Nite Cap 9-30-14 #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."

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Blue Ribbon Schools for 2014 - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)

Blue Ribbon Schools for 2014 - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Congratulates California Winners of the 2014 National Blue Ribbon Schools AwardSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today congratulated 24 California public schools that are being recognized as 2014 National Blue Ribbon Schools.The California schools, which are either h

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Training Our Way to a New Oligarchy? Not Yet! | Life at the Intersections

Training Our Way to a New Oligarchy? Not Yet! | Life at the Intersections: TRAINING OUR WAY TO A NEW OLIGARCHY? NOT YET!Students in Jefferson County, Colo protest forced changes in U.S. History standards by local school board. Credit: RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images In Texas and now in Colorado conservatives on the far right have been in a panic about history students actually learnin

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Tuck, Torlakson debate union power, lawsuit | EdSource

Tuck, Torlakson debate union power, lawsuit | EdSource:Tuck, Torlakson debate union power, lawsuithttp://www.tomtorlakson.com/ The two candidates for state superintendent of public instruction disagreed on the condition of K-12 education in California, the influence of teachers unions and which of them is best qualified for the job at a forum Saturday in Burlingame, the last scheduled joint appear

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The Fight for Public Education: Coming to a School Near You! | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity

The Fight for Public Education: Coming to a School Near You! | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: The Fight for Public Education: Coming to a School Near You!Publication Date:  Tue, 2014-09-30Philadelphia's schools opened at the start of this school year in the midst of a funding crisis. While state lawmakers dragged their heels on a proposed ciga

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9-30-14 Wait What? - Will Foley or Malloy join Visconti in protecting parental rights?

Wait What?: Common Core Testing – Will Foley or Malloy join Visconti in protecting parental rights?To date, the only Connecticut gubernatorial candidate on the November 2014 ballot that is publicly committed to protecting the right of parents to opt their children out of the inappropriate and unfair Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Test (SBAC) is petitioning candidate Joe Visconti. With Con

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Reading Requires Outside Knowledge | Truth in American Education

Reading Requires Outside Knowledge | Truth in American Education: Reading Requires Outside KnowledgeFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on September 30, 2014 • 0 Comments1051Daniel Willingham is a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and he wrote a piece at Real Clear Education entitled “Common Core and ‘Close Reading’: Effectiveness Questionable without Outs

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Is the Impact of Charters Schools on Achievement a Big Lie? | Cloaking Inequity

Is the Impact of Charters Schools on Achievement a Big Lie? | Cloaking Inequity: Is the Impact of Charters Schools on Achievement a Big Lie?I have been called a charter school “lover” and a charter school “hater” in the same week. Are both true? Neither? I think we as a society must be pragmatic on charters. I recently had a conversation with my grandmother, who was a lifelong educator at a middle

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9-30-14 Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet: Professor: Why I tell students to become teachers — even though the profession is under assaultWhy, given the continuing assault on the teaching profession, would anyone suggest to young people that they consider becoming teachers? Here’s why, from Mark Naison, a professor of African American Studies and History at Fordham University and director of Fordham’s Urban Studies Program. H

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How LGBT Students Can Pay an ‘Unfair Price’ for Life | NEA Today

How LGBT Students Can Pay an ‘Unfair Price’ for Life | NEA Today: How LGBT Students Can Pay an ‘Unfair Price’ for LifeSeptember 30, 2014 by twalker  Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Tim WalkerAn economy still plagued by stagnant wages, sluggish growth and a tight job market has left millions of Americans financially vulnerable and struggling to make ends meet. A new landmark

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Russ on Reading: VAMs: Stupid Economist’s Tricks

Russ on Reading: VAMs: Stupid Economist’s Tricks: VAMs: Stupid Economist’s TricksThe formula to the left will allow you to calculate your Value Added Score. Please don't forget to show your work.I am not an economist. I had one intro to economics course in college. Everything I have learned about economics since then has come from reading Paul Krugman in the New York Times. I consider it a good mo

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School spending by affluent is widening wealth gap | 89.3 KPCC

School spending by affluent is widening wealth gap | 89.3 KPCC: School spending by affluent is widening wealth gapEducation is supposed to help bridge the gap between the wealthiest people and everyone else. Ask the experts, and they'll count the ways:Preschool can lift children from poverty. Top high schools prepare students for college. A college degree boosts pay over a lifetime. And the U.S. e

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9-30-14 Cali Education Headlines | CSIS – California School Information Services

Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team | CSIS – California School Information Services: Education HeadlinesStockton USD truancy force puts love in tough loveOne little girl had a lice infestation so severe, she’d gouged her scalp trying to relieve the maddening itch. Badly infected, she was ashamed to go to school and her family too ashamed to reach out for help. September 30, 2014John Gre

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9-30-14 Curmudgucation - What Lily Misses about the Common Core

CURMUDGUCATION: What Lily Misses about the Common CoreMy esteemed colleague at Edushyster scored an interview with NEA president Lily Eskelsen Garcia, and as always, it's pretty encouraging to see an NEA boss express herself in plain English that clearly opposes reformster ideas-- except for the Common Core. I'm going to reprint a full paragraph because I think it articulates more clearly than any

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9-30-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools and Garfield Field Trip Incident: PTSA meetingI attended Garfield's PTSA meeting last night.  There were about 65 people in attendance.  It was a bit odd because they chose to have the lights down so as to put the agenda and supporting documents on a big overhead screen.  It was pretty dark and made the remarks even more gloomy.I was fairly astonish

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9-30-14 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): Homeless student population in US grew rapidly since recessionHomeless student population in US grew rapidly since recession Via Hechinger Report | by Jill Barshay Despite signs of a national economic recovery, homelessness in U.S. public schools steadily increased 8 percent, to 1.26 million students, in

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“More Than a Score” named in The Nation’s “5 Books to Build a Movement for Education Justice!” | I AM AN EDUCATOR

“More Than a Score” named in The Nation’s “5 Books to Build a Movement for Education Justice!” | I AM AN EDUCATOR: “More Than a Score” named in The Nation’s “5 Books to Build a Movement for Education Justice!”By I AM AN EDUCATOR on September 30, 2014I am thrilled to announce that Kenzo Shibata, writing for the current issue of The Nation magazine, named the forthcoming book I edited, More Than a S

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Is the new AP U.S. History really anti-American? | The Hechinger Report

Is the new AP U.S. History really anti-American? | The Hechinger Report: Is the new AP U.S. History really anti-American?What changed and what didn’t in the latest “Common Core” version of the classBy Emmanuel FeltonMartin Luther King Jr., Benjamin Franklin, George Washington Carver, James Madison and Rosa Parks. If you’ve heard that the new AP U.S. History course description doesn’t mention these

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The growing disjunction in education policy | TheHill

The growing disjunction in education policy | TheHill: The growing disjunction in education policyA flurry of activity among education reformers across the country exposes a growing bifurcation within its ranks, uncovered by recent challenges to teacher tenure in New York. Former CNN anchor Campbell Brown's Partnership for Educational Justice, which recently recruited renowned attorneys David Boie

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The Games Charter Schools Play | Frank Breslin

The Games Charter Schools Play | Frank Breslin: The Games Charter Schools PlayJudging by the claims made by charters, one would think it but child's play to make good on their boast of having higher test scores than their public-school cousins.Charters' ability to deliver on their promise of achieving higher scores is, after all, their sole reason for existing and the only justification for their

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Morning Wink 9-30-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-30-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Tennessee: Most Teachers Say Abandon Common CoreTennessee is one of Arne Duncan’s favorite states because it was one of the first states to win Race to the Top funding, it has a rightwing govern

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-30-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Tennessee: Most Teachers Say Abandon Common CoreTennessee is one of Arne Duncan’s favorite states because it was one of the first states to win Race to the Top funding, it has a rightwing governor and legislature, and an experienced, TFA-trained state commissioner. Thus, the state is committed to charters, to privatization, and to

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9-30-14 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Appocalypse Soon - DC Watch Debate: Guns and Race"When government officials distrust their people, they disarm the people to protect themselves from the dangers they fear from them...." - Gary Imhoff, DC WatchYou know I've been thinking along these lines. That with the .01% stealing resources with the ultimate possibility of unrest, the bringing home of the military and

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9-30-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Upcoming Google Hangout: “Family and Community Engagement Practices that Raise Achievement”

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": Upcoming Google Hangout: “Family and Community Engagement Practices that Raise Achievement”Scholastic will be hosting what looks like a very useful Google Hangout on family engagement. Here’s how they describe it: Wed, Oct 8, 5:00 PM – 5:40 PM Hangouts On Air – Broadcast for free Join us for a Scholastic Mini-PD session foc

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9-30-14 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.: Not my kids. Your kids.2 by Fred Klonsky / 33min hide  //  save“I hope this extra time to find new employment alleviates some of your hardship,” Balanoff said in the call.SEIU Local 1 President Tom Balanoff. I hope writing about CPS janitors doesn’t cause me to receive a letter from SEIU lawyers. Like

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9-30-14 Schools Matter - Comments on Naomi Klein's New Book

Schools Matter: Comments on Naomi Klein's New BookA clip from comments on Naomi Klein's new book at Nation of Change:Klein starts with a blunt statement of the problem: “[O]ur economic system and our planetary system are now at war. Or, more accurately, our economy is at war with many forms of life on earth, including human life.” (21) Human survival requires a new economics, which explains why cl

by mike simpson / 7h 

9-30-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Teachers Can Receive Free DVD Of “12 Years A Slave” & Study GuideTeachers can receive a free DVD copy of the movie “12 Years A Slave,” a book and more, and it’s very simple to register for it online. Here’s what you get: *FREE Educator’s Toolkit Includes: Full Length DVD copy of the movie (edited version, parental appro

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-30-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Newton in The LA Times: DEASY+CO CIRCLE THE WAGONS AS EMILY BRONTE MEETS CHRISTIAN GREYEXT. MONUMENT VALLEY – DAY THERE ARE SMOKE SIGNALS – AND THE SOUNDTRACK HAS AN INCESSENT DRUMBEAT. AND SO IT BEGINS, AS THE DEASY LOYALISTS, ®EFORMERS, ASTROTURF ALLIANCES, CHARTER SCHOOL PROPONENTS AND THE BILLIONARE BOYS CLUB CIRCLE THE WAGONS IN THE VALLEY AS THE B

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9-30-14 @ 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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9-30-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks: Big Education Ape: Homeless students increase by 58 percent in past six years | Education By The Numbershttp://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2014/09/homeless-students-increase-by-58.html Homeless students increase by 58 percent in past six years | Education By The NumbersDespite signs of a national economic recovery, homelessness in U.S. public schools steadily increased 8 per

by mike simpson / 7h 

9-30-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Oprah Loves "Warriors"Associated Press today: SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey is donating $100,000 to a youth center on the south side of Syracuse.Winfrey made a surprise stop Monday at the Mary Nelson Youth Center and said she was writing out the check on the spot. She called Mary Nelson a "community warrior" for doing the work she does on the city'

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How college ed programs try, fail to recruit teachers of color | The Hechinger Report

How college ed programs try, fail to recruit teachers of color | The Hechinger Report: How college ed programs try, fail to recruit teachers of colorOnly radical new engagement strategies can end racial disparityBy Andre PerryNationally, black males account for 2 percent of the teacher population. Blacks in total represent 8 percent of all teachers; Latinos, 7 percent; and Asians, 2 percent. My 3-

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A #Commoncore Twitter Play | Missouri Education Watchdog

A #Commoncore Twitter Play | Missouri Education Watchdog: A #Commoncore Twitter PlayinSharePass the popcorn.CAST:Common Core Proponents (Supported by Tax Dollars and Special Interest Groups):Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, State Education Agency,Jefferson City, MO dese.mo.govRobert Pondiscio, Senior Fellow @ Fordham Institute; senior adviser @democracyprep. K-12 educatio

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Ohio’s Plunderbund Examines Correlation of School District Ratings with Family Income | janresseger

Ohio’s Plunderbund Examines Correlation of School District Ratings with Family Income | janresseger: Ohio’s Plunderbund Examines Correlation of School District Ratings with Family IncomePosted on September 30, 2014 by janressegerFor many years Ohio has used a Performance Index to judge its school districts.  The Performance Index is a formula based primarily on standardized test scores.  Not too l

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Philly's cancerous approach to school funding

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Philly's cancerous approach to school funding: Philly's cancerous approach to school fundingAs if making schools dependent on property taxes wasn't bad enough, now Philadelphia Public Schools will have to rely on cigarette sales just to make it through the year. Without the regressive $2-a-pack cigarette tax increase passed by the legislature and signed by Gov. Corbe

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Teachers' Unions, Democracy, & Risk-Taking - Bridging Differences - Education Week

Teachers' Unions, Democracy, & Risk-Taking - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Teachers' Unions, Democracy, & Risk-TakingBy Deborah Meier on September 30, 2014 9:06 AMDeborah Meier continues her conversation with Leo Casey today. Dear Leo (and Readers),Yes, indeed, democracy is nonnegotiable, except ...  democracy is a constant negotiation, a balancing act, which never gets it quite r

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Teaching U.S. History in a Failing School (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Teaching U.S. History in a Failing School (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Teaching U.S. History in a Failing School (Part 2)How to interpret the three history lessons I watched Mark Allison, a veteran teacher, teach?Allison had prepared an interactive lesson with a series of slides on the Civil Rights movement. He asked his students to inspect each slide carefully a

by mike simpson / 8h 

NYC Educator: What Does UFT Leadership Stand For?

NYC Educator: What Does UFT Leadership Stand For?: What Does UFT Leadership Stand For?We know that President Michael Mulgrew loves Common Core, because he clearly stated he'd punch anyone who tried to take it away from him. He then ridiculed those who said Gates had anything to do with it, though Gates clearly pumped hundreds of millions into it, several in the direction of teacher unions. While r

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Brown wraps up ed bills, leaves some heads shaking :: SI&A Cabinet Report

Brown wraps up ed bills, leaves some heads shaking :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: SEPTEMBER 30, 2014Brown wraps up ed bills, leaves some heads shakingby Kimberly Beltran(Calif.) Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have made kindergarten mandatory while at the same time signing one intended to show the overwhelming boost that opti

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Evaluating Gates via His Microsoft Failure | deutsch29

Evaluating Gates via His Microsoft Failure | deutsch29: Evaluating Gates via His Microsoft FailureSeptember 30, 2014Billionaire Bill Gates has been buying his version of American public education for years now. His first major *reform* effort began in 2000 and involved chopping large urban high schools into smaller schools. It was his solution of choice for several years.  He abandoned the idea in

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Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 9-29-14 #BATsACT #edreform #EDCHAT #P2

Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORM“I must do right by the children… I refuse to administer the PARCC.”“I must do right by the children…” Do we realize that saving our children requires that we ALL “must do right by the children”? I know Peggy Robertson, a mom and a Colorado teacher who helped found United Opt Out. I have more respect for her as a human being and as a tea

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Marie Corfield: UPDATE: The real story behind Lily's trip to Camden

Marie Corfield: UPDATE: The real story behind Lily's trip to Camden: UPDATE: The real story behind Lily's trip to CamdenTwo weeks ago NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia visited New Jersey as part of her 50-state Back to School Tour. I wrote about her visit and meeting with NJ ed bloggers here, here and here.One of her stops was Pyne Poynt Middle School in Camden which is also home to the co-locate

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Nite Cap 9-29-14 #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 CAPA Prof Debunks Standardized Testing & Pearson Strikes BackA Prof Debunks Standardized Testing & Pearson Strikes Back: A Prof Debunks Standardized Testing & Pearson Strikes BackDon't Tread on My PROFITS! Rebellions sometimes begin slow

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