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 CAP
empathyeducates – News Flash…All Black People Don’t Think Alike!
empathyeducates – News Flash…All Black People Don’t Think Alike!: News Flash…All Black People Don’t Think Alike!By Black&Smart, AKAdemic | Originally Published at Black&Smart July 14, 2014There have been those times when my White brothers and sisters have suggested that my perspective couldn’t possibly be right because some other Black people didn’t hold that same view. The idea that Black
SKrashen: Do American Rich Kids do Worse on International Tests than Rich Kids from Other Countries?
SKrashen: Do American Rich Kids do Worse on International Tests than Rich Kids from Other Countries?: Do American Rich Kids do Worse on International Tests than Rich Kids from Other Countries?Do American Rich Kids do Worse on International Tests than Rich Kids from Other Countries?Stephen KrashenHanushek, Peterson and Woessmann (2014) claim that when we examine students from "advantaged"
8-3-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": “An Important Conversation About Race, Parents, School & Poverty”[View the story "An Important Conversation About Race, Parents, School & Poverty" on Storify]by Larry Ferlazzo / 1min Parent Volunteer FormHere’s a potentially useful parent volunteer form posted at the Organized Classroom Blog. Thanks to Joe
CPS starving its schools to justify privatization - Chicago Sun-Times
CPS starving its schools to justify privatization - Chicago Sun-Times: CPS starving its schools to justify privatization147BY TIMOTHY MEEGAN July 30, 2013 5:42PMOn Wednesday July 24, I was physically removed from a Chicago Board of Education meeting after I waited four hours to speak for two minutes. I timed it at two minutes and five seconds, but I was not allowed to finish. While board member He
8-3-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: A Reminder to Our ReadersThis is a community forum blog. To me and Charlie, that means anyone can come and discuss anything relevant to public education from national right down to specific Seattle schools/programs. We try to guide the conversation but not define it. You can opine/inform on topics on just about anything in public education. We provide open threa
Louisiana Educator: Two Excellent New Laws Approved Despite Common Core Hyseria
Louisiana Educator: Two Excellent New Laws Approved Despite Common Core Hyseria: Two Excellent New Laws Approved Despite Common Core HyseriaNew legislation (Acts 833 and 643) Emphasize the Need for A Diverse CurriculumFortunately for our special needs students in Louisiana, the Louisiana Developmental Disabilities council fought very hard this legislative session and succeeded in passing groundbre
Best Video Exposing Common Core | Prof. Duke Pesta | Fight the Core
Best Video Exposing Common Core | Prof. Duke Pesta | Fight the Core: Best Video Exposing Common Core | Prof. Duke PestaHave you heard about Common Core? The chilling truth behind these new national educational “standards” will terrify you. Common Core represents the latest and most comprehensive step in the drive toward complete government control of our children’s education. Join us for a special
8-3-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: It Is Time To Revisit Cuomo's Charter School Budget GiveawayLast legislative session, Governor Cuomo engineered a budget giveaway to his charter school campaign donors, forcing New York City to either co-locate future charter schools in public school buildings or pick up the tab for future charter schools on private property.The charter school giveaway is expected to cost th
Badass Teachers Association: Why be Badass?
Badass Teachers Association: Why be Badass?: Why be Badass?Welcoming remarks by Denisha Jones at the BAT's 1st Annual Rally in DCI am constantly asked the same question by friends and family when I talk to them about this group...why call yourself badass? They often wonder how we can be expected to be taken seriously with such a crass name. It's not crass to me but I get their concern. Why would t
8-3-14 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: Cognitive PrivilegeI’ve been wondering lately if there is such a thing as cognitive privilege and what role it might play in the Common Core debate? Is it possible that there are highly intelligent individuals who lack the empathy and wisdom to “see” and understand the aca
Overview of BAT's Rally in DC on Vimeo
Overview of BAT's Rally in DC on Vimeo: Overview of BAT's Rally in DCfrom L. Graykin PLUS 2 hours ago / Creative Commons License: by nc ALL AUDIENCESOn July 28, 2014, members of the Badass Teachers Association - BATs - convened in Washington, DC. Over 500 teachers, parents, administrators, performers, politicians, and students from 38 states came together in front of the Dept. of Education Buildin
IF YOU ARE A TEACHER, STOP BLOGGING, AND WATCH WHAT YOU SAY ! | Teachers Fight Back
IF YOU ARE A TEACHER, STOP BLOGGING, AND WATCH WHAT YOU SAY ! | Teachers Fight Back: IF YOU ARE A TEACHER, STOP BLOGGING, AND WATCH WHAT YOU SAY !leave a comment »How many times must I warn teachers to avoid any forms of social media and especially blogging ? YOU ARE A TEACHER, YOU HAVE NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH, what part of that don’t you understand ?Now we have an incident where a teacher was alleg
8-3-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: Fact-checking Campbell Brown: What she said, what research really showsFormer CNN correspondent Campbell Brown appeared on The Colbert Report last week in her role as head of the new Partnership for Educational Justice, an advocacy organization that is supporting seven parents in a lawsuit against New York State’s teacher tenure laws. (Supporting may be underestimating what the group
An Open Letter to Campbell Brown from a Teacher on Leave | Life Under the Ponytail
An Open Letter to Campbell Brown from a Teacher on Leave | Life Under the Ponytail: An Open Letter to Campbell Brown from a Teacher on LeavePosted on August 1, 2014 by Bailey ShawleyDear Ms. Brown,I saw your interview with Stephen Colbert. I wish I could have been one of those protesters outside the studio. You see, I don’t support people who are not educational experts attempting to reform or rea
Morning Wink 8-3-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-3-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Network for PublicEducation Endorses Sherry Dagnogo in MichiganThe Network for Public Education endorses Sherry Gay-Dagnogo The Network for Public Education is proud to endorse Sherry Gay-Dagnogo
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-3-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Network for PublicEducation Endorses Sherry Dagnogo in MichiganThe Network for Public Education endorses Sherry Gay-Dagnogo The Network for Public Education is proud to endorse Sherry Gay-Dagnogo for Michigan State Representative in House Distrtct 8. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo was a middle school science teacher for 7 years. She has worked
8-3-14 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.: Guest ten minute drawing. Ken Previti.While my sprained wrist on my drawing hand recovers from a severe bout of tendonitis, I have solicited guest drawings. - Ken Previti is a retired Illinois teacher living in Florida. He is a blogger, pension and education activist of the highest order.1 by Fred Kl
8-3-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Charter School Unions: Will Teamsters Out-Organize the AFT and NEA?Eighty teachers and guidance counselors at the Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School in Marlboro recently made history when they joined a union — but not the one you might think. They did not join the Massachusetts Teachers Association, which represents 110,000 public school educators across the commonwe
8-3-14 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: Campbell Brown, Meet Mike Mignone: The Whistle-blowing Teacher Whose Job Was Saved By TenureI have a wish:I wish that every time Campbell Brown made one of her many, many incoherent media appearances where she bad-mouths teachers unions and insists teachers don't need tenure...She would be forced to sit next to Mike Mignone.As I've reported before, Mignone -- a veteran middle schoo
8-3-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: More Good Resources On Race & Racism© 2013 Daniel Lobo, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are new additions to A Collection Of Useful Posts, Articles & Videos On Race & Racism: 10 Quotes That Perfectly Explain Racism To People Who Claim They’re Colorblind is from The Atlanta Black Star. NEA Report: Lack of Teacher
8-3-14 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: The Permanent Politicizing of EducationIt's completely predictable that in the wake of CCSS, other problems will arise. Folks who think that we can chase the Common Core away and afterwards go back to How Things Were Before are kidding themselves-- even if CCSS were to vanish tomorrow, it has already changed the educational landscape in ways we can't fully grasp yet.One sign is in
8-8-14 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: One Florida Community Complains About TOO MANY Charter Schools OpeningFrom Sun Sentinel reporter Arun Sivasankaran: Tamarac city officials have shot down a proposal to open a charter high school within the city. At a recent City Commission meeting, officials went against
8-3-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? Pelto/Murphy 2014 Sunday? What a good day to get a handful of signatures on the Pelto/Murphy petitionWe all know what is at stake as we enter the last days of our historic effort to get on the November ballot so that we can ensure that the people of Connecticut have a real choice in this year’s election for governor. The deadline for submitting names is 4pm this Wednesda
8-3-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: From Korea to KIPP: "production, performance, and obedience"Reading the essay by Se-Woong Koo on the South Korean system of educational child abuse, I was struck by how much of what he said could have come from former teachers of KIPP who have since let their conscience be their guides: incredible stress, diminished affect, clumps of hair falling out, physical and psychol
How Minecraft has bewitched 40 million of us worldwide
How Minecraft has bewitched 40 million of us worldwide: How Minecraft has bewitched 40 million of us worldwideBy John Naughton, The ObserverSunday, August 3, 2014 9:59 EDTShare on facebookShare on printShare on email 0 The worldwide domination of Markus Persson’s building-blocks game is a triumph for the power of human imagination, writes John NaughtonA funny thing happened on the way to this colu
Continuing Change | Enlightenment through Empowerment
Continuing Change | Enlightenment through Empowerment: Time to Unpack: White Privilege from the Soul of a BoricuaAugust 3, 2014Education Rate ThisMy NEA StoryIt’s been almost a month since my trip to Denver to attend the National Education Association Representative Assembly, and I still haven’t unpacked. It’s time.Truth be told, I’ve been unpacking for weeks. Quietly. Thoughtfully. Not the
All Week 8-3-14 @ THE CHALK FACE - preview with Linda Darling Hammond
@ 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
8-3-14 Hemlock on the Rocks
Hemlock on the Rocks: Brian Claypool: LAUSD UPPER Ranks Have Known About Abuse for Yearsby Rene Diedrich / 1h YESTERDAYLAUSD PAY ATTENTION The Contract We Do Not Deserve « Movement of Rank and File Educators@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
Breaking Down the Natural Isolation and Insulation of High School Teachers | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Breaking Down the Natural Isolation and Insulation of High School Teachers | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Breaking Down the Natural Isolation and Insulation of High School TeachersA good friend for many years and guest blogger (see here and here), Jerry Brodkey has taught social studies and math for over 30 years at Menlo-Atherton High School (MA) in Northern California. H
Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: When tech teaches, what do teacher do?
Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: When tech teaches, what do teacher do?: When tech teaches, what do teacher do?When I talk to students these days they tell me when they want to learn something they're interested in, it usually is not teachers or parents they turn to. It’s Google, YouTube, or to others they find online (aka their PLN) who engage in their activities of interest. These kids are
Notes about the Parents Across America 2014 Leadership Conference | Seattle Education
Notes about the Parents Across America 2014 Leadership Conference | Seattle Education: Notes about the Parents Across America 2014 Leadership ConferenceThe Parents Across America 2014 Leadership Conference was an exciting, productive meeting. 20 of PAA’s chapter and affiliate leaders from 13 states all over the U.S. attended, discussed the issues, and offered their ideas for PAA action for the com
Russ on Reading: School Based Day Care: Improving Teaching and Learning
Russ on Reading: School Based Day Care: Improving Teaching and Learning: School Based Day Care: Improving Teaching and LearningImproving teaching and learning by doing something for teachers rather than tothem.Much of the talk we hear from the corporate education reformers is about what we can do to teachers to make them teach better. Here is a quick list of what has been suggested and in many cas
Word of The Day – Subsidiarity | Missouri Education Watchdog
Word of The Day – Subsidiarity | Missouri Education Watchdog: Word of The Day – SubsidiarityinShareThe Cardinal Newman Society, whose mission is to promote and defend Catholic education, has long been concerned about the encroachment of Common Core into parochial schools. They have been at the forefront in the Catholic church questioning the potential harm that the new standards initiative could h
The Sacramento Bee Continues Praise for New Sacramento schools chief José L. Banda
The Public Eye: New Sacramento schools chief in line for hefty pension bump - Education - The Sacramento Bee: The Public Eye: New Sacramento schools chief in line for hefty pension bumpBy Loretta Kalblkalb@sacbee.comPublished: Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014 - 12:00 amLast Modified: Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014 - 12:16 amJosé L. Banda stands to receive an extra $61,400 annually in retirement for leaving Seattle Publ
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NYC Educator: Only UFT-Unity Can Represent All Six Boroughs
NYC Educator: Only UFT-Unity Can Represent All Six Boroughs: Only UFT-Unity Can Represent All Six BoroughsA lot of city teachers bellyache about how UFT leadership is inept. They say, "Oh, how come I have to wait until 2020 to get the money most city workers got five years ago?" And then they're all, "How come Mulgrew will punch you in the face and rub it in the dirt for Common Core
Fordham’s Michael Petrilli: Manufacturing “Emotion” for Common Core | deutsch29
Fordham’s Michael Petrilli: Manufacturing “Emotion” for Common Core | deutsch29: Fordham’s Michael Petrilli: Manufacturing “Emotion” for Common CoreAugust 2, 2014I am sitting in my easy chair on this Saturday afternoon, and I am trying not to write any posts. I know that I need a rest. Sure enough, though, I come across Common Core State Standards (CCSS) promotional slant from the brand-spanking n
Legislatures taking state education into their own hands - The Washington Post
Legislatures taking state education into their own hands - The Washington Post: Legislatures taking state education into their own handsJanet Barresi, center, state superintendent of Oklahoma schools, speaks about the state’s plan to develop new state education standards, part of a backlash against the Common Core. (AP/AP) By Lyndsey Layton August 2 at 9:52 PM The backlash against the Common Core
Concerned Citizen Kane: Murdoch Delves Into For-Profit Education | Blog | Media Matters for America
Concerned Citizen Kane: Murdoch Delves Into For-Profit Education | Blog | Media Matters for America: Concerned Citizen Kane: Murdoch Delves Into For-Profit EducationLast week, nearly one thousand representatives from business groups, education departments, state legislatures, and free-market think tanks descended on San Francisco's Palace Hotel to strategize a revolution in American education. Foc
Establishing your SYSTEM for back to school | Connected Principals
Establishing your SYSTEM for back to school | Connected Principals: Establishing your SYSTEM for back to schoolby Amber Teamann • August 2, 2014 • 0 CommentsThis week we had our C&I administrative retreat to help kick off our back to school season.Our superintendent began with an illustration and an explanation.The green zone is an area in Baghdad. It is heavily fortified and known as the “saf
Nite Cap 8-2-14 #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 CAPHow democracy saves Seattle schools from bad superintendents – NPI AdvocateHow democracy saves Seattle schools from bad superintendents – NPI Advocate: How democracy saves Seattle schools from bad superintendentsWith the departure of Jose Banda f
