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
Geaux Teacher!: The Truth About New Orleans Schools
Geaux Teacher!: The Truth About New Orleans Schools: The Truth About New Orleans SchoolsA repost from Louisiana Weekly written by Kari Dequine Harden who should be commended for uncovering and reporting the facts about the privatization and failure of the New Orleans Recovery School District. Facts that the mainstream media has at their disposal but refuses to print.New Orleans nearing a ‘privatiz
The Lunacy of an Achievement Gap | Reclaim Reform
The Lunacy of an Achievement Gap | Reclaim Reform: The Lunacy of an Achievement GapPosted on June 3, 2014by Ken PrevitiHow did YOUR child score on…?Achievement gap? This commonplace term is, in reality, meaningless when children (little human beings) are measured by the federal, state and local mandated high stakes tests (all brands) that assume that their numbers are facts.Numbers are numbers. Fa
6-3-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: With A Brooklyn Accent: New York BATS Press Release Endorsing Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones
With A Brooklyn Accent: New York BATS Press Release Endorsing Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones: New York BATS Press Release Endorsing Howie Hawkins and Brian JonesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2, 2014More Information Contact:Dr. Mark Naison, Co-Founder of BATsMarla Kilfoyle, General Manager, BATscontact.batmanager@gmail.comBadass Teachers Association - http://www.badassteacher.org/After a vote of its
Stronger than the Scorn: How do NJ schools really stack up? | School Finance 101
Stronger than the Scorn: How do NJ schools really stack up? | School Finance 101: School Finance 101Data and thoughts on public and private school funding in the U.S.Stronger than the Scorn: How do NJ schools really stack up?Posted on June 3, 20140 Rate ThisThis is my end of school year review for New Jersey schools. Indeed much of the data in this post is from years prior. Nonetheless, these
Parents Are Not Helpless | Truth in American Education
Parents Are Not Helpless | Truth in American Education: Parents Are Not HelplessFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on June 3, 2014 • 0 Comments61Laurie H. Rogers yesterday wrote a piece entitled “The Myth of the Helpless Parent,” she discussed how schools impress upon students “I can” statements, but that parents need to vocalize “we can” statements in light of schools that
How Safe is Data? | Missouri Education Watchdog
How Safe is Data? | Missouri Education Watchdog: How Safe is Data?inShareFrom epic.orgThe above information makes you wonder how much of student data has been hacked. How easy is it to hack into student data? Is any personal data safe? How can your student’s information be used? From What we fear is here ~ As seen with my own eyes:What we fear is here. It’s not an InBloom leak – probably a lo
6-3-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: NPR; Not Such Neutral Reporting on Common CoreNPR has been getting dollars (a la the Seattle Times) for education reporting from the Gates Foundation. And boy, does it show in their Common Core reporting.First, their FAQs on Common Core read a lot like what comes from Gates. Two, they even have one FAQ "fact" wrong which is that Oklahoma has a bill goin
League of Women Voters in Florida bust charter school myths and the legislators who stand to profit | Seattle Education
League of Women Voters in Florida bust charter school myths and the legislators who stand to profit | Seattle Education: League of Women Voters in Florida bust charter school myths and the legislators who stand to profitFrom a press release provided by the League of Women Voters:State-Wide Study on School ChoiceTallahassee, Fla — Twenty percent of the state’s charter schools close because of finan
#AskArne Sixth-graders bill education officials for time spent as standardized test guinea pigs
Sixth-graders bill education officials for time spent as standardized test guinea pigs: Sixth-graders bill education officials for time spent as standardized test guinea pigsJun 02, 2014 10:14am PDT by Laura Clawson74310After students in two sixth-grade math classes spent a week's worth of class time field-testing a new standardized test, they're demanding payment for their time. The Ipswich, Mas
My First ALEC Conference - Journey Into a Parallel World » Resist the Privatization of America
My First ALEC Conference - Journey Into a Parallel World » Resist the Privatization of America: My First ALEC Conference – Journey Into a Parallel World Monday, 02 June 2014Corporate agenda is clear at ALEC conferenceTaking the baton from Marc Pocan (now in the U.S. House), State Rep. Chris Taylor is now the progressive WI democrat in ALEC. This report is written by her about her experience at th
6-3-14 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: Education primary focuses on reform and spendingThis Primary election in education: Reform and spending Voters in today’s primaries are faced with a laundry list of education issues as they head to the polls. School boards from some larger districts have vacant seats that are set to be fille
Illinois Requires Public Reporting of School Discipline Data | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity
Illinois Requires Public Reporting of School Discipline Data | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: Illinois Requires Public Reporting of School Discipline DataPosted on: Tuesday June 3rd, 2014Thanks to the organizing work of Voices of Youth in Chicago Education, the Illinois legislature has passed a new law requiring public reporting of school disc
Common Core: Why the curriculum doesn't match the standard | 89.3 KPCC
Common Core: Why the curriculum doesn't match the standard | 89.3 KPCC: Common Core: Why the curriculum doesn't match the standardCory Turner | NPR | June 3rd, 2014, 7:58amCory Turner/NPRJust some of the more than 700 math books that have been reviewed for Common Core alignment by professor William Schmidt and his team at Michigan State's Center for the Study of Curriculum.CommentsAdd your comment
Who Benefits From Teacher Turnover? | Taking Note
Who Benefits From Teacher Turnover? | Taking Note: Who Benefits From Teacher Turnover?by JOHN MERROW on 03. JUN, 2014 in 2014 BLOGS, TEACHING Because complex stories invariably involve both winners and losers, journalists are schooled to ask ‘“Who benefits?” when doing their reporting. Even in the worst of situations, some people and organizations seem to end up benefiting. For example, in a city
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Labor vs. Labor: WFP's Endorsement of Gov. Cuomo stinks
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Labor vs. Labor: WFP's Endorsement of Gov. Cuomo stinks: Labor vs. Labor: WFP's Endorsement of Gov. Cuomo stinksCuomo at pro-charter rally in Albany, joins with charter hustlers & hedge-funders in attack on Mayor de Blasio.“It’s very simple at these political conventions: you either win or you lose. Uh, and I won...” -- Gov. CuomoThe ability of the system to buy-
Reform for Other People's Children - Bridging Differences - Education Week
Reform for Other People's Children - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Reform for Other People's ChildrenBy Guest Blogger on June 3, 2014 10:28 AMAuthor and advocate Mike Klonsky again writes to Deborah Meier today. This his final post before Bridging Differences takes its annual summer break. Deborah Meier will reply on Thursday."What the best and wisest parent wants for his child, that
Chetty Et Al…Are “Et” It “Al” Again! |
Chetty Et Al…Are “Et” It “Al” Again! |: Chetty Et Al…Are “Et” It “Al” Again!As per a recent post about Raj Chetty, the fantabulous study he and his colleagues (i.e., Chetty, Friedman, and Rockoff) “Keep on Giving…,” and a recent set of emails exchanged among Raj, Diane, and me about their (implied) nobel-worthy work in this area, given said fantabulous study, it seems Chetty et al are “et” it “al”
Morning Wink 6-3-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS6-3-14 The Whole Child Blog — Throughout Summer: Making a Difference — Whole Child EducationThroughout Summer: Making a Difference — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGThroughout Summer: Making a DifferenceJune 3, 2014 by Klea ScharbergAsk educators why they went into teaching, and the majority will respond that they wanted to make a difference in
6-3-14 The Whole Child Blog — Throughout Summer: Making a Difference — Whole Child Education
Throughout Summer: Making a Difference — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGThroughout Summer: Making a DifferenceJune 3, 2014 by Klea ScharbergAsk educators why they went into teaching, and the majority will respond that they wanted to make a difference in the lives of young people. That initial idealism, however, is often challenged by the realities of heavy workloads, classroom discipli
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-3-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Edushyster: Graduation Rate at Boston Charters No Better Than Public SchoolsMassachusetts is preparing to lift the cap on charter schools, the assumption being that they have cracked the code to educating the neediest children. The Boston Globe has been cheerleading for the charter sector, along with the usual hedge funders and phi
6-3-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: UFT Contract: Will OT/PT Chapter Turn it Down?UFT leaders seem worried this will happen. What are the implications if the UFT has to go back to the bargaining table?I scheduled this to go up around 10AM when I will be on the subway.I mentioned this in this morning's first post (UFT Contract: A Day At the Count - What I Learned - Updated) but didn't want to see this get lost in t
6-3-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Photo Galleries Of The WeekObviously, photos can be great educational tools with English Language Learners and with any students (see The Best Ways To Use Photos In Lessons). I post about many photo galleries, also called slideshows. To do it in a little more organized way, though, I recently began this weekly feature calle
6-3-14 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.: Strike vote. Things are heating up in suburban Hinsdale. A sign of things to come in Chicago suburbs?It’s not that it never happens. But it is rare for a strike vote by teachers before the old contract has expired. That is the case in suburban Hinsdale District 86, where the school board appears to be
6-3-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Rick 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. Florida legislators have been patting themselves on the ba
6-3-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Wait What? New York Working Families Party fails to move Cuomo on education but endorses anywayWhen it comes the to the rise of the corporate education reform industry, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy continually jockey for 1st and 2nd place as to which one is more anti-teacher and anti-public education. While Cuomo has poured more money into
6-3-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: 6th graders seeking payment for taking Common Core field testsSome sixth grade students in Massachusetts who spent hours over several days taking practice versions of newly developed Common Core tests decided that they should be paid for their work and are seeking payment for serving as “guinea pigs.” The Ipswich Chronicle reported in this story about what happened after students at
6-3-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Parent Insists Her Child Will No Longer Be Pearson Lab RatThere was a time not so long ago when the post-test curriculum could take hold after the March madness of state testing, when teachers could do a few of the interesting units and projects that once engaged children from September through February. Now school after test time is increasingly filled with even more rigorometry a
6-3-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Education in Black and White: Beware the RoadbuildersEducation in Black and White: Beware the Roadbuilders. via Education in Black and White: Beware the Roadbuilders.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radicalby plthomasedd / 47min hide // saveKindness as Antidote to Fatalism of “Grit”Kindness as Antidote to Fatalism of “Grit”. via Kindness as Antidote to Fatalism of “Grit”.File
6-3-14 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): Education in Black and White: Beware the RoadbuildersNettie sees the world in a stark black and white once she faces and confronts the missionary zeal being done to the people who are native to Africa. The letters exchanged between Nettie and Celie, which constitute The
6-3-14 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: The LeastI have a friend who posits a simple rule for relationships-- the person who has the least concern has the most power. The person who has less interest has more control.I'm not sure how useful the rule is for understanding romance, but it certainly does deconstruct plenty of other relationships. If dishes in the sink don't bother me, I can let them sit well past the science
6-3-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: UFT Contract Vote: Predictions And The Roadmap For The FutureExpected to be announced today: The teachers union’s new $9 billion contract with the city is expected to be ratified Tuesday. The secret ballots of more than 100,000 eligible members of the United Federation of Teachers will be scanned by the American Arbitration Association in lower Manhattan. Union officials hop
Anthony Cody Reviews A Chronicle of Echoes | deutsch29
Anthony Cody Reviews A Chronicle of Echoes | deutsch29: Anthony Cody Reviews A Chronicle of EchoesJune 2, 2014Anthony Cody spent 24 years working in Oakland schools, 18 of them as a science teacher at a high-needs middle school. A National Board- certified teacher, he now leads workshops with teachers on Project Based Learning. He is the co-founder of the Network for Public Education. With educati
NYC Educator: Pre-K Needs to Be in a Real School, Led by Real Teachers
NYC Educator: Pre-K Needs to Be in a Real School, Led by Real Teachers: Pre-K Needs to Be in a Real School, Led by Real TeachersConsidering the Daily News expose of conditions in pre-K facilities, Mayor Bill de Blasio ought to reconsider how universal pre-K should be run. In fact, there's little reason why pre-K ought not to have the same controls, if not more, than existing city schools. There ou
Louisiana Educator: The “Success” of the Louisiana Recovery District is a Great Big Fraud!
Louisiana Educator: The “Success” of the Louisiana Recovery District is a Great Big Fraud!: The “Success” of the Louisiana Recovery District is a Great Big Fraud!The Louisiana Department of education has just released the results of the state accountability testing called LEAP and ILEAP. The report includes a percentile ranking of each of the public school systems in the state according to the per
Marie Corfield: Note to Cami: 100 excellent ways to create 100 excellent schools
Marie Corfield: Note to Cami: 100 excellent ways to create 100 excellent schools: Note to Cami: 100 excellent ways to create 100 excellent schoolsJersey Jazzman delivered yet another blistering critique of Cami Anderson's disastrous One Newark plan calling it "illogical, innumerate, secretive, and ill-conceived". Sir Duke once again fills his post with charts, graphs, data, links to stud
Ohio’s “Dropout Recovery” Charters Increase State’s Dropout Rate, Swallow Tax Dollars | janresseger
Ohio’s “Dropout Recovery” Charters Increase State’s Dropout Rate, Swallow Tax Dollars | janresseger: Ohio’s “Dropout Recovery” Charters Increase State’s Dropout Rate, Swallow Tax DollarsPosted on June 3, 2014 by janressegerDoug Livingston, the education writer for the Akron Beacon Journal and Ohio’s top education journalist, recently reported on the financial scam at Ohio’s so-called “dropout reco
Stellar History Teaching in Failing Schools (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Stellar History Teaching in Failing Schools (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Stellar History Teaching in Failing Schools (Part 2)Taking pills and sprays to remedy illness is ubiquitous in the U.S. Ah, if there were only such quick cure-alls for lousy teaching. Say, like aerosol cans that can spray “good” teaching into a classroom.Or maybe principals can ship cans of
Alarming Number Of Urban Teachers Are 'Chronically Absent'
Alarming Number Of Urban Teachers Are 'Chronically Absent': Alarming Number Of Urban Teachers Are 'Chronically Absent'Political battles over teaching in the last decade have focused on complexities of pensions, evaluations and standardized testing, often ignoring a basic but critical issue: Attendance.Teachers in the nation's 40 largest school districts came to school 94 percent of the time in the
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NJEA, AFT: How about a robo-call apology for backing Cory Booker? | Bob Braun's Ledger
NJEA, AFT: How about a robo-call apology for backing Cory Booker? | Bob Braun's Ledger: NJEA, AFT: How about a robo-call apology for backing Cory Booker?NJEA President Wendell SteinhauerThe New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) spends a fortune of members’ dues money on what loosely could be called “communications”–advertising, promotion, public relations, marketing, and other methods of getting
Do Teachers Need Dress Codes to Know What to Wear at School? | NEA Today
Do Teachers Need Dress Codes to Know What to Wear at School? | NEA Today: Do Teachers Need Dress Codes to Know What to Wear at School?June 2, 2014 by twalker Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Edward GrahamAlthough the vast majority of educators dress in professional attire for the classrooms and schools where they work, some schools districts are nonetheless drafting and imp
Nite Cap 6-2-14 #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 CAP6-2-14 Seattle Schools Community ForumSeattle Schools Community Forum: Mining Student Data Stories from KUOW and Politico (highly recommended) and information I learned about what's in a TFA contract today about student data. One is the KUOW pie
