James Baldwin said it best:
"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."
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Charter Renewals FAQs Section 11 - Resources (CA Dept of Education)
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St. Paul teachers union boss to take national post - TwinCities.com #AFT14
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Former United Federation of Teachers VP Leo Casey Tries to Twitter-slam Me | deutsch29
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All Things Education: Time for some 21st century honesty
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We Party Patriots » Postal Worker Solidarity Hits New High as AFT Calls for National Boycott of Staples
We Party Patriots » Postal Worker Solidarity Hits New High as AFT Calls for National Boycott of Staples: Postal Worker Solidarity Hits New High as AFT Calls for National Boycott of StaplesAFT’s always fiery president, Randi Weingarten This weekend at their bi-annual convention, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) passed a resolution calling for a national boycott of Staples in solidarity w
Video 2014 AFT Convention - YouTube #AFT14
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Michelle Rhee’s minions meet their match: New anti-charter group declares war - Salon.com
Michelle Rhee’s minions meet their match: New anti-charter group declares war - Salon.com: Michelle Rhee’s minions meet their match: New anti-charter group declares warHigh-profile Democrats -- from Donna Brazile to Jennifer Granholm -- are saying enough is enough re: charter-maniaDAVID DAYENThe internal war among Democrats over education policy escalated another notch this weekend at the annual c
People to Politicians: Address The Needy – redqueeninla
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AFT convention low points - Substance News
AFT convention low points - Substance News: AFT CONVENTION NEWS AND ANALYSIS: Do AFT locals need an anti-bullying contract clause when facing national leaders? Randi's 'You're more beautiful when you're angry' smiles fall flat when dozens of her 'thugs' push, shove and manipulate the physical spaces in both Common Core debatesGeorge N.Schmidt - July 14, 201444-25. RESPECTFUL WORKING ENVIRONMENT. T
7-14-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Frack Me, Baby!#AFT14 - Randi says - AFT and NEA to Forge New Relationship - Short-Lived for SureRandi - we will forge a new relationship with NEA - introducing new President of NEA Lily Eskelsen Garcia.Let's see - Lily has term limits and will be out of office in 2 years.Randi, who just won re-election with 97% of the vote of 2783 delegates, is in office for life - or as long as
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 7-14-14
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Donna Brazile, Democrats for Public Education
Donna Brazile, Democrats for Public EducationDonna Brazile as one of the founding members of "Democrats for Public Education" talks about how privatization and market-based education reform has made education less equitable in many communities.
ASU Economics Professor Margarita Pivovarova on Northwestern Economics Professors Kirabo Jackson’s VAM Study |
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Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst Powers Down Five State Affiliates, Including Fla. - State EdWatch - Education Week
Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst Powers Down Five State Affiliates, Including Fla. - State EdWatch - Education Week: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst Powers Down Five State Affiliates, Including Fla.By Andrew Ujifusa on July 14, 2014 12:30 PMStudentsFirst, the advocacy group founded by former District of Columbia schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, has expanded at a steady pace into m
7-14-14 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: Duncan must improve or resign, says AFTAnother teachers union ding for Arne Duncan The American Federation of Teachers approved a resolution this afternoon calling for Education Secretary Arne Duncan to resign if he does not improve under a plan to be implemented by President Barack Obama. P
7-14-14 The Whole Child Blog — MI21: Multiple Intelligences and Preparing Children for the 21st Century
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: MI21: Multiple Intelligences and Preparing Children for the 21st CenturySociety is quickly shifting, and so with it shifts the dialog about meaningfully learning and contributing. What used to pass for preparation to participate in a democratic society with a free market economy no longer holds true. Public schools currently reflect the 1900s more than
Anti-Common Core fervor reaches the silver screen :: SI&A Cabinet Report
Anti-Common Core fervor reaches the silver screen :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: JULY 14, 2014Anti-Common Core fervor reaches the silver screenby Alisha Kirby(Texas) The momentum behind the anti-Common Core State Standards movement is coming to a theater near you later this month in the form of an interactive experience hosted by conservat
Gülen charter schools scrutinized by US media | Politics | Daily Sabah
Gülen charter schools scrutinized by US media | Politics | Daily Sabah: GÃœLEN CHARTER SCHOOLS SCRUTINIZED BY US MEDIADaily SabahUpdated : 13.07.2014 12:58:45Published : 13.07.2014 12:50:16ISTANBUL – Activities and operations of the Gülen Movement in the US and Turkey have recently been scrutinized by a number of American media outlets which question the movement's motives, opacity and why the US g
Parents, education advocates plan to defend teacher tenure against lawsuit filed by parents' reform group - NY Daily News
Parents, education advocates plan to defend teacher tenure against lawsuit filed by parents' reform group - NY Daily News: Parents, education advocates plan to defend teacher tenure against lawsuit filed by parents' reform groupAttorney Arthur Schwartz said he expects to file a motion in Staten Island Supreme Court within two weeks claiming his clients should be named as co-defendants of the city
Governors group skirts 'radioactive' Common Core | Nation & World | The Seattle Times
Governors group skirts 'radioactive' Common Core | Nation & World | The Seattle Times: Governors group skirts 'radioactive' Common CoreReviled by staunch conservatives, the common education standards designed to improve schools and student competitiveness are being modified by some Republican governors, who are pushing back against what they call the federal government's intrusion into the cla
Common Core debate at AFT - Substance News
Common Core debate at AFT - Substance News: New York votes dominate Common Core debate at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) convention as a majority of AFT delegates votes to continue critical support for Common Core ... AFT leadership has to deploy union officials to speak, while classroom teachers oppose Common CoreKati Gilson, NBCT - July 13, 2014A mad dash for the microphones started w
Morning Wink 7-14-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-14-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Paul Thomas on Arne Duncan and the Myth of Low ExpectationsPaul Thomas here reviews many of the public statements of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and finds a common theme: the cause of low
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-14-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Paul Thomas on Arne Duncan and the Myth of Low ExpectationsPaul Thomas here reviews many of the public statements of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and finds a common theme: the cause of low test scores is low expectations. If only society, the schools, and parents had higher expectations, no child would be left behind, no ch
7-14-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? Connecticut deserves a government that will tell its citizens the truthAnd a Governor who has the courage and conviction to work to set Connecticut back on the right path. As the CT Mirror explains in the series on where the candidates stand of the state budget, Pelto: State budget deficit reveals a broken fiscal system; Former state Rep. Jonathan Pelto doesn’t have any t
7-14-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
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7-14-14 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.: There’s a national assault on teacher pensions. I wonder if the AFT and the NEA heard?Michael “Macho Man” Mulgrew. Yesterday I began the afternoon watching the live streaming of the debate over Common Core. What could be more moving than hearing my friend Michelle Gunderson speaking about the damage C
7-14-14 @ 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
7-14-14 Perdido Street School
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Another teachers union ding for Arne Duncan - Allie Grasgreen - POLITICO.com
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NYC Educator: Cuomo Is Awful, but Astorino Is No Better
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Louisiana Educator: 100% Error Rate on Student Transfers
Louisiana Educator: 100% Error Rate on Student Transfers: 100% Error Rate on Student TransfersNew Orleans Recovery District Found to Have a 100% Error Rate on Certain Transfer DataWhy is it important for student transfer data to be accurate? Because a school can falsely identify some of their dropouts as transfers and thereby boost their graduation rate. It seems that the New Orleans Recovery Dist
Common Core: A House that Doesn’t Make Sense | Missouri Education Watchdog
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Shanker Blog » A New Idea For Test-Based Accountability In DC: Actual Test Scores
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Delegates at AFT’s Convention Denounce Arne Duncan | janresseger
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7-13-14 Jersey Jazzman
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American Federation of Teachers: “Remediating” Duncan and Retaining the “Corrupted” Common Core | deutsch29
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Gates Funding Mainstream Education Reporting | Truth in American Education
Gates Funding Mainstream Education Reporting | Truth in American Education: Gates Funding Mainstream Education ReportingFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on July 14, 2014 • 0 CommentsNBC News’ Education coverage is bought and paid for by Bill Gates.Photo credit: World Economic Forum (CC-By-SA 2.0)A friend shared with me this NBC News article on my Facebook wall. It discuss
L.A. teachers union leader Caputo-Pearl links activism to strike - Los Angeles Times
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The Myth of Military Might | Bill Ayers
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7-13-14 @ The Chalk Face
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Sacramento Journalist Seth Sandronsky Reviews A Chronicle of Echoes | deutsch29
Sacramento Journalist Seth Sandronsky Reviews A Chronicle of Echoes | deutsch29: Sacramento Journalist Seth Sandronsky ReviewsA Chronicle of EchoesJuly 13, 2014BOOK REVIEW/Seth SandronskyEducation Reformers’ PlaybookWant names of and motives for public school reformers? Read A Chronicle of Echoes: Who’s Who in the Implosion of American Public Education by Mercedes K. Schneider.The author has skin
Nite Cap 7-13-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #AFT14
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 CAPempathyeducates – Perspective: Re-envision CPS as a Democratic Communityempathyeducates – Perspective: Re-envision CPS as a Democratic Community: Perspective: Re-envision CPS as a Democratic CommunityStudents do their homework during a public hea
