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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-25-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Bob Braun: How New Jersey Leaders Broke the Law to Charterize NewarkBob Braun, veteran reporter turned independent blogger, charges that officials in New Jersey broke state laws requiring a random lottery to advance the charter movement in Newark. He writes: “New Jersey and local school officials have been involved in a conspiracy

by mike simpson / 14min

The Answer Sheet 8-25-14

Answer Sheet: A school system’s stunning standardized test schedule for 2014-15Classes for the 2014-15 year began for students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the fourth largest district in the country, on Monday, Aug. 18. And so did student standardized testing. Yes, it’s time not only for class but also for a new slew of standardized tests in Miami and everywhere else in the country — […]2

by mike simpson / 17min

8-25-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Just Sent-Out Free Email NewsletterI’ve just mailed out the June issue of my simple free monthly email newsletter. It has over 2,000 subscribers, and you can subscribe here.by Larry Ferlazzo / 7h hide // saveAugust’s “The Best” Lists — There Are Now 1,341 Of Them!Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I poste

by mike simpson / 19min

8-25-14 Curmudgucation

CURMUDGUCATION: ACT Report Finds ACT Really ImportantOkay kids. Here's today's lesson in critical thinking (which, as you may have heard, is built right into the heart and sinew of the Common Core).When a business releases a study showing the importance and effectiveness of that business's product, is there a possibility that the study might be aimed at something other than Telling the Whole Truth

by mike simpson / 22min

8-25-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: NYSED Looks To Make 40% of APPR Evaluations Based On State TestsThe APPR teacher evaluation system in New York is split so that 60% is based on "subjective" measures like classroom observations and (in some districts) student surveys while the other 40% is based on "student performance."The "student performance" APPR component is divided into 20

by mike simpson / 25min

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-25-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: DEASY PLANNING TO HIRE HIS OWN ‘LIASON’ FOR MiSiS PROJECT + smf’s 2¢Deasy says the person he will hire will report directly to him and will not require board approval. When does it all end? by Vanessa Romo in LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1t5D2b8 August 21, 2014 4:31 pm :: As LA Unified teachers continue their complaints about the district’s new

by mike simpson / 38min

8-25-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks: New York Times Reports on Duncan’s Retreat from Test-Based Evaluations of Teachers | Diane Ravitch'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 / 31min hide // saveThe Violence and H

by mike simpson / 38min

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESAtty. Gen. Holder meets with students from St. Louis Community CollegeEric Holder“History simmers beneath the surface in more communities than just Ferguson.” -- New Republic Lesley McSpadden (Michael Brown's mother)“We couldn’t even see him. They wouldn’t even let us go see him. They just left him out there, four and a half hours,

by mike simpson / 43min

Petrilli’s New PR Common Core Campaign. How’s That Working? | Missouri Education Watchdog

Petrilli’s New PR Common Core Campaign. How’s That Working? | Missouri Education Watchdog: Petrilli’s New PR Common Core Campaign. How’s That Working?inShareMichael Petrilli recently announced the Common Core advocates needed to change their marketing push for the privately owned/copyrighted standards for public schools and be more ‘emotional’. From Politico and Moms winning the Common Core war:…

by mike simpson / 48min

Infographic: LA schools iPad project: How it started ... before the bidding began | 89.3 KPCC

Infographic: LA schools iPad project: How it started ... before the bidding began | 89.3 KPCC: LA schools iPad project: How it started ... before the bidding beganTimeline: iPad Talks before the biddingSuperintendent John Deasy was a year into his tenure at the Los Angeles Unified School District when he started talking to the largest publishing company in the world, Pearson PLC, about working tog

by mike simpson / 48min

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empathyeducates – Wisdom from Ferguson’s Children

empathyeducates – Wisdom from Ferguson’s Children: Wisdom from Ferguson’s ChildrenWhat is education? Is it testing? Teaching? Is it the Common Core Curriculum? Is it the possibility of opting-out? Is education the search for wisdom? And what about the children? Where might they be in this equation? Educators, reply; “A Whole Child education is essential.” But what does that mean? How is it seen no

by mike simpson / 8h

Standardized Lying | Crazy Crawfish's Blog

Standardized Lying | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsStandardized LyingPosted on August 24, 20140Student performance in Louisiana is dropping rapidly. The decline started just about the time John White became superintendent of Education and has accelerated rapidly with the introduction of Common Core in Louisiana schools. Based on a sample analysis of

by mike simpson / 9h

Seattle Times’ Gates-funded Education Lab Blog Experiment | deutsch29

Seattle Times’ Gates-funded Education Lab Blog Experiment | deutsch29: Seattle Times’ Gates-funded Education LabBlog ExperimentAugust 24, 2014Bill Gates lives in Seattle.His money buys experiments there, too.In October 2013, the Seattle Times announced that it had “sought” a grant from the Gates Foundation for a year-long “project” in partnership with Solutions Journalism Network– a blog called th

by mike simpson / 11h

Check Out Alex Nazaryan's Provocative "Teacher Wars" Review

Check Out Alex Nazaryan's Provocative "Teacher Wars" Review: Check Out Alex Nazaryan’s Provocative “Teacher Wars” ReviewAlexander Nazaryan, a journalist and former teacher, has written a sharp, intelligent, and kind review of my book for the Times Arts section, for which I am extremely grateful:Ms. Goldstein’s book is meticulously fair and disarmingly balanced, serving up historical comm

by mike simpson / 11h

Vermont’s Enlightened State Board of Education |

Vermont’s Enlightened State Board of Education |: Vermont’s Enlightened State Board of Education The Vermont State Board of Education recently released a more than reasonable “Statement on Assessment and Accountability” that I certainly wish would be read and adopted by other leaders across other states.They encourage their educators to “make use of diverse indicators of student learning and stren

by mike simpson / 13h

NYC Educator: New York's Passion for Crap in Education Means No Flexibility in APPR

NYC Educator: New York's Passion for Crap in Education Means No Flexibility in APPR: New York's Passion for Crap in Education Means No Flexibility in APPROver at Perdido Street School he's pierced the bazillion-dollar Capital NY paywall and discovered that Arne Duncan's flexibility with APPR does not extend to states that have already begun Common Core testing. For those of you who are dancing in

by mike simpson / 14h

Upcoming Webinar: AP History Standards Written by The College Board Delivering FACTS That David Coleman Won’t Divulge. | Missouri Education Watchdog

Upcoming Webinar: AP History Standards Written by The College Board Delivering FACTS That David Coleman Won’t Divulge. | Missouri Education Watchdog: Upcoming Webinar: AP History Standards Written by The College Board Delivering FACTS That David Coleman Won’t Divulge.inShareFrom the video: Without state push-back, this new APUSH Curriculum Framework will go into effect this fall (2014). Without st

by mike simpson / 14h

The UFT Fool Follows Al Sharpton southbronxschool

http://www.southbronxschool.com: The UFT Fool Follows Al SharptonI have been away for a week. Went on a little baseball road trip with the family.So a lot has happened in the last week. The UFT not only supported Rev. Al's march in Staten Island, but was paying for buses to transport marchers to Staten Island.Oh, and the UFT soon hid it's support on Facebook by deleting the posts in support of the

by mike simpson / 14h

Nite Cap 8-24-14 #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 CAPSchools in Ferguson Area Prepare for an Emotional Opening Day - NYTimes.comSchools in Ferguson Area Prepare for an Emotional Opening Day - NYTimes.com: Schools in Ferguson Area Prepare for an Emotional Opening Day As schools in and around Ferguso

by mike simpson / 15h

Schools in Ferguson Area Prepare for an Emotional Opening Day - NYTimes.com

Schools in Ferguson Area Prepare for an Emotional Opening Day - NYTimes.com: Schools in Ferguson Area Prepare for an Emotional Opening Day As schools in and around Ferguson, Mo., prepared to open, Tom Lawson, chairman of the social studies department of McCluer High School, planned to ask his students some very basic questions.“How are things going?” said Mr. Lawson, who teaches government to seni

by mike simpson / 16h

8-24-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy

Wait What?: Wait What? All Week Pelto/Murphy 2014 Highlights and Lowlights of the Pelto/Murphy 2014 campaign continue to growKicked off by yesterday’s Wait, Wait? Blog post, the Hartford Courant’s Chris Keating wrote a news update entitled, “Breaking: Pelto Fears He Will Not Reach 7,500 Signatures To Get On Ballot.” Keating began his article with the following, In a potential political boost for G

by mike simpson / 16h

Leonie Haimson, champion of student rights, speaks about the importance of class size | Living in Dialogue

Leonie Haimson, champion of student rights, speaks about the importance of class size | Living in Dialogue: Leonie Haimson, champion of student rights, speaks about the importance of class sizeLeonie Haimson, founder of Class Size Matters and champion of student rights, speaks at Occupy the Department of Education in 2013. Read about her recent work here.

by mike simpson / 19h

Michael Brown | Seattle Education

Michael Brown | Seattle Education:Michael BrownJesse Hagopian is the editor and contributing author of the forthcoming book, More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing. Jesse teaches history and is the co-advisor for the Black Student Union at Garfield High School, the site of the historic boycott of the MAP standardized test. Jesse is also an associate editor for Rethinking

by mike simpson / 19h

Back-to-School? Classrooms by Walmart?: Feel Guilty About Shopping at Walmart | Cloaking Inequity

Back-to-School? Classrooms by Walmart?: Feel Guilty About Shopping at Walmart | Cloaking Inequity: Back-to-School? Classrooms by Walmart?: Feel Guilty About Shopping at WalmartHonestly, I felt guilty on the rare occasion that I shopped at Walmart. Yes I have shopped at Walmart. I didn’t want to, but sometimes at midnight I had no other choice when I needed emergency water for my Discus aquarium an

by mike simpson / 20h

8-24-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Fix the omissionSomething's missing and we all know what it is.It's the unfulfilled commitment I have been requesting for over ten years. It's the hole at the heart of the district's dysfunction. It is the emptiness at the root of the complaints and protests about the Garfield rape case. It is what was absent from Director Peaslee's understanding of the protests an

by mike simpson / 21h

8-24-14 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: UFT History in a Graphic: Caucuses from 1960-2014I just finished reading Barbara Tuchman's "Guns of August" about the first month of WWI. Almost every issue we face today can be related back to decisions and outcomes a hundred years ago and beyond that.We need to know some history of the UFT in order to fully understand things in context. I created this flow chart in att

by mike simpson / 21h

Marie Corfield: The Ten Commandments of Public Education

Marie Corfield: The Ten Commandments of Public Education: The Ten Commandments of Public EducationI. Public schools are open to everyone. Thou shalt not call charter schools public because they aren't.Charter schools do not have elected boards that answer to the public Charter schools are not subject to the same laws and regulations as public schoolsCharter schools can and do cherry pick the best

by mike simpson / 21h

The Answer Sheet 8-24-14

Answer Sheet: Next: #PayMyTuitionChallengeThere is no end to the ingenuity of Twitter users. After the success of the #IceBucketChallenge on Twitter to raise awareness for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord), some enterprising young people decided to challenge people, generally people they don’t know, to pay […

by mike simpson / 22h

8-24-14 Schools Matter

Schools Matter: Bloomberg's Impoverished Poverty Eradication PlanSince finally leaving his New York mayor's throne to someone far less princely, Mike Bloomberg is spending his time jetting around the world playing big shot with his bags of cash and, like all bullies, an unhealthy disdain for anyone who disagrees with him. These days he claims to be all about giving away all his dough before he die

by mike simpson / 22h

Building Better Teachers—-Mastering the craft demands time to collaborate—just what American schools don’t provide (Sara Mosle) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Building Better Teachers—-Mastering the craft demands time to collaborate—just what American schools don’t provide (Sara Mosle) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Building Better Teachers—-Mastering the craft demands time to collaborate—just what American schools don’t provide (Sara Mosle)Sara Mosle, who teaches writing at Philip’s Academy Charter School in Newark, N.J., has wr

by mike simpson / 22h

The Gates Foundation Education Reform Hype Machine and Bizarre Inequality Theory

The Gates Foundation Education Reform Hype Machine and Bizarre Inequality Theory: The Gates Foundation Education Reform Hype Machine and Bizarre Inequality TheorySunday, 24 August 2014 00:00By Adam Bessie and Dan Carino, Truthout | Graphic JournalismTruthout readers like you made this story possible. Can you help sustain our work with a tax-deductible donation?For a more immersive experience, read

by mike simpson / 23h

Gene V Glass: Education in Two Worlds: One State Has the Courage to Stand for What It Believes

Gene V Glass: Education in Two Worlds: One State Has the Courage to Stand for What It Believes: One State Has the Courage to Stand for What It BelievesOn August 19th, the Vermont State Board of Education issued a remarkable document. Their "Statement and Resolution on Assessment and Accountability" is a remarkable document, and it is essential reading for educators and politicians in all

by mike simpson / 23h

Peg with Pen: Parents, I Cannot Protect Your Children

Peg with Pen: Parents, I Cannot Protect Your Children: Parents, I Cannot Protect Your ChildrenI will do my best. But my best isn't good enough - and I think that is the point I really want to make it here. Across the nation teachers are fighting back hard. Across the nation teachers will shut their doors and do their best to protect children from high stakes testing, test prep, nonstop district an

by mike simpson / 23h

Morning Wink 8-24-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-24-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: David Sirota: Microsoft Admits Keeping $92 Billion Offshore to Reduce TaxesWriting in the International Business Times, investigative journalist David Sirota reports that Microsoft admits keepin

by mike simpson / 23h