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NYC Educator: Beseiged at Every Angle

NYC Educator: Beseiged at Every Angle: Beseiged at Every AngleIt's pretty fun to watch Mona Davids and Campbell Brown bicker over who is best to curtail the right of working teachers to due process. Who wins the prize for hating working teachers more? I read that Mona was passing out fake money with Campbell Brown's face on it. After all, how dare Campbell Brown be more famous, have more money, an

by mike simpson / 3min 

Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Fatal Attraction: America’s Suicidal Quest for Educational Excellence

Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Fatal Attraction: America’s Suicidal Quest for Educational Excellence: Fatal Attraction: America’s Suicidal Quest for Educational Excellence13 SEPTEMBER 2014 552 NO COMMENT[This is the introduction to my latest book Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon: Why China has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World published by Jossey-Bass in

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Teachers For Social Justice: TSJ Fall Meeting - Help plan the 13th annual Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair - Sat Sept 27th at 11:00am

Teachers For Social Justice: TSJ Fall Meeting - Help plan the 13th annual Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair - Sat Sept 27th at 11:00am: TSJ Fall Meeting - Help plan the 13th annual Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair - Sat Sept 27th at 11:00amSEPTEMBER 13, 2014 LEAVE A COMMENTTSJ Fall MeetingSaturday, Sept 2711:00 AM - 1:00 PMGet involved in creating the 13th annual Teaching for

by mike simpson / 10min 

Anatomy of Educational Inequality & Why School Funding Matters | School Finance 101

Anatomy of Educational Inequality & Why School Funding Matters | School Finance 101: School Finance 101Data and thoughts on public and private school funding in the U.S.Anatomy of Educational Inequality & Why School Funding MattersPosted on September 13, 201401 VotesFigure 1 – Geographic Distribution of Children & Money in IllinoisThere continues to be much bluster out there in ed refo

by mike simpson / 12min 

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 9-13-14

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog:Politics and the English LanguagePeriods 5 and 6 read George Orwell's Politics and the English Language this week.  The essay is an appropriate starting point for our study of government and politics because it focuses on language and writing, specifically how the modern decadence of our language is both a cause and effect of our corrupted thoughts.    Political language

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9-13-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement":Good Parent Engagement Idea From Donalyn MillerI’m adding this tweet to The Best Sources Of Parent Engagement Advice For Teachers: A4. Check out books to parents. Offer two copies of the same book, so they can read with/alongside their child. #titletalk — Donalyn Miller (@donalynbooks) September 7, 20143 by Larry Ferlazzo / 

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9-13-14 All NEW Living in Dialogue

Home | Living in Dialogue:Gates Money Attempts to Shift the Education Conversation to SuccessesIn 2010, a stark image was broadcast around the nation. It showed a child seated at a school desk surrounded by absolute devastation and ruin. That image was used promote the movie, “Waiting For Superman.” The movie was boosted with a $2 million advertising grant from the Gates Foundation, and was furthe

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Stephen Krashen Blog 9-13-14

SKrashen:The "middle skills" shortage: The common core will make it worseSent to the Wall Street Journal, Sept. 11, 2014"German robots school U.S. workers" (Sept. 10) is the most recent of a series of reports in the Wall Street Journal on the substantial shortage of job applicants with "middle skills," requiring less than a college degree but more than high school. In

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9-13-14 Hemlock on the Rocks (The Big Gulp)

Hemlock on the Rocks: Are You Being Bullied At Work? | Workplace Bullying Institutehttp://www.workplacebullying.org/individuals/problem/being-bullied/ Being Bullied? Start Here Welcome. To help you get started, read the material below to make a difference in your health and your life. This website is for you and supportive or skeptical family and friends. You will find answers to your many questio

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9-13-14 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: Wag The Dog WeekLessons of 9/11Schools should be in the business of creating diverse and stimulating learning environments and experiences where a child’s athletic, artistic, social, and emotional inclinations and skills are free to flourish and thrive. We should prepare o

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9-13-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Love Letters to the BATS

With A Brooklyn Accent:Stop the Attack on the Nation's Veteran Teachers!The attack on the nation's veteran teachers- which has taken and continues to take an incredible toll on the mental and physical health of hundreds of thousands of people- is something which must be analyzed and exposed no matter whose "ox is gored" and that concludes leaders of the nation's teachers unions. All over

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9-13-14 Jersey Jazzman NJ Ed News Round-up Jammin' All Week

Jersey Jazzman:Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekUnder @GovChristie, State Control of Urban Schools Is a DisasterThe fiscal failures of Chris Christie are well-documented at this point: huge budget woes, no payments to the pension that were required under his own plan, bond ratings in a downward spiral, and the withering of Atlantic City's gaming industry have all occurred on Christie's watch.But we

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9-13-14 Curmudgucation Week

CURMUDGUCATION:Curmudgucation WeekWhy So Politicized?!Education Post is beginning to look like an organization dedicated to the proposition that it takes an entire village to replace She Who Will Not Be Named. Though they have not yet announced plans to run a large urban school district into the ground, they are laboring mightily to make themselves a clearinghouse for all the top talking points fo

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9-13-14 This Week in LA - School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD

LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District):Next election season opens for 2015 primaryNext election season opens for 2015 primary With more than a month left before November’s election, the Los Angeles City Clerk is already looking toward the next election season. It announced today that candidates intending to run for office in the primary, slated

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All Week @ The Answer Sheet 9-13-14

The Answer Sheet:All Week @ The Answer SheetFormer education secretary Bill Bennett paid to praise Common Core to conservativesBill Bennett, who was education secretary under President Ronald Reagan, just published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal: “The Conservative Case for Common Core,”  with the subhead: Federal intrusion and misleading rumors do a disservice to an effort that started in the

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9-13-14 Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership Society All Week

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog:Schooling in the Ownership SocietyMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership SocietyLesson from Teachout: It won't be as easy for Rahm to buy the next electionYou've really got to go back to Bloomberg's narrow escape in his 2009 victory in the NY mayor's race over relative unknown, Bill Thompson. Bloomberg poured $90 million of his own fortune into the race,

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9-13-14 Wait What? - All Week Breaking: Pelto/Murphy Register as Write-In Candidates for 2014

Wait What?:  Wait What? All WeekPelto/Murphy Register as Write-In Candidates for 2014“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, you will cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”                                                                      […] The post Pelto/Murphy Register as Write-In Candidates for 2014 appeared first on Wait What?.100+ by jonpelto / 20h 

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9-13-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week

Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumFriday Open ThreadUpdate:  there is one Director Community meeting tomorrow - with Director Carr - from 8:30-10 am at Bethany Community Church with  a hard stop at 10 am as the Board also has its Board retreat tomorrow from 10:30-3:00 pm at JSCEE.  I would put up the agenda but it is not available.  Why it isn't available is always a m

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9-13-14 Ed Notes Online Week

Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineNYSUT Update: New Organizers Will Not Be UnionizedWe find it deeply disturbing that a majority of the staff currently employed by NYSUT in the legislative department are classified as managers and are not allowed to join a union.....This is coming from some upstate NYSUT people. Remember - Unity Caucus in NYC controls much of NYSUT in NYState which controls the nati

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9-13-14 Fred All Week 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.: Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacherRahm announces his Give-Every-Classroom-A-Pet program.1 by Fred Klonsky / 6min Keeping retirement weird. Disrespecting your elders.When I retired in 2012 I gave up my six-year old orange convertible Mini Cooper. Frankly, it was a

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9-13-14 Perdido Street School Week

Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekCollege For All Once Again Exposed As MythThe NY Times shows what's happened to the "American Dream" since 1989 - even for the college-educated:YOUNG families are better educated than ever before, but they are earning lower real incomes. The Federal Reserve Board’s newly released 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances indicates that the median f

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9-13-14 the becoming radical EMPATHYEDUCATES! | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD

THE BECOMING RADICALEMPATHYEDUCATES!the becoming radical  A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by High Noon: “Why Everyone (Almost) Is Wrong about Common Core”High Noon at the Upcountry History Museum 2014 Fall Schedule All lectures begin at noon on Wednesdays and last one hour. The Upcountry History Museum/Furman University is located at 540 Buncombe Street in downtown Greenville’s Heritage Green a

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-13-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT  L.A. Unified Should Rescind Plan To Delete Year-Old Emails“ The District's email rule might not be intended to hide district shenanigans, but it certainly could prove a useful tool for doing so. „ Editorial by The L.A. Times Editorial Board | http://lat.ms/1BzXuCn 12 Sept 2014  ::  It's possible L.A. Unified's

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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 9-13-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL LARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE WEEKThis Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy© 2012 firedoglakedotcom, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Here are some recent valuable posts and articles on educational policy issues: Lily Eskelsen Garcia talks to Al Jazeera is a good interview with the new NEA President.

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This Week's Education Research Report 9-13-14 #edreform #EDCHAT #P2

Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTCan We Identify a Successful Teacher Better, Faster, and Cheaper?Teacher observations have become a national education phenomenon, mandated by federal policies and promoted by philanthropists. They are crucial components of teacher evaluation systems that often have high stakes for teachers and school systems, but have sparked little in

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9-13-14 Schools Matter All Week

Schools Matter:  Schools Matter All WeekThe "middle skills" shortage: The common core will make it worseSent to the Wall Street Journal, Sept. 11, 2014"German robots school U.S. workers" (Sept. 10) is the most recent of a series of reports in the Wall Street Journal on the substantial shortage of job applicants with "middle skills," requiring less than a college degre

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All Week 9-13-14 @ THE CHALK FACE

@ THE CHALK FACE : All Week @ 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 archiv

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 9-13-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2

Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGPaul Karrer: Who Will Stop the Mandates and the Madness?Paul Karrer, who teaches in Castroville, California, writes a scorching review of what is laughingly called “reform.” He begins: “Arne Duncan and his patron President Barack Obama have gotten themselves in a bit of an educational bind. Big news came out of the White

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Teachers' union furious over Council maneuver

Teachers' union furious over Council maneuver: Teachers' union furious over Council maneuverShare Tweet  Reddit Email191 COMMENTSAmerican Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten (left) and Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Jerry Jordan (right). (File photo: Charles Fox / Staff Photographer)Kristen GrahamPOSTED: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014, 2:02 PMLeaders from the Philadelphia

by mike simpson / 11h 

Diane Ravitch in Harper’s Magazine | Reclaim Reform

Diane Ravitch in Harper’s Magazine | Reclaim Reform: Diane Ravitch in Harper’s MagazinePosted on September 12, 2014by Ken PrevitiDiane Ravitch expresses more in two sentences than most people can state in two chapters.In the October issue of Harper’s Magazine a cover story, “PBS Self-Destructs: and what it means to viewers like you” by Eugenia Williamson, describes the full history of the takeover

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Family Reunion | Deborah Meier on Education

Family Reunion | Deborah Meier on Education: Family ReunionPosted on September 12, 2014 by nicholasmeierATTENTION ONE AND ALL. Check out the trial of the new film on Mission Hill: Good Morning Mission Hill. Check on where and when it’s being shown. And ask your local PBS station to show it if they are not already planning to.Dear friends (and other readers),As I lolled lazily in the swimming pool

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Nite Cap 9-12-14 #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 CAPLies My Corporate Ed Reformers Told Me: The Truth About Teacher Tenure and the Civil Rights Movement | Yohuru WilliamsLies My Corporate Ed Reformers Told Me: The Truth About Teacher Tenure and the Civil Rights Movement | Yohuru Williams: Lies My

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Lies My Corporate Ed Reformers Told Me: The Truth About Teacher Tenure and the Civil Rights Movement | Yohuru Williams

Lies My Corporate Ed Reformers Told Me: The Truth About Teacher Tenure and the Civil Rights Movement | Yohuru Williams: Lies My Corporate Ed Reformers Told Me: The Truth About Teacher Tenure and the Civil Rights MovementThe champions of corporate education reform insist that efforts to strip teachers of the procedural guarantees of due process embedded in tenure are somehow an extension of the Civ

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Listen To The Controversial Panel Featuring Dana Goldstein, Motoko Rich, and Me Right Here | The Jose Vilson

Listen To The Controversial Panel Featuring Dana Goldstein, Motoko Rich, and Me Right Here | The Jose Vilson: Listen To The Controversial Panel Featuring Dana Goldstein, Motoko Rich, and Me Right HereHey everyone,Last night, I had the pleasure of being invited by Dana Goldstein, author of the must-read education history book of the year The Teacher Wars, and New York Times education writer Motoko

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New Report – NY Billions Behind in Funding to Schools - Alliance for Quality Education of New York

RELEASE: New Report – NY Billions Behind in Funding to Schools - Alliance for Quality Education of New York: NEW REPORT: Unconstitutional Neglect of NY’s High Need StudentsFunding Owed to NY’s High Need Schools is More Than Double That Owed to Wealthy SchoolsState has $6.2 Billion Surplus But Continues to Combat Education Funding Lawsuits Despite Severe UnderfundingALBANY, NY – A new report releas

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9-12-14 All NEW Living in Dialogue - Due Process Should Include Peer Assistance and Review

Home - Living in Dialogue: Due Process Should Include Peer Assistance and ReviewThis week Mark Naison took an axe to the Peer Assistance and Review program, citing research done by Brian Crowell, a math teacher in Berkeley, California. Crowell states that his research has shown that teachers who are outspoken, and those who are over 55, are of color, and those who are expensive, are the ones most

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9-12-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open Thread(No, I am not officially back but I feel for Charlie.)  I see a lot has been happening.It appears that the district IS creating a taskforce on Prevention and Response to Sexual Harassment (PRSH), apply by September 26th.The district also wants public comments on the new 21-page Superintendent's Procedure on Sexual Harassment.I also note that there

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Sacramento City Unified reaches deal with teachers on pay hikes - Education - The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento City Unified reaches deal with teachers on pay hikes - Education - The Sacramento Bee: Sacramento City Unified reaches deal with teachers on pay hikesBy Loretta Kalblkalb@sacbee.comPublished: Friday, Sep. 12, 2014 - 1:20 pmNegotiators for Sacramento City Unified and the Sacramento City Teachers Association have signaled an end to a long stretch of discord by agreeing to two years of pay

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Lesson from Teachout: It won't be as easy for Rahm to buy the next election

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Lesson from Teachout: It won't be as easy for Rahm to buy the next election: Lesson from Teachout: It won't be as easy for Rahm to buy the next electionYou've really got to go back to Bloomberg's narrow escape in his 2009 victory in the NY mayor's race over relative unknown, Bill Thompson. Bloomberg poured $90 million of his own fortune into the race, a sum without e

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9-12-14 Wait What? - Pelto/Murphy Register as Write-In Candidates for 2014

Wait What?: Pelto/Murphy Register as Write-In Candidates for 2014“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, you will cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”                                                                      […] The post Pelto/Murphy Register as Write-In Candidates for 2014 appeared first on Wait What?.28 by jonpelto / 1h 9-11-14 Wait What? - CE

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Commiserating on How Gifted Students are Ignored by Educators, Policymakers and Those Who Should Care

Commiserating on How Gifted Students are Ignored by Educators, Policymakers and Those Who Should Care: Commiserating on How Gifted Students are Ignored by Educators, Policymakers and Those Who Should CareSEPTEMBER 12, 2014 BY NANCY BAILEY LEAVE A COMMENTA post I did almost a year ago about Common Core and gifted students has been receiving renewed activity lately. HERE. HERE is another. I wondered

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Ethnic Studies Now Coalition

Ethnic Studies Now Coalition: CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE ETHNIC STUDIES SUMMIT - OCTOBER 18, 2014posted by JOSE LARA | 156scSeptember 02, 2014(SCROLL DOWN TO RSVP)PURPOSE: A conference for those committed to promote Ethnic Studies at all levels of the educational system, to discuss the state of Ethnic Studies in California, Arizona and Texas, and present new models that enhance Ethnic Studies in K-12, ba

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Marks School Attendance Awareness Month - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)

Marks School Attendance Awareness Month - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Marks School Attendance Awareness MonthSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today recognized September as "School Attendance Awareness Month," which publicizes the importance of good attendance in schools."Children must attend school to learn,

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9-12-14 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Ravitch Blog: Success Charter Chain Built on Pile of ShitIt is implausible to assume that Success Academy accomplishes magic in the early grades and then barely manages to hold ground in upper grades. In fact, this is another piece of evidence suggesting that Success Academy amounts to little more than an accounting trick.... The New York Daily News published an opinion piece writ

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Cali Education Headlines - Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team

Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team | CSIS – California School Information Services: Education HeadlinesSalinas teachers unions oppose Navigator charterUnions representing Monterey area teachers and classified employees have made it clear: they do not want a charter school operator to come to town. September 12, 2014EdSource: New schools chief lauds Oakland as “full of opportunity”The O

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Teachers Using What They Know - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

Teachers Using What They Know - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Teachers Using What They KnowBy Nancy Flanagan on September 12, 2014 1:12 PMIt happened again last week. I posted a comment on a Detroit Free Press article on the Common Core, and the first thing that popped up under my comment was this (and I'm paraphrasing): Pay no attention to anything Nancy Flanagan says. She's

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-12-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: 4LAKids Sports Page: DEASY PLAYS HARDBALL? …OR GOES FISHING? LAUSD superintendent’s request for board members' emails opens a new front in battle over iPad planBy Howard Blume | LA Times |  http://lat.ms/1tPJKCp John Deasy, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, is requesting records of contacts between board members and tech compani

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Recognizing Real Leadership For Education Progress: Mayor Bill de Blasio

Recognizing Real Leadership For Education Progress: Mayor Bill de Blasio: Recognizing Real Leadership For Education Progress: Mayor Bill de Blasio What’s wrong with this picture?During the nation’s back-to-school season, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has been touring states in a bus to “highlight the champions of reform.”At one stop, where he spoke to an audience of parents at a Nashvill

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Camel Brown: It's MY Lawsuit - Judge Approves Merger of Teacher Tenure Lawsuits in New York - WNYC

Judge Approves Merger of Teacher Tenure Lawsuits in New York - WNYC: Judge Approves Merger of Teacher Tenure Lawsuits in New YorkTwo different lawsuits challenging teacher tenure in New York will now be consolidated into one.A Staten Island judge, Philip Minardo, agreed on Thursday with the State Attorney General's request to combine the two cases because they are so similar, and because neither p

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9-12-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD

LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): Morning Read: Deasy’s attorney asks for LA school board emailsMorning Read: Deasy’s attorney asks for LA school board emails Attorney for Supt. Deasy asks for L.A. school board emails An attorney representing Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy is seeking records that would explore possible links between

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BustED Pencils BLOG: "That's the kind of student I am."

BustED Pencils BLOG: "That's the kind of student I am.": BustED Pencils - Fully Leaded Education Talk - BustED Pencils:BustED Pencils: Fully Leaded Education Talk is a progressive talk radio show. The show is hosted by Dr. Tim Slekar and Dr. Jed Hopkins. BustED Pencils - Fully Leaded Education Talk - BustED Pencils:"That's the kind of student I am."Dear Teachers everywhere,Plea

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9-12-14 Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet: Strauss: How a Koch foundation influenced a university economics departmentEarlier this year, I published a piece about the role that the billionaire Koch brothers are playing not only in conservative politics but in pushing their own agenda in higher education. The piece was written by Dave Levinthal of the Center for Public Integrity, one of the country’s oldest and largest nonpart

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Who Let the BATS Out?

Who Let the BATS Out?Badass Teacher (BAT) AssociationWELCOME TO THE BAT CAVEBadass Teacher Association Web SiteD'ohI Let the BATs Out

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Shutting Out The LAUSD Stakeholders - ChangeTheLAUSD

Accountability - ChangeTheLAUSD: Shutting Out The LAUSD Stakeholders “I would like to move that we move the remainding [sic] of board meetings that are tentatively scheduled for 4:00 PM to 1:00 PM...Makes it easier for parents, certainly in my district, who might want to come speak to not be here at 11:00 at night when they have kids to put to bed and homework to supervise and it is impossible to

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Morning Wink 9-12-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-12-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: How Clueless Can D.C. Bureaucrats Be?Avery Gigliano recently turned 13. She is a world-class pianist who has won international competitions. To play in international competitions, it is necessar

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