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
Will Philly delegation 'play ball' on budget to win dollars for city schools? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Will Philly delegation 'play ball' on budget to win dollars for city schools? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Will Philly delegation 'play ball' on budget to win dollars for city schools?By Kevin McCorry for NewsWorks on Jun 26, 2014 06:13 PMShare on emailMore Sharing ServicesCOMMENTS (0)PRINTPhoto: WikiMedia CommonsFacing a $66 million budget shortfall that threatens to turn schools into &
A top-down plan for charters’ growth | Edwize
A top-down plan for charters’ growth | Edwize: A top-down plan for charters’ growth [This editorial originally appeared in the June 26 issue of the New York Teacher.]Over the last 15 years, as the number of charter schools around the country has multiplied, the movement has increasingly become dominated by charter school networks such as Success Academy and Uncommon Schools as opposed to independe
Where Is The Charter School Movement Heading? | Taking Note
Where Is The Charter School Movement Heading? | Taking Note: Where Is The Charter School Movement Heading?by JOHN MERROW on 26. JUN, 2014 in 2014 BLOGSHow much does a sign reading “CHARTER SCHOOL” reveal about the education being offered inside the building? My answer: About as much as a ’RESTAURANT’ sign reveals about the food it serves. That is,nothing at all. This sad state of affairs makes me
Lesson 1: You’re Dead in the Water Without a Great Principal | Gatsby In L.A.
Lesson 1: You’re Dead in the Water Without a Great Principal | Gatsby In L.A.: Lesson 1: You’re Dead in the Water Without a Great PrincipalYou know how they say that people come to look like their dogs? A parallel truism is that any organization comes to look like its leader. For some reason, though this idea is axiomatic in corporate life—who would attribute the success of Apple to its highly eff
Robert Gibbs To Lead National Campaign Against Teachers Unions | FDL News Desk
Robert Gibbs To Lead National Campaign Against Teachers Unions | FDL News Desk: Robert Gibbs To Lead National Campaign Against Teachers UnionsBy: DSWright Thursday June 26, 2014 10:02 amShare on facebookhare on emailRobert Gibbs and President ObamaWhile it is not surprising that those who worked for a corporate Democrat like President Barack Obama have moved on to shilling for Big Business after t
Expanded Learning Grants Awarded - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
Expanded Learning Grants Awarded - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Millions in Grants for Expanded Learning Programs in CaliforniaSACRAMENTO—Hundreds of California public schools will be awarded funds to bolster student learning outside of the regular school hours, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said today as he announced 333
6-26-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: UpdatesMarch and Rally to Gates Foundation To note: there is the march and rally to protest the ed reform work of the Gates Foundation today, starting at 5 pm at Westlake Park. The march will then go to the Gates Foundation on Mercer at 5th. There will be speeches and some kind of flash mob dance. The police are warning of possible traffic issues. From Diane Ra
Everyone’s a Winner! The Kids vs. Bad Teachers Lawsuit Hits the Road | EduShyster
Everyone’s a Winner! The Kids vs. Bad Teachers Lawsuit Hits the Road | EduShyster: Everyone’s a Winner! The Kids vs. Bad Teachers Lawsuit Hits the Road Well that certainly didn’t take long. Just two weeks after California’s kids celebrated their victory vs. bad teachers, the kids vs. tenure lawsuits are hitting the road. And that’s great news, reader. Because just as the California case produced l
Poll finds Common Core opposition rising | EdSource
Poll finds Common Core opposition rising | EdSource: Poll finds Common Core opposition risingJune 26, 2014 | By John Fensterwald | No Comments SHARE THIS ARTICLEHere are some key results of the poll of Californians’ views on education conducted by the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education and Policy Analysis for California Education. For more details of the survey, see bel
Support for Common Core Plummets with Parents of School-Aged Kids | Truth in American Education
Support for Common Core Plummets with Parents of School-Aged Kids | Truth in American Education: Support for Common Core Plummets with Parents of School-Aged KidsFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on June 26, 2014 • 0 Comments3Rasmussen just released a poll taken June 21-22 of 1000 Americans that shows support for Common Core is plummeting among parents with school-aged chil
6-26-14 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): LA Unified creating online tool for parents to track student progressIn the coming school year, LA Unified plans to launch the Parent Access Support System Portal (PASSport), an interactive online tool to make it easier for parents to get more involved in their children’s education. As a one-stop portal,
Gates Funded Pro Common Core Group Changes Name in Rebranding Effort - Politichicks.tv
Gates Funded Pro Common Core Group Changes Name in Rebranding Effort - Politichicks.tv: Gates Funded Pro Common Core Group Changes Name in Rebranding EffortJune 25, 2014 at 5:00 am / by Kathryn PorterAbout Kathryn PorterColorado PolitiChick Kathryn Porter is the Colorado state director for Parent Led Reform. She has a master’s degree in special education and is a former charter school teacher. Kat
Common Core National Canine Standards - to funny not to re-post :)
Common Core National Canine Standards - to funny not to re-post :): Attention dog owners: Common Core National Canine StandardsAcknowledging that recent implementation of the Common Core State Standards is reshaping the landscape of public education in the United States, I, along with a secret group of politicians and “philanthropists,” a panel of experts, have designed and not tested The Common C
The Forgotten Story of the Freedom Schools - John N. Hale - The Atlantic
The Forgotten Story of the Freedom Schools - John N. Hale - The Atlantic: The Forgotten Story of the Freedom SchoolsFifty years ago, students in the American South boycotted their classrooms and demanded higher educational standards. Whatever happened to those ideals?Bruce Solomon—a schoolteacher from Brooklyn, New York—teaches at a Freedom School in Jackson, Mississippi, in August 1964. (AP)Young
99Rise - Demand Democracy
99Rise - Demand Democracy: About 99RiseAmerica is in crisis, and our democracy on the auction block. We’re here to do something about it.99Rise is a network of activists and organizers dedicated to building a mass movement to reclaim our democracy from the domination of big money.We believe that only by getting big money out of politics – by winning a democracy that responds to the real needs of &
6-26-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Corporate Education Reform: the "civil rights issue" up until it actually addresses civil rights issues like segregation"Children have a right and a need to have quality schools in their neighborhood." — Francis Howell School District White school district sends black kids back to failed schools The one upside to the article is that it clearly puts to lie the co
Morning Wink 6-26-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-26-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: John Thompson and Peter Greene Debate the Gates MoratoriumWhen the Gates Foundation proclaimed the need for a two-year moratorium on the stakes associated with Common Core testing, it created a
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-26-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: John Thompson and Peter Greene Debate the Gates MoratoriumWhen the Gates Foundation proclaimed the need for a two-year moratorium on the stakes associated with Common Core testing, it created a lot of buzz. Was it a retreat? Was it a trick? We’re they trying to lull critics with a two-year delay? We’re they bowing to the outrage of
6-26-14 The Whole Child Blog — School Nutrition Environment and Services
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGSchool Nutrition Environment and ServicesJune 26, 2014 by Learning and HealthNutrition is essential for student success. Healthy, active, and well-nourished children are more likely to attend school and are more prepared and motivated to learn. Although the primary responsibility of schools is to foster academic achievement, schools
6-26-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: No Change of Tone at John Dewey HS: Principal Kathleen Elvin - A Principal Heading for HellKathleen Elvin was sent into John Dewey HS as a closer a few years ago - to make sure to drive the final nail in Dewey's coffin and remove many of the teachers, mostly senior. But the UFT lawsuit stopped that process over the summer and Elvin had to switch gears.Mulgrew and the UFT/Unity clo
6-26-14 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.: Poll. Voting for a pension thief?Take Our Poll1 by Fred Klonsky / 58min hide // saveRocky Mountain High.The IEA has sent out memos to delegates attending the NEA RA in Denver regarding pot smoking. In 25 years of attending every RA but the one in LA, I have never been warned about dope. I have heard
6-26-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? I met my political tracker….Following my speech to the Working Families Party last Saturday, I held an informal press conference outside the hall with members of the Connecticut media. While a few of the reporters are relatively new to the state, I’ve known others for well over 30 years. I have tremendous respect for the role real journalists play […] The post I met my pol
6-26-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: Standard & Poor’s rates outlook for charter school sector as ‘negative’Standard & Poor’s has issued a new report that extends its “negative” outlook for the charter school sector. Of 214 public charter school ratings done by the agency, 41, or 19 percent, are negative while only 4 — or 2 percent — are positive. Furthermore, it says, funding has not generally “returned to pre-
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-26-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Contingent Approval Of The 2014-15 Lausd Arts Education Budgetby smf for 4LAKidsNews, from the office of Boardmember Zimmer At last Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting the following “not an amendment” to the Arts and Music Education Budget detail was offered by Boardmember Steve Zimmer and accepted by the superintendent and the Board of Education witho
6-26-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: The Troubling Realities of School SegregationI read this story twice and also read this blog to learn more about the situation and it has left me with many unanswered questions. But first let me see if I have the facts right regarding this troubling story: Two years ago the Normandy school district that is 97% black and poor was merged […]11 by denishanjones / 1h hide // saveOb
6-26-14 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): Obama Education Agenda and the Tone-Deaf FolliesEarly and often, the Obama administration’s education agenda, headed by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, has driven the public narrative about public schools, teachers, and students with a relentless claim that everythin
6-26-14 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Seven Trends in the Teacher Work ForceIn April, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education released a paper entitled "Seven Trends: the Transformation of the Teaching Force." What the title lacks in sass and flash it makes up for in accuracy, and although the most recent data are from 2012, it still makes for interesting reading. Let's look at the seven trends.Larger
6-26-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: LIRR Unions Do Not Take Kindly To Newest MTA Offer, Negotiation StrategyFrom the Daily News:The MTA’s decision to publicize its newest contract offer to LIRR workers — who are threatening a strike next month — has union leaders considering whether to ditch a new round of negotiations set for Friday.Anthony Simon, a spokesman for a coalition of Long Island Rail Road unions, w
Common Core: The tetherball of gubernatorial politics | Hechinger Report
Common Core: The tetherball of gubernatorial politics | Hechinger Report: Common Core: The tetherball of gubernatorial politicsWhat Jindal’s retreat on state standards means for our kidsBy Andre PerryLouisiana Governor Bobby Jindal wants to make the state the fourth, including Indiana, Oklahoma and South Carolina, to turn back Common Core implementation. Jindal adopted Common Core state standards,
Somebody Is BS'ing :: Frederick M. Hess
Somebody Is BS'ing :: Frederick M. Hess: Somebody Is BS'ingby Frederick M. Hess • Jun 26, 2014 at 10:05 amCross-posted from Education Week Print Send RSS ShareSome folks in positions of educational import are shading the truth, big time. How do I know this?Because I'm hearing two very different things that can't be reconciled. From state chiefs, I'm hearing complaints about overweening federal b
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Duncan a know-nothing when it comes to teaching kids with disabilities
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Duncan a know-nothing when it comes to teaching kids with disabilities: Duncan a know-nothing when it comes to teaching kids with disabilitiesArne Duncan seems bent on pushing standardized-testing madness and privatization into the area of special ed and the teaching of kids with disabilities. That's the only way I can interpret his announced "major shift"i
Louisiana Educator: The Most Powerful Predictor of Student Performance
Louisiana Educator: The Most Powerful Predictor of Student Performance: The Most Powerful Predictor of Student PerformanceThe public school accountability system in Louisiana as in most other states is based primarily upon student performance on standardized testing. Louisiana has gone so far as to give schools and school systems a letter grade for performance based primarily on student test perfo
My First Book “Review” |
My First Book “Review” |: My First Book “Review” I just came across the first external review of my new book, Rethinking Value-Added Models in Education on Amazon, and I thought I would share this review with you all in that I am happy to announce that it captures exactly what I meant to do with this book, particularly for those of you out there who are practitioners working within (and under) the
Head of the head of the class Why is the hiring of Sac city schools' new superintendent so messed up?
Sacramento News & Review - Head of the head of the class - Bites - Opinions - June 26, 2014: Head of the head of the classWhy is the hiring of Sac city schools' new superintendent so messed up?By Cosmo Garvin cosmog@newsreview.comThis article was published on 06.26.14.Sacramento city schools have all but offered the job of superintendent to José Banda, current chief of the Seattle city schools
D.C. Insiders Monetize Experience, Join Ex-CNN Anchor to Attack School Teachers | janresseger
D.C. Insiders Monetize Experience, Join Ex-CNN Anchor to Attack School Teachers | janresseger: D.C. Insiders Monetize Experience, Join Ex-CNN Anchor to Attack School TeachersPosted on June 26, 2014 by janressegerNot quite two years ago, the NY Times published what seemed to me a strange story. Former CNN anchor, Campbell Brown had begun tweeting mean things about school teachers and attacking the
NYC Educator: The Last Day
NYC Educator: The Last Day: The Last DayTomorrow, vacation starts for me and most of my colleagues. I want to wish you all a happy and restful break. Despite the corporate-produced crap you read in the papers, your work is vital to all that we do. Remember that corporate reformers, despite their crocodile tears, don't give a damn about us or those we serve. No matter how creative and convoluted th
James Quail DOE ATR Supervisor Tries to Ruin a Career southbronxschool
http://www.southbronxschool.com: James Quail DOE ATR Supervisor Tries to Ruin a CareerAnother tale of abuse, but this time of an ATR.This ATR has asked to have his name changed so henceforth he will be known as Rod Gilbert. His ATR supervisor has not asked for his name to be changed because he is unaware of this blog post. His name is James Quail, a educational consultant and a support specialista
Shanker Blog » Challenging Content In The Early Grades: What's Not To Love?
Shanker Blog » Challenging Content In The Early Grades: What's Not To Love?: Challenging Content In The Early Grades: What’s Not To Love?Posted by Esther Quintero on June 26, 2014The latest issue of The Progress of Education Reform (released a few days ago by the Education Commission of the States) rounds up some recent research supporting the case that “all children need high quality early scienc
SKrashen: Summer Reading: Bring back the pleasure
SKrashen: Summer Reading: Bring back the pleasure: Summer Reading: Bring back the pleasureSent to the Wall Street Journal, June 25Summer Reading for Parents (June 25) shows how the common core is pushing publishers and parents in the wrong direction. None of these fads, all featured in the WSJ article, is supported by research, experience, or common sense: reward stickers, restricting children to
MA Teachers Go Radical In Fight For Public Ed | PopularResistance.Org
MA Teachers Go Radical In Fight For Public Ed | PopularResistance.Org: MA Teachers Go Radical In Fight For Public EducationORGANIZE! EDUCATION, LABOR, TEACHERS, UNIONS By EduSchyster, www.edushyster.comJune 26th, 2014 Powered by TranslateBarbara Madeloni, newly elected president of the 110,000 member Massachusetts Teachers Association, says that fighting is winning.EduShyster: I’ve heard you desc
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Rush-hour protest by teachers to target the Gates Foundation | Local News | The Seattle Times @EducatingGatesF
Rush-hour protest by teachers to target the Gates Foundation | Local News | The Seattle Times: Rush-hour protest by teachers to target the Gates FoundationTeachers who oppose the influence of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in education policy will hold a march and rally in Seattle starting at 5 p.m. Thursday at Westlake Park and proceeding to the foundation’s offices near Seattle Center.
Education Defined by Bill Gates and Will Durant: also, please support the march on June 26 at the Gates Foundation in Seattle | Reclaim Reform
Education Defined by Bill Gates and Will Durant: also, please support the march on June 26 at the Gates Foundation in Seattle | Reclaim Reform: Education Defined by Bill Gates and Will Durant: also, please support the march on June 26 at the Gates Foundation in SeattlePosted on June 25, 2014by Ken PrevitiWe all want our children to be well educated. However, how is a good education defined and exp
LAUSD allots funds to schools with highest student need | EdSource
Highlighting Strategies for Student Success | EdSource: San Diego Unified board members OK accountability planThe San Diego Unified School District unanimously approved its spending and accountability plan Tuesday despite renewed calls from some community and parent advocates for more details about how the school system will spend state funds. California’s new funding formula requires each distric
Pando Daily fires David Sirota after hard-hitting stories on national pension thievery. | Reclaim Reform
Pando Daily fires David Sirota after hard-hitting stories on national pension thievery. | Reclaim Reform: Pando Daily fires David Sirota after hard-hitting stories on national pension thievery.Posted on June 25, 2014by Ken PrevitiKen Previti:David Sirota may be best known for his expose of Gov. Chris Christie, but active and retired teachers know him best for revealing the obscene profits made fro
Nite Cap 6-25-14 #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 CAP6-25-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice GuyWait What?: Wait What? Pelto to Malloy – Dump Pryor and Comer now before they do even more damage to public education in ConnecticutPelto to Malloy: Dump Pryor and
