Morning Wink 9-27-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

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Louisiana Educator: Educators Speak Up Now or Forever Live With VAM and The Dog and Pony Show Called COMPASS

Louisiana Educator: Educators Speak Up Now or Forever Live With VAM and The Dog and Pony Show Called COMPASS: Educators Speak Up Now or Forever Live With VAM and The Dog and Pony Show Called COMPASSNote to readers: Legislators got so many complaints from both teachers and administrators last year on the new teacher evaluation system and the use of VAM to evaluate teachers that they passed Act 240 

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9-27-14 Missouri Education Watchdog This Week - #Commoncore Falls Apart in Alabama. But Don’t Worry: It’s All Candy Land.

Missouri Education Watchdog | “What's gotten in the way of education in the United States is a theory of social engineering that says there is ONE RIGHT WAY to proceed with growing up.” John Taylor Gatto: #Commoncore Falls Apart in Alabama. But Don’t Worry: It’s All Candy Land.Common Core State Standards Initiative has been an untested theory that is now in practice.  Promises made to parents (whe

by mike simpson / 8min 

NYC Educator: Cuomo, After Court Victory, Extends Supermajority Concept

NYC Educator: Cuomo, After Court Victory, Extends Supermajority Concept: Cuomo, After Court Victory, Extends Supermajority ConceptIn another great victory, Governor Andrew Cuomo has defeated a challenge demanding that votes that say "yes" to supporting public schools be counted with equal weight to those who vote "no." The judge suggested the one-person, one vote thing was outm

by mike simpson / 11min 

5 Options for Active Participation~R4Ed. - Musical Media For Education

5 Options for Active Participation~R4Ed. - Musical Media For Education: 5 Options for Active Participation~R4Ed.posted 8 hours ago2014-15 School Year:1) School Validation Visits2 hour visit(s) to public schools during the 2014-15 school year for on-site “evaluations” based on Learner-Centered R4Ed. criteria (anti-Common Core). Schools receive Red Seal of Approval/Removal, with optional half hour s

by mike simpson / 13min 

Our Connected Educator Month #CPChats Are Back In October #CE14 | Connected Principals

Our Connected Educator Month #CPChats Are Back In October #CE14 | Connected Principals: Our Connected Educator Month #CPChats Are Back In October #CE14by Patrick Larkin • September 27, 2014 • 0 CommentsWe are excited that for the second straight year Connected Principals will be working in conjunction with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and the National Association

by mike simpson / 17min 

Who’s Getting Caught In The “School-to-Prison” Pipeline? And Why? | PopularResistance.Org

Who’s Getting Caught In The “School-to-Prison” Pipeline? And Why? | PopularResistance.Org: Who’s Getting Caught In The “School-to-Prison” Pipeline? And Why?EDUCATE! EDUCATION, MASS INCARCERATION, RACISM By Frederick Reese, www.mintpressnews.comSeptember 27th, 2014  Powered by TranslateAP PhotoThe U.S. prison population is disproportionately black. The same racial disparity can be seen in the stude

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Teaching U.S. History in a Failing School | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Teaching U.S. History in a Failing School | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Teaching U.S. History in a Failing SchoolI observed this teacher teaching three history classes a few months ago in a persistently low-performing high school on the cusp of being “restructured.” All names are fictitious.Standing in the hallway outside of his classroom—a school policy as students move f

by mike simpson / 22min 

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 9-27-14

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog:U.S. Launches Air Strikes Against ISIS Targets in SyriaThe Guardian has the story here.Obama said in a televised address on 10 September that he would expand the US war against Isis into Syria, reversing a longstanding caution against involving the US in the bloody confusion of Syria’s civil war...The escalation of the war into Syria comes without explicit congressional

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Stephen Krashen Blog 9-27-14

SKrashen:Phonics “pays off” only on tests of phonicsSent to the Guardian, September 25".... phonics method pays off" (September 25) provides evidence only that intensive and "sysgtematic" phonics instructions will produce higher scores on tests of phonics. In the test, known as the "phonics check," five and six-year old children were asked only to pronounce words pres

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9-27-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement":“Florida PTA Urges State to Make Changes to School Accountability System”Florida PTA Urges State to Make Changes to School Accountability System is the headline of an Ed Week post. Here’s an excerpt: The Florida PTA issued a press release this week asking lawmakers and state Department of Education officials for the followin

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9-27-14 All NEW Living in Dialogue

Home | Living in Dialogue:Long Shadow Report: Strong Schools Require Strong CommunitiesBy Paul Horton. An important new study, The Long Shadow: Family Background, Disadvantaged Urban Youth, and the Transition to Adulthood by Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle, and Linda Olson, casts doubt on the current policy push to starve neighborhood public schools and fund charter schools that are not connected t

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9-27-14 Hemlock on the Rocks (The Big Gulp)

Hemlock on the Rocks: Bill Gates: Do Not Force Square Pegs Into Round HolesMr. and Mrs. Gates,My mother is a powerful and passionate woman, who, for my entire life, has never taken “no” for an answer. I come by this trait naturally. If, by now, it is not apparent that I am and will continue to be an advocate for my students, my colleagues, and my profession, I certainly hope that it will be clear

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9-27-14 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 WeekCommon 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 kno

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9-27-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Love Letters to the BATS

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 o

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9-27-14 Jersey Jazzman NJ Ed News Round-up Jammin' All Week

Jersey Jazzman:Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekHow 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,&q

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9-27-14 Curmudgucation Week

CURMUDGUCATION:Curmudgucation WeekThe Missing Link in the Reading DebateThe debate du jour is about reading, begun in the Intelligence Squared debate, continued through Carol Burris's follow-up column, and followed up by literacy expert Russ Walsh. Okay, it's debate in the sense that disagreements between regular scientists and the Flat Earth Society are debates. Over at the Fordham, Robert Pondis

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9-27-14 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):LAUSD places 9 schools among top 75 in county ‘Challenge Index’LAUSD places 9 schools among top 75 in county ‘Challenge Index’ Los Angeles School for Enriched Studies Washington Post education reporter Jay Mathews took an in-depth look at Los Angeles County this month when he applied his Challenge Index ra

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All Week @ The Answer Sheet 9-27-14

The Answer Sheet:All Week @ The Answer SheetWhy we can’t reform literacy and math all at onceSchool “reform” is hardly a new phenomenon in the public school system, with decades of efforts to improve reading and math scores. Why haven’t all these efforts met expectations? Here’s one explanation, from Andy Hargreaves, the Brennan Chair in Education in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College

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9-27-14 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 SocietyNice piece of writing by Chicago high school teacher and Louder Than a Bomb poetry coach, Dave Stieber at Huffington, &q...Nice piece of writing by Chicago high school teacher and Louder Than a Bomb poetry coach, Dave Stieber at Huffington, "Lessons Learned in Englewo

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9-27-14 Wait What? - All Week

Wait What?:  Wait What? All WeekTom 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

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9-27-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week

Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumHoping to See More of ThisI attended the Executive Committee meeting of the Whole this week.   It was actually a pleasure to be at the meeting and I hope to see more of what I heard and saw.It's kind of sad, really, that it was just me, the Board and staff.  (Long-time watchdog Chris Jackins came in briefly but left.)  Because I wish m

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9-27-14 Ed Notes Online Week

Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineThe 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 th

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9-27-14 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 teacher“I made a mistake.”Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson tries to join protesters. Another riot nearly ensues. . The other day Rahm said he made a mistake. He’s made many. But he only copped to one: Naming the planned north side se

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9-27-14 Perdido Street School Week

Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekCuomo: No Shift In Treatment Of Teachers In Second TermFrom State of Politics:Asked about whether he’s shifting his tactics post-primary, Cuomo said he wouldn’t change his approach to public workers and teachers labor organizations. “I knew what I was doing when I did not cater to the teachers union. I didn’t have to take the endorsement of the teac

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9-27-14 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 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 unpack and challenge the lessons the

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-27-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT  AGENDA/ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LAUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION, 4:01 p.m. Tuesday, September. 30, 2014posted: Fri, Sep 26, 2014 5:23 pm  1 by smf / 8h “It isn’t how you play the game, it’s who keeps score that counts”: REPORT SHOWS VARIATION IN HOW STATES SACK UP AGAINST INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS 

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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 9-27-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL LARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE WEEKSeptember’s Best Posts From This BlogI regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (mo

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This Week's Education Research Report 9-27-14 #edreform #EDCHAT #P2

Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTThe scarring effects of primary-grade retention?New study finds that primary-grade retention reduces the odds of completing high school by about 60 percent in matched samples of retained and non-retained studentsAn article released by Social Forces titled, "The Scarring Effects of Primary-Grade Retention? A Study of Cumulative Adva

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9-27-14 Schools Matter All Week

Schools Matter:  Schools Matter All WeekThe Unbearable Lightness of Neo-Liberal Historical Revisionism in EducationDana Goldstein studied intellectual history at Brown before she became a reporter, then a grad student at Columbia, and now another author among the growing tribe of young, privileged white folks with new books intended to make the world safe for corporate education reform.Goldstein j

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All Week 9-27-14 @ 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 9-27-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2

Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGYohuru Williams: Attacking Teacher Tenure Does NOT Promote Civil RightsYohuru Williams, a historian at Fairfield University, sharply rebukes those who seek to eliminate tenure and claim to be advancing “civil rights.” His article on Huffington Post is titled “Lies My Corporate Ed Reformers Told Me: The Truth about Teacher

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College Board: We support the "actions," protests of Jeffco students - The Denver Post

College Board: We support the "actions," protests of Jeffco students - The Denver Post: College Board: We support the "actions," protests of Jeffco studentsBy Jesse PaulThe Denver PostPOSTED:   09/26/2014 12:14:52 PM MDT213 COMMENTS| UPDATED:   ABOUT 5 HOURS AGOParents, residents, and teachers, wave signs in support of teachers at the corner of S. Kipling Parkway and Bowles Ave

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Nite Cap 9-26-14 #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 CAPMedia Mobilizing Project Video On Week of Resistance | WeArePCAPSMedia Mobilizing Project Video On Week of Resistance | WeArePCAPS: Media Mobilizing Project Video On Week of ResistanceSchools Not Prisons Action at Gubernatorial DebateNext week th

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Media Mobilizing Project Video On Week of Resistance | WeArePCAPS

Media Mobilizing Project Video On Week of Resistance | WeArePCAPS: Media Mobilizing Project Video On Week of ResistanceSchools Not Prisons Action at Gubernatorial DebateNext week the campaign to elect a Governor committed to education continues with a  a Schools, Not Prisons action outside the radio debate between Governor Corbett and challenger Tom Wolf.   We are joining with Decarcerate PA, ACT-

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Proposition 1B: Someone needs to get their story straight | Seattle Education

Proposition 1B: Someone needs to get their story straight | Seattle Education: Proposition 1B: Someone needs to get their story straightSomeone told me that during the endorsement proceedings at the Metropolitan Democratic Club of Seattle held on September 24th, Councilmember Tim Burgess stated that students in his Preschool for All program would not be assessed using a “bubble test”.The week befo

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9-26-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": “How Districts Can Lay the Groundwork for Lasting Family Engagement”How Districts Can Lay the Groundwork for Lasting Family Engagement is a new report from SEDL, which generally puts out some decent resources. Here’s how it describes its report: Family engagement in a student’s education can lead to improved student academi

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In cheating, principals cited intense pressure to raise scores | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

In cheating, principals cited intense pressure to raise scores | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: In cheating, principals cited intense pressure to raise scoresBy Kevin McCorry for NewsWorks on Sep 26, 2014 04:05 PMCOMMENTS (0)PRINTEarly in the morning, before anyone else arrived, former Communications Technical High School principal Barbara McCreery would sit in her office and redo some of he

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#Commoncore Falling Apart in Missouri | Missouri Education Watchdog

#Commoncore Falling Apart in Missouri | Missouri Education Watchdog: #Commoncore Falling Apart in MissouriinShare(click on graphic to enlarge)Missouri schools are starting to experience with what early implementing Common Core states like New York and Kentucky found out about Common Core two years ago: it’s not higher or better.  Look what was was shared from a rural Missouri school:Proponents wil

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9-26-14 All NEW Living in Dialogue - Rebel-lion by Columbine Rebels Brings Student Walk-Outs to South Jeffco

Home - Living in Dialogue: Long Shadow Report: Strong Schools Require Strong CommunitiesBy Paul Horton. An important new study, The Long Shadow: Family Background, Disadvantaged Urban Youth, and the Transition to Adulthood by Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle, and Linda Olson, casts doubt on the current policy push to starve neighborhood public schools and fund charter schools that are not connected

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People Protest Unprecedented Plan To Privatize All Public Schools In York | PopularResistance.Org

People Protest Unprecedented Plan To Privatize All Public Schools In York | PopularResistance.Org: People Protest Unprecedented Plan To Privatize All Public Schools In YorkRESIST! EDUCATION, PRIVATIZATION, STUDENT ACTIVISM, STUDENT PROTEST By Staff, www.PopularResistance.orgSeptember 26th, 2014  Powered by TranslateAbove: Protest against public school privatization. Above and all photos from Flick

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Choosing Democracy: Tuck hedges on Proposition 30 school funding extension

Choosing Democracy: Tuck hedges on Proposition 30 school funding extension: Tuck hedges on Proposition 30 school funding extensionfrom the Sacramento Bee.  By Alexei KoseffPublished: Thursday, Sep. 25, 2014 - 10:50 pmState schools chief challenger Marshall Tuck would be open to extending Proposition 30, the temporary school funding tax hike passed by California voters in 2012, but only if it’s tie

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Cali Education Headlines 9-26-14 – California School Information Services

Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team | CSIS – California School Information Services: Education HeadlinesWest Covina Unified superintendent Debra Kaplan to retire at end of the yearWest Covina Unified School District Superintendent Debra Kaplan announced Thursday she will retire from the district at the end of December. September 26, 2014Parents lobby to preserve Citrus Heights elementar

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Russ on Reading: Whither the Joy of Reading?

Russ on Reading: Whither the Joy of Reading?: Whither the Joy of Reading?The act of coming to be a reader is infinitely complex. So complex that any attempt to talk about teaching reading is ultimately inadequate. This is certainly true of the recent article I wrote for theWashington Post Answer Sheet. The purpose of that piece was to take a close look at some research purporting the benefits of “

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9-26-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadThis has (and continues to be) an interesting week for me as I stump against the two preschool measures.  More on this to come.From SPS:Hello West Seattle Families, Due to potential family scheduling conflicts, Seattle Public Schools is rescheduling the Monday, Sept. 29, Superintendent meet and greet at the Neighborhood House in West Seattle. We’v

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9-26-14 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: Bond panel gives thumbs down to new computersMorning Read: Bond panel gives thumbs down to new computers L.A. Unified oversight panel rejects $42 million for computers The Los Angeles school district’s bond oversight panel rejected a move Thursday by officials to spend an additional $42 mill

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Why Didn’t LAUSD Perform A Tech Review Before iPad/MiSiS Purchase?

Why Didn’t LAUSD Perform A Tech Review Before iPad/MiSiS Purchase?: Why Didn’t LAUSD Perform A Tech Review Before iPad/MiSiS Purchase?SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 BY K12NN SITE ADMIN LEAVE A COMMENTBad ed tech deals continue to plague LAUSD — currently starting its second month of meltdown, the MiSiS student tracking and class scheduling software mandated by a court-ordered consent decree is a ticking time

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9-26-14 Curmudgucation - The Financial Fantasies of Choice

CURMUDGUCATION: The Missing Link in the Reading DebateThe debate du jour is about reading, begun in the Intelligence Squared debate, continued through Carol Burris's follow-up column, and followed up by literacy expert Russ Walsh. Okay, it's debate in the sense that disagreements between regular scientists and the Flat Earth Society are debates. Over at the Fordham, Robert Pondiscio offered his tw

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Nice piece of writing by Chicago high school teacher and Louder Than a Bomb - Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Nice piece of writing by Chicago high school teacher and Louder Than a Bomb Nice piece of writing by Chicago high school teacher and Louder Than a Bomb poetry coach,Dave Stieber at Huffington, "Lessons Learned in Englewood: 8 Years of Reflections From a CPS Teacher". Worth sharing with my students and fellow educators.Dave Stieber's I Teach website is here.

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Misusing Data in Regard to Public Schools

Misusing Data in Regard to Public Schools: Misusing Data in Regard to Public SchoolsSEPTEMBER 26, 2014 BY NANCY BAILEY LEAVE A COMMENTData collection could be used positively and  privately to lift students and teachers and create great public schools. But the fear is that data is currently misused in many ways. Data has also been used to misrepresent America’s schools. Parents have often been dec

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How Was The Atlanta Cheating Scandal Was Uncovered - Business Insider

How Was The Atlanta Cheating Scandal Was Uncovered - Business Insider: Here's How An Alleged Cheating Ring That Could Send Atlanta Teachers To Prison Was UncoveredBeverly Hall holds up her award after she was named the 2009 Superintendent of the Year.A jury has been chosen in an extremely rare criminal cheating prosecution against Atlanta educators, and it all started with a local reporter who not

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U.S. Education Department opens civil rights investigation of New Orleans public school closures | NOLA.com

U.S. Education Department opens civil rights investigation of New Orleans public school closures | NOLA.com: U.S. Education Department opens civil rights investigation of New Orleans public school closures The U.S. Education Department has opened an investigation into charges that the Recovery School District's policy of closing and chartering New Orleans public schools violated the civil rights o

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'Don't Know Much about History': Is Denver the Start of a New Student Movement? | Yohuru Williams

'Don't Know Much about History': Is Denver the Start of a New Student Movement? | Yohuru Williams: 'Don't Know Much about History': Is Denver the Start of a New Student Movement?A walkout by students in Denver on Tuesday is just the latest in a series of peaceful student-led protests across the nation aimed at challenging the corrosive effects of corporate education reform. Reportedly, proposed ch

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Morning Wink 9-26-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-26-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane 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 brillian

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