Friday, August 15, 2014

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-15-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: North Carolina: How Teachers Can Give Themselves a RaiseCivitas is a libertarian, anti-union organization in North Carolina. It is funded by Art Pope, who may be the most powerful powerbroker in the state. Civitas recently put up billboards saying “Teachers: Want a $450 Raise?” If teachers go to the Civitas website, they will learn
by mike simpson / 0min 
8-15-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? Pelto/Murphy 2014 Giving voters more choices…should be as American as the Fourth of July – Ralph NaderFirst there was the “social justice” lobbyist who wrote a piece in the Hartford Courant instructing people not to sign a Pelto/Murphy 2014 ballot petition because it might hurt Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy’s re-election chances. More recently, a Journal Inquirer editorial en
by mike simpson / 4min 
8-15-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Newsday Declares Down, Up, as Common Core CurdlesLast year's god-awful results on Common Core tests in New York set off a statewide resistance movement among advantaged and the disadvantaged parents to dump the Gates and Pearson CorpEd plan into the Long Island Sound. This second year, when most new testing regimes usually see big gains, state language arts scores actually went dow
by mike simpson / 7min 
8-15-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: August’s (2014) Best Tweets — Part TwoEvery month I make a few short lists highlighting my choices of the best resources I through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit
by mike simpson / 9min 
8-15-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Julie Cavanagh on Common Core in Daily News, Major Contrast to MulgrewJulie Cavanagh won't punch you in the face if you support common core as she makes a clear and concise statement in her article in the DN that is way more powerful than what we hear coming out of our union leaders.As Mulgrew's opponent in 2013 election she is quite a contrast to Mulgrew as she makes similar poin
by mike simpson / 10min 
8-15-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": Video: Teachers Visiting Parents’ Homes In North CarolinaWECT TV6-WECT.com:News, weather If the embed code is not working, you can go to the news site directly to see the video.by Larry Ferlazzo / 4h “How to develop a strong parent/teacher relationship”How to develop a strong parent/teacher relationship is an article in a N
by mike simpson / 14min 
8-15-14 Hemlock on the Rocks
Hemlock on the Rocks: Wal-Mart, Don't Discount the Power of Teachers | MomsRising's Blog@media print { .original-url { display: none; } } h1.title { font: -apple-system-headline; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-hyphens: manual; } blockquote { color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); margin-left: 20px;by Rene Diedrich / 2h 8-13-14 Hemlock on the RocksHemlock on the Rocks: Eli Broad on Education,
by mike simpson / 17min 
8-15-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: De Blasio, Farina Full of Shit On Test ScoresThe lede of this Eliza Shapiro piece at Capital NY:Mayor Bill de Blasio and schools chancellor Carmen Fariña on Thursday praised the slight improvement in citywide test scores while reiterating their shared ambivalence toward testing in general. At a press conference at the Brooklyn Brownstone School to announce the scores, de Bla
by mike simpson / 20min 
Retired Youngstown Professor Launches Website to Expose Horrors of Ohio School “Reform” | janresseger
Retired Youngstown Professor Launches Website to Expose Horrors of Ohio School “Reform” | janresseger: Retired Youngstown Professor Launches Website to Expose Horrors of Ohio School “Reform”Posted on August 15, 2014 by janressegerThis blog will take a three-week, late summer break after today.  Look for a new post on Monday, September 8.  Enjoy the rest of your summer!—-Randy Hoover is a recently
by mike simpson / 24min 
As Long As You’re Filling Out School Forms – How About One For Opting Out? | Missouri Education Watchdog
As Long As You’re Filling Out School Forms – How About One For Opting Out? | Missouri Education Watchdog: As Long As You’re Filling Out School Forms – How About One For Opting Out?inShareHB1490 is a first step towards reclaiming local control of education. Unfortunately it did not do away with standardized testing so districts will be giving the SBAC tests next spring (2015). They will be referred
by mike simpson / 30min 
8/15/2014 – Character Change In The ‘Education Reform’ Soap Opera
8/15/2014 – Character Change In The ‘Education Reform’ Soap Opera: 8/15/2014 – Character Change In The ‘Education Reform’ Soap OperaAugust 15, 2014 SubscribeTHIS WEEK: Teachers Not Prepared For Common Core … Test Resistance Grows … Ed-Tech Teaching Machines … Charter School Corruption … College Debt’s Long-Term DamagesTOP STORYCharacter Change In The ‘Education Reform’ Soap OperaBy Jeff Bryant“Wit
by mike simpson / 32min 
Full House at West Philly Town Meeting on Local Control of Schools | WeArePCAPS
Full House at West Philly Town Meeting on Local Control of Schools | WeArePCAPS: Full House at West Philly Town Meeting on Local Control of SchoolsPosted on August 15, 2014by wearepcapsPanel discusses why returning control of our schools to the people of Philadelphia is neededOver a hundred people gathered last night at Monumental Baptist Church to press for ending the 13 year old failed experimen
by mike simpson / 38min 
A call for national online teacher credential :: SI&A Cabinet Report
A call for national online teacher credential :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: AUGUST 15, 2014A call for national online teacher credentialby Tom Chorneau(Colo.) The principal of one of the nation’s largest and oldest online learning academies recently visited a Pennsylvania district that needed advanced placement instruction for about 100 s
by mike simpson / 39min 
And now for something completely different | InterACT
And now for something completely different | InterACT: And now for something completely differentAUGUST 15, 2014by David B. CohenBack to school time (photo by the author)I went to the annual opening-of-school event for my district again this year – my 13th time. It’s a small enough district that we can bring together all 1,600 staff members to celebrate the start of a new year, hear from some of o
by mike simpson / 43min 
Shanker Blog » The Semantics of Test Scores
Shanker Blog » The Semantics of Test Scores: The Semantics Of Test ScoresPosted by Jennifer Borgioli on August 15, 2014Our guest author today is Jennifer Borgioli, a Senior Consultant with Learner-Centered Initiatives, Ltd., where she supports schools with designing performance based assessments, data analysis, and curriculum design.The chart below was taken from the 2014 report on student perform
by mike simpson / 49min 
NYC Educator: The Day 127 Tests Up and Walked Away
NYC Educator: The Day 127 Tests Up and Walked Away: The Day 127 Tests Up and Walked AwayLast June, my eyes popped wide and I snapped this picture outside my Regents' grading site.  Students' regents exams were sitting exposed to all in an open vehicle.  It struck me as odd and unsafe at the time.  I didn't think and I still don't think that anyone would steal exams.  It would have to be one desper
by mike simpson / 51min 

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solidaridad: AALA: George McKenna, AALA-Supported Board Candidate, Wins Election!
solidaridad: AALA: George McKenna, AALA-Supported Board Candidate, Wins Election!: AALA: George McKenna, AALA-Supported Board Candidate, Wins Election!Reprinted from AALA Update on August 18, 2014AALA extends congratulations to Dr. George McKenna on his election to become the Board of Education Member representing District 1. Dr. McKenna is filling the seat that has been vacant since the death of
by mike simpson / 8h 
Adults, Please Get Out The Way [How Students Do It] - The Jose Vilson
Adults, Please Get Out The Way [How Students Do It] - The Jose Vilson: Adults, Please Get Out The Way [How Students Do It]This morning, I imagined Marvin Gaye would have a few things to say about what’s going on today:Today was supposed to be Michael Brown’s fourth day in college, getting acclimated with the ins and outs of college life, surely different than the humdrum K-12 bells. Sadly, he neve
by mike simpson / 10h 
California state auditor probing LA's Magnolia charter schools | 89.3 KPCC
California state auditor probing LA's Magnolia charter schools | 89.3 KPCC: California state auditor probing LA's Magnolia charter schools The California State Auditor is investigating Magnolia Public Schools, a Southern California-based charter network that has been accused by L.A. Unified of misusing funds."Magnolia Science academies, like all other charter schools in the state, are public
by mike simpson / 12h 
Dan Chang’s dark money SuperPAC now switches to funding Marshall Tuck
Dan Chang’s dark money SuperPAC now switches to funding Marshall Tuck: Dan Chang’s dark money SuperPAC now switches to funding Marshall TuckAUGUST 15, 2014 BY ROBERT D. SKEELS * RDSATHENE LEAVE A COMMENT“We have our cake, and are eating it too.” — Eli BroadDan Chang’s SuperPAC, formed to support erstwhile LAUSD candidate Alex “ALEC” Johnson, is now funding a new astroturf group to get his fellow B
by mike simpson / 13h 
A vivid symbol of all that is wrong with state government: Hint – It’s not about the teachers | Reclaim Reform
A vivid symbol of all that is wrong with state government: Hint – It’s not about the teachers | Reclaim Reform: A vivid symbol of all that is wrong with state government: Hint – It’s not about the teachersPosted on August 14, 2014by Ken PrevitiThe following is a letter from a dear friend who chooses to remain anonymous. She tells about the State of Illinois Building as a symbol of its government t
by mike simpson / 13h 
Survival Guide to Teaching Alternative School, Part I — The First Days | Life at the Intersections
Survival Guide to Teaching Alternative School, Part I — The First Days | Life at the Intersections: SURVIVAL GUIDE TO TEACHING ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, PART I — THE FIRST DAYSAUGUST 14, 2014 BRETT DICKERSONOut of the 16 years that I spent teaching in public schools, 6 were spent teaching in alternative schools. I know some stuff that might help.This is my good news for you about teaching in alternative
by mike simpson / 14h 
Bill Gates’ Market-Driven Experiments Are Not Ready for Prime-Time Public Ed | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates
Bill Gates’ Market-Driven Experiments Are Not Ready for Prime-Time Public Ed | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates: Bill Gates’ Market-Driven Experiments Are Not Ready for Prime-Time Public EdPosted on August 14, 2014by Teachers'LettersToBillGatesDear Mr. Gates,Your Foundation contributions always seem to make for interesting prime time news. The real story about what is actually happening on the grou
by mike simpson / 15h 
Nite Cap 8-14-14 #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 CAPNYC Public School Parents: Parents and Educators Reject the Tests, the Scores and Corporate Agenda of NYSED & PearsonNYC Public School Parents: Parents and Educators Reject the Tests, the Scores and Corporate Agenda of NYSED & Pearson: Pa
by mike simpson / 15h 
NYC Public School Parents: Parents and Educators Reject the Tests, the Scores and Corporate Agenda of NYSED & Pearson
NYC Public School Parents: Parents and Educators Reject the Tests, the Scores and Corporate Agenda of NYSED & Pearson: Parents and Educators Reject the Tests, the Scores and Corporate Agenda of NYSED & PearsonIf as many as 60,000 students opted out as John King admitted today, that means the participation rate statewide was less than 95%.  Remember to (re) read the classic, the Common Core
by mike simpson / 15h 
The Doctor/Music Connection and The Terrible Disregard for Music in Public Schools
The Doctor/Music Connection and The Terrible Disregard for Music in Public Schools: The Doctor/Music Connection and The Terrible Disregard for Music in Public SchoolsAUGUST 14, 2014 BY NANCY BAILEY LEAVE A COMMENTHow does music help prepare students for life? Ask all the prestigious doctors in Boston!The Boston Globe has a fascinating piece by Christoph Westphal about the importance of music to be
by mike simpson / 16h 
The People’s Choice Is McKenna …. for the fourth time – redqueeninla
The People’s Choice Is McKenna …. for the fourth time – redqueeninla: The People’s Choice Is McKenna …. for the fourth timeWritten by redqueeninla in EducationWINS!!!LA Wins the Most Shocking Apathy Voter Award all over again. And despite ever-diminishing numbers of voters manages to leverage national significance from their voice.Besting last June’s record low turnout of 13.1 percent, this specia
by mike simpson / 17h 
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: #MichaelBrown May Be Sitting in Your Classroom...
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: #MichaelBrown May Be Sitting in Your Classroom...: #MichaelBrown May Be Sitting in Your Classroom...Demonstrators Aaron Little (R), Gianni Cook (C) and Troy Jones hold signs while protesting against the death of black teenager Michael Brown, outside St Louis County Circuit Clerk building in Clayton, Missouri August 12, 2014.(attribution to Reuters)So will #trayvo
by mike simpson / 18h 
empathyeducates – Michael Brown and The Education of Our Black Men
empathyeducates – Michael Brown and The Education of Our Black Men: Michael Brown and The Education of Our Black MenPhotograph; Michael Brown. Hershel Johnson, a friend of Brown’s since middle school remembers. “He said he wasn’t going to end up like some people on the streets. He was going to get an education. He was going to make his life a whole a lot better.”By Charles M. Blow | Originally Pub
by mike simpson / 18h 
Marie Corfield: The gentrification of Camden's schools Part II: Love is all you need
Marie Corfield: The gentrification of Camden's schools Part II: Love is all you need: The gentrification of Camden's schools Part II: Love is all you needgentrification—noun 1. the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, thus improving property values but often displacing low-income families and small busine
by mike simpson / 19h 
The Ad Hoc Committee for Justice on Behalf of Michael Brown has handed out flyers with four demands - COLORLINES
Ferguson Police Won’t Release Name of Officer that Killed Michael Brown - COLORLINES: Ferguson Police Won’t Release Name of Officer that Killed Michael BrownProtestors in Ferguson, Missouri, denouncing Michael Brown’s death at the hands of a police officer have made requests. A group known as The Ad Hoc Committee for Justice on Behalf of Michael Brown has handed out flyers with four demands:The of
by mike simpson / 19h 
Wal-Mart, Don't Discount the Power of Teachers | MomsRising's Blog
Wal-Mart, Don't Discount the Power of Teachers | MomsRising's Blog: Wal-Mart, Don't Discount the Power of TeachersAugust 14, 2014 At the end of July, I was inundated with Facebook posts telling me about Wal-Mart’s Teacher Appreciation Week. How were teachers like me appreciated exactly? We could get an e-card for 10 percent back on “qualifying” purchases of supplies, basically a glorified gift car
by mike simpson / 20h 
What We Know About Michael Brown's High School
What We Know About Michael Brown's High School: What We Know About Michael Brown’s High SchoolIn short: Normandy High is deeply racially segregated. It has a staggeringly high suspension rate. The school’s curriculum has little rigor. And Michael Brown was one of just 58 percent of his classmates who graduated.After Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri on Saturday, his mother, Lesley Mc
by mike simpson / 20h 
8-14-14 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): LAUSD opens arms to Central American immigrant childrenLAUSD opens arms to Central American immigrant children Via Los Angeles Times | By Howard Blume At the low-slung bungalow west of downtown, a youngster screams from a vaccination and a nurse records the height and weight of an older boy. Academic coun
by mike simpson / 21h 
8-14-14 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 Education Policy Issues — In One Place!My latest Education Week piece shares all my posts from the past three years on education policy issues — in one place! Here’s an excerpt:by Larry Ferlazzo / 39min 8-13-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLarry Ferlazzo’s
by mike simpson / 21h 
Michelle Rhee drops out of school group Getting into Politics?- Stephanie Simon - POLITICO.com
Michelle Rhee drops out of school group - Stephanie Simon - POLITICO.com: Michelle Rhee drops out of school group By STEPHANIE SIMON | 8/13/14 8:05 PM EDT Updated: 8/13/14 11:44 PM EDTMichelle Rhee had big ambitions when she went on Oprah four years ago to launch her new advocacy group, StudentsFirst, with a promise to raise $1 billion to transform education policy nationwide.But as she prepares t
by mike simpson / 21h 
8-14-14 @ 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
by mike simpson / 22h 
Looking Back (Part 4) | Taking Note
Looking Back (Part 4) | Taking Note: "Looking Back (Part 4)"Looking Back (Part 4)(For the past couple of weeks I have been writing about my own experiences as an education reporter. Here’s another segment.)I left the warmth and security of NPR in 1982, but in early 1985 I was unemployed and, to put it mildly, nervous about my future.  The 7-part documentary series I had spent 2 ½ years w
by mike simpson / 22h 
8-14-14 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): Revisiting Content and Direct InstructionIt is the 1890s, and educators are concerned that students are not receiving the quality education they deserve—especially if those students plan to attend college. What became known as The Report of the Committee of Ten has now b
by mike simpson / 22h 
Help!, Vote for Next Post: Who Should be Responded to First!? | Cloaking Inequity
Help!, Vote for Next Post: Who Should be Responded to First!? | Cloaking Inequity: Help!, Vote for Next Post: Who Should be Responded to First!?It’s coming in from all directions this week. So I need your help to decide who should be responded to first on Cloaking Inequity. Here are the candidates:There is an attack today from neoliberal RedefinED on vouchers insinuating that I am a union shill an
by mike simpson / 22h 
Morning Wink 8-14-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-14-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Missouri: Rex Sinquefeld Wants to Gut Local Control and Impose Unfunded MandatesMultimillionaire equity investor Rex Sinquefeld doesn’t like public education. Apparently he doesn’t like teachers
by mike simpson / 23h 



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