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

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Charter Schools Expand Rapidly in Central Falls, R.I.Remember Central Falls? That is the small district in Rhode Island where the superintendent Frances Gallo decided to fire every staff member at the high school in spring 2010 because of low test scores. Gallo got the support of State Commissioner Deborah Gist, and the firings got

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empathyeducates – Higher Student Expectations?

empathyeducates – Higher Student Expectations?: Higher Student Expectations?Photograph; New Orleans Students. NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)Introductory Reflection by Raynard Sanders, Ed.D., Host of The New Orleans ImperativeThe term “High Standards” is a part of the education reformer$ in Louisiana daily script. For the past nine years they have been quick to point out that the “High Stan

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9-14-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: New York State Teacher Evaluations Are Rigged,Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy has a piece at LohHud on the absurdity of the New York State APPR teacher evaluation system, showing how the classroom observation component can be rigged by district leaders.For instance, Scarsdale has decided that no teacher will be rated "highly effective" in the classroom observation compo

by mike simpson / 5min

The Answer Sheet 9-14-14

Answer Sheet: Common Core: yes or no? A debate.Embrace the Common Core State Standards? Do not embrace the Common Core? That was the question in New York when four people — two for embracing and two against — participated in a recent debate about the controversial initiative. The event was sponsored by an organization called Intelligence Squared U.S., which offers forums for debates […]3 by Valer

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9-14-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools UpdatesTweet from the district about priorities for 2014-2015:During a retreat today, the School Board picked its top governance priorities for the 2014-15 school year: bell times analysis, multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), special education and stewardship of resources/internal controls.First, shouldn't these "priorities" have been

by mike simpson / 9min

9-14-14 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. Gender discrimination as a teacher sparked Susan B. Anthony’s fight for equality. Bob Fioretti is in. Karen Lewis is next. Rahm has got to go. Two sentences from Diane Ravitch. We need not fear Rahm’s deep pockets. There’s plenty of anti-Rahm money out there. The rich have gotten rich

by mike simpson / 10min

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

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": Newark Protests Continue….I’ve written many posts about the ongoing controversy in the Newark, New Jersey schools. Here’s the latest update: Parents and Students Continue to Protest Newark Enrollment Plan, Superintendent2 by Larry Ferlazzo / 5h “Duncan Urges PTA to Promote Education Issues in 2016 Presidential Election”Dunc

by mike simpson / 13min

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

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: What Lausd Is Doing With Its Military-Surplus Grenade Launchers And Assault RiflesOpinion By Karin Klein, editorial writer covering education, environment, food and science. | LA Times http://lat.ms/1D6l63k LAUSD police officer Jay Cueva watches as students get out of Manual Arts High School for the day. (Los Angeles Times) Set 12, 2014 2:14 pm :: So

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9-14-14 @ 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

by mike simpson / 16min

9-14-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Are Public Schools Focal Points of Failure in A Successful Society?

With A Brooklyn Accent: Are Public Schools Focal Points of Failure in A Successful Society?Many critics of our public schools imply that public education is an ugly center of failure in a largely successful society, However, singling out public schools for failure relative to other spheres of America economic and social life, such as our banking system, housing market, and medical system does hold

by mike simpson / 18min

9-14-14 Wag The Dog

WagTheDog | Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. ~ Rumi: Common Core 2.0 or 2001 Education Odyssey?With the Common Core’s emphasis on data mining and data-driven instruction there is a misguided focus and emphasis on maximizing and standardizing student “learning outcomes” rather than inspiring and supporting student learning “a

by mike simpson / 21min

9-14-14 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): Setting Aside “My Knife Is Bigger than Your Knife”When I waded into what I knew would be a controversial response to September 11, standing on the shoulders of an equally controversial piece by Michael Stipe, I received some expected responses that ranged from knee-jerk

by mike simpson / 23min

9-14-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks: Common Core: What’s true, false and fuzzy - The Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/09/11/common-core-whats-true-false-and-fuzzy/ Common Core: What's true, false and fuzzy Thomas Scarice, the superintendent of Madison Public Schools in Connecticut, has been a vocal critic of high-stakes test-based school reform. This year he sent a letter

by mike simpson / 25min

School as Community | Deborah Meier on Education

School as Community | Deborah Meier on Education: School as CommunityPosted on September 14, 2014 by debmeierWhile waxing romantic about families in my last blog, and meaning every single word, I’m also reminded that there’s good reasons behind my concern with using family-like metaphors to describe good schools or good colleagues. The distinctions between them are too important to ignore. One o

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Briefly, why I am still teaching at 68 by teacherken

Briefly, why I am still teaching at 68:: Briefly, why I am still teaching at 68:byteacherkenFollow 10 Comments / 10 NewThere is nothing more important I can imagine doing that challenging the students I have to think more deeply about what they do and say, and what they do not do and say. Both our actions and our in-actions are important. I remember the words of Martin Luther King, Jr: "I

by mike simpson / 34min

Child’s IEP Services Threatened Due to Parental Opt-Out Request. Has This Happened to You? | Missouri Education Watchdog

Child’s IEP Services Threatened Due to Parental Opt-Out Request. Has This Happened to You? | Missouri Education Watchdog: Child’s IEP Services Threatened Due to Parental Opt-Out Request. Has This Happened to You?inShareA parent empowers other parents: put schools on notice regarding threats to withhold IEP services from their children.A parent sent this into Facebook about testing issues regarding

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NYC Educator: Will We Opt for Test Readiness or Readiness for College and Life?

NYC Educator: Will We Opt for Test Readiness or Readiness for College and Life?: Will We Opt for Test Readiness or Readiness for College and Life?Imagine the future. You're applying to colleges. Your test scores are out of this world. Perhaps your transcript says Success Academy upon it. Everything looks bright, eh?So, will you be a success in college? Will you be a success in life? It seems

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ARE LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT JOHN DEASY'S EMAILS ABOVE THE LAW? - Perdaily.com

ARE LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT JOHN DEASY'S EMAILS ABOVE THE LAW? - Perdaily.com: ARE LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT JOHN DEASY'S EMAILS ABOVE THE LAW?(Mensaje se repite en Español)In order to realize just how much unbridled political power the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has that it continues to wield with complete impunity, one only need look at the recent Ray Rice Affair and ask if NFL Commissi

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School Board Privatization: Committee for a Better _________ (Your City Here) | deutsch29

School Board Privatization: Committee for a Better _________ (Your City Here) | deutsch29: School Board Privatization: Committee for a Better _________ (Your City Here)September 13, 2014Not far from my home, on a vacant lot next to a major highway, I noticed an advertisement for our upcoming local school board elections. The name of the candidate is not familiar to me, but each time I pass the boa

by mike simpson / 13h

DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: 30 Years a Teacher! And Still Going Strong!

DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: 30 Years a Teacher! And Still Going Strong!: 30 Years a Teacher! And Still Going Strong!It's hard to believe that I have been teaching for 30 years. Actually, it's been longer than that since a fresh-faced 20 year old graduated from college,ready to begin a teaching career. Unfortunately, (or fortunately), 1980 was not a good year for teachers in NYC. I couldn't

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Choosing Democracy: The Story on SCUSD Superintendent that the Bee will not tell you.

Choosing Democracy: The Story on SCUSD Superintendent that the Bee will not tell you.: The Story on SCUSD Superintendent that the Bee will not tell you.Thank you Cosmo Garvin for writing what the Bee will not report on.Cosmo Garvin. Sacramento News and Review. 9/11/2014. Page 15.The Bee is clearly still sore about the loss of the previous superintendent, Jonathan Raymond. Raymond seemed to enjoy s

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Why I hate standardized tests: A teacher’s take on how to save public education - Salon.com

Why I hate standardized tests: A teacher’s take on how to save public education - Salon.com: Why I hate standardized tests: A teacher’s take on how to save public educationThanks to tests, my students' minds have been downsized -- while corporate interests profit. Here's the answerROBERT HACH In recent years, I have begun each semester by asking my first-year composition students two questions, on

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Nite Cap 9-13-14 #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 CAP#Commoncore Video Supports ‘The Bad Boyfriend’ Theory | Missouri Education Watchdog#Commoncore Video Supports ‘The Bad Boyfriend’ Theory | Missouri Education Watchdog: #Commoncore Video Supports ‘The Bad Boyfriend’ TheoryinSharePeter Greene write

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#Commoncore Video Supports ‘The Bad Boyfriend’ Theory | Missouri Education Watchdog

#Commoncore Video Supports ‘The Bad Boyfriend’ Theory | Missouri Education Watchdog: #Commoncore Video Supports ‘The Bad Boyfriend’ TheoryinSharePeter Greene writes about Common Core in edweek.org and its ‘bad boyfriend’ problem. From The Common Core’s ‘Image Problem’ and Your Bad Boyfriend:The common core has an “image” problem in the same way that bad boyfriends have “image” problems. The image

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Ouch! Are California Teachers Really That Greedy?

Epi Pens: Ouch! Are California Teachers Really That Greedy?BY POSTED BY ADMINISTRATORShare on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on pinterest_shareMore Sharing Services0The Los Angeles Times published an editorial urging Governor Brown “to ruffle the teachers unions” and sign Republican Leader Bob Huff’s bill SB1266 that calls for volunteers at schools to carry epi pens. As usual, the Tim

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9-13-14 Saturday Matinée Double Feature "Camel Brown Has Left the Tent and Teacher Wars" News Breakout

Saturday Matinée Double FeatureNews Breakout Camel Brown Has Left the Tent captioned for Corporate Ed ReformersThe Camel's Nose In The Tent.One cold night, as an Arab sat in his tent, a camel gently thrust his nose under the flap and looked in. "Master," he said, "let me put my nose in your tent. It's cold and stormy out here." "By all means," said the Arab, "and

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Dra. Batty Batista WELCOME TO THE BAT CAVE Badass - Teacher (BAT) Association

Badass Teacher (BAT) AssociationWELCOME TO THE BAT CAVEBadass Teacher Association Web Site

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9-13-14 Schoolhouse Live - FL SUPT QUESTIONS NEED FOR CHARTERS

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2nd Banana 9-13-14 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform

BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTAn Open Letter To The White Teachers Who Wore NYPD T-Shirts To School, Despite Being Told Not ToAn Open Letter To The White Teachers Who Wore NYPD T-Shirts To School, Despite Being Told Not To: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE WHITE TEACHERS WHO WORE NYPD T-SHIRTS TO SCHOOL, DESPITE BEING TOLD NOT TODear PS 220 White Teachers Who Wore NYPD T-Shirts To

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THE QUALITIES OF GOOD SCHOOLS ARE NO SECRET. | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing

THE QUALITIES OF GOOD SCHOOLS ARE NO SECRET. | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing: THE QUALITIES OF GOOD SCHOOLS ARE NO SECRET.We know what they are. So do your children. So do your children’s teachers.The highly touted Finns do as well, after all, they developed their high quality system in the early 1990s’ taking the best of what we introduced in the US in the 60’s and 70’s:We know it takes a de

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Morning Wink 9-13-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSNYC Educator: Beseiged at Every AngleNYC 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 fac

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