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Firing Bad Teachers: A Superintendent and a Teacher's Union Official Debate - Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic
Firing Bad Teachers: A Superintendent and a Teacher's Union Official Debate - Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic: Firing Bad Teachers: A Superintendent and a Teacher's Union Official DebateCan due process for educators coexist with the ability to terminate abusive or unqualified individuals? Flickr/StreetliveDr. John E. Deasy, Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, supports the
NEA delegates approve creation of national campaign for equity and against “Toxic Testing”
NEA - 2014 News Releases: NEA delegates approve creation of national campaign for equity and against “Toxic Testing”Campaign to focus on assessments and developing real accountability systemsDENVER—The National Education Association (NEA) will launch a national campaign to put the focus of assessments and accountability back on ensuring equity and supporting student learning and end the “test blam
Gates' Excuse for Poor Results of Educational Technology: "Unmotivated Students" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Gates' Excuse for Poor Results of Educational Technology: "Unmotivated Students" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Gates' Excuse for Poor Results of Educational Technology: "Unmotivated Students"By Anthony Cody on July 2, 2014 12:18 PMI have written a great deal about the Gates Foundation's role in education reform over the past several years. They have been a focu
STEM Task Force Report - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
STEM Task Force Report - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Releases Blueprint to Improve Teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in CaliforniaSACRAMENTO—For California to maintain its leadership in high-tech innovation, the state must emphasize helping students become literate in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), State
To Close the Achievement Gap, We Need to Close the Teaching Gap | Linda Darling-Hammond
To Close the Achievement Gap, We Need to Close the Teaching Gap | Linda Darling-Hammond: To Close the Achievement Gap, We Need to Close the Teaching Gap For years now, educators have looked to international tests as a yardstick to measure how well U.S. students are learning 21st-century skills compared to their peers. The answer has been: not so well. The U.S. has been falling further behind other
Van Roekel Tells RA Delegates Bringing Equity to Schools Requires Leadership, Not Just Action | NEA Today
Van Roekel Tells RA Delegates Bringing Equity to Schools Requires Leadership, Not Just Action | NEA Today: Van Roekel Tells RA Delegates Bringing Equity to Schools Requires Leadership, Not Just ActionJuly 3, 2014 by twalker Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Tim WalkerNEA President Dennis Van Roekel delivered his final keynote speech at the 2014 Representative Assembly on Wed
An Activist Handbook for the Education Revolution: United Opt Out’s Test of Courage - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform
An Activist Handbook for the Education Revolution: United Opt Out’s Test of Courage - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform: An Activist Handbook for the Education Revolution: United Opt Out’s Test of CourageBY PEGWPEN · JULY 1, 2014In the summer of 2013, United Opt Out spent all of June writing 50 state opt out/refusal guides to arm everyone with an essential tool, specif
NEA RA. Delegates to Arne: Make Like A Tree and Leave
NEA RA. Delegates to Arne: Make Like A Tree and Leave
7-1-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Today Is Canada Day — Here Are Related Resources© 2008 Dennis Jarvis, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Today is Canada Day! I’ve just made a lot of additions to The Best Sites To Learn About Canada.by Larry Ferlazzo / 11min 6-30-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLarry Ferlazzo’s Webs
Charter schools could refuse to admit gay, transgender kids | News Feature | Indy Week
Charter schools could refuse to admit gay, transgender kids | News Feature | Indy Week: Charter schools could refuse to admit gay, transgender kids By Michael PapichFile photo by D.L. AndersonRep. Paul Stam is anti-gay. Was he born that way?emailprintshareadd to favoritesadd to custom listcommentsWrite to the editorAbill that would permit charter schools to discriminate against students based on s
The Same Principal, The Same Middle School, A Different Teacher southbronxschool.
http://www.southbronxschool.com: The Same Principal, The Same Middle School, A Different TeacherThe hits just coming in about this principal at that middle school in Brooklyn.This is now the third "manifesto" The Crack Team has received from staff members. This principal reminds me of Bobby Pellit, Jason Sudekis' boss in "Horrible Bosses." This stuff just can't be made up.Next
NEA RA. Delegates to Arne: Make Like A Tree and Leave
NEA RA. Delegates to Arne: Make Like A Tree and Leave
Nite Cap 7-4-14 #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 CAPHAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!7-4-14 Ed Notes OnlineEd Notes Online: Dissecting Moaning Mona DavidsMoaning Mona Davids has switched sides more times than a tennis ball.... and burned more bridges than the retreating German army..... Ed Notes Local 372 Presi
Fraud, embezzlement in charter schools nationally resonate with problems in Connecticut - Courant.com
Fraud, embezzlement in charter schools nationally resonate with problems in Connecticut - Courant.com: Hustlers Cash In On Charter School Craze Colin McEnroeTo Wit7:30 p.m. EDT, July 3, 2014If I showed you the headline "Weak Charter School Laws Enable Scams, Insider Dealing," you'd probably assume it's the latest shoe to drop in the unfurling scandal of FUSE, the punch-drunk charter scho
California's education leaders - AWOL again - SFGate
California's education leaders - AWOL again - SFGate: California's education leaders - AWOL againPeter SchragUpdated 11:41 am, Thursday, June 5, 2014Johanna Paraiso is an English teacher at Fremont High School in Oakland, one of three Bay Area schools named in the lawsuit over the time poor and immigrant students spend learning. Photo: Michael Short, The ChronicleThere's no way to know how many Ca
Good Riddance to Common Core Testing | Diane Ravitch
Good Riddance to Common Core Testing | Diane Ravitch: Good Riddance to Common Core TestingA few years ago, Arne Duncan, Bill Gates, David Coleman, and a merry band of policy wonks had a grand plan. The non-governmental groups like Achieve, the National Governors Association, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and Coleman's own Student Achievement Partners would write the Common Core stand
FLASHBACK: 4th of July
FLASHBACK: 4th of JulyNite Cap 7-4-13 #neara13 #RYH4Ed #BATsACT #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2 #HEREPASTJUNEJames 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 CAPTODAYEducation is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world - Nelson Mandela - Wait, What?Education is the most powerful
Morning Wink 7-4-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-4-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: A Reading List on TestingBob Shepherd posted this reading list on testing. The list was compiled by Alfie Kohn. I have a few additions: Todd Farley, Making the Grades Banesh Hoffman, The Tyranny
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-4-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: A Reading List on TestingBob Shepherd posted this reading list on testing. The list was compiled by Alfie Kohn. I have a few additions: Todd Farley, Making the Grades Banesh Hoffman, The Tyranny of Testing Phil Harris, The Myth of Standardized Testing Jim Horn and Denise Wilburn, The Mismeasure of Education Daniel Koretz, Measuring
7-4-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? When Democracy is seen as a danger…This week, as our state and nation prepared to celebrate the 4th of July, the union leaders of the Connecticut AFL-CIO sent out their weekly email to members. Their update included the following article, Can’t Support Petitioning For Pelto I am an advocate for access to the election ballot. I was a plaintiff in a […] The post When Democrac
Geaux Teacher!: White Pulls a Dead Rabbit Out of His Hat!
Geaux Teacher!: White Pulls a Dead Rabbit Out of His Hat!: White Pulls a Dead Rabbit Out of His Hat!I sent this letter to all BESE members along with various and sundry other people today.On July 1, during the BESE special meeting, it was stated several times that "teachers don't get to see the iLEAP or LEAP tests and parents can't see the tests after administration," so it would not be
Oregon Save Our Schools: Oregon SOS at the Gates Foundation Protest in Seattle
Oregon Save Our Schools: Oregon SOS at the Gates Foundation Protest in Seattle: Oregon SOS at the Gates Foundation Protest in SeattleOn Thursday, June 26th, members of Oregon Save Our Schools joined Oregon Bad Ass Teachers (BATs) in Seattle in solidarity with Washington BATs and Washington Save Our Schools at an event designed to bring attention to Bill Gates’ undue influence in our public schools
NEA - 2014 News Releases
NEA - 2014 News Releases: NEA delegates approve creation of national campaign for equity and against “Toxic Testing”Campaign to focus on assessments and developing real accountability systemsDENVER—The National Education Association (NEA) will launch a national campaign to put the focus of assessments and accountability back on ensuring equity and supporting student learning and end the “test blam
Nite Cap 7-3-14 #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 CAPThe Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro by Frederick Douglass | Bill AyersThe Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro by Frederick Douglass | Bill Ayers: The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro by Frederick DouglassA speech given at Rochester, New
Michelle Rhee’s Campaign Cash Infusion | Truth in American Education
Michelle Rhee’s Campaign Cash Infusion | Truth in American Education: Michelle Rhee’s Campaign Cash InfusionFiled in Candidates on Education by Shane Vander Hart on July 3, 2014 • 0 Comments1Photo credit: Center for American Progress (CC-By-ND 2.0)Today’s Moring Education article at Politico discussed StudentsFirst involvement in the 2012 elections. It also sheds some light on why the Common Core
Van Roekel Tells RA Delegates Bringing Equity to Schools Requires Leadership, Not Just Action | NEA Today
Van Roekel Tells RA Delegates Bringing Equity to Schools Requires Leadership, Not Just Action | NEA Today: Van Roekel Tells RA Delegates Bringing Equity to Schools Requires Leadership, Not Just ActionJuly 3, 2014 by twalker Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Tim WalkerNEA President Dennis Van Roekel delivered his final keynote speech at the 2014 Representative Assembly on Wed
7-3-14 The Whole Child Blog — Encourage Student Passions with Genius Hour
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGEncourage Student Passions with Genius HourJuly 3, 2014 by ASCD Whole Child BloggersFounded on an innovation championed by businesses like FedEx and Google, "the genius hour" sets aside school time (at least an hour, every week) for students to work on something they are passionate about. This video outlines some basic ten
Are You on the Common Core Enemies List? | Missouri Education Watchdog
Are You on the Common Core Enemies List? | Missouri Education Watchdog: Are You on the Common Core Enemies List?inShareWe are truly living in Nixonian times. The above excerpt is from a June 1971 White House memo entitled Dealing with our Political Enemies. You better be careful what you say and what you write about Common Core in 2014 if you don’t agree with the process or product. You might j
7-3-14 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): LAUSD expands search to find enough summer school teachersAs LAUSD kicked off its newly expanded summer school program last month, accommodating more students than ever before, one thing became clear: Sometimes, more money means more problems. And one problem district officials didn’t anticipate was findi
7-3-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin'
Jersey Jazzman: Hey Professor: There IS a War On TeachersSpeaking for myself, one of the most frustrating things about being a teacher is when non-teachers in positions of influence tell me that my profession isn't really being targeted -- it's all just in my head, silly!Take the intellectual godfather of reforminess, Eric Hanushek, speaking here of the Vergara decision, which struck down Californ
Coming to America - How we can help kids crossing the border
Coming to AmericaNEIL DIAMOND LYRICS"America"Far,We've been traveling farWithout a homeBut not without a starFree,Only want to be freeWe huddle closeHang on to a dreamOn the boats and on the planesThey're coming to AmericaNever looking back again,They're coming to AmericaHomeDon't it seem so far awayOh, we're traveling light todayIn the eye of the stormIn the eye of the stormHomeTo a new
Educating the Gates Foundation | Rethinking Schools Blog
Educating the Gates Foundation | Rethinking Schools Blog: Educating the Gates FoundationJuly 2, 2014 by rethinkingschoolsblogJune 26, Rethinking Schools editor Wayne Au spoke at a Seattle rally protesting the role of the Gates Foundation in public education: “Educating the Gates Foundation.” The rally was sponsored by Washington BATS (Bad-Ass Teachers) and Washington Save Our Schools. This is the
Morning Wink 7-3-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-3-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Rocketship Charter Chain’s Big Plans in TexasA note from a reader in Texas, where Rocketship charter schools have big expansion plans: Rocketship has re-applied for charters in Texas, 8 each in S
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-3-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Rocketship Charter Chain’s Big Plans in TexasA note from a reader in Texas, where Rocketship charter schools have big expansion plans: Rocketship has re-applied for charters in Texas, 8 each in San Antonio and Dallas. Last cycle, in spite of support from San Antonio group, Choose to Succeed (along with the promise of million(s) in
7-3-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: TED-Ed Video: “What you might not know about the Declaration of Independence”Here’s a nice TED-Ed video and lesson I’m adding to The Best Websites For Learning About The Fourth Of July:by Larry Ferlazzo / 8h 7-2-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLarry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
Middle school key to college, career pipeline | EdSource
Middle school key to college, career pipeline | EdSource: Middle school key to college, career pipelineJuly 2, 2014 | By Michelle Maitre | No Comments SHARE THIS ARTICLECREDIT: COURTESY OF JOHN WHITEMost of the graduates of the Reseda High School Police Academy Magnet program got their start at a junior police academy at William Mulholland Middle School in Los Angeles. The middle school program i
Empowered Educators Raise Their Hands for Student Success | NEA Today
Empowered Educators Raise Their Hands for Student Success | NEA Today: Empowered Educators Raise Their Hands for Student SuccessJuly 2, 2014 by twalker Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Mary Ellen FlanneryMore than 1,000 innovative, empowered educators put their heads and hearts together during NEA’s “Raise Your Hand: Empowered Educators Day” on Wednesday, sharing the awesom
To Close the Achievement Gap, We Need to Close the Teaching Gap | Linda Darling-Hammond
To Close the Achievement Gap, We Need to Close the Teaching Gap | Linda Darling-Hammond: To Close the Achievement Gap, We Need to Close the Teaching Gap For years now, educators have looked to international tests as a yardstick to measure how well U.S. students are learning 21st-century skills compared to their peers. The answer has been: not so well. The U.S. has been falling further behind other
Charter School Alternative Form 2013-14 - Financial Reporting (CA Dept of Education)
Charter School Alternative Form 2013-14 - Financial Reporting (CA Dept of Education): Charter School Alternative Form 2013-14Download the 2013-14 Charter School Unaudited Actuals Financial Report Alternative Form as well as instructions on how to complete the form.Reporting Unaudited ActualsFor the period July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2014, the submission of charter school financial data to the Califo
Nite Cap 7-2-14 #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 CAPGeaux Teacher!: For Louisiana Board of Education Failure Was the Only Option!Geaux Teacher!: For Louisiana Board of Education Failure Was the Only Option!: For Louisiana Board of Education Failure Was the Only Option!Retired teacher Mike Deshotel
Geaux Teacher!: For Louisiana Board of Education Failure Was the Only Option!
Geaux Teacher!: For Louisiana Board of Education Failure Was the Only Option!: For Louisiana Board of Education Failure Was the Only Option!Retired teacher Mike Deshotels offers a pretty darn good synopsis of the June 1 BESE meeting. If you missed it or want to spend a few hours witnessing an incredibly juvenile and idiotic display, you can watch the archived video when and if LDE makes it availa
NEA president: Current testing system “will crumble” | Chalkbeat
NEA president: Current testing system “will crumble” | Chalkbeat: NEA president: Current testing system “will crumble”Nation's largest teachers union meeting in Denver Two National Education Association leaders Wednesday called for a massive reduction in the amount of student testing and predicted accountability systems based on such assessments “will crumble.”Dennis Van Roekel, president of the 3
Full interview with Karen Lewis | abc7chicago.com
Full interview with Karen Lewis | abc7chicago.com: FULL INTERVIEW WITH KAREN LEWIS
Gates' Excuse for Poor Results of Educational Technology: "Unmotivated Students" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Gates' Excuse for Poor Results of Educational Technology: "Unmotivated Students" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Gates' Excuse for Poor Results of Educational Technology: "Unmotivated Students"By Anthony Cody on July 2, 2014 12:18 PMI have written a great deal about the Gates Foundation's role in education reform over the past several years. They have been a focu
Charter schools could refuse to admit gay, transgender kids | News Feature | Indy Week
Charter schools could refuse to admit gay, transgender kids | News Feature | Indy Week: Charter schools could refuse to admit gay, transgender kids By Michael PapichFile photo by D.L. AndersonRep. Paul Stam is anti-gay. Was he born that way?emailprintshareadd to favoritesadd to custom listcommentsWrite to the editorAbill that would permit charter schools to discriminate against students based on s
7-2-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Five Good Resources For Project-Based Learning© 2010 hackNY.org, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Here are some useful additions to The Best Sites For Cooperative Learning Ideas: Personalized PBL: Student-Designed Learning is by Andrew Miller. Five Keys to Rigorous Project-Based Learning is from Edutopia. What Project-Based Le
"Solidarity Forever" - Lily Eskelsen
"Solidarity Forever" - Lily Eskelsen
Morning Wink 7-2-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-2-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Microsoft Cashes in on Common Core and Online TestingAre you ready for the new standards? Check out how Microsoft can help your school.5 by dianeravitch / 32min hide // saveMichigan: A One-Woma
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-2-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Microsoft Cashes in on Common Core and Online TestingAre you ready for the new standards? Check out how Microsoft can help your school.5 by dianeravitch / 32min hide // saveMichigan: A One-Woman Truth Squad for Charter AccountabilityThis article tells the story of Mary T. Wood, a woman in Michigan who has devoted nine years to tr
7-2-14 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.: The view from the IEA Retired section in the back of the hall at the first Illinois caucus session yesterday.NEA RA. NBI A. Toxic testing.New Business A will be presented to the RA Thursday. NEW BUSINESS ITEM A NEA CAMPAIGN AGAINST TOXIC TESTING NEA will conduct a comprehensive campaign to end the h
7-2-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? CT Post Editorial: A long-overdue step on chartersThe Connecticut Post has published a powerful editorial about the Jumoke/FUSE charter school debacle and the Malloy Administration’s failure to properly oversee the growing charter school industry in Connecticut. Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy, his Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, and Pryor’s minions of charter school a
An Activist Handbook for the Education Revolution: United Opt Out’s Test of Courage - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform
An Activist Handbook for the Education Revolution: United Opt Out’s Test of Courage - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform: An Activist Handbook for the Education Revolution: United Opt Out’s Test of CourageBY PEGWPEN · JULY 1, 2014In the summer of 2013, United Opt Out spent all of June writing 50 state opt out/refusal guides to arm everyone with an essential tool, specif
Do Teachers' Unions Have Any Friends in the Obama Administration? | Diane Ravitch
Do Teachers' Unions Have Any Friends in the Obama Administration? | Diane Ravitch: Do Teachers' Unions Have Any Friends in the Obama Administration?Posted: 07/01/2014 6:33 pm EDT Updated: 2 hours agoPrint ArticleShare30Tweet40Email10Comment7We are living in an era when the very idea of public education is under attack, as are teachers' unions and the teaching profession. Let's be clear: these atta
Is It Time to Escort Bill Gates Out of Our Schools? | John Thompson
Is It Time to Escort Bill Gates Out of Our Schools? | John Thompson: Is It Time to Escort Bill Gates Out of Our Schools?American constitutional democracy seeks a balance between the empowerment of individuals and the checks and balances necessary to protect the rights of the community. Bill Gates, like so many other billionaires, does not seem to respect the wisdom of poet Robert Frost. "Good
Nite Cap 6-30-14 #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 CAPFundraising advantages didn’t buy victory in SBE primaries | ChalkbeatFundraising advantages didn’t buy victory in SBE primaries | Chalkbeat: Fundraising advantages didn’t buy victory in SBE primaries Both candidates who won the contested State B
Fundraising advantages didn’t buy victory in SBE primaries | Chalkbeat
Fundraising advantages didn’t buy victory in SBE primaries | Chalkbeat: Fundraising advantages didn’t buy victory in SBE primaries Both candidates who won the contested State Board of Education primaries on June 24, Valentina Flores and Marcia Neal, raised less money than the people they defeated.In the 1st District, Democratic winner Flores raised $20,292 in cash and non-monetary contributions. L
7-1-14 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): Welcome to the Oligarchy: The U.S. Needs a New MythologyAn oligarchy exists when power rests with a very few. The U.S. was founded as a rejection of the sort of oligarchy in which royalty (the accident of birth) determined power—although that movement was driven mostly b
Green Dot, based in L.A., plans to open schools in other states - Los Angeles Times
Green Dot, based in L.A., plans to open schools in other states - Los Angeles Times: Green Dot, based in L.A., plans to open schools in other statesGreen Dot Public Schools, a locally based group of charter campuses, announced this week it has set up a national organization to manage expansion into Tennessee and Washington.Charters are free public schools operated independently of local districts
7-1-14 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: Vergara may be headed for lengthy appealsFinal ruling in Vergara could be years in coming Vergara v. California, in which a Superior Court judge struck down California’s teacher tenure, layoff and dismissal laws, may be headed for a lengthy appeals process. A clue to how long may lie in anot
7-1-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: How to increase socioeconomic diversity in collegeLeaders in higher education have known for many years that low-income students are underrepresented at top institutions. How to change that? Catharine B. Hill, the president of Vassar College in New York, writes in this post about the only way that colleges and universities can expand socioeconomic diversity. By Catharine B. Hill As c
7-1-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? The battle against the corporate education reform industry takes center stageCharter School Scandal Continues to Rock Malloy Administration… However, rather than conduct a truly independent investigation into the fall of the Jumoke/FUSE charter school management company, Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education and his political appointees on the State Board of Education
7-1-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Today Is Canada Day — Here Are Related Resources© 2008 Dennis Jarvis, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Today is Canada Day! I’ve just made a lot of additions to The Best Sites To Learn About Canada.by Larry Ferlazzo / 11min 6-30-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLarry Ferlazzo’s Webs
Morning Wink 7-1-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-1-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Paul Bruno: What if There is No Crisis in U.S. Education?Paul Bruno, a science teacher in California, assembled a few charts to show that there is no “crisis” in American education. What we have
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-1-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Paul Bruno: What if There is No Crisis in U.S. Education?Paul Bruno, a science teacher in California, assembled a few charts to show that there is no “crisis” in American education. What we have today was aptly named “a manufactured crisis” by David Berliner and Bruce Biddle, in their book “The Manufactured Crisis: Myths, Fraud, an
Pennsylvania Budget Fails to Provide for Desperate Education Needs of Philadelphia’s Children | janresseger
Pennsylvania Budget Fails to Provide for Desperate Education Needs of Philadelphia’s Children | janresseger: Pennsylvania Budget Fails to Provide for Desperate Education Needs of Philadelphia’s ChildrenPosted on July 1, 2014 by janressegerWriting for the NY Times, Josh Barro points out: “Kansas has a problem. In April and May, the state planned to collect $651 million from personal income tax. B
The REAL international story of American education | Dangerously Irrelevant
The REAL international story of American education | Dangerously Irrelevant: The REAL international story of American educationLinda Darling-Hammond said:Federal policy under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the Department of Education’s ‘flexibility’ waivers has sought to address [the problem of international competitiveness] by beefing up testing policies — requiring more tests and upping the con
Competency Education: The Next Great Disruptor in Education | Connected Principals
Competency Education: The Next Great Disruptor in Education | Connected Principals: Competency Education: The Next Great Disruptor in Educationby Brian Stack • July 1, 2014 • 0 CommentsAt a summit hosted by the Bainbridge Consulting firm in San Diego last week, research fellow Thomas Arnett of the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation talked about the power of disruptors in shapi
Common Core-Aligned Tests and the New Pearson GED: Failure By Design? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Common Core-Aligned Tests and the New Pearson GED: Failure By Design? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Common Core-Aligned Tests and the New Pearson GED: Failure By Design?By Anthony Cody on June 30, 2014 7:06 PMReturning from protesting the Gates Foundation's funding of corporate education reform, I have been wrestling with some questions about the goals for their project.The Gates
Nite Cap 6-30-14 #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 CAP6-30-14 Seattle Schools Community ForumSeattle Schools Community Forum: Great Reading on Ed Reform by a Local LeaderThat leader is Trish Millines Dziko who started Technology Access Foundation and is truly a great thinker on how to push the needl
6-30-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Great Reading on Ed Reform by a Local LeaderThat leader is Trish Millines Dziko who started Technology Access Foundation and is truly a great thinker on how to push the needle forward for students of color using STEM-based curriculum with project-based learning.Trish has written a series on her thoughts about ed reform (she's frustrated) and we think - intentionall
6-30-14 The Whole Child Blog — Got Questions on Differentiated Instruction? Join the #ASCDL2L Chat! — Whole Child Education
Got Questions on Differentiated Instruction? Join the #ASCDL2L Chat! — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGGot Questions on Differentiated Instruction? Join the #ASCDL2L Chat!June 30, 2014 by Leader to LeaderOn Tuesday night, July 1, from 8–9 p.m. eastern time, join ASCD leaders and educators on Twitter for an#ASCDL2L chat discussing Differentiated Instruction in the 21st century. Carol Ann
The 'bizarro" state of American education today. More Joker... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
The 'bizarro" state of American education today. More Joker... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: The 'bizarro" state of American education today. More Joker than Superman? COMMENT(14) 0 14 11 33View Larger Hulton Archive / Getty ImagesCover illustration for 'World's Finest Comics,' with Superman, Batman and Robin selling US War Bonds to sink the 'Japanazis' in World War II, 1940s. (Photo b
Neuman Celano library study: Educational technology worsens achievement gaps.
Neuman Celano library study: Educational technology worsens achievement gaps.: Educational Technology Isn’t Leveling the Playing Field97159427In fact, it’s making achievement gaps even bigger.By Annie Murphy PaulAffluent kids receive more guidance in libraries—new computers or not—than poor kids do.Courtesy of Shutterstock.The local name for the Philadelphia neighborhood of Kensington is “the Badl
STEM Task Force Report - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
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What makes for happier teachers, according to international survey | Education By The Numbers
What makes for happier teachers, according to international survey | Education By The Numbers: What makes for happier teachers, according to international surveyTeachers who say they get included in school decision-making and collaborate often with other teachers are more likely to say that teaching is a valued profession in their society. In turn, these same teachers report higher levels of job
California Teachers Pensions Take Another Hit From Politicians
California Teachers Pensions: California Teachers Take Another Hit From PoliticiansBy Ann Robertson and Bill LeumerShare on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on pinterest_shareMore Sharing Services1With Democratic Governor Jerry Brown in office since 2011 and the Democratic Party winning a supermajority in the state legislature in 2012, one might think that organized labor was secure and
Teachers protest in downtown Seattle, say Bill Gates is ruining education - GeekWire
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With ‘Harris’ Ruling, Supreme Court Silences Voices of Working Families | NEA Today
With ‘Harris’ Ruling, Supreme Court Silences Voices of Working Families | NEA Today: With ‘Harris’ Ruling, Supreme Court Silences Voices of Working FamiliesJune 30, 2014 by twalker Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Mary Ellen Flannery and Tim WalkerToday, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a narrow 5-4 decision, voted to eliminate fair share, or agency fee, arrangements for Illinois
Morning Wink 6-30-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-30-14Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
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6-30-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
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6-30-14 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.: DVR says goodbye to the retirees.These are the final days for Dennis Van Roekel as President of the NEA. VP Lily Eskelsen Garcia will be elected to replace him later this week. His appearance an speech Sunday in front of the 350 or so retired delegates at our pre-RA conference was warmly received. DVR
The Danger of Creative Disruption as a School Reform Theory | janresseger
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Abusive Letter Sent to Jeff Storobinsky southbronxschool
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DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: 10 Things That Stand Out Because I Joined the #NotatISTE14 Community!
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Geaux Teacher!: "I have lost faith in the PTA," says Parent
Geaux Teacher!: "I have lost faith in the PTA," says Parent: "I have lost faith in the PTA," says ParentThis comment was made by a PTA Mom in response to a blog by Diane Ravitch. In her blog, Diane relays the thoughts of Peter Greene on U.S.Ed Sec. Arne Duncan's speech at the National PTA Conference. I have re-posted Peter's statement after the Mom's comment.Note: The Gates
Nite Cap 6-29-14 #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 CAPDid LDOE hire 100 summer Interns at 25,000 a piece? | Crazy Crawfish's BlogDid LDOE hire 100 summer Interns at 25,000 a piece? | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsDid LDOE hire 100 summer Interns at 25,
Did LDOE hire 100 summer Interns at 25,000 a piece? | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
Did LDOE hire 100 summer Interns at 25,000 a piece? | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsDid LDOE hire 100 summer Interns at 25,000 a piece?Posted on June 29, 20140I was recently contacted to investigate and Louisiana Department of Education story that sounded too absurd to be true. I was told John White had hired as many as 100 interns at 25 grand a pop
Firing Bad Teachers: A Superintendent and a Teacher's Union Official Debate - Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic
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Sixty Years After Brown V. Board, Black Teachers Are Disappearing---Again - News & Views - EBONY
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Protesters to Gates Foundation: "Divest from Corporate Education Reform" - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
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6-29-14 @ The Chalk Face
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College liberals spurn $10M gift from Koch brothers | New York Post
College liberals spurn $10M gift from Koch brothers | New York Post: College liberals spurn $10M gift from Koch brothersBy Carl CampanileJune 24, 2014 | 2:27amModal TriggerBrooklyn CollegePhoto: Edwine SeymourThey may teach business classes at Brooklyn College, but the school’s liberal leaders have told two of the country’s top businessmen to take their money and shove it because they don’t like t
Activists confront Rahm at media event - Substance News
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Morning Wink 6-29-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-29-14Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Oklahoma Rejected Pass-Fail Third Grade Reading TestI am late in reporting this story, but did not want to miss the opportunity to correct my oversight. One of the truly bad ideas that has been adopted in various states is that third graders must pass a reading test or flunk. They can’t advance to fourth grade. This is part of the
6-29-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? All Week“Disruptive innovation’ policies hurting state’s children” (By Wendy Lecker)The Corporate Education Reform Industry calls it “Disruptive Innovation.” Translated into English, it describes the process by which an “education reformer” claims that they are improving the quality of education for our children by blowing up and undermining our public schools, turning them
6-29-14 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.: Sunday reads.At the NEA RA with the next president of the NEA, Lily Eskelsen Garcia. It’s the final day of the NEA Retired Conference, Happy birthday to my Skokie Organization of Retired Educators (IEA-R) member and fellow Illinois delegate Bob Kaplan. Nine thousand delegates arrive in Denver for NEA
6-29-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
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6-29-14 Perdido Street School Week
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Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Collaboration between companies + school district = Connected educators
Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Collaboration between companies + school district = Connected educators: Collaboration between companies + school district = Connected educatorsAre you gaga over Google? Do you think Microsoft is magnificent? Do you excel at using Edmodo? Do you think PBS is the perfect platform for digital media content?Wouldn’t it be great to find others in your district us
NYC Educator: The Good, the Bad and the Really Ugly
NYC Educator: The Good, the Bad and the Really Ugly: The Good, the Bad and the Really UglyI learned of the death of Eli Wallach on the way to grade Regents last week in someone else's school. The star of stage and screen had died at the age of 98. I will always best remember him as Tuco, "the Ugly," part-time sidekick to Blondie, in Sergio Leone's "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.&
Rocketship Education sputters in expansion, classroom - ContraCostaTimes.com
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Nite Cap 6-28-14 #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 CAPTop Three Summer Reads Recommended for Educators |Top Three Summer Reads Recommended for Educators |: Top Three Summer Reads Recommended for Educators Following up on my most recent post regarding the first external review of my recently released
Moms who DREAM | MomsRising's Blog
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6-28-14 Saturday Matinée Special "Corporate ED Reform: The Man Behind the Curtain" News Breakout
Saturday Matinée Special "Corporate ED Reform: The Man Behind the Curtain" News BreakoutHarrisburg Sit In: Day 2 | WeArePCAPSHarrisburg Sit In: Day 2 | WeArePCAPS: Harrisburg Sit In: Day 2Posted on June 28, 2014by wearepcapsLights Out at State Capitol: PCAPS Still ThereShare this:by mike simpson / 2h Don’t Cry for Me Arizona | EduShysterDon’t Cry for Me Arizona | EduShyster: Don’t Cry fo
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BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POST I graded the AP World History exam and all I got was this lousy racist t-shirtI graded the AP World History exam and all I got was this lousy racist t-shirt: I GRADED THE AP WORLD HISTORY EXAM AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY RACIST T-SHIRT"Rampant cultural appropriation, cultural insensitivity, and straight up racism" at annual exa
Morning Wink 6-28-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
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NYC Educator: Ms. Tisch and the Fabulous Idea
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Crain's Hinz tips business' hand on Lewis run for mayor
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Crain's Hinz tips business' hand on Lewis run for mayor: Crain's Hinz tips business' hand on Lewis run for mayorA good sign for Karen Lewis. She's already got them nervous. No sooner had she hinted that she was "seriously considering" a run for mayor than Greg Hinz at Crain's jumped out with a patronizing, borderline racist column, warning Lewis to rethink
“Good” Doctors and Teachers* (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
“Good” Doctors and Teachers* (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: “Good” Doctors and Teachers* (Part 1)During the 1930s, my grandmother saw a specialist about a melanoma on her face. During the course of the visit when she asked him a question, he slapped her face, saying, ‘I’ll ask the questions here. I’ll do the talking.’ Can you imagine such an event occurring today?
GI Bill funds flow to for-profit colleges that fail state aid standards | The Center for Investigative Reporting
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Stephen Krashen Blog 6-28-14
SKrashen:School libraries and school librarians can help close the achievement gap.Submitted to the Chicago Sun-Tunes, June 27.Strengthening school libraries is an easy and inexpensive way to improve school performance ("CPS board warned of drought of librarians," June 26.)There is enormous evidence that self-selected pleasure reading is the source of much of our literacy development: Th
6-28-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Love Letters to the BATS
With A Brooklyn Accent:The Challenges Facing the NEA and the AFT at Their National Conventions As teachers unions prepare to meet this summer, they face three great challenges, which are also opportunities:The rapidly growing grass roots movement against the Common Core Standards, which has already led several states to withdraw from CCSS, and has probably doomed its creators vision of CCSS as a n
6-28-14 Jersey Jazzman NJ Ed News Round-up Jammin' All Week
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6-28-14 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION:Curmudgucation WeekThe Attack on Colleges Continues in the NYTIn the battle for American education, new fronts (aka new profit and growth opportunities) have been opening up steadily from Pre-K and Pre-Pre-K all the way up to colleges and universities. Today's New York Times includes a peek at what the attack on colleges and universities will look like.Kevin Carey says not only do A
6-28-14 NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education
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6-28-14 THE WHOLE WEEK @ The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education:THE WHOLE WEEK @ The Whole Child Blog Becoming Better ListenersPost written by Melinda Moran At its heart, differentiation is about knowing your students—not only where they are relative to learning goals, but also who they are as learners, or better yet, as people. Because our students are really people "under construction," differentiation i
6-28-14 This Week in LA - School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD
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6-28-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida ALL Week
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All Week @ The Answer Sheet 6-28-14
The Answer Sheet:All Week @ The Answer SheetA disturbing look at Common Core tests in New YorkThe promise of new standardized tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards was that they would show which students were ready for college and career and which weren’t. But in New York, a look at the tests shows how the state is failing to meet that promise. This was written by Carol Burris and […]1
6-28-14 Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership Society All Week
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog:Schooling in the Ownership SocietyMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership SocietyFinally, a viable opponent for Mayor One-Percent?“I’m a little sick of the mayor and I don’t see anyone stepping up,” Lewis told the Chicago Sun-Times by telephone Thursday evening. “I am seriously thinking about it.”"Do we want 'Star Wars' museums or public, neighborhood
6-28-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
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6-28-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumFriday Open ThreadUpdate: it appears that the district is working with the City and the Downtown Seattle Association on a proposal for the former Federal Building. I am somewhat surprised given the district's seeming lack of interest. The proposal is due July 3rd. I have no further details until I hear back from the district capita
6-28-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineShades of 2004: Balanced Literacy Plus High Class Sizes a Recipe for FailureWith the re-entry of Farina's pal Lucy Calkins and Balanced Literacy and its Workshop models we may find ourselves in the Tweed version of Groundhog Day.One of my long-time colleagues in ICE/GEM/MORE is a grad of Teachers College where she was trained in Balanced Literacy and is a fan - in t
6-28-14 Fred All Week 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.: Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacherKeeping retirement weird. “Power concedes nothing without a demand,” said Frederick Douglass.As I stepped out of the elevator I ran into an old friend who I hadn’t seen since the RA last year in Atlanta. After a warm embrace we he
6-28-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekFox 5 Reporter Sentenced To 26 Years In Prison For Child Molestation ChargesBut Charles Leaf, the former Fox 5 reporter sentenced to 26 years in prison for child molestation and child porn, continues to deny the charges:The former television reporter convicted of molesting a 4-year-old girl defiantly maintained his innocence for nearly half an hour
6-28-14 the becoming radical EMPATHYEDUCATES! | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
THE BECOMING RADICALEMPATHYEDUCATES!the becoming radical A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by Loss: A Dog’s LifeI was listening to sports talk radio, an interview with Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, who characterized an athlete’s career as “a dog’s life,” meaning that career is short. And this spoke to me in the wake of having just lost our first family dog, Hershey, a chocolate lab we h
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-28-14
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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 6-28-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
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This Week's Education Research Report 6-28-14 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTChallenges in Evaluating Principal EffectivenessThe purpose of this article is to examine the assumptions underlying efforts to evaluate principal effectiveness in terms of student test scores, to review extant research on efforts to estimate principal effectiveness, and to discuss the appropriateness of including estimates of principal
6-28-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Schools Matter All WeekLearn about TMoE at Chalkface Radio Interview ArchiveChalkface Radio has up a terrific interview archive. Check it out. Here's the one Denise Wilburn and I did 10 months ago, soon after The Mismeasure of Education was published. Current Politics Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with Chalk Face on BlogTalkRadioJuly 12 will mark the one year since TMoE was publis
All Week 6-28-14 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE : All Week @ THE CHALK FACE Van Roekel to NEA: With what will you replace the accountability system?It’s not the first time Dennis Van Roekel (DVR) has asked this loaded question. Last year, DVR asked the NEA membership at large, during an interview, with what they would purport to replace the Common Core State Standards, if we did get rid of them. Now, he’s asking the same quest
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 6-21-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGThe Millions Wasted on Testing Could Be Spent on…..Valerie Strauss ran this great article by Jim Arnold and Peter Smagorinsky. Jim Arnold recently retired from the superintendent’s position of the Pelham City Schools in Georgia. Peter Smagorinsky is Distinguished Research Professor of English Education at the University o