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 CAP
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Lesson 4: Teachers Can’t Be Effective Without Professional Working Conditions | Gatsby In L.A.
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An Educator’s Conference Perspective | My Island View
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Federal government required states to adopt Common Core school standards, congressional hopeful says | PolitiFact Wisconsin
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Let’s Celebrate!!! Tuesday July 29 at Abel’s on the Lake in Austin | Cloaking Inequity
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Race to the Top: A Five-Year Marathon Slog With No End in Sight - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
Race to the Top: A Five-Year Marathon Slog With No End in Sight - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Race to the Top: A Five-Year Marathon Slog With No End in SightBy Nancy Flanagan on July 25, 2014 12:28 PMLet me start by revealing my bias about the name itself. I don't think any aspect of genuinely improving public education in America is enhanced by state-vs.-state competition.
7-25-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadWhat does Rand Paul, a possible candidate for the Republican nomination for President, think should happen in education?“If you have one person in the country who is, like, the best at explaining calculus, that person maybe should teach every calculus class in the country,” the senator said. “You’d still have local teachers to reinforce and try to
7-25-14 Jersey Jazzman
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An Attack On Teachers
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Corporate Education Reform Snakes?
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Fun with Payroll files of LDOE (and related entities) | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
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7-25-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD
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New tool for navigating federal privacy laws :: SI&A Cabinet Report
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7-25-14 the becoming radical | Kristof, How Much Inequity Is the Right Balance?
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Kristof, How Much Inequity Is the Right Balance?I started simply to ignore Nicholas Kristof’s An Idiot’s Guide to Inequality, but I was pulled back into it by Russ Walsh’s Hope, Poverty, and Grit. First, the rush to celebrate Kristof’s acknowledgement of Thomas Picketty,
Are charter schools really cheaper to run? « School Board News
Are charter schools really cheaper to run? « School Board News: Are charter schools really cheaper to run?This is republished from NSBA’s Center for Public Education’s The EDifier blog by Jim Hull, Senior Policy Analyst.A new study from the School Choice Demonstration Project at the University of Arkansas claims that charter schools are 40 percent more productive than traditional public schools. T
Morning Wink 7-25-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-25-14 Diane Ravitch's blog #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Another Super-Hot Los Angeles School Board RaceIn District 1 in Los Angeles, a well-funded, politically-connected candidate–Alex Johnson– squares off against an underfunded, highly qualified educator–George McKenna. McKenna won 44% of the vote in the primary to Johnson’s 26%. The run-off is August 12. But Johnson has raised almost
7-25-14 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.: We’ve been following events in Hinsdale. Here is the latest from the teachers.Photo: @studentsforD86 Hinsdale High School 86 is in Chicago’s western suburbs. This summer I have been following the bargaining between the teachers union, HHSTA, and the Hinsdale board. The Hinsdale board, headed by Dr. Sk
7-25-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? What is this race for Governor all about – take a look at the new article from In These TimesI recently conducted an interview with Cole Stangler, a reporter for “In These Times.” Although not everyone reads “In These Times,” they should. Kurt Vonnegut once said, “If it weren’t for In These Times, I’d be a man without a country.” In These Times was created by author and hist
7-25-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: Five U.S. innovations that helped Finland’s schools improve but that American reformers now ignoreFinnish educator and scholar Pasi Sahlberg is one of the world’s leading experts on school reform and educational practices. The author of the best-selling “Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn About Educational Change in Finland?”and a former director general of Finland’s Center fo
7-25-14 Schools Matter
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7-25-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
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7-25-14 @ The Chalk Face
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7-22-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: BATS- Finding a Teacher Voice
With A Brooklyn Accent: BATS- Finding a Teacher VoiceIf there is a single contribution that BATS has made in the one year of its existence, it is to show the powers that be that public school teachers- in all their diversity and variety-- are not a silent, compliant group who can be demonized, standardized, scripted, deprived of due process, and forced to commit professional malpractice at the exp
7-25-14 The Whole Child Blog — What Happens When You Believe
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: What Happens When You BelieveI was recently asked if I remember teachers or educators that made a difference in my life and learning and how they inspired me. Yes, for a while I was that "middle" kid. I was your student who came diligently every day to class, completes their work, and if given the choice, would have been perfectly happy blend
7-25-14 Curmudgucation
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7-25-14 Perdido Street School Week
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Teacher quality and test scores: Recent studies raise questions | Education Lab Blog | Seattle Times
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Russ on Reading: Hope, Poverty, and Grit
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7/24/2014 – Education ‘Reform’ Loses The Netroots
7/24/2014 – Education ‘Reform’ Loses The Netroots: 7/24/2014 – Education ‘Reform’ Loses The NetrootsJuly 24, 2014 SubscribeTHIS WEEK: Voters Overwhelmingly Want Pre-K Expansion … Teacher Dropout Crisis … Segregation Feeds Tea Party … Jeb Bush Policies Hit Obstacles … Choice Is About SortingTOP STORYEducation ‘Reform’ Loses The NetrootsBy Jeff Bryant“At this year’s Netroots Nation conference … thos
Jeff Bryant Thinks Campbell Brown Is Replacing Michelle Rhee as Face of Attacks on Teachers | janresseger
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empathyeducates - On the Journey For Justice Newark Parents Cheer Federal Investigation Into Controversial School Plan
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NYC Educator: If NYSED Were a Teacher...
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: On Patti Vasquez Show last night: On Patti Vasquez Show last nightPatti Vasquez and Pete Lee on WGN last nightSpecial thanks to WGN'sPatti Vasquez for having me on her show last night. ComedianPete Lee was Patti's co-host and we had a friendly and far-ranging discussion on ed issues. Patti and Pete are both very funny, but serious when it comes to schooling and other
AFT, NEA Agendas Converge Amid External, Internal Pressure - Education Week
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State Schools Chief Announces 2014 Finalists for Prestigious National Teaching Award | Crown City News
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PISA Envy | WagTheDog:PISA Envy Tests confirm…ed reformers are suffering from impaired judgement and diminished critical thinking skills due to an acute case of PISA envy.Ed reformers should reconsider their admiration for education systems that prepare young people to live and work in closed societies that don’t value creativity, freedom of expression, and independent thinking.In a free and open
If You Thought I Was Perfect, You Weren’t Paying Attention | Connected Principals
If You Thought I Was Perfect, You Weren’t Paying Attention | Connected Principals: If You Thought I Was Perfect, You Weren’t Paying Attentionby sblankenship • July 25, 2014 • 0 CommentsDid you know that great teachers feel slightly disappointed and somewhat unappreciated with a perfect evaluation? Take a look at the following quotes.“I want to be better. Telling me how great the lesson was does no
New database details pay of California public school employees - LA Times
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Nite Cap 7-24-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT
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