Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Morning Wink 8-27-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform


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8-27-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? All Week Pelto/Murphy 2014 Barriers for 3rd party challengers are widespread – Here is a new disturbing case in MassachusettsProving that the notion that supporting the Constitution and “Protecting Freedom and Democracy” is a relative term for some people. Secretary Galvin [Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts] Sued over Rejection of Voter Signatures.  Rejection of
by mike simpson / 4min 
NYC Educator: Revive NYSUT Supporters School Me
NYC Educator: Revive NYSUT Supporters School Me: Revive NYSUT Supporters School MeYesterday on Twitter, I was barraged with various defenses of Revive NYSUT's double-pension grab. I'm going to recount a few here.1. You aren't telling the whole story.That's true. I paint what I see. If there's another side of the story, you're free to tell it. And if you do a good enough job of it, you might persua
by mike simpson / 7min 
8-27-14 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.: Kristin Crowell. Beating Rahm requires deep organizing.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs-fT5xCw6w#t=247]by Fred Klonsky / 4min8-26-14 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.: “Driv
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8-27-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Eva Moskowitz Can't Pay Rent For Her Charter Schools But Can Afford $31 Million For New OfficesEva Moskowitz criticized Mayor de Blasio as a hater of children in the latest issue of More Magazine (whatever that is): Controversial Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz attacked Mayor de Blasio in an interview with More magazine, calling him a "former operative of the teachers
by mike simpson / 12min 
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-27-14 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 Teacher Says “No Thanks” to StudentsFirst and $5,000Chris Roberts, a new teacher in Ohio, was attracted to the message of StudentsFirst. He was impressed by what he read and by “Waiting for Superman.” He joined and was invited to apply for their Teachers for Transformation Academy. He was offered a stipend of $5,000 to be Stud
by mike simpson / 22min 
8-27-14 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© 2010 Dave, Flickr | CC-BY-ND | via Wylio Here are some recent valuable posts and articles on educational policy issues: A Quick Look At The ASA Statement On Value-Added is from The Shanker Blog. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About
by mike simpson / 22min 
The Answer Sheet 8-27-14
Answer Sheet: What new Common Core test scores really showNew York officials recently released the results of the state’s 2014 Common Core State Standards-aligned exams. In this post information award-winning Principal Carol Burris of South Side High School  in the Rockville Centre School District, explains what they mean. Burris has been writing about problems with the controversial school reform
by mike simpson / 22min 
Counties approve high number of LCAPs | EdSource
Counties approve high number of LCAPs | EdSource: CREDIT: KARLA SCOON REID / EDSOURCEParents sort through Post-It notes with funding suggestions at an LCAP planning meeting at Correia Middle School in San Diego Unified in April 2014.Counties approve high number of LCAPsAugust 26, 2014 | By John Fensterwald | No Comments SHARE THIS ARTICLEAn EdSource survey of a sampling of county offices of educa
by mike simpson / 22min 
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-27-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: REV. JESSE JACKSON SWEARS IN LAUSD BOARD MEMBER GEORGE McKENNABy Thomas Himes, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1qgWq1d George McKenna 8/26/14, 5:25 PM PDT  ::  The Rev. Jesse Jackson swore in Los Angeles Unified’s newest school board member in a ceremony at Tuesday’s meeting. George McKenna, a veteran educator who has held high-ranking positions
by mike simpson / 22min 
The LA School iPad Scandal: What You Need To Know : NPR Ed : NPR
The LA School iPad Scandal: What You Need To Know : NPR Ed : NPR: The LA School iPad Scandal: What You Need To Knowby ANNIE GILBERTSONA massive expansion of classroom technology has come to a grinding halt in Los Angeles.The LA Unified School District had planned to buy some 700,000 iPads for its students and teachers. The Apple tablets would include learning software built by publishing giant Pea
by mike simpson / 22min 
Meeting My Once and Future Classroom - The Jose Vilson
Meeting My Once and Future Classroom - The Jose Vilson: Meeting My Once and Future ClassroomThis was my actual classroom eight years ago, which is the same I have now.Meet my once and future classroom.It once had a exposed wooden door, working lights, nine unmarked boxes, beige lockers, and a second year teacher scared for his career. I know this because I was him eight years ago. Throughout the y
by mike simpson / 22min 
The Bayou state takes on U.S. Dept. of Ed - rightfully :: SI&A Cabinet Report
The Bayou state takes on U.S. Dept. of Ed - rightfully :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: The Bayou state takes on U.S. Dept. of Ed - rightfullyby Lee FunkLouisiana’s new graduation requirements for students with disabilities (SWD) are not sitting well with Washington D.C. and that’s ok. Personalized objectives with carefully tailored instruct
by mike simpson / 36min 
Commentable Version: Chair’s Report on The Common Core Technology Project Ad Hoc Committee
Commentable Version: Chair’s Report on The Common Core Technology Project Ad Hoc Committee: K-12 NEWS NETWORK'S THE WIRECommentable Version: Chair’s Report on The Common Core Technology Project Ad Hoc CommitteeAUGUST 27, 2014 BY K12NN SITE ADMIN LEAVE A COMMENTMany have wondered what the Chair’s Report on the Common Core Technology Project Ad Hoc Committee actually says. This is the committee that
by mike simpson / 36min 
empathyeducates – Ferguson’s Schools Are Just as Troubling as Its Police Force
empathyeducates – Ferguson’s Schools Are Just as Troubling as Its Police Force: Ferguson’s Schools Are Just as Troubling as Its Police ForceFerguson’s Schools Are Just as Troubling as Its Police Force and The City Won’t Heal Until We Fix Them Too.By Tracey Meares | Originally Published at The New Republic. August 22, 2014A day after his visit to Ferguson, Missouri, Attorney General Eric H. Holder
by mike simpson / 36min 
The Con Artistry of Charter Schools - In These Times
The Con Artistry of Charter Schools - In These Times: The Con Artistry of Charter SchoolsIn 2010, billionaire Rupert Murdoch declared for-profit K-12 education 'a $500 billion sector in the U.S. alone that is waiting desperately to be transformed.' (David Shankbone / Wikimedia Commons)Once an effort to improve public education, the charter school movement has transformed into a money-making ventur
by mike simpson / 36min 
A College Professor Teaches History in High School | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
A College Professor Teaches History in High School | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: A College Professor Teaches History in High SchoolNot a “man bites dog” media story for sure, but university professors who willingly choose to teach at a high school for a semester or a year, well, that does cause a few heads to turn. Previous posts I have published (see here for a math profe
by mike simpson / 36min 
Charter School Activists Suffer From Truth Deprivation - Education Week
Charter School Activists Suffer From Truth Deprivation - Education Week: Charter School Activists Suffer From Truth DeprivationBy Gerald N. Tirozzi''Rarely in the history of education have so many been willing to risk so much on the basis of so little evidence." This cogent statement was included in a 1996 Education Policy Institute report, alluding to the "risky business" of privat
by mike simpson / 36min 

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Charter Schools to Be Defining Issue of Okla State Superintendent Race | Life at the Intersections
Charter Schools to Be Defining Issue of Okla State Superintendent Race | Life at the Intersections: CHARTER SCHOOLS TO BE DEFINING ISSUE OF OKLA STATE SUPERINTENDENT RACEAUGUST 26, 2014 BRETT DICKERSONDemocrats had two unusually good choices in this runoff race for the State Superintendent nomination between two long-time, dedicated education leaders: Freda Deskin and John Cox, the winner.Now it i
by mike simpson / 8h 
Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 8-26-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMJeff Storobinsky Exposes The Truth in BrooklynThe Crack Team is pleased to welcome once again guest blogger and retired teacher Jeff Storobinsky to share a few words.For those who don't recall these pages shared some of Jeff's story back in June. Jeff is in the process of suing his tormentors with The Crack Team's favorite attorney, Brya
by mike simpson / 9h 
Vergara in New York, Thanks (in Part) to Campbell Brown |
Vergara in New York, Thanks (in Part) to Campbell Brown |: Vergara in New York, Thanks (in Part) to Campbell Brown In a post I wrote about “Vergara Going on Tour,” I wrote about how the financier of the Vergara v. California case was preparing to bring similar suits to New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Oregon, New Mexico, Idaho, and Kansas. As well, the law firm that won the Vergara case for the pl
by mike simpson / 12h 
LAUSD'S SLEAZY DEASY STEALS A LINE FROM THE LATE GILDA RADNER: IPADS? "NEVER MIND" - Perdaily.com
LAUSD'S SLEAZY DEASY STEALS A LINE FROM THE LATE GILDA RADNER: IPADS? "NEVER MIND" - Perdaily.com: (Mensaje se repite en Español)With Superintendent John Deasy's morally challenged behavior in dealing with Pearson, Apple, and IPads, we get another glimpse of the real darkness of the privatization agenda, which is too evil for most to believe or process. It comes down to money and the fur
by mike simpson / 12h 
#Truthy and Common Core Data Sets. Just WHY is the US Government Tracking Us? | Missouri Education Watchdog
#Truthy and Common Core Data Sets. Just WHY is the US Government Tracking Us? | Missouri Education Watchdog: #Truthy and Common Core Data Sets. Just WHY is the US Government Tracking Us?inShareBecome a revolutionary and expose the truth about The CCSSI and the new ‘Truthy’ database designed to track your ‘misinformation’.Data mining of student information via The Common Core States Initiative and
by mike simpson / 13h 
Helping Schools With Limited Internet Connections - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
Helping Schools With Limited Internet Connections - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Funding Available to Help Schools With Limited Internet ConnectionsSACRAMENTO—Eligible districts and charter schools are encouraged to apply for new funding to help school sites connect to a high-speed network in time for next spring's new online assessments, State Supe
by mike simpson / 14h 
LA schools' superintendent faces school board after days of questions on iPad plan | 89.3 KPCC
LA schools' superintendent faces school board after days of questions on iPad plan | 89.3 KPCC: LA schools' superintendent faces school board after days of questions on iPad planLos Angeles Unified school board members meet Tuesday afternoon in the first public meeting since Friday, when Superintendent John Deasy began facing a rush of questions about his relationships with executives at Pearson.E
by mike simpson / 14h 
Schooling in the Ownership Society: How Greasy Deasy Funneled $1 Billion to Pals at Pearson, Apple
Schooling in the Ownership Society: How Greasy Deasy Funneled $1 Billion to Pals at Pearson, Apple: How Greasy Deasy Funneled $1 Billion to Pals at Pearson, AppleGreasy DeasyHoward Blume at the L.A. Times reports that L.A. Supt. John Deasy (the man from Gates) and his chief deputy "developed a special relationship" with executives from Pearson and Apple, the companies that won a billion-
by mike simpson / 14h 
Nite Cap 8-26-14 #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 CAP8-26-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice GuyWait What?: Wait What? All Week Pelto/Murphy 2014 Illinois School Bans Discussions of Michael Brown’s Death (by Paul Thomas)This article was written by fellow pro-p
by mike simpson / 15h 
8-26-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? All Week Pelto/Murphy 2014 Illinois School Bans Discussions of Michael Brown’s Death (by Paul Thomas)This article was written by fellow pro-public education blogger Paul Thomas for Alternet.  Paul Thomas is a an associate professor of education at Furman University and a powerful voice on behalf of public education .  His blog can be found at: http://radicalscholarship.wordp
by mike simpson / 16h 
Why Be Concerned About Common Core Data Mining? Orwell, Kafka and the CCSSO (Updated) | Missouri Education Watchdog
Why Be Concerned About Common Core Data Mining? Orwell, Kafka and the CCSSO (Updated) | Missouri Education Watchdog: Why Be Concerned About Common Core Data Mining? Orwell, Kafka and the CCSSO (Updated)inShareThe following is an updated post originally appearing on the Blogger Missouri Education Watchdog site in June 2013.****************************************************************************
by mike simpson / 16h 
Excellent Sheep Run the World: Part II - Michelle Rhee | Just Visiting @insidehighered
Excellent Sheep Run the World: Part II - Michelle Rhee | Just Visiting @insidehighered:  John WarnerThere are perhaps no better exemplars of the products of our current meritocratic system than three of the most important recent figures in the education reform movement: Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, “Common Core architect” David Coleman, and one-time chancellor of the Washington D.C. schools
by mike simpson / 17h 
A Teacher's Plea to President Obama | John Thompson
A Teacher's Plea to President Obama | John Thompson: A Teacher's Plea to President ObamaI became a teacher after Supply Side economics and the Reagan era banking collapse devastated our neighborhood. Three hundred houses were abandoned and the "Hoova" set of the Crips set up dozens of crack houses in vacant properties.Mr. President, I became attached to the children in the drug houses an
by mike simpson / 18h 
8-26-14 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: The Cult of OrderMany, many, many reformsters are members of the Cult of Order.The Cult of Order believes in blind, unthinking devotion to Order. Everything must be in its proper place. Everything must go according to plan. Everything must be under control.It is not new to find cult members in education. We all work with a least a couple. Desks must be just so. The surface of the t
by mike simpson / 19h 
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 8-26-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: Ferguson, MissouriThe New Yorker's cover for the week we return to school,  Eric Drooker's "Ferguson, Missouri." “An artist friend of mine was killed by a cop in lower Manhattan, back in 1991. He happened to be black, and the police officer was never indicted.” Drooker continues, “As a resident of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, I witnessed the blurring distincti
by mike simpson / 19h 
On Kevin Johnson and Michelle Rhee’s latest power moves - Sacramento News & Review -
Sacramento News & Review - On Kevin Johnson and Michelle Rhee’s latest power moves - Bites - Opinions - August 21, 2014: On Kevin Johnson and Michelle Rhee’s latest power movesSome call the mayor and his wife the next Bill and HillaryWhen we checked in a couple weeks ago, Sacramento’s Michelle Rhee was coming back to help run husband Kevin Johnson’s St. HOPE charter schools. It’s since been co
by mike simpson / 19h 
The super wealthy can self-promote themselves for ALS while collecting and distributing student data, profiting from e-college, etc. | Reclaim Reform
The super wealthy can self-promote themselves for ALS while collecting and distributing student data, profiting from e-college, etc. | Reclaim Reform: The super wealthy can self-promote themselves for ALS while collecting and distributing student data, profiting from e-college, etc.Posted on August 26, 2014by Ken Previti“Here’s another example of what happens when the very wealthy and the very sel
by mike simpson / 19h 
All Things Education: In the past fifteen years, the overall number of teachers of color in DC has decreased by almost a third.
All Things Education: In the past fifteen years, the overall number of teachers of color in DC has decreased by almost a third.: In the past fifteen years, the overall number of teachers of color in DC has decreased by almost a third.In one of my last posts, I wrote about the decline of and need for more teachers of color and about my own PK-12 schooling at DCPS.In private conversations, a few DC
by mike simpson / 20h 
Accountability LAUSD's iPad Saga Has Just Begun - ChangeTheLAUSD
Accountability - ChangeTheLAUSD:  AccountabilityLAUSD's iPad Saga Has Just Begun“It was controversial?”- John Deasy (1)At the beginning of this month, Superintendent Deasy was mocking opponents of his plan “to provide an iPad to every Los Angeles student, teacher and school administrator.” (2) Yesterday he cancelled the project as the controversy grew over mounting evidence of improprieties in the
by mike simpson / 21h 
Speaking Out Against Excessive Testing (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out)
yahoo good news (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out): Speaking Out Against Excessive TestingSusan Notes: There's something in the air: revolution against federal standardized testing! Breathe deeply.by Susan OhanianWhile newspaper editorials call for obedience to federal laws linking student test scores to teacher evaluation and scrapping tenure, policy makers representing the people are beginning to see th
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8-26-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tuesday Open Thread In the "grrrr" editon of Open Thread:In Jurupa Valley (a small city near Irvine, California), school officials apologized to parents of high school Sped students because, as part of a "functional skills program," the schools had them dig through trash for items that could be recycled for money.  The Superintendent carefully p
by mike simpson / 21h 
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA): Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)Family Policy Compliance Office (FPCO) HomeThe Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Depa
by mike simpson / 21h 
Rich Student, Poor Student | EduShyster
Rich Student, Poor Student | EduShyster: Rich Student, Poor Student Students in Salem, MA learn a hard lesson about classDear [insert name here]:Welcome back to school, Salem, MA student! If you’ll be attending thisschool, this school or this school, let me take this opportunity to congratulate you. Like the mariners of yore, your parents successfully navigated the treacherous shoals of Salem’s sc
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Looking Back (Part 5) | Taking Note
Looking Back (Part 5) | Taking Note: Looking Back (Part 5)by JOHN MERROW on 26. AUG, 2014 in 2014 BLOGS, LOOKING BACK(For the past few weeks I have been traveling down memory lane and then posting entries on my blog. Memories aren’t sequential, I’ve learned. As evidence of that, here is one from my year away from college.)I’ve been a baseball fan for as long as I can remember-but I’ve been only a
by mike simpson / 23h 
Morning Wink 8-26-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-26-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Paul Horton on the Chicago Clique and the War on Public EducationPaul Horton is a history instructor in the University High School at the University of Chicago Lab Schools. This post explains th
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