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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-22-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Joanne Yatvin: Let More Teachers Re-Invent the Wheel, Or Why We Don’t Need StandardizationJoanne Yatvin, now retired, wrote the following commentary in 1990, almost 25 years ago. It was published in Education Week. It remains as pertinent today as it was then. In fact, with the Common Core adopted by most states, it is even more pe

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9-22-14 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: I Didn't March Anymore on Climate But Did Pick up and Plant a Fig TreeI really was going to go to the climate march even though I wrote- Another March and Why I Ain't Marchin' Anymore - U...I did include the caveat that I would march if I could get a beer at a bar afterwards. And lo and behold I received an offer from 2 lovely young ladies that if I marched they would buy me a bee

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Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: My old friend UNO’s Juan Rangel.1 by Fred Klonsky / 7min hide // saveThe solution to the problem of the CTU bargaining with the Mayor is the Mayor getting out of the the school-running business.DFER Illinois’ Rebecca Nieves-Huffman. Photo: Substance. What is the deal with telling Karen Lewis that sh

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9-21-14 Wait What? - Malloy to Teachers – Just for the record, I’m lying to get your vote

Wait What?: Malloy to Teachers – Just for the record, I’m lying to get your vote“In a recent interview published in this past weekend’s Waterbury Republican-American newspaper, Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy admitted that when it comes to his corporate education reform industry agenda, he intends to continue along the same track. Malloy said, “What we’ve done needs to continue to be implemented and

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9-22-14 Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet: Common Core calls for kids to read books that ‘frustrate’ them. Is that a good idea?This post is connected to two recent pieces I published about the Common Core State Standards. This post is a transcript of a debate on the Core that was recently held in New York; arguing for the Core were Carmel Martin and Mike Petrilli and arguing against were Carol Burris and Rick Hess. And this [

by mike simpson / 13min

9-22-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This WeekI'm going to add in some events about public education as well this week.This week is, once again, Banned Books Week. How many have you read?Tuesday, September 23rdMayor Murray will be releasing his budget for the our city. It might be interesting to see how much money he is allocating for the new department of Early Learning and Educatio

by mike simpson / 16min

9-22-14 Schools Matter All Week

Schools Matter: Responding to "Why Poor Students Struggle"My response to this at the NYTimes:James Horn Cambridge, MA Pending ApprovalI think you might trust many of the souls to come along when you put some weight on their end of the economic tug of war that most poor college students are losing. The Ivy League's Raymond and Caitlin will always be who they are, as tangible examples of a

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9-22-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Research Studies Of The WeekI often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing

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9-22-14 Jersey Jazzman - The Hidden Voices of New Jersey's Teachers of Color

Jersey Jazzman: The Hidden Voices of New Jersey's Teachers of ColorI was going to write about the meeting I and other New Jersey teacher-bloggers had with Lily Eskelsen Garcia, the new president of the National Education Association, last weekend. But Marie Corfield -- see here and here -- and Ani McHugh have done such a good job documenting the event that I really don't think I can add much of va

by mike simpson / 22min

9-22-14 @ 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 / 24min

9-22-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks: AIR and Fordham Institute Grade Standards; Common Core Wins!deutsch29 posted: "This is the story of two organizations that took diverging roads to grading state standards: American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Fordham Institute. Let's start with AIR. In a report released September 2014, AIR has "internationally benchmarke" Respond to this post by replying

by mike simpson / 26min

9-22-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Cuomo Reneges On Deal To Working Families PartyGee, here's a surprise:ALBANY—Late last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo sat next to Senate co-leaders Jeff Klein and Dean Skelos at a press conference and announced they had reached a "handshake agreement" on an multi-million dollar item in next year's budget to fund anti-terror efforts. Left unsaid was the fact that such

by mike simpson / 28min

Los Angeles Schools’ iPad Purchase Costs Millions and Runs Into Major Snags | janresseger

Los Angeles Schools’ iPad Purchase Costs Millions and Runs Into Major Snags | janresseger: Los Angeles Schools’ iPad Purchase Costs Millions and Runs Into Major SnagsPosted on September 22, 2014 by janressegerEducational technology is often imagined as the answer—how we’re going to launch our children into the future. If all our kids just had computers—or iPads— we would be sure to have moved int

by mike simpson / 33min

Teach For America’s soft-power education reform strategy | The Hechinger Report

Teach For America’s soft-power education reform strategy | The Hechinger Report: Teach For America’s soft-power education reform strategyIs Mississippi’s next big movement taking shape in the classrooms of the Delta?By Jackie MaderCLEVELAND, Miss. — Babak Mostaghimi never expected to settle down in the rural Mississippi Delta. A native of Virginia, he graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 200

by mike simpson / 36min

solidaridad: The Adult Education Committee of UTLA meet and support Bennett Kayser

solidaridad: The Adult Education Committee of UTLA meet and support Bennett Kayser: The Adult Education Committee of UTLA meet and support Bennett KayserI'll be there!The Adult Education Committee of UTLA meet and support Bennett Kayser Who wants to play Reformey Buzzword Bingo?Who wants to play Reformey Buzzword Bingo? pic.twitter.com/RjV2yeRvbb— Badass Teachers Asso (@BadassTeachersA) September

by mike simpson / 40min

Week 2: The Best Laid Lesson Plans | The Jose Vilson

Week 2: The Best Laid Lesson Plans | The Jose Vilson: Week 2: The Best Laid Lesson PlansLast week, I found myself as restless as the first day of school.In fact, I got to school at 7:10am every day, when school usually starts at 8am. I racked my brain around what the next logical step is in my curriculum. Negative exponents are especially difficult if students don’t get a lot of practice with the

by mike simpson / 44min

NYC Educator: Big Fun Interviewing in Charter Schools

NYC Educator: Big Fun Interviewing in Charter Schools: Big Fun Interviewing in Charter Schoolsby special guest blogger Job Seeking Teacher I interviewed at about three different charter schools this summer. All of the interviews took place in late late August or (in the last case) mid September. Lots of vacancies on their websites. It appears that teachers peace out of charter schools quickly.The

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESLots of teachers among 400,000 who marched in N.Y. yesterday. Linda Darling-Hammond“The poverty rates of countries in PISA are associated with how kids do overall on the tests. The United States poverty rate far outstrips the other countries with one out of four children here living in poverty.” --AZED NewsLaura Washington If Chica

by mike simpson / 51min

Students lose at expense of taxpayer-funded vouchers - Lily's Blackboard

Students lose at expense of taxpayer-funded vouchers - Lily's Blackboard: Students lose at expense of taxpayer-funded vouchersSeptember 22, 2014 by Lily's BlackboardCategories: Education, General, I just had to say this, PolicyTags: Milwaukee, taxpayers, vouchers, WisconsinLike millions of our colleagues, we became teachers so we could make a difference in the lives of our students. Whether it was

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AIR and Fordham Institute Grade Standards; Common Core Wins! | deutsch29

AIR and Fordham Institute Grade Standards; Common Core Wins! | deutsch29: AIR and Fordham Institute Grade Standards; Common Core Wins!September 21, 2014This is the story of two organizations that took diverging roads to grading state standards: American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Fordham Institute.Let’s start with AIR.In a report released September 2014, AIR has “internationally benchmarked

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Charter Schools = Apartheid Education + Vanishing Black & Latino Educators Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública:

Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: Charter Schools = Apartheid Education + Vanishing Black & Latino Educators: Charter Schools = Apartheid Education + Vanishing Black & Latino EducatorsStop the Expansion of Apartheid Schooling in New York City!The information below was obtained by the Teachers Diversity Committee (TDC) of NYC from Success Academy charter sch

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An Urban Teacher's Education: Don't We Need Standards?

An Urban Teacher's Education: Don't We Need Standards?: Don't We Need Standards?A recent developer of professionalism says to my staff, "We all know we need to be teaching standards. If we're not, the kids just aren't going to learn."Holy cow. What a comment! Without standards, children can't learn.Woe to those miserable educators since time immemorial who tried teaching anyone anything

by mike simpson / 1h

empathyeducates – Appeals Court Rules that Louisiana Department of Education Violates Louisiana Records Act

empathyeducates – Appeals Court Rules that Louisiana Department of Education Violates Louisiana Records Act: Appeals Court Rules that Louisiana Department of Education Violates Louisiana Records ActPhotograph Source The AdvocateBy Raynard Sanders, Ed.D. | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. September 20, 2014On Friday September 19, 2014 Louisiana’s First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled “in fav

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Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Week in Class: Week Three 2014

Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Week in Class: Week Three 2014: Week in Class: Week Three 2014 I missed out posting for Week 2, but things were pretty similar in both Week 3 so this will do for both weeks…I’m establishing the day-to-day, and more importantly for my style, a weekly routine. One of the most important things is that we do textbook reading in the morning three days a week. In

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Patrick Walsh reviews “A Chronicle of Echoes: Who’s Who in the Implosion of American Public Education” by Mercedes K. Schneider | Reclaim Reform

Patrick Walsh reviews “A Chronicle of Echoes: Who’s Who in the Implosion of American Public Education” by Mercedes K. Schneider | Reclaim Reform: Patrick Walsh reviews “A Chronicle of Echoes: Who’s Who in the Implosion of American Public Education” by Mercedes K. SchneiderPosted on September 21, 2014by Ken PrevitiWhen the superb news source, truthdig.com, posts a superb review by a superb reviewer

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Action in the Carolinas | Parents Across America

Action in the Carolinas | Parents Across America: Action in the CarolinasPAA affiliates in North and South Carolina have had a busy year, and are looking forward to new rounds of action and advocacy at local and state levels.Website: publicschoolsfirstnc.orgPublic Schools First NC is a statewide, nonpartisan organization focused solely on public education. Our mission is to educate and mobilize ci

by mike simpson / 1h

DPS board seeks to remove emergency manager immediately

DPS board seeks to remove emergency manager immediately: DPS board seeks to remove emergency manager immediately(Photo: Jarrad Henderson/Detroit Free Press) The Detroit Public Schools board is going to court in its quest to remove the district's emergency manager.Some board members believe Jack Martin's tenure should end in late September, a year-and-a-half after the current emergency manager law

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Nite Cap 9-21-14 #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 CAPJesse Rothstein on Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Tenure |Jesse Rothstein on Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Tenure |: Jesse Rothstein on Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Tenure Last week, released via the Washington Post’s Wonkblog, Max Ehrenfreund

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Jesse Rothstein on Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Tenure |

Jesse Rothstein on Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Tenure |: Jesse Rothstein on Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Tenure Last week, released via the Washington Post’s Wonkblog, Max Ehrenfreund wrote a piece titled “Teacher tenure has little to do with student achievement, economist says.” For those of you who do not know Jesse Rothstein, he’s an Associate Professor of Economics at University of Califo

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9-21-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Does Seattle Public Schools have a Broken Governance Model?At every Board Retreat the Board discusses their governance model. They don't have a formally stated model, but they are loosely working towards using a sort of Carver Policy Governance Model in which the Board sets expectations (the ends) - both for outcomes and for limitations on methods - and the superin

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Common Core Marketing Mistakes Will Lead to Its Demise

Common Core Marketing Mistakes Will Lead to Its Demise: Common Core Marketing Mistakes Will Lead to Its DemiseSEPTEMBER 21, 2014 BY NANCY BAILEY LEAVE A COMMENTMarketing is everything. A wise English professor once told me, you might write the worst book in the world, but if you have a good marketer, connections, not to mention financial backing, it will be published and it will probably sell.Comm

by mike simpson / 16h

9-21-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks: Stuart G. of EXAMINER itemizes the outrage and recent News on LAUSDLAUSD is in all the headlines and it's all negative!None of it is about the schools, the students or their education.Everything is about what takes places at the downtown headquarters, the Superintendent, the school board, and the downtown administrators. The headlines below don’t even include MiSIS and its is

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An Urban Teacher's Education: I'm a Racist, and You Are Too. Accept It.

An Urban Teacher's Education: I'm a Racist, and You Are Too. Accept It.: I'm a Racist, and You Are Too. Accept It.It’s the beginning of a new school year, a time when I find myself reflecting on the parts of myself that brought me into this work. It was the fall of 2005 when I first stepped in front of a group of diverse students. I stayed up all night planning the perfect thirty-minute lesson. I

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9-21-14 @ The Chalk Face

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9-21-14 Wait What? - The pro-Common Core Standardized Testing governor throws students, parents and teachers a bone.

Wait What?: The pro-Common Core Standardized Testing governor throws students, parents and teachers a bone.With election day in sight, Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy, one the of country’s leading corporate education reform supporters, recently issues a press release announcing that he was writing a letter to Obama’s Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, to “explore” reducing the use of the Common Cor

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solidaridad: Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) October General Assembly

solidaridad: Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) October General Assembly: Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) October General AssemblySchools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) General AssemblyThursday, October 2, 20144:15-6:30PMLOCATION: TBARosa Jimenez's notes from previous General Assembly:Students and Parents from 10 different schools across LA participated. Many teachers

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WHY LIBERALS HATE ARNE DUNCAN | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing

WHY LIBERALS HATE ARNE DUNCAN | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing: WHY LIBERALS HATE ARNE DUNCANA few weeks ago I was asked to be interviewed by a friend who was going to write an article about Arne Duncan in a major online news site.I never had the chance to be interviewed because, as she told me, “It was pulled.” I am sure there are several possibilities as to why but when you see the proposed

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Teacher’s Husband Explains What Common Core Leaves Out: Parental Responsibility. | Missouri Education Watchdog

Teacher’s Husband Explains What Common Core Leaves Out: Parental Responsibility. | Missouri Education Watchdog: Teacher’s Husband Explains What Common Core Leaves Out: Parental Responsibility.We are all too familiar with the ever increasing stories of parents not being able to help their children with 2nd grade homework. Chipper notes from school administrators offer sessions so parents (often wi

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The True Story of Public Education in America | Randi Weingarten

The True Story of Public Education in America | Randi Weingarten: The True Story of Public Education in America You've heard their mantra: Our public schools are failing because teachers don't care and policymakers are spending too much money to prop up a broken system.Campbell Brown and company, who could be called Michelle Rhee 2.0, have carried on this refrain. They say it's the teachers who ar

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9-21-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Common Core Headlines Spell Trouble For Common CoreCommon Core advocates are trying to save Common Core from an untimely death but recent news headlines suggest they continue to lose that battle:Panel starts reviewing Common Core standards in NCMissouri leaders named in Common Core lawsuit: Foes seek to stop payments to test-making consortiumGreen Bay Catholic Diocese Backs

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Morning Wink 9-21-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-21-144LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: The Debate Over Common CoreCBS News Sunday Morning | http://cbsn.ws/Z503yF The curriculum for boosting K-12 students' academic performance has drawn critics on both sides of the political divide. CBS News September 21, 2014, 9:35 AM :: The core issue in edu

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