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Geaux Teacher!: Consumers Have Rejected the Common Core Sales Pitch
Geaux Teacher!: Consumers Have Rejected the Common Core Sales Pitch: Consumers Have Rejected the Common Core Sales PitchThis insightful article reported from "Politico"  is by Stephanie Simon.  Thanks to Stephanie for pulling back the curtain on a product that no sales pitch with its faulty methods of persuasion could SELL to arguably the largest group of saavy consumers in America - MOM
by mike simpson / 0min 
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-31-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Jersey Jazzman: What Does Campbell Brown Want?Jersey Jazzman writes that we know what Campbell Brown is against: bad teachers. She says teachers should have due process protections. So does Arne Duncan. Unions would agree with them that termination hearings should not be expensive and endless. So what does she want? Jersey Jazzman
by mike simpson / 5min 
7-31-14 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: What Ever Happened to Learn More Go Further?In honor of Throwback Thursday, I decided to follow up on one of my favorite reformy intiatives. Mounted by way of Jeb Bush by way of FEE, and the US Chamber by way of the Higher State Standards Partnership, "Learn More. Go Further" was going to set the grass roots ablaze with Common Core love.I first wrote about LMGF back at th
by mike simpson / 9min 
7-31-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Mike Schirtzer Thanks MOREistasI just wanted to thank all the folks who helped organize and present at the today's summer series and the last one a couple of weeks back.Kit, Norm, Ellen, and James really explained well the lessons for MORE from their experiences in past opposition groups. It was such a great history lesson on why they fight so hard and how they were able to achiev
by mike simpson / 11min 
Answer Sheet 7-31-14
Answer Sheet: A teacher asks Arne Duncan a gutsy question. Here’s the answer.What question would you ask to Education Secretary Arne Duncan if you had the chance? Patrick Hayes, a fifth-grade teacher in Charleston, S.C., and director of EdFirstSC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy group working to empower people who care about public schools, got that opportunity recently when Duncan had a video c
by mike simpson / 16min 
7-31-14 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.: No ten minute drawings for the next few days.President Eskelsen Garcia. Meet Senate Bill 7.This blogger and NEA President-elect Lily Eskelsen Garcia at the NEA RA in Denver. If you go back and read my report from the Representative Assembly of the NEA – I was a retired delegate – you will see that I t
by mike simpson / 17min 
7-31-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: July’s (2014) Best Tweets — Part FiveEvery month I make a few short lists highlighting my choices of the best resources I through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit t
by mike simpson / 23min 
@ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: About the radio showJoin Drs. Shaun Johnson and Tim Slekar LIVE Sundays at 6PM EST and Wednesdays at 7PM EST on Blog Talk Radio for progressive, pro-public education talk radio. Call in to speak live with Tim and Shaun during the show, (805) 727-7111. You can also listen to our Monday "Sunday-Replay" at 7PM EST, and re-broadcasts of the archives every Tuesday and Thursd
by mike simpson / 25min 
7-31-14 With A Brooklyn Accent:
With A Brooklyn Accent: Two Bronx Students Talk About Their Schools and the School To Prison Pipeline   Yesterday, I met with more than an hour with two Bronx high school students in a great Fordham program called "The History Makers" to answer their questions about the School to Prison Pipeline.  After I answered several questions they posed about drug policies, school discipline, race
by mike simpson / 27min 
7-30-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: US Attorney Warns Governor Cuomo Over Witness Tampering, Obstruction Of Justice ChargesThe battle between US Attorney Preet Bharara and Governor Andrew Cuomo over the Moreland mess just got ratcheted up some more:In an escalation of the confrontation between the United States attorney in Manhattan, Preet Bharara, and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo over the governor’s cancellation of h
by mike simpson / 27min 
Using A Gates Grant to Sidestep Standardized Testing in University Admissions? | deutsch29
Using A Gates Grant to Sidestep Standardized Testing in University Admissions? | deutsch29: Using A Gates Grant to Sidestep Standardized Testing in University Admissions?July 31, 2014Billionaire Bill Gates believes in testing. However, it appears that he believes in “the market” even more. Consider Gates’ words to legislators in 2009:When the tests are aligned to the common standards, the curricul
by mike simpson / 27min 
Why A Great Principal Burned Out – And What Might Have Helped (Ellie Herman) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Why A Great Principal Burned Out – And What Might Have Helped (Ellie Herman) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Why A Great Principal Burned Out – And What Might Have Helped (Ellie Herman)Taken from “About” in her blog:My name is Ellie Herman.  If you want to find out what I’m doing here and why, click here on why I’m writing this blog.  I’ve been working on this project since
by mike simpson / 27min 
Louisiana Educator: Getting the Truth Out About Ed Reform
Louisiana Educator: Getting the Truth Out About Ed Reform: Getting the Truth Out About Ed ReformThe education reform we are going through in Louisiana and in many other states is not true reform because it is not improving education in any way whatsoever. That is the truth. VAM is a sham because it is inaccurate, damaging to good teachers' careers, and subject to manipulation by the LDOE. That is
by mike simpson / 50min 
The Truth About The New Orleans School Reform Model
The Truth About The New Orleans School Reform Model: The Truth About The New Orleans School Reform ModelAnyone who saw the remarkable HBO series “The Wire” remembers the scene in the fourth season, focused on Baltimore public schools, where the term “juking the stats” defined how corporate-driven re-engineering of the public sphere has distorted institutions so they no longer serve ordinary people
by mike simpson / 54min 
PCAPS Statement on Budget Impasse | WeArePCAPS
PCAPS Statement on Budget Impasse | WeArePCAPS: PCAPS Statement on Budget ImpassePCAPS Statement on Budget Impasse | WeArePCAPS:
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Jeff Bryant Interviews New NEA President Who Is Not Afraid to Speak Truth to Power | janresseger
Jeff Bryant Interviews New NEA President Who Is Not Afraid to Speak Truth to Power | janresseger: Jeff Bryant Interviews New NEA President Who Is Not Afraid to Speak Truth to PowerPosted on July 31, 2014 by janressegerIn its new president, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, the National Education Association (NEA) has a gifted spokesperson for school teachers and for public education.  Eskelsen Garcia knows th
by mike simpson / 1h 
NYC Educator: Campbell's Wonderland
NYC Educator: Campbell's Wonderland: Campbell's WonderlandExamine the two compositions carefully.  If you think the resemblance is purely coincidental, read on.  Campbell Brown is queen of a second lawsuit aimed at cutting down teacher tenure in NY.  With all the experience that comes from teaching English for a single year in Czechoslovakia, she seeks to destroy for all teachers the due-process p
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Christie, bully and punk, puts down a Newark teenager | Bob Braun's Ledger
Christie, bully and punk, puts down a Newark teenager | Bob Braun's Ledger: Christie, bully and punk, puts down a Newark teenagerThe Decider and The PunkGov. Chris Christie, arguably the most powerful man in New Jersey, yesterday ridiculed a high school senior for asking a perfectly reasonable question: Why won’t he come to Newark to hold one of his “town hall” meetings? He dismissed the question
by mike simpson / 9h 
Three Lawsuits: BESE, White Out on a Limb and Wielding a Saw | deutsch29
Three Lawsuits: BESE, White Out on a Limb and Wielding a Saw | deutsch29: Three Lawsuits: BESE, White Out on a Limb and Wielding a SawJuly 30, 2014Late in the evening on July 29, 2014, I completely finished writing my book on the history, development, and promotion of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The manuscript is with the publisher. I promise that the book will make for quite the illum
by mike simpson / 12h 
Arne Gets An Earful! By Mark Naison
Arne Duncan Meets BATS: Arne Gets An Earful!By Mark NaisonArne Duncan Drops in Unexpectedly on Meeting With BATS at US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights and Gets an Earful!On July 28, 2014, following the BAT Rally outside the US Department of Education, a delegation of BATS went up to the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights to share some of the main issues that BATS had with
by mike simpson / 12h 
Arne Duncan Drops in Unexpectedly on Meeting With BATS - Badass Teachers Association
Badass Teachers Association: Arne Duncan Drops in Unexpectedly on Meeting With BATS at US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights and Gets an Earful! (w/ added reflections by Larry Proffitt and Marla Kilfoyle)By:  Dr. Mark Naison    On July 28, 2014, following the  BAT Rally outside the US Department of Education, a delegation of BATS went up to  the Education Department’s Office of Civil R
by mike simpson / 13h 
7-30-14 Teacher Appreciation | WagTheDog
Teacher Appreciation | WagTheDog: Learning To CareIf you just learn a single trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. ~ Atticus Finch, ( Gregory Peck) “To Kill A Mockingbird”    by getwhatugive / 29min hide  //  saveTeacher Appr
by mike simpson / 14h 
“Ineffective,” Veteran, Primary Grade Teacher in Tennessee Resigns |
“Ineffective,” Veteran, Primary Grade Teacher in Tennessee Resigns |: “Ineffective,” Veteran, Primary Grade Teacher in Tennessee ResignsAs per a recent article in The Tennessean, it seems yet another teacher has resigned, this time from the 1st grade – a grade in which teacher-level value-added normally does not “count.” This teacher, a 15-year career 1st grade teacher, was recently categorized as
by mike simpson / 14h 
Campbell Brown’s anti-union group uses union slogan (update) - The Washington Post
Campbell Brown’s anti-union group uses union slogan (update) - The Washington Post: Campbell Brown’s anti-union group uses union slogan (update)(Update: Adding comment from Brown’s group)Campbell Brown doesn’t hide her disdain for teachers unions. She has frequently railed against them, and formed an anti-union advocacy group that filed a lawsuit in New York this week seeking to eliminate job prot
by mike simpson / 14h 
Lesson 5: Love is the Answer. And Also Skills. But Also Love. | Gatsby In L.A.
Lesson 5: Love is the Answer. And Also Skills. But Also Love. | Gatsby In L.A.: Lesson 5: Love is the Answer. And Also Skills. But Also Love. Remember my friend Lauren the English teacher? The one my former student Gerardo said had turned his life around because she just refused to give up on him?I just found out that 16 of her students from last year passed the AP English Literature exam. Four of
by mike simpson / 14h 
7/30/2014 – Dishonest Case for New Orleans School Reform Model Education Opportunity Network by Jeff Bryant
7/30/2014 – Dishonest Case for New Orleans School Reform Model: 7/30/2014 – Dishonest Case for New Orleans School Reform ModelJuly 30, 2014 SubscribeTHIS WEEK: Children’s Well-Being Suffers … Teacher Pay Stinks … Moms Winning Common Core War … School Library Cutbacks Hurt … Longer School Days No SolutionTOP STORYThe Dishonest Case for The New Orleans School Reform ModelBy Jeff Bryant“Anyone who wa
by mike simpson / 14h 
Nite Cap 7-30-14 #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 CAPTeacher In-Service: The Good, the Bad and the UglyTeacher In-Service: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Teacher In-Service: The Good, the Bad and the UglyJULY 30, 2014 BY NANCY BAILEY LEAVE A COMMENTMany teachers are starting back to work already.
by mike simpson / 15h 
Teacher In-Service: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Teacher In-Service: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Teacher In-Service: The Good, the Bad and the UglyJULY 30, 2014 BY NANCY BAILEY LEAVE A COMMENTMany teachers are starting back to work already. And along with the new school year comes in-service training.  In-service is either good, it is bad, or it is downright ugly. The good in-service is really professional development. School districts shoul
by mike simpson / 16h 
empathyeducates – The Charter School Profiteers – Leaving Children So Far Behind Some Cannot Be Found
empathyeducates – The Charter School Profiteers – Leaving Children So Far Behind Some Cannot Be Found: The Charter School Profiteers – Leaving Children So Far Behind Some Cannot Be FoundPhotograph; Credit Beth Fertig / SchoolBookBy Allie Gross | Jacobin. July 28, 2014In Detroit charter schools, mismanagement and opportunistic “education entrepreneurs” thrive.This is the second installment in our t
by mike simpson / 17h 
A BATTY 36 HOURS | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing
A BATTY 36 HOURS | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing:A BATTY 36 HOURS Sunday, July 28th- Monday July 29th 2014 Almost 5 hours of driving down I-95 and its accompanying roads, service stations, and DC traffic is enough to wear out even the most high flying BAT, but inspired by the potential of meet and greet, dinner, and a great rally the next day, I showered, changed and ventured down to the Bat
by mike simpson / 18h 
Clinton launches Talk, Read, Sing campaign | EdSource
Clinton launches Talk, Read, Sing campaign | EdSource: Clinton launches Talk, Read, Sing campaignJuly 23, 2014 | By Lillian Mongeau | 2 Comments SHARE THIS ARTICLEHillary Clinton spoke to a friendly crowd at Oakland’s UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital on Wednesday about her new campaign (no, not that one) to get parents to spend more time talking, singing and reading to their young children.“Brain
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7-30-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: About the radio showJoin Drs. Shaun Johnson and Tim Slekar LIVE Sundays at 6PM EST and Wednesdays at 7PM EST on Blog Talk Radio for progressive, pro-public education talk radio. Call in to speak live with Tim and Shaun during the show, (805) 727-7111. You can also listen to our Monday "Sunday-Replay" at 7PM EST, and re-broadcasts of the archives every Tuesday and Thursd
by mike simpson / 20h 
“Stupid, absurd, non-defensible”: New NEA president Lily Eskelsen García on the problem with Arne Duncan, standardized tests and the war on teachers - Salon.com
“Stupid, absurd, non-defensible”: New NEA president Lily Eskelsen García on the problem with Arne Duncan, standardized tests and the war on teachers - Salon.com: “Stupid, absurd, non-defensible”: New NEA president Lily Eskelsen García on the problem with Arne Duncan, standardized tests and the war on teachersArne Duncan has met his worst nightmare -- an NEA president armed with facts and guts. She
by mike simpson / 21h 
State offers last-minute 'parents' bill of rights'
State offers last-minute 'parents' bill of rights': State offers last-minute 'parents' bill of rights' on protecting student dataThe state Education Department has produced a last-minute "parents' bill of rights" on the use and security of student data – hours before a legally imposed deadline to do so.Ken Wagner, deputy education commissioner, sent an email to superintendents and other
by mike simpson / 21h 
Looking Back (Part 1) | Taking Note
Looking Back (Part 1) | Taking Note: Looking Back (Part 1)by JOHN MERROW on 30. JUL, 2014 in 2014 BLOGSAlthough I spend most of my waking hours working on or thinking about the stories we’re trying to tell, I have also been retracing the paths that have led to the perch I now occupy, 40 years later.  What follows is a trip down memory lane.I got my first reporting job in the fall of 1961 with the
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7-29-14 The Whole Child Blog — Survival Tips for New Principals
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: Survival Tips for New PrincipalsPost written by Ashley Allen, a master's student in communication management with an emphasis on marketing at the University of Southern California. She received her bachelor's degree from San Jose State University last spring and hopes to use her writing skills to make a difference. Susan Kessler, April Snodgrass, and A
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7-30-14 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: LCAP reporting mandate reignites disputeMorning Read: LCAP reporting mandate reignites dispute New dispute opens over LCAP reporting mandate A festering dispute over how much freedom local officials should have over education spending has reignited, pitting school managers against advocates
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Who's Really Behind Campbell Brown's Sneaky Education Outfit? | Mother Jones
Who's Really Behind Campbell Brown's Sneaky Education Outfit? | Mother Jones: Who's Really Behind Campbell Brown's Sneaky Education Outfit?The former CNN anchor says her nonprofit seeks to protect kids from predators in the classroom. Its real agenda may be union-busting.Early one morning in July, former CNN anchor Campbell Brown appeared onMSNBC's Morning Joe, pen in hand, notes fanned out in fro
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The New Yorker Nails the Real Lesson of the Atlanta Testing Scandal | John Thompson
The New Yorker Nails the Real Lesson of the Atlanta Testing Scandal | John Thompson: The New Yorker Nails the Real Lesson of the Atlanta Testing ScandalShare23Tweet60Email0Comment0Rachel Aviv's excellent The New Yorker article, "Wrong Answer," hits the proper balance. Aviv rightfully focuses on the conspiracies and the outright cheating in the Atlanta Public Schools. She mak
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Morning Wink 7-30-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-29-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Eva Moskowitz Set to Dominate New York City Charter LandscapeEva Moskowitz has applied to the State University of New York‘s Charter School Institute for permission to open another 14 charter sc
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