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Labor Day 2014 Quotes, sayings and solidarity - Happy Labor Day!

Quotes in Support of Labor UnionsFranklin Delano Roosevelt:It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.Pope Paul VI:The important role of union organizations must be admitted: their object is the representation of the various categories of workers, their lawful collaboration in the economic advance of society, and the development

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-1-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Labor Day, 2014I recently saw photographs of John F. Kennedy giving a Labor Day speech in New York City during his Presidential campaign in 1960. He spoke in the center of the Garment District, on the west side of Manhattan. He spoke to tens of thousands of garment workers. Today, the Garment District has been replaced by luxury hi

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9-1-14 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.: Labor Day.1 by Fred Klonsky / 37min Life in Rahm’s Chicago. The death of a nameless homeless man in Logan Square. The Kennedy overpass at Belmont and Kedzie. DNAinfo: A man who police say was homeless was beaten to death in Logan Square Saturday evening. Around 10:50 p.m., the man, 59, was in an alle

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9-1-14 Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet: Why one school system is dropping Teach For AmericaThe school board in Durham, N.C., has voted 6-1 to end its relationship with Teach For America after the 2015-16 school year, when all of the 12 TFA teachers hired in the past few years will have completed the two years of service they promise to make when joining the organization. What makes it interesting […]1 by Valerie Strauss /

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9-1-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks: STOP LAUSD From Throwing Good Money After Bad: Investigate/Audit Bad Ed Tech DealsDear Friends, Thank you for signing the petition "Reappoint Architect Stuart Magruder to the LAUSD Bond Oversight Committee" a while back. Together we restored a watchdog with integrity to his rightful role as member of the BOC. Now your powerful voice is needed again in LAUSD to help

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9-1-14 Perdido Street School Week

Perdido Street School: Politico: Obama's Teacher Evaluation Reform Agenda In "Disarray"It's a mess out there:The idea seems simple enough: Identify the best teachers and reward them. Pinpoint the worst and fire them. That’s been a linchpin of the Obama administration’s education agenda from the start. But now the administration’s initiative is in disarray, with states scaling back, slowi

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Beyond Labor | InterACT

Beyond Labor | InterACT: Beyond LaborAUGUST 31, 2014tags: Labor Day, unionby David B. CohenAt a San Francisco rally, Feb. 2011As we enjoy the Labor Day holiday this year, it’s important to keep in mind the role of the labor movement in securing workers rights and better working conditions for nearly all Americans. The struggles of labor unions in recent decades have accompanied a continually widen

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NYC Educator: Happy Labor Day, Back at You, Randi!

NYC Educator: Happy Labor Day, Back at You, Randi!: Happy Labor Day, Back at You, Randi!Randi Weingarten (with help from Lorretta Johnson and Mary Cathryn Ricker) sent along Labor Day thoughts and wishes to me and probably many thousands of others. I read the e-mail just as I read Mulgrew's, to see how much I can agree with before the red flags are thrown up--or how much I can stomach before I th

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Librarians Are A Luxury Chicago Public Schools Can't Afford : NPR Ed : NPR

Librarians Are A Luxury Chicago Public Schools Can't Afford : NPR Ed : NPR: Librarians Are A Luxury Chicago Public Schools Can't Affordby BECKY VEVEASeptember 01, 2014 4:22 AM ET Two years ago, the Chicago Public Schools budgeted for 454 librarians. Last year, the budget called for 313 librarians, and now that number is down to 254.With educators facing tough financial choices, having a full-time

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESBruce Rauner "I've worked with Rahm Emanuel and (former Mayor) Rich Daley because they control the schools," Rauner told the Tribune earlier this year. "And we've talked about school reform fairly extensively. We disagree on many things ... but on school reform we see things the same way. He believes in charter schoo

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Why do I think Bobby Jindal is scamming us with faux Common Core lawsuits? | Crazy Crawfish's Blog

Why do I think Bobby Jindal is scamming us with faux Common Core lawsuits? | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsWhy do I think Bobby Jindal is scamming us with faux Common Core lawsuits?Posted on August 28, 20140To be quite frank, I did not develop this idea on my own. I was asked whether I thought Jindal’s opposition to Common Core was sincere, and my re

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8-31-14 Wag The Dog - Common Core Bait and Switch

WagTheDog | Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. ~ Rumi: Common Core Bait and Switch“Selling” the Common Core State Standards to students, parents, and employers with promotional slogans such as “college and career readiness”, “critical thinking”, “constructivist learning”, “technology integration”, and “21st century skills”

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8-31-14 Jersey Jazzman

Jersey Jazzman: Correcting the Education Punditry of @jonathanalterJonathan Alter and Bob Braun went man-to-man a few weeks ago in the pages of NJ Monthly over the subject of education reform. From my perspective, Braun cleaned Alter's clock, and I said so on Twitter. The sad fact is Alter got many things wrong in his piece, but that's understandable: the conventional wisdom he traffics in is larg

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EdNext and the “Promise” of “Charter Choice”–But Let’s Not Mention the FBI | deutsch29

EdNext and the “Promise” of “Charter Choice”–But Let’s Not Mention the FBI | deutsch29: EdNext and the “Promise” of “Charter Choice”–But Let’s Not Mention the FBIAugust 31, 2014I have written a couple of posts of late regarding the results of Education Next’s 2014 public opinion survey, especially as concerns EdNext’s and its editor-in-chief Paul Peterson’s attempts to sell the Common Core State S

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DPS ices relationship with Teach For America | The Herald-Sun

DPS ices relationship with Teach For America | The Herald-Sun: DPS ices relationship with Teach For AmericaAug. 30, 2014 @ 05:51 PMGregory ChildressDURHAM —The Durham school district will honor its current contract with Teach For America, but the national teacher training program’s future with Durham Public Schools is up in the air.The school board voted 6-1 last week to honor its commitment to TF

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8-31-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness

the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): On Labor Day 2014On Labor Day 2014: “Click, Clack, Moo”: Why the 1% Always Wins http://t.co/vkJDHFRzll via @plthomasEdD — Paul Thomas (@plthomasEdD) August 31, 2014 On Labor Day 2014: Meditating on Teacher Unions and Tenure Post-Vergara http://t.co/iPaFC6dJ4E via @plthom

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Nite Cap 8-31-14 #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 CAP8-31-14 Jersey JazzmanJersey Jazzman: Charter Schools: Student Mobility Is Not Student AttritionGoing to get a little wonky here, but since we're already deep in the weeds on the issue of student attrition in charter schools, I don't think I've g

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8-31-14 Jersey Jazzman

Jersey Jazzman: Charter Schools: Student Mobility Is Not Student AttritionGoing to get a little wonky here, but since we're already deep in the weeds on the issue of student attrition in charter schools, I don't think I've got much choice...I had a little Twitter exchange with Ryan Hill of TEAM Academy Charter School, the Newark branch of the national charter chain KIPP, last week. He and I seem t

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The Soap Opera of Teacher “Tenure” in Louisiana and New York | deutsch29

The Soap Opera of Teacher “Tenure” in Louisiana and New York | deutsch29: The Soap Opera of Teacher “Tenure” in Louisiana and New YorkAugust 31, 2014I am a tenured, career public school teacher.As such, I realize I am Public Enemy Number One to the fiscally-well-backed, non-teaching finger-pointers who call themselves “education reformers.”If only I could be fired without recourse, American educat

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8-30-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks: Do criticisms of U.S. schools rely on. False information, bad Data and distortionshttp://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2014/aug/30/education-mythbusters/ LIKE......DUH! University of Georgia professor and frequent AJC Get Schooled contributor Peter Smagorinsky discusses an interesting new book exposing the misperceptions and distortions about America's schools. By Peter Sm

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8-31-14 All NEW Living in Dialogue

Home - Living in Dialogue: Politicizing the Common Core as Candidates Plan Their Next MovesAcross the country, politicians are reacting to the Common Core debate. Some are sinking and others are swimming in their support or condemnation of the national standards. The post Politicizing the Common Core as Candidates Plan Their Next Moves appeared first on Living in Dialogue.7 by Robert Perry / 40min

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Teachers: Happy Labor Day? | educarenow

Teachers: Happy Labor Day? | educarenow: Teachers: Happy Labor Day?Posted on August 31, 2014 | Leave a commentThe Detroit Free Press’s “Raw Data” series just came out with an article pointing out the decline in teacher salaries in Michigan (and most of the rest of the country) since 1999.Mind you, this decline has taken place at the same time many Michigan colleges have increased graduation requir

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Students Should Be Creative Innovators, Not Force-Fed Consumers of Status-Quo Knowledge

Students Should Be Creative Innovators, Not Force-Fed Consumers of Status-Quo Knowledge: Students Should Be Creative Innovators, Not Force-Fed Consumers of Status-Quo KnowledgeSunday, 31 August 2014 09:57By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview/News AnalysisMark Naison. (Photo: Haymarket Books) Make a contribution Truthout and receive the book Badass Teachers Unite by clicking here.The following is an

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8-31-14 Connected Principals | Sharing. Learning. Leading.

Connected Principals | Sharing. Learning. Leading.: New BeginningsSo this past Friday I had the opportunity to meet dozens of new students and their families who have just recently arrived new from all over the world to our amazing school, and it got me thinking about new beginnings. There is not much in the world that I love more than a fresh start and a clean slate, as they always come dripping

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Gene V Glass: Education in Two Worlds: Texas Charters Use Occasion of Texas Judge's Decision to Whine About Their Funding

Gene V Glass: Education in Two Worlds: Texas Charters Use Occasion of Texas Judge's Decision to Whine About Their Funding: Texas Charters Use Occasion of Texas Judge's Decision to Whine About Their FundingThe Texas Charter Schools Association was hoping to get Judge Dietz — who ruled on August 28th that Texas school funding levels were inadequate and unconstitutional — to declare inequitable the $

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Poll: Michigan should place moratorium on new charter schools pending review | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Poll: Michigan should place moratorium on new charter schools pending review | Detroit Free Press | freep.com: Poll: Michigan should place moratorium on new charter schools pending reviewThe state should place a moratorium on opening any new charter schools until the Michigan Department of Education and the state Legislature conduct a full review of the charter school system, a majority of respond

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Read the fiery ruling striking down NC school voucher program

Read the fiery ruling striking down NC school voucher program: Read the fiery ruling striking down NC school voucher programLast week a North Carolina judge struck down a law passed by the Republican-controlled legislature that sought to award taxpayer-funded vouchers to low-income families that want to send their children to private schools.On Aug. 21, Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood handed d

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The Original Charter School Vision - NYTimes.com

The Original Charter School Vision - NYTimes.com: The Original Charter School VisionBy RICHARD D. KAHLENBERG and HALLEY POTTERAUG. 30, 2014 ALTHOUGH the leaders of teachers unions and charter schools are often in warring camps today, the original vision for charter schools came from Albert Shanker, the president of the American Federation of Teachers.In a 1988 address, Mr. Shanker outlined an idea

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School reform is not so simple: experts - NY Daily News

School reform is not so simple: experts - NY Daily News: School reform is not so simple: expertsThree experts weigh in on Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña's goals for education, from maintaining the pre-K expansion to getting second-graders reading at grade level.BY ZAKIYAH ANSARI , DAVID BLOOMFIELD , JEREMIAH KITTREDGE SPECIALS TO THE NEWSSUSAN WATTS/NEW YORK DAILY NEWSZakiyah Ansari is advocacy

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8-31-14 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Charter schools making big profits for private companies10 Investigates found new ways charter schools companies are profiting off education: real estate and high rents...http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/investigations/2014/08/21/charter-school-profits-on-real-estate/14420317/Charter schools making big profits for private companies Noah Pransky, WTSP 12:48 p.m. EDT August 22, 2014(P

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8-31-14 @ The Chalk Face

@ 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

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8-31-14 Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet: SAT/ACT tutoring: $1,500 for 90 minutes. And 14 sessions are required. Really.If you thought that paying a couple of hundred dollars for an hour of SAT/ACT tutoring for your child was outrageous, get this: A tutor named Anthony Green charges $1,500 for 90 minutes — and he insists that customers take a minimum of 14 sessions, all online. Why? Because rich people will pay, and because

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8-31-14 Schools Matter

Schools Matter: Citizen Jack's compendium of teacher reviews of Eva Moskowitz’s Success Academy Empire"They don't tolerate what we tolerate," she said several times. What is it HSA doesn't tolerate? According to my co-worker: disruptive children and parents who don't play an active role in their child's education. — Brian Jones"Jack," a frequent commenter on Professor Diane Rav

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8-31-14 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 Weekend Is The Ninth Anniversary Of Hurricane Katrina — Here Are Related Resources© 2005 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio This weekend is the ninth-anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation. You might be interested in The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About New Orleans, wher

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8-31-14 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.: Sunday reads.Art Spiegelman in The Nation. Feeling sorry for Terrence Carter? Not me. Did you get your loyalty scorecard from Rahm? Hinsdale community rallies to “86 the majority” on the board. Teacher asks students to split into two groups to simulate ideal class size. Democrats? Republicans? Who wil

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Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: 5 Ideas to Make Lectures and Presentations Interactive

Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: 5 Ideas to Make Lectures and Presentations Interactive: 5 Ideas to Make Lectures and Presentations InteractiveWhen I was a student, I had a problem staying awake in class. I felt bad and teachers were mad. Today, as a teacher myself, I discovered the blame was misplaced. I was sleeping because of boring lesson delivery. When I teach a class or an auditorium w

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Striving Towards Local Control of Public Schools—A Proposal for Lee County and Beyond!

Striving Towards Local Control of Public Schools—A Proposal for Lee County and Beyond!: Striving Towards Local Control of Public Schools—A Proposal for Lee County and Beyond!AUGUST 31, 2014 BY NANCY BAILEY 2 COMMENTSI would like to put forth a proposal. What could the Lee County School Board do to make everyone happy or at least happier? I have an idea.Patricia Levesque, CEO of Tallahassee-based

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Robo-teachers? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Robo-teachers? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Robo-teachers?In the recent film “The Robot & Frank,” an elderly Dad, played by the fine actor Frank Langella, is slipping into dementia so his adult son and daughter debate how best to help him out: get him into an assisted care facility, says daughter. Get him a domestic robot, a caregiver that cooks, cleans up and convers

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NYC Educator: Another Prospective Teacher Bites the Dust

NYC Educator: Another Prospective Teacher Bites the Dust: Another Prospective Teacher Bites the DustYesterday I was in a truck stop outside Albany, buying important supplies like the Oreo cookies my daughter demanded to make the last leg of our trip home. The young woman behind the counter started talking about how long the hours were at that particular job. I told her a good solution was to find

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Labor Day 2014 Quotes, sayings and solidarity - Happy Labor Day!

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Morning Wink 8-31-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSThe Global Search for Education: The Top 10 | C. M. RubinThe Global Search for Education: The Top 10 | C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: The Top 10"The Global Search for Education series takes important issues related to global education and gives them context." -- Adam SteinerDiane Ravitch, Howard Gardner, Sir Ken Robinson, Pak Tee N

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