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Answer Sheet: Does holding kids back a year help them academically? No. But schools still do it.It may seem to make sense to hold back for a year a student who can’t read well but a mountain of research shows that it doesn’t actually help. Unfortunately, school reformers don’t seem to care what the research says. Here to discuss this is Paul Thomas, an associate professor of education at Furman Un

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9-7-14 Schools Matter All Week

Schools Matter: Gates Civ 101: The Antiseptic History MOOC Comes to High SchoolSome reporters for the New York Times pretend to be stupid enough to believe Bill Gates is out to simply make his favorite history course available to every high school student in America. The bigger assumption by the New York Times is that the American people are as stupid as their "reporter" pretends to be.

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9-7-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Andrew Cuomo Snub Of Opponent Zephyr Teachout At Parade Goes ViralAnd now the rest of America gets to see what an arrogant little man-child our governor is.Here's Politico's coverage of the Cuomo/De Blasio snub of Teachout New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo greeted participants in New York City’s Labor Day Parade on Saturday, but one person didn’t get a warm welcome: his primary opp

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An Open Letter To The White Teachers Who Wore NYPD T-Shirts To School, Despite Being Told Not To

An Open Letter To The White Teachers Who Wore NYPD T-Shirts To School, Despite Being Told Not To: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE WHITE TEACHERS WHO WORE NYPD T-SHIRTS TO SCHOOL, DESPITE BEING TOLD NOT TODear PS 220 White Teachers Who Wore NYPD T-Shirts To School,It must have seemed like a fantastic idea when, despite warnings from from the United Federation of Teachers, you all donned NYPD shirts and crowd

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Turning a Profit Would Be So Much Easier if Children Were Tropical Fruit in No Pineapple Left Behind ‹ Hardcore Gamer

Turning a Profit Would Be So Much Easier if Children Were Tropical Fruit in No Pineapple Left Behind ‹ Hardcore Gamer: TURNING A PROFIT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER IF CHILDREN WERE TROPICAL FRUIT IN NO PINEAPPLE LEFT BEHINDPosted by James Cunningham on 06 Sep 2014Pineapples are easy. They don’t ask questions, cause trouble, run around, have special needs, or do much more than sit there. Schools, on

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Listen To The Music | 9-7-14 Wag The Dog

Listen To The Music | WagTheDog: Listen To The Music Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that we are never so alive as when we concern ourselves with other people.~ Harry ChapinStudents will learn more from text that is unpretentious and emotive than complex and informational. Readings in the classroom should stimulate student feelings and stir up

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Andrew Cuomo, Zephyr Teachout parade video goes viral - Adam Sneed - POLITICO.com

Andrew Cuomo, Zephyr Teachout parade video goes viral - Adam Sneed - POLITICO.com: Andrew Cuomo, Zephyr Teachout parade video goes viralBy ADAM SNEED | 9/6/14 7:49 PM EDTNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo greeted participants in New York City’s Labor Day Parade on Saturday, but one person didn’t get a warm welcome: his primary opponent.A video posted on NewYorkTrue.com shows Zephyr Teachout, who is challe

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-7-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Paul Tractenberg: Ideology Trumps Evidence in Press for All-Charter DistrictsPaul Tractenberg, a distinguished law professor at Rutgers University, challenges the idea that all-charter districts based on the New Orleans model are a magic bullet for Newark, Camden, and other low-performing districts in New Jersey. He notes that for

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9-7-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Quote Of The Day: “The Book That Got Teaching Right”Samuel G. Freedman has written a great column in The New Yorker about the book Up the Down Staircase whose author, Bel Kaufman, died this past summer. His column is headlined The Book That Got Teaching Right. Here’s an excerpt: I certainly had heard of the book and movie b

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9-7-14 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.: Sunday reads.Whitney Young High School alums Bill Drew, Carlos Rosa and Sam Spitz canvassing my 35th Ward for Carlos. Mary Mitchell: Last week, (Chicago police officer) Evans was charged with two felonies for allegedly shoving his service revolver down a suspect’s throat and holding a Taser to the man

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Gates, Other “Philanthropy,” and the Purchase of a Success Narrative | deutsch29

Gates, Other “Philanthropy,” and the Purchase of a Success Narrative | deutsch29: Gates, Other “Philanthropy,” and the Purchase of a Success NarrativeSeptember 6, 2014Billionaire Bill Gates funds the media.This is no surprise to me.What did surprise me is the discovery that he meets with the media he funds (and others) regularly behind closed doors.Yep.Gates Briefs a Media He Pays For (And Then So

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9-7-14 @ 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 / 45min

9-7-14 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): Cashing in on Journalism’s Neutral PoseAs I have highlighted several times about how often education journalism fails the democratic goals of both the free press and universal public education, this Tweet from Juana Summers at NPR represents the power of the neutral pose

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9-7-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks: Fwd: Twelve Theses on Education's Future in the Age of Neoliberalism and TerrorismTwelve Theses on Education's Future in the Age of Neoliberalism and Terrorism Thursday, 04 September 2014 10:03 By Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Henry A. Giroux, Kenneth J. Saltman, and Sophia A. McClennen, Paradigm Publishers | Book Excerpt 101 font size Print Email (Image: Paradigm Publishers)This exce

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9-7-14 Curmudgucation

CURMUDGUCATION: No, Education Post Is Not About ConversationTwelve million dollars buys you a big splash. Many of us have launched blogs; very few of us have had heavy press coverage of the launch.When Anthony Cody, a nationally known education writer and activist left the nest at Education Week to launch Living in Dialogue, a website that features work from many of the top writers in education po

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NYC Educator: Opting for the Joys of Childhood

NYC Educator: Opting for the Joys of Childhood: Opting for the Joys of ChildhoodThink for a moment of your best elementary-school memories. Do they involve tests or prepping for tests? Or, were they the kind of moments that are being pushed aside to make room for the Core?Think for another moment: How many academic failures did you experience in elementary school? Surely, we all must have fai

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Video: Is Lafayette Parish Schools Selling a “Visual Strategy” or Common Core? | deutsch29

Video: Is Lafayette Parish Schools Selling a “Visual Strategy” or Common Core? | deutsch29: Video: Is Lafayette Parish Schools Selling a “Visual Strategy” or Common Core?September 6, 2014Let’s examine a program known as Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS). They’ve been around for a while. It is important to note that VTS predates test-driven education “reform,” both the Common Core State Standards (C

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The Courage of Their Convictions by teacherken

The Courage of Their Convictions: The Courage of Their ConvictionsbyteacherkenFollow 6 Comments / 6 Newis the title of this book by Peter Irons.One of those featured in the book was a woman who as a girl - along with her brother - refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. They were both Jehovah's Witnesses. They were both expelled, and the Supreme Court, in 1940, upheld their expulsion in M

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Nite Cap 9-6-14 #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 CAPWhy Don’t More Men Go Into Teaching? - NYTimes.comWhy Don’t More Men Go Into Teaching? - NYTimes.com: Why Don’t More Men Go Into Teaching?AS Tommie Leaders, 22, approached college graduation last spring, his professors told him he would have no t

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Why Don’t More Men Go Into Teaching? - NYTimes.com

Why Don’t More Men Go Into Teaching? - NYTimes.com: Why Don’t More Men Go Into Teaching?AS Tommie Leaders, 22, approached college graduation last spring, his professors told him he would have no trouble getting hired. “You’re a guy teaching elementary, ” they said.Mr. Leaders, who earned his education degree from the University of Nebraska in June, started teaching fifth grade last month in Counci

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NYC Public School Parents: Welcome back, parents (and teachers), and please let us know what your child's class sizes are this year

NYC Public School Parents: Welcome back, parents (and teachers), and please let us know what your child's class sizes are this year: Welcome back, parents (and teachers), and please let us know what your child's class sizes are this yearDear parents:Welcome back to another school year; I hope you all had a great summer. There is one big and potentially great addition to our schools this fall – ex

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The Need For Courageous Leadership | Connected Principals

The Need For Courageous Leadership | Connected Principals: The Need For Courageous Leadershipby George Couros • September 6, 2014 • 0 CommentsA few years ago, I was astonished to see that Sweden turned over their country Twitter account to a different person that lived in the country for a week. Even though it was meant to be an “experiment” that lasted only two months, if you look at the account

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Drop CPS’ reform strategy: CPS neighborhood school growth outpaces charters - Chicago Sun-Times

Drop CPS’ reform strategy: CPS neighborhood school growth outpaces charters - Chicago Sun-Times: Drop CPS’ reform strategy: CPS neighborhood school growth outpaces chartersWhen mayor Rahm Emanuel recently heralded a small gain on the average Chicago Public Schools elementary “MAP” test results, I knew something wasn’t quite right. It wasn’t what he said; it was what he didn’t say. You see, this is

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9-6-14 Saturday Matinée Double Feature "Eli's Clone Factory and $ing a $ong of $ixpence" News Breakout

Saturday Matinée Double FeatureNews Breakout Eli's Clone Factory$ing a $ong of $ixpenceParents United wins school closings disclosure case (again) but it’s not over yet | Parents United for Public EducationParents United wins school closings disclosure case (again) but it’s not over yet | Parents United for Public Education: Parents United wins school closings disclosure case (again) but it’s not

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Parents United wins school closings disclosure case (again) but it’s not over yet | Parents United for Public Education

Parents United wins school closings disclosure case (again) but it’s not over yet | Parents United for Public Education: Parents United wins school closings disclosure case (again) but it’s not over yetSeptember 6, 2014 by HELENGYMLeave a comment(Cartoonist: Jim Borgman)This summer the Court of Common Pleas upheld our right to make public the list of 60 schools identified for closure by the Boston

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So Bill Gates Has This Idea for a History Class ... - NYTimes.com

So Bill Gates Has This Idea for a History Class ... - NYTimes.com: So Bill Gates Has This Idea for a History Class ... In 2008, shortly after Bill Gates stepped down from his executive role at Microsoft, he often awoke in his 66,000-square-foot home on the eastern bank of Lake Washington and walked downstairs to his private gym in a baggy T-shirt, shorts, sneakers and black socks yanked up to the

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SCHOOLS: State superintendent sees how new money is being spent - Press Enterprise

SCHOOLS: State superintendent sees how new money is being spent - Press Enterprise: SCHOOLS: State superintendent sees how new money is being spentRiverside’s Poly High shows how all students are being prepared for success as the state’s top education official tours honors and college preparation classroomsState Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson tours an AVID class at Poly High Sc

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One of the Best Explanations of First Grade Common Core Math. And it’s Not From a ‘Misinformed’ Right Wing Nutjob. | Missouri Education Watchdog

One of the Best Explanations of First Grade Common Core Math. And it’s Not From a ‘Misinformed’ Right Wing Nutjob. | Missouri Education Watchdog: One of the Best Explanations of First Grade Common Core Math. And it’s Not From a ‘Misinformed’ Right Wing Nutjob.inShareCrazy Crawfish, a blogger from Louisiana who was previously employed by the Louisiana Department of Education, wrote an article on Co

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Sacramento’s 1% line up behind strong-mayor proposal - Our Region - The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento’s power players line up behind strong-mayor proposal - Our Region - The Sacramento Bee: Sacramento’s power players line up behind strong-mayor proposalBy Ryan Lillisrlillis@sacbee.comPublished: Friday, Sep. 5, 2014 - 8:29 pmLast Modified: Saturday, Sep. 6, 2014 - 12:28 amKevin Johnson strode into a midtown loft building Wednesday evening, an entourage of handlers by his side.Inside the

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2nd Banana 9-6-14 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform

BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTInside the Mammoth Backlash to Common Core | Mother JonesInside the Mammoth Backlash to Common Core | Mother Jones: Inside the Mammoth Backlash to Common CoreHow a bipartisan education reform effort became the biggest conservative bogeyman since Obamacare.—By Tim Murphy| September/October 2014 IssueEmail262Illustration: Chris BuzelliONE NIG

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Morning Wink 9-6-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSQ&A: Dana Goldstein, Author, 'The Teacher Wars' : NPR Ed : NPRQ&A: Dana Goldstein, Author, 'The Teacher Wars' : NPR Ed : NPR: Q&A: Dana Goldstein, Author, 'The Teacher Wars'by ERIC WESTERVELTSeptember 06, 2014 8:43 AM ETI recently came to the education beat after spending the better part of a decade as a foreign correspondent, mainly reporting

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