James Baldwin said it best:
"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."
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After Thousand of Years, #China Changing Mind on #Testing ? #edreform | Cloaking Inequity
After Thousand of Years, #China Changing Mind on #Testing ? #edreform | Cloaking Inequity: After Thousand of Years, #China Changing Mind on #Testing ? #edreformI leave for China tomorrow. I will be accompanying the Teachers of the Year from several states as an NEA Foundation Global Fellow. We will visit schools in the Middle Kingdom over the next eight days.This will be my third trip to China. My
6/19/2014 – Dirty Secret In The Education Wars
6/19/2014 – Dirty Secret In The Education Wars: 6/19/2014 – Dirty Secret In The Education WarsJune 19, 2014 SubscribeTHIS WEEK: Breaking The School-To-Prison Pipeline … Business Leaders Don’t Know Education … Schools Hit In Recovery … Tests Are For Profits … How To Stop College DebtTOP STORYDirty Secret In The Education Wars: Money MattersBy Jeff Bryant“The dirty, little secret in America’s educat
NYC Educator: Little? Or Nothing?
NYC Educator: Little? Or Nothing?: Little? Or Nothing?There's a deal in place with Governor Cuomo to shield some teachers from Common Core junk science ratings. This is positive for those who are rated ineffective or developing due to Common Core junk science. Regrettably, those who are rated ineffective or developing due tonon-Common Core junk science are out of luck.John King isn't worried about
6-18-14 The Whole Child Blog — Insights on Making a Difference
Home Page — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGInsights on Making a DifferenceJune 19, 2014 by Klea ScharbergTeachers work every day for the benefit of their students. Learn how other educators make a difference in students' lives and learning in a special summer issue ofEducational Leadership and get inspired. This digital issue gives you instant access to stories about individuals, teams
6-18-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Randi Influence Over NYSUT and Cuomo Endorsement? Peter Goodman vs Mercedes SchneiderNot endorsing is not the same as opposing and the majority of NYSUT local presidents oppose Cuomo.... Beth DiminoThere are some interesting posts up at Education Bloggers Network Central (bloggers plugged into the Ravitch network).Mercedes Schneider, a Randi Weingarten critic based in Louisiana, b
Choosing Democracy: Local Control Funding and Sac City Unified Board
Choosing Democracy: Local Control Funding and Sac City Unified Board: Local Control Funding and Sac City Unified BoardSacramento City Unified Board meeting tonight. 6 PM. Serna Center.At the June 5 meeting, the Community Priorities Coalition presented the board with alternatives.Funding of California’s k-12 public education system is changing fundamentally. Some schools will get much more money
Would You Recognize Real Parent and Community Engagement If It Jumped Up and Bit You on Your Butt?
Would You Recognize Real Parent and Community Engagement If It Jumped Up and Bite You on Your Butt?Tonight SCUSD has an opportunity to support real parent and community engagement and authorize a New Charter School at the old Joseph Bonnheim Elementary site. The Plan has the support of students, parents and community leaders. From SacBee article Parents want to convert closed Sacramento campus int
6-19-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? Malloy fails to make a real difference with home foreclosure crisisSearch the state database of the hundreds of press releases that Governor Malloy has over the past three and a half years and you’ll find numerous PR documents bragging that the Malloy administration was successfully fighting to protect Connecticut families from the predatory foreclosure practices of banks an
Unidentified Bloggers Defending Themselves Anonymously |
Unidentified Bloggers Defending Themselves Anonymously |: Unidentified Bloggers Defending Themselves Anonymously“People should stand behind their own words…that’s doubly-true of people in public life.”For those of you who missed it, about two weeks ago Diane Ravitch posted a piece about (and including) a set of emails exchanged between Diane, Raj Chetty, and me about Chetty et al.’s now infamous s
Almost One Half of Americans Haven’t Heard of Common Core | Truth in American Education
Almost One Half of Americans Haven’t Heard of Common Core | Truth in American Education: Almost One Half of Americans Haven’t Heard of Common CoreFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on June 19, 2014 • 0 Comments1MSNBC/Wall Street Journal released a poll that shows almost one-half of Americans have not heard of the Common Core State Standards. The poll was conducted between J
6-19-14 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: Immigrant education key to economy healthReport: Economic prosperity relies on boosting immigrant education Home to one-quarter of the nation’s immigrants and a top-destination for incoming refugees, California must significantly improve educational outcomes for immigrant youth if the state
Violent and Legal: The Shocking Ways School Kids are Being Pinned Down, Isolated Against Their Will - ProPublica
Violent and Legal: The Shocking Ways School Kids are Being Pinned Down, Isolated Against Their Will - ProPublica: Violent and Legal: The Shocking Ways School Kids are Being Pinned Down, Isolated Against Their WillCarson Luke, a young boy with autism, shattered bones in his hand and foot after educators grabbed him and tried to shut him into a “scream room.” Kids across the country risked similar h
6-19-14 Schools Matter #StopJebNow
Schools Matter: Louisiana Withdraws from PARCC and Jindal Moves to Block Pearson Test PurchaseIn the latest bad news for the Oligarchs' Common Core enterprise, Bobby Jindal has moved to sever the head from the Common Core monster in Louisiana. He knows that without the Pearson tests that PARCC is force-feeding the states without the benefit of a bidding process, the Core will disappear within a c
“This is a B- student’s opinion”: Why the education reformers’ latest victory is built on sand - Salon.com
“This is a B- student’s opinion”: Why the education reformers’ latest victory is built on sand - Salon.com: “This is a B- student’s opinion”: Why the education reformers’ latest victory is built on sandMichelle Rhee may love the recent anti-union ruling from California, but an expert tells Salon it's seriously weak Just a little more than a week ago, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rolf M.
Shanker Blog » Contrarians At The Gates
Shanker Blog » Contrarians At The Gates: Contrarians At The GatesPosted by Matthew Di Carlo on June 19, 2014Unlike many of my colleagues, I don’t have a negative view of the Gates Foundation’s education programs. Although I will admit that part of me is uneasy with the sheer amount of resources (and influence) they wield, and there are a few areas where I don’t see eye-to-eye with their ideas (or
Morning Wink 6-19-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-19-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Why Privatization of Public Services Harms SocietyYou will find this publication of great interest at this time. It is titled “Race to the Bottom: How Outsourcing Public Services Rewards Corpora
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-19-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Why Privatization of Public Services Harms SocietyYou will find this publication of great interest at this time. It is titled “Race to the Bottom: How Outsourcing Public Services Rewards Corporations and Punishes the Middle Class.” It was written by a group called “In the Public Interest.” The full PDF file is available for free. H
6-19-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: June’s Infographics & Interactives Galore – Part ThreeThere are just so many good infographics and interactives out there that I’ve begun a new semi-regular feature called “Infographics & Interactives Galore.” You can see others at A Collection Of “The Best…” Lists On Infographics and by searching “infographics” on
6-19-14 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.: My suggestion is to call Dyett High School an “incubator.”The three-day community vigil at Dyett High School. For the past couple of days parents and members of the Bronzeville community have been holding a vigil at the neighborhood’s last open admission public high school. That would be Walter H. Dye
6-19-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: Aren’t California tenure policies in fact unreasonable? Plus 4 more Vergara questions asked and answeredLos Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu handed down a ruling in Vergara vs California this month tossing out California statutes providing job protections to teachers, siding with plaintiffs who argued that California children who live in low-income families receive an inadeq
6-19-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: I Must Be BlindI must be blind because I can't see what the Seattle Times editorial board sees when they look at the legislature's response to the McCleary decision.They say that the McCleary ruling has already done a lot of good. I'm not seeing that. What good has this ruling done? The legislature is no closer to fully funding public K-12 education now than they w
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: VALLAS/RAUNER, 2 PEAS IN A POD
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: VALLAS/RAUNER, 2 PEAS IN A POD: VALLAS/RAUNER, 2 PEAS IN A PODThanks to S-T's Dan Mihalopoulos for stating the obvious.When it comes to some of the most important issues in education today, Quinn’s running mate in the November election — the former Chicago Public Schools chief executive Paul Vallas — appears to have plenty in common with Rauner. Effective or not, wha
6-19-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: U.S. and Education Reform Need a Critical Free PressU.S. and Education Reform Need a Critical Free Press. via U.S. and Education Reform Need a Critical Free Press.2 by plthomasedd / 58min 6-18-14 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: From A Horse’S Mouth:FROM A HORSE’S MOUTH:.2 by David Greene / 55min 6-17-14 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: PREVIEW: New Film Opening June 17, 2014 –
6-18-14 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): U.S. and Education Reform Need a Critical Free PressFew things are worse than mainstream media coverage of education. Except for that sentence above, which stretches hyperbole beyond credibility. But that is exactly where the mainstream media finds itself when covering e
6-19-14 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: Another CCSS Writer AwakensPsychology Today ran a great interview in January, talking to Dr. Louisa Moats, a psychologist, teacher, and researcher who was a contributing writer for the Common Core Standards, that is now making the rounds. The interview is worth reading in its entirety, but let me entice you with some highlights. And let me start by noting that David Coleman recruit
6-19-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Sandra Stotsky: Don't Let Yourself Be Bullied By State Education OfficialsJessica Bakeman at Capital NY:ALBANY—A former Massachusetts state education official who has emerged as a national critic of the Common Core standards told parent-lobbyists at the Capitol on Tuesday that they should fight for their rights and empower their older children as activists. Sandra Stotsky, w
Is Common Core Dead in Louisiana? | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
Is Common Core Dead in Louisiana? | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsIs Common Core Dead in Louisiana?Posted on June 19, 20141Yesterday Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal announced he was withdrawing from PARCC testing and pulling Louisiana out of Common Core because while we believe in high standards for our children, we do not believe in federally impose
1.17 Million Children in U.S. Survive on $2 per Day or Less | janresseger
1.17 Million Children in U.S. Survive on $2 per Day or Less | janresseger: 1.17 Million Children in U.S. Survive on $2 per Day or LessPosted on June 19, 2014 by janressegerWe know how poverty among children constrains opportunity and affects school achievement, but it is difficult to consider what can be done. Yesterday’s NY Times published a short, comprehensive and extraordinarily moving column
NYC Educator: Chalkbeat NY---All the Reformy News that Fits
NYC Educator: Chalkbeat NY---All the Reformy News that Fits: Chalkbeat NY---All the Reformy News that FitsI rarely read Chalkbeat anymore. I appreciate that they send me their Rise and Shine every morning, as I'm kind of an ed. news junkie, but I haven't got the time to plod through their ponderous site and figure out what is new, what is recycled, and what is just glitzy nonsense. The comments on
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Details on La. Gov. Jindal’s Common Core and PARCC Exit | deutsch29
Details on La. Gov. Jindal’s Common Core and PARCC Exit | deutsch29: Details on La. Gov. Jindal’s Common Core and PARCC ExitJune 18, 2014In a press release on June 18, 2014, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal made a number of statements regarding Louisiana’s participation in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the associated Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARC
Seniority, Tenure and the Vergara Decision » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
Seniority, Tenure and the Vergara Decision » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names: An Appeal for ActionSeniority, Tenure and the Vergara Decisionby JACK GERSON and ANDY LIBSONOn June 10, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu issued a ruling that threatens to strike down California education code statutes protecting teacher due process rights, including seniority and “tenure”. The la
Parents want to convert closed Sacramento campus into charter school - Education - The Sacramento Bee
Parents want to convert closed Sacramento campus into charter school - Education - The Sacramento Bee: Parents want to convert closed Sacramento campus into charter schoolBy Loretta Kalblkalb@sacbee.comPublished: Wednesday, Jun. 18, 2014 - 5:10 pmA group of parents tonight will urge Sacramento City Unified trustees to approve a charter schoolat Joseph Bonnheim Elementary, one of seven campuses clo
Who Is Protecting the Status Quo? | educarenow
Who Is Protecting the Status Quo? | educarenow: Who Is Protecting the Status Quo?Posted on April 23, 2013 | 1 CommentWhen an educator questions the dominance of testing as a tool for school reform, you will often see that educator criticized for ‘protecting the status quo.’ As an example of this accusation, here is a link to a recent opinion piece in the Detroit News. The article supports the new
Nite Cap 6-18-14 #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 CAPTeacher Tenure and Corporate Reform | Bill AyersTeacher Tenure and Corporate Reform | Bill Ayers: Teacher Tenure and Corporate ReformAnalogy Test:High-stakes, standardized testing is to learning as:a). memorizing a flight manual is to flyingb). w
