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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-25-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Ladd and Fiske: NC Legislators Quietly Alter Public School FundingProfessor Helen Ladd of Duke University, internationally renowned economist of education, and her husband Edward Fiske, former education editor of the New York Times, recently wrote about a sneaky move by the North Carolina legislature to undermine the funding of chi

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9-25-14 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.: Petcoke, the Koch brothers and the 10th Ward.Susan Sadlowski Garza talks to her neighbors at last night’s meet-and-greet in the 10th Ward. I took a drive to the 10th Ward last night. I could have taken the Dan Ryan to the Skyway and gotten off just before Indiana. But I took my old route. South Lakesh

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9-25-14 Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet: Chicago mayor admits naming elite new school after Obama, his former boss, was a mistakeChicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who once served as chief of staff in the White House for President Obama, just acknowledged that his plans to name a new $60 million high school located in a wealthy mostly white area of the city were a mistake. Here’s how the Chicago Sun-Times described the apparently

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Shanker Blog » What You Need To Know About Misleading Education Graphs, In Two Graphs

Shanker Blog » What You Need To Know About Misleading Education Graphs, In Two Graphs: What You Need To Know About Misleading Education Graphs, In Two GraphsPosted by Matthew Di Carlo on September 25, 2014There’s no reason why insisting on proper causal inference can’t be fun.A weeks ago, ASCD published a policy brief (thanks to Chad Aldeman for flagging it), the purpose of which is to argue that

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9-25-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Garfield Cancels all Field Trips for the School YearPrincipal Ted Howard II and the Garfield PTSA sent out this message today. It's confusing because he says there will be no field trips "for the current school year" (which would be 2014-2015) but then says it may change in Jan. 2015, depending on the recommendations of the taskforce. Apparently he didn'

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9-25-14 Schools Matter All Week

Schools Matter: Aspire Charter Schools: Busing to Maintain SegregationWhen parents showed up last week to enroll their children at the Aspire (Coleman) charter school in Memphis, they were told there were no more seats, due to plans to expand next year to take in 6th grade. Even if there were no expansion plans, you can't have too many children of parents who weren't there months ago to squeal wi

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9-25-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: September’s Infographics & Interactives Galore – Part FourThere are just so many good infographics and interactives out there that I’ve begun a new semi-regular feature called “Infographics & Interactives Galore.” You can see others at A Collection Of “The Best…” Lists On Infographics and by searching “infographics”

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-25-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Colorado High School Students Walk Out To Protest Proposed Curriculum ChangesBy Jenny Deam - LA Times | http://lat.ms/YcD7N0 Students from schools in the Denver suburbs are protesting a proposal by the Jefferson County school board to emphasize patriotism and downplay civil unrest in the teaching of U.S. history. (Brennan Linsley / Associated Press) 9/2

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9-25-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Smash the Linkage between "Liberalism" and School Reform

With A Brooklyn Accent: Smash the Linkage between "Liberalism" and School ReformKeep the pressure on. Make Duncan, Gates, Obama, The Clintons and other so called liberals etc realize their " Education Reforms" have failed miserably and have lost public support.Swarm them every opportunity you get, via email, on twitter, in social media. Bombard them with the evidence of their

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9-25-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks: 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

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9-25-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Center For Unions Facts Is Right - Randi Weingarten Is Ruining Public EducationLyndsey Layton reports the Center for Union Facts is attacking AFT President Randi Weingarten again:The 11-page mailing, on expensive paper stock, was sent first class to 125,000 households across the country this week. “I’m writing to you about Randi,” the letter began. “You probably don’t know w

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Democrats Can Win With A Public Education Agenda – By Fighting To Fund It - Education Opportunity Network

Education Opportunity Network: Democrats Can Win With A Public Education Agenda – By Fighting To Fund ItIs it possible that education is the issue that will determine whether results of the upcoming election swing the United States Senate to Republican Party control? Will there be a dramatic change in party control of state governors’ offices because of how candidates stand on supporting pubic sch

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Why Teachers' Unions & Due Process Matter - Bridging Differences - Education Week

Why Teachers' Unions & Due Process Matter - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Why Teachers' Unions & Due Process MatterBy Leo Casey on September 25, 2014 8:13 AMToday, Leo Casey of the Albert Shanker Institute joins Deborah Meier on the Bridging Differences blog.Deb:So we begin our conversation with the idea of democracy. It is the pivotal idea in the political heritage we share, as a

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Michigan ACLU Exposes Educational Catastrophe in Gov. Rick Snyder’s Takeover of Detroit’s Schools | janresseger

Michigan ACLU Exposes Educational Catastrophe in Gov. Rick Snyder’s Takeover of Detroit’s Schools | janresseger: Michigan ACLU Exposes Educational Catastrophe in Gov. Rick Snyder’s Takeover of Detroit’s SchoolsPosted on September 25, 2014 by janressegerMetro Detroit Times has just published an extraordinary expose of the software-based curriculum that was imposed in 2012 in 12 Detroit, Michigan sc

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BREAKING NEWS!!! Para Harassed at MS 61 in Brooklyn! southbronxschool

http://www.southbronxschool.com: BREAKING NEWS!!! Para Harassed at MS 61 in Brooklyn!It seems that MS 61 in Brooklyn is turning into quite the soap opera. A dangerous soap opera.For those who don't know or need reminding, MS 61has been in the news lately due to the diligence of retired teacher Jeff Storobinsky and his Facebook group, Money Over Age.First some background.A former colleague at MS 61

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NEA president: End factory school reform | MSNBC

NEA president: End factory school reform | MSNBC: NEA president: End factory school reformThe National Education Association’s Lily Eskelsen Garcia joins Morning Joe to discuss why she’s fighting standardized testing and why Education Secretary Arne Duncan should resign.

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Retention Wars: Blaming Children | Live Long and Prosper

Retention Wars: Blaming Children | Live Long and Prosper: Retention Wars: Blaming ChildrenTHIRD GRADE PUNISHMENT LAWSIn the recent film, Rise Above the Mark, Linda Darling Hammond said,The problem we have with testing in this country today is that…we’re using the wrong kinds of tests, and…we’re using the tests in the wrong kinds of ways.More than a dozen states, including Indiana punish third grad

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tomhayden.com - TOM HAYDEN FROM THE PEOPLE'S CLIMATE MARCH

tomhayden.com - The Democracy Journal: LAST HOURS, NARRATED BY LEONARDO DICAPRIOThis is the second episode of the Green World Rising series narrated by actor Leonardo DiCaprioCongress Wavers on WarCongress gave President Obama a half-hearted half-measure of support for arming the Syrian rebels last week, just before Obama took the next step up the ladder of escalation by bombing Syria without Unit

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NYC Educator: Neanderthals Dominate School Policy in 5775

NYC Educator: Neanderthals Dominate School Policy in 5775: Neanderthals Dominate School Policy in 5775First of all, Happy New Year to all blog readers (and don't forget to write 5775 on your checks starting today). Let's get right to the deplorable state of affairs in our schools. After 12 years of unending reforminess, we finally have a mayor who shows signs of not being insane. And yet, we stil

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Newark School Board Votes to Block Superintendent Anderson’s Pay - NJ Spotlight

Newark School Board Votes to Block Superintendent Anderson’s Pay - NJ Spotlight: NEWARK SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO BLOCK SUPERINTENDENT ANDERSON’S PAYJOHN MOONEY | SEPTEMBER 25, 2014Members flex their newfound fiscal muscle, but embattled state-appointed school chief still holds the purse stringsNewark schools Superintendent Cami AndersonThe tug-of-war over control of Newark public schools got another

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: More name dropping

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: More name dropping: More name droppingJitu Brown and 10 other protesters say their arrest at City Hall Tuesday night forced the mayor to provide services for Dyett High School students. (DNAinfo)"I f**ked up." -- Rahm EmanuelRahm's dream of two-tiered public school system -- one tier for gentrifying neighborhoods and one for the rest of us --- is turning in

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for the love of learning: Teaching would be easier if it wasn't for the students

for the love of learning: Teaching would be easier if it wasn't for the students: Teaching would be easier if it wasn't for the studentsHere's what happened the other day.My grade 8 students were exiting our classroom from social studies, as my grade 6 students began to enter.I was getting myself focused on teaching a lesson on sentence writing, with an emphasis on using commas. I was thinking abo

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Private giving and the insolvency of chaos – redqueeninla

Private giving and the insolvency of chaos – redqueeninla: 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 interjected, money for the thing itself is

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11 Reasons why Seattle’s Preschool for all Proposition 1B is a bad idea | Seattle Education

11 Reasons why Seattle’s Preschool for all Proposition 1B is a bad idea | Seattle Education: 11 Reasons why Seattle’s Preschool for all Proposition 1B is a bad ideaIn the last few days I was alerted to some information that I find the most egregious about Seattle Councilmember Tim Burgess’ Preschool for All plan that is now Proposition 1B and I am therefore placing it as #1 on the list, revising t

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YESTERDAY

9-24-14 @ 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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Bill Clinton: Charter Schools Must Be Held To 'The Original Bargain'

Bill Clinton: Charter Schools Must Be Held To 'The Original Bargain': Bill Clinton: Charter Schools Must Be Held To 'The Original Bargain'Posted: 09/24/2014 6:24 pm EDT Updated: 1 hour ago NEW YORK -- Charter schools have great potential, but they aren't living up to their promise, former President Bill Clinton said late Tuesday night at a gathering of about 100 international philanthropists and b

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Volunteers can help frame Common Core tests | EdSource

Volunteers can help frame Common Core tests | EdSource: Volunteers can help frame Common Core testsSeptember 24, 2014 | By John Fensterwald | No CommentsCREDIT: ALISON YIN FOR EDSOURCE Teachers and others from California have until Friday to sign up for a crowd-sourcing exercise that will help determine how questions will be scored on the new Common Core tests students will take next spring.The S

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Aldermen Target Incentives Offered by Charter Schools | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

Aldermen Target Incentives Offered by Charter Schools | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Aldermen Target Incentives Offered by Charter SchoolsFiled under: Charter Schools — millerlf @ 7:50 pm Council members target enrollment incentives offered by charter schoolsNews release from Alds. Nik Kovac and Michael J. MurphyBy Nik Kovac – Sep 23rd, 2014Charter schools in Milwaukee would be proh

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Nite Cap 9-24-14 #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 CAPLouisiana Legislative Audit Suggests Common Core Drives Curriculum | Truth in American EducationLouisiana Legislative Audit Suggests Common Core Drives Curriculum | Truth in American Education: Louisiana Legislative Audit Suggests Common Core Dri

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Louisiana Legislative Audit Suggests Common Core Drives Curriculum | Truth in American Education

Louisiana Legislative Audit Suggests Common Core Drives Curriculum | Truth in American Education: Louisiana Legislative Audit Suggests Common Core Drives CurriculumFiled in Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level by Shane Vander Hart on September 24, 2014 •0 Comments1On Monday the Louisiana Legislative Auditor issued a pro-Common Core report that declares the Common Core State Standa

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9-24-14 Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet: ‘Test reform’ movement picking up steamWe’ve had years and years of “school reform” that has mostly resulted in creating an untenable culture of high-stakes tests– and now, there is a growing “test reform” movement that is pushing back against the culture of high-stakes testing that has taken over public education. Every week, an organization called the National Center for Fair […]1

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9-24-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Eckstein Building MeetingThat was interesting. I'm going to flesh this out because I think a lot of these questions asked about Eckstein might ring true for your school building.I was a little confused at first as there were very few parents (even at 5:45 pm) and no handout. It was in the Eckstein auditorium (about 1/3 ish full by the time it started.) The organi

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Schooling in the Ownership Society: The Chicago Way

Schooling in the Ownership Society: The Chicago Way: The Chicago WayEvery day it's something.Today there's two stories shining light on the Chicago way. The first is by Greg Hinzat Crain's. He writes about Rahm Emanuel's city council floor leader, Ald. Pat O'Connor and a woman who's "volunteered" to be the bookkeeper of his political campaign fund, even writing checks for him.That would

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No Choice | EduShyster

No Choice | EduShyster: No Choice If choice is the only choice is it still choice?Today we turn to one of the most baffling conundrums of these fiercely urgent days. If school choice is indeed the civil rights issue of our time, why do its chosen beneficiaries so rarely get to exercise any choice about choosing it? Alas reader, we are left with no choice. To the choice mobile, and make it snappy!

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What Is the Diagnosis? | The Crucial Voice of the People

What Is the Diagnosis? | The Crucial Voice of the People: What Is the Diagnosis?As a veterinarian, when I’m presented with a sick animal my first step in problem solving is a good history. Of course, there are always exceptions to the rule. For example, in a crisis I skip the history taking and go directly to doing what’s necessary to save a life.The objective of a good history is to gain clarity

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Common Core: An Education Datapalooza? | WagTheDog

Common Core: An Education Datapalooza? | WagTheDog: Common Core: An Education Datapalooza? David Coleman and other proponents of close reading claim that students become college and career ready as they independently struggle to understand complex informational text without relying on any context or prior knowledge.Using this specialized literacy technique students must rely on the text itself to

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Philly Schools Score Small Funding Victory - But It's Not Enough | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity

Philly Schools Score Small Funding Victory - But It's Not Enough | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: Philly Schools Score Small Funding Victory - But It's Not EnoughPosted on: Wednesday September 24th, 2014Photo via Ron Tarver | Philly.comAfter months of turmoil and uncertainty, Philadelphia's resource-starved schools finally caught a break: a ne

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How Participants Not Involved in the Delphi Movement Viewed HB1490 Deliberations | Missouri Education Watchdog

How Participants Not Involved in the Delphi Movement Viewed HB1490 Deliberations | Missouri Education Watchdog: How Participants Not Involved in the Delphi Movement Viewed HB1490 DeliberationsinShareIf you read DESE’s press release about the last two days of work group deliberations pursuant to HB1490 directives, you would think they have been a smashing success and DESE is being helpful, rather t

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Choosing Democracy: Ego, Money and False Promises: Michelle Rhee’s Big Secret and the Collapse of Education “Reform”

Choosing Democracy: Ego, Money and False Promises: Michelle Rhee’s Big Secret and the Collapse of Education “Reform”: Ego, Money and False Promises: Michelle Rhee’s Big Secret and the Collapse of Education “Reform”Jeff BryantMaybe it’s time to stick a fork in education reform, and get set for what the new ed-tech industrialists are going to bring us. | When Michelle Rhee left the center stage of

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Whom do we need to educate? | My Island View

Whom do we need to educate? | My Island View:Whom do we need to educate?September 24, 2014 by Tom Whitby @tomwhitbyAt a recent Edcamp on Long Island we had a very interesting discussion. Sessions at Edcamps are discussions as opposed to actual power-point presentations. The question posed by someone in the session on relevance in education asked, why are so few Long Island educators connected? Thi

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9-24-14 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): Misguided Reading Policy Creates Wrong Lessons for Students as WritersHaving taught writing to teenagers and young adults at the high school and undergraduate levels for over thirty years now, I have a standard approach to the first few classes: We identify and then unpa

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Russ on Reading: What History Should Kids Learn?

Russ on Reading: What History Should Kids Learn?: What History Should Kids Learn?Hundreds of high school students in Jefferson County, Colorado, walked out of class on Tuesday protesting what they saw as an attempt to censor what they were being taught in their AP U.S. History course (APUSH). The school board in Jefferson County has recently taken a turn for the conservative with the election of t

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Girls' Pathways to Leadership - The Action Network #GirlsLead.

Girls' Pathways to Leadership - The Action Network: Virtual Panel to Discuss New Research on Girls’ Leadership, Tips to Foster Girls’ Leadership in SchoolsWebinar will feature new research on closing the leadership gap by NEA, AAUW and Tufts UniversityWHO: Educators and community leaders will hold a virtual panel discussion and report release: Our Role as Educators-

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1 teacher reminds us voices have power | The Edvocate Blog

1 teacher reminds us voices have power | The Edvocate Blog: 1 teacher reminds us voices have power My Word by Kathleen Oropeza, The Orlando SentinelReal heroes don’t seek glory. Seldom rich, they’re the first to give. They see potential in the most challenging personality. They heal hearts and inspire greatness. They move silently among us, putting others first. That’s what Alachua County kinderga

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9-24-14 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): Winding path to teaching leads Garfield teacher to Yale awardWinding path to teaching leads Garfield teacher to Yale award Garfield Senior High School teacher Kevin Murchie As a boy, Kevin Murchie saw the award-winning film “Stand and Deliver,” the true story of Jaime Escalante, the Garfield Senior High m

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50 School Districts with Highest Average Teacher Salaries - Top Masters in Education | Your Guide to Masters in Education Degrees

Top Masters in Education | Your Guide to Masters in Education Degrees: Welcome to TopMastersInEducation.com! If you’re looking for information on the best Masters in Education degree programs then you’ve come to the right place. Here you will find expert advice and thoughtful evaluations of the top education schools and teachers colleges. Discover where you can earn the Masters in Education that w

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-24-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: DELAYED EVACUATION OF SCHOOL NEAR PORT OF L.A. ANGERS PARENTS + smf’s 2¢By Ruben Vives, Veronica Rocha | http://lat.ms/1xfDKo5 Los Angeles fire crews battle a wharf fire at the Port of L.A. where pylons soaked with creosote burned prompting concerns about air quality in the area. Sept 23, 12:11 PM :: Potentially hazardous smoke from the stubborn fire

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Does Governor Brown Plan to Expand? Brown shoots down charter boundary restriction :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet

Brown shoots down charter boundary restriction :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: Governor's charter schools in Oakland reap big donations - Los Angeles Times http://lat.ms/ZdkSYPBrown shoots down charter boundary restrictionby Kimberly Beltran(Calif.) An attempt by the Legislature to limit a charter school’s ability to locate outside the bord

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Time out from the MAP, the MSP, Amplify and the SBAC Common Core tests. Am I missing any? | Seattle Education

Time out from the MAP, the MSP, Amplify and the SBAC Common Core tests. Am I missing any? | Seattle Education: Time out from the MAP, the MSP, Amplify and the SBAC Common Core tests. Am I missing any?This infographic is brought to you by topeducationdegrees.org:Source: TopEducationDegrees.org

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Smoke, Mirrors, and Pension ‘Reform’ | NEA Today

Smoke, Mirrors, and Pension ‘Reform’ | NEA Today: Smoke, Mirrors, and Pension ‘Reform’September 24, 2014 by twalker Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Mary Ellen FlanneryPublic pensions are under attack across the U.S. From Arizona to Florida, state governors and legislators have been moving to cut pension benefits for retired teachers and other public employees, and enroll n

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Dana Goldstein Explains How Teachers Became America's Most Embattled Profession | John Thompson

Dana Goldstein Explains How Teachers Became America's Most Embattled Profession | John Thompson: Dana Goldstein Explains How Teachers Became America's Most Embattled Profession As promised, Dana Goldstein's thoroughly researched The Teacher Wars is more analytic than opinionated. Goldstein's objective narrative of assaults on the teaching profession lets the historical record take the place of com

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Morning Wink 9-24-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-24-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Sarah Darer Littman: The Gates Foundation as a Trojan Horse, Disabling DemocracySarah Darer Littman, who writes about education issues in Connecticut, tells a shocking story here of power and mo

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