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? - A call to arms (I mean pens) – A big day as I announce a running mate and petitions now available - Wait What?
A call to arms (I mean pens) – A big day as I announce a running mate and petitions now available - Wait What?: Wait What? A call to arms (I mean pens) – A big day as I announce a running mate and petitions now availableAfter dropping off the appropriate paperwork, the Connecticut Secretary of the State’s office tweeted: Denise Merrill @SOTS Merrill @Jonathanpelto today was authorized by my of
6-5-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University)
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City charters get $100M more for special ed than they spend; debate rages in Harrisburg | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
City charters get $100M more for special ed than they spend; debate rages in Harrisburg | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: City charters get $100M more for special ed than they spend; debate rages in Harrisburgby thenotebook on Jun 05 2014 Posted in Latest newsShare on emailMore Sharing ServicesCOMMENTS (1)PRINTPhiladelphia charter schools received more than $175 million last year to educate s
Chicago’s George Schmidt on Martin Koldyke, “Golden Apples,” and School “Turnaround” | deutsch29
Chicago’s George Schmidt on Martin Koldyke, “Golden Apples,” and School “Turnaround” | deutsch29: Chicago’s George Schmidt on Martin Koldyke, “Golden Apples,” and School “Turnaround”June 5, 2014On June 4, 2014, I posted this piece by a guest writer, a Chicago area teacher, who has concerns about Martin Koldyke’s “Golden Apples” teacher recognition program. Her concern is that the “Golden Apples” p
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-5-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Education OverturnedWritten by Red Queen in L.A., from her blog | http://bit.ly/1kyridf Thursday 5 Jun 2014 :: “Teaching To The Test” is a pedagogical revolution. Far from benign, it amounts to a coup d’état of not only the minds of our children, but their hearts as well. Informally, in my personal experience, I became vaguely aware by rumor during t
6-5-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Chicago’s George Schmidt on Martin Koldyke, “Golden Apples,” and School “Turnaround”On June 4, 2014, I posted this piece by a guest writer, a Chicago area teacher, who has concerns about Martin Koldyke’s “Golden Apples” teacher recognition program. Her concern is that the “Golden Apples” program is a benevolently-disguised, self-serving effort for Koldyke to use teachers to staff
6-5-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Math Adoption: Thoughts and AnalysisGood morning. That was quite an evening (and I even got to leave as the Board continue to slog through the lengthy agenda). I'll try to have another thread about other items I heard about at last night's meeting.As I go thru this thread, some of these thoughts will sound familiar as I quickly went thru the 11(?) threads I wro
The Quarter Century Con of Vouchers | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
The Quarter Century Con of Vouchers | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: The Quarter Century Con of VouchersFiled under: Vouchers — millerlf @ 12:17 pm By Joel McNally Wednesday, June 4, 2014 Express MilwaukeeIt’s taken a quarter of a century, but Republican taxpayers around the state and some of their representatives are finally starting to realize they’ve been hoodwinked by their own pa
Waking Up to Education Activism
Education Activism: Waking Up to Education ActivismBy Mark NaisonShare on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on pinterest_shareMore Sharing Services0My 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 a
EDUCATION REFORM Beneath the Surface Part II: Marketizing School Reform - The Brooklyn Rail
EDUCATION REFORM Beneath the Surface Part II: Marketizing School Reform - The Brooklyn Rail: EDUCATION REFORM Beneath the SurfacePart II: Marketizing School Reformby John GarveyI ended the first article in this series by discussing the Department of Education’s focus on closing old and opening new schools. I’ll begin this second article by discussing the complementary focus on the marketization of
School District's Use of Worker Visa Program Draws Scrutiny - WSJ
School District's Use of Worker Visa Program Draws Scrutiny - WSJ: School District's Use of Worker Visa Program Draws ScrutinyTexas District Allegedly Exploited H-1B Program in Recruiting Teachers From Overseas.From left, Alfonso Casares Tafur, Elizabeth Niño de Rivera and Francisco Javier Marcano were hired with H-1B visas. They are now advocating for the Garland, Texas, school district to help t
WHY ARE SO MANY MORE TEACHERS “RETIRING”? | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing
WHY ARE SO MANY MORE TEACHERS “RETIRING”? | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing: WHY ARE SO MANY MORE TEACHERS “RETIRING”?No, that is not me!When I began teaching in 1970, and throughout almost all of my 38 year career in NYC and suburbs, teaching was a lifelong calling. Many, like me, started right out of college, grabbed a Master’s degree on the way to get permanent certification, and taught unti
6-5-14 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: Money race begins for McKenna, JohnsonMcKenna, Johnson seek funds, backers in L.A. Unified race The top two finishers in this week’s election for the Los Angeles Board of Education will meet in an August runoff, but first they face another crucial contest: the race for money and powerful end
Announcing the President's First-Ever Tumblr Q&A | The White House
Announcing the President's First-Ever Tumblr Q&A | The White House: Announcing the President's First-Ever Tumblr Q&AWe’re excited to announce that on Tuesday, June 10, President Obama will take toTumblr to answer your questions about education, college affordability, and reducing student loan debt.Getting a higher education is the single-most important investment students can make in their
NAfME – Music Education – CORE ARTS STANDARDS
NAfME – Music Education – CORE ARTS STANDARDS: CORE ARTS STANDARDSNAfME, as a part of the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards, has re-imagined the 1994 National Standards. Released June 4, 2014, these new Core Arts Standards can be found at www.nationalartsstandards.org in a searchable, web-based format that allows users to look across all art forms. The following are key documents for musi
Vigor not Rigorrr Part 2 Oregon Save Our Schools:
Oregon Save Our Schools: Vigor not Rigorrr Part 2: Vigor not Rigorrr Part 2Another local commentary by a parent on the overuse of the word 'rigor' in the constant push for corporate education reform in Oregon. Enjoy! Oregon Save Our Schools: Schools Need Vigor, Not RigorOregon Save Our Schools: Schools Need Vigor, Not Rigor: Schools Need Vigor, Not Rigorby Joanne YatvinThough my years in the clas
6-5-14 The Whole Child Blog — Daniel Pink: Perfecting Your Power to Move Others — Whole Child Education
Daniel Pink: Perfecting Your Power to Move Others — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGDaniel Pink: Perfecting Your Power to Move OthersJune 5, 2014 by Laura VarlasEducators teach, lead, and are learners, themselves. But there's a big piece of every profession that often gets overlooked. In his 2014 ASCD Annual Conference opening general session, author Daniel Pink argued that, in a signif
Yesterday’s News | EduShyster
Yesterday’s News | EduShyster: Yesterday’s News What do you call it when the arrival of charter chains forces the closure of other charters? Choice.By Sue AltmanBe warned, starters of small charters!You may have enjoyed a red-carpet spotlight in the past, but don’t expect much loyalty from reformy fashionistas these days. It’s a school-eat-school world out there, and on the path to global competit
The Fordham Institute’s Common Core Dark Comedy Continues: Plane Trips & What “Is the Meaning of ‘Is’ “? | Missouri Education Watchdog
The Fordham Institute’s Common Core Dark Comedy Continues: Plane Trips & What “Is the Meaning of ‘Is’ “? | Missouri Education Watchdog: The Fordham Institute’s Common Core Dark Comedy Continues: Plane Trips & What “Is the Meaning of ‘Is’ “?inShareNote to The Fordham Institute: No offense, but you aren’t residents of our state. Save your money, stay out of our states and our educational d
Morning Wink 6-5-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-5-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Michigan: A Very Curious Story of Charter Management TechniquesThis is an astonishing story from Michigan. There, a persistent blogger named “Miss Fortune” discovered that a charter manager was i
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-5-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Michigan: A Very Curious Story of Charter Management TechniquesThis is an astonishing story from Michigan. There, a persistent blogger named “Miss Fortune” discovered that a charter manager was indicted on multiple charges, including tax evasion and bank fraud. His wife and brother plus a local contractor and his wife diverted near
6-5-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Exposing the Charter School BS About DemographicsI saw this a few weeks ago and it reinforces the case that hook or crook, charters skim the cream despite claims all the kids in public and charters come from the same demographic and socio-economic status. Any teacher who works(ed) in public schools in certain neighborhoods, like I did in East Williamsburg (old-style) for 35 years
6-5-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: New World Cup Resources: Fun Commercial & Very Useful Google Street View ExpansionGoogle has just announced a big expansion of Street View images from Brazil, and you can see all their highlights here. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Brazil. And here’s a fun World Cup commercial I’m adding to The Best
6-5-14 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.: George Schmidt. SEIU members were told by their union they had to cross CTU picket lines.- George Schmidt publishes Substance News. It’s actually worse about the 2012 strike. SEIU members were told by their union they had to cross CTU picket lines. As you remember, CPS opened more than 100 schools, cl
6-5-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: The education question we should be askingOne area of education that doesn’t get enough attention in the loud education reform debate is exactly what is worth learning. In the following post Alfie Kohn explores this problem. Kohn (www.alfiekohn.org) is the author of 13 books about education, parenting, and human behavior, including “The Myth of the Spoiled Child: Challenging the Conv
6-5-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Marshall Tuck's white male friend Dax Shepard 'splains that cultural sterilization isn't "real racism"When I taught in the Los Angeles Unified Schools, I openly opposed the Vietnam War and was critical of the system’s race policies. Fortunately, I was never threatened with dismissal, I belonged to a union. — Professor Rodolfo F. Acuña Students Protesting Marshall Tuck's
6-5-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: My Personal Journey into Eduction Activism
With A Brooklyn Accent: Why The Charter School Industry Has Become as Big a Threat to Public Education as Common CoreIn many parts of the country, unregulated, Corporate controlled charters are as big a threat to public education as Common Core. They represent crony capitalism at its worst, building on insider deals with politicians to legitimize high CEO salaries, private real estate deals, exemp
6-5-14 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: FEE: A Floridian Trip through the Reformster SwampIn twenty-one short paragraphs, Patricia Levesque of FEE (Foundation for Excellence in Education) manages to set a new record for sheer Density of Wrong. This seems to be FEE's specialty; in the vast coal mine of Common Core Carbonized Crap, FEE demonstrates the Supermaniacal ability to squeeze the raw materials of wrong into a shi
6-5-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: The Information The Education Department Wants Collected On StudentsStephanie Simon at Politico:The Education Department’s list of recommended data points, developed with state officials, is exhaustive. It includes what type of dental insurance a student carries, whether she’s allergic to dog dander and whether she belongs to a sorority in college. Each disciplinary incident
Why Can't Politicians Get Out of Schooling? :: Frederick M. Hess
Why Can't Politicians Get Out of Schooling? :: Frederick M. Hess: Why Can't Politicians Get Out of Schooling?by Frederick M. Hess • Jun 5, 2014 at 8:25 amCross-posted from Education Week Print Send RSS ShareWell, I'm starting to enter the back stretch on my next book, The Cage-Busting Teacher. It's due off to Harvard Ed Press in September, and should be out in early March. I thought I'd start sh
Stage set for budget fight over more K-12 money :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
Stage set for budget fight over more K-12 money :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: JUNE 05, 2014Stage set for budget fight over more K-12 moneyby Kimberly Beltran(Calif.) It’s not yet official, but school districts could be the beneficiaries of several billion more than what was proposed in Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised 2014-15 budget, released l
Education Overturned – redqueeninla
Education Overturned – redqueeninla: Education OverturnedWritten by redqueeninla in Education “Teaching To The Test” is a pegagogical revolution. Far from benign, it amounts to a coup d’état of not only the minds of our children, but their hearts as well.Informally, in my personal experience, I became vaguely aware by rumor during the 70′s that some students broke the rules and gamed standardized
Choosing to Remain Silent About the Dismantling of Urban Public Education | janresseger
Choosing to Remain Silent About the Dismantling of Urban Public Education | janresseger: Choosing to Remain Silent About the Dismantling of Urban Public EducationPosted on June 5, 2014 by janressegerIn his blog last week, the Rev. John H. Thomas, formerly General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ and now a professor and administrator at Chicago Theological Seminary, sharply cha
Groups behind civil rights complaint call for resignation of state’s school superintendent | The Lens
Groups behind civil rights complaint call for resignation of state’s school superintendent | The Lens: Groups behind civil rights complaint call for resignation of state’s school superintendentBy Jessica Williams, Staff writer 9 HOURS AGO PRINTTwo community groups that recently charged the state’s Recovery School District with discrimination against African-American students called Thursda
What's Good for Rich Kids Is Good for Poor Ones, Too - Bridging Differences - Education Week
What's Good for Rich Kids Is Good for Poor Ones, Too - Bridging Differences - Education Week: What's Good for Rich Kids Is Good for Poor Ones, TooBy Deborah Meier on June 5, 2014 9:07 AMDeborah Meier writes again to Mike Klonsky today. She will post again next week on her summer reading recommendations before starting the blog's summer break.Dear Mike,It is galling when rich people in the ed polic
NYC Educator: Where Are the Brooklyn Queens Days of Yesteryear?
NYC Educator: Where Are the Brooklyn Queens Days of Yesteryear?: Where Are the Brooklyn Queens Days of Yesteryear?This is the day when teachers in Brooklyn and Queens hold fond memories of Brooklyn Queens Days past. It was the best holiday in the whole world. No one knew what it was about. Sure there were stories, but they were contradictory and incomprehensible, and no one cared what they were an
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm's new kind of patronage with a new 'partner'
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm's new kind of patronage with a new 'partner': Rahm's new kind of patronage with a new 'partner'Rahm's new "partner", IG Joe FergusonRAHM ON CHICAGO TONIGHT was like a broken record, last night, letting us know, no less than 6 times, that he and I.G. Joe Ferguson were now working as "partners" to get the city out from under the burdensome and
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Legislators want districts to be explicit about how they’re targeting dollars | EdSource Today
Legislators want districts to be explicit about how they’re targeting dollars | EdSource Today: Legislators want districts to be explicit about how they’re targeting dollarsJune 4th, 2014 | Add a Comment | By John FensterwaldShare on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on pinterest_shareMore Sharing Services0Behind closed doors in coming days, legislative leaders and Gov. Jerry Brown will
Promoting kids who aren't ready. Keeping disruptive students... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Promoting kids who aren't ready. Keeping disruptive students... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Promoting kids who aren't ready. Keeping disruptive students in class. Any solutions? COMMENT(4) 0 0 0 NewView Larger School disciplinePrevious PostsGeorgia announces Milestones. But will tests replacing the CRCT and EOCT become Millstones?June 4, 2014School to work: Is it working?June 3, 2014New study:
Oregon Save Our Schools: Schools Need Vigor, Not Rigor
Oregon Save Our Schools: Schools Need Vigor, Not Rigor: Schools Need Vigor, Not Rigorby Joanne YatvinThough my years in the classroom are long past, at heart I am still a cranky old English teacher who bristles at some of the neologisms that have crept into public language. I never tack “ly” onto ordinal number words, or say “myself” when I mean “I” or “me.” I won’t use “access” or “impact” as ve
A Chicago Teacher Questions Martin Koldyke’s “Golden Apples” Program | deutsch29
A Chicago Teacher Questions Martin Koldyke’s “Golden Apples” Program | deutsch29: A Chicago Teacher Questions Martin Koldyke’s “Golden Apples” ProgramJune 4, 2014A few days ago, a Chicago teacher contacted me to make me aware of a program in Chicago, the “Golden Apple” program, one that supposedly rewards good teachers yet seems more like a front to supply a temporary teaching staff in schools tha
Public Education in an Econocracy | educarenow
Public Education in an Econocracy | educarenow: Public Education in an EconocracyPosted on June 4, 2014 | Leave a commentIs there hope in fighting in the neoliberal agenda for education? Is there a chance of pushing back against a one-dimensional, market driven approach toeverything, one that most certainly includes education?An answer lies in Paul Carr and Brad Porfilio’s, The Obama Education F
Gene V Glass: Education in Two Worlds
Gene V Glass: Education in Two Worlds: A Basis Schools Horror StoryStaci Almager is Executive Director of "Transplants for Children: Keeping Children Alive, Keeping Families Together" in San Antonio, Texas. Basis Schools Inc. is a company that has opened a dozen charter schools nationwide, most recently in San Antonio. US News and World Report consistently ranks Basis charter schools amo
Nite Cap 6-4-14 #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 CAP6-4-14 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 Teache
