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
Marie Corfield: Asm. Ciattarelli to NJs 1%: Keep Calm and Count Your Money
Marie Corfield: Asm. Ciattarelli to NJs 1%: Keep Calm and Count Your Money: Asm. Ciattarelli to NJs 1%: Keep Calm and Count Your MoneyI'm sure the taxpayers of New Jersey's 16th legislative district will rest comfortably tonight knowing that their Assemblyman, Republican Jack Ciattarelli, is looking out for their financial well being. I ran against Ciattarelli in 2011 and 2013, so I was particular
solidaridad: Robert D. Skeels featured in the UCLA Daily Bruin 2014 Graduation Issue and Radio
solidaridad: Robert D. Skeels featured in the UCLA Daily Bruin 2014 Graduation Issue and Radio: Robert D. Skeels featured in the UCLA Daily Bruin 2014 Graduation Issue and RadioStories of older students enrich UCLA’s Class of 2014By Kathleen McGovernTwo of the oldest undergraduate students in UCLA’s Class of 2014 share their stories:Robert Skeels, 48, is one of the oldest returning undergraduate s
How to Buy a Governor for Fun and Profit: first, control the public education systems – testing, teachers, charters and all | Reclaim Reform
How to Buy a Governor for Fun and Profit: first, control the public education systems – testing, teachers, charters and all | Reclaim Reform: How to Buy a Governor for Fun and Profit: first, control the public education systems – testing, teachers, charters and allPosted on June 9, 2014by Ken PrevitiThis legalized corruption-as-government is happening in state after state, but Illinois prefers the
7 Reasons Why Documentation Is Still A Good Leadership Tool | Connected Principals
7 Reasons Why Documentation Is Still A Good Leadership Tool | Connected Principals: 7 Reasons Why Documentation Is Still A Good Leadership Toolby William Parker • June 9, 2014 • 0 CommentsThis week I have spent a lot of time with to-do lists as well as pulling together with my team members to coordinate important end-of-school-year activities.If you are leading a school, organization, or a team, y
Maria Shriver | Powered by Inspiration – For Architects of Change
Maria Shriver | Powered by Inspiration – For Architects of Change: MAKERS: Maria Shriver – Raising Modern Daughters and Sons [Video]Maria discusses how she taught her children to embrace all aspects of their strength and sensitivity. …by msAdmin / 0min MAKERS: Maria Shriver – Smart Family Issues [Video]Maria discusses the myth of “having it all” when most of America’s women are just getting by.
A Great Divide: The Election Fight for California’s Schools | MyFDL
A Great Divide: The Election Fight for California’s Schools | MyFDL: A Great Divide: The Election Fight for California’s SchoolsBy: Gary Cohn Thursday March 6, 2014 11:25 amAn election campaign now being fought almost completely out of public view could radically alter the way California’s school children are taught. If Marshall Tuck unseats incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torla
6-9-14 The Whole Child Blog — Join the Summer Learning Movement! — Whole Child Education
Join the Summer Learning Movement! — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGJoin the Summer Learning Movement!June 9, 2014 by Kristen PekarekThe summer learning movement, as promoted by whole child partnerNational Summer Learning Association (NSLA), is part of a whole child education as it takes into account a child's education and overall well-being all year long, including the summer months.
for the love of learning: I'm a teacher. I never saw this coming.
for the love of learning: I'm a teacher. I never saw this coming.: I'm a teacher. I never saw this coming.This was written by Jim Watson who is a teacher in British Columbia. Watson blogs here. This post was originally found here. by Jim WatsonBefore I started teaching in my own classroom in the fall of 1987, I would sneak into the quiet, empty school daily, starting in early August just to get a
6-9-14 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): LAUSD board inching closer to final 2014-15 spending planThe pressure is on for LA Unified schools chief John Deasy and the board of education to work out the details of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), the most sweeping overhaul in how California
Is All This Student Data Changing the Way Teachers Teach? | MindShift
Is All This Student Data Changing the Way Teachers Teach? | MindShift: Is All This Student Data Changing the Way Teachers Teach?Francesca Segrè | June 2, 2014 | 7 CommentsPrintinShare52Email PostChristy Novack works with students in her Burlingame, Calif. classroom. Francesca Segre/MindShiftWith so much access to student data these days, teachers are experimenting with different tactics, and figur
6-9-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? Time for Connecticut to dump the Common CoreConnecticut has wasted enough time and money on the unnecessary and wasteful diversion called the Common Core and its associated Common Core testing scheme. It is time for Connecticut to scrap the Common Core and re-direct scarce resources to ensuring that all of Connecticut’s public school students get the education they need to
Shanker Blog » A Few More Points About Charter Schools And Extended Time
Shanker Blog » A Few More Points About Charter Schools And Extended Time: A Few More Points About Charter Schools And Extended TimePosted by Matthew Di Carlo on June 9, 2014A few weeks ago, I wrote a post that made a fairly simple point about the practice of expressing estimated charter effects on test scores as “days of additional learning”: Among the handful of states, districts, and multi-site
6-9-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Math Adoption DocumentsMore documents at Scribed from Julian A. They include info on 2015 Math in Focus and several school math waivers. Scroll to the bottom to access other documents. by Melissa Westbrook / 24min 6-8-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum WeekSeattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools' Math Adoption: What's Happening at Your School?A reader su
6-9-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Reporter Visits NOLA Charter Cult Where Parents Filed Civil Rights ComplaintA clip from the story, followed by part of my email to the reporter, Andrew Vanacore:. . . . Its campuses have never been outwardly impressive. Its first, Sci Academy, opened in 2008 in a set of trailers near what used to be Abramson High School. The group began a phased takeover of Carver High School, in t
Paul Thomas: The Problem Isn't Just Common Core, but the Entire Reform Agenda - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Paul Thomas: The Problem Isn't Just Common Core, but the Entire Reform Agenda - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Paul Thomas: The Problem Isn't Just Common Core, but the Entire Reform AgendaBy Anthony Cody on June 9, 2014 10:17 AMGuest post by Paul Thomas.Before the Common Core debate reached the fevered public debates of the past year, I took a stand against standards-based reform rep
Lab Rats | EduShyster
Lab Rats | EduShyster: Lab RatsWelcome to New Orleans—America’s urban education laboratoryDo you dream of being part of our nation’s greatest experiment in urban education? I know I do—which I why I was thrilled to be the recipient of a recent Google ad inviting me toTeach, Live and Love New Orleans. Welcome to NOLA, reader, where you’ll find plenty of *that je ne sais quoi, that elan, that bon te
Bill Gates Insists that His Common Core Philanthropy is Not For Any Self-Interest | Missouri Education Watchdog
Bill Gates Insists that His Common Core Philanthropy is Not For Any Self-Interest | Missouri Education Watchdog: Bill Gates Insists that His Common Core Philanthropy is Not For Any Self-InterestinShareBill Gates insists in a Washington Post article that his philanthropy is not for any personal gain. Maybe it’s for the destruction of a representative government? That’s how the Common Core State S
About Failing Leadership and Unfair Portrayals | PWC Education Reform Blog
About Failing Leadership and Unfair Portrayals | PWC Education Reform Blog: About Failing Leadership and Unfair PortrayalsJune 9, 2014 — pwceducationreformOver the last several days the social media world in PWC has been up in arms over accusations that school division leadership is failing our schools and that characterizations of our schools as failing are unfair. On one hand you have Justin Wi
Time for Congress to Investigate Bill Gates’ Role in Common Core | Common Dreams
Time for Congress to Investigate Bill Gates’ Role in Common Core | Common Dreams: Time for Congress to Investigate Bill Gates’ Role in Common Coreby Diane RavitchBillionaire founder of Microsoft Bill Gates. (Credit: World Economic Forum / Flickr Creative Commons)A new Washington Post story by Lyndsey Layton about how Bill Gates’ funded the Common Core revolution is startling. His role and the role
Morning Wink 6-9-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS6-9-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdDthe becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Listening to a Teacher from a “No Excuses” Charter SchoolValerie Strauss has raised a key problem with the education reform movement in the U.S.
6-9-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Listening to a Teacher from a “No Excuses” Charter SchoolValerie Strauss has raised a key problem with the education reform movement in the U.S.: The central experts in the education system, teachers, are essentially ignored. I have a long history now of rejecting the ch
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-9-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Jeff Bryant: The Unwinding of “School Reform”Jeff Bryant demonstrates that “school reform” (aka privatization) has hit a rough patch. Despite the giant publicity machine of the well-funded “reformers,” their claims are falling apart. Louisiana’s all-charter Recovery School District is in fact one of the lowest performing districts
Answer Sheet 6-9-14
Answer Sheet: Ravitch: Time for Congress to investigate Bill Gates’ role in Common CoreThe critical role that Bill Gates played in the creation and implementation of the Common Core State Standards initiative is the subject of this story by my Post colleague Lyndsey Layton. She explains how Gates was persuaded in 2008 by Gene Wilhoit, then-director of the Council for Chief State School Officers,
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: DYETT HIGH SCHOOL SET TO CLOSE
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DYETT HIGH SCHOOL SET TO CLOSE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DYETT HIGH SCHOOL SET TO CLOSEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Jitu Brown, 773.317.6343E-mail: brothajitu@gmail.comMONDAY, JUNE 9, 2014 Walter Dyett High School Set to Close, Making Way for an Underperforming Contract SchoolParents and Students Charge
6-9-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: My Latest NY Times Post For English Language Learners Is On PetsMy latest NY Times post for English Language Learners features a student interactive on pets. It also shares teaching ideas for writing, drawing and creating videos about family pets. You can see all forty-two of my previous NY Times posts here.by Larry Ferlazz
6-9-14 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.: 1. Suleyman Turhanogullari, president of the Turkish American Federation of the Midwest. 2. Salim Ucan of Concept Schools3. F*ck You, Lewis!4. Bilal Eksili, of the FBI-raided charter in Indianapolis. Also associated with Niagara. Leader of many, many junkets for policymakers.5. Tamer Copuroglu, presid
Why Would WashPost Wait Three Months to Release a Gates Interview? | deutsch29
Why Would WashPost Wait Three Months to Release a Gates Interview? | deutsch29: Why Would WashPost Wait Three Months to Release a Gates Interview?June 9, 2014On Saturday, June 7, 2014, Lyndsey Layton of the Washington Post published this article based on a 28-minute interview she had with billionaire Common Core State Standards (CCSS) funder, Bill Gates. In the interview, Gates spills quite a bit
6-9-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Maxine Greene and the “Frozen Sea Inside of Us”Maxine Greene and the “Frozen Sea Inside of Us”. via Maxine Greene and the “Frozen Sea Inside of Us”.4 by plthomasedd / 2h hide // saveYESTERDAYWhy Would WashPost Wait Three Months to Release a Gates Interview?On Saturday, June 7, 2014, Lyndsey Layton of the Washington Post published this article based on a 28-minute interview she
6-9-13 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Never Mind the SATToday's Slate includes an intriguing report of the non-traditional application process for Bard College. Rebecca Shuman presents the new elective small-college alternative:Bard College, a highly selective liberal-arts school in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, is about to enter the second year of a revolutionary college-admissions experiment: four wickedly challengi
6-9-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: UFT President Mulgrew Takes On The Test From State of Politics:At 10 a.m., UFT President Michael Mulgrew will be joined by Sen. Adriano Espaillat, Assemblymen Karim Camara, Ron Kim, and other legislators to announce the introduction a bill that would mandate the use of multiple academic measures rather than the current single multiple-choice test, Stuyvesant High School, 345
Feminist high school boys declare: “I am a feminist” « Feminist Teacher
Feminist high school boys declare: “I am a feminist” « Feminist Teacher: Feminist high school boys declare: “I am a feminist”Thinks boys can’t be feminists? The seven boys who have taken my high school feminism class in the last two years disagree. They even got together to make a video to share the ways in which feminism has made an impact on their lives as young men.“My reason for taking the fem
Louisiana Educator: The New Bill Gates Public Education System
Louisiana Educator: The New Bill Gates Public Education System: The New Bill Gates Public Education SystemThis blockbuster article in the Washington Post gives the true history of the Common Core Standards. It shows how the entire public education system has been bought out, bullied, and snookered into a huge ill advised change in policy by one super wealthy, arrogant school dropout! If you really
Philly Rally for Full Funding, Local Control and a Nurse in Every School | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity
Philly Rally for Full Funding, Local Control and a Nurse in Every School | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: Philly Rally for Full Funding, Local Control and a Nurse in Every SchoolPosted on: Monday June 9th, 2014Govs. Corbett and Christie Are Coming to Philadelphia.Join Us for a Rally to Demand Full Funding, Local Control!At the Union League at
We Can Identify Likely Dropouts and Ensure They Stay in School to Graduate | janresseger
We Can Identify Likely Dropouts and Ensure They Stay in School to Graduate | janresseger: We Can Identify Likely Dropouts and Ensure They Stay in School to GraduatePosted on June 9, 2014 by janressegerRobert Balfanz, who directs the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University,reported in Saturday’s NY Times that “half of the African-American boys who veer off the path to high school grad
5 things you should know about L.A. schools' budget debate | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
5 things you should know about L.A. schools' budget debate | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: 5 things you should know about L.A. schools' budget debateAnnie Gilbertson | June 9th, 2014, 5:00amKen Teegardin/flickr Creative CommonsLos Angeles Unified school board will debate Tuesday how to spend next year's $6.8 billion dollar budget. It includes an estimated $332 million bump from Sacramento, a portion of
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESIs Rahm toast?Maggie HabermanIn Chicago, [Rahm Emanuel]is the ham-fisted gentrifer who’s been tripped up by the city’s entrenched racial politics. -- PoliticoEric Levitz at SalonBut a political system designed for gridlock, the grossly disproportionate influence of the rich, and Americans’ ideological aversion to class politics con
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SKrashen: LA Times editorial and some reactions re bilingual education and SB 1174
SKrashen: LA Times editorial and some reactions re bilingual education and SB 1174: LA Times editorial and some reactions re bilingual education and SB 1174" Over the last 16 years, academic research has largely found that good bilingual programs are just as effective at teaching English skills, and often slightly better at it, than classes that immerse students in English."This is bette
Spring Cleaning at the NYCDOE southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Spring Cleaning at the NYCDOECome one, come all to the; NYCDOE SPRING CLEANING RALLY!This Tuesday, June 10, 2014 from 4:30-5 PM EDT in front of the Tweed Courthouse on Chambers St. (Take 4, 5, or 6to City Hall or A train toChambers St.)Endorsed by DTOE, MORE, Change the Stakes, and the Badass Teacher's Association.The hundreds of lawyers hired by the Bloomberg admi
To Jindal: Dump Common Core, PARCC, and White | deutsch29
To Jindal: Dump Common Core, PARCC, and White | deutsch29: To Jindal: Dump Common Core, PARCC,and WhiteJune 8, 2014Governor Bobby Jindal is apparently trying to muster up the courage to remove Louisiana from the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and associated Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) assessments that he signed Louisiana on for in the first place.Of c
Can you get fired for talking to a reporter? | Twin Cities Daily Planet
Can you get fired for talking to a reporter? | Twin Cities Daily Planet: Can you get fired for talking to a reporter?By Sarah Lahm, TC Daily PlanetJune 08, 2014So, what’s it like working for the clampdown?For the past few weeks, I’ve wanted to pose this question to my friends and contacts who work for the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS).Why? Because the district, via communications chief Stan All
The “Almost Outrageous” Opposition to Bill Gates’ Market-Based Ed Reform | Educating The Gates Foundation
The “Almost Outrageous” Opposition to Bill Gates’ Market-Based Ed Reform | Educating The Gates Foundation: THE “ALMOST OUTRAGEOUS” OPPOSITION TO BILL GATES’ MARKET-BASED ED REFORMLindsey Layton inteviewed Bill Gates about his involvement in the Common Core,ending her article with Bill and Melinda’s motivation behind their financial backing of it. Lindsey reports:“Gates dismissed any suggestion tha
6-8-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Will politics prevent justice from being served – the Kenneth Moales Story Continues - Wait What?: Wait What? All WeekWill politics prevent justice from being served – the Kenneth Moales Story ContinuesThe controversy surrounding Reverend Kenneth Moales, Jr. expands even further Documents on file with the Connecticut Superior Court and the City of Bridgeport reveal that while Reverend Kenneth Mo
On watching “Mr. Holland’s Opus” in Jersey in June | Bob Braun's Ledger
On watching “Mr. Holland’s Opus” in Jersey in June | Bob Braun's Ledger: On watching “Mr. Holland’s Opus” in Jersey in JuneThe fictionThe realityBy now, hundreds of teachers throughout the state, most non-tenured, have received non-renewal notices. A few tenured teachers also are likely to lose jobs because their positions have been eliminated. But thousands of older, more experienced teachers hav
Nite Cap 6-8-14 #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 CAP6-8-14 Jersey Jazzman Chartery Snake Oil: Tennessee GradeJersey Jazzman: Chartery Snake Oil: Tennessee Grade: Chartery Snake Oil: Tennessee GradeYou know what really bugs me these days? Especially in the world of education "reform"?Smug
