Monday, August 11, 2014

Morning Wink 8-11-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform


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A School is Not a Pet. And Yet . . .
A School is Not a Pet. And Yet . . .: A School is Not a Pet. And Yet . . .MONDAY, AUGUST 11TH, 2014 AT 10:34 AMThis weekend’s story in the New York Times about former NFL star Deion Sanders’ struggling charter school lays bare much of what’s wrong with the way Americans think about public education in general, and charter schools in particular.The story begins with Sanders being approached with a
by mike simpson / 4min 
Is a Hard Life Inherited? - NYTimes.com
Is a Hard Life Inherited? - NYTimes.com: Is a Hard Life Inherited?YAMHILL, Ore. — ONE delusion common among America’s successful people is that they triumphed just because of hard work and intelligence.In fact, their big break came when they were conceived in middle-class American families who loved them, read them stories, and nurtured them with Little League sports, library cards and music lesso
by mike simpson / 10min 
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-11-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Mercedes Schneider: Who Is Campbell Brown?Mercedes Schneider checks out the origins and development of Campbell Brown, who is now threatening to take Michelle Rhee’s place as the leader of the anti-union, anti-teacher campaign. Mercedes hails from Louisiana, and so did Campbell. Campbell came from a very poor town called Ferriday.
by mike simpson / 14min 
8-11-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Common Core: Gary Stern on Manipulating Test Outcomes Through Cut ScoresMaria Baldassarre Hopkins hit the nail on the head: "There are ways to make the numbers do what you want them to do." There was nothing democratic about the way the Common Core was written and forced on the schools. This story will get uglier and uglier as corporate politicos use their manipulated me
by mike simpson / 16min 
How to Read Education Data Without Jumping to Conclusions (Jessica Lahey & Tim Lahey) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
How to Read Education Data Without Jumping to Conclusions (Jessica Lahey & Tim Lahey) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: How to Read Education Data Without Jumping to Conclusions (Jessica Lahey & Tim Lahey)In an earlier post, I offered fundamental questions that parents, teachers, administrators, researchers, and policymakers could (and yes, should) ask of any policies
by mike simpson / 19min 
8-11-14 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.: Post your #selfieforkaren everywhere. Send ‘em here and I’ll post it.“We are Michael Brown.”. Ferguson, Missouri is in suburban St. Louis. Last June Desiree Harris, who lives in Ferguson, watched her grandson Michael Brown, an African-American young man, graduate from high school. On Saturday night sh
by mike simpson / 25min 
8-11-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: How Many Of Our Students Feel This Way?The full story has yet to come out about what happened on Friday night in Ferguson, but the larger narrative of the challenges facing so many of our African-American youth could not be more clear. MLK: "…a riot is the language of the unheard…Social justice and progress are the abs
by mike simpson / 28min 
8-11-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Charter School Education in the U. S.: It's All About the Real EstateWhen ignorant or purchased Ohio politicians jumped on the charter school bandwagon almost 20 years ago to "provide more choices for poor families" and to "cut bureaucratic oversight to allow educational innovation," they opened the floodgates for corruption, larceny, and educational fraud promo
by mike simpson / 30min 
8-11-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Charter Schools’ USA Hillsborough Facililities Will Not Be Shuttered This Year…ButFrom Marlene Sokol in the Tampa Bay Times: TAMPA — Responding to concerned parents who learned last week that the Hillsborough County school district is challenging the legality of three ch
by mike simpson / 32min 
8-11-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?:  Wait What? Pelto/Murphy 2014  Malloy’s PR operation for the Free Park Admission WeekendFile this one under – “How The Connecticut Budget Process Really Works.” A couple of weeks ago, with Election Day in sight, Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy kicked off a public relations campaign to promote the State’s Free Park Admission Weekend. Malloy told the media, “To encourage everyone to visit a
by mike simpson / 38min 
8-11-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: ‘I love when kids are smarter than tests (which is most of the time)’I love when kids are smarter than tests (which is most of the time). pic.twitter.com/ayJGquJy1D — Jesse Stommel (@Jessifer) August 10, 201419 by Valerie Strauss / 5h hide  //  saveWhy race-based affirmative action in college admissions still mattersLast month I published a defense of race-based affirmative action fo
by mike simpson / 40min 
8-11-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Charters - The Gift that Keeps on GivingThere's almost something humorous about charter stories today.  They come faster and faster; stars who start charters that fail, financial scandals, and promises made and then broken.What's the funny part?  Well, the supporters of 1240 said "we have a lot to learn from charters."  I would agree and in more ways than
by mike simpson / 42min 
8-11-14 @ 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 / 44min 
8-11-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Blacked Out: “you must consider what happens to a life which finds no mirror”First the air is blue and then it is bluer and then green and then black I am blacking out “Diving into the Wreck,” Adrienne Rich Recently, I have been trying to navigate my own journey toward c
by mike simpson / 46min 
8-11-14 Hemlock on the Rocks
Hemlock on the Rocks: In Case You MISSED it WalMart Spent $20 million to send 700 TFA interns to replace actual teachersNew post on CBS Los Angelesby Rene Diedrich / 7h Fwd: “A Farewell to Arms” – Take a deep breath. Get ready to face school closure, displacement , kill sites and lots of broken promises,"A Farewell to Arms" – Take a deep breath. Posted on May 30, 2011 by savehphs Things
by mike simpson / 48min 
8-11-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Cuomo's Legal Troubles - It's What We Don't Know That Matters MostTwo pieces out on Cuomo's legal jeopardy today, one by Jeff Smith at Politico and the other by Blake Zeff at Capital NY, both of which report Cuomo is in some trouble over the Moreland mess. Jeff Smith at Politico says Andrew Cuomo's got serious problems because now that he's given them the open, prosecutors c
by mike simpson / 50min 
Manipulating test score release: “First, you’ve got to get mad!” | Bob Braun's Ledger
Manipulating test score release: “First, you’ve got to get mad!” | Bob Braun's Ledger: Manipulating test score release: “First, you’ve got to get mad!”Had enough?Why is it important to write about Cami Anderson’s decision to manipulate the release of the latest results of state test scores? Here is why:Imagine your life, your livelihood, is based on a set of numbers over which you have no or, at b
by mike simpson / 53min 
The Vermont “No Child Left Behind” Letter that Tells the Truth | janresseger
The Vermont “No Child Left Behind” Letter that Tells the Truth | janresseger: The Vermont “No Child Left Behind” Letter that Tells the TruthPosted on August 11, 2014 by janressegerThe federal testing law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), requires that states inform parents when—by the standardized tests required by NCLB—their child’s school has been identified as a “failing” school.  The problem is th
by mike simpson / 55min 
YOUR VOTE MATTERS ON TUESDAY: Just Say No To Carpetbagging In LAUSD1 – redqueeninla
YOUR VOTE MATTERS ON TUESDAY: Just Say No To Carpetbagging In LAUSD1 – redqueeninla: YOUR VOTE MATTERS ON TUESDAY: Just Say No To Carpetbagging In LAUSD1Written by redqueeninla in EducationWe’ve endured another nail-biter of a weekend suffused with an oxymoronic army of paid “volunteers” deployed to Get Out their paymaster’s Vote and in the process consume mountains of cash toward the mortificatio
by mike simpson / 1h 
Putting the PR in Student Power | EduShyster
Putting the PR in Student Power | EduShyster:Putting the PR in Student Power A student group with some unusual connections *schools* reporter Sarah Lahm.By Sarah Lahm,EduShyster AcademyI don’t know about you, but when I was in college (#darkages), being part of a *student-led* group meant sitting around in someone’s dank dorm room, plotting how to get to the nearest town to buy beer. Oh, and one t
by mike simpson / 1h 
NYC Educator: Mulgrew's Paws (to the tune of Santa Claus Is Coming to Town)
NYC Educator: Mulgrew's Paws (to the tune of Santa Claus Is Coming to Town): Mulgrew's Paws (to the tune of Santa Claus Is Coming to Town)You'd better sell outYou'd better not think,You better watch out,Which Kool Aid you drink,Mulgrew's Paws are punching your face.He's making a list,He's checking it twice;He's gonna find out who's loyal or nice.Mulgrew's Paws are punching your face.He sees you wh
by mike simpson / 1h 
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESNEA Pres.-Elect Lily Eskelsen GarcíaAs educators, we believe in good testing. Almost every student in America will confirm that most teachers are neither strangers to, nor enemies of, tests. But great teachers know the difference between tests that help students and tests that harm students. -- AJCPresident ObamaThe United States i
by mike simpson / 1h 

YESTERDAY

Alex Johnson, who ducked my interview and at least six candidate forums, asks why Dr. McKenna won’t respond to the Deasy School Report?
Alex Johnson, who ducked my interview and at least six candidate forums, asks why Dr. McKenna won’t respond to the Deasy School Report?: Alex Johnson, who ducked my interview and at least six candidate forums, asks why Dr. McKenna won’t respond to the Deasy School Report?AUGUST 11, 2014 BY ROBERT D. SKEELS * RDSATHENE LEAVE A COMMENTHe has dodged multiple requests for policy positions, undoubtably
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NEA president-elect: Teachers are neither strangers to, nor... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
NEA president-elect: Teachers are neither strangers to, nor... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: NEA president-elect: Teachers are neither strangers to, nor enemies of, tests. COMMENT(13) 1 22 4 30RelatedView Larger NEA president-elect Lily Eskelsen GarcíaPrevious PostsProblem isn't bad teachers or pantless ones. It's the just-OK teachers. August 7, 2014College graduation rates: More to do with stude
by mike simpson / 10h 
Why is Cami blocking access to test scores? | Bob Braun's Ledger
Why is Cami blocking access to test scores? | Bob Braun's Ledger: Why is Cami blocking access to test scores?Christie and AndersonResults of this year’s administration of the state NJ Assessment of Schools and Knowledge (ASK) tests have been delivered to the central Newark administration–but Cami Anderson, the state-appointed schools superintendent, has blocked school principals and other building
by mike simpson / 10h 
My Interview and Discussion With Shaun Johnson.southbronxschool
http://www.southbronxschool.com: My Interview and Discussion With Shaun JohnsonMy first real encounter with Shaun Johnson, aka The Chalk Face, came about 2 1/2 years ago in one of those classic Twitter mash-ups.I started getting into it with the commandant, Kyle Olson, of the über Right Wing, paranoid, and meshuga, education "advocacy" news aggregator, Education Action Group News. EAG Ne
by mike simpson / 10h 
Nite Cap 8-10-14 #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 CAP4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-10-144LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: CLASS CUTBACKS AT WALTER REED MIDDLE SCHOOL RILE PARENTS + smf’s 2¢By Thomas Himes, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1pJXFpv Walter Reed Middle
by mike simpson / 16h 
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-10-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: CLASS CUTBACKS AT WALTER REED MIDDLE SCHOOL RILE PARENTS + smf’s 2¢By Thomas Himes, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1pJXFpv Walter Reed Middle School will open on Tuesday with students attending six periods instead of seven, and some parents are unhappy about the change. Andy Holzman Staff Photographer   Posted: 08/09/14, 6:48 PM PDT  ::  As lead
by mike simpson / 17h 
Louisiana Educator: How Are Our Education Reforms Working?
Louisiana Educator: How Are Our Education Reforms Working?: How Are Our Education Reforms Working?Reform itself has become the new status quo in American education.Radical education reform continues to be pushed by some of the richest and most powerful political forces in the country despite the lack of evidence that these reforms actually work. The proponents of radical corporate reform, are cont
by mike simpson / 17h 
Connect the Dots: Whoopi, Ari and Rahm Emanuel, Destruction of Public Education, Ending Tenure | Reclaim Reform
Connect the Dots: Whoopi, Ari and Rahm Emanuel, Destruction of Public Education, Ending Tenure | Reclaim Reform: Connect the Dots: Whoopi, Ari and Rahm Emanuel, Destruction of Public Education, Ending TenurePosted on August 10, 2014by Ken PrevitiUPDATE: Whoopi Goldberg’s attack on due process (tenure) for teachers.Her attacks on teacher tenure cannot be as innocent or uninformed when seen with lin
by mike simpson / 17h 
empathyeducates – Florida Retention Policy a Blight on Literacy, Children across US
empathyeducates – Florida Retention Policy a Blight on Literacy, Children across US: Florida Retention Policy a Blight on Literacy, Children across USBy Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. August 6, 2014The New York Times headline suggests we are finally poised to read a positive story about education: A Summer of Extra Reading and Hope for Fourth Grade.But educat
by mike simpson / 18h 
Connected Principals | Caught Up in the Day-to-Day…
Connected Principals | Sharing. Learning. Leading.: Caught Up in the Day-to-Day…by Jonathan VanderEls • August 10, 2014 • 0 CommentsWow! I can’t believe how much they’ve grown in just a few months! As parents, we’ve often heard this phrase when someone sees our children after a span of time. We all tend to not notice the incremental changes our own children experience as they grow. Working in a sc
by mike simpson / 18h 
8-10-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?:   Wait What? Pelto/Murphy 2014 You can trust us; we’re from the charter schools (Guest Post by Wendy Lecker)This truth about the charter school industry grows every day.  Today’s contribution can be found in an investigative story in the New York Times entitled, A Star-Powered School Sputters.  The article explores the associated with the charter school created by Dion Sanders, the pro
by mike simpson / 19h 
8-10-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: Arne Duncan’s new ‘top advisers’Throughout the first Obama administration and well into the second, many teachers and principals said they could not get a word in edgewise to Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his advisers, who plowed ahead with education reforms that many educators said blamed teachers for things that weren’t their fault and set up standardized test-based “accounta
by mike simpson / 19h 
8-10-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: #AFT 14 Video - Leo Casey At the Bat - Don't Let Tea Party Seduce You From Supporting Wonderful Common CoreThis may be worse than Mulgrew's speech. Immediately after his speech, Leo went right to the Mendacino vinyards to pick grapes.by ed notes online / 41min 8-9-14 Ed Notes Online WeekEd Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineVergara Update: Chetty, Chetty Gets Banged, Banged in Teachers
by mike simpson / 20h 
Fight over teacher tenure rages on | MSNBC
Fight over teacher tenure rages on | MSNBC: Fight over teacher tenure rages onThe fight over teacher tenure is now raging coast to coast, and the latest battleground is the courtroom. Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman, Dana Goldstein from The Marshall Project, Randi Weingarten from the American Federation of Teachers and Darrell Bradford from NY Campaign for Achievement Now discuss with Melissa Harris-P
by mike simpson / 23h 
8-10-14 Wag The Dog Week
WagTheDog | Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. ~ Rumi: Thoughts and Feelings Do Matter“The children coming into their second grade classroom that morning arranged their chairs in a circle for a daily ritual: Their teacher asked every child to tell the class how they felt (unless they didn’t want to share this), and why they fe
by mike simpson / 23h 
Morning Wink 8-10-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-10-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Anthony Cody Bids Farewell to Education WeekThis is Anthony Cody’s last blog post in Education Week, where his column “Living in Dialogue” appeared regularly beginning in 2008. Cody reviews the
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