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
6-4-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Wait What? Statement from Jonathan Pelto on the Connecticut American Federation of Teachers’s LPAC endorsement of MalloyStatement from Jonathan Pelto, exploring gubernatorial candidate on American Federation of Teacher’s Connecticut Legislative and Political Action Committee (LPAC) endorsement of Dannel Malloy Without providing gubernatorial candidates with any opportunity to fill out
The Corruption of Assessments | My Island View
The Corruption of Assessments | My Island View: The Corruption of AssessmentsJune 4, 2014 by Tom Whitby @tomwhitbyI just finished reading a post from my good friend and co-author of The Relevant Educator, Steve Anderson. His recent post, “Why Formative Assessments Matter” got me thinking about assessments in general and how often they are misunderstood and often abused by well-meaning educators.We
6-4-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes Online: SUPPORT LEONIE HAIMSON CLASS SIZE MATTERS BY ATTENDING SKINNY AWARDS DINNEREd Notes Online: SUPPORT LEONIE HAIMSON CLASS SIZE MATTERS BY ATTENDING SKINNY AWARDS DINNER: SUPPORT LEONIE HAIMSON CLASS SIZE MATTERS BY ATTENDING SKINNY AWARDS DINNERTime out from contract vote reporting for a word for a worthy cause.OK. It's time to ante up for Leonie and the great work
6/4/2014 – School Discipline Reform
6/4/2014 – School Discipline Reform: 6/4/2014 – School Discipline ReformJune 4, 2014 SubscribeTHIS WEEK: Retention Harms Third Graders … Accountability Without Tests … Trafficking Teachers … Teachers Burn Their Evaluations … Place-Based Higher Ed ExclusionTOP STORYSchool Discipline Reform: A Model For Bottom-Up ImprovementBy Jeff BryantThe new report School Discipline Consensus Report “is a massiv
‘Take action to make college more affordable’ - Degrees Not Debt: Take the Pledge!
NEA - Degrees Not Debt: Take the Pledge!: NEA Student Program member to Senate Budget Committee: ‘Take action to make college more affordable’ Virginia teaching student testifies in hearing on the impact of student loan debt WASHINGTON— Teacher-to-be Brittany Jones borrowed more than $70,000 to pay for her degree in education from a public university in Virginia and has been working up to thr
Good news, for a change: Watson-Coleman wins | Bob Braun's Ledger
Good news, for a change: Watson-Coleman wins | Bob Braun's Ledger: Good news, for a change: Watson-Coleman winsBonnie Watson Coleman speaks at the March 27 rally to keep public schools public.Good news for those who remember when the Democratic Party championed causes other than those of George Norcross, his doppelganger Chris Christie, and his poodle, Steve Sweeney, the anti-union union guy. Bonn
6-4-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: The Damage Done by the “Texas Meteor”The 2013 NBER paper, “School Accountability, Postsecondary and Attainment,” by Jennifer Jennings, David Deming, Sarah Cohodes, and Christopher Jencks, was initially welcomed as evidence in support of test-driven accountability. Jennings et. al concluded that the Texas test-driven accountability of the 1990s increased student performance of mat
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-4-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: TEACHING THHOUGH TRAUMA: LAUSD says budget’s to tight to treat stressed out kidsAnnie Gilbertson | KPCC 89.3 FM | Pass/Fail | http://bit.ly/1kKPymI Benjamin Brayfield/KPCC Like many students at Highland Park's Franklin High, ninth-grader Noemi Potenciano lost a brother to a drive by. Across L.A. Unified services for students affected by trauma are extr
6-4-14 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): Orwellian Educational Change under Obama: Crisis Discourse, Utopian Expectations, and Accountability Failures by Paul ThomasOrwellian Educational Change under Obama: Crisis Discourse, Utopian Expectations, and Accountability Failures by Paul Thomas.1 by plthomasedd / 1h
Pioneer “Cogs In The Machine” Report on Data Collection | Missouri Education Watchdog
Pioneer “Cogs In The Machine” Report on Data Collection | Missouri Education Watchdog: Pioneer “Cogs In The Machine” Report on Data CollectioninShareLast month Pioneer Institute released a report titled, “Cogs In the Machine: Big Data, Common Core and National Testing.” It’s 57 pages every parent should read before sending their child back to school this fall.It all starts with the federal desire
Shanker Blog » Tiananmen Anniversary Reflections
Shanker Blog » Tiananmen Anniversary Reflections: Tiananmen Anniversary ReflectionsPosted by Andrew Nathan on June 4, 2014Our guest author today is Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia UniversityOn the 25th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, it is worth reflecting on the effect that tragic ev
6-4-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: The Pearson Teacher: From Sage on the Stage to Technician in the MechanismWhen Bill Gates came to Memphis in 2009 with $90 million to grease the hinges on every bureaucratic door within a hundred miles, the schools became the laboratory for every self-serving thought disorder that the aging crackpot could come up with. The latest bad dream brings together Common Core, Pearson, Win
6-4-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “slidebean” Looks Like A Good Way For Creating Online Slideshowsslidebean is a new free tool for creating online slideshows. It provides multiple formats and the ability to search the Web, within the application, for images. I’m adding it to The Best Ways To Create Online Slideshows. Here’s a video that describes how it wor
Update on School Voucher Study: Help! So Close to Go So Far, FIVE Funded TWO to go! | Cloaking Inequity
Update on School Voucher Study: Help! So Close to Go So Far, FIVE Funded TWO to go! | Cloaking Inequity: Update on School Voucher Study: Help! So Close to Go So Far, FIVE Funded TWO to go!FIVE students funded TWO to go! We recently wrote:WE NEED YOUR HELP! Do you believe in public education? Do you want US policymakers to understand why decision makers in Chile have now judged vouchers to be probl
New Study Shows Why Standardized Test Scores Aren’t Just About Schools – Next City
New Study Shows Why Standardized Test Scores Aren’t Just About Schools – Next City: New Study Shows Why Standardized Test Scores Aren’t Just About SchoolsBY REBECCA TUHUS-DUBROW | NEXT CITY | JUNE 4, 2014Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg just announced a $120 million donation to Bay Area public schools. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)In a recent New Yorker article, Dale Russakoff reported on eight restructur
Obama’s neoliberal agenda for education | International Socialist Review
Obama’s neoliberal agenda for education | International Socialist Review: Obama’s neoliberal agenda for educationBy Gillian RussomIssue #71: FeaturesShareWRITING IN March 2008, the editors of a Rethinking Schools book on charter schools held out hope that the end of the Bush administration would mean new possibilities for a progressive education agenda:This country is on the cusp of a new politica
Morning Wink 6-4-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-4-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Protest against PISA League Tables Goes InternationalA few weeks ago, educators Heinz-Dieter Meyer of the State University of New York and Katie Zahedi, principal of the Linden Avenue Middle Scho
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-4-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Protest against PISA League Tables Goes InternationalA few weeks ago, educators Heinz-Dieter Meyer of the State University of New York and Katie Zahedi, principal of the Linden Avenue Middle School in Red Hook, New York, wrote a protest letter against the international horse race inspired by OECD’s PISA examinations. They gathered
6-4-14 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.: Dancing with Christian Mitchell.We headed over to the Hideout last night for Joravsky and Dumke Second Tuesdays. The panelists were my rep-elect Will Guzzardi, AFSCME lobbyist Adrienne Alexander and pension thief State Rep Christian Mitchell. Mitchell was why I wanted to go. I think we should confront
6-4-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: Parent: Why I can’t ‘in good conscience’ leave my kids in public schoolLynne Rigby and her husband Brad live outside of Orlando, Florida, with their five children who have attended a Seminole County public elementary school. Rigby, a former public school teacher and photographer, wrote a letter to state and local officials explaining why, with great sadness, she and her husband are p
6-4-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Math Adoption - The Staff Strikes BackReviewing the updated agenda for tomorrow night's Board meeting, it looks like staff have been burning the midnight oil.First, the speakers list is full with nine people on the waitlist. The overwhelming number of comments are to be about the math adoption.Next, on the K-5 Math Instructional Materials Adoption, there are many
6-4-14 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): Just in: School Board race heads to runoffWith 53 percent of the precincts reporting in the LA Unified school board’s District 1 race, the results indicate a runoff is in the cards between George McKenna and Alex Johnson. Latest updates available at the County Clerk’s office. 2 5h hide // saveJust in:
6-3-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: My Personal Journey into Eduction Activism
With A Brooklyn Accent: My Personal Journey into Eduction ActivismMy journey into education activism began in the Spring of 2003 when I was asked to start an oral history project documenting the African American presence in Bronx Neighborhoods, which had been neglected by scholars of Bronx History as well as African American History in New York City. The project was embraced by scores of commun
6-4-14 The Whole Child Blog — The Dilemma of Choice — Whole Child Education
The Dilemma of Choice — Whole Child Education: The Dilemma of ChoiceJune 4, 2014 by Whole Child SymposiumThe decisions we make today—for our systems, our schools, and our classrooms—will affect what all of our tomorrows will look like. This spring, ASCD hosted its inaugural Whole Child Symposium, a series of in-person and online events in which experts, policymakers, teachers, and students discuss
empathyeducates – Discipline With Our Children in Mind
empathyeducates – Discipline With Our Children in Mind: Discipline With Our Children in MindHave you ever said, did, or been something that got you in trouble? If not as an adult perhaps, at the age of four you hugged a teacher. Might that be a crime? Surely, this act merits a school suspension. It is so cruel. But it cannot compare with what is unbearable – a two-year-old violated a school rule.
6-4-14 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: Why Your Evaluation Is DumbAs you contemplate your end of the year evaluation paperwork, you are probably thinking (and not for the first time), "This doesn't make any sense." And you are correct. Current practices in teacher evaluation do not make sense-- if you assume that the purpose of these evals is to actually evaluate teachers accurately and effectively.A good eval
6-4-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: UFT Members Spoke: The UFT Leadership Couldn't Do Any Better Than This Accountable Talk yesterday:Technically, the contract passed with 77% of the vote of UFT members. I predicted 75%, which was the exact percentage of teachers who voted yes. School secretaries, paras, and social workers, who are not subject to many of the provisions that regular teachers are, voted almost 8
Market-Based Newark, NJ School Reform Epitomizes Tragic Nationwide Trend | janresseger
Market-Based Newark, NJ School Reform Epitomizes Tragic Nationwide Trend | janresseger: Market-Based Newark, NJ School Reform Epitomizes Tragic Nationwide TrendPosted on June 4, 2014 by janressegerAmerican Indian boarding schoolsDale Russakoff’s May 19th, New Yorker magazine piece, Schooled, on the public schools of Newark, New Jersey, is very much worth reading. Russakoff describes “one of the na
Cursive writing sparks new Common Core battleground :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
Cursive writing sparks new Common Core battleground :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: JUNE 04, 2014Cursive writing sparks new Common Core battlegroundby Carrie Marovich(S.C.) Fans of handwritten prose and elegant, linking letters may have been dealt a setback this week when a bill that would have mandated cursive writing instruction in South
Russ on Reading: Lessons for Corporate Education Reformers from Hamilton Township, NJ
Russ on Reading: Lessons for Corporate Education Reformers from Hamilton Township, NJ: Lessons for Corporate Education Reformers from Hamilton Township, NJHamilton Township, New Jersey Schools Superintendent, James Parla, took a brave step the other day when he addressed the issue of defacto segregation in his school district. According to an article on nj.com the school leader said:“Test scores a
NYC Educator: Hey, Mr. Mulgrew, Can You Pause the Gloating for a Moment to Consider This?
NYC Educator: Hey, Mr. Mulgrew, Can You Pause the Gloating for a Moment to Consider This?: Hey, Mr. Mulgrew, Can You Pause the Gloating for a Moment to Consider This?Dear Mr. Mulgrew,I think we all knew the contract would pass, not because it was a good contract, but because something looks better than nothing to a demoralized, post-Bloomberg workforce. It is a sad commentary that we have spent a
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: At the Hideout: Mitchell explains how pension theft is constitutional
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: At the Hideout: Mitchell explains how pension theft is constitutional: At the Hideout: Mitchell explains how pension theft is constitutionalIt was monthly political junkie night again at the Hideout last night. This time around it was Ben and Mick engaging soon-to-be State Rep. Will Guzzardi, Rep. Christian Mitchell, and AFSCME lobbyist Adrian Alexander. The trio fou
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Michelle Obama and Why Teachers Need To Embrace Critique - The Jose Vilson
Michelle Obama and Why Teachers Need To Embrace Critique - The Jose Vilson: Michelle Obama and Why Teachers Need To Embrace CritiqueUS First Lady Michelle ObamaEvery time someone says something, anything, about teachers, without fail, a naysayer always nags how it’s a conspiracy against teachers as a whole. For instance, a recent commercial about the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum started w
The Future With the New UFT Contract.southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: The Future With the New UFT ContractThe Crack Team is down in the dumps. Sadly, the contract that the UFT negotiated for the teachers of New York was passed by a 3-1 margin. Instead of cursing the result The Crack Team decided to do something about it.We thought that rather than once again writing about why this contract was not good yet again, it would be better
Ed Notes Online: SUPPORT LEONIE HAIMSON CLASS SIZE MATTERS BY ATTENDING SKINNY AWARDS DINNER
Ed Notes Online: SUPPORT LEONIE HAIMSON CLASS SIZE MATTERS BY ATTENDING SKINNY AWARDS DINNER: SUPPORT LEONIE HAIMSON CLASS SIZE MATTERS BY ATTENDING SKINNY AWARDS DINNERTime out from contract vote reporting for a word for a worthy cause.OK. It's time to ante up for Leonie and the great work she does in all our interests. And to support the awardees - the great Patrick Sullivan who single-handedly
Report: Time to End Harmful, Exclusionary School Discipline Policies | NEA Today
Report: Time to End Harmful, Exclusionary School Discipline Policies | NEA Today: Report: Time to End Harmful, Exclusionary School Discipline PoliciesJune 3, 2014 by twalker Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Mary Ellen FlanneryIt’s beyond time to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, concludes an authoritative report released this week by the Council of State Governments
Nite Cap 6-3-14 #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 CAPGeaux Teacher!: The Truth About New Orleans SchoolsGeaux 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 re
