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BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS

CURMUDGUCATION: The Non-fiction vs. Fiction IssueSince Common Core first shambled onto the education stage, teachers (particularly language teachers) have sounded the alarm about the infamous 70/30 split between fiction and non-fiction. "We'll have to drop studying Shakespeare to make room for reading instructions for IKEA shelving assembly," goes the complaint.As a high school English t

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8-17-14 Perdido Street School Week

Perdido Street School: How Much Longer Can Michael Mulgrew Stay In Power?The UFT has signed on as a co-sponsor for the Rev. Al "Rent-A-Collar" Sharpton's anti-police brutality march and it's not sitting well with the police unions who are now openly savaging UFT President Michael Mulgrew in the media:In an open letter to The Post, the spitting-mad boss of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Assoc

by mike simpson / 44min

8-17-14 Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet: Overheard at the Lincoln Memorial on a Saturday nightEven if you aren’t trying to eavesdrop, it is impossible not to overhear other people talking at the Lincoln Memorial when it is late on a Saturday night and the site is packed with people — mostly tourists — who are visiting the magnificent marble monument for the first time and are visibly astounded by its […]by Valerie Strauss /

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-17-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Ohio: As Charters Flourish, Accountability DisappearsA reader sent me to this article at The Daily Kos, which asked the simple question: when are students more important than free markets? The author’s argument is that the governor and the legislature are so head over heels in love with free markets that they have exempted charter

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8-17-14 Ed Notes Online Week

Ed Notes Online: Danny Drumm, NYC City Council and Former Teacher, Takes a Stand Against Charter Expansion"We are being oversaturated with charter schools," said Tesa Wilson, president Community Education Council in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. "It's tax dollars being poured into a black hole with no accountibility."City Council Daniel Dromm (D-Queens), who heads the city Education

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8-17-14 Schools Matter All Week

Schools Matter: Teaching is Not a Business!!!Teaching Is Not a BusinessBy DAVID L. KIRPAUG. 16, 2014PhotoCreditEleanor DavisContinue reading the main storyShare This PageTODAY’S education reformers believe that schools are broken and that business can supply the remedy. Some place their faith in the idea of competition. Others embrace disruptive innovation, mainly through online learning. Both cam

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8-17-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks: Why Are Things As They Are? RICH GIBSON'S little red schoolhouse offers Ohanian, Rhee,Atlanta Cheats and Morehttp://www.richgibson.com/blog/Susan Ohanian on Combat-Ready Kiddies The Mission: Readiness Military Leaders for Kids website features the National Council on Teacher Quality ranking of top teacher education institutions–with the admonition No service member can enter

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Teaching Is Not a Business - NYTimes.com

Teaching Is Not a Business - NYTimes.com: Teaching Is Not a BusinessTODAY’S education reformers believe that schools are broken and that business can supply the remedy. Some place their faith in the idea of competition. Others embrace disruptive innovation, mainly through online learning. Both camps share the belief that the solution resides in the impersonal, whether it’s the invisible hand of th

by mike simpson / 1h

John Deasy’s MiSiS cRiSiS shocks LAUSD’s conscious

John Deasy’s MiSiS cRiSiS shocks LAUSD’s conscious: John Deasy’s MiSiS cRiSiS shocks LAUSD’s consciousAUGUST 17, 2014 BY ROBERT D. SKEELS * RDSATHENE LEAVE A COMMENT“I was interested in the fact that the scandal over Deasy’s PhD hit the headlines at the same time he was hired by Gates. His financial connections with Robert Felner date back to his Santa Monica days” —Susan OhanianThe LAUSD MiSiS cR

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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Corporate reform strategies not working say U.C. prof

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Corporate reform strategies not working say U.C. prof: Corporate reform strategies not working say U.C. profNY TimesU.C. Berkeley Prof. David Kirp, writes in the New York Times, Teaching is Not a Business, that corporate reform is not working.TODAY’S education reformers believe that schools are broken and that business can supply the remedy. Some place their fai

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NYC Educator: The Brutality of UFT Leadership

NYC Educator: The Brutality of UFT Leadership: The Brutality of UFT LeadershipMike Mulgrew's UFT is promoting Al Sharpton's August 23rd march for "justice for victims of police brutality." I don't know of too many, off hand, who support police brutality. I'm guessing very few police officers support police brutality. I hope the march will be one of solidarity, rather than violence--wh

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The Washington Supreme Court to Hear Charter School Case | Seattle Education

The Washington Supreme Court to Hear Charter School Case | Seattle Education: The Washington Supreme Court to Hear Charter School Case On Friday August 15th, the Washington Supreme Court accepted review of the appeal in the charter school case. The Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Additional details to follow as I receive them.What we know so far:The Plaintiffs:League

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8-16-14 teacherken at Daily Kos - Trust me - there is a must read piece in the New Yorker

teacherken at Daily Kos:Trust me - there is a must read piece in the New YorkerIt is by Tobias Wolff, and is titled Heart of Whiteness Wolff, who turned 69 in July, was born in Birmingham AL. His older brother Geoffrey was a friend of James Baldwin. Like me, the two Wolffs were in Washington DC on August 28, 1963 for the March for Jobs and Freedom. It is a superbly written - and searingly honest

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THE COMBINE: Coming to YOUR state… or is it already there? | Reclaim Reform

THE COMBINE: Coming to YOUR state… or is it already there? | Reclaim Reform: THE COMBINE: Coming to YOUR state… or is it already there?Posted on August 16, 2014by Ken PrevitiWho is responsible for the dismantling of public education, the closing of schools, the extremely expensive and useless high stakes tests and programs, and the dissolution of a truly competent workforce of career educators?THE

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Nite Cap 8-16-14 #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 CAPFormer D.C. charter board CFO promoted private companies that allegedly paid him - The Washington PostFormer D.C. charter board CFO promoted private companies that allegedly paid him - The Washington Post: Former D.C. charter board CFO promoted p

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Former D.C. charter board CFO promoted private companies that allegedly paid him - The Washington Post

Former D.C. charter board CFO promoted private companies that allegedly paid him - The Washington Post: Former D.C. charter board CFO promoted private companies that allegedly paid himBy Emma Brown August 16 at 6:05 PM As the D.C. Public Charter School Board’s chief financial officer, Jeremy L. Williams was responsible for monitoring charter schools’ business practices and ensuring their complian

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Rating Common Core Math Textbooks—Isn’t THIS a National Curriculum?

Rating Common Core Math Textbooks—Isn’t THIS a National Curriculum?: Rating Common Core Math Textbooks—Isn’t THIS a National Curriculum?AUGUST 16, 2014 BY NANCY BAILEY LEAVE A COMMENTA new report in Education Week discusses a “Consumer Reports-like” nonprofit group that will now evaluate math textbooks from different companies online. If you are teaching math and want to know which books are best—

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Updates for La. Common Core/ PARCC Lawsuits– Including Fresh Spin from John White | deutsch29

Updates for La. Common Core/ PARCC Lawsuits– Including Fresh Spin from John White | deutsch29: Updates for La. Common Core/ PARCC Lawsuits– Including Fresh Spin from John WhiteAugust 16, 2014The State of Louisiana is currently involved in three lawsuits over the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and/or the CCSS testing consortium assessments belonging to the Partnership for Assessment of Readines

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8-16-14 Saturday Matinée Double Feature "CA Sharknado and Queen Vilification Investiture" News Breakout

Saturday Matinée Special Double FeatureCA Sharknado Queen Vilification InvestitureNews BreakoutandThe RSD has failed, but from the ashes an Education Mecca has been born | Crazy Crawfish's BlogThe RSD has failed, but from the ashes an Education Mecca has been born | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: The RSD has failed, but from the ashes an Education Mecca has been bornPosted on August 16, 20140The RSD, the

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The RSD has failed, but from the ashes an Education Mecca has been born | Crazy Crawfish's Blog

The RSD has failed, but from the ashes an Education Mecca has been born | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: The RSD has failed, but from the ashes an Education Mecca has been bornPosted on August 16, 20140The RSD, the New Orleans Recovery School District that was formed just prior to Katrina and used as an excuse an opportunity to wrest control of local schools and school districts from Orleans Parish and sc

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Public Dollars, Private Rules: The Charter School Calculus | UConn Today

Public Dollars, Private Rules: The Charter School Calculus | UConn Today: Public Dollars, Private Rules: The Charter School CalculusAugust 14, 2014By: Tom Breen Category: Nation & WorldShare on emailShare on print|16The phenomenal growth of charter schools nationwide has been aided by a canny legal strategy in which the schools claim to be public for the purpose of taking in tax dollars but pr

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State Supreme Court to decide if charter schools are constitutional | The Today File | Seattle Times

State Supreme Court to decide if charter schools are constitutional | The Today File | Seattle Times: State Supreme Court to decide if charter schools are constitutionalPosted by The Associated PressThe Washington Supreme Court announced Friday it would consider whether a voter-approved charter school law violates the state constitution.Oral arguments concerning the lawsuit brought by charter-scho

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2nd Banana 8-16-14 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform

BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTFailed D.C. schools chief Michelle (Rhee) Johnson named to Scotts Miracle-Gro board - Columbus - Columbus Business FirstFormer D.C. schools chief Michelle (Rhee) Johnson named to Scotts Miracle-Gro board - Columbus - Columbus Business First: Former D.C. schools chief joins Scotts boardEnlarge PhotoAndrew Harrer/BloombergMichelle Johnson, fo

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Morning Wink 8-15-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS8-16-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": “Oklahoma PTA Unanimously Calls for End to High-Stakes Testing”Oklahoma PTA Unanimously Calls for End to High-Stakes Testing is from Diane Ravitch’s blog. Here’s an excerpt: Over 340 delegates at the Ok

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