Thursday, July 3, 2014

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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
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Teaching as a Profession?: Heading for the Exits, Fellows, and North Carolina | Cloaking Inequity
Teaching as a Profession?: Heading for the Exits, Fellows, and North Carolina | Cloaking Inequity: Teaching as a Profession?: Heading for the Exits, Fellows, and North CarolinaTeacher attrition is an issue across the United States. Amongst traditionally trained teachers, about 50% leave after 5 years. The infamous Teach For America program has an attrition rate of about 80% after five years (this
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Shanker Blog » Summer Slide: Denial Is Dangerous
Shanker Blog » Summer Slide: Denial Is Dangerous: Summer Slide: Denial Is DangerousPosted by Lisa Hansel on July 3, 2014Our guest author today is Lisa Hansel, communications director for the Core Knowledge Foundation. Previously, she was the editor of American Educator, the magazine published by the American Federation of Teachers. This postoriginally appeared on The Core Knowledge Blog.I’ll guess
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A Question for Bill Gates: How Can We Motivate Students When Their Futures Are Bleak? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
A Question for Bill Gates: How Can We Motivate Students When Their Futures Are Bleak? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: A Question for Bill Gates: How Can We Motivate Students When Their Futures Are Bleak?By Anthony Cody on July 3, 2014 9:58 AMI am trying to make sense of the education reform project, which seems a mass of contradictions. On the one hand, we have a seemingly utopian p
by mike simpson / 5min 
Our National Anthem’s Two Questions | Taking Note
Our National Anthem’s Two Questions | Taking Note: Our National Anthem’s Two Questionsby JOHN MERROW on 03. JUL, 2014 in 2014 BLOGSAs we celebrate our nation’s independence, it might be worth recalling that the first stanza [1] of our National Anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” poses two questions but answers only the first, leaving the second for each generation to wrestle with.Some of you may n
by mike simpson / 10min 
7-3-14 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): Attack on “Balanced Literacy” Is Attack on Professional Teachers, ResearchThe allusion in Robert Pondiscio’s Why Johnny won’t learn to read accomplishes something different than intended. Pondiscio’s uninformed swipe at balanced literacy actually reveals that, once again
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7-3-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? Malloy and Pryor:  The Connecticut Charter School Debacle ExpandsThanks to Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy and his Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, Connecticut’s charter school industry has been sucking up tens of millions of dollars in public funds that could have been going to help Connecticut’s real public schools. Malloy’s unlimited commitment to charter schools run
by mike simpson / 21min 
7-3-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: Why we still need affirmative action for African Americans in college admissionsAffirmative action in college admissions for African Americans has been losing support in the United States for some time, with new “colorblind” methods of ending gaining ground in the courts. In this powerful defense of affirmative action, Richard Rothstein explains why pretending color doesn’t matter do
by mike simpson / 23min 
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…
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7-3-14 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.: NEA RA. NBI on Common Core.This NBI from the NEA Board of Directors will be voted on at the RA later this week. NEW BUSINESS ITEM C In recognition of supporting quality teaching, as well as learning over testing, NEA will work with state affiliates in states that have adopted the Common Core State Sta
by mike simpson / 28min 
7-3-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Have a SAFE 4thWorse than Michelle Rhee: Teachers and public schools have a shocking new enemyIsn't it time for teacher unions to issue a Declaration of Independence from the Democratic Party? Thomas Jefferson for AFT president. Again thanks to Jeff Kaufman for coming up with this article by Jeff Bryant writing at Solon. Note that our fearless union leaders keep sucking at the tea
by mike simpson / 30min 
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 7-3-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Common Core Test AnxietyBy: Stephanie Simon and Caitlin Emma | http://politi.co/VGtkxS July 2, 2014 08:59 PM EDT  :: A new front has opened in the Common Core wars — over testing contracts. The high-stakes battle is undermining one of the Obama administration’s most prized initiatives: its vision, backed by more than $370 million in federal funds, of te
by mike simpson / 37min 
7-3-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Said it before and we’ll say it again: #edreform is cheap @rocketshipedRocketship Education sputters. I guess they didn’t build that play too well as they flew it. An editorial from the WI Journal Sentinel pretty much sums it up. Rocketship relies on inexperienced teachers, almost one-third of whom quit last year. It saves money by having students as young as kindergarten spend o
by mike simpson / 40min 
7-3-14 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Who Would Replace Arne DuncanThis question turned up on twitter again yesterday, and it represents one more popular daydream-- the end of Arne Duncan's tenure as Secretary of Education.I understand the appeal. Duncan has become the poster boy for reformsters, the face of everything teachers hate about this administration's education policy. When the administration has something ann
by mike simpson / 42min 
7-3-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: But Isn't The College/Career Readiness Metric All About Test Prep, Chancellor?Eliza Shapiro at Capital NY got an interview with Carmen Farina in which the NYCDOE chancellor gives more details on her plans to improve the school system.Farina says she plans to focus on the 2nd, 7th and 10th grades as benchmarks for how children are progressing academically, socially and emotio
by mike simpson / 43min 
NYC Educator: Those Darn Kids in "Failing" Schools
NYC Educator: Those Darn Kids in "Failing" Schools: Those Darn Kids in "Failing" SchoolsBoys and Girls High School is in trouble. For one thing, it's only graduating 40% of those boys andgirls. This makes it look bad, and since there are no excuses for looking bad, there must be steps taken. The step favored by Mike Bloomberg would be to close the school and send all those boys
by mike simpson / 56min 
Senators Sherrod Brown (OH) and Jack Reed (RI) and OH Rep. Marcia Fudge Introduce Bill to Equalize School Resources | janresseger
Senators Sherrod Brown (OH) and Jack Reed (RI) and OH Rep. Marcia Fudge Introduce Bill to Equalize School Resources | janresseger: Senators Sherrod Brown (OH) and Jack Reed (RI) and OH Rep. Marcia Fudge Introduce Bill to Equalize School ResourcesPosted on July 3, 2014 by janressegerAs a citizen of Ohio’s 11th Congressional District, I am proud to congratulate and thank our Senator Sherrod Brown an
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Education Research Report: Increasing Parent Engagement
Education Research Report: Increasing Parent Engagement: Increasing Parent EngagementIf we had a road map to what parental involvement in schools should be, what would it look like? Would it be a straight line, or a complicated maze of cross streets going in every direction?University of Washington researchers studied The Road Map Project, a collaborative effort to dramatically improve student ach
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Russ on Reading: The Reading Wars Continue: Scientific Literacy vs. Balanced Literacy
Russ on Reading: The Reading Wars Continue: Scientific Literacy vs. Balanced Literacy: The Reading Wars Continue: Scientific Literacy vs. Balanced LiteracyThe reading wars are back with us again. Carmen Farina, the new schools chancellor in New York City, said recently that she wants to see more aspects of "balanced literacy" put back into instruction in the city's schools. You can see t
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Our Shameless Elders – redqueeninla
Our Shameless Elders – redqueeninla: Our Shameless EldersWritten by redqueeninla in EducationWhat is it with babyboomers and their parents that they should express such shameless contempt for their youngers? The spectacle of protestors old enough to be my parents barring political respite for the destitute and desperate zero-somethings in Murrieta this week is enough to make me want to send up fla
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Marie Corfield: Robes of oppression: words & pictures on the Hobby Lobby decision
Marie Corfield: Robes of oppression: words & pictures on the Hobby Lobby decision: Robes of oppression: words & pictures on the Hobby Lobby decisionHiding behind robes of oppressionA picture is indeed worth a thousand words. I'm still reeling from the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision Monday. I've tried to put words together to express my outrage over this continued assault on women's b
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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Tri-Star charter hustlers banned in N.J., welcomed with open arms in Florida
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Tri-Star charter hustlers banned in N.J., welcomed with open arms in Florida: Tri-Star charter hustlers banned in N.J., welcomed with open arms in FloridaGallon, Kemp and Kelly in 2010 court hearing where they are banned from operating charters in N.J.Former Plainfield superintendent and current charter school hustler Steve Gallon III's company, Tri-Star Leaders
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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
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Evolution vs. creationism: Does this cartoon belong in Grady... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Evolution vs. creationism: Does this cartoon belong in Grady... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Evolution vs. creationism: Does this cartoon belong in Grady High School biology class?  COMMENT(2) 0 0 0 5Students at Grady High School were shown this anti evolution cartoon in a biology class PowerPoint, leading to complaints to the principal. The school's newspaper did a good story on the controversy
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empathyeducates – What You Need To Know About Charter Schools
sympatheticallyWhat You Need To Know About Charter SchoolsParents, pundits and politicians, did you get what you expected? If you thought you would get the biggest bang for the buck by pouring taxpayer dollars into charter schools and devoting yourself to public school disinvestment might it be time for a reassessment? After years of being embroiled in myriad contentions – education management org
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A Unified Victory for Philadelphia’s Schools | Parents United for Public Education
A Unified Victory for Philadelphia’s Schools | Parents United for Public Education: A Unified Victory for Philadelphia’s SchoolsPosted on July 2, 2014 by PARENTSUNITEDPHILALeave a commentParents United for Public Education praises the work of public education advocates, parents, teachers, students, members of the Philadelphia delegation, Mayor Michael Nutter, and countless Philadelphians who calle
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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
by mike simpson / 9h 
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
by mike simpson / 12h 
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
by mike simpson / 12h 
White, BESE “Special Counsel” Subject to Attorney General Approval | deutsch29
White, BESE “Special Counsel” Subject to Attorney General Approval | deutsch29: White, BESE “Special Counsel” Subject toAttorney General ApprovalJuly 2, 2014If I learned anything from the July 01, 2014 BESE meeting, it is that Louisiana State Superintendent John White has latched onto the word clarity. Not that he offers any. Just that he spewed the word numerous times in the meeting.What is “clea
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Something of which I am proud
Something of which I am proud: Something of which I am proudbyteacherkenFollow    2 Comments / 2 Neweven as I acknowledge that it comes from a place of sadness  the sadness is because of the promise of a dream that has never been fully achievedCoy Barefoot runs a radio program in Charlottesville, on which I have been a periodic guest:  I got to know Coy when he was on staff at the Sorensen Institu
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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
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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
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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
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Corporate Free Speech and Teacher Gag Orders | Reclaim Reform
Corporate Free Speech and Teacher Gag Orders | Reclaim Reform: Corporate Free Speech and Teacher Gag OrdersPosted on July 2, 2014by Ken PrevitiThe Supreme Court Five has refused freedom of speech for teachers and approved freedom of speech protections for corporations (the legal fiction of corporate personhood). Even freedom of religious rights has been granted to corporations who are allowed to r
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On the Intolerable Conditions of Many NYC Public School Buildings- A Teacher Comments Badass Teachers Association
Badass Teachers Association: On the Intolerable Conditions of Many NYC Public School Buildings- A Teacher CommentsI had gotten into the habit of wearing polyester, or heavy, cotton blouses by mid May, fabric that should spare me the embarrassment of unsightly sweat stains left by pools of perspiration being seen by my students. It was ninety two degrees and my classroom, was not an oasis of learni
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Full interview with Karen Lewis | abc7chicago.com
Full interview with Karen Lewis | abc7chicago.com: FULL INTERVIEW WITH KAREN LEWIS
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Children with mental illnesses struggle to find help as schools, hospital systems are decentralized | The Lens
Children with mental illnesses struggle to find help as schools, hospital systems are decentralized | The Lens: Children with mental illnesses struggle to find help as schools, hospital systems are decentralizedNew Orleans has become a case study in how children and families are affected by decentralization of public education and mental health systems. The problem is particularly urgent because m
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Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » College Ready vs. Out-of-Basement Ready: Shifting the Education Paradigm
Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » College Ready vs. Out-of-Basement Ready: Shifting the Education Paradigm: College Ready vs. Out-of-Basement Ready: Shifting the Education Paradigm2 JULY 2014 256 NO COMMENTLast year when my son graduated from college, I asked the question “can you stay out of my basement?” as I believe an important outcome of education is the ability to live o
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District Chief Poll is Not “Nationally Representative Sample” | Truth in American Education
District Chief Poll is Not “Nationally Representative Sample” | Truth in American Education: District Chief Poll is Not “Nationally Representative Sample”Filed in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on July 2, 2014 • 0 CommentsThe Gallup/Education Week poll released yesterday that surveyed district superintendents’ thoughts on the Common Core State Standards I’m sure will be used by C
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7-2-14 The Whole Child Blog — What Questions Do You Have About the Common Core State Standards?
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGWhat Questions Do You Have About the Common Core State Standards?July 2, 2014 by Klea ScharbergAlthough most states plan to fully implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) during the 2014–15 school year, many questions remain about what the standards are, how they were created, and how they will influence students' and teache
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7/2/2014 – Leaving Educators Off The Education Agenda
7/2/2014 – Leaving Educators Off The Education Agenda: 7/2/2014 – Leaving Educators Off The Education AgendaJuly 2, 2014 SubscribeTHIS WEEK: Gaps Start In Kindergarten … Common Core Support Plummets … Ed-Tech Increases Achievement Gaps … States Falter On School Turnarounds … United States Of CrueltyTOP STORYThe Cost Of Leaving Educators Off The Education AgendaBy Jeff Bryant“As too few expectation
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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
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7-2-14 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): Top 6 shockers: how Weingarten and Deasy agree on tenureCourtesy: Aspen Ideas Festival The stage was set with the two public education luminaries, ready to square off on such lightning rod issues as tenure and teacher dismissal laws in the wake of last month’s Vergara trial: Randi Weingarten, leader of th
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On “Access to Teacher Quality” as the New Equity Concern | School Finance 101
On “Access to Teacher Quality” as the New Equity Concern | School Finance 101: School Finance 101Data and thoughts on public and private school funding in the U.S.On “Access to Teacher Quality” as the New Equity ConcernPosted on July 2, 20140      Rate ThisA short while back, the Center for American Progress posted their take-away from the Vergara decision. That takeaway was that equity of teacher
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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
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In Public Schools, White Students Are No Longer the Majority - Janell Ross and Peter Bell - The Atlantic
In Public Schools, White Students Are No Longer the Majority - Janell Ross and Peter Bell - The Atlantic: In Public Schools, White Students Are No Longer the MajorityU.S. classrooms will enter a new era this fall—one in which black, Hispanic, and Asian students form the majority.Molly Riley/ReutersThe 2013-14 school year has drawn to a close in most U.S. school districts, and with it the final per
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Henry A. Giroux | Protesting Youth in the Age of Neoliberal Cruelty - Online University of the Left
Henry A. Giroux | Protesting Youth in the Age of Neoliberal Cruelty - Online University of the Left: Henry A. Giroux | Protesting Youth in the Age of Neoliberal CrueltyStudents in Milan took to the streets to protest against Italian austerity, October, 4 2013. (Photo via Shutterstock)Reality always has this power to surprise. It surprises you with an answer that it gives to questions never asked –
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7-2-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin'
Jersey Jazzman: In Newark, As Everywhere, Experience MattersSo Cami Anderson will be the State Superintendent of Newark's school district for at least another year. As John Mooney at NJ Spotlight notes, the announcement came at 5:23 on Friday evening: the time when all politicians dump unpopular news on their constituents.And even Chris Christie has to acknowledge that, at this point, Anderson is
by mike simpson / 23h 
Geaux Teacher!: John White's Credibility Plunges Into Negative Territory
Geaux Teacher!: John White's Credibility Plunges Into Negative Territory: John White's Credibility Plunges Into Negative TerritoryJust in case there is anybody interested in the public education takeover debacle who has not discovered Dr. Mercedes Schneider's blog or read her new book, here is her latest (I'm sure she is writing another as I post) blog.Roemer, White, and BESE Majority Positioning
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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
by mike simpson / 23h 
"Solidarity Forever" - Lily Eskelsen
"Solidarity Forever" - Lily Eskelsen
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm still trying to put positive spin on Chicago rising gun violence
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm still trying to put positive spin on Chicago rising gun violence: Rahm still trying to put positive spin on Chicago rising gun violenceRahm's PR team is trying to spin the slight reduction in Chicago murders as a plus for his policing policies even as our city's violence continues to outpace even New York and L.A..Leaving Chief McCarthy's propensity for fudging
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NYC Educator: My Final Adventure at the Prestigious Private School
NYC Educator: My Final Adventure at the Prestigious Private School: My Final Adventure at the Prestigious Private School By special guest blogger Nouveaux PauvresOne afternoon the very troubled boy who had butlers and drivers and also had the disturbing habit of throwing himself on the floor I guess got bored with the pizza and the movies. So he took a plastic bag, put it over his head, and then s
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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
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