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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-26-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Story of the Day: Education Entrepreneurs Set to Disrupt Our Schools for Their ProfitThis is the most important article you will read this week, this month, maybe this year. Lee Fang, a brilliant investigative reporter at the Nation Institute, documents the rise and growth of the new for-profit education industry. They seek out way

by mike simpson / 7:40 AM UTC-7

9-26-14 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: The Secret to Eva Moskowitz’s ‘Success’Another curious fact about Success Academy is the attrition of both students and teachers. For schools that are widely acclaimed, this is surprising indeed. Why do so many students and teachers leave?... What we can learn from Success Academy is that it is possible to winnow out the most intractable students and be left with the best and most

by mike simpson / 2min

9-26-14 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 (2014) Best Tweets — Part FourEvery month I make a few short lists highlighting my choices of the best resources I through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave cre

by mike simpson / 7min

9-26-14 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.: A letter to IEA Retired. No circular firing squads.Dear Janet, I am writing this to you in your position of IEA Retired Chair. Yesterday, as chapter president of the Skokie Organization of Retired Educators IEA Retired I was asked to send out a letter to our members signed by you, vice chair Jim Duffy

by mike simpson / 7min

9-26-14 Wait What? - Tom Foley’s bizarre move on Education Policy and its potential impact on the CEA endorsement

Wait What?: Tom Foley’s bizarre move on Education Policy and its potential impact on the CEA endorsementIn what appears to be an ongoing effort to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory, Tom Foley, the Republican candidate for governor, has proposed an education policy that looks eerily similar to Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy’s corporate education reform initiatives. Over the past four years Gov

by mike simpson / 8min

9-26-14 Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet: Banned Books Week: the 10 most challenged books every year since 2000You might not think a best-selling book for kids called “Captain Underpants” would be terribly objectionable, but, as it turns out, it tops the 2013 list of books most challenged in schools and libraries in 2013. Why? Reasons cited by challengers: Offensive language, unsuited for age group, violence. It’s Banned Boo

by mike simpson / 16min

9-26-14 Schools Matter All Week

Schools Matter: On Rhonda of the HamptonsA nice piece from Perdido Street School:Lyndsey 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 who Randi is. Most peo

by mike simpson / 18min

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-26-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Crenshaw Principal Testifies That Teachers’ Dismissals Not Tied To Union ActivityBy Stephen Ceasar | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1pvSOFa Alex Caputo-Pearl answers a question during a UTLA forum in June. The union president alleges he and 11 other Crenshaw High teachers were let go for union activism. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) Sept 25, 2014 | 6:2

by mike simpson / 21min

9-26-14 @ 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 / 22min

9-26-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks: WORKERS' COMP CLAIMS SURGE AT LAUSD. - tribe.nethttp://kentucky.tribe.net/template/pub,oc,Detail.vm?topicid=42246e34-c1b8-472f-a632-eebd04ee9e7c&plugin=blog&inst=41953348 WORKERS' COMP CLAIMS SURGE AT LAUSD. Thu, September 25, 2014 - 12:17 PM An additional part of the problem is that the district fell short for many years to carry out workers' settlement with appro

by mike simpson / 26min

9-26-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Cuomo Will Start A Witch Hunt Of "Failing" Teachers In His Second TermHere's a preview of the second term shenanigans we can expect from Governor Andrew Cuomo on his vaunted APPR teacher evaluation system:Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Tuesday the state’s new teacher evaluation system will need to be refined, but he said he would like to see more data before pushing for

by mike simpson / 28min

Columbus Dispatch: Ohio School District Rankings Correlate with Family Income | janresseger

Columbus Dispatch: Ohio School District Rankings Correlate with Family Income | janresseger: Columbus Dispatch: Ohio School District Rankings Correlate with Family IncomePosted on September 26, 2014 by janressegerBack in 2005, the Committee on Public Education and Literacy of the National Council of Churches released a statement, Ten Moral Concerns in No Child Left Behind. As number 9 on its list

by mike simpson / 37min

Rabble Rouser | EduShyster

Rabble Rouser | EduShyster: Rabble RouserLily Eskelsen Garcia is the new president of the NEA and she’s got something to say…EduShyster: You recently met with President Obama. I’ll ask this next question on behalf of all of my readers: did you set him straight?Eskelsen Garcia: I can tell you that I had an amazing opportunity to have a very short conversation with the President. I got to ride in th

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GUEST BLOG: Christie’s ruthless ambition–a report from a victim | Bob Braun's Ledger

GUEST BLOG: Christie’s ruthless ambition–a report from a victim | Bob Braun's Ledger: GUEST BLOG: Christie’s ruthless ambition–a report from a victimLou Manzo, a former assemblyman and Jersey City mayoral candidate, was indicted by Christie’s cronies in the US Attorney’s office but the case was dismissed–after ruining his reputation and finances. He writes a blog and has published a book, “Ruthles

1 by mike simpson / 48min

NYC Educator: In the Darkest Times

NYC Educator: In the Darkest Times: In the Darkest TimesReforminess is everywhere. Every place you turn there's a Campbell Brown or Mona Davids crawling out from under a rock and blaming you for every ill in creation. The solution, they say, is for you to be summarily fired if the principal doesn't like your haircut. The proof, they say, is for kids to pass some test that is not only utterly inapp

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To La.’s Accountability Commission, As They ReVAMp Teacher Evals | deutsch29

To La.’s Accountability Commission, As They ReVAMp Teacher Evals | deutsch29: To La.’s Accountability Commission, As They ReVAMp Teacher EvalsSeptember 25, 2014In 2010, Louisiana Representative Frank Hoffman authored the bill to include student test scores as part of teacher evaluations.Hoffman said that he “would never do anything that would hurt good teachers”– an irony, since via his bill, Hoff

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Barresi Is the Gift That Keeps on Giving for Anti-reform Education Activists | Life at the Intersections

Barresi Is the Gift That Keeps on Giving for Anti-reform Education Activists | Life at the Intersections: BARRESI IS THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING FOR ANTI-REFORM EDUCATION ACTIVISTSJanet Barresi, Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Activism becomes easier if there is a big figure who is openly defiant and antagonistic toward the position of the activists. Think Lyndon Johnson during the

by mike simpson / 11h

Thomas Kane On Educational Reform |

Thomas Kane On Educational Reform |: Thomas Kane On Educational Reform You might recall from a prior post, the name of Thomas Kane, an economics professor from Harvard University who also directed the $45 million worth of Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) studies for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Not surprisingly as a VAM advocate, he advanced then, and continues to advance now, a se

1 by mike simpson / 13h

Nashville Public Radio | Survey Says Common Core Support Drops Drastically Among Tennessee Teachers

Nashville Public Radio | Survey Says Common Core Support Drops Drastically Among Tennessee Teachers: Survey Says Common Core Support Drops Drastically Among Tennessee Teachers Last year, 60 percent of Tennessee teachers thought Common Core standards would improve student learning. This year, that number has dropped to 39 percent.The First to the Top survey conducted by Vanderbilt found that almos

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Nite Cap 9-25-14 #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 CAP9-23-14 Wait What? - Malloy to Teachers – The story behind the story about UConn’s decision to spend $1 million to fix a roofWait What?: The story behind the story about UConn’s decision to spend $1 million to fix a roof19 years after the passage

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9-23-14 Wait What? - Malloy to Teachers – The story behind the story about UConn’s decision to spend $1 million to fix a roof

Wait What?: The story behind the story about UConn’s decision to spend $1 million to fix a roof19 years after the passage of UConn 2000, the initiatives that included the funds to renovate the Torrey Life Sciences Building, The University of Connecticut plans to spend $1 million on a new roof for the building which will then be torn down in next five to seven years after a new science building is

1 by mike simpson / 16h

9-25-14 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: John Dewey Principal Kathleen Elvin Discontinues Iraq War Vet and Mother “We’re sorry you won’t have health insurance for your child and thank you for serving your country. You’re fired!” • Single Mother• Iraq War Veteran • Teaching for Only Four MonthsThis is who Elvin and the AP of English wanted to terminate this past June. Termination would have meant that she could no longer

1 by mike simpson / 16h

Colorado Students Are Right: Your History Sucks | EduSanity

Colorado Students Are Right: Your History Sucks | EduSanity: COLORADO STUDENTS ARE RIGHT: YOUR HISTORY SUCKSI’ve been paying close attention to the events in Colorado in which students and faculty members of Jefferson County high schools have been protesting the formation of a curriculum review committee that would require students to learn a sanitized version of history that encourages blind patr

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Shock Poll: 56% of Tennessee Teachers Want to Abandon Common Core | Truth in American Education

Shock Poll: 56% of Tennessee Teachers Want to Abandon Common Core | Truth in American Education: Shock Poll: 56% of Tennessee Teachers Want to Abandon Common CoreFiled in Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level by Shane Vander Hart on September 25, 2014 •0 Comments12216The Tennessean reports that a majority of teachers now oppose the Common Core State Standards.I’m sure that’s just b

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Robert Shireman’s Continuing Efforts To Influence Education Policy | CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Robert Shireman’s Continuing Efforts To Influence Education Policy | CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington:Robert Shireman’s Continuing Efforts To Influence Education PolicyBy Anne WeismannEducation, Federal Agencies, Department of Education, FOIA, Legal, FOIA Requests, Robert ShiremanRobert Shireman, former Deputy Undersecretary of Education, left the government under a clou

1 by mike simpson / 16h

Venture Capitalists Are Poised to ‘Disrupt’ Everything About the Education Market | The Nation

Venture Capitalists Are Poised to ‘Disrupt’ Everything About the Education Market | The Nation: Venture Capitalists Are Poised to ‘Disrupt’ Everything About the Education MarketVenture capitalists and for-profit firms are salivating over the exploding $788.7 billion market in K-12 education. What does this mean for public school students? In his book, Finding the Next Starbucks: How to Identify an

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9-25-14 All NEW Living in Dialogue - A Response to Marc Tucker: Can We Win the Struggle For Democracy When Big Money Writes Public Education Policy?

Home - Living in Dialogue: A Response to Marc Tucker: Can We Win the Struggle For Democracy When Big Money Writes Public Education Policy?By Denny Taylor. I have read with interest the dialogue between Marc Tucker, Diane Ravitch, Anthony Cody, and Yong Zhao on the establishment of an American test-based public education accountability system. Forty years of research on the impact of political stru

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9-25-14 Curmudgucation - The Financial Fantasies of Choice

CURMUDGUCATION: The Financial Fantasies of Choice(Originally posted at View from the Cheap Seats) Proponents of choice systems, whether they're talking about charters or vouchers, depend on certain financial fictions to make their case. Like beach-bound vampires wearing SPF 110 sunscreen, these robust and rigorous fictions just won't die. Let's examine some of these dancing unicorns of the choice

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9-25-14 Cali Education Headlines

Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team | CSIS – California School Information Services: Stop The Power GrabStop The Power Grab Sacramento - Vote No on Measure L http://bit.ly/1p9x4o7Education HeadlinesSweep for 87 habitual truants brings 8 back to schoolOf 87 students targeted and 62 contacted in sweeps for habitually absent students, only eight were returned to school Wednesday in the fir

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9-25-14 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): 4 LAUSD elementary schools in pilot to improve safety for kids4 LAUSD elementary schools in pilot to improve safety for kids City Attorney Mike Feuer Getting safely to and from school can be tricky in a rough neighborhood. To make it easier, City Attorney Mike Feuer launched a pilot program earlier this m

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Marie Corfield: NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia has no time to be patient – Part III

Marie Corfield: NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia has no time to be patient – Part III: NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia has no time to be patient – Part III'Absurd' 'Idiotic' 'Toxic' 'Voodoo' 'Abusive'These are all words NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia used to describe education 'reform'—particularly standardized testing—in her recent 90-minute meeting with NJ ed bloggers, and quite frankly

1 by mike simpson / 22h

9-25-14 Jersey Jazzman - How To Counter Silly Arguments About the NJEA Convention: A Teacher's Guide

Jersey Jazzman: How To Counter Silly Arguments About the NJEA Convention: A Teacher's GuideWe're fast approaching early November, which means the New Jersey Education Association's annual convention will be here soon. And that means the foolish arguments against the convention will also be upon us.Chris Christie once said that if teachers "cared about learning," they "would not be d

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The Heart of Darkness, Indeed! | Bill Ayers

The Heart of Darkness, Indeed! | Bill Ayers: The Heart of Darkness, Indeed!President Obama “issued a fervent call to arms” at the UN yesterday, according to the New York Times, as he “charted a muscular new course for the [US] in a turbulent world.”Oy! That doesn’t sound good.And it gets worse: “Russian aggression in Europe recalls the days when large nations trampled small ones in pursuit of terr

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Morning Wink 9-25-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-25-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane 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 e

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