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7-27-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy

Wait What?: Wait What? I didn’t leave my political party, my party left meI’m often asked why, considering I’m a life-long Democratic, I am “leaving” the Democratic Party and running as an independent for Governor.  I start by explaining that as hard as it is to run as an independent, I thought the institutional barriers to winning a Democratic Primary were even greater. But then I add that, […] T

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7-27-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida

Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Andy Gardiner’s Demogoguery Misleads Floridians on FEA LawsuitThe incoming president of the Florida Senate cannot be trusted on education policy. Not if he’s going to deliberately mislead Floridians while  misrepresenting the position of the state’s teachers. Senator And

by mike simpson / 3min 

7-27-14 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.: An ethnic slur.A few days ago, in my continuing sadness about what is happening in Gaza, I posted on Twitter. “One Palestinian child is killed every hour in Gaza.” People all over the world have taken to the streets to call for an end to Israel’s military assault on what is the prison called Gaza. I a

by mike simpson / 5min 

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-27-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Why the Election in Georgia MattersBertis Downs is a native of Georgia and a member of the board of the Network for Public Education. He writes: This is the best electoral news in a long time– Georgia Democrat Valarie Wilson won the runoff for state school superintendent, and it wasn’t even close: http://bit.ly/Us7qNi I am proud to

by mike simpson / 42min 

7-27-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: The Best Resources To Help Promote A Physically Healthy Lifestyle For Our Students© 2014 Juhan Sonin, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio I’ve published a fair amount number of posts about lessons and tools I use to help promote a physically healthy lifestyle for my students, including research that shows how essential it is for lea

by mike simpson / 45min 

7-27-14 Perdido Street School Week

Perdido Street School: Campbell Brown Uses A Paid Organizer Of StudentsFirstNY As The Face Of Her Tenure/Seniority LawsuitFrom the Daily News: Seven families will file suit Monday to end teacher tenure in the fiercest attack yet on job protections enjoyed by New York State educators. The families, including five from some of the most impoverished communities in the city, claim their children were

by mike simpson / 47min 

7-27-14 Schools Matter All Week

Schools Matter: Haslam Continues Ed Policy Based on Secrecy, Favoritism, and DupliictyWashington County School Board member Jack Leonard speaks Friday outside the district's central office as state Reps. Matthew Hill, Micah Van Huss and Tony Shipley listen. (Nathan Baker/Johnson City Press)Bill Haslam is up for re-election this year, and if Tennesseans can see beyond the ends of the Obama-hating n

by mike simpson / 49min 

7-27-14 Curmudgucation Week

CURMUDGUCATION: Pearson Set Cut Scores for NYSOver at lohud, actual journalists like Gary Stern have been working long hours trying to pry loose some facts from the state of New York, and it's worth the while of folks from all states to see what they've dug up because it's a bright red warning flag about how the CCSS-linked testing program actually works.Gannett Publishing had to pry open the stat

by mike simpson / 51min 

DON'T SHOOT ME! Read Maureen Dowd's column

DON'T SHOOT ME! Read Maureen Dowd's column: DON'T SHOOT ME! Read Maureen Dowd's columnbyteacherkenFollow    4 Comments / 4 Newwhich is titled Angell in the Outfield, and is about the wonderful writer Roger Angell, being honored by the Baseball Hall of Fame.If you love baseball and/or love good writing and you do not already know the work of Roger Angell, long-time fiction editor of The New Yorker,

by mike simpson / 54min 

NYC Educator: NYSYUT President Karen Mageee Explains How Common Core Enables Life, the Universe, and Everything

NYC Educator: NYSYUT President Karen Mageee Explains How Common Core Enables Life, the Universe, and Everything: NYSYUT President Karen Mageee Explains How Common Core Enables Life, the Universe, and EverythingIn recent debate over the Common Core, NYSUT president, Karen Magee, said:"I pose the questions to you today: If not standards, then what? A free-for-all? Everyone does what they please

by mike simpson / 58min 

Louisiana Educator: White Refuses to Release Raw LEAP Cut Scores

Louisiana Educator: White Refuses to Release Raw LEAP Cut Scores: White Refuses to Release Raw LEAP Cut ScoresA press statement accompanying the release of the Spring 2014 LEAP and iLEAP testing results announced that the percentage of students receiving a rating of "mastery" on the LEAP had improved this year and the percentage of students rated "basic" remained steady this ye

by mike simpson / 59min 

Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Are Your Fav #EdTech Resources Keeping Student Data Safe? Find Out!

Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Are Your Fav #EdTech Resources Keeping Student Data Safe? Find Out!: Are Your Fav #EdTech Resources Keeping Student Data Safe? Find Out!Are you an innovative educator who loves using digital media, but is a little concerned about the safety of student data?Do you wonder if your classroom tech use is CIPA and FERPA compliant?  You are not alone.This is a hot m

by mike simpson / 1h 

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Jennifer Rogers Goes From Queens to Georgia southbronxschool

http://www.southbronxschool.com: Jennifer Rogers Goes From Queens to GeorgiaAs readers of this blog know, we spent some time on discussing Jennifer Rogers (neé Jones) former principal of PS 29 in College Park, Queens on  these pages last year. In fact this post, was so well received, there were over 200 comments including several threats to myself apparently by people close to Rogers.So what  has

by mike simpson / 11h 

Nite Cap 7-26-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT

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 CAPCan’t be in DC with PAA? Join us anyway! | Parents Across AmericaCan’t be in DC with PAA? Join us anyway! | Parents Across America: Can’t be in DC with PAA? Join us anyway!We know that most of our PAA chapter and affiliate members are not able to

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Can’t be in DC with PAA? Join us anyway! | Parents Across America

Can’t be in DC with PAA? Join us anyway! | Parents Across America: Can’t be in DC with PAA? Join us anyway!We know that most of our PAA chapter and affiliate members are not able to get to Washington DC this coming week for our annual leadership conference, so we’re going to try to create some opportunities for you to participate in some of our activities virtually and long-distance.Let’s start wi

by mike simpson / 16h 

7-26-14 Saturday Matinée Special "Corporate ED Reform: Pimping 4 Privatization L.A. Style" News Breakout

Saturday Matinée Special "Corporate ED Reform: Pimping 4 Privatization L.A. Style" News BreakoutNew political action committee forms in L.A. school board raceIt’s a book. Read it. | JD2718It’s a book. Read it. | JD2718: It’s a book. Read it.JULY 26, 2014 PM31 2:02 PMtags: Jose Vilson, This is Not a TestJosé Vilson wrote a book. That you should read. And, maybe get others to read. He call

by mike simpson / 19h 

It’s a book. Read it. | JD2718

It’s a book. Read it. | JD2718: It’s a book. Read it.JULY 26, 2014 PM31 2:02 PMtags: Jose Vilson, This is Not a TestJosé Vilson wrote a book. That you should read. And, maybe get others to read. He called it “This is Not a Test“I don’t do book reviews. But this is different. It’s José.Vilson is a blogger, and a poet, and a teacher. The author part wouldn’t matter if he wasn’t a teacher. He wrote a

by mike simpson / 20h 

Star-Ledger: Discrimination in Newark is “bogus.” | Bob Braun's Ledger

Star-Ledger: Discrimination in Newark is “bogus.” | Bob Braun's Ledger: Star-Ledger: Discrimination in Newark is “bogus.” The Newark public schools have been stripped of their assets by the state.  The city’s children have been resegregated through a process of selection that leaves the neediest behind in the schools with the least assets while skimming the less needy students for charters. The pe

by mike simpson / 21h 

7-26-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida

Charter Schools USA Nets $2.9 Million Haul For Two Louisiana Schools | Scathing Purple Musings: Charter Schools USA $2.9 Haul For Two Louisiana SchoolsSmall wonder the wife of Charter Schools USA CEO Jonathan Hage was touting their test scores in an Orlando Sentinel opinion piece last month. Sherry Hage and her husband take in a lot of taxpayer money to run schools. Consider this story from Marsha

by mike simpson / 21h 

Nashville Public Radio | Kevin Huffman Was Wrong; Test Results Didn't Get People Off His Back - Nashville Public Radio

Nashville Public Radio | Kevin Huffman Was Wrong; Test Results Didn't Get People Off His Back - Nashville Public Radio: Kevin Huffman Was Wrong(Again); Test Results Didn’t Get People Off His BackEducation Commissioner Kevin Huffman says he was hired to be a “change agent.” On Thursday, he said “any reasonable observer” would say the state has made “remarkable progress” since 2010. Credit: TN Photo

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2nd Banana 7-26-14 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #NN14

BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTWhy were thousands of books purged from Racine, Wisconsin school libraries? : blue cheddarWhy were thousands of books purged from Racine, Wisconsin school libraries? : blue cheddar: Why were thousands of books purged from Racine, Wisconsin school libraries?by blue cheddar • July 23, 2014Backup direct link to embedded video of speech at Raci

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Morning Wink 7-26-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSStudent Mock Election - Elections & Voter Information - California Secretary of StateStudent Mock Election - Elections & Voter Information - California Secretary of State: Inspiring a New Generation of VotersRegister Your Schoolfor the Mock Election Here!Young people have the potential to be a powerful force in elections, but only if they get invol

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