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Kevin Johnson's Grifter Wife Returns To The Scene Of A Scandal
Kevin Johnson's Grifter Wife Returns To The Scene Of A Scandal: Kevin Johnson's Grifter Wife Returns To The Scene Of A ScandalThey're getting the band back together at St. HOPE. The Sac Bee reported the other day that Michelle Rhee has been named chairwoman of the board at St. HOPE Public Schools, a charter school organization founded by her husband, former NBA superstar and current Sacramento May
It's Not the Firing; It's the Threatening | Peter Greene
It's Not the Firing; It's the Threatening | Peter Greene: It's Not the Firing; It's the ThreateningYesterday, Twitter blew up with responses to Whoopi Goldberg and The View having one more uninformed discussion of tenure (and, really, we need to talk about why, from Louis CK to Colbert to Goldberg, education discussions keep being driven by the work of comedians)."#WithoutTenure I can be fire
Last Stand for Children First: Seven of Campbell Brown's Funders Come Clean
Last Stand for Children First: Seven of Campbell Brown's Funders Come Clean: Seven of Campbell Brown's Funders Come CleanCampbell Brown's courageous stand to take on teacher tenure protections has recently come under some fire because her Partnership for Educational Justice has refused to publicly state where its funding is coming from. Now, Campbell Brown is no dummy, she is a graduate of the sa
Colbert v. Stewart: The Celebrity Death Match Over School Reform | TIME
Colbert v. Stewart: The Celebrity Death Match Over School Reform | TIME: Colbert v. Stewart: The Celebrity Death Match Over School ReformComedy Central's fake newscasters have an outsized influence on public opinion and seemingly different takes on hotly-debated topics like teacher tenure laws and the Common Core standardsWhen Stephen Colbert invited newcaster-turned-education-reformer Campbell Br
Badass Teachers Association
Badass Teachers Association: Education Reforms and Sociopathy- Guest Post By Wilma DeSotoIt is no secret that American Society has recently suffered from a spate of Anti-Social Corporate Reforms which have contributed to the wide-spread suffering of the American people at large. Sociopathy is becoming more common than ever with one out of every seven people exhibiting some sort of sociopathic beha
Transcript of Campbell Brown’s Interview with Stephen Colbert | deutsch29
Transcript of Campbell Brown’s Interview with Stephen Colbert | deutsch29: Transcript of Campbell Brown’s Interview with Stephen ColbertAugust 3, 2014On August 1, 2014, blogger Jersey Jazzman published an insightful post regarding former CNN news anchor Campbell Brown’s appearance on the Colbert Report on July 31, 2014, as she discussed her intention to abolish teacher job protections “for the chi
How will charter schools deal with their corruption scandals? - The Washington Post
How will charter schools deal with their corruption scandals? - The Washington Post: How will charter schools deal with their corruption scandals?Charter schools were originally conceived as centers of experimentation and innovation where educators could try new approaches quickly on a small scale with a minimum of paperwork. Many charters have lived up to that promise, but that same openness that
The Real Campbell Brown has a credibility problem - The Real Campbell Brown
The Real Campbell Brown has a credibility problem - The Real Campbell Brown: The Real Campbell Brown has a credibility problemA registered Republican with no background in education, she is running a political campaign that will harm teachers, kids, and struggling families. She is funded by Wall Street conservatives who will profit directly from her efforts to demonize teachers, dismantle public s
Celebrated Trial Lawyer to Head Group Challenging Teacher Tenure - NYTimes.com
Celebrated Trial Lawyer to Head Group Challenging Teacher Tenure - NYTimes.com: Celebrated Trial Lawyer to Head Group Challenging Teacher TenureDavid Boies, the star trial lawyer who helped lead the legal charge that overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban, is becoming chairman of thePartnership for Educational Justice, a group that former CNN anchor Campbell Brown founded in part to pursue
What Do Teachers Unions Say About Tenure - Due Process And A Little History from the CA Dept. of ED
What Teacher Tenure Is — And What It’s NotSeptember 17, 2010 by khart Filed under ESEA/NCLB Reform, Featured News, Teacher Firings,Teacher Quality, Top Stories23 CommentsBy Kevin HartA recent Time magazine poll asked members of the public how they felt about teacher tenure. And, in the course of a 26-word question, Time managed to perpetuate three myths that educators say are contributing to the
Nite Cap 8-8-14 #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 CAPempathyeducates – 3 Facts that Poverty-Deniers Don’t Want to Hearempathyeducates – 3 Facts that Poverty-Deniers Don’t Want to Hear: 3 Facts that Poverty-Deniers Don’t Want to HearBy Paul Buchheit | AlterNet. August 3, 2014Any thinking person shou
8-8-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: George Schmidt on HISTORY AND HISTORY'S DISTORTIONSChicago's George Schmidt is one of the founders of CORE, involved in the CTU for decades and an activist against high stakes testing long before that issue came on anyone's radar -- he was fired as a teacher for publishing the horrible CASE tests - which were discontinued after his expose. His newspaper, Substance, has been a forc
Education Roundup for Week Ending August 8, 2014 - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
Education Roundup for Week Ending August 8, 2014 - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): Education Roundup for Week Ending August 8, 2014SACRAMENTO—The California Department of Education (CDE) today issued this week's roundup of education-related announcements of public interest.Public Comment Period Underway for New Science StandardsThe public is invited to view and comment on the first draft of the
How Would A Child with Autism Read this Common Core Aligned Test Question? | Missouri Education Watchdog
How Would A Child with Autism Read this Common Core Aligned Test Question? | Missouri Education Watchdog: How Would A Child with Autism Read this Common Core Aligned Test Question?inShareCan a lawnmower “speak to you”?I’ve heard from mothers of children with autism and read in accounts from autistic adults such asTemple Grandin that these children (and adults) have difficulty in thinking abstractl
The Real Campbell Brown has a credibility problem - The Real Campbell Brown
The Real Campbell Brown has a credibility problem - The Real Campbell Brown: The Real Campbell Brown has a credibility problemA registered Republican with no background in education, she is running a political campaign that will harm teachers, kids, and struggling families. She is funded by Wall Street conservatives who will profit directly from her efforts to demonize teachers, dismantle public s
8-8-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadI'm at the BEX Oversight Committee meeting this morning; I'll let you know if anything news-worthy gets said.What's on your mind?by Melissa Westbrook / 1h 8-7-14 Seattle Schools Community ForumSeattle Schools Community Forum: Gates to ConnectEDU: Where's Our Dough?When we last left this story, ConnectEDU, a company that had an interactive program
How will charter schools deal with their corruption scandals? - The Washington Post
How will charter schools deal with their corruption scandals? - The Washington Post: How will charter schools deal with their corruption scandals?Charter schools were originally conceived as centers of experimentation and innovation where educators could try new approaches quickly on a small scale with a minimum of paperwork. Many charters have lived up to that promise, but that same openness that
Morning Wink 8-8-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS8-8-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacherFred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: The fight for union democracy you won’t read about in the Post.A month after, finally and suddenly the Mulgrew “punch you in the face” story has made the national news. The Daily News. The N
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-8-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Peter Greene: New York’s Curriculum Guides Prove that CCSS Is UnnecesaryAlthough Peter Greene teaches in Pennsylvania, he decided to review New York state’s curriculum guides about the Common Core standards. He pulls them apart and shows that they tell teachers to do what they were already doing, or they make demands that have no e
8-8-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: All My Ed Week Posts On Teaching ELLs — In One Place!My latest Ed Week post brings together all my pieces from the past three years on teaching English Language Learners — in one place! Here’s an excerpt:by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h 8-7-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLarry Ferlazzo’s W
8-8-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Teach for Life
With A Brooklyn Accent: Teach for LifeMy improbable initiative-- defund Teach for America and start a campaign called Teach for Life which encourages talented, idealistic young people to become teachers and STAY in the classroom. Such a campaign would treat teaching as the most important profession in the society, not something talented people leave after a few years to pursue careers in law, busi
Does Jindal Have a Case with Common Core as Federal “Scheme”? | deutsch29
Does Jindal Have a Case with Common Core as Federal “Scheme”? | deutsch29: Does Jindal Have a Case with Common Core as Federal “Scheme”?August 7, 2014It is no secret that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has aspirations for the White House.On June 13, 2014, Jindal visited the “presidential testing ground,” Iowa. Many in Iowa did not know who he was.To me, a Louisianian, it is absolutely no surprise
Cami to principal: You’re “awesome”–and you’re fired | Bob Braun's Ledger
Cami to principal: You’re “awesome”–and you’re fired | Bob Braun's Ledger: Cami to principal: You’re “awesome”–and you’re firedWayne Dennis drank the Kool-AidHe was, he says, one of “Cami’s people.” Hired just last year to run Barringer STEAM, one of those untested innovations that state-imposed Newark superintendent Cami Anderson likes to inflict on the people of Newark. He did everything that
EVAAS’s William Sanders: A “Leading Academician?” |
EVAAS’s William Sanders: A “Leading Academician?” |: EVAAS’s William Sanders: A “Leading Academician?This past Sunday, the Houston Chronicle released an op-ed piece about the VAM being used by the Houston Independent School District (i.e., the widely known/used/abused EVAAS system at the source of a major lawsuit forthcoming in Houston as detailed in previous VAMboozled posts here and here). The a
Choosing Democracy: The Myth of Teacher Tenure
Choosing Democracy: The Myth of Teacher Tenure: The Myth of Teacher Tenureby Diana D'Amico — July 23, 2014In the stories of exorbitant costs and incompetence, teacher tenure laws have achieved mythic proportions. Judge Rolf Treu’s tentative decision in Vergara v. California may be the death knell for teacher tenure. But what will change as a result? A look to the past reveals that teacher tenure n
Kennedy steps down as Sacramento City schools trustee - Education - The Sacramento Bee
Kennedy steps down as Sacramento City schools trustee - Education - The Sacramento Bee: Kennedy steps down as Sacramento City schools trusteeBy Loretta Kalblkalb@sacbee.comPublished: Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 - 5:03 pmPatrick Kennedy will step down Friday as trustee and president of the Sacramento City Unified School District board as he awaits his new post on the Sacramento County Board of Superviso
Kevin Johnson's Grifter Wife Returns To The Scene Of A Scandal
Kevin Johnson's Grifter Wife Returns To The Scene Of A Scandal: Kevin Johnson's Grifter Wife Returns To The Scene Of A ScandalThey're getting the band back together at St. HOPE. The Sac Bee reported the other day that Michelle Rhee has been named chairwoman of the board at St. HOPE Public Schools, a charter school organization founded by her husband, former NBA superstar and current Sacramento May
Nite Cap 8-7-14 #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 CAPMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Top-ranked ed states all have union teachers. Rhee's legacy in D.C.Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Top-ranked ed states all have union teachers. Rhee's legacy in D.C.: Top-ranked ed states all have union teachers. Rh
Common Core Advocacy Goes Violent | Truth in American Education
Common Core Advocacy Goes Violent | Truth in American Education: Common Core Advocacy Goes ViolentFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on August 7, 2014 • 0 Comments8841Michael Mulgrew – President of United Federation of TeachersNothing says “hey let’s have an open dialogue about Common Core” like a threat of violence.Michael Mulgrew is the president of the United Federation o
8-7-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Gates to ConnectEDU: Where's Our Dough?When we last left this story, ConnectEDU, a company that had an interactive program to try to connect middle school students with info on college/career. From the story in the Wall Street Journal yesterday:In July 2013, the well-known foundation awarded a nearly $500,000 grant to ConnectEDU to develop an interactive program t
8-7-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Access to books helps close the reading gap in kindergartenAccess to books helps close the reading gap in kindergartenStephen KrashenFryer and Levitt (2004) examined reading and math test scores in kindergarten and grade 1 from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (about 1000 schools). Their focus was the gap between black and white children.For reading, the difference between bl
Limousine Liberal David Boies Wants to Fix Our Schools | John Thompson
Limousine Liberal David Boies Wants to Fix Our Schools | John Thompson: Limousine Liberal David Boies Wants to Fix Our SchoolsThey used to be called "Limousine Liberals." Now, dilettantes like David Boies are known as corporate reformers.Boies has become the kinder, gentler face of the blood-in-their-eye teacher-bashing of Michelle Rhee and Campbell Brown. A board member of Rhee's "
Morning Wink 8-7-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-7-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: The Launch of a Bold Néw Website for Teachers and Their AlliesWhen I heard from Randy Hoover about his new website called “The Teacher-Advocate.com,” I asked him to write a post explaining his ho
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-7-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: The Launch of a Bold Néw Website for Teachers and Their AlliesWhen I heard from Randy Hoover about his new website called “The Teacher-Advocate.com,” I asked him to write a post explaining his hopes and goals. I knew that he could describe it better than I could. Hoover spent 46 years as an educator. Randy Hoover writes: A Project
8-7-14 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.: Hinsdale’s Richard Skoda. A documented history of education disruption.Hi Fred, You could publish a related story on current board president Richard Skoda’s documented history of organizing his group to disrupt D86 board meetings and intimidate board members and others. This led to real violence on on
8-7-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Education Policy© 2008 William Murphy, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Here are some recent important posts and articles on education policy issues: Social Capital Matters As Much As Human Capital – A Message To Skeptics is from The Shanker Blog. Gary Ravani has written
It's Not the Firing; It's the Threatening | Peter Greene
It's Not the Firing; It's the Threatening | Peter Greene: It's Not the Firing; It's the ThreateningYesterday, Twitter blew up with responses to Whoopi Goldberg and The View having one more uninformed discussion of tenure (and, really, we need to talk about why, from Louis CK to Colbert to Goldberg, education discussions keep being driven by the work of comedians)."#WithoutTenure I can be fire
Pueblo SD70 in CO Attempts to Enforce Testing via Online Registration Form - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform
Pueblo SD70 in CO Attempts to Enforce Testing via Online Registration Form - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform: Pueblo SD70 in CO Attempts to Enforce Testing via Online Registration FormAs Opt Out/Refusal of high stakes testing takes corporate ed. reform by storm this year we will be sharing information as quickly as possible to alert members to potential scenarios dis
Who Should Go, the Public Education Privatizers or the Teachers? You be the Judge
Who Should Go, the Public Education Privatizers or the Teachers? You be the Judge: Who Should Go, the Public Education Privatizers or the Teachers? You be the Judge 27 Jun 2014Written by Kathleen CarrollINSIDE EDUCATION POLITICS-One of the main goals of the public education privatizers has been to make it easier, legally, to fire teachers. Understanding this goal is not difficult. You fire more te
Frankenstein Fears His Monster: The Gates Foundation Wants You To Boycott High-Stakes Tests | Common Dreams
Frankenstein Fears His Monster: The Gates Foundation Wants You To Boycott High-Stakes Tests | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community: Frankenstein Fears His Monster: The Gates Foundation Wants You To Boycott High-Stakes TestsbyJesse HagopianMicrosoft founder Bill Gates. (Credit: flickr / cc / world economic forum)“…the Gates Foundation agrees with those who’ve deci
Nite Cap 8-6-14 #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 CAPCaputo-Pearl: The teachers' view from the new union presidentCaputo-Pearl: The teachers' view from the new union president: UTLA’s Caputo-Pearl: ‘Our goal is to win a good contract’Posted on August 6, 2014 3:29 pm by Vanessa RomoWith school about
Caputo-Pearl: The teachers' view from the new union president
Caputo-Pearl: The teachers' view from the new union president: UTLA’s Caputo-Pearl: ‘Our goal is to win a good contract’Posted on August 6, 2014 3:29 pm by Vanessa RomoWith school about to open for 2014-2015, Alex Caputo-Pearl embarks on his first year as president of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA). He couldn’t have found a busier time to begin his first term, with negotiations underway for a
In defense of Whoopi Goldberg: She needs to be educated about due process. | Reclaim Reform
In defense of Whoopi Goldberg: She needs to be educated about due process. | Reclaim Reform: In defense of Whoopi Goldberg: She needs to be educated about due process.Posted on August 6, 2014by Ken PrevitiAs most people know, Whoopi Goldberg was being raised by a single mother when she dropped out of high school about 40+ years ago, probably because her dyslexia interfered with her formal educatio
Who The Fck Is Campbell Brown? - Esquire
Who The Fck Is Campbell Brown? - Esquire: WHO THE FCK IS CAMPBELL BROWN?By Charles P. Pierce on August 6, 2014227890View All Comments ()To paraphrase from my grandmother, the former shepherd lass from the hills and hollows of north Kerry, who the fck is Campbell Brown when she's at home?Well, on the basics, she's from Ferriday, Louisiana, the hometown of Jerry Lee Lewis, and she graduated from Reg
8-6-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Common Core Math; From a Math Professor's ViewThanks to S Parent for bringing this to our attention. From the Wall Street Journal and UC Berkeley math professor, Marina Ratner, I think it is one swell piece of writing that - in a straight-forward manner - explains why Common Core is deeply flawed. Ms. Ratner is professor emerita of mathematics at the University of
8-6-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Common Core Math: Suicide Bombers + Ebola = HOLY CRAP!The situation in the Middle East is a bit like World War I. Iraq is breaking apart, and its border with Syria exists only on maps. A Kurdistan is in formation. Jordan and Lebanon are endangered. The Israeli-Palestinian situation is threatening to produce real violence. Three Israeli youths have been kidnapped from the West Bank
Shanker Blog » How Boston Public Schools Can Recruit and Retain Black Male Teachers
Shanker Blog » How Boston Public Schools Can Recruit and Retain Black Male Teachers: How Boston Public Schools Can Recruit And Retain Black Male TeachersPosted by Travis Bristol on August 6, 2014Our guest author today is Travis J. Bristol, former high school English teacher in New York City public schools andteacher educator with the Boston Teacher Residency program, who is currently a postdoctora
8-6-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Resources: Advice For New Teachers© 2014 Ilmicrofono Oggiono, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio It’s that time of year again! Readers might be particularly interested in two “The Best” lists: The Best Advice For New Teachers The Best Resources For Planning The First Days Of Schoolby Larry Ferlazzo / 12min 8-4-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s W
8-6-14 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: Supporters want school bond back on ballotMorning Read: Supporters want school bond back on ballot Backers push to put school bond on ballot Despite widespread bipartisan support from state legislators and school districts, Gov. Jerry Brown is remaining mum on whether he supports putting a m
6 Ways Wall Street Is Hosing Chicago Teachers - Working In These Times
6 Ways Wall Street Is Hosing Chicago Teachers - Working In These Times: 6 Ways Wall Street Is Hosing Chicago TeachersIn 2012, Chicago teachers rocked the city with their historic strike. Yet their pensions could still be on the line. (Sarah-Ji / Flickr / Creative Commons)During Andrew Cuomo’s tenure as attorney general of New York, he noted, “In New York, the biggest pool of money is the state p
2014′s States with the Best and Worst School Systems | WalletHub®
2014′s States with the Best and Worst School Systems | WalletHub®: 2014′s States with the Best and Worst School Systemsby Richie BernardoUnless one is destined to assume the ranks of wildly successful college dropouts like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, education remains the traditional route to financial success for many Americans. Consider the median incomes for workers aged 25 and older in 201
Looking Back (Part 2) | Taking Note
Looking Back (Part 2) | Taking Note: Looking Back (Part 2)by CARMEN on 06. AUG, 2014 in 2014 BLOGS(Last week I published a piece of my own story, a summer diversion. Here’s a bit more.)National Public Radio [1] was a wonderful place to work, and I stayed for 8 years, from 1974 to 1982. Many of the voices you grew to know were there then: Susan Stamberg, Bob Edwards, Linda Wertheimer, Nina Totenb
8-6-14 @ 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
Morning Wink 8-6-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-6-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Allie Gross: Detroit and the Charter School ProfiteersAllie Gross arrived to teach in Detroit as a Teach for America recruit. Her three years in a charter school opened her eyes. She saw classroo
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-6-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Allie Gross: Detroit and the Charter School ProfiteersAllie Gross arrived to teach in Detroit as a Teach for America recruit. Her three years in a charter school opened her eyes. She saw classrooms without supplies, children promoted who were not ready and did not get the intervention they needed, she saw feckless leadership promot
8-6-14 Hemlock on the Rocks
Hemlock on the Rocks: Bill of Rights Institute: Fifth Amendment: Due Process | Bill of Rights Institute: Fifth Amendment: Due ProcessThe gover...Bill of Rights Institute: Fifth Amendment: Due Process | Bill of Rights Institute: Fifth Amendment: Due ProcessThe government may not deprive citizens of “life, liberty, or property” without due process of law. This means that the government has to follow
Think tank issues annual report on Orleans schools - SFGate
Think tank issues annual report on Orleans schools - SFGate: Think tank issues annual report on Orleans schoolsBy KEVIN McGILL, Associated PressUpdated 2:47 am, Wednesday, August 6, 2014NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Tulane Universitythink tank has issued its annual report on public education in New Orleans, noting strides made in performance since the state assumed authority over most of the city's schools
Karen Lewis for Chicago mayor? Laughable | Articles | News | AustinWeeklyNews.com
Karen Lewis for Chicago mayor? Laughable | Articles | News | AustinWeeklyNews.com: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 10:00 PMShare on FacebookShare on TwitterEmailPrintKaren LewisBy Arlene JonesColumnistLastly why do I think a Karen Lewis candidacy is laughable? Because it stands for: Lewis' All-Chicago Unites Gays, Hispanics, Asians & Blacks: Loose Emanuel! L.A.U.G.H.A.B.L.E!A recent poll for mayor ha
Teacher Responds to Whoopi's Response
Whoopi Goldberg recently stood by her initial comments regarding teacher tenure. I thought it'd be helpful to ask her for another revision to her original work, to improve her understanding of "tenure."
Nite Cap 8-5-14 #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 CAPWhat Do Teacher's Unions Say About Tenure - Due Process And A Little History from the CA Dept. of EDWhat Teacher Tenure Is — And What It’s NotSeptember 17, 2010 by khart Filed under ESEA/NCLB Reform, Featured News, Teacher Firings,Teacher Qualit
What Do Teacher's Unions Say About Tenure - Due Process And A Little History from the CA Dept. of ED
What Teacher Tenure Is — And What It’s NotSeptember 17, 2010 by khart Filed under ESEA/NCLB Reform, Featured News, Teacher Firings,Teacher Quality, Top Stories23 CommentsBy Kevin HartA recent Time magazine poll asked members of the public how they felt about teacher tenure. And, in the course of a 26-word question, Time managed to perpetuate three myths that educators say are contributing to the
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Cuts Schools, Pensions While Preserving Fund For Corporate Subsidies
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Cuts Schools, Pensions While Preserving Fund For Corporate Subsidies: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Cuts Schools, Pensions While Preserving Fund For Corporate SubsidiesBy David Sirota@davidsirotad.sirota@ibtimes.comon August 05 2014 1:05 PM Months after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said budget constraints forced him to push for pension cuts and mass school closures, an analys
Civic Education Initiative - Initiatives & Programs (CA Dept of Education)
Civic Education Initiative - Initiatives & Programs (CA Dept of Education): Civic Education InitiativeInformation on the latest in Civic Education initiatives and programs sponsored by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.Revitalizing K–12 Civic Learning in California: A Blueprint for Action (PDF; 2MB; New 05-Aug-2014)The product of the California Task Force on K-12 Civic L
Markey, Hatch Introduce Legislation to Protect Student Privacy - U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts
Markey, Hatch Introduce Legislation to Protect Student Privacy - U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts:Markey, Hatch Introduce Legislation to Protect Student PrivacyWednesday, July 30, 2014Focuses on need to protect students, provide tools to parents when information is shared with third partiesWashington (July 30, 2014) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today introd
This Week In Education: Thompson: Common Core Will Double Dropout Rate, Says Carnegie Foundation
This Week In Education: Thompson: Common Core Will Double Dropout Rate, Says Carnegie Foundation: Thompson: Common Core Will Double Dropout Rate, Says Carnegie FoundationHow did I miss it? The single most important study on Common Core implementation was published by the Carnegie Foundation in 2013, but its key finding has been ignored.Hat tip to Tom Hoffman and Larry Ferlazzo for showcasing the e
8-5-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: The rush to expose"Bad Teachers."
With A Brooklyn Accent: The rush to expose"Bad Teachers."The rush to expose"Bad Teachers." From the mid 1940's to the mid 1950's, leaders in government, themedia, the trade union movement and the private sector spent anenormous amount of time and energy trying to expose and root outalleged Communists and Communist sympathizers. In the process, tens ofthousands of people lost
Bill of Rights Fifth Amendment: Due Process | ALL Americans, Including Teachers have a Unalienable Right to Due Process of Law
Bill of Rights Institute: Fifth Amendment: Due Process | Bill of Rights Institute: Fifth Amendment: Due ProcessThe government may not deprive citizens of “life, liberty, or property” without due process of law. This means that the government has to follow rules and established procedures in everything it does. It cannot, for example, skip parts of trials, or deny citizens their rights as protected
8-5-14 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: Education bills pile up for returning CA lawmakersMorning Read: Education bills pile up for returning CA lawmakers Lawmakers face long list of education bills Standardized testing inaccuracies, funding for new adult education programs and new Common Core assessments for students with disabil
8-5-14 The New Living in Dialogue | hosted by Anthony Cody
Home | Living in Dialogue: Follow LiDLiving in Dialogue | hostedby Anthony Cody:LivinginDialogue@LIVINGNDIALOGUEOn Facebook Living in Dialogue CommunityFrom the AFT Convention, Looking ForwardNotes on building our movement and the AFT following the Los Angeles convention By Kipp Dawson (rank-and-file delegate to the AFT convention from Pittsburgh) This is a life-or-death time for the American Fede
Morning Wink 8-5-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSA response to suit to overturn tenure laws | MSNBCA response to suit to overturn tenure laws | MSNBC: A response to suit to overturn tenure lawsThe American Federation of Teachers’ Randi Weingarten and fmr. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa join Morning Joe to discuss efforts to overturn teacher tenure laws in New York.by mike simpson / 0min LISTEN TO
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-5-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Peter Greene: Pick Your Fights CarefullyPeter Greene regretfully, apologetically disagrees with Susan Ohanian, who recently expressed disappointment that the two national unions did not call on teachers to boycott testing. He says it would do no good because they would be fired and replaced by teachers happy to give tests and have
8-5-14 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.: In Hinsdale, Tea Party takes an axe to their teachers.Tea Party Hinsdale school board member Claudia Manley. Hey folks. Keep an eye on those local school board elections. Out in Chicago’s western suburbs the Tea Party extremists who were recently elected to the Hinsdale High School District 86 are in
8-5-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? Pelto/Murphy 2014“We need a school that’s going to promote God’s principles”The observation comes from a member of the Varick Memorial A.M.E Church community as she explains by the State Board of Education should approve a “revised” charter for the Booker T. Washington Elementary School in New Haven. The Board of Directors of the new Booker T. Washington School is led by
Eugene Robinson: Time to tame the intelligence monster
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Gates Funds NBC & NPR Education & Common Core Coverage » Politichicks.com
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 8-2-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGJersey Jazzman, Stephen Colbert, and Campbell BrownJersey jazzman has another great piece about tenure. He writes: “I can only hope that Campbell Brown’s appearance last night on The Colbert Report is typical of what she is going to bring to the debate over school workplace protections. Because if this is the best the ant
