Venture Capitalists Are Poised to ‘Disrupt’ Everything About the Education Market | The Nation
http://m.thenation.com/article/181762-venture-capitalists-are-poised-disrupt-everything-about-education-market Venture Capitalists Are Poised to 'Disrupt' Everything About the Education Market Lee Fang on September 25, 2014 - 0:59PM ET (Reuters/Tom Mihalek)This story was reported in partnership with the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute.In his book, Finding the Next Starbucks: How to
Three Ways to Take the 'Shame' Out of Teaching - Charting My Own Course - Education Week Teacher
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/charting_my_own_course/2014/09/3_ways_to_remove_the_shame_from_being_a_teacher.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2 Three Ways to Take the 'Shame' Out of Teaching Guest Blogger: Sara Urben Picture the scene. It's the end of the work day on a gorgeous, sunny, seventy-five degree summer afternoon. Today is the last of a seven-day staff orientation. It's been tiring but inspiring
Petition update – Dr. Richard Vladovic: Fire Superintendent John Deasy
Petition update Carl Petersen just posted an update on the petition you signed, Dr. Richard Vladovic: Fire Superintendent John Deasy. LAUSD Board Meeting Behind Closed Doors to Discuss Deasy Sep 25, 2014 — http://laschoolreport.com/just-in-lausd-board-calls-closed-door-meeting-to-discuss-deasy/ Read
Private giving and the insolvency of chaos – redqueeninla
http://redqueeninla.k12newsnetwork.com/2014/09/25/private-giving-and-the-insolvency-of-chaos/ Private giving and the insolvency of chaos Last week Google announced it was funding all DonorsChoose requests posted for LAUSD classrooms. That's good news, right? Well…. it's complicated. Obviously, more money for our kids is good. But why must it come via a third party? Every time a middle man is inte
High School Teacher Put On Leave After Officials See Him In Racy Video With FORMER Students
Take Note, this is an artistic effort the FORMER students invited him to work on. Alan Carter posted: "RANCHO CUCAMONGA (CBSLa.com) — A local teacher was put on leave when school officials learned he appeared in a racy video. There was no nudity in the video, but the Etiwanda High School drama teacher appeared in several scenes officials found questio" Respond to this pos
In the Public Interest : Useful Info about Privatization Coming to a School Near you!
http://www.inthepublicinterest.org/about-usMore Sharing ServicesShare on emailIn the Public Interest is a comprehensive resource center on privatization and responsible contracting. It is committed to equipping citizens, public officials, advocacy groups, and researchers with the information, ideas, and other resources they need to ensure that public contracts with private entities are transparen
Emails Show Corporate Influence, Conflict of Interest in Education Reform | In the Public Interest
http://www.inthepublicinterest.org/article/emails-show-corporate-influence-conflict-interest-education-reform Emails Show Corporate Influence, Conflict of Interest in Education Reform A mass release of thousands of emails last week by a nonprofit group draws the spotlight on the way corporations are attempting to influence education laws in this country. These emails between the Foundation for Ex
Ego, Money and False Promises: Michelle Rhee’s Big Secret and the Collapse of Education “Reform” | Alternet. PART 4
http://www.alternet.org/education/ego-money-and-false-promises-michelle-rhees-big-secret-and-collapse-education-reform?page=0%2C3 Ego, Money and False Promises: Michelle Rhee's Big Secret and the Collapse of Education "Reform" Continued from previous page Bolstering the bonanza are the very same think-tank cheerleaders who propped up previous education reform policy proposals w
U.S. EdTech Companies Raise $154M in August | EdSurge News
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-09-11-u-s-edtech-companies-raise-154m-in-august U.S. EdTech Companies Raise $154M in August KA'CHING!: US-based edtech companies raised $153.9 million in August of 2014, according to analysis by EdSurge. The funding was spread over 16 separate deals; more than 36 individual investors participated in the funding. The totals can be deceiving, however: In an example of
Shanker Blog » Revisiting The "5-10 Percent Solution"
http://shankerblog.org/?p=5247 Revisiting The "5-10 Percent Solution" In a post over a year ago, I discussed the common argument that dismissing the "bottom 5-10 percent" of teachers would increase U.S. test scores to the level of high-performing nations. This argument is based on a calculation by economist Eric Hanushek, which suggests that dismissing the lowest-scoring teach
Americans have strong confidence in their public school teachers, new data from 2014 PDK/Gallup poll finds | National School Boards Association
http://www.nsba.org/newsroom/americans-have-strong-confidence-their-public-school-teachers-new-data-2014-pdkgallup-poll Americans have strong confidence in their public school teachers, new data from 2014 PDK/Gallup poll finds Part II of the report from the 46th annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll on the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools was released today revealing that a majority of A
Ego, Money and False Promises: Michelle Rhee’s Big Secret and the Collapse of Education “Reform” | Alternet
http://www.alternet.org/education/ego-money-and-false-promises-michelle-rhees-big-secret-and-collapse-education-reform? Ego, Money and False Promises: Michelle Rhee's Big Secret and the Collapse of Education "Reform" September 19, 2014 | When Michelle Rhee left the center stage of the movement known as "education reform," inquiring minds wanted to know why. Was
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EduStank: Introducing the Stankies: Inaugural "Winners" Show University Professors Yanked Around By Powered Parties
http://edustank.blogspot.com/2014/09/introducing-stankies-inaugural-winners.html Introducing the Stankies: Inaugural "Winners" Show University Professors Yanked Around By Powered Parties September has not been a pleasant month for the reputation of the American university. One might consider the university a bastion of free speech and open discourse, but as the business model continue
Crumeducation : Directory of Anti-Teacher Trolls
Directory of Anti-Teacher TrollsIt may or may not be a good idea to attempt reading all the pieces responding to the Vergara decision, but it's definitely a mistake to read the comments section for any of them.If there is any group that has been emboldened by the California court's fact-free finding against teacher job protections, it has been the legion of anti-teacher trolls. From mainstreamish
CURMUDGUCATION: Superintendents Speak Up
http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2014/08/superintendents-speak-up.html Superintendents Speak Up On the first day of school, my wife's superintendent got choked up. He was delivering the usual kick-off speech, and she said he started to talk about testing and numbers and the students. He reminded his staff that students were not just test scores, not just a number, and that the work they did as
Get Ready for the Great Teacher Exodus | Public Education Today
https://saraeducation.wordpress.com/2014/09/20/get-ready-for-the-great-teacher-exodus/Campbell Brown Get Ready for the Great Teacher ExodusMy column appeared in the Austin American-Statesman on Tuesday, September 16. Here's the link, but since it's behind the paywall, I'm pasting it below. http://www.statesman.com/news/news/opinion/stevenson-get-ready-for-the-great-teacher-exodus/nhM5M/ If teache
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: LAUSD SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET TUESDAY; LIKELY TO DISC...
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: LAUSD SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET TUESDAY; LIKELY TO DISC...: L.A. school board prepares for a widely watched evaluation of its high-profile superintendent By Howard Blume , LA Times | http://lat...G
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: LAUSD SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET TUESDAY; LIKELY TO DISC...
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: LAUSD SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET TUESDAY; LIKELY TO DISC...: L.A. school board prepares for a widely watched evaluation of its high-profile superintendent By Howard Blume , LA Times | http://lat...G
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Mom Bakes Vagina Cookies For Second Graders
http://www.mommyish.com/2014/09/23/mom-bakes-vagina-cookies-for-second-graders/ Mom Bakes Vagina Cookies For 2nd Graders, Can't Believe Teacher Has The Nerve To Refuse Them Let me be the first to point out that everything is phallic including many, many food items we feed our kids. That's probably unfair, but as a woman I am used to this. I love Georgia O'Keefe as much as the next feminist, I've
Just in: LAUSD Board calls closed-door meeting to discuss Deasy
http://laschoolreport.com/just-in-lausd-board-calls-closed-door-meeting-to-discuss-LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy The LA Unified school board has scheduled a last-minute closed-door meeting next week to discuss its top employee, superintendent John Deasy. Sources tell LA School Report that the meeting was called to give the seven school board members a chance to discuss what criteria they would l
Wilmington school evacuated due to smoke: Parents and Teachers Question LAUSD for Declaring Smoke is No Threat to Students Despite High Asthma Statistics
A massive fire that consumed part of a wharf at the Port of Los Angeles smoldered throughout the day Tuesday, forcing the closure of one school, the evacuation of another and nearly a complete shutdown of terminal operations as unhealthful smoke billowed into the air. By late afternoon, officials said the stubborn blaze — fueled by tar and a creosote preservative on the wharf pilings — was 90 pe
9-23-14 Hemlock on the Rocks
Hemlock on the Rocks: Another challenger to Kayser enters LAUSD school board racehttp://laschoolreport.com/another-challenger-to-kayser-enters-lausd-school-board-race/ Another challenger to Kayser enters LAUSD school board race Andrew Thomas, challenger to Bennett Kayser for the district 5 seat on the LA Unified school board Andrew Thomas came to the conclusion the LA Unified school board had grow