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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 10-2-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Forward Institute: Wisconsin Shortchanges Neediest ChildrenThe Forward Institute completed a study of school finance in Wisconsin and concluded that the state does not provide equality of opportunity to the neediest children. The study is called “Segregation of Opportunity.” “The study concluded the following: 1. The school funding
Columbus Day & the Question of Native American Genocide - Musical Media For Education
Columbus Day & the Question of Native American Genocide - Musical Media For Education: Columbus Day & the Question of Native American Genocideposted 31 minutes agoExcerpts from Alex Alvarez (professor of Criminology, Northern Arizona Univ., Founding Director, Martin Springer Institute for Teaching the Holocaust), Native America & the Question of Genocide, 2014, Rowman & Littlefield
10-2-14 Schools Matter - Paul Toner's Future as Gates Waterboy
Schools Matter: Paul Toner's Future as Gates WaterboyTURNcoat Paul Toner has moved on the greener pastures, you might say, to become the President of New Voices Strategies, a corporate outfit funded by Gates and NEA to create positive PR spin for CorpEd initiatives in a community near you. Here is an example of the New Voice Strategies spin from June of this year, when the American Statistical Ass
10-2-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Many More Resources On Race & Racism© 2012 Michael Fleshman, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Here are new additions to A Collection Of Useful Posts, Articles & Videos On Race & Racism – Help Me Find More: Florida Man Is Convicted of Murdering Teenager in Dispute Over Loud Music is from The New York Times. I’m also
10-2-14 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.: Waukegan strike. 1,200 teachers. 14,000 students.- NBC Chicago Teachers in far north suburban Waukegan on Thursday announced they were moving ahead with a strike. All Waukegan Community Unit School District #60 were closed, giving nearly 17,000 students the day off. “Seven o’clock in the morning we wi
10-2-14 Wait What? - Important candidate question for tonight’s Hartford Courant and FOX CT gubernatorial debate
Wait What?: Important candidate question for tonight’s Hartford Courant and FOX CT gubernatorial debateThe Hartford Courant and FOX CT, along with the University of Connecticut, will be hosting a gubernatorial debate at 7 p.m. with Democratic Dannel “Dan’ Malloy and Republican Tom Foley. The debate will be televised on Fox61 and live-streamed at www.courant.com. In a disturbing statement about the
10-2-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: ‘Schools of Opportunity’ — a new project to recognize schools that give all students a chance to succeed  We all know about the many efforts to rate and/or rank schools by student standardized test scores and other data points — but without any of the out-of-school factors that play an enormous role in how well young people fare academically. Now two veteran educators are spearheadin
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 10-2-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: REPORT RANKS CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS 8th BEST IN U.S. - Bad news: low minority, poor, special ed, ELL participation + low math scoresby Craig Clough, LA School Report | Posted on http://bit.ly/UXHVhZ October 1, 2014 1:52 pm  ::  In it’s first ever state-by-state rankings, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools ranked California’s charters N
10-2-14 @ 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
10-2-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: An Education Policy That Presumes Family Failure and Collapse
With A Brooklyn Accent: An Education Policy That Presumes Family Failure and CollapseAs teachers and parents look, in amazement, at policies emanating from the US Department of Education that mandate the meticulous scripting of "student learning" beginning as early as age 3, and which require testing of "student outcomes" to evaluate their classroom performance, it is important
10-2-14 Curmudgucation - What Lily Misses about the Common Core
CURMUDGUCATION: Navarette Doesn't Quite Get Common CoreRuben Navarrette, Jr., contributed some CNN commentary about the Core this week. He asks if it's "a good idea gone bad." And he takes a look at the battle over the standards.This war won't be won or lost in boardrooms, classrooms or conference rooms but in the worlds of politics and public relations. You might have a powerful idea to
10-2-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Brooklyn Tech Story Is Not About Tenure - It's About NYCDOE (And Bloomberg) IncompetenceTeacher bashers will make the "Brooklyn Tech/Pervert Teacher story" about teacher tenure and teachers unions but it's actually about NYCDOE incompetence.How did he get hired to work with children or teenagers when this was in his background?Mr. Shaynak was living in Havre de Gra
History fight coming to a head in suburban Denver | Nation & World | The Seattle Times
History fight coming to a head in suburban Denver | Nation & World | The Seattle Times: History fight coming to a head in suburban DenverA fight in Colorado over how United States history is taught is coming to a head in suburban Denver on Thursday, with students and teachers expected to pack a school board meeting where the controversial changes could face a vote.DENVER —A fight in Colorado o
Why Don’t We Have Real Data on Charter Schools? | The Nation
Why Don’t We Have Real Data on Charter Schools? | The Nation: Why Don’t We Have Real Data on Charter Schools?Charters were supposed to be laboratories for innovation. Instead, they are stunningly opaque.Pedro Noguera September 24, 2014   |    This article appeared in the October 13, 2014 edition of The Nation.ShareIn several cities throughout the country, there is a fierce conflict raging over the
Of Teachers' Unions, Democracy, & 'Civic Mondays' - Bridging Differences - Education Week
Of Teachers' Unions, Democracy, & 'Civic Mondays' - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Of Teachers' Unions, Democracy, & 'Civic Mondays'By Leo Casey on October 2, 2014 9:03 AMLeo Casey of the Albert Shanker Institute writes to Deborah Meier on the Bridging Differences blog again today.Deb:One of the more promising developments on the American political landscape is the "Moral Mond
In “The Nation” Noguera and Ravitch Demand Support for Public Schools and Tough Regulation of Charters | janresseger
In “The Nation” Noguera and Ravitch Demand Support for Public Schools and Tough Regulation of Charters | janresseger:In “The Nation” Noguera and Ravitch Demand Support for Public Schools and Tough Regulation of ChartersPosted on October 2, 2014 by janressegerPedro Noguera’s pithy and hard-hitting piece, Why Don’t We Have Real Data on Charter Schools?  was just posted on the website of The Nation a
empathyeducates – “Adults Are Ruining The World.”
empathyeducates – “Adults Are Ruining The World.”:“Adults Are Ruining The World.”By Brittney Pressley | Originally Published at LinkedIn September 25, 2014 | Children at play on Primrose Hill in acrylic, by Gudawer Kalirai.Let’s face it, adult life is boring.Paying bills (check)Eating healthy to watch your aging figure (check)Going to a job you don’t really care for (check) every…single…week (chec
Age and gender factor into bullying more than language :: SI&A Cabinet Report
Age and gender factor into bullying more than language :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: OCTOBER 02, 2014Age and gender factor into bullying more than languageby Alisha Kirby(District of Columbia) As with other life experiences, students endure bullying differently as they graduate through elementary, middle and high school, suggesting that i
NYC Educator: Really Bad Things and The American Way
NYC Educator: Really Bad Things and The American Way: Really Bad Things and The American WayCampbell Brown makes me sick. Her method, picking out a few stories and tarring all of us with them, is simply reprehensible. Doubtless she'll be out today with some story saying the allegations against the Brooklyn Tech teacher mean none of us should ever get tenure again. That's a preposterous argument.In

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Children are more than test scores: Beyond Achievement GAP, or it's the Opportunity Gap people!
Children are more than test scores: Beyond Achievement GAP, or it's the Opportunity Gap people!: Beyond Achievement GAP, or it's the Opportunity Gap people!Day 4,780 of NCLB's Reign Of Testing Terror.Americans were told in 2001 that our education system was in crisis, and the solutions would be "Outcomes-based reforms," and NCLB would fix our schools.Every child in grades 3 to 8 would be
A Pervert Grows in Brooklyn Tech - southbronxschool
http://www.southbronxschool.com: A Pervert Grows in Brooklyn TechAs many others were I was appalled and sickened when I picked up the Daily News and read about the deviancy with students that Brooklyn Tech "teacher" Sean Shaynak allegedly committed.According to the Daily News, Shaynake is accused of;Taking a 15-year-old to a nude beach in New Jersey without permission and plying her with
Testing a kindergartner: How it feels as a teacher | Seattle Education
Testing a kindergartner: How it feels as a teacher | Seattle Education: Testing a kindergartner: How it feels as a teacherI’m not sure where this was originally posted, I’ve seen it on various blogs and websites but apparently it was first seen on Opt Out Alachua Facebook page. The letter from this kindergarten teacher is poignant and very telling of where we have come in terms of the political/co
Higher education should be gateway to future, not to financial ruin By Randi Weingarten
Higher education should be gateway to future, not to financial ruin: Higher education should be gateway to future, not to financial ruinKatrona Burks attends Milwaukee Area Technical College to get the education she needs for a better job. But her student loan debt is making her think twice about her decision to earn a degree because it's now rippling down to the next generation: Her college-age d
Nite Cap 10-1-14 #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 CAPWorkforce Investment Act Grantees Named - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)Workforce Investment Act Grantees Named - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Winners of Federal Workforce Investment Act GrantSAC
Workforce Investment Act Grantees Named - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
Workforce Investment Act Grantees Named - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Winners of Federal Workforce Investment Act GrantSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced that 198 community colleges, school districts, libraries, and nonprofits will share more than $86 million in federal grants to help adults find mea
GenEd Differentiation: SPED’s Been Ahead of the Game for Years | Connected Principals
GenEd Differentiation: SPED’s Been Ahead of the Game for Years | Connected Principals: GenEd Differentiation: SPED’s Been Ahead of the Game for Yearsby Sam LeDeaux • October 1, 2014 • 0 CommentsWith a different kind of emphasis and focus recently (last couple decades or so) on mainstream differentiation, I think we must turn to our SPED educators for guidance. They’ve been doing it all along.The p
Some thoughts on how many of us get “captured”… Reflections on Teaching
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Some thoughts on how many of us get “captured”…: Some thoughts on how many of us get “captured”…Last week the Internets started buzzing with the story of Carmen Segarra, Federal Reserve whistle-blower, and the recordings she made of her time working inside Goldman Sachs as a regulator. The best account for those of you not familiar with high finance is from
Groups charge $30 million in charter school fraud, call for tougher oversight | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Groups charge $30 million in charter school fraud, call for tougher oversight | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Groups charge $30 million in charter school fraud, call for tougher oversightA new report is calling for holding charter schools in Pennsylvania more accountable.Produced by the groups Center for Public Democracy, Integrity in Education and Action United, the report says the $30 mil
NYC Public School Parents: Why SUNY should not allow Success Charters to expand.
NYC Public School Parents: Why SUNY should not allow Success Charters to expand.: Why SUNY should not allow Success Charters to expand.On Wed., October 8, 2014, the SUNY charter committee is due to vote on authorizing a gazillion new Success charters for nearly every area of the city -- though without telling us exactly where they will go, and how much space they will take from our public school s
NEA President: Educators Play Pivotal Role in Guiding Girls Into Leadership Roles | NEA Today
NEA President: Educators Play Pivotal Role in Guiding Girls Into Leadership Roles | NEA Today: NEA President: Educators Play Pivotal Role in Guiding Girls Into Leadership RolesOctober 1, 2014 by twalker  Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Richard NaithramThere’s a gender leadership gap in the United States, says NEA President Lily Eskelsen García, and educators are well-positi
BustED Pencils BLOG: Silly Reformers. Critical History is for Kids.
BustED Pencils BLOG: Silly Reformers. Critical History is for Kids.:Silly Reformers. Critical History is for Kids.Just in case you just missed it I’ll run through it quickly right now. Conservative Reformers took over the Douglas County School Board and the Jefferson County School Board.  These counties border the great city of Denver, Colorado.  The reformer boards—and let’s be honest, we’re talk
10-1-14 Cali Education Headlines | CSIS – California School Information Services
Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team | CSIS – California School Information Services: Stop the Power Grabwww.StopThePowerGrab.orgEducation HeadlinesTeachers file grievance, say Stockton USD not bargaining in good faithThe Stockton Teachers Association said Tuesday it has filed charges with the Public Employment Relations Board over what is alleges is “the district’s failure to bargain in
Louisiana Educator: LAE Files Lawsuit Against Predatory Charters
Louisiana Educator: LAE Files Lawsuit Against Predatory Charters: LAE Files Lawsuit Against Predatory ChartersLAE Leaders File Lawsuit Challenging The Improper Use Of MFP Funds9/30/2014Illegal Use of Minimum Foundation Program Dollars to Fund Certain Charter SchoolsSiphons Much-Needed Dollars Away From Local School BoardsBATON ROUGE, LA – September 29, 2014 – Leaders from LAE affiliates across the
Crenshaw alum: Teacher suspension shed light on LAUSD teacher jail
Crenshaw alum: Teacher suspension shed light on LAUSD teacher jail: Crenshaw alum: Teacher suspension shed light on LAUSD teacher jailOctober 1, 2014 By Amanda Scurlock | Staff Reporter Leave a Comment    Iris Stevenson arrives at Crenshaw High after being released from “teacher jail.” Scroll below for video of Stevenson’s return. | Amanda ScurlockAt Crenshaw High School in South Los Angeles, the
We Know What Equity Looks Like, and We are Passionate About it - Lily's Blackboard
We Know What Equity Looks Like, and We are Passionate About it - Lily's Blackboard: We Know What Equity Looks Like, and We are Passionate About itOctober 1, 2014 by LilyCategories: Education, General, VideoTags: civil right, department of education, equity, justiceEquity is a cause I have fought for all my life, since the days I taught in a Homeless Shelter School in Salt Lake City. It is the caus
NYC Schools May Be Leading Us Back to Real Education Policy | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing
NYC Schools May Be Leading Us Back to Real Education Policy | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing: NYC Schools May Be Leading Us Back to Real Education Policy To mw what follows is a fabulous example of trying to do the right thing under very constricted laws that need changing.I know there will be those of you ready to comment negatively on this report. Some of you will argue that Farina goes too
10-1-14 Curmudgucation - What Lily Misses about the Common Core
CURMUDGUCATION: The Six Big Lies of ReformsterdomSome of the classic Not-Entirely-Truisms of the Reformster Movement have been quietly retired. For instance, one rarely hears the claim that teachers had major input in creating the Common Core any more because there's hardly a soul left who can say it with a straight face.But there are still some huge bogus beliefs ,falsehoods in the foundation of
10-1-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Student Data: Protect Your Child's DataHS Parent gave this info on another thread:Did anyone else with a HS student receive this email today from ConnectEDU about a request to purge student's data?"Thank your for using the Connect! service. On July 2nd 2014, the technology which powers Connect! was purchased by Graduation Alliance from ConnectEDU. Graduation A
Angry About Drag Racing, Town Bans Jaywalking | Taking Note
Angry About Drag Racing, Town Bans Jaywalking | Taking Note: Angry About Drag Racing, Town Bans JaywalkingBizarro, Nevada, October 1–In a powerful response to hordes of young adults using Main Street for drag races “day and night,” an angry City Council voted to impose $250 fines and 30-day jail terms for jaywalking. “These damn hot rodders are endangering our citizens, and the only way to stop th
10-1-14 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): Board emerges from private meeting with no decision on DeasyBoard emerges from private meeting with no decision on Deasy Superintendent John Deasy John Deasy is still the LA Unified superintendent. After four hours behind closed doors last night, the district school board emerged with nothing to say. For
Morning Wink 10-1-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 10-1-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: STOP Online Testing in K-2: Florida Parents Demand SanityFranziska Raeber describes how parents in Florida are organizing resistance to online testing of children in K-2. Please be aware that th