) on your child without your permission.  Here’s a memo to
by mike simpson / 17h 
Just My Imagination Running Away With Me (A Post-CCSS World) - The Jose Vilson
Just My Imagination Running Away With Me (A Post-CCSS World) - The Jose Vilson: Just My Imagination Running Away With Me (A Post-CCSS World)The TemptationsI‘ve seen this article in my e-mails and feeds no less than ten times this morning. Much of this is old news for me since, if you’ve put all the pieces together for the last four years, it’s fairly obvious just how invested Bill Gates has been i
by mike simpson / 17h 
Rift Deepens Over Claims of Infiltration by Islamic Extremists in British Schools - NYTimes.com
Rift Deepens Over Claims of Infiltration by Islamic Extremists in British Schools - NYTimes.com: Rift Deepens Over Claims of Infiltration by Islamic Extremists in British SchoolsA dispute over how to combat the threat of homegrown Islamic extremism in British schools has provoked a political crisis, prompting the personal intervention of Prime Minister David Cameron, a public apology from one seni
by mike simpson / 17h 
Klonsky, Dillon, Brown and me: Conversation regarding leadership, communication and membership of the Illinois Education Association | Reclaim Reform
Klonsky, Dillon, Brown and me: Conversation regarding leadership, communication and membership of the Illinois Education Association | Reclaim Reform: Klonsky, Dillon, Brown and me: Conversation regarding leadership, communication and membership of the Illinois Education AssociationPosted on June 8, 2014by Ken PrevitiPart of continuing conversation among retired teachers, activists and bloggers Fr
by mike simpson / 19h 
Stop Holding Us Back - NYTimes.com
Stop Holding Us Back - NYTimes.com: Stop Holding Us BackBy ROBERT BALFANZ This month, more than three million high school students will receive their diplomas. At more than 80 percent, America’s graduation rate is at a record high. More kids are going to college, too. But one-third of the nation’s African-American and Latino young men will not graduate.In an era when there is virtually no legal wo
by mike simpson / 20h 
6-8-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools' Math Adoption: What's Happening at Your School?A reader suggested that we start a thread and try to keep track of what is happening at all the K-5/K-8s vis a vis the math adoption.  There are 59 elementary schools and 10 K-8s so I'm not going to try to list them all here. In the Comments Section, note your school, what you are hearing at your schoo
by mike simpson / 20h 
Parent Horror Stories from BASIS: Corporate Charter Hurting Children? | Cloaking Inequity
Parent Horror Stories from BASIS: Corporate Charter Hurting Children? | Cloaking Inequity: Parent Horror Stories from BASIS: Corporate Charter Hurting Children?Today I am blogging about two parent horror stories from BASIS. Let me just warn you, after hearing parents talk about what happened to their children at BASIS, you will likely be in a surly mood learning about this corporate (quasi-for pro
by mike simpson / 20h 
Capitalism vs. education: Why our free-market obsession is wrecking the future - Salon.com
Capitalism vs. education: Why our free-market obsession is wrecking the future - Salon.com: Capitalism vs. education: Why our free-market obsession is wrecking the futureMarket-based education reform has become a mainstay of American politics — and it's a disaster waiting to happenMichelle Rhee, Karl Marx, Michael Bloomberg (Credit: Reuters/Hyungwon Kang/Wikimedia/Jonathan Ernst/Salon)The 2014 Sta
by mike simpson / 21h 
Mother Crusader: Guest Post: Melissa Katz Debunks JerseyCAN's Common Core Cheerleading
Mother Crusader: Guest Post: Melissa Katz Debunks JerseyCAN's Common Core Cheerleading: Guest Post: Melissa Katz Debunks JerseyCAN's Common Core CheerleadingOn June 4th, the State Board of Education convened for another fun round of discussion about the education reforms proposed (and partially implemented already) to drastically change the face of education as we know it. The State Board of Educa
by mike simpson / 21h 
Teachers Putting Reforms into Practice: “The Implementation Problem” | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Teachers Putting Reforms into Practice: “The Implementation Problem” | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Teachers Putting Reforms into Practice: “The Implementation Problem”Guess who wrote these paragraphs.I’ve been struck of late by how would-be reformers have been reacting when things go awry. After all, even some of those bullish on Race to the Top have privately conceded tha
by mike simpson / 22h 
Morning Wink 6-8-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTS4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-8-144LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: SCHOOL BOARD RIVALS MUST ACT QUICKLY: George McKenna, Alex Johnson seek funding, endorsements in L.A. Unified race; Two unions face tough choiceBY HOWARD BLUME, LA Times |  http://lat.ms/1uEMAYH George McKenna, above, and Alex Johnson are headed for a runoff. Pub
by mike simpson / 23h 





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