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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-8-14 Diane Ravitch's blog #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: The Best Way to Motivate People Is….In an article in the New York Times, two scholars explain how best to motivate people in every line of endeavor. Amy Wrzesniewski is an associate professor of organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management. Barry Schwartz is a professor of psychology at Swarthmore College. They make a d
by mike simpson / 0min 
7-8-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Child Abuse: NYC Parents Union Plaintifs' Use Their Own Kids for Naked Self-InterestDid Mona serve the best interests of her own daughter by keeping her in a lousy charter school so she could further her political aims? When Moaning Mona and Sam use their kids for their own political advantage and put them in the public eye in this way can that be termed child abuse? Doing worse t
by mike simpson / 2min 
7-8-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week
Jersey Jazzman: Thomas Piketty Has Eric Hanushek's NumberI'm just starting Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century, which puts me months behind the mass of American public intellectuals who were obsessing about the tome this spring, but will give me the advantage of being able to say I actually read the thing.Last night, I came across a quote that was so perfectly relevant to the current stat
by mike simpson / 5min 
7-8-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": El Paso Teachers Union Recognized For Parent Engagement WorkThe El Paso Teachers Union was recently honored by the National Education Association for its parent engagement work. Here’s the announcement from the NEA: The Rosena J. Willis Memorial Award will be given to the El Paso Teachers Association (EPTA) for the work it
by mike simpson / 6min 
7-8-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? All WeekHartford Courant – Is Pelto A Spoiler In Race For Governor?From the Hartford Courant comes their latest – a clear-cut, concise and to-the-point editorial; Is Pelto A Spoiler In Race For Governor? Former state representative and political consultant Jonathan Pelto has been a burr under the saddle of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy ever since the first Democratic governor in 20
by mike simpson / 9min 
The Answer Sheet 7-8-14
Answer Sheet: Why so many kids can’t sit still in school todayThe Centers for Disease Control tells us that in recent years there has been a jump in the percentage of young people diagnosed with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, commonly known as ADHD: 7.8 percent in 2003 to 9.5 percent in 2007 and to 11 percent in 2011. The reasons for the rise are multiple, […]by Valerie Strauss / 13
by mike simpson / 10min 
7-8-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Duncan's Latest Party Balloon Just Got Popped in TennesseeWhen NAEP reported in May that Tennessee high school seniors finish next to last in NAEP proficieny in the latest testing derby (just behind West Virginia), it took some of the glory from the earlier report on NAEP scores for grades 4 & 8 that Kevin Huffman and his band of TFA lawyers plastered on every available wall sp
by mike simpson / 12min 
7-8-14 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.: Bob Scharba’s cartoons.The Evil Leprechaun. Re-fixed. Fred: I’ve featured your suggested “stars” of Illinois pension theft in the cartoon I mentioned to you the other day to you. I wasn’t even aware of what some of these people looked like till I researched this……what a gruesome bunch. Biss is sort of
by mike simpson / 14min 
7-8-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Useful Article: “How to Read Education Data Without Jumping to Conclusions”How to Read Education Data Without Jumping to Conclusions is a good article in The Atlantic by Jessica Lahey & Tim Lahey. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Understanding How To Interpret Education Research. Here’s an excerpt:by Larry Ferlaz
by mike simpson / 17min 
Common Core: An Oligarchy of Tyranny of the Elite? | Missouri Education Watchdog
Common Core: An Oligarchy of Tyranny of the Elite? | Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core: An Oligarchy of Tyranny of the Elite?inShareHas our educational system moved from a rule of law (republic) to the rule of a few (oligarchy) via the Common Core States Standards Initiative?  Is the Common Core State Standards Initiative the vehicle for the rule of a few over the many?If you examine the po
by mike simpson / 18min 
Next NEA leader's first task: Win back public - Caitlin Emma - POLITICO.com
Next NEA leader's first task: Win back public - Caitlin Emma - POLITICO.com: Next NEA leader's first task: Win back publicThe new president of the largest teachers union in the country will become the voice of roughly 3 million teachers at perhaps the most critical moment in the National Education Association’s history.First item on the agenda: Win back the public.Continue ReadingText Size-+resetN
by mike simpson / 19min 
7-8-14 @ 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 / 23min 
7-8-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Love Letters to the BATS
With A Brooklyn Accent: Why Charter School Scandals Resemble the Subprime Mortgage CrisisTo understand why  we may be approaching a charter school crisis that resembles the one that developed around subprime mortgages, you need to understand how investment banks and credit rating agencies seized upon an instrument to make homeownership available to people with limited resources as a vehicle to mak
by mike simpson / 24min 
7-8-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Why Is Arne Duncan Still Pushing the Dangerous Myth of Low Expectations? | AlternetWhy Is Arne Duncan Still Pushing the Dangerous Myth of Low Expectations? | Alternet1 by plthomasedd / 2h hide  //  saveTeaching Students, Not Standards or ProgramsIf you believe shoddy com
by mike simpson / 26min 
empathyeducates – Black People Were Denied Vanilla Ice Cream in the Jim Crow South – Except on Independence Day
empathyeducates – Black People Were Denied Vanilla Ice Cream in the Jim Crow South – Except on Independence Day: Black People Were Denied Vanilla Ice Cream in the Jim Crow South – Except on Independence DayIt was only 60 years ago that this would have been an unheard of sight in the south. Photograph: My Mundane Life/ FlickrOver the last many decades, we have removed History from the curriculum. B
by mike simpson / 29min 
7-8-14 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: Details on New Teacher Equity PlanThis aspect of school reform has been lurking around the edges for some time-- the notion that once we find the super-duper teachers, we could somehow shuffle everybody around and put the supery-duperest in front of the neediest students. But though reformsters have occasionally floated the idea, the feds have been reluctant to really push it.Now t
by mike simpson / 30min 
7-8-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: How Is This Tweet Harassment?The Daily News:Two city parents who signed onto a suit to end teacher tenure in New York State say they’re being harassed by an educator who backs the protection.Mona Davids and Sam Pirozzolo of the New York City Parents Union say they were targeted by teacher Francesco Portelos in a Sunday tweet.“U need your protection removed so if you see a di
by mike simpson / 31min 
Q & A with Dr. Pamela High: Should reading be part of a checkup with the pediatrician? | Hechinger Report
Q & A with Dr. Pamela High: Should reading be part of a checkup with the pediatrician? | Hechinger Report: Q & A with Dr. Pamela High: Should reading be part of a checkup with the pediatrician?By Sara NeufeldNot all babies will attend day care or preschool, but sooner or later, just about every kid visits the doctor. So if you have a message you want the parents of all young children to he
by mike simpson / 35min 
Opportunity Stymied in Community Colleges by Extreme Partisanship and Money in Politics | janresseger
Opportunity Stymied in Community Colleges by Extreme Partisanship and Money in Politics | janresseger: Opportunity Stymied in Community Colleges by Extreme Partisanship and Money in PoliticsPosted on July 8, 2014 by janressegerIn a new and very thoughtful blog post, Mike Rose, well known education writer and professor at UCLA, explores a subject on which he is an expert: the meaning of community c
by mike simpson / 37min 
Are “Teacher Professional Partnerships” a viable career ladder option? | EdCentrist
Are “Teacher Professional Partnerships” a viable career ladder option? | EdCentrist: Are “Teacher Professional Partnerships” a viable career ladder option?Leave a commentDear Teachers,During a school day, have you ever wondered, silently or aloud, any of the following statements:1) There’s a more effective way of doing ____________________,2) If we could only change ____________________.3) I wish
by mike simpson / 53min 
Goodnight Sweet Poets | Bill Ayers
Goodnight Sweet Poets | Bill Ayers: Goodnight Sweet PoetsPassagesOne is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in the terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return. One must negotiate this passage as nobly as possible, for the sake of those who are coming after us.—James BaldwinWhen Maxine Greene passed away on May 29, 2014, I felt that I’d lost more than a friend and a
by mike simpson / 1h 
Asking the Right Questions for Getting School-Driven Policies into Classroom Practice | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Asking the Right Questions for Getting School-Driven Policies into Classroom Practice | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Asking the Right Questions for Getting School-Driven Policies into Classroom PracticeEvery single federal, state, and district policy decision aimed at improving student academic performance has a set of taken-for-granted assumptions that link the adopted pol
by mike simpson / 1h 
Mother Crusader: The Reformy Heavyweights Behind New York's Tenure Lawsuit
Mother Crusader: The Reformy Heavyweights Behind New York's Tenure Lawsuit: The Reformy Heavyweights Behind New York's Tenure LawsuitYesterday a Facebook friend wondered aloud about the parents behind New York's Vergara-like case. The article he posted featured quotes from "Staten Islander Sam Pirozzolo, who is both a parent plaintiff and vice president of the NYC Parents Union". "S
by mike simpson / 1h 
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm tries to outflank unions and political opponents on minimum wage
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm tries to outflank unions and political opponents on minimum wage: Rahm tries to outflank unions and political opponents on minimum wageMembers of the Progressive Caucus, including Aldermen Bob Fioretti (2nd), Roderick Sawyer (6th) and Scott Waguespack (32nd), proposed raising Chicago's minimum wage to $15 an hour. | Al Podgorski~Sun-TimesThe Little Emporer is ca
by mike simpson / 1h 
NYC Educator: Cyber Charter Whoppers on TV
NYC Educator: Cyber Charter Whoppers on TV: Cyber Charter Whoppers on TVI was pretty surprised to turn on my TV this morning and see a commercial for a company called K12. This company sells education via computer. The commercial showed loving parents, and suggested that if you really loved your kids you'd sign up right away. There's no charge because K12 is a public school. That's true in the sen
by mike simpson / 1h 

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7-7-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Education News RoundupNorth Carolina is poised to exit from Common Core.  They also passed a student data privacy law earlier this year (and I'll be working to get one passed in the Washington Legislature).  North Carolina was one of the first states to embrace Common Core, now in place in more than 40 states. But support among some conservatives for the standards
by mike simpson / 11h 
A Chronicle of Echoes Gets Noticed in Salon | deutsch29
A Chronicle of Echoes Gets Noticed in Salon | deutsch29: A Chronicle of Echoes Gets Noticed in SalonJuly 7, 2014This summer, I am writing my second book, this time on the history, development, and promotion of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). On July 4th, I finished writing the ten-chapter body of that book, which means that even though I now turn my attention to proofing, editing, and form
by mike simpson / 11h 
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Loving Classroom Tools That Start Free, and Stay Free! We Appreciate You!
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Loving Classroom Tools That Start Free, and Stay Free! We Appreciate You!: Loving Classroom Tools That Start Free, and Stay Free! We Appreciate You!Click the pic to take you to the article on WeareTeachers Blog!It is common knowledge that teaching is one of the hardest professions. We  make very little money, and yet , we have a high level of "out-of-pocket&
by mike simpson / 13h 
The Daily Censored » Wal-Mart and the Apollo Group, owner of the University of Phoenix announce major mega-merger
The Daily Censored » Wal-Mart and the Apollo Group, owner of the University of Phoenix announce major mega-merger: Wal-Mart and the Apollo Group, owner of the University of Phoenix announce major mega-mergerStocks rose sharply today based on the recently released news that the retail giant, Wal-Mart, the biggest employer in America, will be merging with the Apollo Group, owner of the University of
by mike simpson / 13h 
Standing Up to Superman: An Interview with Barbara Madeloni | Jacobin
Standing Up to Superman: An Interview with Barbara Madeloni | Jacobin: Standing Up to Superman: An Interviewwith Barbara Madeloniby Barbara MadeloniIn choosing Barbara Madeloni as president, the Massachusetts Teachers Association has elected a fierce opponent of neoliberal education reform.(Yen Yen Woo / YouTube)Barbara Madeloni is an educator and activist from Northampton, Massachusetts, who was
by mike simpson / 15h 
7-7-14 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.: Diane Ravitch’s blog. A Mass teacher’s hopes for Lily.Newly elected NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia and this blogger. - Diane Ravitch. This just in from a member of NEA from Massachusetts who is at the Denver convention. She hopes that Lily Eskelsen, the new president, will be a champion and fighte
by mike simpson / 16h 
Nite Cap 7-7-14 #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 CAPBattle For Texas: #SaveBillPowers Has Strong Record on Race & Gender | Cloaking InequityBattle For Texas: #SaveBillPowers Has Strong Record on Race & Gender | Cloaking Inequity: Battle For Texas: #SaveBillPowers Has Strong Record on Race
by mike simpson / 16h 
Battle For Texas: #SaveBillPowers Has Strong Record on Race & Gender | Cloaking Inequity
Battle For Texas: #SaveBillPowers Has Strong Record on Race & Gender | Cloaking Inequity: Battle For Texas: #SaveBillPowers Has Strong Record on Race & GenderYesterday I blogged “July 4 Coup”: Governor Perry and Lackey Cigarroa Trying to Fire Powers. The debate is much larger than UT-Austin. Inside Higher Education quoted Hunter Rawlings III, president of the AAU.I thought the State of Tex
by mike simpson / 17h 
An Urban Teacher's Education: On Schools, Health, and Success
An Urban Teacher's Education: On Schools, Health, and Success: On Schools, Health, and SuccessIn the Western world, success is often thought of in terms of working hard to become upwardly , making a name for yourself, and, perhaps, accomplishing something of lasting importance.Our notions of success, and the pressures they exert on our egos and superegos, have had varied effects on millions ofType
by mike simpson / 17h 
ACT for Kindergarteners: Redefining Childhood and Monetizing Children | Reclaim Reform
ACT for Kindergarteners: Redefining Childhood and Monetizing Children | Reclaim Reform: ACT for Kindergarteners: Redefining Childhood and Monetizing ChildrenPosted on July 7, 2014by Ken PrevitiACT for kindergarteners is a form of corporate education reform greed that is so bad as to defy explanation. Let’s accept that as a challenge. Let’s attempt to explain this most recent abusive targeting of o
by mike simpson / 18h 
7-7-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week
Jersey Jazzman: Earth to @starledger: There Are No Miracle Charter SchoolsWhat do you do with someone who, when presented with the truth time and time again, refuses to see it? What so you do when a person of influence -- for example, the Star-Ledger's Editorial Page Editor, Tom Moran -- repeatedly, stubbornly, infuriatingly continues to perpetuate myths that are demonstrably untrue?Newark, for al
by mike simpson / 19h 
At National Charter Conference, the Numbers Add Up | EduShyster
At National Charter Conference, the Numbers Add Up | EduShyster: At National Charter Conference, the Numbers Add UpExcept for the ones that don’t…*The numbers add up.* That was the theme of this year’sNational Alliance for Public Charter Schools conference in Las Vegas, an event that drew me like a moth to a high-performing flame. The numbers that are adding up, of course, refer to the growing num
by mike simpson / 20h 
Nation's Largest Teachers' Union Calls On Arne Duncan To Resign
Nation's Largest Teachers' Union Calls On Arne Duncan To Resign: Nation's Largest Teachers' Union Calls On Arne Duncan To Resign WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's largest teachers' union wants Education Secretary Arne Duncan to quit.Delegates of the National Education Association adopted a business item July 4 at its annual convention in Denver that called for his resignation. The vote underscores th
by mike simpson / 21h 
Remarks by the President before Lunch with Teachers | The White House
Remarks by the President before Lunch with Teachers | The White House: Remarks by the President before Lunch with TeachersBlue Room12:10 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT:  Well, good afternoon, everybody.  I am here with some outstanding teachers as well as Secretary Arne Duncan.  And the reason we’re here is with the school year now over, it is a great time for us to focus on what we need to do to make sure
by mike simpson / 21h 
The Take-over of Testing
The Take-over of TestingThe Take-over of Testing focuses on the history of standardized testing as well as documenting the use of these tests to close public schools in Chicago. This documentary also focuses on how children are affected by these tests and closings. Public education reform is the issue of our time. How we fairly educate all of our children has yet to be addressed.
by mike simpson / 21h 
7-7-14 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: Big questions linger in shadow of VergaraFor Vergara ruling on teachers, big questions loom Among the lingering questions: Will the ruling, at a slim 16 pages, hold up on appeal? Will California’s notoriously polarized legislature, fearful of additional litigation and bad press, consider cha
by mike simpson / 22h 
ISTE14 Impressions | My Island View
ISTE14 Impressions | My Island View: ISTE14 ImpressionsJuly 7, 2014 by Tom Whitby @tomwhitbyThis year ISTE put on what appeared to me to be the biggest education extravaganza to date. The number of participants was said to be somewhere between 20 and 22 thousand educators. I never verified that number but based on the food lines it seemed likely to be true.Of course there was apparently a huge num
by mike simpson / 22h 
Geaux Teacher!: New Leadership for NEA
Geaux Teacher!: New Leadership for NEA: NEA Election Results Are In: Garcia Wins PresidencyBy Liana Heitin on July 4, 2014 6:53 PMBy guest blogger Liana HeitinDenverWith 94 percent of the vote going her way, Lily Eskelsen Garcia was elected president of the National Education Association today at the Representative Assembly. Garcia will replace Dennis Van Roekel, who has served as president since
by mike simpson / 23h 
Bill Gates needs to drop his Common Core obsession - Salon.com
Bill Gates needs to drop his Common Core obsession - Salon.com: Bill Gates needs to drop his Common Core obsessionThe billionaire's latest little fixation is catching hell on all sides. Here's why he's better off simply moving onBill Gates (Credit: AP/John Minchillo)It’s hard to envision Bill Gates not getting exactly what he wants, or backing down from anything. However, that was before he became
by mike simpson / 23h 
7-7-14 @ 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 / 1d 
Replace Arne Duncan with Secretary of Education Bill Gates | John Thompson
Replace Arne Duncan with Secretary of Education Bill Gates | John Thompson: Replace Arne Duncan with Secretary of Education Bill GatesThe National Education Association annual conference approved a national campaign for equity and against "Toxic Testing." It seeks to end the "test, blame and punish" system that began under President Bush and which has grown worse under the Obam
by mike simpson / 1d 
Morning Wink 7-7-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-7-14 Diane Ravitch's blog #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: The Same Old Miracle School in Chicago, with a High Attrition RateA few years ago,I wrote an article in The New YorkTimes about “miracle schools” that weren’t. I called out Mayor Bloomberg, as well as Arne Duncan
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