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 CAP
#Commoncore Video Supports ‘The Bad Boyfriend’ Theory | Missouri Education Watchdog
#Commoncore Video Supports ‘The Bad Boyfriend’ Theory | Missouri Education Watchdog: #Commoncore Video Supports ‘The Bad Boyfriend’ TheoryinSharePeter Greene writes about Common Core in edweek.org and its ‘bad boyfriend’ problem. From The Common Core’s ‘Image Problem’ and Your Bad Boyfriend:The common core has an “image” problem in the same way that bad boyfriends have “image” problems. The image
Ouch! Are California Teachers Really That Greedy?
Epi Pens: Ouch! Are California Teachers Really That Greedy?BY POSTED BY ADMINISTRATORShare on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on pinterest_shareMore Sharing Services0The Los Angeles Times published an editorial urging Governor Brown “to ruffle the teachers unions” and sign Republican Leader Bob Huff’s bill SB1266 that calls for volunteers at schools to carry epi pens. As usual, the Tim
9-13-14 Saturday Matinée Double Feature "Camel Brown Has Left the Tent and Teacher Wars" News Breakout
Saturday Matinée Double FeatureNews Breakout Camel Brown Has Left the Tent captioned for Corporate Ed ReformersThe Camel's Nose In The Tent.One cold night, as an Arab sat in his tent, a camel gently thrust his nose under the flap and looked in. "Master," he said, "let me put my nose in your tent. It's cold and stormy out here." "By all means," said the Arab, "and
Dra. Batty Batista WELCOME TO THE BAT CAVE Badass - Teacher (BAT) Association
Badass Teacher (BAT) AssociationWELCOME TO THE BAT CAVEBadass Teacher Association Web Site
9-13-14 Schoolhouse Live - FL SUPT QUESTIONS NEED FOR CHARTERS
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2nd Banana 9-13-14 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTAn Open Letter To The White Teachers Who Wore NYPD T-Shirts To School, Despite Being Told Not ToAn 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
THE QUALITIES OF GOOD SCHOOLS ARE NO SECRET. | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing
THE QUALITIES OF GOOD SCHOOLS ARE NO SECRET. | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing: THE QUALITIES OF GOOD SCHOOLS ARE NO SECRET.We know what they are. So do your children. So do your children’s teachers.The highly touted Finns do as well, after all, they developed their high quality system in the early 1990s’ taking the best of what we introduced in the US in the 60’s and 70’s:We know it takes a de
Morning Wink 9-13-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSNYC Educator: Beseiged at Every AngleNYC Educator: Beseiged at Every Angle: Beseiged at Every AngleIt's pretty fun to watch Mona Davids and Campbell Brown bicker over who is best to curtail the right of working teachers to due process. Who wins the prize for hating working teachers more? I read that Mona was passing out fake money with Campbell Brown's fac
NYC Educator: Beseiged at Every Angle
NYC Educator: Beseiged at Every Angle: Beseiged at Every AngleIt's pretty fun to watch Mona Davids and Campbell Brown bicker over who is best to curtail the right of working teachers to due process. Who wins the prize for hating working teachers more? I read that Mona was passing out fake money with Campbell Brown's face on it. After all, how dare Campbell Brown be more famous, have more money, an
Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Fatal Attraction: America’s Suicidal Quest for Educational Excellence
Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Fatal Attraction: America’s Suicidal Quest for Educational Excellence: Fatal Attraction: America’s Suicidal Quest for Educational Excellence13 SEPTEMBER 2014 552 NO COMMENT[This is the introduction to my latest book Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon: Why China has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World published by Jossey-Bass in
Teachers For Social Justice: TSJ Fall Meeting - Help plan the 13th annual Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair - Sat Sept 27th at 11:00am
Teachers For Social Justice: TSJ Fall Meeting - Help plan the 13th annual Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair - Sat Sept 27th at 11:00am: TSJ Fall Meeting - Help plan the 13th annual Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair - Sat Sept 27th at 11:00amSEPTEMBER 13, 2014 LEAVE A COMMENTTSJ Fall MeetingSaturday, Sept 2711:00 AM - 1:00 PMGet involved in creating the 13th annual Teaching for
Anatomy of Educational Inequality & Why School Funding Matters | School Finance 101
Anatomy of Educational Inequality & Why School Funding Matters | School Finance 101: School Finance 101Data and thoughts on public and private school funding in the U.S.Anatomy of Educational Inequality & Why School Funding MattersPosted on September 13, 201401 VotesFigure 1 – Geographic Distribution of Children & Money in IllinoisThere continues to be much bluster out there in ed refo
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 9-13-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog:Politics and the English LanguagePeriods 5 and 6 read George Orwell's Politics and the English Language this week. The essay is an appropriate starting point for our study of government and politics because it focuses on language and writing, specifically how the modern decadence of our language is both a cause and effect of our corrupted thoughts. Political language
9-13-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement":Good Parent Engagement Idea From Donalyn MillerI’m adding this tweet to The Best Sources Of Parent Engagement Advice For Teachers: A4. Check out books to parents. Offer two copies of the same book, so they can read with/alongside their child. #titletalk — Donalyn Miller (@donalynbooks) September 7, 20143 by Larry Ferlazzo /
9-13-14 All NEW Living in Dialogue
Home | Living in Dialogue:Gates Money Attempts to Shift the Education Conversation to SuccessesIn 2010, a stark image was broadcast around the nation. It showed a child seated at a school desk surrounded by absolute devastation and ruin. That image was used promote the movie, “Waiting For Superman.” The movie was boosted with a $2 million advertising grant from the Gates Foundation, and was furthe
Stephen Krashen Blog 9-13-14
SKrashen:The "middle skills" shortage: The common core will make it worseSent to the Wall Street Journal, Sept. 11, 2014"German robots school U.S. workers" (Sept. 10) is the most recent of a series of reports in the Wall Street Journal on the substantial shortage of job applicants with "middle skills," requiring less than a college degree but more than high school. In
9-13-14 Hemlock on the Rocks (The Big Gulp)
Hemlock on the Rocks: Are You Being Bullied At Work? | Workplace Bullying Institutehttp://www.workplacebullying.org/individuals/problem/being-bullied/ Being Bullied? Start Here Welcome. To help you get started, read the material below to make a difference in your health and your life. This website is for you and supportive or skeptical family and friends. You will find answers to your many questio
9-13-14 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 WeekLessons of 9/11Schools should be in the business of creating diverse and stimulating learning environments and experiences where a child’s athletic, artistic, social, and emotional inclinations and skills are free to flourish and thrive. We should prepare o
9-13-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Love Letters to the BATS
With A Brooklyn Accent:Stop the Attack on the Nation's Veteran Teachers!The attack on the nation's veteran teachers- which has taken and continues to take an incredible toll on the mental and physical health of hundreds of thousands of people- is something which must be analyzed and exposed no matter whose "ox is gored" and that concludes leaders of the nation's teachers unions. All over
9-13-14 Jersey Jazzman NJ Ed News Round-up Jammin' All Week
Jersey Jazzman:Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekUnder @GovChristie, State Control of Urban Schools Is a DisasterThe fiscal failures of Chris Christie are well-documented at this point: huge budget woes, no payments to the pension that were required under his own plan, bond ratings in a downward spiral, and the withering of Atlantic City's gaming industry have all occurred on Christie's watch.But we
9-13-14 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION:Curmudgucation WeekWhy So Politicized?!Education Post is beginning to look like an organization dedicated to the proposition that it takes an entire village to replace She Who Will Not Be Named. Though they have not yet announced plans to run a large urban school district into the ground, they are laboring mightily to make themselves a clearinghouse for all the top talking points fo
9-13-14 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):Next election season opens for 2015 primaryNext election season opens for 2015 primary With more than a month left before November’s election, the Los Angeles City Clerk is already looking toward the next election season. It announced today that candidates intending to run for office in the primary, slated
All Week @ The Answer Sheet 9-13-14
The Answer Sheet:All Week @ The Answer SheetFormer education secretary Bill Bennett paid to praise Common Core to conservativesBill Bennett, who was education secretary under President Ronald Reagan, just published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal: “The Conservative Case for Common Core,” with the subhead: Federal intrusion and misleading rumors do a disservice to an effort that started in the
9-13-14 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 SocietyLesson from Teachout: It won't be as easy for Rahm to buy the next electionYou've really got to go back to Bloomberg's narrow escape in his 2009 victory in the NY mayor's race over relative unknown, Bill Thompson. Bloomberg poured $90 million of his own fortune into the race,
9-13-14 Wait What? - All Week Breaking: Pelto/Murphy Register as Write-In Candidates for 2014
Wait What?: Wait What? All WeekPelto/Murphy Register as Write-In Candidates for 2014“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, you will cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” […] The post Pelto/Murphy Register as Write-In Candidates for 2014 appeared first on Wait What?.100+ by jonpelto / 20h
9-13-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumFriday Open ThreadUpdate: there is one Director Community meeting tomorrow - with Director Carr - from 8:30-10 am at Bethany Community Church with a hard stop at 10 am as the Board also has its Board retreat tomorrow from 10:30-3:00 pm at JSCEE. I would put up the agenda but it is not available. Why it isn't available is always a m
9-13-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineNYSUT Update: New Organizers Will Not Be UnionizedWe find it deeply disturbing that a majority of the staff currently employed by NYSUT in the legislative department are classified as managers and are not allowed to join a union.....This is coming from some upstate NYSUT people. Remember - Unity Caucus in NYC controls much of NYSUT in NYState which controls the nati
9-13-14 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 teacherRahm announces his Give-Every-Classroom-A-Pet program.1 by Fred Klonsky / 6min Keeping retirement weird. Disrespecting your elders.When I retired in 2012 I gave up my six-year old orange convertible Mini Cooper. Frankly, it was a
9-13-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekCollege For All Once Again Exposed As MythThe NY Times shows what's happened to the "American Dream" since 1989 - even for the college-educated:YOUNG families are better educated than ever before, but they are earning lower real incomes. The Federal Reserve Board’s newly released 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances indicates that the median f
9-13-14 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 High Noon: “Why Everyone (Almost) Is Wrong about Common Core”High Noon at the Upcountry History Museum 2014 Fall Schedule All lectures begin at noon on Wednesdays and last one hour. The Upcountry History Museum/Furman University is located at 540 Buncombe Street in downtown Greenville’s Heritage Green a
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-13-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT L.A. Unified Should Rescind Plan To Delete Year-Old Emails“ The District's email rule might not be intended to hide district shenanigans, but it certainly could prove a useful tool for doing so. „ Editorial by The L.A. Times Editorial Board | http://lat.ms/1BzXuCn 12 Sept 2014 :: It's possible L.A. Unified's
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 9-13-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL LARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE WEEKThis Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy© 2012 firedoglakedotcom, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Here are some recent valuable posts and articles on educational policy issues: Lily Eskelsen Garcia talks to Al Jazeera is a good interview with the new NEA President.
This Week's Education Research Report 9-13-14 #edreform #EDCHAT #P2
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTCan We Identify a Successful Teacher Better, Faster, and Cheaper?Teacher observations have become a national education phenomenon, mandated by federal policies and promoted by philanthropists. They are crucial components of teacher evaluation systems that often have high stakes for teachers and school systems, but have sparked little in
9-13-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Schools Matter All WeekThe "middle skills" shortage: The common core will make it worseSent to the Wall Street Journal, Sept. 11, 2014"German robots school U.S. workers" (Sept. 10) is the most recent of a series of reports in the Wall Street Journal on the substantial shortage of job applicants with "middle skills," requiring less than a college degre
All Week 9-13-14 @ 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
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 9-13-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGPaul Karrer: Who Will Stop the Mandates and the Madness?Paul Karrer, who teaches in Castroville, California, writes a scorching review of what is laughingly called “reform.” He begins: “Arne Duncan and his patron President Barack Obama have gotten themselves in a bit of an educational bind. Big news came out of the White
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Teachers' union furious over Council maneuver
Teachers' union furious over Council maneuver: Teachers' union furious over Council maneuverShare Tweet Reddit Email191 COMMENTSAmerican Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten (left) and Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Jerry Jordan (right). (File photo: Charles Fox / Staff Photographer)Kristen GrahamPOSTED: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014, 2:02 PMLeaders from the Philadelphia
Diane Ravitch in Harper’s Magazine | Reclaim Reform
Diane Ravitch in Harper’s Magazine | Reclaim Reform: Diane Ravitch in Harper’s MagazinePosted on September 12, 2014by Ken PrevitiDiane Ravitch expresses more in two sentences than most people can state in two chapters.In the October issue of Harper’s Magazine a cover story, “PBS Self-Destructs: and what it means to viewers like you” by Eugenia Williamson, describes the full history of the takeover
Family Reunion | Deborah Meier on Education
Family Reunion | Deborah Meier on Education: Family ReunionPosted on September 12, 2014 by nicholasmeierATTENTION ONE AND ALL. Check out the trial of the new film on Mission Hill: Good Morning Mission Hill. Check on where and when it’s being shown. And ask your local PBS station to show it if they are not already planning to.Dear friends (and other readers),As I lolled lazily in the swimming pool
Nite Cap 9-12-14 #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 CAPLies My Corporate Ed Reformers Told Me: The Truth About Teacher Tenure and the Civil Rights Movement | Yohuru WilliamsLies My Corporate Ed Reformers Told Me: The Truth About Teacher Tenure and the Civil Rights Movement | Yohuru Williams: Lies My
