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 CAP
Who Should Go, the Public Education Privatizers or the Teachers? You be the Judge - Perdaily.com
Who Should Go, the Public Education Privatizers or the Teachers? You be the Judge Big money, Edvoice, Privatization scams, AB215 and Vergara invoking misassignment problems supposedly addressed in the Williams settlement. By Kathleen Carroll - Perdaily.com: Who Should Go, the Public Education Privatizers or the Teachers? You be the Judge Big money, Edvoice, Privatization scams, AB215 and Vergara i
New York Badass Teachers Association Press Release - Badass Teachers Association
Badass Teachers Association: New York Badass Teachers AssociationPress ReleaseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 21, 2014More Information Contact:Mark Naison, Co-founder BATsMarla Kilfoyle, General Manager, BATscontact.batmanager@gmail.comBadass Teachers Association - http://www.badassteacher.org/The New York Badass Teachers Association (BATs), an activist organization of over 2000 educators, are rele
Democrats Reap $91,000 From Charter Schools Advocate And His Family - Courant.com
Democrats Reap $91,000 From Charter Schools Advocate And His Family - Courant.com: Democrats Reap $91,000 From Charter Schools Advocate And His FamilyComments1EmailShare7Jon LenderGovernment Watch2:17 p.m. EDT, June 21, 2014There may be no better illustration of state Democrats' massive fundraising efforts in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's re-election year than the political donations of Jonathan Sackler
D.C. halting key Michelle Rhee reform - Salon.com
D.C. halting key Michelle Rhee reform - Salon.com: D.C. halting key Michelle Rhee reformOne of the first U.S. cities to judge teachers off of student test scores is now putting the practice on holdWashington, D.C., chancellor Kaya Henderson announced on Thursday that the city’s public schools would at least temporarily stop evaluating teachers based off of student test scores, a move Henderson des
LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy: "3 LAUSD teachers should have been fired without a hassle" - Perdaily.com
LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy: "3 LAUSD teachers should have been fired without a hassle" - Perdaily.com: LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy: "3 LAUSD teachers should have been fired without a hassle"(Mensaje se repite en Español)I would agree with Superintendent Deasy that it shouldn't take years to get rid of the few dangerous and incompetent teachers. However, it is LAUSD tha
Transcript of Gates’ March 2014 Washington Post Interview | deutsch29
Transcript of Gates’ March 2014 Washington Post Interview | deutsch29: Transcript of Gates’ March 2014 Washington Post InterviewJune 21, 2014On June 7, 2014, Washington Post reporter Lyndsey Layton published a blockbuster article largely based on a 28-minute interview she had with Gates following his keynote speech at the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards’ (NBPTS) Teaching and Lea
CERESTA SMITH For NEA Executive Committee - Badass Teachers Association
Badass Teachers Association: CERESTA SMITH For NEA Executive Committee Defend the Right to Public Education for ALL Students! Stop the Privatization of Public Education! Build the New Social Justice Labor Movement! I have been on the forefront of organizing on the community level to fight for and to protect public education, and while out there I discovered that as we struggle to provide quality p
2nd Banana 6-21-14 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POST Pedro Noguera: In Defense of Teacher Tenure - WSJPedro Noguera: In Defense of Teacher Tenure - WSJ: Email Print 108 Comments Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedInsmaller LargerBy PEDRO A. NOGUERAJune 18, 2014 7:42 p.m. ETLast week, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu struck down California's teacher-tenure law in Vergara v. State of Ca
Does this History Lesson Promote Illiberalism? | Missouri Education Watchdog
Does this History Lesson Promote Illiberalism? | Missouri Education Watchdog: Does this History Lesson Promote Illiberalism?inShareWhat is “illiberalism”? It can be defined as narrow-minded, prejudiced, intolerant. How is this applied in political discourse and defining others for their political views? From Intolerance as Illiberalism:We live in intolerant times. A former Secretary of State is
Is a High Stakes Moratorium Worth Embracing? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Is a High Stakes Moratorium Worth Embracing? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Is a High Stakes Moratorium Worth Embracing?By Anthony Cody on June 21, 2014 10:43 AMYesterday I carried a guest post by John Thompson which suggested we ought to accept as an olive branch the recent concession by the Gates Foundation, which hascalled for a two year moratorium on high stakes consequences fo
Morning Wink 6-21-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSNYC Educator: Alert: $1,000 Signing Bonuses and Delays in Teacher Taste-Testing of Rotten Common-Core PieNYC Educator: Alert: $1,000 Signing Bonuses and Delays in Teacher Taste-Testing of Rotten Common-Core Pie: Alert: $1,000 Signing Bonuses and Delays in Teacher Taste-Testing of Rotten Common-Core PieI received two e-mails from UFT President Mulgrew yeste
NYC Educator: Alert: $1,000 Signing Bonuses and Delays in Teacher Taste-Testing of Rotten Common-Core Pie
NYC Educator: Alert: $1,000 Signing Bonuses and Delays in Teacher Taste-Testing of Rotten Common-Core Pie: Alert: $1,000 Signing Bonuses and Delays in Teacher Taste-Testing of Rotten Common-Core PieI received two e-mails from UFT President Mulgrew yesterday. I'm sure he's pretty much trying to allay our fears that we're "totally screwed" before we leave for summer break. First, in an e
Banda beckoned: Another schools chief leaving Seattle? | Local News | The Seattle Times
Banda beckoned: Another schools chief leaving Seattle? | Local News | The Seattle Times: Banda beckoned: Another schools chief leaving Seattle?After two years of leading Seattle Public Schools, José Banda appears headed home to California to be superintendent in SacramentoBy John HigginsMADDIE MEYER / THE SEATTLE TIMESJosé Banda, Seattle Public Schools superintendent, addresses the media Friday wi
Clock is ticking for launch of New Bonnheim charter in Sacramento - Our Region - The Sacramento Bee
Clock is ticking for launch of New Bonnheim charter in Sacramento - Our Region - The Sacramento Bee: Clock is ticking for launch of New Bonnheim charter in SacramentoBy Loretta Kalblkalb@sacbee.comPublished: Friday, Jun. 20, 2014 - 10:44 pmThe clock is ticking for organizers of the New Joseph Bonnheim Community Charter School,who must scramble over the next two months to get Sacramento City Unifie
Stephen Krashen Blog 6-21-14
SKrashen:Support benefits for vets. Don’t support the common core.Sent to the Santa Monica Daily PressJune 20, 2014There is concern about a US Senate bill (S. 2450) that would expand medical coverage for veterans. The cost will be high, about $50 billion per year.I propose we pay for this important bill by dumping the common core state education standards. The standards will probably cost taxpay
Geaux Teacher!: Louisiana Teachers Believe It Is Their Professional Responsibility To Expose "Common Chaos"
Geaux Teacher!: Louisiana Teachers Believe It Is Their Professional Responsibility To Expose "Common Chaos": Louisiana Teachers Believe It Is Their Professional Responsibility To Expose "Common Chaos"I forwarded the teachers' letter to the editor submission to all district superintendents because THEY have ultimate responsibility for the educators and children in their schools!
6-21-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Love Letters to the BATS
With A Brooklyn Accent:Public School Failure- “The Big Lie” on Which Current Education Policy RestsAs someone who has worked in the Bronx for the last 45 years, it drives me crazy to hear business leaders and politicians denounce public schools as the one failed institution in an otherwise thriving society. Hello! During the 1970′s, when factories in the Bronx closed, business districts shuttered,
6-21-14 Jersey Jazzman NJ Ed News Round-up Jammin' All Week
6-14-14 Jersey Jazzman NJ Ed News Round-up Jammin' All WeekJersey Jazzman:Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekUPDATED: Charter School Reality: TN EditionUPDATE BELOWOK, look...I am not "anti-charter school." I started my career in a charter. I think there is a good case to be made for some -- some -- level of charter proliferation in many communities. I certainly don't think I ought to be tel
6-21-14 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION:Curmudgucation WeekUPenn Offers Degree in Soulless ProfiteeringThe University of Pennsylvania has decided that the only thing the world needs more than educational profiteers looking to make a buck in the ed biz is educational profiteers with a Masters degree.At EdTech Times, Michelle Harven reports, "Education and entrepreneurship is the modern match, and the evidence of a new
6-21-14 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 EducationThe big money and profits behind the push for charter schools | PandoDailyAt this point, it should be fairly obvious why the technology industry is so high on so-called education “reform.” More computer-based standardized tests and online learning means more opportunity for the industry to s
6-21-14 THE WHOLE WEEK @ The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education:THE WHOLE WEEK @ The Whole Child Blog Why Did You Become a Teacher?Ask educators why they went into teaching, and the majority will respond that they wanted to make a difference in the lives of young people. In this video, ASCD authors and leaders Robyn Jackson, Baruti Kafele, Doug Fisher, Jeffrey Benson, Michael Ford, Myron Dueck, and Eric Sheninger ex
6-21-14 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):LAUSD may create the nation’s largest saxophone ensemble everLAUSD just might create the largest saxophone ensemble ever tomorrow at the Make Music Los Angeles celebration to commemorate the 200th birthday of Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone. Make Music LA, a city-based nonprofit, along with the dist
6-21-14 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 WeekCurious Spin From Jeb Bush Camp on Scott’s Signature of Voucher ExpansionWriting in the Foundation for Excellence in Education web site, CEO Patricia Levesque completely ignored the expansion of Florida’s school
All Week @ The Answer Sheet 6-21-14
The Answer Sheet:All Week @ The Answer SheetGetting kids involved in summer learning — city by city, town by town, student by studentSarah Pitcock is the CEO of the National Summer Association, which is dedicated to creating quality summer learning opportunities for young people, particularly low-income students who suffer more learning loss over the summer than other students. In this post Pitcoc
6-21-14 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 SocietyLaw-and-order man Rahm was behind Clinton's mass deportation policies.Previously restricted memos from Emanuel to Clinton are among thousands of White House documents kept secret until 12 years after Pres. Clinton’s second term ended in 2001. A review of the memos makes it cle
6-21-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? All WeekThe downfall of another Charter School Management CompanyMichael Sharpe is the CEO of Jumoke Academy and the FUSE charter school management company. Over the past twenty months, thanks to Stefan Pryor, Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education and Malloy’s political appointees to the State Board of Education, Sharpe and his charter management company has gone from
6-21-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumNew Game: If I Were Superintendent of Seattle Public SchoolsOkay, boys and girls! We're going to play a new game. The new game is called "If I Were Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools", and here are the rules. Here in the Comments of this thread tell us what actions you would take if you were the next Superintendent of S
6-21-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineSusan's Saturday SpecialOk, so Ohanian sent this out on Thursday. Why quibble? Lotsalinks for weekend perusal. And isn't today the longest day of the year? And I'm registered for a hot yoga class in Times Square with a few thousand people. I just me skip that one and stay home and read Susan's stuff.A startling thing happened in the grocery store yesterday. I had th
6-21-14 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 teacherJonathan Pelto. Beware of the “don’t let us become Wisconsin” phony pro-labor candidates.- Jonathan Pelto is running for Governor of Connecticut. To the unions, public employees, and the voters of Connecticut – Let’s take a moment
6-21-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekHow Would The Education Reformers Solve This Mess?From the NY Post, in full:A Bronx principal hid in shame on Friday rather than explain why she ignored pleas from a bullied teen’s dad to have the kid removed from the school before the torment drove him to kill.Delise Jones darted out of IS 117 at dismissal and shielded her face with her car’s sun v
6-21-14 the becoming radical EMPATHYEDUCATES! | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
THE BECOMING RADICALEMPATHYEDUCATES!the becoming radical A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by U.S. and Education Reform Need a Critical Free PressBy Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. June 19, 2014 Few things are worse than mainstream media coverage of education. Except for that sentence above, which stretches hyperbole beyond credibility. But that is exactly w
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-21-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT Teacher in L.A. to Diane Ravitch: JOHN DEASY IS THE EDUCATIONAL EQUIVALENT OF DICK CHENEY + Karin Klein’s 2¢ …+ smf’s too! By dianeravitch from her blog | http://bit.ly/1gya6D5 October 20, 2013 :: This teacher, who requests anonymity for obvious reasons, has noticed a peculiar tendency on the part of edit
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 6-21-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYResearch Studies Of The WeekI often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard t
This Week's Education Research Report 6-21-14 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTImproving academic performance with physical fitnessPhysical fitness in childhood and adolescence is beneficial for both physical and mental health throughout life. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that it may also play a key role in brain health and academic performance. In a new study scheduled for publication in the Journ
6-21-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Schools Matter All WeekSupport benefits for vets. Don’t support the common coreSent to the Santa Monica Daily PressJune 20, 2014There is concern about a US Senate bill (S. 2450) that would expand medical coverage for veterans. The cost will be high, about $50 billion per year.I propose we pay for this important bill by dumping the common core state education standards. The stand
All Week 6-21-14 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE : All Week @ THE CHALK FACE “Both Sides Of The Gun”“Both Sides Of The Gun”.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face2 by David Greene / 21h JUN 19John White’s PARCC Contract ProblemsIn January 2005, I bought a house in Muncie, Indiana, to remodel. It was quite the adventure for a number of reasons, one of which was the creative ways that the previous owner manag
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 6-21-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGRobert Reich: The Three Biggest Right-Wing Lies About PovertyA coalition of billionaires, millionaires, corporations, and hedge fund managers have decided that the best way to cure poverty is to fire teachers whose students don’t get higher test scores. This coalition–whose leaders include Arne Duncan, Michelle Rhee, ALEC
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Education Roundup for Week Ending June 20, 2014 - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
Education Roundup for Week Ending June 20, 2014 - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): Education Roundup for Week Ending June 20, 2014SACRAMENTO—The California Department of Education (CDE) today issued this week's roundup of education-related announcements of public interest.CDE Moves Forward with Implementing State's Education Technology PlanCalifornia is moving a step closer to implementing a plan
On the Vergara ruling and the war on teachers - Bites - Sacramento News & Review -
Sacramento News & Review - On the Vergara ruling and the war on teachers - Bites - Opinions - June 19, 2014: On the Vergara ruling and the war on teachersHere’s the question for reasonable people who believe seniority and due process are the problem: What should they be replaced with?By Cosmo Garvin cosmog@newsreview.comRead 2 reader submitted commentsThis article was published on 06.19.14.Man
Nite Cap 6-20-14 #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 CAPempathyeducates – Instability in the New Orleans Recovery School District – Closing Schools, Opening Schools and Changing School Codesempathyeducates – Instability in the New Orleans Recovery School District – Closing Schools, Opening Schools and
