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BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-21-14 Diane Ravitch's blog #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: South Carolina: State Vouchers Allow Profits at Expense of Public SchoolsThere is more than one way to harm public education. Several states have passed legislation to allow tax credits for scholarships to private and religious schools. This reduces the money available to support public schools. But it gets better! In South Carolin

by mike simpson / 0min

7-21-14 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Rockaway Theatre Company's Gypsy: Weekend Sellout - Some PhotosIt's tough to have to spend less than 5 minutes on stage with no lines and basically nothing to do other than have the actors move you around and then spend the next 2 hours backstage until the curtain call trying to get out of everyone's way. When I'm done I'll share the column for The Wave I'm working on the total ex

by mike simpson / 3min

7-21-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Latest Resources On The Child Refugee Crisis© 2011 Takver, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Here are the latest additions to The Best Resources For Learning About The Children Refugee Crisis At The U.S. Southern Border: A Central America expert explains the root causes of the migrant crisis is from Vox. The Myth of the Disease

by mike simpson / 7min

7-21-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy

Wait What?: Wait What? Malloy Administration looks to stick it to public education yet again…Proving that there is apparently no bounds to the arrogance and sense of entitlement displayed by Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy and his administration, the Day newspaper of New London is reporting that, “The [New London] Board of Education will go forward with its scheduled vote tonight on the contract for

by mike simpson / 9min

7-21-14 Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet: Why college remediation needs to be overhauledAward-winning Principal Carol Burris of South Side High School in New York has written here and here about how college remediation rates are often hyped. In in the following post she expands her examination by looking at the purpose and efficacy of the remedial model. Burris has been exposing the problems with New York’s disastrous […]1 b

by mike simpson / 12min

Shanker Blog » Where Al Shanker Stood: Democracy In Public Education

Shanker Blog » Where Al Shanker Stood: Democracy In Public Education: Where Al Shanker Stood: Democracy In Public EducationPosted by Shanker Institute Staff on July 21, 2014There is an ongoing debate in the U.S. about the role of democracy in public education. In March 1997, in his final “Where We Stand” column in the New York Times, Al Shanker addressed this issue directly. The piece, published p

by mike simpson / 14min

7-21-14 Schools Matter

Schools Matter: TURNcoats Meet in Rosemont, IL to Promote Common Coreby Jim Horn / 2h 7-20-14 Schools Matter All WeekSchools Matter: NEA, SEIU, and Eli BroadAt the recent AFT and NEA coronations, there was news about new linkages with SEIU, whose former president, Andy Stern, had close ties with Broad, Gates, and Obama (Stern had a choice seat in the Obama box at the Inauguration Parade). Below i

by mike simpson / 18min

7-21-14 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: “No new federal spending” Equals “This really doesn’t matter”“No new federal spending” Equals “This really doesn’t matter”. via “No new federal spending” Equals “This really doesn’t matter”.by plthomasedd / 0min hide // saveBack from vacation to crowdsource a problem with school enrollmentHelp. My elementary school in a low-income part of Washington, DC needs its community to e

by mike simpson / 21min

7-21-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness

the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): “No new federal spending” Equals “This really doesn’t matter”Mykoto Rich’s lede sounds promising: President Obama will announce on Monday that 60 of the nation’s largest school districts are joining his initiative to improve the educational futures of young African-Ameri

by mike simpson / 24min

7-21-14 Curmudgucation Week

CURMUDGUCATION: CCSS and EsperantoWhy don't we speak Esperanto?You know Esperanto. It's a constructed language created in the late 19th century by a young man who was very interested in languages and who thought he might come up with a neutral language that transcended all the biases and baggage of previous languages. Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof became an opthamologist, so he wasn't technically a lang

by mike simpson / 26min

7-21-14 Perdido Street School Week

Perdido Street School: Daily News Continues To Shill For The Common CoreA Siena poll released today found the following:BY a 49-39 percent margin, voters want to see implementation of the Common Core stopped rather than continued.Despite these numbers, Common Core-supporting newspaper the Daily News reports voters are "split" on the Core here in New York.Here's their headline:Voters back

by mike simpson / 29min

The Myth of the Helpless Parent | Truth in American Education

The Myth of the Helpless Parent | Truth in American Education: The Myth of the Helpless ParentFiled in Common Core State Standards by Laurie H. Rogers on July 21, 2014 • 0 Comments“I Can” statements are all the rage in our public schools. Students are to say “I can” and then positively reaffirm something they feel capable of doing.I’m offering suggestions for “We can” statements. If your school di

by mike simpson / 36min

10 School Reform Phrases That Should Trigger Your BS Detector :: Frederick M. Hess

10 School Reform Phrases That Should Trigger Your BS Detector :: Frederick M. Hess: 10 School Reform Phrases That Should Trigger Your BS Detectorby Frederick M. Hess • Jul 21, 2014 at 8:28 amCross-posted from Education Week Print Send RSS ShareEducation is filled with jargon, buzzwords, and BS. I've had a lot of fun over the years skewering the inanity that gets bandied about in education resear

by mike simpson / 38min

Hubris Of The Hoch-Tech – redqueeninla

Hubris Of The Hoch-Tech – redqueeninla: Hubris Of The Hoch-TechWritten by redqueeninla in Education What is it with high tech entrepreneurs and the hubris of their bastardized version of noblesse oblige?First came Bill Gates with his “philanthrocapitalism” and in particular his focus on education philanthropy. The effort to overlay pedagogy with business practice have been problematic, to say the

by mike simpson / 43min

The Billionaire Boys: Reinvesting A Small Percent of the Spoils of Capitalism | janresseger

The Billionaire Boys: Reinvesting A Small Percent of the Spoils of Capitalism | janresseger: The Billionaire Boys: Reinvesting A Small Percent of the Spoils of CapitalismPosted on July 21, 2014 by janressegerThe political philosopher Benjamin Barber may be a little theoretical for the general reader, but he really gets what’s happening these days: “We can be glad Carnegie built libraries, glad t

by mike simpson / 47min

Audit finds missing, misused funds at LA charter network | 89.3 KPCC

Audit finds missing, misused funds at LA charter network | 89.3 KPCC: Audit finds missing, misused funds at LA charter networkThe Los Angeles Unified school district is investigating a network of eight charter schools for misuse of public school funds.An audit showed Magnolia Public Schools used classroom cash to help six non-employees with immigration costs. The schools had trouble justifying ano

by mike simpson / 51min

NYC Educator: The Deformer Formula for "De-Motivating" Kids

NYC Educator: The Deformer Formula for "De-Motivating" Kids: The Deformer Formula for "De-Motivating" KidsIn all the discussion of higher standards, I doubt the "reformers" have given much consideration to the complexities of motivation.Some "reformers" seem to think that students who fail will seize the day. They will harness their inner grit, work harder

by mike simpson / 55min

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESNatasha KoreckiA new progressive movement that’s swept through New York; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Jersey City, New Jersey; Oregon; and Seattle has arrived in Chicago. -- Sun-TimesAmisha Patel, executive director of Grassroots Illinois Action“We’re building ward committees with everyday people who are wanting to take back their city

by mike simpson / 59min

YESTERDAY

7-20-14 Jersey Jazzman

Jersey Jazzman: Civil Conversations Are Honest ConversationsVia Peter Greene, I see that Andy Smarick, formerly of the New Jersey Department of Education, is quite vexed at the idea that someone's feelings may get hurt when discussing the expansion of charter schools:I have two concerns with the way these things are trending. The first is that our field needs someone who consistently makes earnest

by mike simpson / 10h

7-20-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy

Wait What?: Wait What? And from the Wall Street Journal – Spoiler Fears on Left in Connecticut Governor RaceIn a story entitled, Spoiler Fears on Left in Connecticut Governor Race – Jonathan Pelto’s Campaign Poses Risks for Gov. Dannel Malloy, the Wall Street Journal’s Jospeh De Avila writes, Some Republicans argue a conservative third-party candidate cost GOP nominee Tom Foley the governorship of

by mike simpson / 10h

Coleman Corps | WagTheDog

Coleman Corps | WagTheDog: Coleman Corps In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities,but in the expert’s there are few ~ Shunryu SuzukiHard to imagine an applicant for a teaching job explaining to the panel of educators interviewing him/her that he really doesn’t give a shit what his students or their parents think or feel and admitting to the panel that she really isn’t qualified to teach

by mike simpson / 10h

Teachers: Don’t waste your votes? Waste? | Reclaim Reform

Teachers: Don’t waste your votes? Waste? | Reclaim Reform: Teachers: Don’t waste your votes? Waste?Posted on July 20, 2014by Ken Previti“Portion of people living in Illinois who say they would move elsewhere if they could: 1/2″- Harper’s Index in the Harper’s Magazine, August 2014 issueWho believes all the lies about the greedy, lazy, incompetent teachers who are bankrupting the state and failing

by mike simpson / 13h

Tuning in to Teachers | Randi Weingarten

Tuning in to Teachers | Randi Weingarten: Tuning in to Teachers Why would 3,500 people go to sun- and fun-filled Los Angeles and opt to spend the bulk of their time inside a cavernous convention hall? To be heard. This was the case last week at the American Federation of Teachers biennial convention, where educators spoke up forcefully and passionately about economic and social justice, education

by mike simpson / 16h

Texas Hangin’ its Hat on its New VAM System |

Texas Hangin’ its Hat on its New VAM System |: Texas Hangin’ its Hat on its New VAM System A fellow blogger, James Hamric and author of Hammy’s Education Reform Blog, emailed a few weeks ago connecting me with a recent post he wrote about teacher evaluations in Texas, titling them and his blog post “The good, the bad and the ridiculous.”It seems that the Texas Education Agency (TEA), which serves

by mike simpson / 20h

7-20-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Stand for Children's Petition - Don't Sign ItStand has this "education" petition going around. Consider not signing it.First, note the source. That should tell you all you need to know right there. (What's funny is they want one word changed and claim it will "free" Washington from NCLB. There's no way they can know that for sure. Next, it i

by mike simpson / 20h

7-20-14 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: My Video of Randi Press Conf at #AFT14Some interesting insights from Randi on Vergara, Duncan and other issues. But not enough of a rigorous defense of tenure - rather a sense of - we are willing to help get rid of teachers. Left hanging are those teachers who have been chopped due to political persecution. Lenny Isenberg from LA asks Randi a question as do I. A few days later the

by mike simpson / 21h

7-20-14 Curmudgucation Week

CURMUDGUCATION: Zephyr Teachout Is for RealWhen the Washington Post ran an essay by Zephyr Teachout, they prefaced it by observing that she is "to say the least, not the kind of person you'd expect to run for office."That seems fair. Teachout is a Vermont-born law professor. In profiles of her by those who know her, she comes across as humble. In her own writing and speaking, she comes a

by mike simpson / 23h

7-20-14 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.: Happy birthday Karen Jennings Lewis!Sunday reads.Happy birthday Karen Jennings Lewis! Charles Schwab — A core member of the ‘charter cabal’. The Joe Berrios crime family. In case you forgot, Joe is Chairman of the Chicago Democratic Party. Teacher disciplined because her students’ scores are too high.

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Morning Wink 7-20-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-20-14 Diane Ravitch's blog #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Arthur Goldstein: Why Good Teachers Need Tenure TooArthur Goldstein, a high school teacher of English as a Second Language in New York City, explains in this article that good teachers need tenure too. Goldstein

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